Today qualifies as a bad one for two reasons:
1) I just listened to a De La Soul interview from npr's audio archives that took place when they released their newest album (2000). Two of the three members were there. One of them sounded semi-alright, the other was a complete moron. Overall, the interview was extremely painful to listen to. How do I come to terms with the fact that I have been respecting a group of "intelligent rappers" for years who are actually not that bright? They sure had me fooled for, oh, twelve years.
2) My favorite audio cover site has shut down. Zip, zerio, zilch. The tragedy of this situation cannot be expressed in words. I wasn't even given the proper weening period. I have checked numerous other audio cover sites. They are all out of commission.
Is this the beginning of the end of free music? What about those of us that live, breathe, and sleep the stuff?