Michael Jackson’s funeral is being held now as write this and taken place at the ....Staples.. ..Center.... in ....Los Angeles...., Ca.  Its kinda odd its being held there, because I attend lots of events there, especially this past year. Why do fans love him so much? Especially, outside of the ....United States...., he’s still a legend to most people, even though he peaked in the late 80s and early 90s. He did produced some albums after that, but his success didn’t translate in ....America.... and all those controversy surrounding him. Public opinion wasn’t all that great in the ....US.....

Here’s my take on what Michael Jackson meant to me. From what I can remember, my earliest recollection of a song, is in fact, his music and the first music video Ive ever seen is his. So, he made quite an impression on me when I was a kid, circa 1985. I continued to listen to his music on a consistent basis until I graduated from high school. Basically, the last track I’ve heard of his music is “Scream” and don’t remembering hearing any other tracks on the radio afterwards.

I was shocked as everyone else when he allegedly molested a boy. I don’t know if its true or not, only MJ knows the truth. I honestly belief he didn’t do it, he is just one misunderstood dude. People call him names and persecute him because he’s different or weird. I’m not defending him at all, just what I observed. Before his death, some thinks he’s a freak and after his death, he’s the king. That’s exactly what the media portrayed him to be. You’re talking about a guy he was physically abused by his father as a child and didn’t have a real childhood. He had to work as a child and haven’t stopped working since.

Does he have psychological problem? I believe so, I bet a lot of entertainers do. He died prematurely, he was planning for a comeback this year with tour dates, it’s a shame, we will never have the chance to see that. A lot of people were shocked when they hear the news he died at 50.

It doesn’t matter what you think of Michael Jackson, his music influenced you in some ways. My parents grew up listening to the Jackson 5 and MJ, and I grew up listening to the latter. And I watched the Larry King’s special clip of ....Jackson....’s supposively haunting Neverland ranch last night, which was fascinating. I believe his music will be in many people’s heart, so I ask, what do MJ mean to you?  

Steve L.

www.myspace.com/artiststeve

If you live in Southern California, you might have experienced an earthquake measured 4.5 less than an hour ago (755pm PST). This one is by far the fastest one I've ever experienced, but felt it for sure. For me, it lasted about 2 seconds, mild compare to the one last year, late July of 2008. And Im listening to the tv, people felt the earthquake pretty strong.

The one in July took me by surprise and was kinda scary, I think it was a 6.0 or something, but felt much stronger and lasted for almost a minute. It felt like a rocket is gonna land on me, the noise was intense and ground rolled. Ive experienced earthquakes for the past 23 years and the past few years its more active than ever. Because for a good 10 years or so, nothing really happened, beside the intense Northridge earthquake in the 90s that leveled the whole city.

I heard it from my sister, that come May of 2009 or 2010, the so called "Big one" will hit Southern California. Earthquakes comes when you least expected, just like things in your life sometimes come unexpected.

Weird for this to happen tonight, since tomorrow morning my family is doing funeral services for my grandma. I hope all of the artists in Southern California aren't hurt from the result of  this earthquake. Be safe out there and I cant wait to continue to see more great art out there.

If you have any earthquake stories, feel free to share.

Steve L.

www.myspace.com/artiststeve

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Favorite 105 songs part 1 continue

51.) Slippin- DMX

(Haunting song, dramatic, and deep lyrics)

52.) Hurt- Johnny Cash

( This just might be the greatest cover song ever)

53.) We Need a Resolution- Aaliyah

(One of the first track laid down by Timbaland that caught my attention)

54.) Ruff Riders Anthem- DMX

(I love the beat to this song, DMX is great, and this song ranks top 10 with American soldiers in Iraq)

55.) If I Aint got you –Alicia Keys

(lyrics and video are awesome, maybe my favorite track of hers, easily)

56.) Youth of a Nation – P.O.D

(I believe this is inspired by the Columbine shootings in Denver, great lyrics and song)

57.) Down With the Sickness- Disturbed

(Used so many times in movies, but still a rock classic track)

58.) Buffalo Soldier- Bob Marley

(first song that got me interested in Reggae music)

59.) A Life Less Frightening- Rise Against

(Awesome band to see live and great song to scream to)

60.) Right Where It Belongs- NIN

(Amazing lyric and listened to it almost every day the year it was released)

61.) Only God Knows Why – Kid Rock

(This proves Kid Rock not only can write, but got a heart)

62.) Smack My Bitch Up- Prodigy

(One of the most memorable song Ive ever heard live, it rocked the whole place, and the video super controversial.)

