Pandora

I love Pandora the internet radio site. I have been a user of this site for a while and have a station that I have tuned to my tastes. Mostly women's vocals with a rock/folksy sound. Recently I added some hard rock to the station and now I get a lot of punk suggestions which is excellent since my station was a little too consistently soft for me. Now I have a more eclectic selection and it is filled with music I otherwise would never have found.

Pandora is nearly the perfect service for someone like myself who enjoys listening to music but spends no time learning about bands, or particular sounds. There is no way I would have found out about bands like "Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs" or "Giant Drag" without Pandora.

There's no one as Irish as Barack O'Bama (Video)

This is well done, you have to see it to believe it. Great music video.

Bicycle Race

Today's antidote - Queen's Bicycle Race

Awesome music

While reading about tactics used by a number of teams in Ultra-cycling events there was some mention of WAR music. Strong beat, bagpipes, sonic energy for the rider. I was intrigued as I love bagpipes as befits my Scottish heritage (like you didn't guess from the name Duncan).

So I checked out some of this music. WOW, these guys rock, Albannach is amazing. I will have to order the CD. Damn, now I need an iPod and start managing my music the old fashioned way. I got too used to Pandora, but as I don't think they will be around much longer I need alternatives anyway. One of the ways my life has improved lately has been listening to music again.