One of the greatest things to evolve out of the Internet, the global adoption of broadband and more widespread adoption of Internet capable machines by households around the world is the widespread access to a huge number of artists and new music.

For a long time, we were force fed the music that big labels and corporate radio spooned out to us. Corporate rock. Same songs played over and over until they were hits. Napster came along and changed everything. Sure, it wasn't right to steal music without paying artists, but it sure was nice to be able to listen to indie bands who were labeless and on shareware.

Napster died and digital music sites like The Hype Machine were born. I've bought more CD's in one year, because of the exposure Hype Machine gave me, than I may have bought in 3 years of listening to corporate radio. And because of blogs like The Hype Machine, bands like, Clap Your Hands were able to sell hundreds of thousands of discs without the backing of a label. Internet Radio and Satellite radio came out and rocked new music as well. Power to the people!

And of course, video kills the radio star in 2.0. Here's a clip of one of my new favorite artists, Amanda Blank, as she rocks NYC with rising stars Spankrock. And of course, both are Philly artists, yo. (NSFW)

Oh God, it's so goooooood. Sit back in your chair, tip your head back and play Black Mirror, the first single off of the Arcade Fire's new album.

I want to be buried with this album.

Yay to my friend Maura and public radio; two great tastes that taste great together.(That's her at the bottom, being interviewed for the Superbowl/Prince segment)

And this guy has been in the room with way too many dead people in the last 10 months to not be a person of interest.

Here's a great site that someone at work just shared with me and now I'll share with you: vidmeter. Vidmeter aggregates views and rankings of the most popular videos on the top video sharing sites and showcases the most popular videos online in one place. Smart idea and a great place for marketers to get a feel for what's striking a cord virally among internet video users.