archive.org - cool site for sharing and preserving music

I've recently been digging up old scene tapes and cdrs and ripping them for archive(dot org). Feeling nostalgic, I couldn't help but wonder what might become of my favorite local, grade-school-era music down the road if not preserved digitally.

For the uninitiated, archive.org is a constantly growing library that intends to remain online indefinitely. If you've ever encountered defunct message boards and websites whose content was backed up by some unknown magical force, it was these guys with their "wayback machine".

"The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library, with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format..."

Since they host audio as well, I can't think of a more suitable place for preserving music.

If the site remains true to its vision, anything you upload today should still be there 100 years from now. And that is pretty big step towards having star trek like technology in the future-- where seemingly any computer can have free and instant access to any kind of music you ask it for.

Anyways, putting aside my dreams to one day travel the cosmos with a group of renegade Klingons, here's what I've uploaded so far--

ADSR - S/T demo (instrumental surf rock/punk, 2002?, CT)
Apse - Untitled Demo (post rock/ instrumental, 2001, CT)
Apse - Marrer (ambient/ indie, 2003, CT)
The Fugue - You'll Never Know (indie rock, 2002?, NY)
The Pac-Men - S/T tape (punk, 2000, CT)
Self Defense - Killed By Jeff (hardcore, 2001, CT)
Sprite Slowdown - V2 (video game music covers, 2006, Philly)
White Mountain - unreleased stuff (sloppy instrumental stoner rock/prog, 2004)

Some of these uploads are works in progress, as I intend to upload album scans, compile old reviews, and basically put together anything I can find on some of this stuff. I may go back and re-upload some of these as flac, just to be extra thorough.

I highly encourage anyone reading this to find material from all their friends' defunct high school bands and help ensure their lasting place in history. 'DIY' productions are of course the most likely to disappear without any help, so get to it!

I'll share more contributions as soon as I have them ready.
-Patrick