Several years ago I ran across [url=http://www.geocities.com/dhou...]this site[/url] as I searched the web for new music. The minute the page opened up, I knew I had hit the musical lottery. From that day forward I referred to it always as [url=http://www.geocities.com/dhou...]The Candy Store[/url] because I literally I felt like a "kid in a candy store" exploring the page after page of the musical descriptions and recommendations that can be found [url=http://www.geocities.com/dhou...]here[/url] . I think what I love most about the site is not just the sheer number of bands profiled on it[url=http://www.geocities.com/dhou...] (over 1400!!)[/url] but rather it's the depth in which so many of them are explored that makes this site so special. Click on any one of the bands and you find a description that includes genre, history and in many case album reviews, as well as links and related bands. I cannot tell you how many new bands I have found as a result of my explorations at [url=http://www.geocities.com/dhou...]The Candy Store.[/url] I swear, it's like a little piece of heaven! :)
Oh, but that's not the end of the story...
Then... in what can only be described as a cosmic twist of fate of absolutely grand proportions, the creator of [url=http://www.geocities.com/dhou...]The Candy Store[/url] and I just happened to bid on several of the same CD auctions on eBay. I don't recall who won -- althought it was probably him as he used to be one "dangerous bidder" [i]back in the day[/i]-- but somehow, as a result of our bidding rivalry we contacted one another, I learned that he had created what I literally considered (and still consider) to be one of the greatest music sites ever conceived, and a friendship began that has endured the last several years.
But... time passes, as it tends to do. And life has a way of keeping us from the creative pursuits that we love most. And so it came to be that one day recently I clicked my oft used bookmark only to find that[url=http://www.geocities.com/dhou...] The Candy Store[/url] had closed its doors. Out of business! Gone fishing! Error404 -- The page you are attempting access is currently unavailable.
Say it isn't so!?!?!
But it was. And once I had wiped the tears from my freckled cheek, I e-mailed my longtime pal to express my sincere sorrow... and within a few days [url=http://www.geocities.com/dhou...]The Candy Store [/url] was back in business, because friendship always far exceeds the limits of bandwith. And I must say... that's the best news I've received in a long, long time.
So... take a trip to [url=]The Candy Store.[/url] Stick your face up against the glass cases and peer inside at all the darkly delicious goodies. Believe me, they're just as yummy as they look.
posted by: ReBorn (reply)
post date: 05.26.04 (2:21 pm)
:))
posted by: shadowmusic (reply)
post date: 05.26.04 (2:29 pm)
Thanks, juniperflux, and thanks to everyone who visits the site, broken links & all. The best place to start the visit is on a page listing all 1400+ bands:
what would we do without you? lol... die from lack of good music thats what.
posted by: macki (reply)
post date: 05.30.04 (8:29 am)
hi
really grgeat site, thanks for the suggestion
by the way, do u know the amg? a good part of the new bands and kinds of music that i research i discover ther...they are kind of a little too mainstream, but i think it is a good site
bye
posted by: cmaze (reply)
post date: 06.01.04 (3:10 pm)
Several years ago I ran across [url