NationStates Jolt Archive

ok, this is cool. it seems some people took it upon themselves to catalogue and analyze a huge amount of music according to (they claim) 400 musical characteristics. anyway, they've used this taxonomy to create a thing called pandora (http://www.pandora.com/), which allows you to enter the name of a band or song you like and creates a whole lineup of things you might also like. and then it actually plays them - like some sort of 'choose your own adventure' internet radio.

I'm a free member of that, it's a really good idea :D

Free member? How the hell?!
I´m on a kinda turkey, since my free 10 hours ran out.
How do you subscribe for free?

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

They didn't have Flava-Flav. Boo.

that is so cool. I'll have to bring earphones with me to check it out properly

http://www.hlj.me.uk/pitchs.JPG

heh, awesome! :)

edit: REALLY awesome!!

Do they have classical music or just pop-type stuff?

Excellent. I need a US zipcode to become a member though.:(

Wow! Awesome!

They didn't have Flava-Flav. Boo.

Try Public Enemy. :)

Excellent. I need a US zipcode to become a member though.:(
i used the one from a hotel i stayed at in new york once, heh

discovered one new band i like already :)
this is what the internet was invented for :P

Cool.

Started with the Misfits. Getting Some pretty good music.

Just started a new search with Against Me!


Now I just need to debate if I should get a subscription (seems worth it, appears pretty cheap). Need to check if it is available for peeps in the UK though...

Excellent. I need a US zipcode to become a member though.:(
90210 ;)

Excellent. I need a US zipcode to become a member though.:(

it's ok, your zipcode is hereby officially declared to be 90210

90210 ;)

:(

90210 ;)
:p

90210 ;)

whoa, synchronicity

i always use 90210 when stores/websites/whatever ask for mine

Whoot! Whoot!

This is one the best things I've ever come across on the net. EVER!!
Now, all I need to perfect my audible experience is one of those pairs of silent headphones, that sends out soundwaves w/ the exact opposite frequency as those coming in, to block out annoying and ambient sounds.

Man the guys that came up w/ this had Brains. Brains, I say.

:D :D :D :D

They think Kyuss has a vocal-centric aesthetic...i'd dispute that. Hmm. I'm listening to something by the "12 stones" now...seems a bit nu-metalish though.

EDIT- Now it's onto a band called Shinedown, which is awesomely stoner rock. This rules. RULES, I say.

it's ok, your zipcode is hereby officially declared to be 90210

Where is 90210?

:EDIT: Bah, pop references just go *whoosh* over my head :(

I admit I'm very slow. (Extremely since I have used the above before :mad: )

i'm having trouble directing it to the style i want to find out more about... hmm... its stuck on stuff which is ok and likeable, but not what i want damnit... grrr (still great though)

i'm having trouble directing it to the style i want to find out more about... hmm... its stuck on stuff which is ok and likeable, but not what i want damnit... grrr (still great though)

Yeah, it seems to be that every second song or so is what i'm after...maybe they throw in a few "maybe" tracks to give some variety.

But now it's gone from Kyuss to Fugazi. I mean, I like Fugazi, but I wouldn't call those two bands similar in any way.

This is AWSOME!:D

Thank you for bringing this site to my attention, I bow to your greatness.

*bows*

Yeah, it seems to be that every second song or so is what i'm after...maybe they throw in a few "maybe" tracks to give some variety.

But now it's gone from Kyuss to Fugazi. I mean, I like Fugazi, but I wouldn't call those two bands similar in any way.
Yea, it throws up vaguely similar stuff, rather than absolutely identical stuff. I like that.

Yea, it throws up vaguely similar stuff, rather than absolutely identical stuff. I like that.
Sortof.

It seems to switch between the two. Every second song is exactly what I want to hear right now. The rest is mostly emo...

...but whoo! Mudhoney! It just redeemed itself :D

Just started a new search with Against Me!

heh, when i did that the playlist eventually got to playing some stuff by rise against. which is amusing - i never thought of them as being overly similar other than being another band i happen to like (even if the singer's girlfriend unustly fired me from my job once) and having the word 'against' in their name.

