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Show "^~WT7T?;- C3 life MONDAY • AUGUST 20 • 2007 "Pandora.com killed the radio star" you are into, and it searches its huge database of music to find bands of similar qualities or similar DNA. Each of the hundreds of thousands of songs at Pandora.com is listened to and "hand clicked" through more than 400 musical attributes, including melody, harmony, tonality, rhythm, form, lyrJosh Titus ics and hundreds of others. Life writer After typing in your band and enjoying the music, you Let's pretend music have the pleasure to customhas DNA. Every band you ize that particular station. know has a genetic make-up (With each new band you enthat makes it who it is (and ter, you start a new station.) what it sounds like). And just like people, we all have similarities and differences. For instance, a band such ...Pandora.com as Incubus consists of genes with hard-rock roots, mild makes for good rhythmic syncopation, extensive vamping, major key sexy time. tonality and political lyrics. And like Incubus, the -UVSC student Jacob Russell band Radiohead has similar genes of major key tonality, subtle use of vocal harmony The band you entered and melodic songwriting. becomes the root of that staBut unlike Incubus, the tion, and with each song that singer Britney Spears pos- the Music Genome Project sesses a genetic composi- deems similar, you have tion of pop rock qualities, presidential power to sign it, danceable grooves, minor veto it or even pocket veto it. key tonality, breathy female By giving the song a vocals, erotic lyrics and re- thumbs-up, you approve it petitive melodic phrases. and give Pandora.com the Now if only someone chance to find other songs understood that music was comparable to the new one as complex as the same you like. By giving the song DNA that makes us unique. a thumbs-down, you kicked Well, in 2000, someone did. it out of.the station for good. In 2000, Tim Wester- If you don't do anything, gren started the Music Ge- Pandora.com puts it on the nome Project and eventu- back burner and gives the ally Pandora.com. Pandora, song another chance later. com is a Web site that ofPandora.com is all about fers free music euphoria. you, the music lover. It At Pandora.com, you wants you to be able to entype in a band's name that You'll never touch your FM radio again once you experience Pandora.com joy great music you already know and to find new bands that already fit your tastes. As UVSC student Jacob Russell, who spends from one to six hours a day on the site, said, "Pandora.com makes for good 'sexy time.'" While Pandora.com is great and easy to use, it has things that can be disappointing. Freshman Stuart Buchanan-Jackson said, "The only thing I don't like is that you can't specifically play a certain song." Due to copyright laws, it cannot play a specific song you are in the mood to hear. You are able to type in the song and hear songs similar and eventually hear the song you want, but never right away. For that reason, Pandora, com was ranked number three behind music paysites iTunes and eMusic on Entertainment Weekly's Best Music Web sites. Another thing that bothers 19-year-old Jessica Hocker is "it can only skip 10 songs within an hour." It is another copyright stipulation that restricts you from having "radio ADD" and flipping through songs too quickly. But even with these slight imperfections, Pandora.com made the list for Time magazine's 'Top 50 Web sites of 2006," which is quite the achievement today with the Internet being as innovative as ever. Aside from Pandora.com (my personal favorite), there are many other good Internet radio providers. Here are a few of the others that I think are worth listening to: The best of Britcom tors whole-heartedly, quoted originally by The Daily Herald's Jessie Evans. "Most of Hale Center Theater's vault them are people who have to delight audiences again. done theater for many years. . Set at Oxford University They are seasoned performin 1892, the play highlights ers. Several are in their 50s the attempts of two charming and have done theater all young men, Jack and Charley, their lives — including a to woo two charming young lot of shows at the Hale." women, Kitty and Amy. The hard-core Hale fan However, since this is a might remember Brower comedy of errors, the young as Scrooge from the thelovers won't have an easy ater's yearly production Mel Sundquist time of courting. The intend- of The Christmas Carol, Life writer ed (and necessary, in those A good British comedy days) chaperone for their In the massive abun- lunch,Charley'saunt,isMIA. dance of British turn-ofIn an act of desperation, the-century comedies, some the boys get their actor friend great farcical treasures from school to don a dress and have been seemingly lost. chaperone their lunch party. Charley's Aunt, written Usually you can be sure by Brandon Thomas, a peer that any performance at the of Oscar Wilde and George Hale will be a good one, Bernard Shaw, however, but Chris Brower, the diNannies Unlimited has been taken out of the Great Jobs. 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Jacob Russell discovered Hot Chip's "Over and Over," Jessica Hocker found Gatsbys American Dream's "The Giant's Drink," Stuart Buchanan-Jackson came across Rocky Votolato's "Passing White Daises," and I found Kings of Leon's "On Call." SosaygoodbyetoyourFM radio because after listening to the commercial-free and cost-free Pandora.com, you will probably never go back. is a refreshing thing in the summer, and Hale's production is a safe bet for a wonderful way to spend an evening. The show is fastpaced and fun, not to mention the smattering of UVSC alumni in the cast and crew. The show will be playing nightly with dark Sundays through Sept. 22 at 7:30, with matinees on Sept. &t 15, and 22 a t 3:30 p.m. For more ,;'• information and, ticket- sales, go to wWw.haletheater.com Looking for mature, compassionate caregivers to assist seniors in their homes. Flexible schedules. Please call224-7486Wr visit us at AspenSeniorCare.com You want to know ally grinds my gears? Cell phones^ I have one. I use it. I like it. In cases of emergency, they are more useful than ever,.1;If I need the phone number to a business or the time of the next showing of Hot Rod, I can send a text message to Google Text and get the desired info within seconds. I like not having a long distance bill. It's all the same price. I don't even have a home phone. Unlike a landline phone, I can use my cell phone when I'm on vacation, at school or even at the gym! So, you see, it's not the cell phones that I don't like, but the morons who use them. I hate the woman in the minivan filled with eight babies, who's either hauling or putting in the fast lane on the freeway, and is chatting away on the iPhone glued to her botoxed face. Do you even love your kids? I hate the lady in line in front of you in the grocery store that would rather gossip with her sister than pay attention to the people cashing her out and asking if she wants paper or plastic. Do you know what rude is? 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