The Day Before Friday - What are you listening to? - Freeze-Frame Radio

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

The Day Before Friday - What are you listening to?

murscclub · Chairman Of The Board

Lala sounds interesting. So once you add a song for .10 you have it permanently for unlimited listenings in your online music library?

I started with Pandora this morning, but quickly went to Loudcaster and have tried a few stations already with little satisfaction. I found a nice rock station but then saw it only had 700 songs in its playlist. Geesh, that's nothing compared to FFR....

I don;t see how I'm going to find anything better that FFR.....

ghostdancer · Ghost In The Machine

Right now I'm not listening to anything. I think I'm going to look around over on Loudcity and Live365 to see if there's anything remotely comparable to FFR.

I'm not a fan of purchasing songs one by one online.....I'm still a die-hard "buy the whole cd" from a store after sampling tracks to see if it's worth buying. Or I borrow cds from the library and rip 'em to my computer. smile

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

murscclub wrote:

Lala sounds interesting. So once you add a song for .10 you have it permanently for unlimited listenings in your online music library?

Exactly. But you can only listen to it through their website.

You can also recommend songs to friends. So if anyone tries out Lala, add me. I'm MzHartz, of course. It looks like there's also a Facebook link.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

ghostdancer wrote:

I'm not a fan of purchasing songs one by one online.....I'm still a die-hard "buy the whole cd" from a store after sampling tracks to see if it's worth buying. Or I borrow cds from the library and rip 'em to my computer.

That's usually how I am to. I don't know if I'll actually buy any of these MP3s. But at $0.10 a pop to try out new music to listen to online, I'm okay with that. That seems totally fair to me.

Oh, you can also upload your own music library to their player, so you can listen to your music from any computer.

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

Morning. I am not currently listening to anything. Sometimes it takes me a while to get started and I haven't plugged in the portable hard drive yet with my tunes on it. There are a lot of days where I don't listent to any tunes while I am here.

Now, I have to get some goals. The big shots want goals that they can use as part of a measure for paying out bonuses. Yesterday I told my boss I had some goals, but that they weren't exactly job related. I wish I could find something that would show animation that would show a soccer or a hockey goal that I could load into this stupid performance evaluation software. That would be funny.

WebGuy · Doesn't Do Windows

G'morning.

I tried Pandora again a few days ago, but I just can't make myself like it.

Right now, I'm just listening to the sound of the space heater under my desk.

I've got some podcasts to catch up on, and about 10 different Christian stations bookmarked in my WinAmp that I can cycle through depending on what's playing.

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

confuzzed wrote:

Now, I have to get some goals. The big shots want goals that they can use as part of a measure for paying out bonuses. Yesterday I told my boss I had some goals, but that they weren't exactly job related. I wish I could find something that would show animation that would show a soccer or a hockey goal that I could load into this stupid performance evaluation software. That would be funny.

Goal #1: Don't kill any fellow coworkers or superiors.

Goal #2: Minimize injuries when I burn down the building.

Goal #3: ...

murscclub · Chairman Of The Board

I found another station that says it has 12,000+ songs in it's collection and uses the same request software as JR. However, the reason they have 12,000 songs is that they list EVERY song from EVERY CD they have, and if a song is on multiple CDs from a given group, such as the original CD and then a greatest hits CD, they list the same song twice or three times. If JR did that, he'd have 50,000 songs in his library!

ghostdancer · Ghost In The Machine

Wow, you know what I'm already noticing about most of the stations over on Loudcity?? You have to wait one hour before your request will play. They all say it's RIAA rules. bleh

ghostdancer · Ghost In The Machine

murscclub wrote:

I found another station that says it has 12,000+ songs in it's collection and uses the same request software as JR. However, the reason they have 12,000 songs is that they list EVERY song from EVERY CD they have, and if a song is on multiple CDs from a given group, such as the original CD and then a greatest hits CD, they list the same song twice or three times. If JR did that, he'd have 50,000 songs in his library!

Murs, at one time JR had over 12,000 songs in the library. He cleaned house and went to more of a "if it is/was a hit, it's in the library."

ghostdancer · Ghost In The Machine

I'm looking at 1980s.FM right now; I think I'm going to give them a listen and see how it is.

murscclub · Chairman Of The Board

ghostdancer wrote:

Wow, you know what I'm already noticing about most of the stations over on Loudcity?? You have to wait one hour before your request will play. They all say it's RIAA rules.

I'm seeing that too.

murscclub · Chairman Of The Board

ghostdancer wrote:

murscclub wrote:

I found another station that says it has 12,000+ songs in it's collection and uses the same request software as JR. However, the reason they have 12,000 songs is that they list EVERY song from EVERY CD they have, and if a song is on multiple CDs from a given group, such as the original CD and then a greatest hits CD, they list the same song twice or three times. If JR did that, he'd have 50,000 songs in his library!

Murs, at one time JR had over 12,000 songs in the library. He cleaned house and went to more of a "if it is/was a hit, it's in the library."

I know, he wiped off some of my favorite songs when he did that! evileye

ghostdancer · Ghost In The Machine

I'd like to get my hands on both JR's and JD's hard drives to raid some music. wink

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

I would have a blast going through their collection. I wonder if we all show up at JR And JD's house (with food or adult beverages as bribery) and bring a portable harddrive (I have a 1TB drive) how much we could get away with.

Sparky · Phat Cat EL Presidente

Good Morning everyone!

