Social tool - Pandora

This tool first came to my attention a couple of years ago. It is basically a web bookmark of a person's music tastes.

http://pandora.com/

The project draws from the Music Genome Project. You sign up, enter some favourite songs or artists and the system creates a playlist of potential songs to listen to. I have only looked at it briefly but frequently consult my friends' playlists.

How could this be used in the classroom? The instructor can create a list of songs in the target language, which students can then access and modify to their own tastes. One of the problems in teaching language is the lack of authentic L2 material for students, when not learning abroad. Pandora allows us to close this gap, making available to students a plethora of music and culture that they otherwise would not have been exposed to.