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...Pandora.com, click "Create a New Station" and type in the name of a band you like. Immediately, music begins streaming-a song from your artist, followed by songs that should appeal to you. "Should" is the operative word here: the service is streaming songs that Pandora's creators at the Music Genome Project have determined as having similar musical characteristics...
...first, no matter what artist you enter, you're going to hear songs you like and songs you don't. After all, the system is looking for songs that have any of 400 possible similarities. Click "Guide Us" and give songs a thumbs up or thumbs down, and the system starts drawing further conclusions. You can skip the stuff you hate, though due to the way the digital rights management controls the streaming audio, there's a limit to how many songs you can skip in a session. As you work on it, you'll start steering your way towards...
...Each artist you enter becomes the theme of a new streaming channel, so your Public Enemy moods and your They Might Be Giants moods will never need to overlap. Here's a tip, though: Don't put your absolute favorite band in there. At least, not at first. I love Dire Straits. It was a little unnerving to be told what musicians share Dire Straits' musical characteristics. I can handle Robert Cray and Nils Lofgren, but Billy Joel and Toad the Wet Sprocket? Skip...
Though some UC representatives initially expressed discontent with the manner of the debate and the vote, the bill was passed with an unusually high participation rate, guaranteeing the HCC $30,000 toward securing an artist for a fall show...
...State officials refuse to disclose the actual number of islands for sale, but high-end real estate experts say 17 barren outcrops alone are up for grabs in the Ionian Sea, near Nidri Lefkada, pictured, and Skorpios, Onassis' private retreat. Paloma Picasso, fashion designer and daughter of the Spanish artist Pablo, recently bought the 540,000-sq-m island of Petalas nearby. Much of the growing enthusiasm stems from changes to Greek property laws in 2003 that allow foreigners to buy islands for as little as $670,000. Is there a catch? Island shopping could prove a tad risky...