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November 02, 2005
We want to meet you! Nov 10th @ 6:30 in San Francisco.
Over the course of the last 8 weeks we've been introduced to an incredible group of Pandora listeners from all over the world. Whether it's been here in the Pandora blog comments, via pandora-support@pandora.com, or out there in the blogosphere we've virtually "met" an amazing and passionate group of music lovers.
We think it would be fun to get some of our bay area listeners together to meet face to face. To that end, a bunch of the Pandora gang is going to head to Edinburgh Castle -- a great Scottish pub in San Francisco -- on Thursday, November 10th and we'd like for you to join us. We'll be there at 6:30PM. It will be a low key thing; just a bunch of music lovers getting together to hang out.
Hopefully you'll be able to come... we'd certainly love to have you there. Just RSVP with a comment to our blog to give us a sense of how many we can expect.
Details:
When: Thursday, Nov. 10th, 2005 @ 6:30
Where: Edinburgh Castle, 950 Geary (between Polk & Larkin)
RSVP: Post a comment here
PS: Some of us are planning to go over to the Great American Music Hall afterwords for the Matt Nathanson concert. It turns out that he's a great "Genome match" for a wide range of rock music inputs on Pandora, so we thought we'd head over to check out his live show. You're very welcome to join us for that too if you'd like. Or not. Totally up to you.
Posted by Tom Conrad at November 2, 2005 04:51 PM
Comments
I will be there! Can't wait.
Posted by: Michael Arrington at November 2, 2005 05:32 PM
I'm there. Thanks for the kind note Tom!
Posted by: Noam Lovinsky at November 2, 2005 05:43 PM
If I was in SF at that time, I would be there.
Posted by: Justin Reid at November 2, 2005 06:20 PM
Sounds great, I'll be there.
Posted by: Nick Gerakines at November 2, 2005 06:39 PM
Look forward to it.
Posted by: Ash Vasudevan at November 2, 2005 06:41 PM
I'm in!
Posted by: George Sudarkoff at November 2, 2005 07:06 PM
I wouldn't miss it for the world!
Posted by: Tara 'Miss Rogue' Hunt at November 2, 2005 07:27 PM
Bah, make it Edinburgh Castle in Scotland and I'd be there!
Posted by: Chris at November 4, 2005 03:32 AM
I will hopefully be there also -- my band, Griddle, is playing down the street at the Red Devil Lounge later that night.
Posted by: Kevin Seal at November 4, 2005 02:41 PM
I'll be there after Battelle @ SDForum
Posted by: Alex Popov at November 7, 2005 12:01 AM
Sounds great -- see you there!
Posted by: Patricia Fessler at November 7, 2005 11:56 AM
I will make it.
Funny, I just made a post about pandora the other day.
Posted by: Rob Poitras at November 7, 2005 12:50 PM
I'll try to make it there with a friend of mine.
Posted by: Juhani Polkko at November 7, 2005 01:50 PM
I'm becoming a pandora fan, so I'll definitely come.
Posted by: Michael Nique at November 7, 2005 02:36 PM
ill be there sounds like fun
Posted by: piyush shah at November 7, 2005 04:13 PM
myNextGig??
Posted by: rob rowntree at November 8, 2005 07:03 AM
oooh =( germany is to far away thou...
Posted by: alex at November 8, 2005 03:46 PM
I'll be heading to the Sup.r.cilio.us launch party afterwards...not a 'music' event, but definitely a good crowd. ;)
http://upcoming.org/event/39652/
Posted by: Tara 'Miss Rogue' Hunt at November 8, 2005 05:31 PM
Now if you had said Trondheim in Norway Id be there :) Have a good one dudes and drink one for me and the guys that can't get therte.
Posted by: Hitch at November 9, 2005 07:49 AM
I'll be there, singing along.
Posted by: Nils Hammar at November 9, 2005 11:23 AM
I will be there !
Posted by: Sylvia at November 9, 2005 04:42 PM
I wish I could come but it's a long way from Japan. Hopefully one day there'll be some event like this here in Nagoya. Someone drink a cup for me though ;)
Posted by: MacD at November 9, 2005 06:29 PM
Arg, cross me off the list. I have a meeting at 5:30 that I have to go to.
