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While I was quite a consumer of online downloads and Napster in its first incarnation, since college I have endeavored to pay for (most of) the music that I listen to. Just about my favorite thing in the worlds these days is Rhapsody which for $9.95 a month, less than the cost of a single CD, gives me access to a huge library of thousands of albums all instantly streamable. Seeing how I sit at a computer for a minimum of 40 hours a week with a super fast internet connection, streaming unlimited music is a great solution. Sometimes you just gotta bust up the RIAA and get your music the old fashioned illegal way though.

I know plenty of people don’t like her, but I’ve always really enjoyed Fiona Apple‘s music. I used to have a fantastic tape (remember audio cassettes?) with Nil Lara’s eponymous album on one side – which is an album you MUST listen to – and Tidal on the other side. When The Pawn…, despite it’s somewhat absurd 90 word title, really did it for me as well. Now Sony is holding on to the masters of Apple’s latest album because it is not believed to be commercially viable. You’d think the labels would have learned their lesson about these kind of things in the Internet Age, but of course the album leaked out. A little googling turns up a torrent link to a CD rip of the record. Get it while it’s hot.

If you’re planning on being Supreme Court Chief Justice one day and hesitate to download music of questionable legality, VH1.com has the entire new Ben Folds album available to stream.

UPDATE: The streaming VH1 link from directly above doesn’t seem to work in Firefox. Give it a try in Internet Explorer (blech).

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