Stupid thing! It taunts me by being so cool, locks me out and tells me to register...and then tells me I can't sign up because i'm not a US resident!

i'm having trouble directing it to the style i want to find out more about... hmm... its stuck on stuff which is ok and likeable, but not what i want damnit... grrr (still great though)

maybe try messing with the things that come up when you press the 'guide us' button?

...but whoo! Mudhoney! It just redeemed itself :D
its just SO redeemed itself with me too :D

Stupid thing! It taunts me by being so cool, locks me out and tells me to register...and then tells me I can't sign up because i'm not a US resident!

it's ok, you also live in the zipcode 90210. or did it block you based on ip address or something?

it's ok, you also live in the zipcode 90210. or did it block you based on ip address or something?

Yeah, i'll try that one. It'll be interesting to see if it picks up that i'm accessing from an AU computer, though :p

ok, this is cool. it seems some people took it upon themselves to catalogue and analyze a huge amount of music according to (they claim) 400 musical characteristics. anyway, they've used this taxonomy to create a thing called pandora (http://www.pandora.com/), which allows you to enter the name of a band or song you like and creates a whole lineup of things you might also like. and then it actually plays them - like some sort of 'choose your own adventure' internet radio.

Yahoo already lets you set up your own 'music' channel, that works quite a lot like this... but without the idiot-proof interface.

Yay. It worked.

"Our Music Licences force us to limit the amount of songs you can skip each hour"

But this song sucks! :mad:

Genious Program shame you can't download a player plugin so it works with media player or summet so you dont have to go to site all the time. Thats nit picking tho nice find.

"Our Music Licences force us to limit the amount of songs you can skip each hour"

But this song sucks! :mad:

fucking licences. one more reason to keep an extra place up against that wall for music industry executives come the revolution, i guess.

It doesn't have Edith Piaf, but it has Kent. Weird.

fucking licences. one more reason to keep an extra place up against that wall for music industry executives come the revolution, i guess.

Yeah. Forcing me to listen to cruddy emo like this. *mutter*

It doesn't have Edith Piaf, but it has Kent. Weird.


Yay! Kent are cool!!

i also use 90210 when i need a us zipcode.

for some reason no matter how crappy the show was- the title always sticks in my head!

I like this....

LOL

I got a song called "Kim Gordon's Panties" by an artist called "Rapeman".

LOL

I got a song called "Kim Gordon's Panties" by an artist called "Rapeman".
O.o

LOL

I got a song called "Kim Gordon's Panties" by an artist called "Rapeman".

Yay! Kim Gordon!

LOL

I got a song called "Kim Gordon's Panties" by an artist called "Rapeman".
You never cease to amaze me.

Yay! Kim Gordon!
You know her then? In the biblical sense? Are you rapemen?

Yay! Kim Gordon!

:D

When I saw half of the title, I thought "I didn't know she did solo stuff..."

You know her then? In the biblical sense? Are you rapemen?

She was the female member of Sonic Youth. :)

You never cease to amaze me.

*bows*

You know her then? In the biblical sense? Are you rapemen?

While I HAVE heard of 'Rapeman' before, no - I unfortunately have never ACTUALLY met Kim Gordon. Much less, scored her panties. :(

And, I certainly haven't had option to 'know her, biblically'.

But she HAS been rocking my world now, for quite a while... :)

Yay! Kent are cool!!

Too mainstream to be cool, according to fickle reviewers, who still listen to Kent because they cannot deny their awesomeness.

:D

When I saw half of the title, I thought "I didn't know she did solo stuff..."

:D

I know Thurston did solo stuff... as far as I know, Kim's only side projects have been in film and 'art'.

But then, maybe I'm out of the loop?

:D

I know Thurston did solo stuff... as far as I know, Kim's only side projects have been in film and 'art'.

But then, maybe I'm out of the loop?

