In case you're dying to know what everyone's talking about in this here Valley of the Sun, let me give you a quick rundown:
- The weather. When are we not talking about the heat?
- The serial killers. Don't worry friends, last time I checked I was still alive.
- And of course, the matter of most vital import: Steve Nash's shorn locks. (Please don't let it be a Samson and Delilah-type story. Please!)
They know me. They really know me.
iDiscovered the new iTunes "Just For You" Beta program today. It takes stock of any songs I have purchased from the iTunes store and then recommends songs or albums based on my history, the same way Amazon tracks what you buy and makes suggestions based on your past purchases. It's fantastic; it's going to help me determine which albums I need to buy next from Zia Records (they're cheaper, they're local, and I get the album art then). This is going to save me hours of indecisively holding up two albums and trying to figure out which one I need more urgently. Here's what Just For You has told me today:
- You own Yanke Hotel Foxtrot. We recommend Illinoise by Sufjan Stevens and Our Endless Numbered Days by Iron and Wine
- You own Transatlanticism. We recommend Silent Alarm by Bloc Party.
- You own Songs for Silverman. We recommend Ganging Up on the Sun by Guster.
- You own Dear Catastrophe Waitress. We recommend XO by Elliott Smith.
- You own The Photo Album. We recommend More Adventurous by Rilo Kiley.
All of these are albums that I've had the suspicion that I need to own. iTunes has somehow gotten inside my brain and has filtered out the wheat from my proverbial chaff.
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