Open this Pandora's box

Pandora is an interesting internet radio site worth checking out. Instead of other traditional or interent radio stations, this one is more interactive.

You first start out by creating your own radio station by telling Pandora an artist or song you like. It then uses a room full of a hundred monkeys with typewriters to determine similar songs and genres you might like. You can easily give your new station feedback by giving the song a thumbs up or thumbs down. If its thumbs up, Pandora will find more songs like it to stream to you. If you don't like it, the monkeys are punished. Bad monkeys.

The site is free with banner ads (no audio ads!) or you can buy an advertisement free version.

Hopefully sites like this will contribute to the downfall of big business record labels and the RIAA controlling mainstream music.