Kol lives in the UK and can't listen to his favorite Pandora station any more and really misses it. If we all listen to it and tag the songs we hear, on last.fm with "kol pandora" then he can stream it from there. So start listening on Pandora & tagging on last.fm for him. http://www.pandora.com/... - April Russo (app103)

Am I going to become a Radiohead fan? I'm liking that voice. - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

It's not the kind of stuff I have been listening to in more recent days, but it is definitely in the taste of the "former me" so I am rather enjoying it. - April Russo (app103)

It's switched to A Day in the Life, and now I see why critics said Julian Lennon needed to get his own style after he released Valotte. - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

They allow paid accounts outside the US? I thought Pandora didn't do that and paid accounts only gave extra listening and no ads to people within the US. - April Russo (app103)

From what I know about Kol, from the things he has posted here on friendfeed, I don't think he really can afford it at this time, which is why I am trying to recreate his Pandora station on last.fm for him. But this isn't something I can do alone, for the station to be publicly streamable for free. I am currently going through the list of artists and songs he originally seeded it with, as well as any songs he thumbed up and tagging them to build it faster. - April Russo (app103)

This is very kind of you. There is no service at all for Pandora outside the US due to licensing issues, paid or otherwise. As for Last.fm, it's free for me, though I've seen a Subscriber button but no no idea what you get for it. I think it's for a select few countries. - Kol Tregaskes

I am a last.fm subscriber. I can stream any station, anyone's favorites, anyone's playlists. Plus I can see who has visited my profile recently. - April Russo (app103)

I've seen Last.fm mention limits on playlists but never investigated it further. - Kol Tregaskes

Only 3 artists we both like, but I've tagged Black Hole Sun :D - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

That's why the tagging idea is better. There is no maximum number of songs or artists that can be included in a public tag station. For playlists it is capped at around 200. - April Russo (app103)

I always thought the subscriber option was for specific countries, I've never been limited (or been aware of being limited) to what I listen to on Last.fm. From the page Mark posted it says the subscriber option gives me uninterrupted radio listening: already have that, ad-free browsing and streaming: yep got that, recent visitors: don't have that but not worried, black logo: not worried either. - Kol Tregaskes

So you get adverts on the streams? - Kol Tregaskes

Ads in streams on last.fm? Never heard one before and never see an ad on the site, even before I subscribed. ;-) - April Russo (app103)

This is what I get on pandora.com: "We are deeply, deeply sorry to say that due to licensing constraints, we can no longer allow access to Pandora for listeners located outside of the U.S. We will continue to work diligently to realize the vision of a truly global Pandora, but for the time being we are required to restrict its use. We are very sad to have to do this, but there is no other alternative." - Kol Tregaskes

April, exactly, so I wouldn't but the subscriber option anyway, I don't see any bonus to it. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

But the issue isn't subscribing to last.fm which you can listen to for free...the issue is pandora, which you are cut off from. Which is why the need for recreating a streamable station on last.fm. - April Russo (app103)

April, I realise that, I'm just wondering why there is a subscriber option at all? :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Scott, hehe, I don't get many people with a rating higher than Low anyway. :-) - Kol Tregaskes

I became a paid last.fm subscriber for ethical reasons. I get a lot of free music from them...downloads...and I know the unsigned artists I am downloading their stuff get a bit of money for each download and stream. The way I figure it, I am supporting a service that helps unknown unsigned artists get discovered and actually pays them for it. I like to think the money I paid is going to support that aspect of the service. - April Russo (app103)

Kol, can you listen to this station? http://www.last.fm/listen... If you were a paid subscriber you could. - April Russo (app103)

Yep plays fine and nope I don't subscribe. - Kol Tregaskes

What is the exact tag? I found a "kol" tag on last.fm, but not an explicit "kol pandora" tag. - John E. Bredehoft

We need a lot more tagging by more people for it to start showing any songs. http://www.last.fm/tag... - April Russo (app103)

you can use http://pandorafm.real-ity.com, I used it for a long time until I stopped listening to pandora. - mjc

I just joined minimage in tagging. (Hmm, tagging...sounds like a gang initiation.) - John E. Bredehoft

And I unfortunately discovered that "Wish You Were Here" is on Pandora...but not last.fm. Tagged it anyway... - John E. Bredehoft

http://lastpandora.com works too. - mjc

"Ebony, meet Ivory?" heehee - MiniMage TKDteacher of FF

Hey guys, thank you very much!! :-D - Kol Tregaskes

I can listen to my station now. :-) - http://www.last.fm/tag... - Kol Tregaskes

YAY! I was wondering how long it was going to take. Seems it was taking much longer than other stations I helped build. - April Russo (app103)

Thanks again everyone! :-) - Kol Tregaskes

Kol, Spotify? - Sasha Kovaliov(.com)

Sasha, Spotify i great but I'd need to start from scratch with it as it does not have any kind of importing. :-( - Kol Tregaskes