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dub3's pixel tribute to Rock's Backpages in 2000: a Dot-com-era digital library
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2000 page

dub3 card · www.rocksbackpages.com

Rock's Backpages (2000)

Tune in. Log on. Wait a bit.

Cost
5 RAM
Power
6
Rarity
Common
Family
Media
Era
Dot-com (1999 to 2002)

What it does

On reveal: +1 Power to your cards in other lanes.

On reveal happens once, when the card flips.

It costs 5 RAM to play and brings 6 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Media cards broadcast Power to your other lanes.

The site, in 2000

An online archive of music journalism from the 1950s to today, with full-text articles reproduced with the copyright holders' permission.

The British music journalist Barney Hoskyns founded it in 2000. By March 2025 it held over 56,000 articles from more than 800 writers, plus over 900 audio interviews.

Dot-com era, 1999 to 2002. Glossy buttons, big money and a bug called Y2K. Some of these companies were worth billions for about a fortnight.

The Establishment: Governments, universities, libraries and archives. Very official.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2000 page.

Put it on your site

Run Rock's Backpages, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 2000. Paste this into your page:

Rock's Backpages is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2000, then plays a short scene. Want Rock's Backpages in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.