Long live Last.fm?

It appears that Last.fm has been listening carefully to what I have been listening to. It has recommended some great work, including the Beta Band but is yet to give me anything for free.

And what a way to monitor progress! Who's listening? How are they listening? And to what to. It's all there and can make you appreciate just how un/popular you.

I only wish they would speak of me the way I speak of them. Banners all over; they must cost something. They should do something for free...

Changing Things

Today I used a web editor to edit songs by THE BETA BAND to make them sound how I want them to.

This raises moral concern. Should art be left untouched and how the artist intended it? Or is it our right, as consumers, to meddle until we are pleased.

Two songs come to mind which require editing before they are deemed listen-able:

1) Dr Baker - The Beta Band
2) Transatlantic Drawl - Radiohead

Both of these feature pointless sections which the songs could do without. I bid you to edit. I bid you to go through your collection and make things sound and look how YOU want them. Forget the "artist" .