63.) Unforgiven- Metallica

(My favorite track of the band)

64.) Battle Flag- The Lo Fidelity Allstars

(This would make a great stripper song, great dance song)

65.) The Box- Orbital

(One of the best song in the electronic rock era)

66.) Block Rockin Beats – The Chemical Bros.

(Elecrtronic music at its best)

67.) Me Against the Music- Britney and Madonna

(Madonna's comeback song? It worked)

68.) Breathe –Erasure

(Still going strong after 20 years)

69.) Everyday is like Sunday- Morrissey

(The music pioneer of Alternative music)

70.) Man in the Mirror- Michael Jackson

(Unforgettable video, one of the best song of MJ)

71.) Freedom – George Michael

(A bunch of Supermodels rocking out to this song, doesn't get better than that, awesome video)

72.) Just Another – Pete Yorn

(Great acoustic guitar play here)

73.) Put Your Arms Around Me- Texas

(amazing voice and one of my favorite track of the 90s)

74.) Only Time –Enya

(The most popular Enya song to date and its one of the best)

75.) Trip Like I Do- Filter/Crystal Method

(original song with no vocal is great already, with vocals, it's a classic)

76.) Nookie –Limp Bizkit

(A lot of people hate them, but I love this song, I feel like destroying stuff or driving real fast when I hear this song)

77.) Wonder Wall- Oasis

(the most annoying band when I was in HS, but liked them years later)

78.) Summertime/Doin Time – Sublime

(The song that got me into Sublime, a local band that turned huge)

79.) Blow it Out your Ass – Ludacris

(One of the master hip hop writers of our time, this guy knows how to party)

80.) What a Wonderful World- Louis Armstrong

(If you don't like this song, you're a hater)

81.) Stand By Me- BB King

(Instant classic and the movie is my favorite)

82.) Besame Mucho-Andrea Boccelli

(Seeing him live was amazing, great song)

83.) Venus As a Boy – Bjork

(My second favorite song from Debut, Bjork at her finest)

84.) Blaze of Glory- Bon Jovi

(I know every word to this song and actually sang Karoake to it)

85.) A View to Kill- Duran Duran

(Classic 80s James Bond track)

86.) Fantasy – Mariah Carey

(A fun MC song and sampled a 80s track in there)

87.) Communication- The Cardigans

(The lyrics really spoke to me at the time and awesome song)

88.) Spark- Tori Amos

(The height of my obsession with everything Tori Amos)

89.) All I Want is You- U2

(Perhaps their best ballad song, with great guitar play by The Edge)

90.) Hunter- Bjork

(What a weird song, but became one my favorite out of the Homogenic tour)

91.) Closer- NIN

(One of the most textured song I've heard, my favorite song of all time)

92.) Shepherd Moons- Enya

(Soothing song, you feel at peace)

93.) You Look So Fine- Garbage

(Great track that was never released on radio)

94.) The Power of Goodbye- Madonna

(It's the last time she actually sang a ballad song and its great)

95.) Long Road Out of Hell- Marilyn Manson

(Manson gets a lot of bad press, but this song is awesome)

96.) The Way I am –Eminem

(The track that got me hooked into his music, great writer, and suprisingly can act too)

97.) Cherub Rock- Smashing Pumpkins

(The e-guitar in this song is insane and the drums are off the charts)

98.) I Need Love- LL Cool J

(Didn't realize the lyrics until I got older, a classic love song)

99.) The Way You are- Shania Twain

(Great melody and her voice is so sexy)

100.) Guerilla Radio- Rage Against the Machine

(You feel like going to the mosh pit when you hear it)

101.) The end is the Beginning- Smashing  Pumpkins

(Darcy,Billy and James underappreciated guitar play in this awesome track)

