Mesm277: A (sort of) Challenge!

Mesm277 02.14.21	hmmmm
CugnoBrasso 02.14.21	I am interested actually
Trifolium 02.14.21	Oooh, good question! Signing up so I can learn more as the thread takes off!
Trifolium 02.14.21	I did some snooping, this leads to a weird page: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=1
garas 02.14.21	> https://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=1 Now I am digging... (blank). Yay!
parksungjoon 02.14.21	seems like U2's how to dismantle an atomic bomb may have resided in slot 25 at some point https://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=25
parksungjoon 02.14.21	oh here we go https://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=37 https://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Less-Than-Jake/36/ dont let anyone tell you this site is metal-centric
Trifolium 02.14.21	Hahaha yes there's some good jokes on albumid=1's page.
ChoccyPhilly 02.14.21	ooh interesting. we should enter the caves of the forum and ask Black Ink
LeddSledd 02.14.21	now digging [2]
Kompys2000 02.14.21	I dug around for this a while ago and whipped up a lil spreadsheet with all the artists I could find in the first 1000 database entries, take a peek if you're interested! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xSZU6sOK4qP0EnPdjSwW9e6lxxB6CT3N3Yv4pdLJHQ8/edit?usp=sharing
parksungjoon 02.14.21	good job
evilford 02.14.21	Wow claps
porcupinetheater 02.14.21	God damn stunning
Mesm277 02.14.21	That's a stunning effort! Is it safe to assume that maybe artist pages 1-35 have been archived/deleted perhaps? Or does the rabbit hole down go further...
Kompys2000 02.14.21	My theory is that the first 30ish artist pages were sort of temp placeholders that mx used to test the coding while the site was first being built, and got wiped after it went live, but I wasn't around at the time so I can't say for sure.
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.14.21	Mx actually made the site originally as forums for Russian audiobooks - hence the name sputnik - but when he decided he wanted to monetize his efforts he realized this topic of interest was rather niche and turned it into a music forum instead. Entries 1-35 were now deleted Russian audiobooks.
LeddSledd 02.14.21	interesting! ...if you didn't just make that up...
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.14.21	Tis true, ask jom
ArsMoriendi 02.14.21	https://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=15 has a picture of The Beatles, so The Beatles might've been #15 but then deleted and re-added
ArsMoriendi 02.14.21	I went through 1-41 and Less Than Jake is at #36 for their band page https://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Less-Than-Jake/36/ Making them the oldest still up band page on Sput EDIT: Park beat me to it lol nice
porcupinetheater 02.14.21	Oh shit Pots, thanks for the deep lore So many questions I forgot I had, answered.
Colton 02.14.21	pretty sure that's not true
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.14.21	Yeah np m8
porcupinetheater 02.15.21	Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story!
zakalwe 02.15.21	I went hammer and tong for 4yrs to compile this list. I sacrificed my marriage, house and all worldly goods as a result but I think it was worth it. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xSZU6sOK4qP0EnPdjSwW9e6lxxB6CT3N3Yv4pdLJHQ8/edit?usp=sharing
zakalwe 02.15.21	Less than Bastard Jake. What a piss poor site.
parksungjoon 02.15.21	epiq
rabidfish 02.15.21	Wasnt mx originally a tabs forum? Pre sure.
Lord(e)Po)))ts 02.15.21	Yes mx tabs was a guitar tabs forum. He merged sputnikaudiobooks and mxguitartabs into a unified music review site and forum
Dewinged 02.15.21	Yeah i remember this conversation a while back, and the terrible realization that the first album added to Sput's database was a pop punk record.