The wikipedia band/album/cover game thing
Okay, so this has been done a ton here before, I know, but I'm bored and everyone everywhere seems to be doing this atm, so whatevs.
Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page , select 'random article' - the title is your band name
Go to http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Main_Page , select 'random page' - the last few words of the last quote is your album title
Go to wikipedia, select 'random article' again - do a google image search on the title, select one from the first page, that's your album cover
Open paint, and throw them together, either artistically or not
Fun stuff.
The few I've done have worked pretty well with titles (but are entirely unartistic, sorry)
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll91/kallen_/wikialbums/malaremeta.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll91/kallen_/wikialbums/easternstandard.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll91/kallen_/wikialbums/ashwoodvirginia.jpg
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll91/kallen_/wikialbums/newzealand.gif
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West Branch Little Dead Diamond River by Douglas LaBier
http://www.warrensville.k12.oh.us/eastwo4.jpg
OK, so my Paint doesn't work but this is the cover of 'The Songs Of Apollo' by Launch On Warning
http://www.freewebs.com/terracana/foamy.jpg
1337
http://i43.tinypic.com/25q7l9s.jpg
i assume it must sound like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Miqt5lbpsGc
actually sounds like
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bnjy_LgBSg
You blatantly cheated
srsly i didnt
but the picture was "hells corner" and the first photo didn't work
It seems too real
There again, most of them do.
probably because of my graphic design skillz
Lucy
Adam
(you're playing it wrong)
More of a cassette cover, but...
http://i42.tinypic.com/4j6kv6.jpg
That looks painful
The United States Ambassador to the Republic of Congo brings...
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y242/ainseltbrt/dddd.jpg
I like this one :-)
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll91/kallen_/wikialbums/gossmoor.jpg
I got to take from a Castlevania quote <3
I assume this is how all post-rock bands do things
:-\
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll91/kallen_/wikialbums/faithand.jpg
lol
favourite, thus far.
Well that was disappointing
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll91/kallen_/wikialbums/wakeforest.jpg
But you try finding a good/writable picture for "Tensor product of algebras"....
I like that
very minimalist
Way too vertical, but yknow
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll91/kallen_/wikialbums/ENCODE.jpg
They seem to have identity issues
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll91/kallen_/wikialbums/bighorn.jpg
Sure, I do realise I'm the only person doing this.
i'm enjoying them
(i don't have paint)
I like this game.
I got ICRA for my first image search, though, so it's mehh.
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp289/amisc/banswarathisclubistotallypathetic.jpg
At least it fits!
Neo-politcal folk from Sweden...
http://s36.photobucket.com/albums/e42/TommyRoxx/?action=view¤t=Parli.jpg&t=1235258729008
Pacucha District - very hard but certainly justified
http://www.chantre.com/shared/get/lphoto.php?lid=25899882&id=1
I should probably stop soon
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll91/kallen_/wikialbums/bigflats.jpg
Maybe
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll91/kallen_/wikialbums/eduard.jpg
I'd so actually buy this one
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll91/kallen_/wikialbums/vox.jpg
I'd get your first one.
this thread is amazing
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http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp289/amisc/invasionearththenextsevengeneration.jpg
I feel this is probably something proggy. And Banswara were teeny electroshit.
not bad for a first go
http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu51/daaaaan/horses.jpg
iconic
http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu51/daaaaan/gun.jpg
I could do this for far too long.
Monster Rancher's "It Is Not In Human Natur' To Surrender It Voluntarily": http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp289/amisc/monsterrancherhumannatur.jpg
Meh, I couldn't see all of it as I was doing it. Would move the title back to the bottom if I didn't know I'd end up spending another ten minutes redoing it. Erm.
