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I have a new addiction, Pandora. Pandora calls itself the “music genome project.” You create “stations” based on artists or songs that you like and it tries to predict what other songs you might like. The amazing thing is - it is VERY good. Unlike Amazon, it does not predict your likes or dislikes based upon what other users have bought, but actually looks at the make up of the music and finds other mucic in that “genome.” Thus, whenever I pull up my Radiohead station it plays other music with “subtle use of vocal harmony, mixed acoustic and electric instrumentation, a vocal-centric aesthetic, and a clear focus on recording studio procuction.” Oh how well it knows me.