Kurt takes a look inside Pandora — a music website that creates personalized streaming radio stations based on your favorite music — with founder Tim Westergren. And Los Angeles Times critic Ann Powers helps Kurt test the system's mettle, trying to build a station that caters to fans of both Yo-Yo Ma and Ludacris.
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In talking about Pandora, Ann Powers said she wished that there was a music site that could accomodate eclectic tastes with a variety of genres.
Pandora can do that if you create a lot of stations, and use "quick mix".
D'oh!!
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