Rolling 2006 Pandora.com Discussion Thread

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I heard something from Peter A. Schmid & Vinny Golia's Birdology and it wasn't unlistenable.

― Rockist Scientist (RSLaRue), Friday, 1 September 2006 23:38 (eighteen years ago) link

I went back to look up information on a jazzant-garde type thing I liked on pandora.com, but I accidentally hit remove. I should not operate heavy machinery tonight.

― Rockist Scientist (RSLaRue), Friday, 1 September 2006 23:42 (eighteen years ago) link

Maria Bethania does some nice songs.

― Rockist Scientist (RSLaRue), Friday, 1 September 2006 23:58 (eighteen years ago) link

"It's taking longer than expected to figure out the perfect song to play next. . ." I'm not making this up.

― Rockist Scientist (RSLaRue), Saturday, 2 September 2006 00:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Big article about Pandora in the Sunday NY Times Arts & Leisure section. There's a photo of all these Pandora employees in a conference room with headphones hooked up to their computers entering in data. I think that might make me hate music.

― curmudgeon, Monday, 4 September 2006 02:26 (eighteen years ago) link

http://ilx.wh3rd.net/thread.php?msgid=7257686#unread

― curmudgeon, Monday, 4 September 2006 05:06 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm there.

― Rockist Scientist (RSLaRue), Monday, 4 September 2006 13:28 (eighteen years ago) link

You do realize that ILM is often down these days.

― Rockist Scientist (RSLaRue), Monday, 4 September 2006 23:40 (eighteen years ago) link

Pandora still does not recognize "Zoviet France" :(

However, they DO now recognize The Pop Group, and I got The Minutemen soon afterward which was cool. The bastards are slowly winning me over.

― sleeve (sleeve), Thursday, 7 September 2006 16:48 (eighteen years ago) link

They're hopeless on African music, though. Youssou N'Dour, Salif Keita and Toumani Diabate all came back as unknown.

― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 08:37 (eighteen years ago) link

That's pretty bad. They are hopeless on middle eastern stuff as well. You definitely can't depend on pandora.com to have any old "specialized" music you are into. (I know, it's hard to comprehend how Youssou N'Dour is more "special interest" than some minor indie rock band, or even Faust or something like that.) Some of my happiest discoveries there have been in areas of music I'm not that enthusiastic about &/or up on.

― Rockist Scientist (RSLaRue), Tuesday, 12 September 2006 23:27 (eighteen years ago) link

one month passes...

"even Faust" who, with each track I hear, I am more convinced than ever, suck.

― Rockist Scientist (RSLaRue), Sunday, 15 October 2006 00:10 (eighteen years ago) link

yeah i didn't like them and i love neu! and some can, i was surprised

― lf (lfam), Sunday, 15 October 2006 00:46 (eighteen years ago) link

two months pass...

steely dan station playing 'find a way' by dwele - awesome

― and what (ooo), Friday, 22 December 2006 20:45 (seventeen years ago) link

There was some scratchy electronic music playing and I was in the kitchen and then some more scratchy electronic music came on and, hey, this is Throbbing Gristle isn't it? I am almost shocked by how recognizable "I.B.M." is from D.o.A., an album I never listened to that much (as far as I can remember anyway). If there's a version on that 4-CD live TG box-set, that would explain why it's so familiar, since I did listen to that a lot at one time. I still find something comical about how instantly recognizable it is.

― RSLaRue (RSLaRue), Friday, 29 December 2006 22:34 (seventeen years ago) link

one of my stations just plays necro and memphis bleek

― and what (ooo), Monday, 1 January 2007 19:45 (seventeen years ago) link

Thumbed-down Songs

21 Questions (feat. Nate Dogg) 50 Cent
Hey Yall ABK
It's Alright (feat. Jason Weaver) White Boy
Keep It Scrubbin' Shaggy 2 Dope

― and what (ooo), Monday, 1 January 2007 20:37 (seventeen years ago) link

It still lists JB as "On Tour!" ;_;!

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver (hoosteen), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 03:49 (seventeen years ago) link

Hard to keep him down.

― A Radio Picture (Factory Sample Not For Sale), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 04:23 (seventeen years ago) link

The man has been on tour since he was a fetus, so I don't see why being a corpse should stop him

― Not For Use as Infant Nog (A-Ron Hubbard), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 04:41 (seventeen years ago) link

The station I built around Phil Ranelin's "Vibes from the Tribe" keeps playing me shitty smooth jazz and nu-funk.

― Not For Use as Infant Nog (A-Ron Hubbard), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 04:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Wayne Horvitz = thumbs down
Joyce Cooling = thumbs down
Bill Frisell - White Fang = meh
Bob James - Sign of the Times (album name) = I like some of this dude's stuff, but this shit is a little too backgroundy for me

― Not For Use as Infant Nog (A-Ron Hubbard), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 04:45 (seventeen years ago) link

Eddie Harris - Carry On Brother (live) = this is more like it

Also, I just realized it's a DJ Shadow sample

― Not For Use as Infant Nog (A-Ron Hubbard), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 04:45 (seventeen years ago) link

i hate teaching my devo/b-52s station not to play killers and franz ferdinand

― and what (ooo), Wednesday, 3 January 2007 20:59 (seventeen years ago) link

one month passes...

Yeah, I know it's 2007 but fuck a new thread.

I've been having good luck with jazz fusion lately. My "125th Street Congress" station is teaching me that pretty much all Weather Report before Jaco was good. I fucking hate Jaco though. Also, I have to get the Tony Williams Lifetime album "Turn it Over" - holy fuck. Also Wayne Shorter's Native Dancer has at least one sweet cut on it.

― Shadowcat (A-Ron Hubbard), Thursday, 15 February 2007 05:48 (seventeen years ago) link

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