102.) All Apologies- Sinead O'Connor

(Surprise cover song of Nirvana's greatest song)

103.) Somebody- Depeche Mode

(Lyrically, its everything I ever wanted and the song is a classic)

104.) Firestarter- Prodigy

(Talk about a complicated sound arrangement, this is music at its best)

105.) One-U2

(This song got 3 different music videos and got my full attention to their music)

My opinion on music. I cant live without it, I like it loud when possible. I like the hardcore stuff and the soft/slow stuff. There's no such thing as bad music or good music. Whatever is good to you might be crap to other people. A lot of people get really worked up when they don't like a certain type of music or song. And tend to judge the person according to the music they listen to. While others are too ashamed to admit they like a cetain song. I'm fairly open to different types of music, I might not like all, but willing to hear and try it out. I like cheesy, underground, mainstream, indie, foreign  and whatever weird music comes my way. I love music and don't just limit myself only to certain style of music. There's also a lot of songs that I would hate at first and like later. While, some songs or albums take a long time to mature for me to like it. People like a certain songs for a number of reason. Lyrics or memories that goes with that track, or whatever you can relate to or it speaks to you. Music is a communication device and makes you feel a certain way or its outlet of what you want to express, if you wrote the song. And just because a certain track is critically acclaimed, does it automatically becomes a good song? Not necessarily, it just means they have a good argument about it. Good music taste is in the eye of the beholder...:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Favorite 105 songs part 1

All in no particular order

1.) Smell Like Teen Spirit [original raw form, found in the box set] Nirvana – (the radio version wasn't always my favorite Nirvana song, the drums are far more apparent here, Dave Grohl is a genius)

2.) Karma Police -Radiohead

(simple video but enjoy listening to it , everytime its on the radio)

3.) 1000 Oceans- Tori Amos  

(One of my favorite song of Tori)

4.) Iron Man- The Cardigans

(A better version of Black Sabbath's song, Nina Persson sound super cute in this song)

5.) Once Upon a Time – Smashing Pumpkins

(One of the greatest ballads of the pumpkins, never received radio airplay)

6.) Mama said Knock you Out –LL Cool J

(One of the greatest video ever made, simple, but memorable, LL is badass)

7.) Milk – Garbage

( A pretty haunting song, waiting for that someone, good lyrics)

8.) Poison- Bel Div Devoe

(when you hear this song, you wanna break out to the dance floor and break dance.lol)

9.) Sure shot – Beastie Boys

( I feel gangsta listening to this song, lol, definitely top 5 Bboys song of all time)

10.) Good Enough – Evanescence

(I think everyone can relate to this song at some point of their lives)

11.) Everything Changes – Staind

(another Aaron Lewis, depressing songs, great writer)

12.) City of Angels -the Distillers

(This song started it all for me, suddenly I love punk rock, Brody rules!)

13.) Hurt - NIN

(I would rank this track 2 of all time on my favorite song list, this is what makes Trent Reznor a music god)

14.) Dead Leaves on the Dirty Ground -  The White Stripes

(Rock and Roll is back with this track, makes me wanna pick up a electric guitar and rock out!)

15.) Ode to my Family – The Cranberries

(Great melody and vocals, the lyrics are great too, you understand your folks better the older you get.)

16.) Jumpin Jumpin –Destiny's Child

(Great party song, or dance song ,like in a club)

17.) Gone Away - The Offspring

(If you ever lost someone dearly, you can relate to this song)

18.) Teardrop – Massive Attack

(First track that got me into this great band, who produces great beats with a guest singer on a lot of the tracks)

19.) The Man Who Sold the World- Nirvana

(inspired me to play the guitar when I was in HS, this is a David Bowie song)

20.) Nothing Compares to You – Sinead O'Connor

(One of the most memorable videos of the 90s, I love this song)

21.) Secret Garden – Bruce Springsteen

(Jerry Maguire made this song popular and makes me feel, haha)

22.) Philadelphia – Neil Young

(What a sad song, great melody)

23.) Blue Moon – The Mavericks

(This song was sung by so many singers, this is the best re-make of Blue Moon)

