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November 12, 2006
Opening the Box
Pandora's box, that is.
If you love music, and haven't tried Pandora yet, well, click on the link. It's free, so you have no excuse. It doesn't waste your money, just your time; and you were going to spend that rating the songs in your iTunes database anyway, now, weren't you?
Pandora is an internet radio station that works to find music that you like. You tell it what you like, it plays representative songs; you tell it whether you liked the track or not, and it finds you other music based on those preferences. I've got my station schizophrenic enough that it'll play me something from, say, "On Through the Night" (though I admit I have to giggle through half this album), then move onto a little Sweet (thanks, Mom!) and follow that up with Amon Duul.
Which is just how I like it.
Plus, Pandora has done a pretty consistently good job of finding new bands I like. Worst, they provide a convenient iTunes link right there on the page, so that when I do like something I can buy it. Instant musical gratification - the fulfillment of many of my teenage dreams!
I can't get their html generators to work, but you can access my stations from this link.
Posted by lynx at November 12, 2006 7:51 PM
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Thanks for the link.
I used to spend time using Launch on Yahoo!, which did the same type of thing for videos. Remember videos?
Speaking of music and Pandora's Box, go here and click the play button to hear "Pandora's Box" by Tulsa band Rook. It's not often you hear a heavy metal song that breaks into "Ave Maria" in the middle of it.
Posted by: Brian Medcalf at November 13, 2006 9:28 PM