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 Remora.Darkmod
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By Remora.Darkmod 2009-09-03 12:38:27  
So, recently at work a co-worker tip'd me to go check out pandora.com, saying its the best thing ever. I being a huge fan of best things ever proceeded to give it a spin.

This site is fantastic.

This thread is two-fold. For one, if you DONT know of Pandora, go check it out. There is a Vista widget that is epic awesome and puts endless music right at your fingertips for a rather low use of processing speed.

And secondly, if you DO pandora, what stations do you have?

My list is...

Tiesto Radio
Laut Sprecher Radio
Your Shining Radio
Heaven radio
Basshunter Radio
Darude Radio
Digitalism Radio
Traditional Abstract Radio
& Daft Punk Radio

It gives a pretty good reflection of my music tastes i think :D So, obviously there are thousand of "music" threads, but hopefully this has some touch of uniquity to it. Im not sure if uniquity is a word and im too lazy to verify. :)
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By Seraph.Caiyuo 2009-09-03 13:28:50  
I does Pandora, but waaay too many stations to bother listing. lol Really great way to hear lots of obscure stuff and classical music along with the current relevant music.

Firefox says uniquity hasn't been claimed by the Dictionary yet, so you better go patent asap!
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By Asura.Celene 2009-09-03 13:39:07  
Pandora sucks because it's anti-the rest of the world.
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By Gilgamesh.Kunimitsu 2009-09-03 13:45:59  
Yeah I thoguht that sounded like the best thing ever, went to check it out,
Pandora said:
We are deeply, deeply sorry to say that due to licensing constraints, we can no longer allow access to Pandora for listeners located outside of the U.S.


Pandora sucks ;;
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By Seraph.Caiyuo 2009-09-03 13:48:00  
There's a variety of fairly easy ways to get around the international block. Too bad Pandora sucks!
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By Kujata.Daus 2009-09-03 13:51:57  
So its like a radio dohickey?

Ive been radioless since sirius satellite stopped the free internet listening. I shall try this pandora thing whenever I get home and have access.
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By Seraph.Caiyuo 2009-09-03 14:01:44  
It's similar to Last.fm in that it's a web-based radio source which lets you enter an Artist/Band name, genre/tag or song and (if you're signed up) it slowly builds a music profile for you that picks out things you like and dislike about each music station you make. Basically after you spend some time with it you can start narrowing down stations to play only things you like with fairly little input on your part. All for free!

Also a pandora iphone app for any ownersss.
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By Fairy.Amelia 2009-09-03 14:34:11  
www.pandora.com > share > find a shared station > Sandra D's Favorites

That's my radio station with all kinds of music from spanish guitar to hip-hop, from Madonna to Sisters of Mercy. I listen to lots of different stuff and I've been working on my station for about 10 months, so it's pretty fine-tuned by now.

(^_^)
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By Fenrir.Nightfyre 2009-09-03 14:36:20  
I've never been able to get a station working just how I want it to, and I've been using Pandora for... 2+ years? -.-

As a result, I just hop between all my stations. 40+ I think. Great website, I'm just picky XD
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By Bahamut.Rydiya 2009-09-03 14:40:04  
Celene said:
Pandora sucks because it's anti-the rest of the world.

>.> And 40 hours of music a month onry.
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By Ifrit.Kungfuhustle 2009-09-03 14:44:00  
Celene said:
Pandora sucks because it's anti-the rest of the world.


just like a MAC. Besides, anything Vista-based is *** trash anyway.
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By Remora.Darkmod 2009-09-03 15:27:49  
I did not know about the international blocks, thats pretty lame ; ;

Kungfuhustle said:
Celene said:
Pandora sucks because it's anti-the rest of the world.


just like a MAC. Besides, anything Vista-based is *** trash anyway.


Hmm. Thats a pretty poor way of thinking. Vista bashing is so 2008. Its not vista based either, at least, not that i know of. You can listen to it on the site, or use a vista widget to have it just playing right on your desktop.

Rydiya said:
Celene said:
Pandora sucks because it's anti-the rest of the world.

>.> And 40 hours of music a month onry.


I have not hit that cap, which, is somthing that will probably be rather annoying, but, i mean, if you hit the 40/hr limit your obviously enjoying it, lol.
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By Ifrit.Kungfuhustle 2009-09-03 15:39:36  
I still use iTunes, and download my music using Frostwire. Haven't had a breach of attack yet, which is good. Yeah, Vista bashing is so 2008, but it still lingers on, like Sarah Palin.
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By Garuda.Hypnotizd 2009-09-03 15:43:47  
I tried pandora today and its kinda cool. I normally just listen to .977 Music for my internet music. Granted its not customizable, but they usually play what I want to hear anyway.
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By Ifrit.Kungfuhustle 2009-09-03 15:44:30  
Comedy104 is my internet streaming fix. Everything else is from my own collection.
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By Seraph.Caiyuo 2009-09-03 17:47:24  
Kungfuhustle said:
I still use iTunes, and download my music using Frostwire. Haven't had a breach of attack yet, which is good. Yeah, Vista bashing is so 2008, but it still lingers on, like Sarah Palin.
I lol'd.