I love the new version btw.
Posted by: rob poitras at November 10, 2005 10:01 AM
I'm hoping to be there, and I will "drink one" for the people living abroad, as suggested in previous comments!
I can't wait to get home and try out the new Pandora!! Impatience!
Posted by: lucia at November 10, 2005 12:22 PM
thanks
Posted by: online gambling at November 29, 2005 01:33 AM
Just discovered Pandora and am addicted.
Would love it if you guys displayed the year of the albums/singles' release under the band name. Means alot when you're trying to find it for purchase or just to satisfy one's curiosity.
Thanks!
Brian
Posted by: Brian Mac at December 2, 2005 07:52 AM
What a great site, a friend told me at f1gamers.com, this is the BEST SITE IN THE WORLD!!
Great job guys to everyone that put this together!!
JJ
Wales, UK
Posted by: Jack J at December 4, 2005 01:39 PM
Are you going to do this again? I just found your service, and would love to hear more about this company and the people who make it run--not to mention kick back with other audiophiles as well.
Posted by: Peter Conte at January 9, 2006 12:31 PM
i'm not from the bay -but you should check out a local band from south central los angeles http://www.rocafirme.com/
Posted by: BeKaH at July 25, 2006 11:14 PM
I will definately be there!
Posted by: Savannah Lisle at August 24, 2006 04:10 PM
OK, I love the Pandora site. I am having a blast creating my own "stations".
I may ask if we could create "genre" stations ? I happen to like folk as well as showtunes.
Posted by: Robert Hall at August 24, 2006 07:20 PM
I am there! I may follow you around the country. Not in a stalker sort of way.....more like a DeadHead sort of way. Wait, I take it all back...Pandora just played a David Hasselhoff song on my Wilco station. I give! I won't follow you.
Posted by: etip at August 25, 2006 05:28 PM
This is amazing. Just discovered Pandora yesterday. Will you be coming to Los Angeles? I am an entertainment publicist and work in radio marketing and am thrilled with this discovery. On a personal note, my brother's birthday is approaching. How can I create a list of stations for him without losing mine? I would like to simply create a free account for him so that I can introduce him to the site (he also works in the music industry)and add some stations he will enjoy. Is this possible yet?
Posted by: shona at August 29, 2006 02:20 PM
Definitely coming. With about five other people. Prepare yourselves;)
Posted by: lecksee at August 31, 2006 12:28 AM
Hi, just trying to let you know about a great Australian band called the Drones. Check them out! Very similar to the Black Keys - only better! Later, Kat
Posted by: Kat at September 4, 2006 01:39 PM
You guys should make a stop in Chico, CA. The music scene is HUGE here.
Posted by: Michelle at September 5, 2006 03:25 PM
See ya, check out fullerton CA
Posted by: jc at September 5, 2006 04:57 PM
Aaron Pope is an amazing local DJ in San Francisco, recently named Best DJ in SF in the Guardian Best of Poll. You can download his music at www.shinesf.com. Would love to see his music on the genome project.
Thanks!
Gayle
Posted by: GForce at September 10, 2006 07:14 PM
Many excellent musicians work for Pandora. Why don't you guys put together a few bands or a jam session?
Posted by: Joe at September 14, 2006 05:17 PM
Can you check out Rocky Dawuni? He is a reggae musician from Ghana now living in California, and was nominated for “Best World Music Artist” by LA Weekly. Thanks!
www.rockydawuni.com
Posted by: Jeniffer at September 25, 2006 12:54 PM
I discovered Pandora a couple of weeks ago and I'm hooked. I love music and this is really awesome. I was wondering if you will team up with Sonos so I can get you streaming to my home stereo via my router through my Sonos system.
Thanks,
Chuck
Posted by: Chuck Storme at October 4, 2006 07:56 PM
Are you going to have a town hall in San Diego?
I work with the San Diego Music Foundation i would like to direct some musicans towards you. if you are looking for venue, record, store or school to hold it at let me know and can get you intouch with the people who would be exicted with pandora as well.
Thanks
Chad
Posted by: Chad at October 7, 2006 09:51 PM
I will be there to met and thank you for this unique "radio station". I do have one question. Is there a way to receive this music in 5.1 format? If so, how?
