My advice is to refrain from being so clever that newcomers can't tell by name what the blog is about and therefore don't bother to stop by.

I'm all for something that is to the point. "the undergrounder" suits me. Or, how about ...?
* pandora's most peculiars
* pandora's box of bibelots
* featured freaky fare fridays (if you blog on friday)
* mz's music marvels and mutants (OK, so, obviously, I'm an alliteration nut.)
* off the beaten path
* pandora's curiosity shop

P.S. FWIW, since there can be no gradations of uniqueness, something can't be "most unique", only "most unusual".

Hi, I just wanted to let you know how mush I enjoy Pandora. For me personally I'm a Jazz lover and untill about a year and a half ago there was a smooth jazz FM radio station in the area where I live. I found lot's of music that I herd and then went out Purchase . But the station went off the air. Pandora has replaced it with jazz plus so mush more of the great songs and music I've never heard before. What a great site, Thanks

How About The Flow List? Or Acoustic Carousel, Or Random Vibes, Maybe The Music Tourist, Accidental Jams, From Hear To There, Pandora Unleashes..,

fudge me! what a top site,i am a massive house fan but not a follower. a music lover at hart,the choice and write ups that follow are wonderfull great work

fudge me! what a top site,i am a massive house fan but not a follower. a music lover at hart,the choice and write ups that follow are wonderfull great work. big love from uk 90210(england)

hey whats up peeps im kind of new so i really hope to be loved and welcomed so give me a shout out and ill respond! send me some awsome music too

Hey you guys, that shuffle that you added is super!!!!!!!!

i just want to know before u decide to go public. this site is absolutely incredible and the word is just now starting to get out. i'm surprised the advertisers aren't knocking on your door yet. Thanks for the great work!

It should be called The Conduit

I love this site. After losing most of my stuff - including music back to the sixties, yes, vinyl - I moved to California with my son. Genius man he is, I now have a new computer, woofer, great speakers and he told me about Pandora. I am disabled after a tortous bout of cancer so I could never replace all my music. Pandora has done that for me and I am so grateful. As to her name? Please don't let go of Pandora. Even something from my generation - Pandora's Magical, Musical Starship, big grin! I can see it now ... an old VW van -purple flowers, peace signs, lots of speakers, and the magnificent Pandora carved as a masthead for the bus. Now there's an image not easily forgotten, smile.
Honestly, everyone - this grandma who has quite a bit of writing on different websites - thanks you for the wonderful things you are doing.
Joyce

i'm a punk lover.thanks for pandora giving me such wonderful songs~~~

simple: THE OPENED BOX

How about...

"Out of the Box"
"Unlabeled"
"A Road Less Traveled"
"Different Strokes"

In keeping with the naming of the site itself; From the pithos; Pandora's Dowery;

Thanks for all the ideas so far!

How about names for the blog that are titles of songs? The front runner name for me right now is a song title...

cheers,
mz

ps I'm glad to hear our punk collection makes you happy, echo! that was a personal mission of mine, so you made my day.

You know Casual Friday? What about the name "formal friday"?

Hi.
I like the feature that shows tour dates if the artist is on tour.

:)
Thank you for this great product.

By definition, something can't be "more unique."

I thought of a bunch. the ones that didn't make me cringe are:

play, listen, repeat

secret tracks

"what's in the box?"

Hi,
What about

- Pandora, what's in the box?
or
- Pandora, please open it!

Keep the great work. One suggestion, once in a while you hear a song that according to the mood you had when you listened was ok, but when you hear it again you say, it is ok but not a full thumbs up. I would like to have an option to say something like "Yeah, I like it but not enough!" .

I live in Mexico City and in the 80's I listened to a radio station that before end of song would introduce a voice in off making brief cutting edge or killing comments on song's music, lirycs, content, performer or album. Could you add comments from the community or Pandora team(both are good reference) that can help us understand many whys of the song:
Why written?
Why released today and not before?
Why included in this album?
Why the album?

All this as a brief side note. This would be a great add-up to your excellent work.

Regards,

Since we're talking about blogs, here's an idea: Would it be possible for pandora users to have their own individual blogs on the site to talk about their favorite music and their own local music scenes?

Just a thought. (Even if you can't, the site is still great!)

