Monday's (digital) Music

DRMed music
The big news this week were of course Steve Jobs's thoughts on music. Big news, and more free marketing for Apple as all the major news outlets leapt for the story. Even the Economist made it one of its leaders this week. In the meantime, other heavyweights have weighed in. Perhaps things will change? Perhaps not.

Free music
While it is nice to own your music, how often do you really listen to the same songs over and over again? Why not try a great radio station and discover something new? I know, it sounds so very 20th century, but it still rocks. If you want to listen to personalized playlists of a certain flavor, you should definitely give Pandora a shot. Very cool.

iPod oblivion
In case you hadn't heard, last week New York state senator Carl Kruger introduced a bill to deal with what he calls iPod oblivion. The New York Times have a nice selection of online comments on this. What's there to add? Well, this just in:


One more thing. . .
Good news, it looks like Rev. Ted Haggard is no longer homosexual. In fact, he is now completely heterosexual, according to his buddy Rev. Tim Ralph. I think he still looks kind of gay, but if Tim says he isn't, who am I to judge?

Congratulations, Ted, you did it.

Now we can all breathe a sigh of relief.