Shame I couldn't find a bigger picture
http://www.b3tards.com/u/dfc48eccc3a3eaf50079/non-violence.jpg
more people should be doing this i want to see more!
http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu51/daaaaan/castonwindmill.jpg
great
i think i might actually do this all night
http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu51/daaaaan/family.jpg
I'm very worried I might.
the little-known Itera's debut
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp289/amisc/iterayouhavenoidea.jpg
awesome
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http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu51/daaaaan/maidenpeak.jpg
i'm in london i think
but i'll be there if not!
Join in, do an album cover! I can't stop laughing!
Quote from Rudolf Hoess
first commandant of Auschwitz
http://www.b3tards.com/u/dfc48eccc3a3eaf50079/alan-prescott.jpg
Pretty MSP
haha
yeah i guess it is.
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http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu51/daaaaan/nextlevelchurch.jpg
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http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp289/amisc/mimitachikawailikehernot.jpg
curve resistance is a great band name
http://www.b3tards.com/u/dfc48eccc3a3eaf50079/curve-resistance.jpg
That one is way brilliant
:D
I was pretty pleased with that
my favourite yet
really lucked out on this picture!
http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu51/daaaaan/benbarker.jpg
Eusebio Leal is totally shit for image searching.
God damn him.
Nelson Gonclaves
Eat my goal.
http://img7.imageshack.us/my.php?image=nelsonm.png
"Born Antônio Gonçalves Sobral in Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul, he was raised in São Paulo. As a young man he worked at a variety of menial jobs, including a boxer, before embarking on a career in music that saw him become one of the most popular Brazilian radio singers of the 1950s.
"Nelson Gonçalves had a very productive collaboration with lyricist Adelino Moreira and recorded numerous successful albums. One of the great crooners of the day, he gained an international following and appeared at venues such as Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Nelson sold more than 62 million albums around the globe and is the second best selling Brazilian artist of all time, behind Roberto Carlos (77 million).
"His personal life was sometimes filled with turmoil and at one time, a cocaine addiction almost destroyed his career. Having an outstanding singing voice, he was known to suffer from severe stuttering in his regular speech.
"Nelson Gonçalves died of a heart attack at the age of 79.
"On his passing, Nelson Gonçalves was interred in the Cemitério São João Batista in Rio de Janeiro.
"In 2001, director Elizeu Ewald filmed a docu-drama about his life."
I woudl've done better with the Paint job but too much ale got the better of me.
The Forests and Forest Flora of The Colony of the Cape of Good Hope:
If you hug me any harder I'll have to kiss one of my nine lives goodbye!
http://i44.tinypic.com/a102ur.jpg
They don't exactly look like your typical post-rock band.
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http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu51/daaaaan/menintights.jpg
this amused me
i made a photobucket account for this
http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww58/axis_photo/untitled.jpg
pity my paint skills are non existent!
MORE MORE MORE!
worst one yet?
http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww58/axis_photo/untitled1.jpg
self-released
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp289/amisc/ilonafeherfoundation.gif
is that Ironsword on the NES?
It was "Rastan Saga II"
"known in Europe as Nastar"
last one..
http://i705.photobucket.com/albums/ww58/axis_photo/untitled2.jpg
another great combo!
http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu51/daaaaan/britishfascists.jpg
does 10p from every record sold go to the BNP?
yes
album #2 wasn't so successful.
http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu51/daaaaan/britishfascists2.jpg
I <3 both of those
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http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp289/amisc/houstonbright.jpg
I'm flagging.
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http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y242/ainseltbrt/ddda.jpg
good one
Messerschmitt - "That's when I knew I had to get away from the old men in the scene"
http://s5.tinypic.com/b6ts01.jpg
Pretty awesome. I think the title goes with the picture (of "Battle of Vienna") well - LOL THE SCENE IS A WAR??? The album title is a Thurston Moore quote too <3
ok im going to bed now i think
http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu51/daaaaan/ivantheterrible.jpg
Going to bed with that picture?
