Pandora's (Boom)Box

The Music Genome Project. Begun about 5 years ago, Tim Westergren and like minded musicians and technical types began the Music Genome Project, the reult of which can be enjoyed at Pandora.
It attempts to "map" similar musical "genes", so that when you enter a song or artist, it will stream music by the artist, but will also find similar songs. They stress that this project and the technology behind it transcends mere "genres". Although, I recently entered "Devo" and was treated to "whip it" followed by "Planet Earth" from Duran Duran. You can tell Pandora if you like its choices, to play more like it or reject it. It will adjust what you hear accordingly.

It's fun to see what it provides based on what you enter and even see if you can stump it. Unfortunately, entering "Klaus Nomi" returned nothing. It's a fun way to mix up the music you can play while at work, or wherever. They allow you to have up to 100 "stations", lists that you create based on songs or artists. Go ahead, open the box.