"New Music, Now. And Be Smart About It, Please."

"On January 6, 2000 a group of musicians and music-loving technologists came together with the idea of creating the most comprehensive analysis of music ever." So says the About page on Pandora.com. Led by Tim Westergren, this group of crazy kids pieced apart the elements of music and developed a seemingly successful way to create relationships between closely matching artists. They have listened to the music of over 10,000 artists and analyzed the qualities of each in order to create a system that helps folks like you and me to find new music based on what we know we already like.
Here how it works:

1) Go to Pandora.

2) In the radio box at the bottom of the page, click on the blue button (top left) that says "Create a New Station."

3) Enter any artist or band that you dig.

4) Watch as Pandora puts together a whole listening station of similar music and even tells you why it chose the artists/bands that it did.

5) Skip the songs that you don't like, buy the ones you do like (if you want to).

6) Create as many listening stations as you want.

Now, go, enjoy, listen. Don't forget to do some work when your boss walks by...