Give me an inch and I will take a mile

I have been troubling a coworker (not the same one I am going to bother about the LEED exam in the previous blog post) for new music to listen to. It started out as something sort of funny. Every band he ever spoke of listening to I had never heard of. It isn't that I couldn't place a song of theirs...I had never heard of the band name. I felt very old and unhip...well, I have never felt very hip. So anyway he let me listen to a couple of CDs and now I badger him occasionally for other bands to try. I have found some that I like so much I have added them to my "favorites" play list on my Ipod.

I started feeling a little bad about it for two reasons. One, I am now asking for new bands instead of him offering...crossing the line to pushy. Two, I am listening to them on my Ipod which means I have copied them and I need to purchase the ones I like and am listening to so that I am not one of THOSE people. I have been trained over the years on this point.

I will share some of the band/artist's names that I have recently heard and really liked but you can't make fun of me for not knowing about them before if they are common to you. Remember, I live my life in a little hobbit hole and don't venture out much. There are others that I like too but I need to listen to them more before making final judgement.
Morphine
Hothouse Flowers
David Garza
The Beautiful South