Thing 11 (Out of Order)

For technological extra credit, I’m accessing Pandora through my new toy, the iPod Touch!  I bought the Touch not for playing mp3s (I have an 80 gig Classic model for that), but to act as a Mac-based Palm Pilot substitute.  The iPod touch has WiFi capability and a Pandora application, so it’s like having personalized radio wherever I go (well, wherever there is WiFi – and why would I want to go to a place without WiFi??).

I’ve used Pandora for a while, but it’s one of those sites that I am obsessed with for a while, forget about, and then eventually go back to.  It is fantastic for finding new music.  I guarantee in any Pandora session you will find at least one new artist to download and love.  Really the only things I don’t like about Pandora are that you can only skip a certain number of songs per station per hour, and that it continually plays songs by the artist you selected as the "inspiration" for your radio station.  In most cases, I already have all the songs by that artist – I want to hear something new!

Here are some song recommendations from my 23 Things Pandora session, using a few of my favorite artists:

If you like Rufus Wainwright . . . "Falling" by Ben Kweller
If you like Beirut . . . "The King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1" by Neutral Milk Hotel
If you like Mos Def . . . "Above the Clouds" by Gang Starr
If you like Cake . . . "Florescent Adolescent" by Artic Monkeys
If you like Nellie McKay . . . "You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome" by Madeleine Peyroux