Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

We will not go quietly into the night; we will not vanish without a fight.

’Where will you hide, Roberts, the laws all being flat?’

That’s my take and I am available for criticism at this time.

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

The “burn-it-down” people are good with that until they become part of the kindling.

T R E 4 5 O N

Optimism opens the door to great things.

Second rate reporter says what?

I am pretty sure these ‘journalists’ were not always such a bootlicking sycophants.

The words do not have to be perfect.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty. ~Thomas Jefferson

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

Sometimes the world just tells you your cat is here.

JFC, are there no editors left at that goddamn rag?

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

Decision time: keep arguing about the last election, or try to win the next one?

After dobbs, women are no longer free.

President Musk and Trump are both poorly raised, coddled 8 year old boys.

“When somebody takes the time to draw up a playbook, they’re gonna use it.”

DeSantis transforming Florida into 1930s Germany with gators and theme parks.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

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  1. 1.

    Nikki

    Thank you so much, John, and whoever brought this site to your attention. You are right. The greatest website ever. Ever!

  2. 2.

    Jason

    When I first read this post I thought you were referring to Pandagon and your favorite feminist Amanda.

    That said though I agree Pandora is awesome.

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    Steve S

    What’s amazing to me with Pandora, is that I put in an artist who I like… and it gives me a list of songs which are similar… but by artists I don’t like.

    Like put in Sting, and I get Hall & Oates? I mean, puh-leeze.

    Perhaps it is my perception of the artists that influences my senses. Interesting.

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    John Cole

    I dunno. I put in Dag, and so far it has played nothing but stuff I like, and by artists I have never heard of.

    I think the website is genius.

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    SeesThroughIt

    Yeah, I’ve been messing with that site for a while. It’s fun in and of itself, but it’s also quite interesting to take a different approach to it: I’ve been trying to get it to play a certain song, and it’s kinda cool to mess around and see what kind of stuff you have to type in to get it to play a certain song.

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    Off Colfax

    Personally, I first heard about it from The Blogger Formerly Known As Zombyboy over there at Resurrection Song. But my biggest frustration was that I put in Yoko Kanno (who wrote way too many awesome anime soundtracks to mention in a comment), and ended up getting the Backstreet Boys, 98 Degrees, New Kids On The Block, and Jay-Z. I’m thinking that the psychic shock caused my monitor to pop a capacitor.

    But on the bright side, if I put in Jack’s Mannequin, it all rocks on good for me. With that as the keyword, I think I only heard 10 songs I didn’t like over a 5 hour period. And that’s a lot better record than putting in Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Counting Crows, or Rancid.

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    Laura

    My brother turned me onto this website a couple weeks ago. It’s been fun discovering some new artists, and it can be trippy who they put together. My Keb Mo radio station plays Nirvana. If you want to tweak a station, make sure you give your opinion when you really like or dislike a song. I try to withold telling it I don’t like a song in case it grows on me, but sometimes a song just doesn’t belong on a particular station.

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    Mary

    What I find cool about it is not just that it does reasonably well at suggesting similar artists, but it explains WHY it chose to present certain songs. I know almost nothing about the technique of music, but I do have a feeling that there are certain musical patterns that show up in some of my very favourite songs. For example, when it served up “Rebellion (Lies)” by Arcade Fire, the Guide explained that “Based on what you’ve told us so far, we’re playing this track because it features mellow rock instrumentation, a subtle use of vocal harmony, mild rhythmic syncopation, acoustic rhythm piano and call and answer vocal harmony (antiphony).” This is at least a start to identifying what common elements hook me in.

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    ubernerd83

    Wow. Definitely one of the most amazing sites I have ever used. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. Now I’ve got a way to find new tunes, and listen to music while I’m working on papers in the library.

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    demimondian

    Absolutely. The. Best. Site. Ever. I’ve already found four artists that I never heard of that have work to follow up on.

  13. 13.

    Jane Finch

    Lord, I thought I’d found ever obscure Texas alt-country/americana artist in existence. I was wrong. Curse you, JC….there goes the paycheck.

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    Kathy K

    Pandora has a new fan in me. Fabulous. I put in a (I doubt most here would recognize the name – or the term ‘skiffle’) Scots folk singer – Lonnie Donegan. So far, I’m on the 7th song, and I’ve loved every single one of them.
    Didn’t expect them to have anything on him. But they got it right. I’m impressed.
    I wonder if it will work as well if I put in someone more popular nowadays. (Judging by the Sting/Hall & Oates comment above – it might not).
    (Update – I’m not too thrilled with song #8 – but that’s not bad…).

  15. 15.

    Pooh

    OMFG, just when I thought I had kicked my music buying habit…do you get a finder’s fee from iTunes or something?

    (Cheap shot alert)
    Does PJM allow that sort of arrangement?
    (/cheap shot)

    ;)

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