[FRIAM] Schwill Rock?

[Frank Wimberly]

I just listen to "Shuffle" which suits my purposes but it may be the least
satisfactory for you.

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Frank C. Wimberly
140 Calle Ojo Feliz,
Santa Fe, NM 87505

505 670-9918
Santa Fe, NM

On Tue, Oct 12, 2021, 10:58 AM uǝlƃ ☤>$ <gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, to be a little clearer, the Dwarves qualify as Swill. Danzig and
> Tool do not. Rage Against the Machine comes close enough. It's obvious
> their technical skill prevents them from being Swill. But their target
> emotional response is the same. So I gave Pandora some slack there.
>
> What I find irritating is the conflict between Pandora's musical
> similarity versus its aesthetic similarity algorithms. It's like the
> popularity algorithm (or perhaps cf Facebook "engagement algorithm")
> overshadows the musical similarity algorithm. It consistently tries to play
> music it knows I've liked (explicit thumbs up or failed to skip) regardless
> of what "station" is playing. That irritates me to no end. Yes, I like
> Black Sabbath. But for Yog's sake do NOT play Black Sabbath on the Tijuana
> Cartel station ... you stupid, stupid machine.
>
> It, yet again, raises the basic semantic foundation highlighted by Luc
> Steels: pointing. Teaching Pandora is like trying to teach my cat to look
> at the referent, not the sign. Some cats get it. Most don't.
>
> --
> "Better to be slapped with the truth than kissed with a lie."
> ☤>$ uǝlƃ
>
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