last.fm in the playground

[User Name]

So, any of you guys hang out on last.fm? I'm curious about what the people here listen to, but I only want to read about it if it's on a chart.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Yes (http://www.last.fm/user/Gwyn_ap_Nud/charts), Yes I do.

[Dallas-Dakota]

Nope, I prefer Deezer (www.deezer.com).

[Amiria]

I hath it too. But I don't use it that much.

http://www.lastfm.de/user/rapidovapido/charts

Looking at my charts, I heavily OD'd on Iron Maiden. :smallsmile:

[Skippy]

Last.fm junkie here. (http://www.lastfm.es/user/radikalskippy)

Over 50,000 themes listened since January 2007!

[valadil]

http://www.last.fm/user/valadil

I've been scrobbling for years but only started listening regularly recently (my GF made me shutdown my home server to save power, so I can't stream my whole collection to work anymore.)

I like it for finding new music, but it sometimes get stuck in bad ruts. It was only giving me spanish music for a while and I never figured out why.

[Killersquid]

What exactly is last.fm?

[User Name]

Good music, Amiria! The rest of you... well, some people say everyone's taste in music is equal. :smallwink:


What exactly is last.fm?

It's a place for dorks who like cataloging things to show off what they listen to to everyone else, which is why I love it so much.

[Dragonrider]

I just started. This is me... (http://www.last.fm/user/DeeRee)

[RabbitHoleLost]

Rabbit is on Last.Fm (http://www.last.fm/user/ValdisRequiem)
Edit: High five to DeeRee, who's music compatibility is high with mine =D

[Dragonrider]

Rabbit is on Last.Fm (http://www.last.fm/user/ValdisRequiem)
Edit: High five to DeeRee, who's music compatibility is high with mine =D

Go us! :smallbiggrin:

[valadil]

BTW, if anyone else uses shell-fm (http://www.ohloh.net/p/shell-fm) to access listen to last.fm in by command line, here's a script I wrote to a) teach myself out getopts works and b) open artist/genre/user stations without having to remember last.fm's urls.

You'll have to change the username (line 5) and location to your shell-fm binary (line 6).



#!/bin/bash

# Opens shell.fm, filling out url depending on cli switches

USER='valadil'
BIN="$HOME/disk/source/shell-fm-0.5/source/shell-fm"
STATION="lastfm://user/$USER/personal"

function usage() { sed -e 's/^ //' <<EndUsage

lastfm.sh usage:
-? or -h display this help message
-a ARTIST play artist radio
-g GENRE play genre radio
-u USER play last.fm user radio
-n USER play last.fm user neighbour radio

EndUsage
exit 1
}


while getopts "?hu:a:g:n:" flag ;
do
case $flag in
'?' )
usage
;;

'h' )
usage
;;

'a' )
STATION="lastfm://artist/$OPTARG/similarartists"
;;

'g' )
STATION="lastfm://globaltags/$OPTARG"
;;

'n' )
STATION="lastfm://user/$OPTARG/neighbours"
;;

'u' )
STATION="lastfm://user/$OPTARG/personal"
;;
esac
done


$BIN $STATION

[B-Man]

I have a last.fm as well. I keep forgetting that I have it 'cause I just use the scobbler and don't even look at it for long periods of time. :smalleek:

B-Man @ last.fm (http://www.last.fm/user/B-Man777)

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

Amiria, yes, you did OD on Iron Maiden. Good job. Wow.

Anyways, the closest any of you got to me is medium. Sad.

[Sneak]

Last.fm and its users scare me...

...present company excluded, of course. :smallwink:

The only music site I use is Pandora, and even that I only use occasionally. But since there seem to be so may playgrounders on it, I may have to overcome my misgivings and give it a shot, if only so everyone can see the true glory of my awe-inspiring musical taste. :smalltongue:

Also: PEER PRESSURE FTW!

[wadledo]

*Snip*

What he rambled, except without the pandora.

[Faulty]

Moi. (http://www.last.fm/user/FaultyClockwork) Nearing 11K. The best person I have compatability with his B-Man, who likes Kamelot. <3

[Skippy]

Last.fm and its users scare me...

...present company excluded, of course. :smallwink:

The only music site I use is Pandora, and even that I only use occasionally. But since there seem to be so may playgrounders on it, I may have to overcome my misgivings and give it a shot, if only so everyone can see the true glory of my awe-inspiring musical taste. :smalltongue:

Also: PEER PRESSURE FTW!

The problem with Pandora (because I loved it, too) is that we non-Americans can't use it. So I'll stick with Last.fm until they let me use Pandora again...

[Dispozition]

Dispozition (http://www.last.fm/user/Dispozition) is mine, surprisingly :P

[NeonBlack]

Mine (http://www.lastfm.com/user/Dalbeider/charts). Eeeexcellent compatibility with B-Man, yay.