Pandora

For the last few months or so I've been listening to music on a cool website: Pandora.com.

The skinny is that you tell it what artist or song you like and it searches the far reaches of musicdom to find other things you may like as well. Give it a thumbs up and it will keep that song in the mix. Thumbs down makes it go away forever. It's the ultimate shuffle from artists you may never have heard of. And it's all in 128 so you can put it on your home system and it sounds great. You create entire radio stations based on one song or style so it always plays something you want to hear. I like the concept.

Some of my favorites ... based on drums, groove, or other cool factors ... Marc Broussard, John Mayer, Audioslave, Freddy Jones Band, Plumb, Dave Weckl, Jack Johnson, Fleming and John, etc.

Give it a look-see. Roll the dice and see if it gives you something you might like.