Pandora Radio

I’m sure most people have one or at least heard of it, but Pandora Internet Radio is a pretty cool place for music fans. It requires you to make an account but it just asks for your email – no big deal. Also, once you sign in you’re signed in for life (that’s how it works for me anyhow). Basically you create your own stations by selecting an artist or song you like then it will keep playing that artist as well as similar ones. When a song plays you can thumbs up or down it. If you thumbs up it’ll be played again, and thumbs down it’s gone. If you get sick of a particular song (if you thumbs up one they tend to play it A LOT) you can put it “on the shelf” and it won’t be played for the next 30 days. You can make as many stations as you want and they have a quick mix station where it’ll play randoms from the stations you’ve already created. I’ve found a lot of great bands through this system. One annoying thing is that in one hour you can only skip seven songs due to some sort of legal business. For all you iPhone/iPod users – there’s a free app for this as well.

Website: www.pandora.com

Newest Music I've Got

Newest CDs I've Gotten:

Ke$ha “Animal” – When my friend told me to get this I was hesitant… mostly because if I hear “Tik Tok” one more time, I’m going to flip my lid. (Although I have to admit it’s inspired some great Facebook fan pages such as “I Wake Up in the Morning and Feel Like Breakfast” …cheap laughs ensue.) But regardless of my feelings toward the one song I figured I’d give it a shot. After listening all the way through I’ve decided that, if taken at face value, it’s pretty decent. Don’t expect any life changing lines or even quotable ones, but like I said… take it for what it is and it’s solid. She’s a total mess but her weak rhymes and electronic beats make for some “easy listening”.

Young Money “We Are Young Money” – I’ll be the first to say I hate Lil Wayne. For some reason the guy just hits me wrong so I didn’t expect much from this. To clarify: I can handle some Wayne, like if he’s featured on a song but I don’t think I could handle his own CD. The song, “Bedrock” is really what pulled me in because I get stoked every time it’s on the radio… luckily for me, the same twelve songs are always in rotation so that happens often. One song on the album I’m ashamed to admit I really like is “She Is Gone”. It’s one of the most misogynistic and violent songs I’ve ever heard but I dig it. I guess I’ll take the feeling of being socially irresponsible while listening, and just turn it down when others walk in.

Santigold “Santigold” – This isn’t new at all but I just recently got into her. One day my roommate was playing a mix CD her friend gave her, which had some Santigold songs on there. The first one was “Creator” which caught my attention from the… interesting opening, so I asked her, “Who is this?” to which she replied, “Santigold” and we kept on listening. A few songs later I asked again, “…Who is this now?” and she replied, “Santigold again.” So after two songs, I figured I should probably just check this girl out because I was definitely feeling it. It’s very dub and electronic at the same time. Out of these three CDs it’s probably the one I’ve listened to most.

2010 Grammys

I usually don’t watch award shows but I was sucked into the Grammys last night. Once I heard Lady Gaga was performing, I knew I had to watch. Her performance was pretty spectacular. I loved “Speechless” with Elton John but what made the night for me was Pink’s performance.

I had never heard the song, “Glitter In the Air” before but since last night I’ve probably listened to it about a hundred times. (I have to keep reminding myself these dorm walls are pretty thin and I can’t sing half as good as her, haha). She sang so beautifully that it was hard not to be moved. Along with her acrobatic twirling in the air, WHILE SINGING. It was extremely impressive. I’ve always liked Pink for being different and pop-y with an edge, but this example of her talent really blew me away.

For anyone who didn’t see her performance you should definitely YouTube it!