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Tim Boucher on MySpace
A friend of mine linked me today to a MySpace account called “Tim Boucher Music,” which is the headquarters of an Acoustic / Folk Rock / Lounge singer/songwriter going by the same name as me out of Iowa. From his bio section:
Tim Boucher has been playing shows as a solo act for a little over a year. In the past year he’s played over 40 shows in Iowa and Massachusetts. In the next few months, he’ll be expanding his horizons and traveling to all parts of the country to rock for you, in your area. Tim has over 30 original songs, and plays a few select covers upon request. He has strived to stay original because who wants an imitation of the original, when you can have the original alone? Check back often to check show listings and catch the revolution in it’s beginning stages!
Yeah, seriously. Don’t settle for any imitation Tim Bouchers, when you can come here and have the original. Speaking of which, being a public figure on the internet has resulted in about 3 other Tim Bouchers contacting me through my site over the years. One was a guy in England who sent me a picture of this awesome car he had. I was vicariously proud of him/myself. It’s weird how much quasi-magic power you invest in your own name, like you’re the only one allowed to have it. Maybe all of us Tim Bouchers should hold a convention one day…
While I’m on the topic of MySpace, do you guys think it would be worth anything for me to start a “Pop Occulture” account on MySpace? I’ve been avoiding it for a long time, but it seems like all the rage these days…
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March 7th, 2006 at 1:32 pm
Somehow it is all the rage. I’ve had various sites for music over the years,
MySpace is one where we seem to get the most traffic.
mines http://www.myspace.com/howlingmindglide if ur interested in checking.
March 7th, 2006 at 1:36 pm
I’m in the process of setting it up…
http://www.myspace.com/popocculture
March 7th, 2006 at 3:32 pm
“Do it. Do it.” ~said in Ben Stiller’s voice from Starsky and Hutch. No, but seriously. . .everyone is on myspace, including but not limited to animals and inanimate objects. I’m glad you’re hopping on the bandwagon as well.
March 7th, 2006 at 6:00 pm
I’ve been avoiding it as almost all my poetry is on my yahoo 360 and myspace is on our local talk radio station (NJ101.5) every day as causing another problem in NJ with kids and access to kids’ blogs and I don’t know it just creeps me out a bit with being ending up in someone else’s categories. What if you change your mind?
Besides how many fuckin IM buddies do you need? I got AIM, ICQ, Yahoo, MSN, enough already.
-tc
syseng@msn.com
http://360.yahoo.com/conlonte
March 7th, 2006 at 6:06 pm
Just be aware that all the info you give to myspace is being databased for marketing purposes or worse. (Of course, that’s essentially true for the entire internet as a whole. But it’s especially true for myspace.)
March 7th, 2006 at 6:17 pm
Yeah, there’s no escaping that on the internet as a whole. I actually spoke on the phone once with a company that does data mining from blogs, forums and other websites. I asked them what people were supposed to do who didn’t want their user-created content to be used that way. He laughed and said something like: “Don’t post it online.”
Clearly, I’m well past that point now with my own work.
March 7th, 2006 at 6:18 pm
What do you mean by ‘worse’?
March 7th, 2006 at 6:19 pm
Thomas:
I’m not sure what you mean. What’s the difference between posting on Yahoo 360 and posting on MySpace? What if I change my mind about what? I change my mind about stuff all the time! It’s not just a theoretical possibility.
March 7th, 2006 at 9:35 pm
Hey Tim,
Are you familiar with English comedian Dave Gorman? He made a whole show out of tracking down other Dave Gormans in the world.
Some info about it here.
March 7th, 2006 at 11:13 pm
Oh man please don’t make a fucking myspace, its bad enough Charles Mingus and Bob Dylan have one.
March 7th, 2006 at 11:54 pm
Ahhhh, whatever… The kids like it.
March 8th, 2006 at 9:54 am
it is definately all the rage for high school kids. for the most part, i think that its mostly all social surface/superficial stuff going on… i’ve yet to come across a meaningful blog post on all of myspace (not that ive looked too hard, but still). ultiamtely, it definately cannot hurt (and i think it is actually a good thing) to stay in touch with the itnerests of the budding generrations. because every day we’regetting older and theyre getting younger.
PS — after reading some random blade runner essay, i recently realized i was on track to become the racist grandparent i swore i’d never be… in regard to robots. i could picture my grandkids playing with robots, and me being the grumpy old man insisting that “they dont REALLY have feelings!” etc, … which is along the lines of what the germans said about the jews, the southerners said about the slaves, etc. trying to keep the old mind ply-able, i am. i commend your myspace exploration.
March 8th, 2006 at 2:21 pm
I’d do it. The more eyes the better - no matter what. - why limit yourself to a certain medium - that seems well - lame. You can master that realm if you wanted to.
It’s more aboutpictures and surveys and brainless crap - but I think your topic is fun and I have seen some good stuff pertaining to music et al anything pop culture- seems like a natural fit to me. If you look beyond the bubble gum effect.
Also that dude totally looks JUST LIKE YOU!! lol - - how’s that gap commercial doin? Mwhahahahahaha
March 9th, 2006 at 4:48 pm
Don’t do it. Myspace is bad news. The sooner people stop supporting it, the better.
March 9th, 2006 at 5:14 pm
Oh it’s done! Get over it!
March 16th, 2006 at 3:58 am
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