{"id":386,"date":"2008-10-10T14:17:54","date_gmt":"2008-10-10T21:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/?p=386"},"modified":"2008-10-10T14:17:54","modified_gmt":"2008-10-10T21:17:54","slug":"yahoo-launchcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/blather\/2008\/10\/10\/yahoo-launchcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Yahoo LaunchCast"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I accidentally came across Yahoo’s personal radio station. I have a Live365<\/a> station and I am a VIP listener subscribed there. I have pretty eclectic and obscure taste in music. I find a lot of it on Live365. But now I am considering paying for the Yahoo radio.<\/p>\n

It is similar to the Netflix scheme where you rate musical genres and artists and songs, etc. and it builds a playlist based on those choices. And the more you listen and rate, the closer it gets to playing what you like. So, instead of listening to say, Vegas Vic’s Tiki Lounge<\/a> or The Swank Pad<\/a>, and getting that great style of music, I can hear it all on one “station.”<\/p>\n

This may not be for everyone. But I am the odd person that likes to hear Captain Beefheart mixed with Wanda Jackson and James Brown and Esquivel. If you are too, then listen to my station, <\/a>or make your own!<\/p>\n

The catalogue isn’t as diverse as I would like, but it does have a lot I have not enjoyed in a long time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I accidentally came across Yahoo’s personal radio station. I have a Live365 station and I am a VIP listener subscribed there. I have pretty eclectic and obscure taste in music. 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