the listenerd

*Rocketsurgeon’s Music 2.0 Directory: The eHub of digital music!
*Ars Technica brings us the insane story of a person who has never owned an iPod. (Oh, and he reviews two anti-Shuffles: Sansa Express and Creatvie Zen Stone.
*Rumor mill: Nintendo working on games for specifically for the iPhone (even though Forbes and New York magazine both think the iPhone sucks!)?
*Rolling Stone on the “The Record Industry’s Decline.” But, hey, everything for a reason!
*Ringtones are a huge seller in South Africa, but artists aren’t getting paid for them. [via] I have sworn never to buy a ringtone, even though my retarded Samsung phone prevents users from using mp3′s as ‘tones.