Blogathon tomorrow

July 28, 2006 7:50 AM

Blogathon is tomorrow! Frykitty's project currently has 373 participants and pledges totalling over $66,000 for charity. Dobbs will be wrestling the blogathon to the fucking ground. I'll be writing about funny money. Any other mefites participating?
posted by jdroth to MetaFilter-related at 7:50 AM (22 comments total)

Blog...a....thon?
posted by thirteenkiller at 7:52 AM on July 28, 2006

You gotta love it.
posted by jdroth at 7:55 AM on July 28, 2006

This is our Dreama, yes? There are probably a few more lurking around. Of course all the mefites have to make it the full 24 hours, or I'll come back to this thread and mock you mercilessly.
posted by frykitty at 8:16 AM on July 28, 2006

If someone misses an entry, does the charity not get the money?
posted by ODiV at 8:51 AM on July 28, 2006

I'm not crazy (or nearly read) enough to blog, but I did throw in a track for dobbs' shindig; so have The Harvey Girls, and Fake, and possible other mefite music acts that I've missed.

This also puts me (if I didn't misremember or outright hallucinate this) at a delightful one degree of separation from prior dobbs-music-contributor Guided By fucking Voices. And shit yeah it's cool.
posted by cortex at 8:53 AM on July 28, 2006

If someone misses an entry, does the charity not get the money?

We go on a case-by-case basis. Not usually, though. Most sponsors want to give even if their blogger drops out, and we surely aren't going to stand in their way.
posted by frykitty at 8:57 AM on July 28, 2006

Wow, thanks for the link. I just got writ up in Pitchfork mere moments ago.
posted by dobbs at 11:43 AM on July 28, 2006

Oh, and cortex, Pollard donated a track this year as well so you're practically on a CD with him. ;)
posted by dobbs at 11:49 AM on July 28, 2006

Holy goddam. I'm so calling my parents.
posted by cortex at 12:07 PM on July 28, 2006

monochromaticgirl and i are participating! can i put a self link here? i don't honestly know. but if you go to my blog (in my profile) there's entries a-plenty!
posted by misanthropicsarah at 12:19 PM on July 28, 2006

This'd be a totally kosher setting in which to link your blog, yes.
posted by cortex at 12:36 PM on July 28, 2006

misanthropicsarah's blog is here.

Full list of bands participating in my 'thon are here. The ony other MeFite who I approached and who is donating is Al_Truist who records as Radio Room Recording Co.
posted by dobbs at 12:37 PM on July 28, 2006

Your second link is borked, dobbs. This is the list.
posted by cortex at 12:49 PM on July 28, 2006

oops. sorry. thanks
posted by dobbs at 12:54 PM on July 28, 2006

Did Oneida drop out, dobbs?
posted by dersins at 2:05 PM on July 28, 2006

This is our Dreama, yes?

Indeed, yes.
posted by greycap at 3:38 PM on July 28, 2006

dersins, they did, yes.

I think my server is getting the shit kicked out of it and I haven't uploaded music yet. Shit.
posted by dobbs at 5:11 PM on July 28, 2006

Heh. Do you have pretty decent hosting for the files?
posted by cortex at 5:22 PM on July 28, 2006

dersins, to be clearer: Oneida didn't want to drop out but had a rights issue with the track they were going to donate (it is out of print and they don't own the rights). Unfortunately, they're on the road and can't get me something for a couple more weeks so I had to decline.

cortex.

Damn, when I did this in 2003 not a dent was made and I had almost twice the music.
posted by dobbs at 5:29 PM on July 28, 2006

check yoru mail, dobbs.
posted by cortex at 5:41 PM on July 28, 2006

Unfortunately, they're on the road and can't get me something for a couple more weeks

Friggin slackers.
posted by dersins at 5:52 PM on July 28, 2006

Yay Frykitty!

Boo me for not taking part.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 8:24 PM on July 28, 2006