pointing out the obvious

It should be ridiculously easy to log everything I have listened to on my ipod touch, into my last.fm profile. Unfortunately, this is not the case. It doesn’t matter what version of last.fm, or scrobbler I use, they all can’t seem to figure it out.

While I’m thinking about it, I’ve read that if you do get the ipod touch / last.fm thing working, tracks within a podcast are not tracked. I recall last.fm mentioning that podcast id3 tags are less reliable than single song id3 tags. Surprising. Aren’t both user generated?

If and when I get my cbc radio 3 podcasts properly logged in my last.fm profile, I’ll ask the next question - why aren’t the last.fm recommendations very good? I thought collaborative filtering would work better than this…

I might get the chance to think about this problem a little more at work.

This personalized experience makes me feel cold and alone.

I happened to run across the von drats playing on queen st east the other night and stayed for the remainder of their set. Their music was light and happy… surfer pop (or whatever you call it) is always awesome. For a peek, checkout the videos on their site.

I received a copy of the ‘early morning manic’ album as an xmas gift last year, and can’t stop listening to it. Paul is probably one of the nicest guys I know, and has an incredible musical talent. If you get a chance, check out some of the music on his myspace page.

As you can tell from my last.fm music profile, I’m a fan of a wide variety of music. What I love about Paul’s music is the feeling you get through his raw acoustic guitar, a good example of this for me is “i don’t dream“. While not profiled on his page, he’s also an incredible piano player and has a great short piano track over a funky bass groove that works amazingly well. Overall, even if I didn’t grab brunch with him every so often, I’d pickup a copy of “early morning manic” if it were for sale. It’s one of those albums you are always looking for, but can never find.

Best of luck buddy. You’re awesome.