That is a great band name…

Ok, so I’m not a big fan of ‘facebook.’  I mean you’ll find me there but its more out of a desire to stay in touch rather than an obsessive desire to ‘social network.’  Now, in fairness, I’m on ‘bebo’ as well and it is, perhaps, my preferred locale for this kind of activity but I have to admit I am a little tired of the quite obvious teenage market to which the site panders.  This evening I happened to check my account only to be greeted by a helpful info-banner reminding me that

If he doesn’t wear a condom, he’s just a prick

…Yes, quite.  I also got rather tired of the spam messages from random sites who use bebo at what seems like a kind of baiting-ground for individuals who may potentially seek, how shall I say, online adult services…?  Yes, from time to time I’d open my inbox to find that I had a lovely message from Jane21 who’s email address was nicole45@spambot.com enquiring if I’d perhaps like to see her teeny-tiny panties…  I mean, truthfully, this isn’t the only kind of spam mail I’d receive.  No, indeed, often friends would forward me quizzes posted on their blogs asking intimate questions hoping that blinded by a moment of boredom, I’d cave in and fill it out.

From time to time, however, on both bebo and facebook you receive little gems of messages.  I got this fantastic one from a few friends over the course of the last few weeks.  You may have got it yourself.  It goes a little something like this

1 – Go to "wikipedia." Hit “random… Read More” or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 – Go to "Random quotations" or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.

3 – Go to flickr and click on “explore the last seven days” or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 – Use photoshop or similar to put it all together.

I was a little bored this evening so I gave it a go.  Quite simply, I got an amazing result!  Indeed, I rather think I’d like to form this band and create this album just because it is quite so awesome!  The one thing I should say before I reveal the masterpiece is that it really wouldn’t be fair not to mention the photostream on flickr where my random third picture came from, so please, check out Wings of a Hero.

So, without further ado, it gives me great pleasure to announce to the world my next (and incidentally first) musical project, spawned from nothing more than a humble facebook forward!