A friend (cheers ralenth!) recently told me about Last.fm and seeing as I seem to be in the mood to listen to music (I have a certain suspicion that this may have to do with a certain fellow I know who I discovered quite likes Britpop…enough to wear desert boots like Damon Albarn…drool…) and the fact that I went to an electronic music gig the other night, I decided to sign up and have been obsessed ever since. I’ve been listening to some minimal techno and artists similar to Pulp - ‘egads, Jarvis is married, has a kid and lives in Paris (I’m genuinely heartbroken but maybe it’s for the best - he’s extremely tall and I ain’t. Might be hard to make whoopee).
It’s a bit glitchy in spots, the radio service - sometimes it has a bit of a delay when my connection is running slow but seriously, last night I was just enraptured listening to music for hours. I guess I should link to my profile, shouldn’t I? Edited to add actual chart…
Another service I was trialling the other day was MediaMaster - this service allows you to upload all the music on your computer to their server so that you can theoretically listen to it from absolutely anywhere provided you have access to an internet connection. Again, it seemed to take ages to upload tracks and it wasn’t always fuss-free (it seemed to have an aversion to uploading ‘Stereotypes’ from Blur’s The Great Escape, to my infinite horror). It is a pretty cool service worth checking out, I think I might have found out about it from Lifehack as usual.
Last thing! I read about this on a friend’s LiveJournal - Basenotes have this cool thing called a fragrance wardrobe. Here’s the link to my Basenotes fragrance wardrobe - you can see what fragrances I currently own (that are listed in their database), what fragrances I’ve tested, what I’ve owned previously and even what ones I wish I had! Quite voyeristic, really. Gosh, if only I could list what Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab ones I have! Alas no, doesn’t seem to give that option - yet.
Violent_Kitten | 23-Apr-07 at 10:11 pm | Permalink
Gah. All these music sites are most excellent. Must avoid them! heh! Was it you who introduced me to Pandora? http://www.pandora.com/ It’s just amazing. It doesn’t always get the suggestions right, but most are pretty close! I was just doing the Stone Roses and it was having difficulties with them…I’m now going to see what it comes up with for one of our favourites: Blur!
Oh yeah, I joined Basenotes today! May not post for a while, feeling a bit shy…I’ve used Basenotes as a reference for ages, but never thought to join…it’s so different to the BPAL forum, and I need to work out the vibe. It has a big section on perfume making though…hmmmm! Not sure if I’ll put my collection on there…I want to, but once I start, it’ll take me a week!
Violent_Kitten | 23-Apr-07 at 10:16 pm | Permalink
Oh bugger. I just found out you can only play with Pandora a few times before you have to register and they can only accept US residents at the mo’. Oh well, I can save some time not joining!
Grace Notes @ Snarkattack | 24-Apr-07 at 10:56 pm | Permalink
Ahh poo-poo. I think I’ve heard of Pandora and there are quite a few similar such services…damn I can’t remember the one my ex told me about…it was supposed to be pretty popular too. Why no love for the non-USers, there are so many of us!