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[Insert something about internet killing radio stars]

blahblahblah — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:22:58 -0800

Radio 1.0 meets Web 2.0. TUN3R is a virtual AM/FM radio for the internet, complete with a little dial and a boss key, creating a uniquely satisfying way to search for radio stations. On a related note, also worth perusing is this discussion of the expanding world of social music sites. That list misses quite a few neat sites including the graphically stylish Musicovery; the Hype Machine, which pulls music from blogs; and Goombah, which reads your iTunes library, but there are many more. [some prev]

By: parmanparman

parmanparman — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:48:26 -0800

I liked it better when it was called Broadcast.com

By: parmanparman

parmanparman — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:53:14 -0800

OK. Second thought, Optimaal.FM is awesome and in Fresian Dutch, which is like listening to a chicken talk like a duck in Flemish with a German accent.

By: vrakatar

vrakatar — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:53:39 -0800

thank you, blahblahblah. thank you very very much.

By: puke & cry

puke & cry — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:05:06 -0800

That's pretty cool.

By: piratebowling

piratebowling — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:09:08 -0800

Holy crap! The Hype Machine was made by a kid I just graduated from college with. Glad to see he's getting attention already. (Yay Anthony!)

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:25:52 -0800

Gaga for Musicovery. Have loved it for a couple of years now. Nice compilation of sites, thanks blahblahblah.

By: joelf

joelf — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:51:18 -0800

The hype Machine takes up all my internets at work

By: Pendragon

Pendragon — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:35:25 -0800

parmanparman: I can't listen to optimaal.fm at the moment (at work), but fries in the achterhoek ? Twents is more likely.

By: blahblahblah

blahblahblah — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:01:24 -0800

A quick question: what are people's personal favorites?

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:34:38 -0800

What's your fave blahblahblah? Your vintage radio dials link is wonderful. My fave is Musicovery. Adding to the radio feast: Water drum radio at the very likeable JohnJohn radio site. jherskowitz's del.icio.us bookmarks packed full of his online radio links.

By: blahblahblah

blahblahblah — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:59:26 -0800

I like Musicovery as well, though last.fm has its uses as well. For recorded shows, Morning Becomes Eclectic is often fascinating, and World Cafe has some good stuff as well.

By: blahblahblah

blahblahblah — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:00:45 -0800

wow, lots of "as wells" in my comment. Replace a few with "morever" and "Egads! What, what?"...

By: hojoki

hojoki — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:01:05 -0800

I'm into Finetune right now. Very sweet.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:06:00 -0800

Thanks blahblahblah, oooh last.fm. Sweet.

By: takeyourmedicine

takeyourmedicine — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:08:39 -0800

the hype machine has been receiving attention for some time, and as the proprietor of a music blog, it has done a helluva' lot of good for the medium "Holy crap! The Hype Machine was made by a kid I just graduated from college with. Glad to see he's getting attention already. (Yay Anthony!)" From the hype machines press page: "breathlessly described to me as 'the future of all media." (John Heilemann for Business 2.0 Magazine) and "All musical life is here but with the normal hierarchy of popularity completely reversed." Trevor Baker for The Guardian.

By: user92371

user92371 — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:09:40 -0800

That UI drove me up a wall -- if you clicked on a station, it pushed the page to the top, so you couldn't see the playlist. Until I figured out that the arrow keys work without the annoying page pushing.