on why grooveshark and npr are good.

I recently got into a conversation with a friend about the respective merits of Grooveshark and Pandora. After some pretty heated debate, we came to this compromise: that Pandora is good for discovering new music, while Grooveshark is good for building playlists of stuff you already like.

But then I realized that Grooveshark is actually great for discovering new music. Case in point, my new love for Ben Sollee. Here's one of my favorite songs, Copper and Malachite. Found on Grooveshark. Though Grooveshark won't spoonfeed you new music the way Pandora does, a bit of quick and painless searching can bring you lots of joy.

But back to Copper and Malachite. Speaks to my soul:

"And I want to show you
This loose board in the floor
This is where I keep my heart
Yes, this is where I keep my heart
Not on my sleeve"

Croon it to me, Ben.

As long as we're on music, let's have a moment for the new Sufjan Stevens album, Age of Adz, slated to come out Wednesday. But lucky us, NPR music did a First Listen special on the album, you can listen to the entire thing online. Isn't NPR hip? And isn't Sufi great?


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