RTP-area local music and culture

["Todd Morman" <tmorman AT nc.rr.com>]

> I don't think of [last.fm] as a social networking site so much as
> just a handy aggregator of music-related content.

Yeah, that's about right. You don't have to use any of the "look at me and 
what I'm listening to!" features to enjoy last.fm; I've used it off and on 
for years as an internet radio station without logging in and found it fine. 
Sure, it promises to get better at matching what I like if I keep a profile, 
but if I ask for artists like Wes Montgomery or Spacemen 3 it does perfectly 
fine for a half hour or so without knowing what I listened to last time.

todd I understand why some people love all that social networking crap but 
it mostly makes me vomit and yes that's probably a flaw morman