Have you seen the new commercial for the Sansa Rhapsody with Eric Clapton? Rhapsody has it posted online here. It shows Eric Clapton in a studio, surrounded by guitars talking about the importance of listening to music. I wish he had talked more about how he continues to listen to new music for inspiration and ideas. Some of the research I’ve read regarding music and the mind indicates that are brains are much more open to new and different sounds when we’re young, but start to freeze as we get older. Because of this, we tend to only like music, sounds, patterns that are established when we were young. Makes a ton of sense and supports the “those damn kids and their music!” stereo type. I think by listening to new, different music through out our lives, we can continue to keep our brain paths open and fresh. Rhapsody can help this by letting you listen to new, different music from whomever for zero financial risk. By paying a flat monthly fee for all you can eat music, there is no incremental cost of a song or CD to hear the latest from the Killers or Snoop Dog. My 2 cents worth of science.