this year.

I like to think I’m into music. And because of this thought I like to keep track of what I’m listening to, and find ways to compare my listening habits to others, thus opening a path to discover new music. Perhaps a year ago Rooney informed me of Pandora. It was an impressive piece of software, but it didn’t do much to track my habits — it was a place where I could find new music based on a band or song I enjoy. This past January I finally got turned onto last.fm. Since I’ve started a blog it seemed like the logical service to use. It tracks what songs I play and also provides a method to publish that data here. I never liked the badges last.fm supplied so I went out to find other methods. Some fantastic people wrote some great programs that utilize the API of last.fm. I was happy. But this past week I have noticed the upgrades to last.fm and one of those upgrades is the ability to attach a play button to the songs/artists in the lists generated by last.fm. I think this is fantastic. Now people can actually hear without leaving my site music samples from bands I enjoy — and it’s no extra work for me or them. So today I implemented the last.fm badges that I think fit best with the site. Simple and clean. So, feel free to click the little green circles next to the band/song to hear a clip. Also note if it is a gold circle then you can steam the entire song/album.