The Features have a profile that BrianW and I manage. We decided from the beginning not to take it too seriously and not to annoy people with it, and we've had a decent response so far. If you're on, you've most likely seen it. But if you haven't, look it up and send a friend request.

If you're not on Myspace, I believe you can still see it. I've conveniently nabbed this nifty URL for easy reference: www.myspace.com/thefeatures

There's not much there you won't find here, but it's fun to see some comments, faces and profiles of your fellow Features fans. Plus, multiple visits and listens help The Features "rankings" on Myspace (for whatever that's worth).

I clicked on Roger's face and it said "You Must Be a Member to Use That Feature."

This is the most amusing observation of the day! I approve.

This message was just sent to the Features profile and I had to share:

Do you think they're after Parrish?

I don't know, but Rich Creamy Paint got the same message. I think I know who they're after (Brian).

as did I. I rejected their friend request

I always thought of The Features guys as "bottoms" rather than "tops."

did anyone go look at the top girls?
i wouldnt be too proud.

You know any woman that nominates themselves as a "Top Girl" has got to be skank-ass material. Not that anything is wrong with that... the world does need strippers.

the pillars of society.

only the best of the best eh?

seems a bit fascist.

And that's why this is the first friend request "the Features" will not be accepting.

so did my dinner club. i didnt know my club was so hot?

RCP accepted. We need friends, even if only to fill space.

I'm happy to say the Features are doing well enough to be a little selective. They surpassed my year-long tally after only a couple of weeks.

too bad they (and presumably you) are still being beaten by the mattoid. right on, baby.

(Edited by richarddawson at 12:05 am on Jun. 3, 2004)

I didn't know he had a profile. Has he been on for more than a month? Give the Features time. New requests are rolling in daily...

I, on the other hand, have probably maxed out. Of course, I'm not as promiscous as the band.

Myspace join-dates:

Carligula: 12/1/03
The Mattoid: 11/24/03
The Features: 4/28/04

welcome fact-checker!

Friend-count:
Rob: 110
Mattoid: 110 (111 if he accepts my request)
The Features: 108
Carligula: 81

With just 5 weeks on myspace, the features will be on top of this list by tomorrow-- if not sooner.

(Edited by carligula at 2:31 pm on Jun. 3, 2004)

109

110

Watch Carl count mwahahahahaha!

One friend!
Two friends!
Three friends!
Ha Ha Ha

You're officially way over your unnecessary post limit.

So, 3400 unncessary posts is my limit?

Oops-- 3401.

Hey Ceeze, the count is up to 111. Whoooohooooo!!!

You're just going to get more wrath.

oh please

"the features" have the bubblegum complex listed as one of their friends and were lame enough to keep their retarded friend comment up. not to mention the countless "friends" that hang out in nashville, but don't even go to features shows.

and i'd have 100 myspace friends, too

if i were brainless and accepted every idiot that sent me an invite.

Ha ha- Sina uses myspace!

yeah keith

you caught me with this brand new information of yours

no, i didn't start a myspace thread in the misc section back in january

no, not me

I think his comment may have been directed at the title of this thread. I could be wrong.

(Edited by richarddawson at 1:49 pm on Jun. 7, 2004)

Sina-
Take a joke.

159

I just wanted to bump this topic to remind everyone that uses Myspace to shoot the Features a friend request. That's right, The Features want to be your friend! And if you're not already on, you should definitely check it out. Good, clean, free fun!

We're still trying to find cool things to do with the site without annoying you with 6 bulletins a day about how a radio station in Texarkana just played a Features song.

We'll keep it to 4 a day

Oh, and by the way, they're up to 263 friends, Ceeze.

shit! i've only got 27. of course, i've turned down nearly everyone...it turns out i'm a friend-nazi, too.

could you please correct the reading/ leeds show times. i don't know how many people i know that are going and i told them they played at 1 in the morning.

THANKSDFLSJSd

and i just saw some of the friend comment replies "the features" have been giving. totally gay. like seriously. the features aren't some small time band anymore. the faggy bubblegum complexesque stuff should stop. well, it shouldn't have started.

what the
where's my friend comment from the features
bitches

Yeah, no shit... oh yeah, I forgot, they don't like me. Carry on....

i suppose they don't like me either, i haven't gotten a comment.

then again... i haven't left a comment... oh well.

a good 98% of the comments i've seen that they've left are for females.

i personally think that the comments - if any - should be made by the band members or management. but yeah, i'd go for the no comments at all. it's just tacky.

