(Well, I made the journal entry some days ago, unfortunately it was lost. So I'm restarting it, but being a guy who hates redoing a previously achieved task, I'll fill it bit by bit.)

Dear reader,

I think I can say that, after 2.5 years on it, I'm a long-timer on audioscrobbler / last.fm. I've seen it making big steps forward. Yet, some bugs, or unfinished features, or even promised features not here yet, frustrate me. I'm listing them, hoping to help things move in the right way:

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• being able to use this kind of syntax: One of my…

I was writing probably the best journal ever to come on last.fm. While I was bringing the final touch to it, bang! I mistakenly closed the tab. And unclosing it didn't bring back the textarea content.

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Edit: rebuilding list. When complete, I'll remake a post:

• One of my fave artists
• leader but not founder, remove connected artist
• tbc…

(Hello english readers, this entry is written in french only, you need basic french skills to understand the exhilarating lyrics of Les Fatals Picards.)

Je viens de l'apprendre, et je n'en reviens pas… et que même Les Wampas étaient en liste paraît-il… Dans quelle époque vivons-nous ? Marie Myriam, reviens ! :P

Enfin, l'Eurovision devientrait intéressant ???

I can't believe I missed the release of Bande à part until recently.

So, while surfing last.fm about this album, I fell on traxbox's journal featuring Dance with me or rather, to be precise, its video clip whose origin I don't know (is it official?), but all I can tell you is that's fascinating, see for yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekQZPozjCX8

I recognised Claude Brasseur, and my curiosity was tickled; so I dug more and discovered it was an extract of Godard's Bande à Part. I read the dance sequence is quite famous, and thanks to youtube, you can watch the original:…

Je réveille mon côté écolo :

Le 1er février 2007, dans toute la France :

Participez à la plus grande mobilisation des citoyens contre le Changement Climatique !

L’Alliance pour la Planète (groupement national d'associations environnementales) lance un appel simple à tous les citoyens, 5 minutes de répit pour la planète : tout le monde éteint ses veilles et lumières le 1er février 2007 entre 19h55 et 20h00. Il ne s’agit pas d’économiser 5 minutes d’électricité uniquement ce jour-là, mais d’attirer l’attention des citoyens, des médias et des décideurs sur le gaspillage d’énergie et l’urgence de passer à l’action !…

Well, Last.fm in japanese has been around for months.

Looks like french, italian, spanish and korean last.fm are in the works too. At last. :)

Excerpt:
Country Manager Interns
Last.fm is planning a startup launch of its operations in several countries by introducing a site tailored to these regions.
(…)
Requirements:
* Must have spent at least five years living in one of the following countries/regions, with strong written skills and intimate knowledge of the local language and culture:
o France
o Italy
o South Korea
o Spain, Mexico, Argentina or Chile

If I was a student today, I'd have…

OK, Xmas is coming near, and maybe I'll ask Santa such stuff.

Until now, I always resisted because I felt no need (laptop PC / car stereo where there), but now I need one mostly for 2 uses:

• 1st, train travels, even when the laptop battery is depleted.
• But especially 2nd, night car travels when all family sleeps and I'm driving (the stereo prevents my wife from sleeping, mind you).

Some of you are long-timers with these devices, so I'd love to have your advice on what I should buy. I compiled what I need:

• ability to read as many…

Just 8 words:
Cancel any plans tonight and go see it.

(6-words additional warning: except if you have depressive tendencies)

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Update: I highly recomment 2 discs from the catchy soundtrack:

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000K7UGZW.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpgChildren of Men [content on MB]: the "classical stuff", my favorite, thanks to its ethereal voices (warning: spoiler ahead remember the beautiful sequence when Clive Owen gets out of the building with the baby in his arms and all combats stop, accompanied by a beautiful voice?).

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000JCETA6.01.MZZZZZZZ.jpgChildren of Men [content on MB]: the "popular" stuff, with an…

http://songbirdnest.com/files/images/button_headphones.png…built for the web, multi-platform (unlike AmaroK).

Their site says "It’s like taking iTunes, ripping out the music store, and replacing it with the rest of the internet."
Mmmh I never really liked iTune$, let's give this a try. My feedback in the commment in a couple of days I guess.

Nice screencast here: http://songbirdnest.com/screencast

P.S.: hope there's some last.fm extension for it.

First, I give credits to my friend IanAR for the use of the lesser known yet streamable artists.

When my personal (or neighbor ?) radio streamed Didier Super, I couldn't believe my ears. But true, go to his page, and you'll see he's streamable. If you have no clue about the guy, read the nice translation of the first paragraph of his french wiki article. He's an alien in the french -and world- scene.

I'm very, very surprised the guys at last.fm ripped him. But I'm happy too. :) Long live variety on last.fm radio !