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                                "*": "[[Image:RF logo2011blueblack.png|center|]]\n\n==THE PODCAST IS HERE==\nThe Rocklopedia Fakebandica podcast launched April 1st! Come listen! Its on all the major podcasting services, and some minor ones too:\n\n*https://linktr.ee/rocklopedia\n\nLinks will be added to the LinkTree page as we get them!\n\n==Current Article Count==\nAs of today, {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}, the Rocklopedia Fakebandica has: '''{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}''' entries!\n\n== '''6,000 Articles!''' ==\nThe Rocklopedia Fakebandica celebrates the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021 with its SIX THOUSANDTH entry! The Greek and Roman god of music, [[Apollo]], was entry #6000, added December 31, 2020. A much overlooked entry in the pantheon (pun intended) of fake bands and etc.\n\n==Hey I Did A Podcast==\nHey, I was on a podcast for the [http://www.notinhalloffame.com Not in Hall of Fame] website, which has added a fictional Rock and Roll hall of fame, making us the equivalent of two guys who show up at a party wearing the same shirt. It was fun talking with them: \n[http://www.notinhalloffame.com/podcasts/the-buck-stops-here/9598-the-buck-stops-here-interview-with-t-mike-childs CLICK HERE for podcast].\n\n== '''5,000 Articles!''' ==\nThanks to everyone who ever contributed, because as of February 28, 2019, we have officially hit FIVE THOUSAND articles!\n\nRead more in our press release here: [[Image:2019_Rocklopedia_Fakebandica_5K_Press_Release.pdf]]\n\n=='''The Wikipedia Fakebandica'''; or '''Rocklopedia Fakebandica 2: Electronic Bookaloo'''==\n\nHello and welcome to '''The Rocklopedia Fakebandica'''! It's a wiki, because there's just too dang many fictional bands out there for one person to keep up with! \n\nClick here to find out [[Help:Starting a new page|HOW DO I ADD A BAND?]]\n\nUse the search box on the left there, or [[:Category:Years|Browse by YEAR]] | [[:Category:Media Type|Browse by MEDIUM (TV, film, etc.)]] | [[:Category:Contents|Browse by CATEGORY]]\n\nThis site is under a Creative Commons license. \n\nWant to add some bands? [mailto:&#114;&#111;&#99;&#107;&#108;&#111;&#112;&#101;&#100;&#105;&#97;&#64;&#118;&#103;&#103;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109; Email] for a login. Post spam or made up stuff and you'll be banned.\n\nRules? Sure, a few: \n*Keep it real. - Please only bands/musicians from published sources. There's plenty out there; you don't need to make up any on your own. Cite as much source information as possible.\n*Keep it honest. - Please don't cut and paste other people's work. Quoting a modest chunk of source material for context is fine, just credit it.\n*Keep it clean. - Please only use four letter words when they are direct quotes, or part of a band's name, lyrics, album title, etc.\n\nThe old, old site is [http://www.fakebands.com/original-index.html right here], but is no longer updated.\n\n== Social stuff ==\nWant to chat about fake bands and generate content for Mark Zuckerberg to sell to advertisers? [https://www.facebook.com/fakebands/ Like us on Facebook!]\n\n== Getting started ==\n* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]\n* Consult the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for detailed information on using the wiki software.\n* [http://www.vgg.com/fakebands/pathfinder/index.html Rock Fiction pathfinder]\n\n==External Links==\n*Order the [https://www.amazon.com/Rocklopedia-Fakebandica-T-Mike-Childs/dp/031232944X/ print version from Amazon]\n*Ross, Alex. \"[https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/08/24/imaginary-concerts Imaginary Concerts: The music of fictional composers.]\" ''The New Yorker''. August 24, 2009.\n*Brown, K. D. (Ed.), ''[http://mellenpress.com/book/An-Annotated-Bibliography-and-Reference-List-of-Musical-Fiction/6302/ An Annotated Bibliography and Reference List of Musical Fiction]'' Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, 2005.\n*Gibbs, John R. \"[http://staff.washington.edu/gibbs/musicfiction.html A Bibliography of Musical Fiction].\" University of Washington, Seattle.\n*Whitman, Brian. \"[http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~bwhitman/10000.html Ten Thousand Statistically Grammar-Average Fake Band Names].\" from: Ellis, Daniel, Brian Whitman, Adam Berenzweig and Steve Lawrence. \"[http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~bwhitman/ellis02quest.pdf The Quest For Ground Truth in Musical Artist Similarity].\" In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Music Information Retrieval. [http://www.ee.columbia.edu/~dpwe/talks/ismir-2002-10.pdf 13-17 October 2002], Paris, France.\n*[https://books.google.com/books?id=_TP3DAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false ''The Encyclopedia of Musicians and Bands on Film'', Melissa U. D. Goldsmith, Paige A. Willson, Anthony J. Fonseca; Rowman & Littlefield, 2016]\n*[https://www.mtsu.edu/popmusic/about.php Center for Popular Music at Middle Tennessee State University]\n*[http://imaginaryinstruments.org/ The Museum of Imaginary Instruments]\n\n<!--\nRabinowitz, Peter. \"Fictional Music: Toward a Theory of Listening.\" Theories of Reading, Looking, and Listening. Bucknell University Press. 1981.\nhttps://books.google.com/books?id=KguFAAAAIAAJ\n\n[[Image:Musicland_map_1935.png|thumb|right]]\n\n*1876, ''A Trip to Music-land : a fairy tale forming an allegorical and pictorial exposition of the elements of music''. by Shedlock, Emma L. https://archive.org/details/cu31924022378164\n*1893, ''The Musical Journey of Dorothy and Delia'' by Bradley Gilman, illustrated by F. G. Attwood https://books.google.com/books?id=zhwtAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false\n*1910, ''The Glass Mender and Other Stories''. By Maurice Baring\n*1917, ''Prince Melody in Music Land'', by Elizabeth Simpson\n*1921, ''In Music land. Play for children'' by Brockett, Alice Whitney. Foreword acknowledges ''Musical Journey of Dorothy and Delia''. https://archive.org/details/inmusicland00broc\n*1925, ''Alice in Orchestralia'' (AKA ''Alice in Orchestra Land''). 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