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OiNK's Pink Palace. ;)

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Well, now that Pandora is unavailable if you are not in the 'Land of the free', and my songs are starting to get repetitive, does anyone have any suggestions for alternatives? I don't think using a proxy to access a flash-based music streaming service is likely to work very well, so that's probably out. But I have no doubt people have input, here. So, fire away.
Random searches on Youtube?

*edits*

And it works fine for me. All you do is type in a five-digit code as your Zip and it works fine.

Well, now that Pandora is unavailable if you are not in the 'Land of the free', and my songs are starting to get repetitive, does anyone have any suggestions for alternatives? I don't think using a proxy to access a flash-based music streaming service is likely to work very well, so that's probably out. But I have no doubt people have input, here. So, fire away.

Well, now that Pandora is unavailable if you are not in the 'Land of the free', and my songs are starting to get repetitive, does anyone have any suggestions for alternatives? I don't think using a proxy to access a flash-based music streaming service is likely to work very well, so that's probably out. But I have no doubt people have input, here. So, fire away.

Pandora has been dead to me ever since they had a picture of Fall-Out-Boy on their page that wouldn't go away.

Yuck.

Damn, a friend showed me this website, but I forgot what it was. It had a name that didn't make sense for a music website though.

Random searches on Youtube?

*edits*

And it works fine for me. All you do is type in a five-digit code as your Zip and it works fine.

Have you tried recently? it IP filters now. Perhaps you just haven't been hit by it yet. Although I don't think that's likely.

Pandora has been dead to me ever since they had a picture of Fall-Out-Boy on their page that wouldn't go away.

Yuck.

Damn, a friend showed me this website, but I forgot what it was. It had a name that didn't make sense for a music website though.

Well Pandora seems more like a disaster hotline than an online radio site.

OiNK's Pink Palace. ;)

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God damn you! God damn Jolt! God damn Pandora! arghhh....

Have you tried recently? it IP filters now. Perhaps you just haven't been hit by it yet. Although I don't think that's likely.
Well seemingly I'm kicking its arse at the moment.

*hopes the muzak doesn't stop any time soon*

OiNK's Pink Palace. ;)

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You're a member of OiNK?

My ratio currently stands at 0.51 :cool:

Well seemingly I'm kicking its arse at the moment.

*hopes the muzak doesn't stop any time soon*
I'm jealous. This is what I get:
http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/5331/screenshotjo4.png

You're a member of OiNK?

My ratio currently stands at 0.51 :cool:
1.181 :cool:

You're a member of OiNK?

My ratio currently stands at 0.51 :cool:
You have to pay to use that site? and it's torrents? in other words, you don't know you like the song until after you pick it out of millions of others and download it? That doesn't suit me at all.

You have to pay to use that site? and it's torrents? in other words, you don't know you like the song until after you pick it out of millions of others and download it? That doesn't suit me at all.
We wouldn't want to be promoting illegal behaviour on NS:G, now would we?

There's plenty of information to be found on OiNK by using Google (other search engines are available).

We wouldn't want to be promoting illegal behaviour on NS:G, now would we?

There's plenty of information to be found on OiNK by using Google (other search engines are available).
Who's promoting illegal activity?

You have to pay to use that site? and it's torrents? in other words, you don't know you like the song until after you pick it out of millions of others and download it? That doesn't suit me at all.

Nope, it's entirely free. And, yes, torrents. You can find pretty much any music you like there, and there's usually good speeds.

You could try last.fm (http://www.last.fm/), a British site that does the same thing as Pandora. It also has more social functions, but I just used it for the music.

Who's promoting illegal activity?
No-one.

But the promotion of a certain pink torrent tracker might count as promotion of piracy, which might get folks in trouble if a Mod had woken up on the wrong side of their bed this morning.

Just trying to abide by The One-Stop Rules Shop (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=416023).

Well, you could do like I do and aquire 9 days of music. Things don't get too repetitive for me.
9 days?

Pffft.

Try 9 weeks. :p

Well, you could do like I do and aquire 9 days of music. Things don't get too repetitive for me.

No-one.

