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Monthly Archives: July 2009

Music I Like: Agent Ribbons

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

I’ve had a MySpace account for a while. A good, long while. In all of those years, I have never once been solicited by a band or musician I actually liked. But alas, after all that time, a miracle has indeed occurred! Ladies & gentlemen, I preset to you Sacramento’s own Agent Ribbons (minus the newest addition, violinist/cellist Naomi):

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SweetFM, LastFM’s stylish, Open Source cousin

Friday, July 17, 2009

Chocomoko's SweetFM

Software makers Chocomoko has pushed their stylish LastFM companion app SweetFM into open source waters, and you can find the free download here on Google Code.

LastFM allows you to keep track of what you listen to in iTunes online, adding a social aspect to your musical tastes. Once logged in, you can see your own top artists, songs, and albums over different time periods, and find other music like it via recommendations, friends, or “neighbors”. SweetFM provides a desktop interface to all this magic, allowing you to stream music and save the songs you like to iTunes in listenable, but albeit 128kbps quality. Perfect for tucking away those tracks you’d like to buy later through iTunes!

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