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music: recent finds

John Peel has died; this news is all over the intarweb. Having only initially heard of him a couple months ago, I'm not feeling particularly affected by this certainly sad news, but here are legally offered MP3s of some of the music he introduced to the world. (via luscious boingboing)

Wired magazine is releasing a phycical CD under a Creative Commons license in their upcoming dead-tree issue:
These musicians are saying that true creativity needs to be open, fluid, and alive. When it comes to copyright, they are pro-choice. Here are 16 songs that encourage people to play with their tunes, not just play them.
These tracks may also be obtained through a legal torrent offered through, oddly enough, Legal Torrents.

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