UPDATED! AGAIN
Many user submissions and where to find a ton more examples on facebook, etc.
The latest facebook internet meme is this little gem (thanks to commenter omnibolg for sending me the full version):
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.
Feel free to adjust the rules for maximum fun (I would recommend being a bit more selective with the photo, but still stick to the Flickr page you end up landing on), and please link your results in the comments and I'll add photos below.
A few favorites from the facebook Album Covers Group, which has a ton of entries. Also, check our the facebook Album Cover Aficionados Group and the Flickr Group. Also, check out the Boston Phoenix picks for the top 10 (so far), with insightful reviews. More to come, I'm sure.
Because this game is so fun, I made three more album covers: a twee 4AD sort of band; a mid-90s electro-dance thing that would have been celebrated by the NME; and a brilliantly random combination of a bad horror movie, a Will Rogers quote, and a safari photo that makes for a politically infused angry hardcore band.
Your covers:
zom-bot
Roy Rosenthal, "CMJ award winner for best new band".
Daniel Koning, " I might have to record a song from this album."
Bob Cobbings' Kitchen Prosthetics, "Exciting new Anti-Con label band mixing dub-step, folk and Oulipo-inspired rap."
Theo, "I would not listen to this crap, even if it was my own."
Joshua K, "This is either some really cool post-punk band or easy listening world music..."
Brian C, "Mine is kind of conceptual. Could be an emo band." The Nice Price tag is an inspired touch!
Michael, "Nordic prankster Jan Balstad returns from a six-year prison sentence with his most irreverent collection of static-strewn ephemera yet. The foiled blimp-jacking scheme which landed him in a dank cell for the better part of a decade is outlined in these bite-sized songs, thirteen deranged parables of prepared piano, Inuit throat singing, and pornographic field recordings. "This Isn't Even Wrong!" proves that Norway's answer to Mark Hosler wasn't rehabilitated in the least."
Michael (#2), "The aural equivalent of curling up by the fire with some chamomile and Proust."
Mr. D, "A mid west US alt folk band. Most often compared to Bright Eyes but not as edgy."
and...bonus points for context.
Greg from Detroit, "Private press record of glee club spring concert 1974. Mix of predictable covers and a few surprising originals, including the devastating title track."
JoyGrenade, "The bittersweet summer romance of Lisa Germano and Harmony Korine."
Jason:
OK, from now on I'm "The British Columbia Provincial Police"
Great pic for the first album cover:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Like_a_duck.jpg/175px-Like_a_duck.jpg
Posted by: Fatherflot | February 24, 2009 at 06:33 PM
That would be a great punk 7".
Posted by: Clinton McClung | February 24, 2009 at 06:37 PM
The guy looks like Billy Childish in one of his cheeky disguises.
Posted by: Fatherflot | February 24, 2009 at 06:43 PM
My album is from "Żukowice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship" and it's called "Less From Wise Guys". The album cover can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/perfectoarts/3302240445/
Meme-o-rama!!
Posted by: omnibolg | February 24, 2009 at 06:50 PM
mine here.
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2365/231/107/1665693898/n1665693898_135949_4661.jpg
and yes- for once a facebook game worth playing! i may have to make more.
Posted by: zom-bot | February 24, 2009 at 09:42 PM
CMJ award winners for best new band:
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/157/sunshineweekitslikeakin.jpg
Posted by: Roy Rosenthal | February 24, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Oh man, apparently I'm some hippie jma band called "Balliopsis" and are lastest live album recorded at Burning Man is "Accepted as Being Self Evident"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nyki_m/3297530939/
Posted by: JMet | February 24, 2009 at 11:38 PM
JMet - I can understand why you didn't follow through and make the album cover after getting dealt a shitty hand like that!
Posted by: Clinton McClung | February 25, 2009 at 12:26 AM
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/146/inthewrongbuilding.jpg
I might have to record a song from this album.
Posted by: Daniel Koning | February 25, 2009 at 12:36 AM
History of Pomerania - Useless To Seek It Elsewhere... exciting new Anti-Con label band mixing dub-step, folk and Oulipo-inspired rap
Posted by: Bob Cobbings' Kitchen Prosthetics | February 25, 2009 at 01:31 AM
nnnnn...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24459932@N06/3308684828/
Posted by: Bob Cobbings' Kitchen Prosthetics | February 25, 2009 at 01:33 AM
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b42/Theodore2470/awesomeband.png <-- I would not listen to this crap, even if it was my own.
Posted by: Theo | February 25, 2009 at 02:28 AM
Band = Israel Fed Cup team
Title= Harass rich women than motorcycle gangs
Img = http://www.flickr.com/photos/25897487@N08/3297483314/
Posted by: fastcanoe | February 25, 2009 at 06:00 AM
This is either some really cool post-punk band or easy listening world music...
http://img.skitch.com/20090225-ew6fn576wgy8n4iurgmhhyt5ry.jpg
Posted by: Joshua K | February 25, 2009 at 06:12 AM
Mine is kind of conceptual. Could be an emo band.
[IMG]http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr300/scott_norwood/LP.jpg[/IMG]
Posted by: Brian C. | February 25, 2009 at 09:14 AM
Fun fun fun!
http://www.geocities.com/joygrenade/jan.balstad.jpg
Posted by: Michael | February 25, 2009 at 09:26 AM
Brian C: The "Nice Price" sticker was inspired.
Posted by: Michael | February 25, 2009 at 09:32 AM
That "Nice Price" sticker is a nice touch. Perhaps we should rename this the "Facebook Cut-Out Album Cover Game". That seems to be where most of these will end up.
Posted by: Clinton McClung | February 25, 2009 at 09:46 AM
Here's the blurb for my entry above.
Jan Balstad - This Isn't Even Wrong!
Nordic prankster Jan Balstad returns from a six-year prison sentence with his most irreverent collection of static-strewn ephemera yet. The foiled blimp-jacking scheme which landed him in a dank cell for the better part of a decade is outlined in these bite-sized songs, thirteen deranged parables of prepared piano, Inuit throat singing, and pornographic field recordings. "This Isn't Even Wrong!" proves that Norway's answer to Mark Hosler wasn't rehabilitated in the least.
Posted by: Michael | February 25, 2009 at 10:08 AM
Shrink Film - The Sweet Serenity of Books
The aural equivalent of curling up by the fire with some chamomile and Proust.
http://www.geocities.com/joygrenade/sweet.serenity.jpeg
Posted by: Michael | February 25, 2009 at 11:26 AM
Facebook Group For These
Flickr Group
Posted by: MrD | February 25, 2009 at 11:58 AM
Fact Check - ...of the overcoming of it
another shot
Cicer - the alleged King of England
Posted by: MrD | February 25, 2009 at 12:05 PM
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3387/3309276571_0564b84c3c.jpg
private press record of glee club spring concert 1974. Mix of predictable covers and a few surprising originals, including the devastating title track.
Posted by: Greg from Detroit | February 25, 2009 at 04:10 PM
Greg: Brilliant.
Posted by: JoyGrenade | February 26, 2009 at 12:30 PM
The bittersweet summer romance of Lisa Germano and Harmony Korine.
www.geocities.com/joygrenade/fac.gin.game.jpeg
Posted by: JoyGrenade | February 26, 2009 at 01:13 PM