I kind of like the "genius" playlist feature in the new iTunes, so I attempted to do something similar for J. River's Media Center (my music manager of choice at the moment).
The idea behind iTunes "genius" feature is to scour your music database and queue up tracks similar to the one you are currently listening to. How well it does this is debatable. iTunes seems to cook up it's "similarity" data based on the listening and purchasing habits of it's users. Interestingly, if everyone's listening habits were completely eclectic, and if they always kept their player on random, there would be nothing to go on. Fortunately, this isn't the case.
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