Dipping out of the debates for a minute, do any other music geeks here use Last.fm? I use it as a plugin for iTunes and it rocks, especially if, like me, you listen to music at work all day long and have a perverse interest making lists of everything in your life. Absolutely vital information -- like the fact I listened to 18 Smiths songs in May, but only 10 Bowie -- is available for my pondering.
You just download a plugin (e.g. for iTunes), and the Last.fm website logs every track you listen to, suggests similar music you might like (which you can stream), connects you to people with similar tastes, and "scrobbles" tracks in real time. The scrobbling is a bit like blogging and RSS, and your listening habits are available as mashups, lists, graphs, etc. I've actually discovered a few bands I really like through scrobbling. I think that's how I found the Great Lake Swimmers, in fact.
> Dipping out of the debates for a minute, do any other music geeks here use
> Last.fm? I use it as a plugin for iTunes and it rocks, especially if, like
> me, you listen to music at work all day long and have a perverse interest
> making lists of everything in your life. Absolutely vital information --
> like the fact I listened to 18 Smiths songs in May, but only 10 Bowie -- is
> available for my pondering.
> You just download a plugin (e.g. for iTunes), and the Last.fm website logs
> every track you listen to, suggests similar music you might like (which you
> can stream), connects you to people with similar tastes, and "scrobbles"
> tracks in real time. The scrobbling is a bit like blogging and RSS, and your
> listening habits are available as mashups, lists, graphs, etc. I've actually
> discovered a few bands I really like through scrobbling. I think that's how
> I found the Great Lake Swimmers, in fact.
> I do use Last.FM from time to time, not with my Ipod though, coz I > aint got one of them crappy things! ;¬)
Hi Lee,
I don't have an iPod either. My third one died about a year ago and I've since vowed never to buy one again. Those rotters at Apple put self-destruct devices in them, perfectly timed to bugger the thing up mere days after the warranty expires. Fact.
My phone handily takes those tiny M2 memory cards -- I have a few 2GB ones -- and that's basically my personal stereo these days. I've long since given up on high capacity MP3 players to try and carry my entire music collection around with me.
> > I do use Last.FM from time to time, not with my Ipod though, coz I
> > aint got one of them crappy things! ;¬)
> Hi Lee,
> I don't have an iPod either. My third one died about a year ago and I've
> since vowed never to buy one again. Those rotters at Apple put self-destruct
> devices in them, perfectly timed to bugger the thing up mere days after the
> warranty expires. Fact.
> My phone handily takes those tiny M2 memory cards -- I have a few 2GB ones
> -- and that's basically my personal stereo these days. I've long since given
> up on high capacity MP3 players to try and carry my entire music collection
> around with me.
Yeah I guess even though I work in IT, I'm not that much of tech head,
I have a small MP3 player which I manualy update with the music I want
to take out with me at that time, most of my stuff at home is still on
CD.
Ohh Fu Manchu as well!
This month I have mostly been listenting to Soul/Northen Soul and Otis
Reading.
On 3 Jul, 17:01, "Ian Pollard" <ian.poll...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I do use Last.FM from time to time, not with my Ipod though, coz I
> > aint got one of them crappy things! ;¬)
> Hi Lee,
> I don't have an iPod either. My third one died about a year ago and I've
> since vowed never to buy one again. Those rotters at Apple put self-destruct
> devices in them, perfectly timed to bugger the thing up mere days after the
> warranty expires. Fact.
> My phone handily takes those tiny M2 memory cards -- I have a few 2GB ones
> -- and that's basically my personal stereo these days. I've long since given
> up on high capacity MP3 players to try and carry my entire music collection
> around with me.
Ian, I have a similar MP3 setup with a Palm TX. 2G memory cards. I
carry about a dozen or so of 'em around in a very small case. This is
all I need for this use.
And, at 'work', I find Pandora about all I need. It gives a more
diverse set of music. For those of you outside of the US, it may take
a little work to access it, or so I'm told. Other similar websites
include:
Jango
Pandora
SeeqPod
Songza
SkreemR
On Jul 3, 9:01 am, "Ian Pollard" <ian.poll...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I do use Last.FM from time to time, not with my Ipod though, coz I
> > aint got one of them crappy things! ;¬)
> Hi Lee,
> I don't have an iPod either. My third one died about a year ago and I've
> since vowed never to buy one again. Those rotters at Apple put self-destruct
> devices in them, perfectly timed to bugger the thing up mere days after the
> warranty expires. Fact.
