Have you ever wished you could have your own radio station? Pandora Internet Radio is a free way to create an online radio station with all the music you want. You just enter bands or songs you already like into the system and Pandora will create an ongoing playlist of songs for you based on your musical interest. The site is a product of the Music Genome Project:

"Together we set out to capture the essence of music at the most fundamental level. We ended up assembling literally hundreds of musical attributes or "genes" into a very large Music Genome. Taken together these genes capture the unique and magical musical identity of a song - everything from melody, harmony and rhythm, to instrumentation, orchestration, arrangement, lyrics, and of course the rich world of singing and vocal harmony."

If you like a song, you give it a thumbs-up and if you don't, you give it a thumbs-down. This helps the software determine what elements of music you like. For example, I told Pandora that I like Daft Punk, but just because they are electronic, it doesn't necessarily mean I like Vengaboys (I totally gave a thumbs-down to "We Like to Party").

One of my favorite parts about Pandora is that you can share your station with friends. My station can be found here. Feel free to make one and share it with me as well!

And while we're on the subject of music, here are some of my other favorite music sites on the web:

- Brooklyn Vegan (MP3/Music blog)
- Gorilla Vs. Bear (MP3 blog)
- KEXP (great indie station out of Seattle)
- Music For Robots (MP3 blog)
- Pitchfork! (music review site)
- Radio K (the radio station of my alma mater... My brother and I have both been DJs there!)

Snakes on a Plane is finally out on DVD and we have two copies at the library! What is "Snakes on a Plane" about, you ask? Um... It is about snakes being on a plane. Okay, there's a little more to it than that. A guy witnesses a murder and is set to testify against the deadly assassin who committed it, so he has a police escort (Samuel Jackson) accompany him on the plane ride to the trial. But, the deadly assassin has other plans for this witness: a plane full of snakes!

This film (yes, I will refer to it as a "film") got a lot of internet hype prior to its release last summer, due to descriptive nature of its title. Can you imagine if other films took this title format? Some ideas:

Titanic = A Big Boat Sinks
The Shining = Guy Goes Crazy While Watching an Empty Hotel in the Middle of Winter
Back to the Future = Guy in a Vest Travels Through Time
Groundhog Day = A Guy Lives the Same Day Over and Over Again
Charlotte's Web = A Pig and Spider Become Friends: Crazy!