In breaking news, miko is awesome!

February 9, 2007 11:02 AM

MeFite in the news: Our very own miko is featured in CNN.com's article covering the RPM challenge. Neat!
posted by malocchio to MetaFilter-Related at 11:02 AM (28 comments total)

Congrats Michelle...and there's no backing out now!

for those not in the know...the RPM challenge was previously discussed here and here.
posted by malocchio at 11:03 AM on February 9, 2007

*applause*

way to go, Miko
posted by jonmc at 11:15 AM on February 9, 2007

This is cool, but I hope you got miko's permission before revealing her real name (which doesn't appear in her profile) to the community.
posted by amro at 11:23 AM on February 9, 2007

I stand corrected; she has revealed it herself before.
posted by amro at 11:27 AM on February 9, 2007

* Steals Miko's identity *
* Realizes that means I have to do the RPM thing*
* Gives Miko's identity back *
posted by Plutor at 11:28 AM on February 9, 2007

Thoughtful, amro, but no worries—through last year's RPM effort and her inimitable contribution to the Metafilter Compliation Album (ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!), Michelle is pretty definitely "out".
posted by cortex at 11:29 AM on February 9, 2007

(and on preview...)
posted by cortex at 11:29 AM on February 9, 2007

Congratulations!
posted by COBRA! at 11:33 AM on February 9, 2007

Neat!

I knewread her stuff on the internet when ...
posted by and hosted from Uranus at 11:37 AM on February 9, 2007

amro: rest assured, I did check with her first.
posted by malocchio at 11:41 AM on February 9, 2007

Wow, neat, Miko!
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 11:43 AM on February 9, 2007

So excellent! It couldn't happen to a more worthy person.
posted by OmieWise at 11:53 AM on February 9, 2007

Very cool, Miko.
posted by gaspode at 12:38 PM on February 9, 2007

Way to go Miko.

Can't post much, too busy working on my opus of a concept album where Captain Piccard is British instead of French.
posted by drezdn at 12:53 PM on February 9, 2007

Malocchio very kindly contacted me to ask. Of course, I'm thrilled once again to advocate for the RPM project, which was transformative for me last year.

This year, though, it's, um...well, let's just say 'sophomore effort' might sum it up. ;) Fortunately, from the sounds of the demos up on MuFi and the RPM site, you can look forward to some excellent things in the works from our fellow MeFi RPMers. As cortex says in Sleepy Pete's thread: Music is awesome.
posted by Miko at 1:01 PM on February 9, 2007

Hot damn Miko, way to go for it! I look forward to hearing what you come up with, however sophmoric.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 2:15 PM on February 9, 2007

Wow. Okay, I'm not that promiscuous in my net-crushes. But jessamyn, miko, and matildaben are among my few longtime mefiverse crushes. And they've all appeared in the national media this year (independently of MeFi, importantly)! Weird.

Anyway, that's very cool, Miko. I really liked the stuff you did for last year's RPM. Maybe what you're working on now will turn out better than you expect.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 3:06 PM on February 9, 2007

Nice! Congradges.
posted by breezeway at 3:32 PM on February 9, 2007

Yay miko!

Watch out boys!
posted by ikkyu2 at 3:39 PM on February 9, 2007

I have a banjo-playing fish in my pants for Miko.
posted by Eideteker at 3:47 PM on February 9, 2007

Congrats miko, now go kick some butt!
posted by snsranch at 3:51 PM on February 9, 2007

Hooray - Miko! Congrats!
posted by jasper411 at 4:03 PM on February 9, 2007

Woo, Miko!
posted by occhiblu at 4:44 PM on February 9, 2007

Hurrah, Miko!!!
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 8:12 PM on February 9, 2007

Miko, thank you for those wonderful songs.
posted by hadjiboy at 9:34 PM on February 9, 2007

Now more of the world will know what we already knew - Miko is cool!
posted by madamjujujive at 7:31 AM on February 10, 2007

She's not just cool...she's supercool.
posted by Ethereal Bligh at 9:08 AM on February 10, 2007

How cool, Miko! Looking forward to hearing the new stuff.
posted by deborah at 8:49 PM on February 11, 2007