I take the myspace profile pretty seriously, so in my defense:

1) The Features leave personalized comments, not just "hey check out our new songs and pictures"
2) Meeks asked that this be done so more people feel their presence on myspace and the band's appreciation for the fans
3) Aside from the initial friend invites to key players (MissSeptember, Keith, RichardDawson, Sopforme, Me, Peace Frog, BrianW, etc.), all friend adds have been 100% unsolicited
4) We use the bulletin board VERY sparingly (and only leave one copy of these bulletins at a time)
5) I started from the most recent comment and worked my way backwards through the last 12 or so. I'll hopefully get through all of them eventually.
6) It just so happens that most people who leave comments are girls-- and if 98% of the comments you've seen are for girls, maybe you should stop using myspace to look at young girls' profiles, Sina.
6) It's not 2001 anymore, Sina, so stop pretending like you know what's going on with the band

yeah, if you noticed i said friend comment replies

unfortunately, you're leaving out very important people and that's why it's a problem. i mean superelk has left the features at least 2 messages and you'll step over him to holla at some girl who happened to come to a show. and i'm not even going to discuss peacefrog, brianw, and the band's friend jason from sparta.

this is irrelevant.
but since i was one of those friends who was invited, that information was nice to know, i guess.

irrelevant

that really doesn't make any sense. why would you work from the recent back? seriously, what is the logic behind that?

oh so are you admitting that you're only leaving comments for the "young girls?" don't give me that shit, i only takes a single click of the mouse to know what's up.

and come on "Glad you enjoyed the service... er... show!" from a band who singer writes about family and kids and love. it's tacky

first i would have to pretend that the myspace profile really had something to do with the band and it's not just meeks and rory telling you guys what to do. then i'd have to pretend that stuff like show times and what not are correct.

1) what do you think I'm talking about? they left comments and I responded to them.

2) those people left comments early on. like I said, I'll get to it

3&4) these are just two examples of what sets the features apart from "high school bands"

5) not everything I do is 100% logical-- I just randomly picked a way not to play favorites. I doubt anyone but you took it so personally.

6) it helps if you look at the original comment. in this case, she said that the show was a "religious experience". Last I checked, "service" was an acceptable term for a regular church-based ceremony. That's what I meant when I said "personalized repsonse", sweetie.

Do you honestly think I would pretend to be in the band to get girls on myspace? You must think I'm really pathetic

7) Pretend whatever you want-- the myspace profile was mine and Brian's idea. Meeks has complimented us on it and has asked our input on how to really make it work. In fact, we've already shot down several ideas that he suggested because he hasn't used myspace and doesn't know how annoying certain tactics can be.

Because you don't manage a band page on myspace, I'll let you in on some insider information: Zip codes and show times are required to post the information for a show. If I don't have the info, I use the default setting of 1am and a zip code of 00000. The show times have been confirmed for Reading and Leeds and are now on there (as well as the date change for the nashville CD release).

In the future, if you have any information I don't have or corrections to make, maybe you should send me the info instead of just bitching about it.

i didn't take anything personally

i'm just really bored.

Ohh this is brilliant! I don't know much of The Features, but I like what I've heard so far... and am hearing...

*Enjoying!*



(Edited by Lauri at 3:35 pm on Aug. 24, 2004)

my myspace profile looks pretty bareboned without that features comment ive been so hoping for...well that and lack of friends of course.
life goes on though...even for the stepped over.

now that i think about it

when have i ever took anything personal?

The Features need comments under their pictures like "damn girl, you've got some bombin' tits" or "shit girl, u r hott!" Those are the best ones to read.

I think someone may have found that on their own account...

I received something similar...

I know where you live.

Tom wrote the Features today and asked them to help out his boys and vote Feable Weiner for the nashville scene awards.

By the way, if you haven't voted for The Features yet, what are you waiting for!?!

The Features are up to 999 friends-- 99% of which were unsolicited (they sent the request to the Features, not the other way around). If you're new here and on myspace, check it out: The Features on Myspace

(BTW, I don't consider this to be solicitation )

Also, I wanted to agree with Sina and say that managing a myspace page is an awesome way to get chicks.

I guess that means its time for me to actually start "managing" my page instead of just having one.

I think I've added TheFeatures to my friends list, but it still won't let me comment- not exactly sure how that works.

I have it set up where all comments must first be approved. The only thing that is not approved are blatant advertisements.

yeah, it says I have to be approved as a friend.

Welcome, myspace Features fan #1000!!

I was just reading over this thread and I thought it was funny how moot (imo) all this is now. In 2006, record labels look at how many friends a band has and, from what I've heard, it is a legitimate factor in a band's consideration. Labels want to do as little as possible, so they could realistically choose a band with 20,000 friends over a band with 200 friends. Even if the friend request was totally unsolicited, there's a decent chance the requestee will at least glance at the profile once. I'm not saying this is a good thing, it's just the way it is.

I looked at the features profile just now and they have 5856 friends. For a major label band who's had a profile for 2 years, that's fucking pathetic. Myspace is free marketing. FREE MARKETING. Universal probably has people on the payrole that do nothing but sit on myspace all day (btw I want that job). They have a chance to expose countless people to The Features just by sending messages or friend requests, again at no cost.

Can this be annoying? Yes. But it's good business and this isn't called showmakeeveryonehappyallthetime, it's called showbusiness.

P.S. Sorry to revive a completely dead thread with a huge rant, but it's not like anything else is going on around here.

(Edited by Keith at 5:39 pm on Mar. 6, 2006)

Honestly, Keith, I will admit my views on the whole thing have somewhat evolved. I still say that it looks kind of desperate for a band to do it, but I can definitely see the potential for sending out those requests. Lately I've been getting more messages from bands rather than friend requests. I think it's a little less of a turn-off when the band sends a polite (even non-personalized) message that explains why I've been "chosen" and why I might be interested.

Of course, this takes more time. But, like you said, people are paid to do just that.