Now playing
Posted by Chris @ 1:43 pm
I've coded another hopefully useful web page. This one is called Now Playing and shows you information about the artist currently being played on BBC Radio 1, BBC 1xtra, BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music.
I made it because when I'm listening to the radio I like to know a bit more about the artist. Have I heard some of their tracks or albums before? If I've no idea who they are what have they done in the past? How much can I buy their albums for, what has been released? What is on their website, do they have a website? Which artists are they like?
All those questions are answered by this new page. It is designed to update itself in real time with the current artist being played, and seems to work quite well. As always the best way to see what it does is to give it a go, and if you want more info about how it works, data sources, etc. then there is an obligatory about page.
I know I could have just hooked into a Last.fm page and updated it as the artist changed, but I wanted to do this because I can, you know ;o)
As usual your comments are welcome, but only once you've read the about page (I don't like time wasters). Enjoy!
8 Comments
Thursday, October 18, 2007 8:13:00 pm
I tried the now playing page - very ipressive coding - except that the kaiser Chiefs were shown as playing through a country music section, into the 8pm news and on into Mark Radcliffe's programme. Radio 1 gleaned Band of Horses - who are they? I looked at the 'about bit' er I didn't understand much of it.This comment posted by Anonymous
Thursday, October 18, 2007 8:14:00 pm
I meant impressive there!This comment posted by Anonymous
Thursday, October 18, 2007 8:57:00 pm
we like thatThis comment posted by Anonymous
Thursday, October 18, 2007 9:05:00 pm
Good :o)This comment posted by Chris
Friday, October 19, 2007 8:56:00 am
Erm yeah?!?!? looks a little bit like a search portal, and I'm on there now and its displaying Newton Falkner stuff however it was some girl artist, madonna, or gwen staffani so not sure it works that well (could just be the beebs content) will keep playing...This comment posted by Anthony Main
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 9:09:00 am
Ok so i like it is a really really handy tool, however this morning it told me that it was playing "tor" which I don't even believe exists. I think it was the Eels and the page came back with all sorts of random information including the following url.....http://tor.eff.org/
Whooooo?? But I guess thats data again!
This comment posted by Anthony Main
Thursday, November 08, 2007 9:32:00 pm
Has it died?? Or have the BEEB removed the service?This comment posted by Anthony Main
Thursday, November 08, 2007 10:44:00 pm
Seems to be working OK to me, but the BEEB data looks like it might not have been being updated.This comment posted by Chris
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