I'm lucky enough to be able to listen to music quite a bit at work. I always have my trusty iPod with me (actually it's KT's because my old iPod finally bit the dust - it still works as an external hard drive, but the wheel doesn't work anymore - sorry to see you go little buddy). I dig the iPod and have loved holding my entire music collection in my hand which still amazes me. The problem with having all of your music right there is trying to figure out what to listen to. I have playlists set up, but sometimes I just want something new and random. Enter Pandora radio. You can pick a band or a particular song to start from and then it will set up "stations" based on the music DNA of the band or song you picked. It's like your own personal radio station where you can add songs and rate what comes up to further customize the station. Right now I've been listening to a station that I started with Black Flag. I've realized that there is a lot of hardcore punk out there yet to be discovered for me. I have always enjoyed Punk, but this has been focusing a lot on earlier bands (Bad Religion, Circle Jerks, Vandals, Rise Against, etc.) which has taken me beyond my old favorites like the Misfits, Ramones, Clash, etc. Pretty good stuff.
Other stations/seeds I have enjoyed: Muse, De La Soul, Soda Stereo.
3 comments:
It's great to hear that you're enjoying Pandora, Greg!
RIP, Checkers.
:) Lucia, from Pandora
I saw the link to Pandora on your blog a while back. I agree, it is really cool. I enjoyed a little medley started off with "99 luftballoons."
yo G!
I used Pandora at work for a while and really dug it... right up to the point where our IT department sent out a memo explaining to everyone that the internet is NOT a radio antenna. DOH! no more streaming music at work for me...
Speaking of music... have you heard Macomber's new band? They are in studio right now recording the vocals for the new album (sung by Macomber and Justin Barlow). Their MySpace page has a few songs off their old album
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