Well if I could listen I have found a couple of stations.

www.grooveshark.com You can program your own playlist and it's free.

Also I like www.slacker.com

smile

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

MzHartz wrote:

confuzzed wrote:
Now, I have to get some goals. The big shots want goals that they can use as part of a measure for paying out bonuses. Yesterday I told my boss I had some goals, but that they weren't exactly job related. I wish I could find something that would show animation that would show a soccer or a hockey goal that I could load into this stupid performance evaluation software. That would be funny.
Goal #1: Don't kill any fellow coworkers or superiors.
Goal #2: Minimize injuries when I burn down the building.
Goal #3: ...

Something like that Mz.

1. Try not to kill the etch. (She is working my nerves the last three weeks.)
2. Win the lottery jackpot and retire. AKA Become wealthy.
3. Lose weight.
4. Eat better.
5. Buy myself a good laptop.
6. Try not to quit before finding a new job.

ghostdancer · Ghost In The Machine

So far I've listened to 1980s.FM for the past half hour. It's not FFR but it's not bad; strictly 80s music. This is what's in the queue right now:

1 3:17	Madness Our House	LMarrese
2 4:37	Frozen Ghost Pauper In Paradise	LMarrese
3 4:44	Martika Toy Soldier	LMarrese
4 5:34	John Mellencamp I Need A Lover	LMarrese
5 4:17	Pat Benatar Shadows Of The Night	toby1980
6 6:02	Fire Inc. Nowhere Fast	LMarrese
7 4:11	Milli Vanilli Girl You Know It's True	LMarrese
8 4:27	Kool & The Gang Fresh	LMarrese
9 3:46	Asia Heat Of The Moment	LMarrese
10 4:42	Bruce Hornsby & The Range The Valley Road	LMarrese
11 5:39	Aerosmith Water Song / Janie's Got A Gun	LMarrese
12 4:26	Belinda Carlisle Circle In The Sand	LMarrese
13 4:42	Fashion You In The Night	LMarrese
14 3:40	Heart If Looks Could Kill	LMarrese
15 3:25	Olivia Newton-John Xanadu	LMarrese
16 3:40	KajaGooGoo Too Shy	LMarrese
17 6:28	U2 All I Want Is You	LMarrese
18 4:24	Eurythmics Would I Lie To You?

Woo Hoo · The Chosen Woo

I'm way busy today and I haven't even turned any music on! So no playtime for me cry

Sparky, I also have grooveshark but I'm not on it much or haven't been.
I also have playlist.com and last.fm
I will probably use Pandora and blip.fm more right now. I've used them more so they are more tailored to me already

And now back to work hmm

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

Tears... layoffs are a-rollin' around here.

ghostdancer · Ghost In The Machine

I think I'm going to keep looking for another station. Like I said, the one I have on isn't bad, but to me it doesn't seem to be rockin' enough. I don't want to say "easy listening" but this is what it reminds me of. hmm

ghostdancer · Ghost In The Machine

Mad Mema wrote:

Tears... layoffs are a-rollin' around here.

I remember going through that years ago. Not going to be a fun day there Mema.

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

I wonder what aftermath will look like M. Be strong.

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

Not sure. I guess I will find out this afternoon when we see who is left. Its pretty deep right now.

allycat · Cat Scratch Diva

grooveshark you plug in all of your songs....I like slacker because you pick one song or artist and it plays songs/artists that go well with your selected one.

murscclub · Chairman Of The Board

Sparky wrote:

Good Morning everyone!

Well if I could listen I have found a couple of stations.

www.grooveshark.com You can program your own playlist and it's free.

Also I like www.slacker.com

Grooveshark looks pretty cool. Like Lala only free! I have to get back to work though. JR is causing me a lot of lost productivity making me have to seach for good music now!

murscclub · Chairman Of The Board

Mad Mema wrote:

Not sure. I guess I will find out this afternoon when we see who is left. Its pretty deep right now.

Sometimes companies concentrate so hard on the bottom line that they forget it's possible to cut too much. Our company is a retailer with 280 stores, and they've walked the fine line between cutting enough and too much the past year. You can notice the fewer number of associates on the sales floors, and here in IT we have more to do with fewer people. I've noticed it in our favorite restaraunt chain too - fewer waiters and staff on hand. It can hurt business worse than keeping the poeple on the payroll to begin with....

allycat · Cat Scratch Diva

there was a station on live365 that we used to compete with for listener hours....it was actually pretty good...and had a similar request list

JR..the one you stole the codes for the random song box on the now playing page??

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

murscclub wrote:

Mad Mema wrote:

Not sure. I guess I will find out this afternoon when we see who is left. Its pretty deep right now.

Sometimes companies concentrate so hard on the bottom line that they forget it's possible to cut too much. Our company is a retailer with 280 stores, and they've walked the fine line between cutting enough and too much the past year. You can notice the fewer number of associates on the sales floors, and here in IT we have more to do with fewer people. I've noticed it in our favorite restaraunt chain too - fewer waiters and staff on hand. It can hurt business worse than keeping the poeple on the payroll to begin with....

We were told in advance that this one would be painful. Basic economics... my employer underbid the contract to get the business, so they were expecting some cuts. Then right as the contract was being signed, Sprint did a huge layoff so that put us deep in a hole. Plus factor in the economy and the fact that business is slowing down... its just not a pretty picture.

And I was just told that the red-headed Etch-a-Sketch got it. No surprise there... just puts a cramp in my Etch postings.