A field guide to mp3 blogs A music blogger from England (discovered via comments at fluxblog) has conducted an anthropological study of sorts to help blogosphere denizens make sense of the mp3 blog ecosystem. Funny stuff, written in a style that mimics a cross between Desmond Morris and a museum tour guide, and with genus/species classifications that rival anything Looney Tunes ever did with the "Road Runner" cartoon. Consider this entry:
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Most likely to unearth things it find whilst running at full speed through the jungle. "Shiny! Noisy! Rare!" Are this creatures common calls. That and little else. Speech isn't this creature favoured method of communication. It just points and if you know whats good for you, you will follow.
Equivilant animal: Sugared up Monkey
Most likely to post: Music that bands provide them. At every possible oppurtunity. Live concert and session mp3s. Without a description of the music. No time for that in our 250m/ph society!
Good stuff. Check it out -- not only for a chuckle, but also for the links to other terrific music blogs.
If you'd like to take a more serious look at the history of mp3 blogging, there's always the Music Blog Wiki.