Led Zeppelin to reunite!
The BBC reports that legendary rockers Led Zeppelin will reunite for a concert to honor the late Ahmet Ertegun, founder of Atlantic Records. The 3 surviving original members are singer Robert Plant, guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist John Paul Jones. They will be joined on stage by late drummer John Bonham’s son Jason.
I’m a big music fan (and if Fred Wilson can blog about music so can I) and this is big news. In my book, Led Zeppelin is one of the two best bands to ever hit the stage and a return appearance is monumental.
Coincidentally, the other band I consider worthy of “all-time best” status, the Meters, also reunited in 2006. I was lucky enough to see multiple shows on their reunion tour and am really glad that I was able to see them with my own two eyes (and ears). Somehow I suspect the Zeppelin tickets will be tougher to come by.
The Wonders of Internet Radio- A Pandora Plug
I’m here in my home office finishing up some stuff before the weekend starts and I am listening to a personalized radio station on Pandora. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the service, users can give Pandora the name of any band they like and Pandora will automatically create a radio station based on similar music according to descriptions in the Music Genome Project. Of course, you can continually refine the personalized station by adding other bands or giving positive/negative ratings to any song/band Pandora plays.
The idea is that Pandora can give you not only music you like, but also introduce you to music you don’t know about that you may like.
Just now, Pandora played a song that I haven’t heard in maybe a decade, Conquer Me by Blues Traveler, and man was it good to hear that tune again. When my car was broken into and my CD collection was stolen in the late 90’s in New Orleans, my collection of Blues Traveler CDs went out the door and was never replaced.
What a great song and a great band. I was really excited to hear that again. Kudos to Pandora for being a product that really delivers on its promise.