We here at the award-winning Synthesis Blog recently reached a milestone in our adventures in in blogosphere. Last week I beamed with pride as our blog hit its 500th page. In the tomes therein lie amazing pieces of journalism that we’ve linked to, awesome YouTube clips, memes, and Synthesis blog personalities proclaiming a litany of gross and otherwise widely inappropriate things. I decided, in celebration to see just what we were writing about back in July of aught 5.

7/7/05: In a display of the kind of forward-thinking to come, our first post was not merely the word “Test,” but the iconic image above. I like to imagine this guy still working at Pete’s coffee, listening to Crass songs on his iPod, thinking about and hating that his most punk rock moment sadly occurred at the Warped Tour… Then I rub my wiener. (A picture is worth 1,000 words, but a mental picture is priceless.)

Since no one save your news junkie uncle wants to read an 1,000-word-long blog post, we found it’s easier just to post pictures of punk-lite rockers and YouTube clips. SECRET OF SUCCESS!!! So here’s to us giving ourselves a pat on the back, and to another 500 pages of stoking out the Google Index.

Here’s an Amy Winehouse contest!! (No, you don’t win drugs, sorry).

Synthesis correspondent and web celebrity Video Matt sat interview with mega pop rockers Cartel this weekend at Slim’s in San Francisco, CA and chatted them up about their new, self-titled record, life on the road, and the usual crazy ass shit that Video Matt comes up with. Check it out, then keep checking back to Synthesis.net for a chance to win a signed copy of the new record and a sparkling new Microsoft Zune to put it on.

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