I'm partial to playing off of "Pandora," either those referenced above, or from a further wikipedia plunge, "Pyrrha" (the daughter of Pandora and Prometheus).

Random other thoughts:
* Talus (not the band, rather the rocky debris piled up at the bottom of mountain or cliff)

Or for song title references:
* Minstrel Boy (Dylan: "Who's gonna throw that minstrel boy a coin?:
* There Ain't Nothing Like a Song (Elvis)
* Ain't That a Groove? (James Brown)

I second all the lavish praise from above and can't believe i haven't had more people tell me about the site (instead of the other way around).

New here, thanks to my friend Dave. This is a magnificent thing! For a name, I like (lacking my own originality) "miner's headlamp." But for the theme it might be "Out of the Box," perhaps "Pandora's Candelora!"

Another suggestion/question, not necessarily related to the topic. What about comedy tracks? I wanted to add comedians to a play list such as Lewis Black, Mitch Hedberg, or Dane Cook. From your viewpoint, I understand it would be hard to compare one comedian to another (like classical music) and maybe it doesn't even qualify for Pandora (or the music genome project) as it's not music. But it'd be a nice avenue to add.

Hey all -

Thank you for these great suggestions. Very interesting... To address a few of the specific questions/comments:

1. I stand corrected for using the phrase "most unique." For all you youngsters out there, do not try using the phrase "most unique" at home! It's incorrect!

2. For those of you who asked for user blogs and wiki-style track and artist information, that's a great suggestion. I can't speak for our engineering team, but I do know that people here are looking for ways to incorporate those kinds of features, so please stay tuned.

3. As for stand-up comedy, that's a bit of a long term prospect, as we'd need a whole new genome for spoken word stuff. You never know...!

best,
mz

How about Strawberry Fieldtrips?

How about, "The Freedom of Radio". This is from a classic Rush tune - listen to the lyrics - it's perfect!

Thanks!

Aaron

Hi. I've only just recently joined, and I'd like to add my own voice to the collective approving murmur I'm seeing. I have a pretty eclectic list of favourite bands, which made it pretty well impossible for me to find a radio station to draw from all my tastes. The idea of customizable radio is a masterstroke of genius, and I hope it makes you all filthy rich. You deserve it!

Anyway, for suggestions, "Pandora's Box" is painfully unoriginal I know, but it gets to the point and fits the theme. Alternatively, "Pandora's Aquarium" has a nice sound (also acting as a less-than-subtle nod to the great Tori Amos (who's just come on Pandora as I'm editing this!))

Can't think of anything else right now. Keep up the good work!

-Justin

I think the absolute best title is the one suggested above: "The Opened Box".... because that's uniquely evocative of what you've done and continue to do.

And I'd like to take this opportunity to tell you that your service is one which quite literally brings tears every time I listen.

Thank you.

How about:

Pandora Sounds Great!

and the word sounds can be a noun or a verb...tho if it is seen as a verb, great should really be "greatly" which of course is not correct...but it is food for thought.

I always thought Dreams of reason would make a great name for a band(after mick kanr's album, but I guess that means nothing here... How about something like Dora's Fry -up....Groan, I know..
Great product by the way. Only problem is I'm discovering so many great new artists and buying so many cd's that I'm broke...Cheers again. Pitt

away from cliche.. i like ghost in the machine of the first ideas because that deus ex machina (spelling?) you get from having an imaginary personal dj is cool, sort of like oz. names on that idea... yellow brick road, behind the curtain, the wizard (thats you). i also liked the pandora-related ideas. ghost in the box?...

whatever you call it, this is a fantastic project (any way to get more involved than listening?) and i wish the best of luck and music to you

Hey watz up all of yall out there, i like the name "paper denim" or "kryptonite can kill us to". just acouple of ideas,oh yeah i loooove the new quick mix i can mix up all my diferent style now thankz lotz. luvz ya!!!