24.) Maid of Orleans –OMD

(the best 80s song that never played on the radio, scared me when I was little cuz of the video, but  love this song)

25.) My Own Prison –Creed

(This was played on radio when they werent big yet)

26.) Sweet Jane – Cowboys Junkies

(Literally took my bro and I years to find out who sung the damn song)

27.) Never Let Me Down Again – Depeche Mode

(My favorite DM track for a good 10 years)

28.) Chasing Cars- Snow Patrol

(These guys are destined for greatness, this song can be in any movie)

29.) Friday – Ice Cube

(This is west coast gangsta at its finest)

30.) Ghost –Tupac Shakur

(Not one of his most recognized songs, but I like the flow of the song, and the lyrics are schocking)

31.) Deep Cover –Dr.Dre/Snoop

(Never a fan of gangsta rap when it started the early 90s, but slowly I embrace some of it, but this is the song by 2 great rappers)

32.) Close to You -The Carpenters

(The most amazing voice ever heard, Karen died prematurely in the early 80s and the lyrics are awesome)

33.) Dancing Queen –Abba

(Still hip to listen to this song after all those years, disco music at its best)

34.) Jesus Walks- Kanye West

(My favorite track of whatever year it was released, there were a lot of layers to this song, very well produced)

35.) I Against – Massive Attack/ Mos Def

(I never heard of a song like this before, great collaboration)

36.) Battle with Honor –Tomoyasu Hotei

(You might remember this song from Kill Bill, Tarantino makes obscured tracks cool)

37.) Into Dust –Mazzy Star

(Very mellow and soothing song)

38.) In Da Club- 50 Cent

(Didn't like this song at first, but now it's a classic in my book)

39.) Wild Horses –The Sundays

(Great song, but the movie "Fear" took this song to a whole another level, if you know which scene Im talking about)

40.) I am the Highway – Audioslave

(Perhaps the greatest guitar solo ever in a song , done by Tom Morello)

41.) Hero – Foo Fighters

(This is when I wish I can play drums, beat the crap out of the drums like Dave Grohl)

42.) Welcome to the Jungle – Guns n Roses

(Never even heard of this song til I was in college, crazy intro and unique)

43.) Violet – Hole

(Alternative rock at its best, led by Courtney Love)

44.) Letting the Cables Sleep- Bush

(Lesser known track for the band, great ballad song with top notch guitar play)

45.) Nobody's Listening – Linkin Park

(Mike Shinoda adding a little Japanese feel to the song, one of the most underappreciated LP rock-rap song)

46.) Porcelain –Moby

(easily Moby's most commercialize track, but it's a classic)

47.) Take My Breath Away – Berlin

(It just remind me of the 80s)

48.) Crazy For You- Madonna

(One of the earliest song I ever recorded on tape, and still love it til this day)

49.) Shout – Tears for Fears

(Definitely one of my favorite track when I was little, the cheesy video just made it better)

50.) Drive – The Cars

(Powerful lyrics, remember the video pretty well when I was in grade school)

To be Continued in my other blog

Its almost the end of the year and 2007 is definitely an unforgetable year. I don't think there's a time of my life where, I've experience so much high and low in a time span. I experience different levels of emotions that I didn't know existed within me. Well, I know I have emotions but unexpected feelings  I guess. Its just not emotional, I experienced some physical pains too. Body aches, here and there, that lower back pain earlier in the year was a bitch. Stupid me, try to walk it off like I always do. I'm learn to take of myself this year. Instead of pushing/abusing my body, I'm trying to take care of that machine. If only I treat it nicely, like I treat my car,haha.

            I guess its 50/50 in terms of  good and bad. However, without the bad stuff my ass will never learn. That's how it should be, you live and learn. Life experiences are priceless, I definitely experience a great deal this year. Its another major step out of my comfort zone, another notch up in my confidence level. I still have a long way to go in terms of learning. I wanna keep learning til the day I die. I met some cool people this year and lost some along the way. I know better days are ahead of me cuz I'm psychic,lol.

