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Does anyone know how the "insensitive clod" thing got started? Found this on google. Did it get its start here from the simpsons?

I live on a blue nest of CAT5 you insensitive clod!

I am a coffeemaker you insensitive clod!

Why? They allow free recording and distribution of their live shows.

Moxy Fruvous is one such group. We had an active taper community when the band was still touring. Although they've stopped, we're still pretty much together as a group.

And as a group, we're still avid music lovers, having our own individual tastes, but still have a lot of the same groups in common.

Viral Marketing is the best. Just ask Russell Wolff about what he said was one of the best nights of his life, getting the chance to open for Fruvous, and us fans absolutley loving his stuff.

His popularity grew from being one small performer to being one... well, still small, but more well known performer.

Do as some creative Fruheads have done. Create a website for your favorite bands fans.

Then, create a section for recommending music.

For example, people who like Moxy Fruvous also like:
They Might Be Giants, Guster, BNL, Great Big Sea, The Beatles, Ben Folds (Five), Arrogant Worms, Eddie From Ohio, The Nields, and more.

Of course, that's a lot of work...

You could also check out sites like Diaryland.com or Livejournal.com. Look at music people like, and see what else they like. Livejournal has "interests" with which you can search for people.

It's not exactly automated, but, with some luck, you might be able to find a few different things.

Do as some creative Fruheads have done. Create a website for your favorite bands fans.

Then, create a section for recommending music.

For example, people who like Moxy Fruvous also like:
They Might Be Giants, Guster, BNL, Great Big Sea, The Beatles, Ben Folds (Five), Arrogant Worms, Eddie From Ohio, The Nields, and more.

Of course, that's a lot of work...

You could also check out sites like Diaryland.com or Livejournal.com. Look at music people like, and see what else they like. Livejournal has "interests" with which you can search for people.

It's not exactly automated, but, with some luck, you might be able to find a few different things.

It would have been nice to note that the song internet porn that Roblimo mentioned was by a group called Da Vinci's Notebook, a really cool male "a cappella" quartet out of Virginia/Washington DC. (Not truly a cappella, as they occasionally use insturments.) Very cool, and I was lucky enough to be told by a bunch of my music pals that they were a kickass group and that I needed to see them in concert.

Well, I have to really thank Moxy Fruvous for all they've done to me and my music habits. You see, Moxy Fruvous struck it big in Canada. But, then they sorta just disappeared off the face of the planet. Not completley off the face of the earth, they went underground, and built a new grassroots following.

Well, wouldn't you know it, a good fan base was created. We revolve around fruhead.com.

I was surprised by the suggestion of a "you might also like..." system. Fruhead.com has one of these. Music REcommendations. Sure, there are some big names on that list, like the Barenaked Ladies, Dave Matthews Band, but there's also lots of groups the average person probably hasn't heard of.

Well, I have to really thank Moxy Fruvous for all they've done to me and my music habits. You see, Moxy Fruvous struck it big in Canada. But, then they sorta just disappeared off the face of the planet. Not completley off the face of the earth, they went underground, and built a new grassroots following.

Well, wouldn't you know it, a good fan base was created. We revolve around fruhead.com.

I was surprised by the suggestion of a "you might also like..." system. Fruhead.com has one of these. Music REcommendations. Sure, there are some big names on that list, like the Barenaked Ladies, Dave Matthews Band, but there's also lots of groups the average person probably hasn't heard of.

I run a community site for fans of the band Moxy Fruvous called Fruhead.Com. The site is very popular, getting around a half a million hits a month, almost all of them dynamic pages. After bouncing back and forth getting screwed by various web hosting companies ("sorry, your site is just too busy, buhbye!"), I managed to find a generous user with a very fast DSL connection who offered to host the site from his apartment. It's been quite reliable, although not as much as a dedicated connection. But so what? It's a free site, and if it goes down for a couple hours it's not like I'm losing money or customers.

I'm hoping to move to a dedicated server someday, but not until prices come down. It'd be really nice to find a hosting company to host non-profit websites without the unreal markups they give to commercial sites. Any takers?

Nobody would care if there was a little corruption, and realistically it wouldn't matter.

As for my argument that most people don't know how Oracle works, perhaps I wasn't clear enough. I'm saying that most people a) can't afford Oracle, and b) if they could, wouldn't know how to use it. I'm not talking about real companies. At work, I use Solid and Oracle, depending on the task. They work for their respective purposes. I'm not saying these people who like MySQL for odd reasons are *RIGHT*. I'm trying to explain the rationale. You're right, good developers *do* continue learning forever. But be honest and think about every 'developer' you've ever met. Were a majority of them good? Didn't think so.

Again, I repeat myself... I don't agree with the majority opinion, but I do believe I can explain it.

I was a long-time BBSer back in "the days", and was sad when most of the local boards started vanishing. The Internet is great, but there weren't many true communities on it -- the sheer size eliminated any hope for a consistent, local user base for any forum.

When I set out to design Fruhead.Com, a web community for fans of the band Moxy Fruvous, I didn't design anything with the old BBS days in mind. That didn't keep that sleeping part of me to wake up and take over. What I ended up with was something that felt to me a lot like the old BBS days, complete with a "Scribble Wall", a "Who's On", a private message system, a message board, a Java IRC interface, and specialized areas for specific interests. The response to it has been nothing short of amazing to me.. there are many who spend a significant portion of their day on the site.

I think that the reason that most web-based communities fail is their lack of focus. Groups either are too large or too small, and there's no unity of interests. Local BBSes used to at least share the common tie of location, but trying to do the same on the Internet seems to always lead to anarchy. BBSes need to adapt to survive, and I've found the success to Fruhead.Com lies in its focus -- all users share a common bond, and the site focuses on that.