just for fun



I saw this on Ohfortheloveofblog and thought it was fun. Hope I don't get tracked down by the copyright police (but the picture was also taken by a Lynne. Spelled right too!)

INSTRUCTIONS:
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. (It's album art, so make the picture square)

5 - TAG the friends you want to join in.
Consider yourself tagged.

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