Approaching a Milestone: A thesis on development of musical taste.

One of my compatriots on Last.fm was pointing out that I was approaching 200,00 plays since I joined up way back in late July, 2006. Further, I was asked how Last.fm had changed or helped my musical taste evolve over time. This question intrigued me as I’d not really given a lot of thought to it. Plus, homing in on 2K plays is something of a milestone (although I want to have a party when I pass a Quarter Million. I probably won’t, but I’d like to.) and as good a time as any to reflect on the...