peter gabriel is no n00b to teh interwubz

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/02/arts/Music-Peter-Gabriel.php

granted, thefilter.com isn't especially heavy-hitting, but it's a nifty, if not completely original, idea (i mean, i do this kind of thing on netflix and last.fm all the time). i'm sure it will get plenty of traffic if marketed correctly, which it will be because of the name behind it.

my biggest suggestion/criticism is that they spread out the genres a little more. select rock/pop and they offer me a sliding scale of greenday, u2, and blink182? no thank you. does rock/pop even really exist anymore, other than in the top 40? it seems like all the cool music, or at least the geeks that drool over it, tend to have slightly more obscure labels these days, if any -- and in essence, aren't these the people that pg wants to lure to his site for recommendations? people who don't listen to u2? who needs to be prescribed blink182 to flesh out their itunes? and besides, "rock/pop" is sooooo 90's-columbia-house-susbcription. i would expect better of a site associated with mr. gabriel, who is weird and esoteric in his own right. somehow not even his music seems to fit within the confines of his site's categorization.

i know, i know, pg also co-founded od2, so i suppose once they get the kinks worked out, thefilter.com could become a much better, more specified site, but i still think it has awhile to go before anything crucial comes of it. i'll just sign up now and hope for the best later.