The last tracks you hearted on last.fm!

Recently Loved

* Original Version
by Gang of Four

* Holiday Song
by Pixies

* a forrest
by The Cure

* Memorabilia
by Soft Cell

* Song to Woody
by Uncle Tupelo

* Doing the Feeling
by Alvin Cash

* Same Beat
by the J.B.'s

* Black Rat
by Sugar Pie DeSanto

* Down Home Blues
by Denise LaSalle

* Garbage Man
by Johnny Adams

* Satisfaction (Isak Original Edit)
by Benny Benassi

* Large Screen Image of a Pianoplayer
by Television Pickup

* Bad Chemistry
by Donna Regina

* Glue of the Otherworld
by Four Tet

* Flip Ya Lid
by Nightmares on Wax

* Snapper
by Red Snapper

* December Sunlight
by The The

Thanks for the reminder.

I need to get back there and get things sorted for myself.

Okay, I admit it, I'm out of date and old fashioned when it comes to music. I still listen to FM broadcast radio, cassette tapes and CDs. What's last.fm, is it a internet radio streaming service?

Sorta but more than that. You can type any band name in a search field and find information about it (Wikis maintained by Last.fm users), his discography; you can listen to bits of its songs, and sometimes whole songs; you can leave comments and talk with fans; you can see what related artists you may be interested in if you like this one --

but by far the most useful part is the "Related artists radio". Click it and you hear one full song by that band and then an ongoing stream of other bands that people who like this one play a lot.

How that works is that if you download this little gadget, Last.fm will "scrobble" all the tracks you play if you're playing CDs or MP3s on your computer or listening to Last.fm radio, and keep track of the data. It creates charts of the tracks and bands you've listened to most, and it's based on that kind of info from millions of users that they determine that "related artists" feature.

While listening, you can also "heart" tracks or tag them with keywords, and if you're a paid subscriber that gets you the extra option of playing a stream of all the tracks you've hearted or tagged with a certain keyword.

I'm sure there's more still... it's pretty cool!

the strokes
hard to explain

the flashbulb
please don't remember

* Keleya (Album Version)
by Moussa Doumbia

* Guiné-Cabral
by Super Mama Djombo

* Sorry Sorry (Old Skool Afro Dub Remix)
by Femi Kuti

* Na Waya
by Ghetto Blaster

* Tryin'
by Alex Gopher

* Stray Cat Strut
by The Stray Cats

* Raw Power
by The Stooges

* Candy
by Iggy Pop

* Woo Hoo
by The 5.6.7.8's

* Motor Boys Motor
by The 101'ers

* Please, Stop!
by Fantastic Plastic Machine

* Hoshi no Ame
by Akino Arai

* The International Chappie's Cheerleading Team the Ready Made One Man Show Track
by Chappie

* Le Roi Soleil
by Kahimi Karie

* Pony Ride
by The Crash

* Rave to Remember
by The Vigours

* Ancient of Days
by Rubik

* Shake It Off
by El Perro del Mar

* We're In The Music Biz (Baron Von Luxxury's None More Black Remix)
by Robots in Disguise

* Nym
by Echo Is Your Love

* Alone
by Happy Elf

* Victory March
by The Vigours

* Nostalgia Amnesia
by Viola

* Tokio
by Regina

* Oh What a Night
by The Crash

* White Noise
by Sister Flo

* Ei Sen Niin Oo Valia
by Aksu

* Don't Think
by Lali Puna

* Go for Blue (Optimo (Espacio) 3rd Summer of Love Version Instrumental)
by Pepe Deluxe

