It’s become quite a pattern.. Whenever a source of good music dries up, I start falling into the abyss of listening to the endless chatter of keyboard and mouse clicks around me. Then suddenly, somehow I stumble upon something decent if not amazing. This time its Jango.com’s turn. I was enlightened about it by a very “No Rock Music” person. I reluctantly tried it out and surprisingly, it turned out to be a pretty decent site. Also, it’s still one of the few sites, yet to be blocked to Indian IPs. It’s not really in the same league as Pandora but it will work for the time being. It’s got a pretty decent preset playlist. As soon as I hit on the classic rock channel the speaker stared blaring “Panama” by Van Halen, after that came Doors’ turn and the mood was set. It did get stuck a few times with some sort of error but it wasn't too hard to get around it.
The thing is I need to listen to music all the time. I have been listening to music all the while in school and college, which explains my shoddy grades. But in office, it’s different. It adds a bit of drama to my usual drab job. It envelops one from all the mediocrity being fostered around. Also, it cushions the disgusting yawns of my boss and gives me an alibi to ignore his summons. Oh, I forgot, it also inspires. So, every time I automate a process which helps my client to spare few extra bucks to buy a beer, there is a Dylan or Santana whom I thank.