Steve L.

www.myspace.com/artiststeve

"Artist of the Month" Requirements

1.)    Your profile cannot be set to private, people should be able to SEE your work. Create another profile if you must, for people to see your art. You can still maintain your privacy.

2.)    Your profile must be complete (A REAL PROFILE with your info) , so  I don't consider you spam.

3.)    Its gotta be your own work and not some other person's work

4.)    One of your 5 pictures must contain one picture of you with your work

5.)    The other four body of work would be selected by me and presented in my picture galleries. You will have your own album/portfolio in my galleries.  I will link your work to your myspace profile

6.)    Your work will be formatted to no bigger than 4x6 in jpeg form, give or take when presented in my gallery.

7.)    All members of the community are welcome to participate, you can be from anywhere from the WORLD. Only members (THAT means YOU, If you're on the artist Community's friend list, you're in) can participate, add yourself to the AC's list so you can see bulletins and blogs.

8.)    I'm currently only looking at "Graphic Artist" and "Fine Artist" profiles at this point. 

9.)    Send me a message via myspace if you like to participate as the "Graphic Artist of the Month" or "Fine Artist of the Month" and if you can, attach your work with your message. The easier you make it for me to access your work, the better your chances for me to see your work.

10.)                        Don't sweat the details too much, just have some work to show and you'll be ok.

11.)                        I cant really think of anything else, so lets your masterpieces people.

Artists of the Month will be featured the first week of every month and their work will be on my page forever as long I have space for it.

PS. If you want to know the latest happenings of the community, I suggest you subcribe to my blog like many of you have already.

Steve L.

www.myspace.com/artiststeve

Hey fellow members of the community,

            After giving some thoughts, I concluded the next step the Artist Community is to have a featured "Graphic Artist" and "Fine Artist" every month. You can be from anywhere in the world. In the future I will expand the category. It's the obvious thing to do, I wanted to do that from the beginning but don't have the time to look at everybody's work except the work that they posted on my page. Every Artists of the month will have their own Album in my picture gallery with 5 of their best work posted for others to critique. And one of the picture is you with your art, so I know its actually your work. I will link the work to their respective myspace profile. You will get exposure from members of the community and whoever sees your work. Details of the presentation of the artists' work will be posted at a later date. I will provide you with the basic requirements to qualify as a "Featured Artist of the Month".

My initial idea was to get artists together and network. There arent really any Art Communities out there, so I created one online. I don't have a lot of time in my hands, because I run my family owned business. However, I'm willing to provide some time on it.

The second thing that I want to do is to create some sort of project to get the members of the community involved. Im starting with the local scene first, before I go on in a national level or even in a international level. Projects that I will be hands on are all from within the Los Angeles and Orange County. If you havent noticed, I created a "Artist Community 2" for people living around my area. I want serious people who are committed in doing something with their art. I also need a team to help promote the artists. Have a legitimate business plan and we'll go from there. There's some talented and hungry artists out there. Serious inquires please, I've talked to some people that wasted my time. Don't waste mine and I wont waste yours.

I will be more active in terms of having bulletin annoucements and blog updates. So subscribe to my blog if you havent already.

Steve L.

www.myspace.com/vangoghpainter

     I'm looking for ways to improve "Artist Community". I wanna hear what the members have to say. I have some ideas already but I wanna know yours. Here's your forum to discuss this matter.

Steve L.

www.myspace.com/vangoghpainter

Hello fellow artists,

            I just wanna thank all of those who were so kind,  helping me out with the bulletin hacking situation. I would never put up some bulletin, asking you to add some person. Even though it was only up for like 10-15mins, a lot of you saw the unauthorized bulletin. I dont officially hate hackers like ive mentioned before, only the bad ones, theres some good ones out there. Its a bigger problem on myspace than I thought, lots of people had their profile messed with. I was fortunate nothing really happened, I just kinda panicked cuz someone put up a bulletin that I wasnt aware of. I wish I can shake all of you guys hands for your advices in person, cuz im very grateful for all your help. I tried to thank everyone who wrote to me, but I might have forget to thank some of you. So I thank all of you for your kind words and telling me your experiences with stuff like that.