* Why Do You Love Me
by Boys of Scandinavia

* Cambio de Idea
by Astrud

* Surfer Rocket Girls
by I Was a Teenage Satan Worshipper

* People Sokup Boy
by Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters

* Champagne and Wine
by Junior Murvin

* Easy Snappin'
by Theophilus Beckford

* Who Loves Me
by Eek-a-Mouse

* Senorita
by The Meditations

* How Strong Is a Woman
by Ann Peebles

* The Shit Hits the Fan Again
by Lightnin' Rod

* I Need a
by Ike Turner & the Kings of Rhythm

* If I Were a Child Again (Live in Chicago)
by Curtis Mayfield

* Memphis Train
by Buddy Miles

* Green Onions
by Johnny Jenkins

* Ain't No Sunshine
by Horace Andy

* It's Alright Ma (I'm only Bleeding)
by Roger McGuinn

* One Monkey Don't Stop No Show
by The Animals

* Tomorrow We'll Do It Again
by The Flying Burrito Brothers

* Panama (LP Version)
by Crosby, Stills & Nash

* Photobiotic
by Rubik

* Tumma Tukio
by Regina

* Testcard Girl
by White Rose Movement

* 駅前
By Tokyo Jihen

* ホホイ
by B-Dash

* Marilu
by Nicola Arigliano

* La Domenica delle Salme
by Fabrizio De Andre

* Bela Lugosi's Dead (Vernian Processed Mix)
by Nouvelle Vague

* Shoot Out Remix ft Demian Marley
by Michael Rose

* Lauluni Aiheet
by Tapio Rautavaara

* Do the Shake
by The Renegades

* Marlyn
by Antero Jakoila

* Viidestoista Yö
by Juice Leskinen

* Paratiisi
by Rauli Badding Somerjoki

* Taysikuu
by Olavi Virta

* We'll Meet Again
by Vera Lynn

* Blue Skies
by Josephine Baker

* Down Hearted Blues
by Bessie Smith

* Parlez-Moi D'Amour
by Lucienne Boyer

What username do you go by on last.fm (if you don't mind sharing)? I just set up a new account to try to find recommendations (so far I'm not a fan, seems to work on the artist level and that's not atomic enough for my kind of listening), you can find me there under robertgentel (or through the widgets on my profile).

Hey - I've added you as friend now.

My computer clock is kaduk, so Last.fm doesn't scrobble the MP3s and CDs I play anymore - long time already. Hence the scarce tracks on my profile... it only scrobbles tracks now when I listen to streams within Last.Fm.

I dont really use the Recommended radio ... I think my taste confounds them ;-). When I use Last.fm now, I usually do so by typing in the name of a band I feel like listening to, and then clicking the Related artists feed. That seems to work well, gets me lots of music like what I wanted to listen to, some I know some I dont.

Depending on how well known the band is, though, the feed loses quality over time... I think that the longer you listen, the wider the net gets cast, and if it was an obscure band in the first place things go a bit haywire after a while.

I did heart lots of tracks since April though... let's start down the list a bit..

999 – Feelin' Alright With The Crew (Live)
Slaughter and The Dogs – Cranked Up Really High
The Chills – Rain
L'Skadrille – Bons Moments [Feat. Sniper] (Radio Edit)
Ärsenik – 2.0.0.2.
MC Solaar – Nouveau Western
Lee "Scratch" Perry – Baby Baby [Un-Issued Take]
Keith Hudson – No Skinup
Scientist – Seconds Away
King Tubby – Everybody Needs Dub
Prince Far I – Message From the King
Prophets & Trinity – Chant Down Babylon Kingdom [Discomix]
Prophets & Trinity – King Pharoah's Plague [Discomix]
Honey Boy Martin – Dreader Than Dread
Bob Marley – Mr. Brown
Big Youth – House Of Dreadlocks
Yabby You – Rock Vibration
Augustus Pablo – Bass and Drum Version
Prince Buster – Ghost Dance
The Aggrovators – Straight to Channel One Head
The Wailers – Put it On
Bob Marley & The Wailers – Trenchtown Rock
Toots and The Maytals – Never Grow Old (Album Version)
Desmond Dekker & The Aces – Israelites

Backlog stuff, tracks I hearted in the past - this is mostly all reggea, with some old punk mixed in

Big Youth – Natty Dread She Want
The Upsetters – Dub It Ina Oska
Baka Beyond – Canya Jam
Willi Williams – No Hiding Place
Yabby You – Conquering Lion [Groove Corporation Remix]
I-Roy – Love your neighbour
The Pioneers – Long Shot
The Skatalites – Occupation
Lucky Dube – Family Ties
I-Roy – Everybody Ballin'
Jah Lion – Bad Luck Natty
The Timewriter – Lost in Lyrix
Johnny Clarke – A Harder Version
Lester Sterling – Tribute to King Scratch
Dennis Alcapone – Aquarious (Sunshine Version)
The Toy Dolls – My Wife's a Psychopath
Anti-Nowhere League – I Hate People
Le Tigre – Decptacon
Big Youth – Lightning Flash Weak Heart Drop
Althea & Donna – Up Town Top Rankin
Owen Gray – Midnight Track
Scientist – Gad Man the Prophet
Laurel Aitken – Hallelujah Train
The Mighty Diamonds – Blackman Dub

Couple of things last,fm related:

1. You can add the player and share music in your A2K profile now. See details here: http://able2know.org/topic/127097-2 With this widget you can view an other's and share your own heart lists.

2. We have an A2K Music Channel group on last.fm. You can add youself to it here:
http://www.last.fm/group/Able2Know+Music+Channel