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August 04, 2008

Studio Stories: Monster Island, NYC

Steven Wolf

You know that Katy Perry song, "I Kissed A Girl"? It's a recent chart-topper: "I kissed a girl and I liked it - the taste of her cherry chapstick." Anyway... we found ourselves recently at the studio where the musicians recorded that song. It's a place called Monster Island in Manhattan (yes, named for Godzilla's home).

Here is a quick video we shot with the owner/producer, Mike Caffrey. What sets Monster Island apart is that, in the style of Motown and the Funk Brothers, this studio has an in-house band that plays together in the same room to create that organic feel. In an age of digital manipulation, quantizing, and extreme sonic isolation, it's refreshing to find a place where bleed is encouraged. Check it out.

I kissed a girl and I liked it, I liked it,
Kevin





Posted by Kevin at August 4, 2008 12:36 PM

Comments

yeah, thanks a lot for this wonderful song!!! as a parent of teenage daughters, i can only hope many returns to you when y'all embark on the interesting challenge of trying to teach your young right from wrong. i'm sure it will only get 100% more challenging for you in the future, which is only fitting for such great pioneers as yourselves!
peace!

Posted by: Chaz at August 4, 2008 01:12 PM

I just started to listen to dandora and every song that i heard was what i love to hear thanks

Posted by: angel rodriguez at August 5, 2008 04:48 PM

i love pandora but since i signed up on this computer your sight only plays a few songs then it shuts off and could take hours before playing another song. whats up with that?

Posted by: michelle at August 6, 2008 06:18 AM

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Posted by: Bat Mann at August 6, 2008 10:16 AM

Hey, y'all. I'm sure you've thought about this already, but I notice that my stations, especially the really big ones with lots of seeds and thumbs, love to play my thumbed-up songs, day after day...after day...after day. The snooze feature helped tremendously with this, but I would love it if there were a "discovery mode", where I could have a station play only songs that I haven't given a thumbs up. That way I'm not hearing the same songs all the time. Thanks for your time!

Posted by: Scott Salsman at August 7, 2008 06:17 AM

Hi Michelle -

If you send a quick email to pandora-support@pandora.com they can troubleshoot with you.

Best,
Lucia, from Pandora

Posted by: Lucia @ Pandora at August 7, 2008 12:02 PM

Can I create a radio station that consists entirely of live music recorded from concerts? I'm not sure how because I am not looking for a particular song or artist, but live music. If so, how would i do that?

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My friend just showed me Pandora and it is the sweetest thing ever. I listen to music on the computer and find songs to put into my personal library

THANK YOU PANDORA!!!!

Posted by: Ryan at August 7, 2008 03:38 PM

I kissed a girl and I liked it. What a silly song...

Posted by: Coonce at August 9, 2008 12:45 AM

Wow great. Thank you guys!

Posted by: sweety at August 9, 2008 09:19 AM

Please help me get it on Verizon!
Thanks

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Please get Verizon on board for Pandora Mobile!!!!!

Posted by: Grant at August 9, 2008 10:40 PM

Fantastic music. Thanks a lot!

Posted by: John B. Nolen at August 10, 2008 09:56 AM

Thanks a lot very good

Posted by: sohbet odaları at August 10, 2008 06:13 PM

ain't nobody raisn my kids but me bat mann. have any? didn't think so!

Posted by: Chaz at August 11, 2008 09:12 AM

i just signed up and love it. i love michael w.smith, josh groban and many other so ...thank you and God bless all of you 4 the site.

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Posted by: Nathan Madsen at August 11, 2008 10:58 AM

Hey, What about coming to Ithaca? We'd love to see you here at Cornell!

Call me on my cell if you'd like to make some arrangements. 678-230-5953


-Adam Woodward

Posted by: Adam at August 18, 2008 06:02 PM

I am in Manhattan every day and I have never heard of Monster Island. Just goes to show you there is always something new to learn in New York City.

Posted by: Levitra at August 19, 2008 06:48 AM

hey one of my friends which is a girl wants to know what your name is because she has listened to your music and I want to know what your name is so if you want any more information just email me at whinhamaj@weber.k12.ut.us

Posted by: AJ WHINHAM at August 26, 2008 12:51 PM

I'm not sure who reads these but, thought I would give it a shot. I love your web site although I have a major problem. I can go an hour listening to one station then it seems that the songs start to play again. I have went throught the songs that I have listened to and it seems that there are at least 6 different songs that I have listened to atleast 3 times.
Maybe you can work on fixing that.

Best regards,

Posted by: Brittney at August 27, 2008 01:08 PM

I'm not sure who reads these but, thought I would give it a shot. I love your web site although I have a major problem. I can go an hour listening to one station then it seems that the songs start to play again. I have went throught the songs that I have listened to and it seems that there are at least 6 different songs that I have listened to atleast 3 times.
Maybe you can work on fixing that.

Best regards,

Posted by: Brittney at August 27, 2008 01:08 PM

Brittney -

Adding more seeds to your station will help with the diversity you hear.
Just add a few artists or songs you like, which will broaden the "playlist" for ya.

Enjoy!
Lucia, from Pandora

Posted by: Lucia @ Pandora at August 28, 2008 01:35 PM

I love Pandora and keep seeing ads to buy music - it seems like I can get the groups but not the songs, like Behind the Levee, by Citizen Cope, or Under My Thumb, by the Stones.

But the songs I want to buy seem to be restricted to MP-3 players and I cannot tell if I can download them here. What do you suggest?

ML Smith

Posted by: ML Smith at August 29, 2008 12:45 AM