You'll get done for that
the long-awaited third album from List Of California Reptiles
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp289/amisc/californiareptiles.jpg
I got bored of the undoubtedly drone-y Messerschmitt, so formed a much better, much more punk band
http://s5.tinypic.com/1zf0xfq.jpg
aura - "poland national under-21 football team"
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3074/3298588849_3e2ec28c9d.jpg?v=0
i love this thread!
paul magriel
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3511/3298623611_a16f29cba0.jpg?v=0
i should go to bed.
i like this one
Pocketmouse, you had better be ranking these with an aim to putting together a top10! or there are going to be some disappointed disers.
POCKETMOUSE!!!! are you doing this???
all those in favour, say I.
I
no
just relax and play the game. *GAME*.
these two are great
November: Joy Won't Lessen for the Joyful
http://i42.tinypic.com/15qus1u.jpg
...
http://www.b3tards.com/u/dfc48eccc3a3eaf50079/villers-le-bouillet.jpg
Dull
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll91/kallen_/wikialbums/oscars.jpg
This might actually be the worst album ever
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll91/kallen_/wikialbums/PRADOR.jpg
...
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll91/kallen_/wikialbums/williama.jpg
Death Squad
http://i44.tinypic.com/xfb6e1.jpg
What a fine thread, by the way.
Haha
Awesome
alcxxk's new band
K, I really don't like this game anymore
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll91/kallen_/wikialbums/MOUL.jpg
I really should read the page before I do an image search :-(
Not that the title was especially pleasant either
But at least not graphic. Urgh.
I don't know why but that makes me lol so much
There's something
strangely beautiful about all these. I want to hear them all.
I couldn't resist doing another.
Which is here.
http://i42.tinypic.com/2yozxxs.jpg
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http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll91/kallen_/wikialbums/bethc.jpg
,
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll91/kallen_/wikialbums/DOWNTOWN.jpg
:
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll91/kallen_/wikialbums/pirates.jpg
;
http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll91/kallen_/wikialbums/josephe.jpg
.. ..-.. --..-..
http://drownedinsound.com/community/boards/social/4164405#r4356586
I love tmy one
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/7083/deadiraqi.jpg
I just thought it would have to have Comic Sans on it.
<3
this looks so so so painfully excruciating
http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/318/doorsofthinking.jpg
lol :(
in my mind Simon Jowell
is a chubby man who drolly dismisses the staff at Greggs.
Ha, probably, but this is what Phil Mushnick looks like anyway
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/9917/dick.jpg
LOLOLOLOL
omg creepy
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2299/rubbish.png
That is brilliant
I think that's gonna be the name of my first album
...
belarusian popular front - architectural state
http://www.ceatec.com/2005/imgx/magthumb/0525.jpg
mmm postrock
Farincourt - Pilgrim steps in amice gray
http://img5.imageshack.us/my.php?image=farincourt.jpg
elie - "many mechanics in common"
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3624/3302545814_8668f1093d.jpg?v=0
you're good at this
gracias
i'm actually the music director at my college's radio station and seriously, 99% of the albums that i receive look exactly like this wikipedia album covers. i suppose i have studied them over the years. :)
nice eyes / 'tache
http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu51/daaaaan/doubleloop-1.jpg
something brilliant about that
something brilliant about that
Kurdish Death Metal
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r163/ewsltd/poli-retenido.jpg
i'm a fan of this
I think it's a metal album
http://i43.tinypic.com/1e9uon.jpg
this is definitely the most inept one yet
http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu51/daaaaan/severus_mus_theski1.jpg
Ooh, that was fun
in a nerdy sort of way, but fun nonetheless.
Here's the result: http://i43.tinypic.com/zvq2bs.jpg (Lopšin? mylimai - Evil herb never dies out)
Band name is from the title of Lithuania's 1994 Eurovision entry (lol) and the title is from Slovak proverbs.