But the promotion of a certain pink torrent tracker might count as promotion of piracy, which might get folks in trouble if a Mod had woken up on the wrong side of their bed this morning.

Just trying to abide by The One-Stop Rules Shop (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=416023).
Okay, fair enough.
Well, you could do like I do and aquire 9 days of music. Things don't get too repetitive for me.
Not sure I follow.

You could try last.fm (http://www.last.fm/), a British site that does the same thing as Pandora. It also has more social functions, but I just used it for the music.


If you like Pink Floyd, you might also like:

* Led Zeppelin
* The Doors
* The Beatles
* Jimi Hendrix
* Queen
* The Rolling Stones

Hmm... not looking too promising. I find those bands to be fairly different from Pink Floyd in terms of style, not too mention what Floyd fan would not have heard of them? That's like "If you like water, you may also like oxygen..."
I'll give it a try anyway, I guess...

Hmm... not looking too promising. I find those bands to be fairly different from Pink Floyd in terms of style, not too mention what Floyd fan would not have heard of them? That's like "If you like water, you may also like oxygen..."
I'll give it a try anyway, I guess...

It took a few days for it to pick up on my own tastes, so a little time may be all you need.

Hmm... not looking too promising. I find those bands to be fairly different from Pink Floyd in terms of style, not too mention what Floyd fan would not have heard of them? That's like "If you like water, you may also like oxygen..."
I'll give it a try anyway, I guess...
Yeah, last.fm is a bit... blunt with its suggestions.

It took a few days for it to pick up on my own tastes, so a little time may be all you need.

Yeah, last.fm is a bit... blunt with its suggestions.

They have a linux binary, though - that's always a good sign.

They have a linux binary, though - that's always a good sign.

Hmm... got the software up and running now... it's not bad. Thanks for all the suggestions, everyone.

Hmm... got the software up and running now... it's not bad. Thanks for all the suggestions, everyone.

You don't have to use their software, you know. Many players have support for last.fm, like Amarok, Rhythmbox and MPD.

I used to use www.launch.com, you can rank artists and all that jazz... though I can't remember if it allows you to make new stations.

Also, it plays commercials so it kinda sucks.

You could try last.fm (http://www.last.fm/), a British site that does the same thing as Pandora. It also has more social functions, but I just used it for the music.
How does this work? I put in Portishead and it said that it didn't have enough content to start the station...

oh, holy shit... I downloaded the thingy and it went through and sorted my music into categories so I can pick and choose what I want to listen to that is in a similar vein... this seems pretty sweet so far.

9 days?

Pffft.

Try 9 weeks. :p

Done. 2329 hours :D

There probably is some redundancy though... so let's make it 1680 hours of original music :)

You don't have to use their software, you know. Many players have support for last.fm, like Amarok, Rhythmbox and MPD.

No kidding? Good to know - Thanks! How would you go about setting it up through Amarok?

Just cloak your IP. Use The Cloak, for example.

Just cloak your IP. Use The Cloak, for example.

You can cloak your IP? Do tell. How does it work?

You can cloak your IP? Do tell. How does it work?

There's plenty of sites that will do it. Try googling "The Cloak".

There's plenty of sites that will do it. Try googling "The Cloak".
But they are, in effect, working as proxies, are they not? Which runs into the problems I stated in the OP about media streaming via proxy.

Hmmm... What the hell? I can't quote? Anyway, yeah I've heard of JAP but never used it. I tried to work with it's sister program (I forget the name at the moment), but I never got it working.

EDIT: Ah, that would be why I can't quote.

No kidding? Good to know - Thanks! How would you go about setting it up through Amarok?

I don't know, but it should have support for streams and song reporting, so look through the preferences. I'm guessing it's just a checkbox somewhere, and two fields for your name and password, that you need to check/fill in.

Most clients, like MPD that I use, only support reporting the songs you listen to, but that's enough for my needs.

I don't know, but it should have support for streams and song reporting, so look through the preferences. I'm guessing it's just a checkbox somewhere, and two fields for your name and password, that you need to check/fill in.

Most clients, like MPD that I use, only support reporting the songs you listen to, but that's enough for my needs.
Excellent. Thank you!