two more sources of time wastage: art of the mix: upload mix tracklistings (CD or cassette or playlists) and trade w/ others. audioscrobbler: download a plug-in to winamp and some other mp3 players to keep statistics on who you listen to the most. also a good source of "if you like artist A you might like artist B" recommendations. also has loads of useless statistics, like "Top 10 Rising Songs", "Top 10 Falling Songs", "Highest New Artist Entries", and "Highest Artist Non-Movers". yeah! lists! some interesting numbers: Top Tracks: #1 Modest Mouse - Float On #3 The Postal Service - Such Great Heights #7 The Darkness - I Believe In A Thing Called Love #9 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit people are still listening to smells like teen spirit??? geez. the song is just not -that- good. re: the darkness, andy showed me the video for that song and it was great, but in a very kitschy sort of way. it baffles me how some apparently random people hit pop culture from nowhere. i mean, someone told me she heard the darkness's single playing at a super target in indiana. baffling.