Well, Since im the only non us litener, i will like to suguest, From Out Side as a title, And saying that, what about Dj's like me, any ideas on creating a Blog like this one? Dj's by musical tendancy...It migth bloom..cheers from the mexican paradise, playa del carmen

Chasity -
I don't think you're meant to mention that you're not US :-) .
The punk collection is good, but there is a shortage of smaller bands - I hope that eventually they will get included. How about doing a Pandora for new bands to publicise themselves. Without this need for barcode etc (I know it's a copyright problem and you're trying to keep legal and not rip off the artists etc. - it's a good way of documenting the plays) but maybe a Pandoracode could be worked out so a band could send a CD - even a voting system for them - and get plays interspersed with the main playlist.

BTW, how about Panblog for the blog - no need for fancy names and pan.. means everything.

Hello,

I'm really enjoying this wonderful discovery. I happened to notice, I can't seem to find any classical music on the station. Am I not looking hard enough?
R-

Hi,
I'm from the Cayman Islands and I think Pandora is great.
Just wondering, is there a way to simply play music from one artist. I have created different "radios" for different artists, but of course, a variety of artists play on those radios. I would like each radio to be purely for one artist. Is that possible?
As to names: How about:
Pandora's Box
Pandora's Awesome Discovery
Pandora's Temptation
Unleashed
Keep up the good work. Its truly Awesome.

DJ
Cayman Islands

Pandora's secrets?

Love, Love, Love this site. It would be nice to be notified when requested music finally makes it into Pandora. You guys are probably too busy to send notification e-mails, so I guess I'll just keep checking. And it would be nice to have a users forum.

I agree that the blog name should not be too obscure, but it should be unique. Don't use box, since pandora really opened a jar or 'pithos' and box has some crude female conotations! Maybe that's a good thing? At least use Pandoras Music Box , not just Pandoras box!

Since Pandora was a beautiful woman who was supposedly evil inside or led to mans downfall, how about these song titles:

Black Magic Woman
Witchy Woman
She Ain't Pretty
Evil Woman
Lady Evil
Bad Girl

And Blue October has a song "Conversation by Radio". I have never heard it. Is it any good?

Thanks,Lo

Must be halloween soon.....

Here's a name suggestion:

"Inside the box"

It's subtle but it simultaneously touches on two other phrases.
- Pandora's box
- Thinking outside the box

Someone else had a similar suggestion of outside the box. That would also work. Inside the box, gives insight into what's going on inside.

I found Pandora through "stumble". I really appreciate your service and could've saved $$ had i found it earlier. lol Heres a suggestion for name:
The ELUSIVE BOX.

How's about:
'Pandomanium' - or you could even spell it correctly, but it would be less fun.
I liked 'The/Pandoras Quicksilver Messenger Service'... but it would seem that the band of the same name still lives.

(Most) excellent idea though, but a pity you don't have any GROBSCHNITT in your collection.

Regards

Phil

PS. Bill & Ted said 'most unusual' type things all the time - and they were on TV, so it must be OK ;)

How about some global connotation ? I'm still hoping the world music collection will expand, though I created successfully a station that features early electronic music, which is german music for a large part.

Here's some suggestions:
Pandora Earth, or Global Village Music

Or, on another track:

Pandora unboxed or Pandora unleashed

Pandora's Box gets my vote

I vote for "inside the box" too -- or something like it...

Pandora's treasure trove

or...

since you've already got backstage...

what about onstage?

/p

"outta the box" or "onto the soapbox"

I am a 59 year old grandma and I am liking what I hear. I am not one to surf the net , but I was looking for some music to listen to while I oppened and answered my emails and did some business on my computer.(my daughter does it all the time) she set me up with "Lime Wire" but man I just can't get the hang of it.

Yours is so simple to navigate and I am listening instead of downloading , and getting songs I would never otherwise even thought of.

I am still negotiating the waters but really appreciate what you are doing. If you sell shares in this I would want in.

I wonder if you really realize the full potential of what you are doing?

Keep going , I really like it and will tell all my friends (and my daughter)!

Goofy sugar-fueled suggestions:
~The Cire Perdu Method. Or just Cire Perdu. Forgive this incredibly complex and stupid pun. For those of you have lives: Cire Perdu = Lost Wax (a method of casting bronze) Wax = What music was recorded on a long time ago and until the CD overtook vinyl, slang for a record.
Hey, I said it was stupid.
~Ein Kline Music Genome.
~Mini-Me's G-Gnome Project.
~Tunes from the lab.

