this film we once saw was reviled for it's flaws, but it's flaws were what made us have fun

[debs]

There are times when I get bored with music. I don't want to listen to anything I own, and everything just seems like the same tired stuff that's been playing on the radio since forever. Even bands/albums that I've loved since I first heard them become old-hat, which is depressing.

And then I'll buy a new album by a band with whom I'm not overly familiar, and something will click inside, and I'll remember why I love music.

The song for today is by Okkervil River, from their new album The Stand-Ins. I came late to the party in terms of this band, but I want to live in Stand-Ins and it's predecessor, The Stage Names. Whenever I hear these albums now I will think of driving south through the mountains.

"Singer Songwriter" by Okkervil River

Comments

[soar38.livejournal.com]

I recently got the fire.fm add on thing for Mozilla, and it takes my fave artists and selects music to play on my browser that it thinks I might like. I can tailor it a bit more by specifying which songs I love and which should be banned, but I'm listening to stuff I haven't listened to in ages, and hearing artists I wouldn't normally have done.

[shoelacedreamer.livejournal.com]

I was reading an article the other day about how "smart" technology is getting, how by cataloging existing interests of an individual machines/websites/etc are able to predict future preferences yadda yadda yadda. I'm on the fence about it in general, but I find the whole thing intriguing. Is that an online radio type of deal? What's the setup?

[soar38.livejournal.com]

Have you seen the new Genius thing in ITunes?

This radio thing is an add on to your web brower, sits in it like a toolbar. You sign up to a profile, and keep yourself logged in, and based on the artists you list as your favourite, it finds artists who are similar in style and genre.