April 12, 2005 | Posted by jp at 05:52 PM

we're not zero!

well it's happened! believe it or not (we don't), music.for-robots has been up and on the internerd for a whole year, as of today. which makes this our first birthday! neat! where's the tricycle we asked for?

it's been a pretty incredible year, starting off as one of a handful of MP3 blogs and ending up in the middle of a vibrant community with an ever-increasing presence. I mean, Wired, SPIN, Rolling Stone, the NY Times (twice!), the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Guardian, MTV, the Fresno Bee, The Irish Times and on and on...

we here at the robots are constantly wowed and humbled by the attention and love people have shown us. from the individuals, bands and labels who have provided us with the awesome music we've brought you to the incredible artists who gave us our incredible shirt designs and website re-design, to the clubs and venues working with us to help promote the music we love in the real world... and most of all, to you, our readers, without whom we'd be nothing at all.

2005 has been an uber-dope year for music so far, and we here at MFR are working to do our part. things to look for in the future: more live MFR events (the APT and Lyrics Born MFR nights were insane!), new shirts, tons of new artists and the great music you've come to expect from the site...

...and a special surprise. for those of you in/near NYC, take your calendars and put a big, red, stinking X through Thursday, May 26th. details to follow soon...

Comments

congratulations, everybody. pretty soon, bates college will be best known for you robots instead of bryant gumbel. a great day it will be, indeed.

Posted by: zach at April 12, 2005 06:15 PM

Ho shit, we have the same birthday. No joke, I am 18 today. Happy birthday Robots, I love you!

Posted by: Nora at April 12, 2005 06:27 PM

Go Robots... you make us WRBC alums proud! And yes, please let Bates be known for something other than BG. He sucks.

Posted by: saidahb at April 12, 2005 06:29 PM

happy birthday robots
see you on the 23rd blair
much love from springtime london

Posted by: stephen moshi moshi at April 12, 2005 06:40 PM

holy crap. you guys have only been around for a year. wow. well happy b-day robots, if robots actually have birthdays, that is. you guys/machines are all-stars, and i feel proud to wear your t-shirt as free advertisement. congrats & keep it up!

Posted by: mr g at April 12, 2005 06:57 PM

Sweet. I like surprises. Can anyone show me how to put a big X in my Outlook Calendar?

Posted by: jerry at April 12, 2005 07:00 PM

Happy bday guys! Are you out of t-shirts? I wanted to buy one but it looks like I missed the boat.

Posted by: Katie at April 12, 2005 07:11 PM

yay. in another year, we'll be 10.

(there are 10 kinds of people, those who can count in binary, and those who can't).

Posted by: robotanders at April 12, 2005 07:18 PM

happy blogiversary and many happy returns.

Posted by: karen at April 12, 2005 07:39 PM

Katie (and others), we did in fact sell through the first run of t-shirts rather quickly. More are on the way, though. Keep coming back.

Posted by: jc at April 12, 2005 08:05 PM

eeee! you are the coolest one year old robot(sssssss) and I'll drink to that! I'd offer you but robots drink only oil to make they parts work better!

Posted by: lovefoxxx at April 12, 2005 08:30 PM

Happy Birthday! you are now 3 blue moons old and one winter!


lots of love, keep up the wonderful work, daring workhorses!


-Chieftain Mamadooka

Posted by: Chief Mamadooka at April 12, 2005 08:31 PM

happy birthday to u! hey i luv yall..music4robots is awesum

Posted by: kaycee at April 12, 2005 08:51 PM

happy birthday to you

Posted by: oliver ignatius at April 12, 2005 09:31 PM

Happy Birthday, my favorite Robots! Keep up the excellent work. Your tunes make me happy on a weekly basis. :)

Posted by: --s-tephen at April 12, 2005 10:42 PM

Happy B-day and May Robots Rule!

Posted by: Dr Roboto at April 12, 2005 11:22 PM

Happy B-Day to you wonderful robots from all us here at Plug!

Posted by: Cameron at April 13, 2005 01:14 AM

Congratulations!!!
Its a pleasure to visit each day.

Cheers. xx

Posted by: Paul at April 13, 2005 01:20 AM

Happy Birthday, robots!! And thanks for zee music!

Posted by: robothead at April 13, 2005 03:39 AM

You guys are, as they say round here, the dog's bollocks.

Posted by: D. at April 13, 2005 06:03 AM

happy mf bday

Posted by: lettuce tomato at April 13, 2005 11:25 AM

Happy Bithday, y'all.

As a present, let me offer the following gem from the archives.

I wonder where he is today... maybe it's his birthday too...
xoxo

Posted by: Penelope at April 13, 2005 11:39 AM

Congratulations on your 1st b-day! This is a great website and I'm excited by its success in introducing myself and others to great music. Keep up the good work. Cheers.

Posted by: petlod at April 13, 2005 11:42 AM

Happy Blorthday!

Posted by: wolverine at April 13, 2005 02:41 PM

happy birthday!!! thank you so much for all the great music...

Posted by: a35mmlife at April 15, 2005 03:34 PM

happy birthday my friends.

Posted by: Mike at April 19, 2005 04:34 PM
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