Future daze

On Popmatters: I love Internet Radio. 'Anything that transcends borders so cheaply has got to be good.'

I’ve been getting a lot of mileage out of Yahoo’s Launchcast, with near random access to a host of personal faves, and albums I haven’t heard or would probably have to order just to access. That is, until I reached a certain number of ratings (you rate the music it spits out to you so the player can 'learn' your musical preferences and hates) when it started throwing ads to me. That cooled my deal with the freebie somewhat. Now it’s back to the old MP3s and CDs and random listenings on random stations, waiting for somethings surprising to come along. But a quick list of moments:

Cannonball Adderley — Them Dirty Blues Charles Mingus — Blues & Roots Ravi Shankar — In Celebration The Beta Band — Heroes to Zeros Sun Ra — The Futuristic Sounds of Sun Ra Can — Tago Mago Milt Jackson — the Prophet Speaks

Al Green — Tokyo… live Dizzy Gillespie — Groovin’ High Ween — Paintin’ the Town Brown Big John Patton — Along Came John Brad Mehldau — Anything Goes Milt Jackson — Explosive! Eno/Wobble — Spinner