Pandora Rocks!

Imagine you're the program director of your own radio station; no, wait, you're the program director for 100 radio stations. You can choose anything you want for your playlist, the kind of music you like, the artists you like, your favorite songs. You can program any station any way you want to impress whomever you want and you can shuffle the stations any way you want to create the most unique mix you've ever heard. The computer will choose the music based on your preferences. Want more of a certain sound? Give it a thumbs up. Want less? Give it a thumbs down. I've been "training" my station for a couple of days and it just keeps on giving me great music. I've given many more thumbs-ups than thumbs-down. And you won't just be fed music from "popular" artists; in fact, you'll hear many artists you've never heard of.

This is Pandora.

Go there. First time users don't have to register, so you can play with it with no worries. I registered. Punch in an artist's name or a song name. Point your mouse at the album icon and vote thumbs-up or thumbs-down on every song you hear for a while and see what happens. Experiment. Set up more stations. Enjoy yourself. Believe me, you'll be hooked within 10 minutes. I was. Still am. Probably will be forever.

'Nuff said.