I've never hit the 40-hour cap myself, but I only really use Pandora to discover new stuff and not so much an on-going radio station. For that I generally use last.fm as they seem to have a greater variety; too often Pandora loops the same small sample of stuff if you're /too/ specific. Outside of last.fm I also like http://www.rgonotsayz.com/video/index.php for FF-radio. Almost always something good playing there. Or katg, but that's something totally different!
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By Kujata.Daus 2009-09-03 19:43:41  
40 hour cap isnt good for me >.> I have playlists that slowly die out on imeem and youtube (cause they get deleted for copywrite violations yay), that I continuously rebuild. I listen to my playlists when on ff11, when painting and when doing my hair/getting ready for school...I will most probably hit the 40 hour cap lol
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By Seraph.Caiyuo 2009-09-03 19:56:10  
Daus said:
40 hour cap isnt good for me >.> I have playlists that slowly die out on imeem and youtube (cause they get deleted for copywrite violations yay), that I continuously rebuild. I listen to my playlists when on ff11, when painting and when doing my hair/getting ready for school...I will most probably hit the 40 hour cap lol
lol, unless you're making tons of stations to cycle through you'll probably get bored with what they play after awhile. Maybe my stations are just extra obscure, but the variety becomes limited after awhile. Definitely not a one-stop shop site unless you're using the paid version.
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By Bahamut.Rydiya 2009-09-03 19:58:17  
>.> There's a button that mixes all your stations together so you can listen to your stations shuffled.
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By Seraph.Caiyuo 2009-09-03 20:08:34  
Rydiya said:
>.> There's a button that mixes all your stations together so you can listen to your stations shuffled.
Is it big and red? Because that sounds dangerous. lol Never tried the quickmix, but I predict this turning out badly given the weird blend of stations.
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By Bahamut.Rydiya 2009-09-03 20:19:06  
Caiyuo said:
Rydiya said:
>.> There's a button that mixes all your stations together so you can listen to your stations shuffled.
Is it big and red? Because that sounds dangerous. lol Never tried the quickmix, but I predict this turning out badly given the weird blend of stations.

Used to turn out okay when I used Pandora.. Before they pulled the 40 hour cap or pay thing.
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By Lakshmi.Vetramont 2009-09-03 20:34:16  
Pandora is what gets me through the work day. It's amazing.

My stations (in order of favoritism):

Evanescence Radio
Nickelback Radio
Fall Out Boy Radio
Avenged Sevenfold Radio

Gives me a great range of rock to listen to, and tipped me off to one of my new favorite bands, Within Temptation, that I had no clue about beforehand.
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By Ragnarok.Psyence 2009-09-03 20:45:49  
Kungfuhustle said:
I still use iTunes, and download my music using Frostwire. Haven't had a breach of attack yet, which is good. Yeah, Vista bashing is so 2008, but it still lingers on, like Sarah Palin.


isn't she a porn actress?
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By Bismarck.Ariyon 2009-09-03 20:49:37  
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isn't she a porn actress?


That's a joke, right? <_<;
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By Seraph.Caiyuo 2009-09-03 20:49:52  
Psyence said:
Kungfuhustle said:
I still use iTunes, and download my music using Frostwire. Haven't had a breach of attack yet, which is good. Yeah, Vista bashing is so 2008, but it still lingers on, like Sarah Palin.


isn't she a porn actress?
I do feel dirty after having watched her if that counts?! ohoho! (just goes to show how very true Kungfu's statement was)
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By Leviathan.Chaosx 2009-09-03 21:16:35  
Psyence said:

isn't she a porn actress?


I think she was, but then she decided to quit, ya know to further her career and such.
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By Seraph.Caiyuo 2009-09-03 21:23:48  
This seems sort of relevant, outside of Sarah Palin's non-career. lol Have a free song! DRM-free even! http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/24089
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By Fairy.Amelia 2009-09-11 23:35:28  
Also, if you hit your 40-hour cap you can pay .99 to continue listening as much as you want for the rest of the month. Or just buy the pro version for like 30-something. I love Pandora, because it is often playing music I have never heard and I love or it will play me songs I haven't heard in years as well.

I really also enjoy the "I'm tired of this song," feature where it will stop playing the selection for a month and now I am so spoiled by it that I find myself wishing for it whenever I have the radio on in the car.
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