en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/user/SEoD/journal The Last.fm journal for SEoD. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/SEoD/journal/2010/12/06/43774b_fix_semi-broken_scrobbling_in_winamp_5.5x Mon, 6 Dec 2010 23:01:37 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/SEoD/journal/2010/12/06/43774b_fix_semi-broken_scrobbling_in_winamp_5.5x Woo yay! Finally I have fully working scrobbling again thanks to this thread pointing me to DrO's most up-to-date Winamp plugin, v1.1.11p7-DrO INTERNAL TEST BUILD (Build 655).

For a verrry long time Winamp has been scrobbling only sporadically, sometimes managing most tracks from an album; sometimes only catching one or two. Looking at the audioscrobbler plugin logs it was as if the tracks had never been played. It looks like Winamp 5.5 brought in some changes which knocked out the old plugin. God knows what the Winamp plugin bundled with the last.fm player is supposed to do - it's never worked for me.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/SEoD/journal/2010/03/22/3ib8tv_quantic_@_basement_45 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:33:35 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/SEoD/journal/2010/03/22/3ib8tv_quantic_@_basement_45 Sat 13 Mar – Futureboogie / A Garden Get Together
Bit of a weird venue... it took us far too long to realise that the action was all in the little back room! Some great tunes though - a really nice mix of upbeat latin/soul/reggae party tunes without veering into cheesy territory. Not sure if we even caught Mr. Quantic himself (I guess that's always the way with DJ sets), but whoever was on from about 11-3 had the place full and jumping.

As for the crowd there - very friendly, no sign of any aggro. A good night out :)]]> http://www.last.fm/user/SEoD/journal/2009/05/12/2pw0i6_50000 Tue, 12 May 2009 18:09:18 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/SEoD/journal/2009/05/12/2pw0i6_50000 My 50000th track (after almost 6 years on Last.fm/Audioscrobbler) is:

Cane River Rock by Dillinger]]> http://www.last.fm/user/SEoD/journal/2008/07/10/22a94a_%22seen_live%22_chain_game Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:27:50 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/SEoD/journal/2008/07/10/22a94a_%22seen_live%22_chain_game The game (depending on your definition of a game):

1. Find an artist you've seen live
2. Tag them as "seen live"
3. Look down their full list of similar artists until you see another artist you've seen live
4. Click on them
5. Go to 2.

(obviously skip any artists you've already tagged in the list)

I figured I'd be better off starting with a band I'd seen in the mid-90s 'cos I used to watch a lot more live music back then so I plumped for Marion. Here's how it went in order:

Marion
Manic Street Preachers
Ash
Oasis
Radiohead
Beck
Pavement
The Smashing Pumpkins
Hole
Green Day

Green Day's similar artists list was dripping with emo, so it was always going to spoil the fun.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/SEoD/journal/2008/07/08/226gb5_more_tru_thoughts_goodness Tue, 8 Jul 2008 22:41:05 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/SEoD/journal/2008/07/08/226gb5_more_tru_thoughts_goodness These just came through the letterbox direct from Tru Thoughts HQ:

The Bamboos Present: Kylie Auldist - Just Say
The Bamboos - Listen! Hear!! Live!!!
Unforscene - Fingers and Thumbs

Awesomeness! Get yourself some at EtchShop]]> http://www.last.fm/user/SEoD/journal/2008/03/19/1pz_new_purchases_-_tru_thoughts_bargains! Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:44:09 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/SEoD/journal/2008/03/19/1pz_new_purchases_-_tru_thoughts_bargains! Bargainous online purchases from Tru Thoughts's excellent online shop:

Shapes: Red - £1 (sold out on CD!)

Shapes Compilation (2006 Part 1) - £1 - from EtchShop

Spanky Wilson & The Quantic Soul Orchestra - I'm Thankful - £5 - from EtchShop

... and 48 hours later they're in my house being played good!]]> http://www.last.fm/user/SEoD/journal/2008/03/17/1py_google_maps__last.fm_mashup Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:45:02 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/SEoD/journal/2008/03/17/1py_google_maps__last.fm_mashup - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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http://www.last.fm/group/Last.fm+Web+Services/forum/21604/_/599887
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Since my original journal entry about feeds for national charts about 15 months ago, the data to make the calculations has become available at AudioScrobbler.net . I've been busy making a script to compare the tastes of different nations using the same formula as before, but this time pulling the data in live from XML.

Although a table of results is good, a map is probably a better way of visualising the data so now each country gets a spot on a google map. The spot can be clicked to bring up that country's data.

I also got to thinking that maybe matching people to countries would be more interesting than matching countries to countries (opinions welcome).

You can take your pick of either version:

Match countries to countries

Match countries to last.fm users



Some limitations:

There is no feed for "Congo". Not much I can do there!
Update: They've fixed that now. Thanks to brtkrbzhnv for the heads up.

The feeds only cover the top 50 artists at the moment, so the results are a less accurate reflection of reality than I'd like. If the feeds are increased in size, the maps will update on their own.

The spots might not be in the right places - locating them all was a fairly painful process and some errors may have slipped in. Msg me if you spot any howlers!

The blobs aren't as nice looking as coloured areas (polygons) would be, but the thought of creating polygons for 240 countries makes me feel a bit ill. The dots load up nice and fast too so they're probably staying for now.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/SEoD/journal/2008/03/13/1px_40000 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:43:26 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/SEoD/journal/2008/03/13/1px_40000 Nearly missed this one.. My 40,000th track was Hexstatic – The Horn. I'm not sure if that says something about me?]]> http://www.last.fm/user/SEoD/journal/2008/02/28/1pw_favourite_auntie Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:44:57 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/SEoD/journal/2008/02/28/1pw_favourite_auntie Just a quick post to link to my BBC radio station compare-o-matic doofer: Favourite Auntie

Plop your username in the box, hit enter and wait while it grabs your particulars. You'll then get a handy bar chart telling you your affinity for the various bbc radio stations/shows which have last.fm stats available.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/SEoD/journal/2007/09/22/1pv_35000 Sat, 22 Sep 2007 12:07:44 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/SEoD/journal/2007/09/22/1pv_35000 My 35,000th track played thorugh the last.fm plugin is:

Squarepusher Theme from Feed Me Weird Things by Squarepusher

Otis Redding's (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay missed out by a mere track! eclecticism!]]>