Are there any 'famous' last.fm users?

July 26, 2007 2:30 AM

Are there any 'famous' last.fm users - such as musicians, journalists, authors, major bloggers?

I'm up for discovering some new music - and I thought it would be very cool if any of my favourite musicians had a Last.fm profile - any ideas?

posted by mackeral to media & arts (13 comments total)

Warren Ellis is on there. So is William Shunn.
posted by oh pollo! at 2:32 AM on July 26, 2007

A-list blogger
posted by grouse at 3:18 AM on July 26, 2007

Londonist had an interview with Martin Stiksel just the other day in which this was mentioned.
posted by greycap at 4:50 AM on July 26, 2007

Joi Ito? He's pretty well known in some circles.
posted by stereo at 6:21 AM on July 26, 2007

Not on Last.fm, but on MOG, here's the drummer from Outkast:
posted by dpx.mfx at 6:30 AM on July 26, 2007

Qoolquest.

(oops. Post to early.)
posted by dpx.mfx at 6:31 AM on July 26, 2007

Cristian Vogel.
posted by mkb at 6:50 AM on July 26, 2007

I think Jason Kottke uses it as well. Can't think of any musicians, though.
posted by dowcrag at 6:59 AM on July 26, 2007

Gerard Cosloy (of Matador Records fame) visited my profile once (you can see who visits you if you're a paid member).
posted by statolith at 7:20 AM on July 26, 2007

Matt Biddulph hooked up the stations BBC Radio 1, Radio 2, 6Music and 1Xtra to upload what tracks they broadcast.
posted by gi_wrighty at 7:52 AM on July 26, 2007 [1 favorite]

Well.. depends on your definition of 'famous.' If you're an Art Brut fan, you'll find the guitarist that preceded Jasper Future (His name's Chris Chinchilla) here. That might be of interest to some.
posted by Mael Oui at 7:51 PM on July 26, 2007

There are lots of famous bloggers, probably a nearly all of 'em. But the other categories are there too, especially if you expand to include people who update their playlists infrequently. Here's Newsweek's Steven Levy. Hey, it's Cory Doctorow, famous blogger and author. Or Lynne Johnson, editor of FastCompany.com and ex-Vibe and Spin. And I think Waxploitation is actually an account for that record label.
posted by anildash at 10:04 PM on July 27, 2007

Wil Wheaton. He loves the Pink Floyd.
posted by jeversol at 12:16 PM on July 30, 2007