My college pal Steven has recently discovered Pandora, the music genome project aka a lot of people's internet radio. Personally, I had been tampering a bit with Last.fm until now, but given Steven's enthousiasm, I'll be trying Pandora for the next couple of weeks.
What I would also like to try out any time soon is what Sam posted about earlier today (it takes about 8 minutes, but it is definitely worth watching - goodbye mouse and keyboard):
To paraphrase some American youngsters on tv just the other day: "This is so cool. I'm like... wow, you know." Or something along those lines.
Note 1: No, there is nothing borrowed nor anything blue...
Note 2: I'm curious: which do you prefer - Pandora or Last.fm? And don't tell me you still put on CDs - that's so 1999 :-) ...
I'm definitely a Pandora person - I've been using it for about 6 months and it just gets better the more you tell it what you do and don't like.
Will be interesting to see if they take advantage of wifi hotspots and the new generation of mobile phones with internet capability - beats having an ipod shuffle/iphone if you can access all those songs for free via your bog standard mobile phone
Posted by: Sam Smith | January 20, 2007 at 01:06 PM
While you're giving Pandora a run, let me invite you over to a site where folks are sharing their station creations.
http://pandorastations.crispynews.com
Posted by: Tim | January 20, 2007 at 10:01 PM
@Sam: I'm giving up on ipods and other ear-wrecking devices. Tinnitus has already set in and I don't really fancy becoming a Beethoven without the gift of composition. Besides: fcuk the everywhere, everytime principle. Progress has its downsides. (yep: bad hair day today)
@Tim: thx for the tip.
Posted by: Serge | January 21, 2007 at 02:38 PM
I had to laugh out loud - I had just put on my good old fashioned discman when I read the last sentence in your post :D
I have to admit I've heard of Pandora, and I even had a look at it, with the kind of sceptisism you normally find with grumpy old men - I had decided to dislike it before I tried it.
Maybe it's time to give it another try, and finally leave 1999 behind...
Posted by: Irene | January 25, 2007 at 02:42 PM
@Irene: :-D Don't worry: I even still carry an old radio walkman around at times. But anyway: Pandora and stuff is nice for when you're at your pc and you like some music, and you don't know what to put on, and you want some variation, or discover some new bands, and you're too lazy to go over to the stereo like I often am, and/or... And you know what: 1999 wasn't that bad at all, now was it?
Posted by: Serge | January 25, 2007 at 03:34 PM
In 1999 I was 16, packed with pimples, had just discovered home brewed booze and cigarettes, and started growing sideways instead of upwards.
It was all that bad:)
Posted by: Irene | January 26, 2007 at 11:12 AM
I rest my case.
Posted by: Serge | January 26, 2007 at 11:18 AM