music ramblings

I was just reading an article on Iggy Pop in my Rolling Stone magazine (which I don't subscribe to and definately wouldn't pay for but for some reason receive every month) and thinking that a few of my friends and I should start a music blog/ezine thingy with good music news, and reviews of little-heard bands, and cover all of the vast styles of music we all love, and base it all on the goodness of the music, not the goodness of the marketing.

Between STB, Charlotte, and myself alone we would pretty much cover every possible genre except true country and death metal (and we'd probably still delve into those a little anyway). Utilizing friends in different parts of the country we would get a lot of local and regional coverage. I even know some people from different parts of the world who could share info on world music. You could be a guest writer. We could post conflicting opinions, promote the good stuff, turn people onto new music....

This crazy idea is also inspired by my new love - a 30gig ipod. I have a 1st generation shuffle, which has brought me much joy considering it is an inanimate object. I'm just beginning to tap into the full power of my shiny new ipod. (If you hate ipods, and prefer your digital audio player of choice - that's totally cool with me. The point is that little mp3 players = awesomeness.)

I just might coax some friends into this little project...