Songza is a web-based service that lets you listen to a lot of music without paying for it. Sounds like a big pile of awesome to me. You can't download it, but you can make playlists and listen to them through Songza's Flash-based player. Yeah, a little shitty, but I'll let that slide.

Is It Legal?

Who gives a shit? I don't see no po-lice around. Free beatz, dude!

There is a little bit of ass-hattery going on behind the scenes, though. The site was started by a guy who is only noteworthy by virtue of being the son of Jef Raskin, the human-computer interaction guy who started the Macintosh project at Apple.

Now, the authors of Songza are the type of people who beat off furiously to user interfaces. UI is cute and all, but if the product doesn't deliver, then what you've got left is Web 2.0. I'll admit it, when it comes to user interface, any attempt I make will be at least a magnitude 6.2 fail. I couldn't give less of a shit about Songza's UI, but it plays music for free. For this, I declare win.

Comcast Is Fucking With My BitTorrent

I don't know about you, but I've never been a fan of paying for stuff. I am not sure why, but ever since Napster got shut down back in the day, it has been harder and harder to get music for free. It must have something to do with the Patriot Act and civil liberties. I mean really, it is our God-given right as humans to listen to music without paying for it, and I salute Songza for making it possible.