> My phone handily takes those tiny M2 memory cards -- I have a few 2GB ones
> -- and that's basically my personal stereo these days. I've long since given
> up on high capacity MP3 players to try and carry my entire music collection
> around with me.
Yeah, I'm a huge fan of Pandora, especially with the Pandora's Box wrapper, which turns it into a systray app. I have about 50 stations, and my current favorite is based on the Brazilian Girls' Corner Store.
I also have a Bauhaus station. Peter Murphy will be here this weekend!
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 2:45 PM, ornamentalmind <ornamentalm...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Ian, I have a similar MP3 setup with a Palm TX. 2G memory cards. I > carry about a dozen or so of 'em around in a very small case. This is > all I need for this use. > And, at 'work', I find Pandora about all I need. It gives a more > diverse set of music. For those of you outside of the US, it may take > a little work to access it, or so I'm told. Other similar websites > include: > Jango > Pandora > SeeqPod > Songza > SkreemR
> On Jul 3, 9:01 am, "Ian Pollard" <ian.poll...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 2008/7/3 Lee <l...@rdfmedia.com>:
> > > I do use Last.FM from time to time, not with my Ipod though, coz I > > > aint got one of them crappy things! ;¬)
> > Hi Lee,
> > I don't have an iPod either. My third one died about a year ago and I've > > since vowed never to buy one again. Those rotters at Apple put > self-destruct > > devices in them, perfectly timed to bugger the thing up mere days after > the > > warranty expires. Fact.
> > My phone handily takes those tiny M2 memory cards -- I have a few 2GB > ones > > -- and that's basically my personal stereo these days. I've long since > given > > up on high capacity MP3 players to try and carry my entire music > collection > > around with me.
> Dipping out of the debates for a minute, do any other music geeks here use
> Last.fm? I use it as a plugin for iTunes and it rocks, especially if, like
> me, you listen to music at work all day long and have a perverse interest
> making lists of everything in your life. Absolutely vital information --
> like the fact I listened to 18 Smiths songs in May, but only 10 Bowie -- is
> available for my pondering.
> You just download a plugin (e.g. for iTunes), and the Last.fm website logs
> every track you listen to, suggests similar music you might like (which you
> can stream), connects you to people with similar tastes, and "scrobbles"
> tracks in real time. The scrobbling is a bit like blogging and RSS, and your
> listening habits are available as mashups, lists, graphs, etc. I've actually
> discovered a few bands I really like through scrobbling. I think that's how
> I found the Great Lake Swimmers, in fact.
> On 3 Jul, 16:33, "Ian Pollard" <ian.poll...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Dipping out of the debates for a minute, do any other music geeks here use
> > Last.fm? I use it as a plugin for iTunes and it rocks, especially if, like
> > me, you listen to music at work all day long and have a perverse interest
> > making lists of everything in your life. Absolutely vital information --
> > like the fact I listened to 18 Smiths songs in May, but only 10 Bowie -- is
> > available for my pondering.
> > You just download a plugin (e.g. for iTunes), and the Last.fm website logs
> > every track you listen to, suggests similar music you might like (which you
> > can stream), connects you to people with similar tastes, and "scrobbles"
> > tracks in real time. The scrobbling is a bit like blogging and RSS, and your
> > listening habits are available as mashups, lists, graphs, etc. I've actually
> > discovered a few bands I really like through scrobbling. I think that's how
> > I found the Great Lake Swimmers, in fact.
> Yeah I guess even though I work in IT, I'm not that much of tech head, > I have a small MP3 player which I manualy update with the music I want > to take out with me at that time, most of my stuff at home is still on > CD.
I've done a very similar thing for the last few years, basically since my digital music collection filled my 60GB iPod. iTunes' interface is great if you're just syncing, but it definitely became a bit clunky when I had to start messing around with playlists to move music on and off.
> This month I have mostly been listenting to Soul/Northen Soul and Otis > Reading.
If you're ever in Brighton, you have to visit the Funky Fish. It's a club up on the seafront which looks a bit like disco in a school assembly hall, but that's all they play. Fantastic fun and no teenage posers. :)