Posted by: Lee at October 19, 2006 04:44 PM
I left my heart in San Francisco, and I am coming to get it :-), I shall be there with my crew
Posted by: rencyreg at October 23, 2006 08:50 PM
some musicans download vision mp3 towards me
Posted by: mp3 e music at October 25, 2006 05:21 AM
Ever heard of Trainwreck Riders? Great dirty punk country band. Up and coming....
Posted by: davis at November 28, 2006 03:29 PM
how about adding the year of the song playing on the now playing track page?.....would be really cool to see what year a song you are listening to was made....!!....otherwise....keep it up..great site..!!....
Posted by: collinz at February 5, 2007 01:08 PM
Hi there I'm new to this Pandora Radio Station which I think its great! and whom ever thought of it well thank God for you, and I have a question to the Pandora Team and that is.... How can I play the music that I have requested on my station my station is (Taking Back Sunday),& I had requested certain songs to listen to as I browse on the Internet but the music box doesn't have a feature that says play your recorded songs instead I keep getting all this other bands that pop up and music playing randomly but not the songs that I requested I don't know if I'm making myself clear but how can I, after having the songs requested and recorded into the music box,& have them play? please help Sincerely Gary Rodriguez...T.B.S/mofongog@yahoo.com
Posted by: Gary at February 13, 2007 10:20 AM
Don't care about S.F. or L.A. What about Fresno? Now that we have the Save Mart Center and Selland Arena, it would be nice to see what's going on at those venues.
Posted by: Lynda K at March 27, 2007 06:39 PM
On your next road trip through south or central California, you should stop at Santa Barbara. The college (UCSB) has a community radio station (KCSB) that I use to be a part of. It has VERY eclectic music.
If you get there in early August, they have a great local festivial celebrating their Spanish heritage, full of Latin music.
If you are there around June 21, you can catch the Summer Solstice Parade (aka the Pagen Fest). Lots of wonderful World Beat music.
Posted by: J Bisom at April 14, 2007 02:55 PM
I would like to see Contempory Christian Music added.
Posted by: Joe Snyder at June 19, 2007 09:26 PM
Dude, whats up w/ steve huey ? I just read his take on Metalicca`s black album ,granted not as good as Puppets or Kill em All ,but still r u kidn me ? Leavn u w/ a line f/ Hank Jr`s Whiskey on Ice (changed a couple words 2 get my point across !!!)critiq`s like 2 talk s@#$ `guess they always will. later,f/ a raider just like Hetfield
Posted by: Aaron J. Reed at June 29, 2007 06:11 PM
Forgive me for posting this comment here, I don't know where else to leave it. It is absolutely outrageous that pandora.com is not available in other countries. I live in Europe. No, there is no Digital Millennium Copyright Act here. The lack of DMCA does not, however, constrain you legally from offering music to this continent. Quite to the contrary -- you will be less encumbered by an act which everyone except a few recording industry moguls thinks should be done away with. Presuming pandora.com is not simply a shill for the RIAA. How dare you say that "there are no licensing laws" in Europe. That's nonsense. There are no licensing laws which impose unreasonable restrictions similar to those under the DMCA. Nor are there likely to be in future. (Thank God.) That's a "feature" of the European system, not a bug.
The only message I get from your description of why pandora.com is not available outside the US on your blog is that you intend to militate for DMCA-type laws outside the US, i.e., pandora.com intends to serve as a pressure group to try to blackmail European music listeners into accepting the same legal nonsense as Americans suffer with. Lotsa luck.
Posted by: marl at September 9, 2007 01:29 AM
Any chance that there could be a stop up at Sonoma State? I am the environmental Affairs director up here, and am planning a huge event for earth day 2008, similar to the Live earth concerts, only with all 23 CSU's,,
let me know,
Tim Dondero
donderot@sonoma.edu
(209) 712-1787
Posted by: Timothy Dondero at October 15, 2007 10:04 AM
Long live rock & roll!I'm a military member and soon I have to deploy and It's comforting to know you stand guard.Music gets me through.rock on!
Posted by: john paul at November 8, 2007 11:24 AM