i like last fm. i’ve got my own last fm profile set as my home page, so every time i fire up the internet, the first thing i see is a chart that tells me what music i like.

computer gives me music and then tells me if i like it! i love you computer!

i got very excited a week or so ago when i discovered that you can now set your “overall top artists” to a “6 month rolling chart” as the default view on your last fm profile. for those who came in late, the basic concept of last fm is it tracks every single mp3 you listen to and then puts it in a list so you can see which artists are most popular with… yourself. up until last week my “overall top artists” was stacked unfairly with bands that tim liked in 2005 because, well, that was a heavy mp3 listening period to me. but far more interesting - and when i say interesting, i mean interesting to me, and really no one else - is what i’ve listened to in the last six months.

i love stats! STATS! when i was little i used to create my own fantasy sports leagues and populate them with teams, players, and STATS! fun fact 1: i even had a draft! fun fact 2: i still think about it every day! STATS!!

IM IN UR WEBSPACE, OGLIN YOUR HALO 2 STATS (go nismoduck)

well, my latest brush with last fm has been a sad affair that rivals the time i tried to add myself to wikipedia and was deemed too unimportant. you see, last fm has a feature for artists called powerplay - you login, upload your music to their servers, and then - for a small fee - they mercilessly shove it down unsuspecting last fm radio listeners throats! i had a bit of extra cash because i sold my copy of star trek: the badlands on ebay, so i thought i’d give it a shot, and set up a little powerplay campaign to test the waters. 100 ‘powerplays’ for US$20! too easy. little did i know last fm would slap me in the face, like a mother might an unrelenting crying baby, with the harsh cold backhand of reality:

OUCH! zero love!
but its ok i still love you last fm