Last.FM
From Encyclopedia Dramatica
Last.FM (formerly Audioscrobbler) is a program that allows users to eat all of their CPU and RAM power just to see what songs and pr0n groove they've listened to. An open source plugin is installed to one's player of choice, and MP3 metadata, along with your IP and any recently entered credit card numbers, are then transmitted to the Audioscrobbler servers where it is then cataloged among the user's recent tracks, and tabulated for determining top songs and artists both server-wide and for individual end users. They also enjoy tracking your Jenkem. No, believe me. They do.
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[edit] Drama
Last.fm has been the source of internets drama, as it is used primarily by all walks of holier-than-thou scenesters such as badlydrawnjeff to flaunt their devotion to (a) particular band(s) or genre(s), usually to prove one's self more hardcore than someone else.
A common pastime for the elitist prick on Last.fm is to go to the artist page of a popular band, and say that this band "sucks" and anyone who listens to "real music" will agree. Another common activity is to make an "Anti-(Insert name of popular band)" group, in which the members can have a circle jerk talking to each other about how much (popular band) sucks. To appear truly jaded and hardcore, do BOTH of these at the same time.
Other users have gone even one step further than this, creating "anti-entire genre" groups, and 9 times out of 10 they are completely ignorant of said genre and they're usually metalheads. In response to this, some concerned last.fm citizens have set up the ANTI-METAL group (Despite most of them liking metal), solely to piss off elitist 13-year old boy metalhead pricks. They seek out anti-genre groups and troll the fuck out of them and their shoutboxes, creating much lulz.
[edit] Forums
The Audioscrobbler forums consist principally of groupies promoting their friends' local bands, or hipsters bickering about musical talent.
Scenester 1: The drummer from Remembering Wednesday is sooo dreamy! *swoon*
Scenester 2: Those sell outs have the shittiest chord progression I've ever heard. They suck.
Scenester 3: Omgwtfbbq, you like On The Edge Of Forever, and they sound exactly alike.
Scenester 1: Poseur!
[edit] Tags
Last.FM allows users to tag songs they listen to by genre, or by any other criteria they can think of. Other users can then listen the bands people have given specific tags using the player. Since tags can be easily added and are not moderated, any song will likely have a full spectrum of tags from folk to j-rap. The tag for brutal death metal has been hijacked in this way after a concerted effort.
However, due to retardation or possibly hipster irony, you will never EVER hear a band from the chosen genre.
[edit] Advertising
ED has a group who's charts are full of AIDS and fail, join it for teh faggotry and 13 year old boys! oh and last.fm mods may be "watching the group". http://www.last.fm/group/Encyclopedia+Dramatica
[edit] The Great Last.fm Flame Wars of March 08
[edit] Music Piracy for Beginners
Noticed how last.fm offers you to listen to some songs like three times for free before changing to the sucky 30-second preview? Well, it's exploited easily.
STEP ONE: Get a program that can record your sound card's output, like Audacity.
STEP TWO: Find a song that you want, but not enough to pay for it.
STEP THREE: Set the program to record line-in and play the song.
STEP FOUR: Export the whole thing as an .mp3 file to violate some more copyrights.
STEP FIVE: Win!
Best thing is that this is even legal in some countries - you're not bypassing any anti-piracy protection - and even if not, it can barely be detected anyway. It's still copyright violation, though, so don't do it unless you're striving to become a prison bitch. SRSLY.
[edit] See Also
- Boyinabag09
- Mikeroach113
- JKKDARK
- Heavymetalninja
- g0sm0k3ashotgun
[edit] External Links
Common Last.FM user profile If you don't like at least 100 of the listed artists, you have bad taste in music.
Last.FM's most beloved mod's profile Mods = Fags
Massive Gay A troll challenge!
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