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FutureWorm
26 Aug 2006, 14:01
Last.fm, in case you weren't aware, is an application that tracks what music you play and then scrobbles it to the http://www.last.fm website, where you can view charts of the tracks and artists you've been listening to, as well as put those charts on websites and in forum signatures. You can also join groups of people that share your interests. It also recommends music based on your listening history, which is a great way to discover new stuff that you haven't heard before.

I've been using Last.fm since March, and find it to be an excellent service. If you aren't already using it, you should try it out. Be sure to join the Team17 Forum group and all that.

My Last.fm profile (http://www.last.fm/user/aquastructure/)
Team17 Forum Group (http://www.last.fm/group/Team17%20Forum)
Blinx
26 Aug 2006, 14:22
I've signed up and joined the group. I am "GarethBlinx".
Star Worms
26 Aug 2006, 14:25
I have an account but I don't use it often because if I do a search for a band I like, it plays about 20 crap songs until it gets to a half decent one.

Turns out I only downloaded the radio thing...I only have a few albums on iTunes, I keep meaning to steal some off friends:p
CyberShadow
26 Aug 2006, 17:29
I do. But I have no idea why any more. Most of the time I play all my music on shuffle, and only load some albums/playlists when I have a certain mood. But since it's all very various, the recommendations are pretty messed up.
SupSuper
26 Aug 2006, 17:54
Well let's see, I have something to track my computer stats, music playing, window open, etc, all to put it in my sig, another thing to track my mouse clicks / key presses and rank it against others, and now another thing to track my music interests... WHEN WILL IT ALL END?!?

Edit: Oh yeah: http://www.last.fm/user/supsuper/
Lex
26 Aug 2006, 19:12
I have been a member since 2005-05-20, and last.fm has been perfect to me. I always listen to full albums and choose carefully what I want to listen to based on my mood, so the statistics sent to last.fm are quite perfect for me. As you can see on my profile (http://www.last.fm/user/AlexFolland), I have a sort-of obsession with Boards Of Canada and a few other bands, though I have quite a wide taste.
UnKnown X
26 Aug 2006, 19:24
Tried it, couldn't figure out how to make it read stuff from my iTunes, gave up.

Edit: All right, installed it again and figured it out.
CyberShadow
26 Aug 2006, 21:36
* looks at his own profile *

Oops. That's what you get for leaving your PC playing music all day/night while you're gone for too long.
MadEwokHerd
28 Aug 2006, 00:34
http://www.last.fm/user/MadEwokHerd/
CyberShadow
28 Aug 2006, 04:32
I downloaded the latest version of the last.fm software, and was disappointed to find that 1) it NEEDS to sit in your tray taking up more precious space 2) if you close it, tracks won't get scrobbled making the WinAMP plugin useless 3) it eats 45 MB of RAM, which is a way too much for a program that has to stay in the background doing nothing. So I ditched last.fm as of today, since I never really used it in the first place.

Don't get the latest updates.
UnKnown X
28 Aug 2006, 06:36
That really annoyed me.

And it makes iTunes hang. A lot. A rope-around-neck-and-kick-away-rickety-chair lot.
Lex
28 Aug 2006, 06:57
I'll just be sure to avoid "updating". Really, they suck if they think anyone should need something beyond a Winamp plugin for it. :/
Pickleworm
28 Aug 2006, 21:09
I WANT TO BE EVERYONE'S FRIEND

http://www.last.fm/user/mattimeus
bonz
28 Aug 2006, 23:42
I WANT TO BE EVERYONE'S FRIEND

http://www.last.fm/user/mattimeus
You have to much Mike Patton on that playlist.
You've become insane a long time ago, haven't you?
Pickleworm
30 Aug 2006, 13:34
You have to much Mike Patton on that playlist.
You've become insane a long time ago, haven't you?

Give it a bit of time, Ween will pass all of those bands soon enough. I go through a lot of little musical "phases", I signed up for last.fm in the Mike Patton phase of the alt-rock era. Or something :-/
Star Worms
31 Aug 2006, 03:32
I go through a lot of little musical "phases"Same, I expect mine will be mostly Taking Back Sunday.
bloopy
10 Nov 2006, 12:23
I finally found a reason to tag all my mp3s (I wrote a program to do it :p): hoping that it'll help them play better in my mp3 player. As a side effect, my Last.fm profile (http://www.last.fm/user/Bloopy/) is no longer useless... had the account for a while but couldn't use it until now due to lack of tags. :cool:
SupSuper
10 Nov 2006, 15:59
I use TagScanner (http://xdev.narod.ru/tagscan_e.htm) to keep my music tagged for media players and such. I'm too lazy to code something myself when someone beat me to it. :p
bloopy
11 Nov 2006, 09:55
The latest version of the Last.fm program is fine from where I'm sitting. I'm quite happy to have that sort of thing in the system tray, and I've never seen it using more than 7MB of memory. Perhaps they improved its performance.

