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Trembler just introduced me to this... it's great! You give it an idea of what you want to listen to, and it lets you rate each track as you listen to it!
So far, I've had:
Billy Idol With Generation X - Dancing With Myself
Pinetop Perkins - Got My Mojo Working
Coldplay - Trouble
Radiohead - There There (Edit)
The Smiths - Panic
Pink Floyd - Mother
Daft Punk - Revolution 909
Johnny Cash - It Ain't Me, Babe
Air - All I Need
Four Tet - As Serious As Your Life
Goldfrapp - Black Cherry (YAY!!)
Orbital - Remind
Aphex Twin - On
and I'm currently listening to Massive Attack - Karmacoma
If anyone wants to give it a go, you need a Yahoo! ID (email address, messenger) and go to http://launch.yahoo.com/default.asp to get started...
There are a couple of adds here and there, but it really is a great idea!
It's great, isn't it! I've had one for about five months now. The radio channels around here are really boring, so the launch thing really comes to use for me. I've also convinced one of my friends to listen to my channel, and she does it almost daily now, which is nice, I've always liked brainwashing people into listening to my favourite music :D !
diamente
29-02-2004, 22:40
Ok, i'm listening to this now, and it's started off very nicely: 'Comfortably numb' by Pink Floyd.
Then: REM- Fireplace
And now: Goldfrapp: Crystalline Green! Mmmm, reminds me of summer.
Then 'Ramble On' by Led Zeppelin? Wow!
This is the best radio station ever. Well, it would be. I picked the groups that get played. Bwah-ha-ha!
Scritti Politti: Perfect Way. Pleasure overload.
Alright, this is the last song I'm going to mention, but Japan's 'Ghosts'? Couldn't let that go unmentioned.
I know! I've been listening to today as well, and it's been pretty well spot on - even with the ones I hadn't heard before... :D
yeah, I've had one for about a year now, its alright, but lots of stuff they dont have
Jennifer
05-03-2004, 11:42
I hate not having internet at home anymore!!! I really want to try that out :(
xXx
Inertia Creeps 1998 Massive Attack Scrawl Audio (http://music.uk.launch.yahoo.com/launchcast/station.asp?u=1250691315)
evilpink_queeny
08-10-2004, 06:29
ooo...ill have to listen to it later...:D
If listening to LAUNCHcast stations, I'd recommend setting-up your own. The basic service is free, you'll get to rate what you hear, thereby, starting to create your own station and you'll be able to skip tracks (only five skips per hour, so be selective).
-Ian n/p: David Sylvian 1999 I Surrender Scrawl Audio (http://music.uk.launch.yahoo.com/launchcast/station.asp?u=1250691315)
TremblingStar
08-10-2004, 10:16
Ugh, I just got ATB, Ian Van Dahl and Lasgo in a row. It's OK now, its Zero 7 - Salt Water Sound.
I started a register of Goldfrapp fans' Internet radio stations over here http://TinyURL.Com/5exwh (http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Goldfrapp99/links/Member_Links_001093674090/Member_Internet_Radi_001093674244), please add your LAUNCHcast stations.
- Thanx, Ian n/p: DJ Vadim 2003 That Which Is Coming Scrawl Audio (http://music.uk.launch.yahoo.com/launchcast/station.asp?u=1250691315)
ooh mine is really good
for a while i had it on the reading fesival one but it kept playing Hives, Ash and Franz ugh even after i banned them i had to ban each song i think
evilpink_queeny
09-10-2004, 11:36
i thought id give it a go....first song played is goldfrapp-strict machine :D
evilpink_queeny
09-10-2004, 11:40
ooo....can see what im going to do all day...lol
now its cold cold night-white stripes
evilpink_queeny
09-10-2004, 11:55
dont mean to go on...but i will...
peaches - i u she
not heard it before because only got 1st album..hmm know what im buying on monday
evilpink_queeny
09-10-2004, 14:53
its not played one of my songs for last 4 songs its played crap that recommended...grr
Originally posted by evilpink_queeny
its not played one of my songs for last 4 songs its played crap that recommended...grr
You can find my advice on rating and some of my experience in visiting channels over here (http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/ScrawlAudio/messages/4?threaded=1).
If you want the real nitty-gritty on LAUNCHcast, I recommend http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/launchcast
IM me for more advice.
- Ian n/p: Japan 1980 Nightporter Scrawl Audio (http://music.uk.launch.yahoo.com/launchcast/station.asp?u=1250691315)
evilpink_queeny
09-10-2004, 17:15
cheers....
turned it off in the end because the last 10 songs played werent by the artists i picked...
Originally posted by evilpink_queeny
turned it off in the end because the last 10 songs played werent by the artists i picked...
'Play-on-demand' it ain't and licencing agreements between Yahoo! and record-co' preclude it from being so. It's taken 12,000 ratings to get my station to sound as good as it does.
Sorry, there is some work invloved. The work is easier with broadband and a LAUNCHcast Plus subscription (only available with BT, in the UK, so I don't have it). The work is more pleasurable by finding other, more mature, stations that fit your taste and tuning to them and rating what you hear.
- Ian n/p: Radiohead 2000 Everything In Its Right Place Scrawl Audio (http://music.uk.launch.yahoo.com/launchcast/station.asp?u=1250691315)
evilpink_queeny
09-10-2004, 17:31
ill have a mess with it tomorrow...
Oif! Some band's knicked my name! Well at least they seem to be half-way good.
- Ian n/p: Scrawl 1996 Hunting Me Down Scrawl Audio (http://music.uk.launch.yahoo.com/launchcast/station.asp?u=1250691315)
Originally posted by evilpink_queeny
ill have a mess with it tomorrow...
Queeny -
Did you check-out my play lists (http://TinyURL.Com/6jgbe) from last night?
Do your ratings appear next to songs?
Can these be used for direct rating, or must one click-through to the track/song-page?
- Ian n/p: David Bowie 1971 Queen Bitch Scrawl Audio (http://music.uk.launch.yahoo.com/launchcast/station.asp?u=1250691315)
evilpink_queeny
10-10-2004, 20:19
not had a mess yet...
my ratings do appear next to songs though
Originally posted by evilpink_queeny
my ratings do appear next to songs though
Übercool! - Ian n/p: Human League 1981 Darkness Scrawl Audio (http://music.uk.launch.yahoo.com/launchcast/station.asp?u=1250691315)
*coughs: I think the thread you want is over there :P - Ian n/p: The Cinematic Orchestra 2002 Burn Out Orgasmic Scrawl Audio (http://music.uk.launch.yahoo.com/launchcast/station.asp?u=1250691315)
Originally posted by evilpink_queeny
i thought id give it a go....first song played is goldfrapp-strict machine :D
If you find a LAUNCHcast station playing Goldfrapp, I've made a dedicated Inernet Radio Stations Playing Goldfrapp thread (http://www.goldfrapp.co.uk/msgboard/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2511) :)
- Ian n/p:The Cinematic Orchestra 2002 Burn Out Scrawl Audio (http://music.uk.launch.yahoo.com/launchcast/station.asp?u=1250691315)
TremblingStar
12-10-2004, 14:12
Bliss...
Mine's just pulled 'Such Great Heights' by the Postal Service out of the bag.
What a song. What a band.
*coughs: Sorry, not here over there (http://goldfrapp.co.uk/msgboard/showthread.php?s=&postid=34334#post34334).
- Ian n/p: Stereolab 2004 Need To Be on Scrawl Audio (http://music.uk.launch.yahoo.com/launchcast/station.asp?u=1250691315)