Why not just turn it off? (Taking it to the VURD)

[featherynscale]

I could, of course, just turn the radio off. The downside to abstaining, though, is that I would lose what little exposure to new music it grants me. I have a reasonably large and diverse music collection now, and I think I could listen to only what I currently have for a very long time without getting completely bored with it. BUT: failing to incorporate new bands into the realm of things you like is a sure cause/indicator of old fogeyhood, and I am not interested in going there, particularly.

I have Pandora, which is somewhat helpful. I have had last.fm recommended to me (I'm not using it because it's not compatible with the music player I prefer to use at home, and because it's a download, which is sort of crass at the office). I have at least 101 flavors of internet radio (which is not as bad as local radio by a long shot). And, of course, I have you guys, and many of you are much better connected to music than I am. (sepiachord, for example, is rapidly ascending to the personal lord and saviour category.)

So tell me, Vast Unpaid Research Department, what are you listening to that's worth listening to? What other resources are you using to bring new music to your ears? Who's your favorite band these days?

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[fionnabhar.livejournal.com]

Still, it was very weird to put in the Enter the Haggis CD, listen to it, then try to rip it. And it came up as some other CD, with different song titles. And there the song titles are, on my hard drive, but when you click on them, there all Haggis, just mislabeled.

It did not do this on Rachel's computer. We were freaked, but it led to finding out about Neck. Gotta love a band with an album named Sod 'Em and Begorrah.