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"The general public educating themselves about health care issues relevant to their lives and situations = good. The general public being expected to be able to diagnose, treat, or understand medicine in a way even remotely comparable to a professional = bad for the economy, public health, and disease treatment and prevention." - ben

"He and music legend [Emmylou Harris](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...) were performing a single-acoustic-guitar duet song dedicated to a mutual friend who had just died. A drunk person (very cleverly) yelled "Summer of '69!!! WOO!" during their harmonizing. Ryan Adams jumped off stage, punched the guy in the face, and refunded him the ticket cost from cash in his pocket. Yeah, what a *princess*." - ben

"The Wii browser only supports up to Flash 7, so Grooveshark/Flex isn't going to work until they update it. Sucks! Oh yeah, I also work at Grooveshark." - ben

"Fluid is awesome, and I definitely use the Grooveshark/Fluid combo. I work for Grooveshark, and I just wanted to point you in the direction some nice icons some of our users have made specifically for docks in OS X. [Icon 1](http://patdryburgh.net/blog...) [Icon 2](http://www.flickr.com/photos...) Enjoy!" - ben

"Or repair criminally neglected civic levies?" - ben

"Interesting blog post from Rubicon about the ad itself: http://rubiconproject.com/blog... ATTACK OF THE BELLY" - ben

"works decently, but could use cleaned up search results and the interface was a bit choppy. may just be due to recently launching, but i tried it in Firefox and Safari on OS X. i've been using http://grooveshark.com for a while. has a strong catalog, nice iPod-y interface. any others?" - ben

"And, unfortunately, when reality sets in. Collusion becomes much easier without any form of regulation, and while the current system is (obviously) imperfect, removing *all* barriers/punishments for this kind of behavior is even worse. Sorry, universal free-marketeers." - ben

"Hey, I'm all in for some free stuff!" - ben

"Have we forgotten [Hanlon's Razor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...)?" - ben

We're thinking about ways to get information out of Grooveshark right now. Most likely it'll be tied into our release of the APIs in the near future, and I definitely agree that some exportable features would be great (RSS?). Right now, unfortunately, we don't have this, but we're definitely thinking about it. - ben

has the future occurred yet? - JSNFLMNG

"It's nice to see steps in the right direction (as Fred mentioned, a free, comprehensive on-demand streaming service), especially from big players. I agree with you, however, that it's more than concept: it's execution. The MySpace Music homepage is atrocious (since MySpace is known for their great UI), the exclusion of indie labels and artists is disappointing, and I'd much prefer it if they focused on just letting me find whatever music I want to listen to and share rather than trying to portal me through advertisements/sponsored content. Eh. Sites like HypeM, Last.fm, and Grooveshark (full disclosure: I work there) all offer fully-fledged content that isn't hindered by interests of major labels, music-oriented UI, and much easier ways to find music you want and playlist/share/discover. Again, a step in the right direction, but so far the wrong product for the right problem. -Ben" - ben

"people are taking note: there's hope for the music industry after all." - ben

"Hey Dan, First, thanks so much for thinking so much of us that you'd enjoy Grooveshark in other environments (like mobile). Your kind words mean so much, and we're insanely flattered--and welcome to Groovesharkers Anonymous. :) As for the iPhone, well, I'd be lying to you if I said we Sharks are anything but huge fans. Aside from having more than a few iPhones in the office, it's genuinely just cool that Apple has rallied so much interest in mobile app development. Point being: a Grooveshark iPhone app is something we'd definitely all love. Right now (even more than usual), our internal resources (see: development man-hours) are stretched insanely thinly trying to get some big updates and releases out there for you guys. Currently, there are a couple of key things here that will determine the time-frame for a Grooveshark iPhone app: 1) The Grooveshark API. We're rolling out a few APIs for any interested developers to have at their disposal, the coolest of which is the streaming API...." - ben

"i wish i could make this my mantra" - ben

"i think "Freak Fraud" will be the debut album title of our generation's James Brown" - ben

Song for the first day of my favorite summer month. - ben

How did I not know about this band? - ben

"You've successfully dwarfed any hope of a rebuttal." - ben

"You've successfully dwarfed any hope of a rebuttal." - ben

"You've successfully dwarfed any hope of a rebuttal." - ben

"You've successfully dwarfed any hope of a rebuttal." - ben

"For anyone interested (as we're all fans), you can listen to the entirety of [You're All Diseased](http://listen.grooveshark.com/song...). [Napalm and Silly Putty](http://listen.grooveshark.com/song...) My favorites..." - ben

"For anyone interested (as we're all fans), you can listen to the entirety of [You're All Diseased](http://listen.grooveshark.com/song...). [Napalm and Silly Putty](http://listen.grooveshark.com/song...) My favorites..." - ben

"For anyone interested (as we're all fans), you can listen to the entirety of [You're All Diseased](http://listen.grooveshark.com/song...). [Napalm and Silly Putty](http://listen.grooveshark.com/song...) My favorites..." - ben

"For anyone interested (as we're all fans), you can listen to the entirety of [You're All Diseased](http://listen.grooveshark.com/song...). [Napalm and Silly Putty](http://listen.grooveshark.com/song...) My favorites..." - ben

"And (some) reddit commenters will say anything to save their own." - ben

"And (some) reddit commenters will say anything to save their own." - ben

"And (some) reddit commenters will say anything to save their own." - ben

"And (some) reddit commenters will say anything to save their own." - ben