Also, I love how someone has submitted images of the Japanese rock band Bow Wow (http://www.last.fm/music/Bow+Wow/+images) to try and oust Lil' Bow Wow. Up with Japan, down with the try-hard kid!
KamikazeBananze
11 Nov 2006, 23:18
Joined the group. I go by KBKarma.

And listen to too much rock.
Paul.Power
20 Nov 2006, 14:11
Go on then.

Goodness knows what it'll think of my musical tastes...
bloopy
2 Dec 2006, 02:04
The T17 forum group (http://www.last.fm/group/Team17+Forum) has some charts on it now. :D It had said charts were only for groups of 15 or more, but I guess they changed it to 10.

Also the other recent problems with user charts seem to have been sorted out now, for me at least.
Pickleworm
2 Dec 2006, 14:56
Yes! Secret Mommy is taking over the Top Tracks list.
bonz
2 Dec 2006, 17:11
Hey, I have joined the T17 group too.

Does anyone know why the last.fm tool always tries to read from my floppy drive when a new track is started in Winamp?
I unchecked the A: drive in the scrobbling options.
Star Worms
2 Dec 2006, 21:23
OK. Own up. Who is it who's played the Spice Girls over the last week? :p
FutureWorm
2 Dec 2006, 21:26
OK. Own up. Who is it who's played the Spice Girls over the last week? :p
not me

>_>
bloopy
4 Dec 2006, 00:14
OK. Own up. Who is it who's played the Spice Girls over the last week? :p

I was one of them. :p My bar may be set quite low, but I do have a bar, don't worry about that.
Star Worms
4 Dec 2006, 02:06
I was one of them. :p My bar may be set quite low, but I do have a bar, don't worry about that.
one eh? *wonders who the other one was*
bloopy
4 Dec 2006, 02:27
one eh?
Yes, one. That's how many people I am. The chart has counted two.
KamikazeBananze
6 Dec 2006, 03:28
Spice Girls? Ewww...

Hooray! Zeppelin and Beatles are in the Top 5!

Oh... and who played Madonna?

And The Beatles and/or Zeppelin? Hate to think I'm the only one who did...
bloopy
6 Dec 2006, 09:55
And The Beatles and/or Zeppelin? Hate to think I'm the only one who did...
Uhhh, they wouldn't be in the top 5 if you were the only one!
KamikazeBananze
7 Dec 2006, 02:36
I listen to a LOT of them...

The numbers in the chart reflect how many songs or how many people?

On reflection, I'm guessing the latter.
Pickleworm
7 Dec 2006, 02:37
I have a very low taste compatibility with everyone : (
SupSuper
7 Dec 2006, 14:52
Same here. These are my only matches:

Your musical compatibility rating with Bloopy is: Very Low. You share a few artists in common, including bjorn lynne.
Your musical compatibility rating with MadEwokHerd is: Very Low. You share a few artists in common, including bjorn lynne, and Amon Tobin.

Surprisingly, I'm only compatible with Paul:

Your musical compatibility rating with PaulPower is: Medium. You share a few artists in common, including Joker, analoq, bjorn lynne, John Broomhall, and Intelligent Systems.
FutureWorm
7 Dec 2006, 22:20
I have a very low taste compatibility with everyone : (
We used to have Super compatibility but :(
Pickleworm
8 Dec 2006, 01:47
We used to have Super compatibility but :(

I know! And I'm surprised we are Very Low because we still have a bunch of artists in common!

You share a few artists in common, including Beck, Mylo, ATB, Venetian Snares, and Scissor Sisters.

It's kind of weird that Secret Mommy isn't in that list
bloopy
10 Dec 2006, 03:02
Greasemonkey scripts for Last.fm (http://www.last.fm/group/Greasemonkeys)
UnKnown X
11 Dec 2006, 13:14
I don't think I should join your group. Kalmah and Children of Bodom would skyrocket.
MadEwokHerd
11 Dec 2006, 19:47
Greasemonkey scripts for Last.fm (http://www.last.fm/group/Greasemonkeys)

Speaking of greasemonkey scripts that work on last.fm, http://madewokherd.nfshost.com/lastfm.user.js

Don't ask.
Star Worms
11 Dec 2006, 20:24
Yes, one. That's how many people I am. The chart has counted two.I meant that as opposed to the one. So in other words, I expected it to be 1 person playing it twice than 2 people playing it once.
Paul.Power
11 Dec 2006, 20:41
I meant that as opposed to the one. So in other words, I expected it to be 1 person playing it twice than 2 people playing it once.It doesn't work like that, though.

Take it from me. After all, the number of times I've played certain artists...
bloopy
12 Dec 2006, 10:16
I don't think I should join your group. Kalmah and Children of Bodom would skyrocket.

They don't sky rocket if nobody else listens to them. ;)
KamikazeBananze
13 Dec 2006, 01:30
Intruiging.

I've got a High compatability with Bloopy. Everyone else is Low or Very Low.

And Bloopy's one of maybe five people I friended who has such a high compatability.

Curiously, my brother and I have SUPER! compatability...