It’s called Pandora and it’s a way to make your own customized radio station.

After you register, you choose an artist (I chose Ani DiFranco) and then it plays songs that are similar in style to her work, as well as her own work.

And you can yay or nay each song (thus removing Alanis Morrisette from the play list, thank you very much).

I stream a lot of Internet radio and this gets rid of my personal pet peeve–a great radio show can end after a few hours and be replaced with show tunes.

And Pandora has a ton of indie artists. A ton. For free. Though why wouldn’t you want to throw a little money toward the independent artist by buying their work sometimes?

Once you create a station you like, you can also invite people to use the station. Why not invite me?