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StationRipper has the ability to save music thats played on internet Radio, shoutcast for example, and then it saves the song information including the band title, the song, and with the newest released version the cd artwork. The song is then compressed into a high quality Mp3. The quality of the MP3 depends mostly on the quality of the internet station thats being streamed.

*If you want the song information stored and individual tracks to be ripped, make sure to choose a internet station that shows the song titles in its stream. Some stations don’t display track titles only the station name. In this case, rip the station and you will end up with one long mp3 file and not individual tracks.

Downsides?
Ripping music from Internet Radio results in lower quality music. Sometimes the ripper catches the song too late after it starts and some of the song ends up missing.

Where to Find Streaming Stations?
1. Shoutcast.com
2. Last.fm

What is Pandora?
Pandora is a music site that takes the name of an artist you like and attempts to play all other artists that sound like them in order to help you discover new music.

How to Rip Pandora’s Music
First of all Before you do anything.
1. Make sure you are using latest Java.
2. Have FireFox
3. Windows Xp

Download the latest version of Pandora: Pandora Beta 7.4.0
Now when you download, “Save it to Desktop” just so we don’t get confused.

Now make a new folder on your desktop name it “Pandora”
Put the file in that folder and extract it in there. Now go back to your desktop and right click Pandora Folder and click “cut”

Right Click Start. Go to Explorer then Local Disk (C: ) or just C:

Now to the right you will see a list of folders and junk just ignore it. Right click in a white area and press “Paste” You will notice your folder is there.

Now minimize that and go to Start/Run and type cmd then press ok.

A black screen should show up (this is your Dos).
Type in “cd c:\pandora” (Without Quotes)

Now type “java -jar pandora.jar 8085″ (Without Quotes)

A blue screen should show up saying something about “Now were ready to rip Mp3’s” something like that.

Now Minimize that and everything else. Open up Firefox and type this exactly: “http://localhost:8085″ (Without Quotes)

When done correctly it will take you to Pandoras website along with Pandora hack mixed in.

Now just do normal Searching of your music and it will take 10 – 20 seconds depending on your Net Connection. All Music will be saved in your Pandora folder you made.

*Important*
When your listening to a song and you don’t like it and switch to another song make sure that it doesn’t say something like “fetching ID3 information and tagging MP3 for artist *** song ***….” Or else everything will crash and you will need to redo everything again. So just wait untill it says “MP3 tagged and saved:
C:\Pandora\Documents and Settings***DesktopMusic\mp3\***\***.mp3″

Guide is thanks to Irieb found on a hak5.org forum

Using http://www.myspacemp3.org/ lets you rip and music that you want directly from Myspace. The interface is simple, but it was a bit confusing in figuring out what to type for the band ID. It is actually quite simple.

I wanted to download a few songs by James Holden. First I found James Holden’s profile. http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=76802360
Now copy the friendID. For James Holden that happens to be 76802360 as seen above. Log into http://www.myspacemp3.org/ and type in 76802360 for the band ID. After clicking “Get Songs”a list of songs will appear. Simple right click, download and enjoy.

Sometimes when you are far away from home, its nice be able to hear whats going on. When I’m not at home sometimes I like to listen to the local radio stations in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I have compiled a list of my favorite stations for my own benefits as well as yours if you feel like listening to music from my home town.

WGRD plays alternative, mostly light to hard rock music and a lot of previous hits from the 90s and early 2000s.

WKLQ is a pretty good rock station that plays harder music than WGRD.

WSNX plays a variety of songs, more in the pop category of music.

Wood Radio talk radio… My friend is working for this radio station in downtown GR.

If you aren’t in the United States, then to listen to some of these stations you are going to need to change your IP address. To do this, follow the instructions here: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=770300
A good list of proxys is here: http://proxy-list.org/