broadening one's musical horizons.....

ok, so.......given that the christmas collection download season is over......i am forced to branch out and seek new (and free) musical relief for what ails me in the deep midwinter....happily, salon.com has anticipated my need for new music......and offers daily downloads in it's audiophile section....today i downloaded cat power, a piece called the greatest.......i had assumed that cat power was a band....not a throaty female going solo.......i like her immensely.....and then there is vasen with polska pa overvanigan...they're not from around here, as they say......but i found this tune melodic and something i could listen to at work...gotta do better than my workmate who listens to the same enya cd every day....not that i don't like enya, but everyday is a bit much...........i also downloaded a song from a band called ark from sweden......haven't listened to that yet.....as well as something from a band called i love you but i choose darkness.............i plan to drop by office depot tomorrow to buy my new palm tx......along with a 2-year replacement plan......well worth the bucks as i learned from the ill-fated ipaq........maybe a 1 meg memory card as well.......i was going to wait but i miss listening to music over lunch......and now i have a wider range of songs to listne to while i munhc on my lowfat, lowcalorie fare........