Im gonna share what Ive learned from this experience to all of you. The number one thing Ive been told is to change your password (make it complex), so I did that. Get rid of the tracker program "see who is viewing your profile" if you have it, luckily I never installed it. Report it to myspace authority, not sure that helps, I got more help from people here. Here are some of the advices I got from the great members of The Artist Community.

you might no have been hacked. There are a number od bulletins and friend request things going around like this. They come into your inbox or friend request box. If you click on them to view them, they automatically add themselves to your friend list or they automatically repost a bulletin under your profile. It's really lame but it happens often. Its a simple code thing that they do. The best thing you can do is to:
1) click on safe mode from your home, then click on groups. If there are any strange things listed there, delete them all.
2) change your password(s). This is a good thing to do periodically anyway.
3) maybe set your profile to require approval for comments and such to help safeguard yourself in the future.
4) surf a little wiser and enjoy :D
I hope this helps a bit. Good luck.
John

Change your password. Someone my have gotten a hold of it. Remove any non-myspace programs you might be running, like auto adding people, or cencoring comments, or who's viewed your profile etc. These programs once put into your code could give the hacker access to your profile. If those don't work then you may want to check or update your antivirus and firewall programs on your computer. If you do all of that then most likely it's not you getting hacked but myspace.

If they came across your log-in information, they can come and go undetected. Just change your password/e-mail.
Oh yeah. there's also a dummy address at www.rnspace.com. If you enter your info there, it will be used against you.

did you add tracking code to your profile? [whos on my page? etc?] if you added a code it allows hackers to enter your computer and do anything they want- tracking codes are spyward. tell everyone NOT to add tracking codes

First thing you should do is start changing your password. I would try changing daily for a little while. I know this is a pain but I think it will help. If you keep seeing the problem well the person somehow can see type you password. I would then suspect that you have some kind of keylogger spyware on your computer. I would go to www.tendmicro.com for their free online spyware scan and virus scan. I use these also. Since keyloggers see what you type, I would type the password that you are going to use in a text document and then copy and paste it. That might help so the person can't see you type it. (I don't know if that works, it's a theory some people have, but its worth a try).
I would also not open anything that person is posting or sending. I would just delete it. The person could be spreading the spyware to you that way. (if the problem is spyware). Well thats all I have for advice. Its kind of hard trying to solve the problem when you your not there. So if this helps at all let me know. here is my website. www.protocolcontrol.com

hey Steve i know this sounds basic but i would change password a couple times next week
and delete all messages or friends that u dont remember adding... just do a clean up, i doubt the hackers will be able to get inagain... best wishes
Sofia

TRY TO CHANGE THE EMAIL ADDRESS ON YOUR ACCOUNT AND CHANGE THE PASSWORD 3X... MAYBE SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS ACCESSING IT, SOME PC'S U USE ASIDE FROM YOURS CAN STORE AND ACCESS EVERY ACCOUNT THAT HAS BEEN ACCESSED IN THAT PC.

ALTHOUGH, HACKERS, ACCESSING YOUR ACCT. IS POSSIBLE TOO BUT I CAN'T HELP YOU WITH THAT. THEY ARE THE KING OF CYBERSPACE, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT. MY MYSPACE OF 4 YEARS WAS HACKED AND WORSE, DELETED BY THEM. I LOST 100 BLOGS ETC. :(

create a complex password.... if you've already done that, have the folks at MySpace monitor activity on your site and compare it to actual times you've logged in... They can verify the IP address and try to file a complaint against the user of said IP addy... That could be a start.

change your pass word try a spanish or other non english language word......:) justoluis they put up a web (fakeloginpage) then you log in it tells you you didnt log in again and blammo!

Have you tried one of those myspace tracking bullitens? Those were tricks that have been hacking into myspace. It adds something to your profile so that they can get in. Same thing happened to me. If that is what happened edit your profile and look in the about me part of the profile and you will see where the spyware code is. Delet the code and save it. That should get rid of the hacking

I would suggest copying all HTML coding onto a Dreamweaver sheet or into Word Pad, and saving it to disc just in case and so that you can replace and check things that may happen along the way.