I could be out of the loop too, but I think that's the case. She might have done collaborations, but i'm not sure of any solo career. It'd be cool to check out if she did have one, though. :)

I could be out of the loop too, but I think that's the case. She might have done collaborations, but i'm not sure of any solo career. It'd be cool to check out if she did have one, though. :)
She's in a band called Free Kitten.
Rapeman was one of Steve Albini's musical groups.

Thanks, Free Soviets, for bringing this to my attention.

Incidentally, if you put in a new search, you can skip a bunch of songs if you want.

It rocks....*nod*

darn you!!!!!!!! I am addicted, and not only am I going to have to make a CD
run now (found some new bands I like)

but I wanna re-start my punk band!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I don't like you anymore:gundge:






(not really, this is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

90210 ;)
beverly hills,w00t.

omg this site is teh ultimate shiz of music!!!!

Pandora? I'm not stupid...I know this is some sort of internet plot to open up the forbidden box...for some reason you need a lot of people to help you with this, rather than just one person opening it...but I won't be a party to releasing even MORE evil upon this world! YOU CAN'T FOOL ME YOU BASTARDS!!!!

but I wanna re-start my punk band!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You never cease to surprise me. Christian contemporary is where I had you pegged. I'm sorry.

You never cease to surprise me. Christian contemporary is where I had you pegged. I'm sorry.
I am a punk rocker at heart, you should have seen me with my purple hair in the church youth group, that didn't go over well.:p

Holy shit.... this thing is awesome. They had stuff by black metal bands I'd never heard of before, like "The Order of the Ebon Hand"

I am a punk rocker at heart, you should have seen me with my purple hair in the church youth group, that didn't go over well.:p

No one would have minded in my church youth group, ha ha.

i also use 90210 when i need a us zipcode.


I do that too...if a site doesn't accept Canadian postal codes.

No one would have minded in my church youth group, ha ha.
when my husband was a youth minister we didn't care

green hair? tats? piercings? cool, glad to see you!:D

you have to remember though that my purple hair (which was also blue, orange, green, white, black, yellow, pink ect, at some point) was pre-hot topic, I was the only kid in my school, in fact the only kid I knew that had a non-natural hair color at all (that includes highlights) It was pretty shocking to a lot of people out here in Bible-land.

Free member? How the hell?!
I´m on a kinda turkey, since my free 10 hours ran out.
How do you subscribe for free?
So, what's the advertising like exactly, once it comes? is it text-based or is it audio? please don't tell me I'm going to be forced to buy a subscription - I don't have a credit card.

So, what's the advertising like exactly, once it comes? is it text-based or is it audio? please don't tell me I'm going to be forced to buy a subscription - I don't have a credit card.
I listened for 12 hours yesterday and never did hear any advertising.

I listened for 12 hours yesterday and never did hear any advertising.
I just noticed they say they'll be 'ramping up' the advertising over the 'next few months'. Hopefully it's not audio. That was the most annoying part of the yahoo version of this idea; it would stick a preview or video ad in between every couple songs which sucked.

I just noticed they say they'll be 'ramping up' the advertising over the 'next few months'. Hopefully it's not audio. That was the most annoying part of the yahoo version of this idea; it would stick a preview or video ad in between every couple songs which sucked.
I thought the most annoying part of the yahoo one is when they tried to sneek in U2 into my music, U2 has nothing to do with what I was listening to.

They kinda do the "other people who listen to what you do, also listen to this"

the thing I like about this one, is they have broken down what I like about the music and pick similar things.

Nice find!

I'm listening to a "Sarah Vaughn radio station". It's playing Rosemary Clooney. I feel like an old man.

I thought the most annoying part of the yahoo one is when they tried to sneek in U2 into my music, U2 has nothing to do with what I was listening to.

They kinda do the "other people who listen to what you do, also listen to this"

the thing I like about this one, is they have broken down what I like about the music and pick similar things.
Yeah, this site rocks! makes you wonder how exactly they analyse the specific characteristics of each song. Must be some pretty sophisticated software, I'd imagine. (I doubt they personally analyse every one of 300,000 songs)

Hey, this is actually pretty cool.