A little over a year ago, I posted my impressions of Pandora, the free online radio station website thingy. At the time, I was liking it, though after a while I started losing interest and stopped using the site.
Last month, I saw a cartoon about Pandora on Hijinks Ensue. The cartoon hit on a problem I also had with the site. I left the following comment there, which I thought was interesting enough that I’d share it as a blog post.
Kip: I like Smashing Pumpkins and Nirvana
Pandora: Hey, you must love Red Hot Chili Peppers!
Kip: No, really I don’t. Well OK, I like Under The Bridge, but most everything else is thumbs-downed.
Pandora: Great, so you wanna make babies with RHCP! While I keep playing them, I bet you like Foo Fighters too.
Kip: Yes, actually I do like them a lot
Pandora: Great, so you like any alt-rock from early-to-mid 90s. I bet you love Alice In Chains!
Kip: Can’t stand them
Pandora: I’ll keep a few more Alice In Chains songs in rotation in case you needed 15 years for them to grown on you. How about some Soundgarden?
Kip: Please stop
Pandora: Candlebox?
Kip: Okay time to stop
Pandora: Here’s another Chili Peppers song since you love them so much