This morning I received an e-mail from a friend informing me Arthur Loves Plastic's myspace profile was down. Sure enough, the pre-Murdoch myspace page I've had since 2005, with over a thousand friends, has been deleted. You can see how it looked in google's cache back on January 21 here.

I wrote myspace to find out why my profile has been deleted, and received this canned response:

If your question pertains to why your account/profile was cancelled by MySpace or why content was deleted, please refer to our Terms of Service for more detailed explanations. Reasons could include, but are not limited to inapproproate [sic] images, racial content, excessive violence, copyright infringement of any kind, underage users, etc.

MySpace is a community where free expression is encouraged. However, we also have a responsibility to all of our users to ensure everyone abides by our Terms of Service.

If this does not address your issue completely, please press "Reply" and provide any additional information you feel is relevant. Please do not alter the subject as it will be considered a new inquiry.

Speculation on why this may have happened is welcome! My theory is that my profile was too tasteful -- perhaps more glitter bears and a busier background would have saved me. I am tempted to not even bother putting another page up because myspace is SO last year anyways.

UPDATE: As of the morning of January 25, my profile has been restored. Thanks Tom!
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An oldie but goodie has been afforded a new lease on life thanks to iTunes. No Nations No Peoples was released in 2002 and snapped up by a record label that went under. The subsequent digi-release floudered as well. But not to be discouraged, ALP has made No Nations available on iTunes. Here's what one review had to say:

"Solid and substantial, musically just so varied, and yet so darned catchy, it's an electronic ambient downtempo brew that will have your feet tapping and your body swaying as track after incredible track fills the airwaves, each one full of the most wondrous array of melodies layers and textures that you could hope to hear - a simply astounding album that is so refreshing and vital it should be prescribed to anyone feeling down or alone. Fantastic and then some."
-- A Garibaldi (CD Services)

Get it here at iTunes.
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