To alter Aaron's suggestion just a bit: Freedom _from_ radio to make a pun on the Rush track.

I don't know about the rest of the country, but I live just outside of Washington, DC and my tuner was gathering dust before I discovered Pandora, so that's what Pandora means to me.

Otherwise, I vote for Freedom of Radio or Pandomanium [Pandemonium].

OK, I'm going to shut up and add Rush to my station.

I love your product :) I am have found a new band that I enjoy and the album has made my x- mas wishlist :)

2 features to consider:

1) Highlighting a song or artist so the artist/album/ song goes into a wish list ..that way when I hear something I like it can remind me of what I want :)

2) Access to above wishlist, and if it could be copyable or even emailable that would be great...but I think marketing wise for you making it printable, with your logo / website watermarked onto the printing (and mabe even the (gasp) ad on the right hand margin. If you could also make it "copy and pasteable" the users could even save you the expense of hooking up the whole email service and copy and paste it themselves, thereby also copying and pasting the ads of your sponsers.

Again, I truly enjoy this service and plan to be "tuning in" to my favorite DJs :)

so many great suggestions so far. thanks again to all who have posted, and to those who will post!

shdwfriend, I'm happy to be able to tell you that the wish list features you are asking about are already available! from the pandora tuner (the music player), you can bookmark songs to your profile page by putting the cursor over the album art, then clicking on the up-arrow there (the menu). there's an option there to bookmark any song or artist. try it!

best,
mz

Hope

The thing left in the box fluttering at the bottom trying to get out after all the terrible things

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora

hey hey,
give me something to listen to and so i can meet new people

hi, i'm from Glenwood where there is no big cites close by, so listining to music is one great way to see whats in and stuff, well my ideas of names would be something simple such as;
pandora's blogs
pandora's message palace
pandora's bulletin
pandora's global villiage
pandora's words of the world
pandora's announcements

Way Off the Shelf

Pandor Uh?

"The radio still sucks" (The Ataris)

I have a problem I can do everything on pandora but i can't get sound. the music is broken up is there a reason why I can't get my music. I have my own station and one station was sent to me, but my music is broken up. what causes this? by the way, I have a great name for this project station. simply - CONTENT!

CONTENTMENT WOULD BE BETTER

Like foot prints in the sand Pandora has something for everyone Love 94m is just what the boomers need,not the rockers but the other ones of us that loved and appreciated music in a different way. The world is full of all types of people and Love 94 fits the spot for some us, the creative ones that are inspired by what you play. Thank you for you have helped me with the writting of my book.

Thanks for adding Harry Manx.

I have a favorite podcast you should check out. Acoustic Long Island. Although, I am in Omaha NE, but I wish I could be in Jamestown, Long Island at the Cool Beanz Cafe on Wed nights.

They recently featured a wonderful artist Charlotte Kendrick. Amazing voice. Wonderful find. You can find alot of new artists there.
http://lipodcast.com/acousticcafe/

Consilience.

Let it be.

Make it simple, make it memorable. I love the station, by the way. I'm into the piano rock outlet that is hard to get anywhere else.

-For the Record
-Just What I needed (the cars)
-Your Song(s) (Elton John)
-Change the world (eric clapton)
-Sing (Travis)
-Rock N'Me (Steve Miller Band)
-Swingtown (Steve Miller Band)

But this is just stuff from my collection. Good luck man. And keep the Jack's Mannequin, Ben Folds, Missy Higgins and BNL coming (sure, not piano rock, but genius!)

Helloooo!!

This site is phenomenal! Music is a hobby of mine which can absorb huge amounts of my time. To those not prone to the "disease", my devotion of hours is an enigma. However, I'm reassured there are other "crazies" such as myself thanks to the existence of Pandora.

Having never taken music theory, major and minor tones etc. are a mystery to me; I just know when I like a song. Thank you for spending countless (!) hours breaking down songs into tangible components. When you play songs I love but didn't request, it proves there's an effective methodology in place. And then there's the thrill of being introduced to music I've never heard but find appealing. Please don't wake me from this fabulous dream! I'm soooo happy!!

I haven't spent enough time exploring the site so I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to request a band be "pandora'd" --but, please add "Marth and the Muffins" to your ever-expanding list. :)

What about "Round the Bend" or "Side of the Road" (both Beck) as possible names?