JUst wanted to let you know. About a week ago a friend of mine had the same thing happen to her.She had opened a buttetin to read, when it came up it kicked her off and she had to re-log on but what really happened was she had taken her to another sight that looks just like the my space log on page but was really some hackers screne. By loggin in he
got her e-mail address and password it wasn't till closer inspection that she saw it read "nny space" and not "myspace". It's been happening to alot of people. just remember if you get kicked off, retype in myspace.com or drop screne it.

take care,
tish

The only thing I can think of is if you logged onto your profile and didn't log off, whoever used that computer after you would still be on your account. Could be an honest mistake, could be some jackass who did hack your account.

Sorry this happened to you. I haven't had problem with hackers, but have with a stalker. That's why I say I'm 14 on my profile so only my friends can see it. I guess i'm paranoid, but there are a lot of psychos on the net. You have to be very careful what information you give out. I also know another friend of mine who had the same thing happen to him.

my guess... you have a friend with myspace tracker (aka spyware) and through that, your IP address was compromised.
i sent out a bulletin a couple days ago, a repost from a friend... myspace tracking stuff is spyware, and it tracks IP adresses - both the hosts, and anyone who visits your site. in other words, hacker heaven.
send out a message saying that you will delete people who use tracking / spyware, and why.

Most of the time it's from using a computer that is not yours....and the computer saves the login and password and the next person that uses it can get right into your account. IF you use another computer.....make sure that you use a web browser to get any place instead of using the http addy. This way it isn't as easy to track the last person that used the computer....still trackable...but not as easy. Also never save any password or login except on your own CPU.

Hope that helps a little. Best of luck.......and it's terrible what this has come to.

Troy

Did you ever add one of those "Profile Trackers" link? You know, from those Bulletins that people put up that say "See how many people are viewing your profile, add this link now, etc."
Cause once you do, you open your hardrive up to hackers and spyware. If you added the link, go back and erase it. If not, it might be some other sort of spyware. That happened to me too, someone posted bulletins under my name and I couldn't find out who.

People have actually created ADD WORMS for myspace.com. I read about it 2 weeks ago. These codes are actually pretty easy to find, but Idoubt they can do much more than that. They may not have even been in your profile. They can just do some things from outside your profile.

I wouldn't worry.

I would suggest changing your password immediately... 9 out of 10 times it is someone you know who is screwing with you.

Being a fellow "hacker" myself, it would be virtually impossible for anyone to target your account and start posting random things without knowing your username and password. Choose a password with lowercase and capital letters and numbers. Nothing that represents a word of any language... HTH.

Greg.

get a firewall on your own computer, get anri virus, aware and spy, but if its being done thru myspace and not your computer, then you really cant do to much,, but jus careful where you type your password
cus there are fake pages that have a overlappin page with a input part of your password and email, you put your info in there with out knowing and the so called hacker gets your info

I just realized I have over 20,000 members in the community and with   119,345 page views. At one point I went overseas for 2 weeks..700-800 request to join. It was then I realize, I was on to something. If you told me this 2.5 yrs ago I wouldn't have believed you. And at that time there were only 14 "clubs" and later myspace called it "groups". The Clubs consist of schools, nightclubs and a fan group of some show.

So I decided to do something creative and useful. And thinking if a few people decide to join me that would be great, a 100 members would be insane. Like they say, "If you built it, they will come."  At that time, messaging THE TOM of myspace was easy, he would respond to you quick and aswer to you directly. He promoted the site and begged people to join it, at that time he had less than 7000 members and the site would crash all the time, but to me it was better than Friendster, where I couldn't even log on.

I didn't really care, it was just fun to look at art and I would check the account 2-3 times a month. Then people kept requesting to be added, daily and they kept posting their art work. And alot of the work was very impressive. Anyway, keep up the good work and post those images no bigger than 5.5 inches I width and we're cool.

Steve L.

www.myspace.com/vangoghpainter

I add everyone, but when  i see racist and white supremacist attempt to add me. I will deny and block them. I dont need people like that here. Check out the comments left on that page, its so wrong. Look at the link below. 

http://www.myspace.com/johnnyrebelkkk