Algorithmic Peelism

[hirez]

I'm becoming more and more convinced that there's some magic at work within the combination of Poweramp (MP3 player) and the Last.FM client that is able to generate things I'd rather like to hear.

I mean, I don't actually remember copying any Wah! tracks to the thing, yet there it is, following along from Gina G and A Place to Bury Strangers.

Lord alone knows what's next. A Fall session, probably. Or some random MP3 playing at the wrong speed through the magic of wonky physics.

(Talking Heads!)

Comments

[venta.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Maybe I should try letting LastFM pick my listening again. I gave up a few years ago when it seemed to be poorly coded, and had a sort of lowest-common-denominator effect which meant it tried to inflict Coldplay on absolutely everyone.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

This is just the MP3 player having it random. I just use Last.FM to track how my listening changes over time; lots more Warp-supplied electroskronk as I get older, it seems.

All recommendation engines are doomed to failure with a sufficiently Peelist listener.

[sarah-mum.livejournal.com]

Initially misread that as Wham! ...and hilarity ensued.

And now I have a mashup of "Freedom" vs "Story of the Blues" in my head.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Ah. Shame

I listen to music in albumsworths, which means my Last.fm charts are always heavily biased towards bands who put more tracks on their albums. 69 Love Songs played merry hell with the lists.

All recommendation engines are doomed to failure with a sufficiently Peelist listener.

Of course.

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

The Insidious Wah.