Tag: itunes genius
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The quest for the perfect playlist generator, part two
In the last installment, I attempted to make various playlist generators read my mind by feeding it Yes but meaning mid-80s, post-prog synth-heavy rock & new wave with limited success. For my second experiment, I picked “I’m Afraid of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe” by Murder by Death (which ended up being just a Murder…
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The quest for the perfect playlist generator, part one
There is a secret to creating the perfect playlist. It’s a complex process touched upon in Nick Hornby’s “High Fidelity” (and John Cusack’s performance in the film version). A lot of variables are involved. It needs to flow. It needs to have cadence. There are a lot of factors. Sometimes, though, it’s too exhausting to…
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Genius
I’ve flipped back to iTunes as my default audio player. I was avoiding it for a long, long time for a lot of reasons but when WinAmp randomly stopped playing OGG files (which I have a lot of), and I couldn’t fix it, I installed the Xiph QuickTime Components plugin and downloaded the latest version of iTunes. And I…
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MusicIP Mix handles huge mp3 libraries better than WinAmp [Abandonware]
let me get this out there: i love winamp. i’ve been using it since its’ inception. i used to listen to tag’s trance shoutcast station back in the day (tag is/was one of the winamp devs and was responsible for a lot of the visualizations that come bundled with winamp). i’ve tried many, many other music…
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unbox pandora
i’ve been using Pandora for a long time, and i’ve always been a big fan. when Tim Westergren came to Salt Lake City on his speaking tour, i went to see him at the SLC Main Library and i have the raglan-style Pandora tshirt to prove it. the unique recommendation engine — powered by humans who actually analyze…