The picture (from "list of fictional detectives") is twee enough for a cover. Very intriguing: http://foundbypat.com/2008/10/sharpie-magic.html
Beadie Russell - "Piss On My Bitches"
http://www.newinspirationalmovement.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/mw-w-bokken-low-res.jpg
Rolling Ball Clock - 'Learn how to heal yourself and stop fucking with them hospitals'
http://thepeerage.com/100702_001.jpg
XD
TARDENOISIAN is an amazing band name.
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/6652/tardenoisian.png
HAHA
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http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu51/daaaaan/grimdeath.jpg
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http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll91/kallen_/wikialbums/tommyb.jpg
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http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll91/kallen_/wikialbums/panag.jpg
actual late 80s acid house album for sure
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http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu51/daaaaan/golf.jpg
I'm trying to work out what that one would sound like
:-\
the picture is clearly slipknot in 20 years
Tesla: Man Out of Time - “The Strange Thing about These People in the East”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blackcountry/content/images/2007/10/17/women470_470x225.jpg
Incredible
puke
It's actually really funny
because those women are from a female rugby team in Kingswinford, which is West Midlands, but the album title is being racist to folk in the East :')
No joke, the image comes from the Daily Mail website.
The album title could, just maybe, be accused of understatement.
http://i39.tinypic.com/2s8sc3t.jpg
Mexican Agitprop punk album
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu158/Psychicschool/mexican-congress-royal-rumble-2.jpg
Politcal Joy Division Esque Americain Indie
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu158/Psychicschool/FoleyMunipalAirport.jpg
Young Poland - "Fucking Genius, That's What I Do"
http://www.morganownersclub.com.au/images/Land%20Speed%20Record%20Car%201960.jpg
This is my favourite so far
stop being lazy and do the paint work
Can't sleep. Make more terrible artwork.
http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/8306/28thstreet.png - I'd probably spend up to about £5 on that. Possibly.
http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/971/trancoso.png - Um, 90p. Terrible name.
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9707/matthias.png - £5 again. Looks a bit like a Belle & Sebastian cover... Uh.
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/6489/avrobaby.jpg - A painfully dull post-rock album. £2.
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/7736/petelea.png - Looks like a terrible lounge singer/Erykah Badu hybrid. NO.
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/3610/corallus.png - PRICELESS.
This is quite addictive :(
This game is also like talking about your children.
Nobody cares about anyone else's.
:''''''')
that's not true!
I have enjoyed roughly 90% of the entire output in this thread. Including this selection, which is of a suitably high standard.
I could have just written "LOL" couldn't I?
christ, it's undying
Sarat Chandra Das - "Keep Your Powder Dry!"
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp289/amisc/saratchandradas.jpg
"chick culling" was the photo, which would have made a good band name...
but the photo went well with the quote at least!
http://i633.photobucket.com/albums/uu51/daaaaan/chick.jpg
nooo!
I didn't know they did that. :(
vauxhall srv - "a world of complete verdicality"
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3544/3305817500_6c450f04d5.jpg?v=0
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http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp289/amisc/pagoriver.jpg
fei, today's featured wikipedia article is Meshuggah.
Awesome.
mine are getting so meh
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp289/amisc/redsquare.jpg
Out now on Constellation,
Lewisham West (UK Parliament constituency)
Hold the mammal, no worms and, uh, spicy:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3492/3305876322_86a84f7a70_o.jpg
Pontine Tegmentum "The Ones Who Will Pay For His Flip-Flops"
http://i420.photobucket.com/albums/pp289/amisc/pontine.jpg
A lost britpop classic!
Alex presents...
Justice League Satellite's "One Of The Reasons I Carry A Cordless Hair Dryer!"
http://i643.photobucket.com/albums/uu158/Psychicschool/Cordlesshairdryer.jpg
tropical
http://i42.tinypic.com/15gtc1l.jpg
intense
http://i.imgur.com/dmYeZ.png
US hardcore veterans gone post-rock
http://i56.tinypic.com/dxbvap.jpg