the listenerd

*More tunes than tech today: Journey’s Steve Perry insisted on knowing the end of the Sopranos before he gave David Chase permission to use “Don’t Stop Believin’” in the series’ final scene.[via]
*Duke Listens! talks about music.of.interest, a site that lets users keep a wishlist of artists to check out (via a pop-up), then allows them to easily research the musical object of their potential desire. Looks like not much listening capability at this point, so I’m not sure what – beyond the academic – the advantage is over simply Hype Machining an artist.
*Daytrotter has tunes from indiesh band-of-the-summer Illinois and has put up some new tracks from Mountain Goats.
*(Totally off-topic) John Hodgman likes Mixed Martial Arts.