Blogcritics

Space Exploration - to Wales, the Land of Song

Colin Ricketts — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 10:58:37 EST

Wales, the land of song - and drum and bass and math rock and tripped out bedroom trance and dope infused surf pop!
I'm in the process or moving, far too slowly as it happens, to Cardiff - or Caerdydd to give it its native tongue name - capital of Wales, the land of my mother's fathers, the land of song. So, MySpace Exploration will be a short orbit this time. There's nothing scientific in MySpace, this won't prove anything about the health of...

Space Exploration: An Atlantic Crossing to Argentina Via Myspace

Colin Ricketts — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:18:34 EST

Football, beef, tango, but what is the sound of digital, social networking Argentina?
I have a friend! I have several hundred in fact. Not real buy-you-a-pint; can I borrow a tenner; yes, that is a lovely new t-shirt friends, but virtual pals scattered across the globe and according to some of their profiles beyond this globe and far off on other, no doubt far more interesting ones. My recent new friend is Argentinian, and it's...

Space Exploration: A Mission in Myspace - Find the Meek inheritance or Die Trying

Colin Ricketts — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:58:04 EST

In Myspace they can hear you dream.
Serendipity is a lovely word isn't it? To stumble unwitting upon a gem amidst the shitheap really is a feeling that can't be beat. I have now accepted that Leeds United aren't going to come from behind to beat Manchester 'The Scum' United 4 - 3 in a final of the Champions' League noted both for career-threatening injuries...

Space Exploration: Aussie Duo's Dreamy Delights

Colin Ricketts — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:19:12 EST

Serendipity of myspace yields hidden and unsigned gems.
Myspace is enormous - have no doubt of that or, if you did, check out these numbers: 188,994 death metal acts registered - enough disillusioned teenagers to reach from my home in Newent to someone else's home quite a flipping long way away (I've noticed that death metal fans tend towards the lanky), and can you imagine the noise? Kudos too...