Comments on: Are there any 'famous' last.fm users?

Question: Are there any 'famous' last.fm users?

mackeral — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:30:52 -0800

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?

By: oh pollo!

oh pollo! — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:32:49 -0800

Warren Ellis is on there. So is William Shunn.

By: grouse

grouse — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:18:24 -0800

A-list blogger

By: greycap

greycap — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:50:12 -0800

Londonist had an interview with Martin Stiksel just the other day in which this was mentioned.

By: stereo

stereo — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:21:53 -0800

Joi Ito? He's pretty well known in some circles.

By: dpx.mfx

dpx.mfx — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:30:40 -0800

Not on Last.fm, but on MOG, here's the drummer from Outkast:

By: dpx.mfx

dpx.mfx — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:31:58 -0800

Qoolquest.

(oops. Post to early.)

By: mkb

mkb — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:50:40 -0800

Cristian Vogel.

By: dowcrag

dowcrag — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:59:37 -0800

I think Jason Kottke uses it as well. Can't think of any musicians, though.

By: statolith

statolith — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:20:00 -0800

Gerard Cosloy (of Matador Records fame) visited my profile once (you can see who visits you if you're a paid member).

By: gi_wrighty

gi_wrighty — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:52:25 -0800

Matt Biddulph hooked up the stations BBC Radio 1, Radio 2, 6Music and 1Xtra to upload what tracks they broadcast.

By: Mael Oui

Mael Oui — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:51:24 -0800

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.

By: anildash

anildash — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:04:41 -0800

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.

By: jeversol

jeversol — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:16:41 -0800

Wil Wheaton. He loves the Pink Floyd.