It's three in the morning, and I'm at the keyboard again. What's driven me from my bed? Is it heartache that won't let me sleep? Or maybe remorse over the heart I've broken? Perhaps I'm yearning for my lost youth? Or I'm angry at the state of the world? Maybe I've just come home from another night on the town and I'm not ready to wind down? Or maybe I'm just drunk!

Luckily, whatever my mood, I can find exactly the right soundtrack at Radio by M(o/o)d on the Latin music radio service Batanga. This ingenious little tool is my new favorite online toy. I confess, I started out on the "Betrayed" (u_u) station (Let's not get into what brought me there: Bastard!). Let's just say I seethed through three tunes, before a hilarious computerized voice snarling "Betrayed!" got me feeling "Silly" (olo).

Since then I've had too much fun clicking on the different moods to stick with any song all the way through. Now I'm "Mellow" ('_'); now I'm "Inspired" (∧o∧); now I'm "Nostalgiac" (/0\).

M(o/o)d Radio doesn't deliver the latest tunes (although there's a new track here and there) -- after all, our mood's are so often about our memory, right? You might hear any genre of Latin music (although, as you might expect, there's a disproportionate amount of ranchero on the Borracho/Drunk mood: (@_@)) -- and a few English-language tracks too (I hit upon Radiohead's "Creep" on the Mellow channel and Lil Mama's "Lip Gloss" on Energetico (ô_ô)).

But mostly it's a hoot to hear what comes out next on whatever emoticon you click. Here's a sample of a few tracks I found. And now I really am going back to bed.

"Betrayed" (u_u)
Alejandro Fernandez, "Me Dediqué a Perderte"(I Dedicated Myself to Losing You) Bebe ("Malo"/Bad)
Alejandro Sanz's "Corazon Partio"

Silly (olo)
Wilfredo Vargas, "El Africano"
Celia Cruz, "Pa La Cola" Regalo del Alma

Cool (-_o)
Bacilos, "Mi Primer Millón" Caraluna
Alex Syntek, with Ana Torroja, "Duele el Amor"
Lil Mama, "Lip Gloss,"

Mellow ('_')
Miguel Bosé, with Julieta Venegas, "Morena Mia"
Coldplay, "Yellow"

Inspirado (∧o∧)
Luny Tunes, "Noche de Entierro (Nuestro Amor Se Acabe)," Los Benjamins Reggaeton
Toby Love, "Tengo Un Amor," Toby Love R&B/Bachata
Réyli, "Fe," Fe

Energetico (ô_ô)
Moderatto, "Chavo de Onda," Detector de Metal