All around the world

Thanks for suggestions on music. So far I've found electronic to be a decent compromise.

But my current plan, that I'm nerdy excited about, is to get music from different cultures and feature a place and style each week.

The trick is that my collection of world music is pretty minimal and my budget for this isn't happening.

So places that I've found that I'm excited about.

Greenstar Music-- I used to have all of their samplers downloaded, but then my harddrive died. This was a good chance to get them again. (Sidebar. I found out about Greenstar because they advertise on PovertyFighters.

Global Rhythms-- 10 free downloads a week. In a variety of musical genres. But the music isn't offensive (and usually not just because I can't understand it). I found it through Afropop Worldwide. Warning, you have to register and this site is not very user friendly. The downloads are there. Read the FAQs to get directions. For a CD a week, it's worth it. And I'll find a way to budget some to support they system.

The students' reaction so far is mostly along the lines of, "You're crazy." "Why are you so old? Even the old teachers at the school let us listen to hip hop." I get some sort of perverse pleasure from this. I just don't think they have a clue of how all-around nerdy I am.