Wow, I thought that was a one in a million glitch when those locals showed up on my first day with an android tablet. But the 3 refreshes to get it going is something I've been living with.
Have you had complete lockup events that mean your just done using the app for the present? One happened on the very first real life and death test of the app when I was facing hours at the DMV office. Pi**ed me off. Fortunately Pandora worked.
And with a phone, you can't lock the phone like with music players. if you do the app stops. Can't put on headphones and a Sirius music channel or news channel and put it in your pocket.