llehmann

I like power pop. And alt-country, americana, you see the picture. Or maybe not. Peter Case has been a permanent fixture of my life for the last 25 years. Ever since The Plimsouls and the first time I heard A Million Miles Away, the guy has never disappointed me. Surprised me, yes, like when he reinvented himself as a folk singer with his first solo album, but he's always amazed me.

I also like jazz, and classical music, especially pipe organ, which isn't obvious here, 'cause I don't listen much to these kinds of things on a computer. But Johann Sebastian Bach is one of my heroes. My life would be empty without the Goldberg Variations.

Oh, and I also enjoy reading, private eye fiction mainly. And Kelly Link's The Girl Detective is an amazing short story (and audiobook) about, well, pretty much everything that really matters - the end of childhood, the loss of innocence, life and Nancy Drew.

I don't watch many movies, but I like film noir, chambara and wu xia pan. And I love reading comics, all kinds, from all countries.

Total geek, I'm afraid. Need more proof ? Here are some Last.fm additional sites I use on a regular basis :
My Last.fm Extensions is a great collection of online tools to compare your listening habit with your friends and neighbours and discover more artists.















LCTM's Last.fm scripts also offers a nice number of extensions .

Anthony Liebkens provides a series of interesting tools. Here's my tag cloud :

80s alt-country alternative americana baroque chanson francaise classic rock classical female vocalists folk folk rock french indie jazz new wave piano pop power pop rock singer-songwriter swing vocal jazz

Take your top 50 artists. For each of these artists, collect the top 20 similar artists (where the artist itself is the #1 most similar). The resulting number of unique artists is your super-eclectic score. You can compute your own score at http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/supereclectic.php

My super-eclectic score is currently (May 2011)



The most similar artists for my profile are Son Volt (5), Alain Souchon (4), Golden Smog (4), Uncle Tupelo (4), Jay Farrar (4), Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit (4), Slobberbone (4), William Sheller (4), Wilco (3), Drive-By Truckers (3)

My short and long tail are:


Kalu Kalu also offers some graphic charts to visualize your listening habits : How do you listen to music ?

Music roamer allows you to visually explore artist relations.