An idea stolen from Bob @ FlackLife, who posts his gems just about every Friday. My take is a bit different, because I’m playing mp3s on Winamp and using Predixis MusicMagic, which creates a playlist of tunes from your collection that are similar to a tune you pick. The song I selected was Wilco’s “War on War,” and here are the first 10 of the random 20 songs that MusicMagic’s formula somehow connected to that tune:
- “Take A Walk,” Spoon
- “Neighborhood 2 – Laika,” The Arcade Fire
- “Hotel California,” Less Than Jake (Eagles cover with a ska flavor)
- “I Will Follow,” U2
- “Take the Fifth,” Spoon
- “Go,” The Replacements
- “Sad Song,” Blue States
- “Just Desserts,” Chumbawumba
- “Plea from a Cat Named Virtue,” The Weakerthans
- “Cool’n’Out,” Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros
What’s in your playlist? Why not play along and share your own random 10 on your? If you do, please let me know and I’ll post a link from here.
Andy writes! 
Predixis sounds alright, but Pandora (www.pandora.com) sounds better. From anywhere you can listen to playlists based on artists or songs that you like. The free service allows you to have music anytime and hear new artists, even bookmark them on your profile.
I use Pandora, too, but in keeping with the spirit of Flacklife’s little game, wanted to use tunes from my own library.
Thanks for writing.