Thanks to you I'm humming a happy tune....

these names r gr8 bt i dont have a clue wt they mean i am an amature in this stuff and it all sounds to geekyy nt just say the obvius y say all these wierd names?

another one : positive vibrations

hey there!

i've posted before, but i jsut wanted to tell you guys what a phenomenal job you're doing! i've told all of my freinds about your site. everyone NEEDS to know about this!

only one suggestion, maybe more selection on classical music?

thanks again!!!

10x 4 all of this, I think you are doing good to music and people, wherever and whoever\whatever they are (even here in Israel).
If i may be blunt - ur sooooo good, it wets :).
After all, music makes the world go round.

How about:

Offstreaming
?

Here are some suggestions:
- the goodie box
- sexy records
- sensual records
- music marvels
- music to stretch your mind
- musical tangents
- random records
- record roulette

A song title as blog name may associate certain traits with the blog or be totally obscure....

Keep up the good work!

The Unwont Depot.. Yes I own a thesaurus.

Looks like this box is all filled up..!

Either way, if this gets posted, some song titles.

"Respect the unexpected"
"Unordinary"
"Strange and Beautiful"

I don't know if this is copyrighted, but what about:
Pandorama? (futurama???)

or.... from the song title "X & Y" (coldplay)
--> the "x & y" affair
or something that pertains to radios....

'leaves of a family tree'
'sustenance'

How about "All the Cool People are doing it...."

The Box Set

I was gonna suggest, 'Hang the DJ,' but I'll second, 'The Box Set' instead. Way clever.

Hi Guys and Girls,

This is great site, a ligthing idea.

Thanks of lot.

Kind Regards from France in Europe

Alain

Off the beaten note (or beat)
Pandora's MusikBox
The Curiosity Shop
Featurin' Phridays

...=)

yes

Inside Pandora

Much better to allude to the Pandora Box myth than have "Box" in the title, i think.

Great site!

Play what I want when I want...moods,tunes or strings...I like it...Was searching for Jay Ungar-Harvest Home...The Lovers Waltz...Waltzing with You, no luck though.I would like to put Pandora on my 360 site so that it would play my tunes when people visited, is that possible?

Thanks!
ALL THINGS STRUNG

Haven't seen "Box Clever"

And from all of us overseas users please give us a chance to subscribe properly - we appreciate your efforts and want to pay for them!!

.. writing this on a wifi enabled train, listening to Pandora, of course.

Peter, Cardiff, Wales (that bit on the side of England for the geographically challenged)

"wifi enabled train" - how MARVELOUS, Peter D Cox! What an evocative scene.... oh, gosh, I've got to go do some notes for a story now....

I would like to be able to see a stations criteria and maybe even edit it.

also length of song is something we used toalways get on a cd can't this be added?

hi what is in the box??????

I like simply, "The Box".

I get great instrumental music with a station called "Al Hirt" radio. Try it!

How about "Carbon Dating," which is a scientific method to figure out the age of an object? It could also be taken as a way to date alot of people at the same time...or copycat dating?

Ey, why not call it That is What I Want?

I think there's a song by that name...

(I know.)

I have not only been living under a rock but under a boulder! O.M.G! I absolutely LOOOOOVVEEE Pandora. You are a life-saver! I have been in mourning for months now because our only adult urban station in Boston (WILD) disappeared into the night--literally. Granted it wasn't the only station I listened to but I really enjoyed listening to classic Shalimar, Luther, Minnie Ripperton, Midnight Star along with the mix of the new with Eric Bennet, Donnell Jones, Lionel Richie and Chris Brown in the mornings. *sigh* BUT PANDORA has altered my musical listening world! I had planned on buying a XM radio but this is the next best thing to it! Your service is amazing and I will be telling "my whole world" about it! Starting with fans of the Van Hunt website. They will absolutely love it too! Woo hoo! Radio may be dead but the music rocks the box at Pandora!

majora minora

... I think works well on many levels. And you?

hey folks - just letting you know that we have a winner for the name of the blog! one of the suggestions above has been chosen...

I'll be posting the first entry in the next week or two, but until then, I just wanted to say thanks to you all for all the ideas!

more soon,
mz

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