I love this site: 3hive features new [absolutely free and legal] mp3 indie and alternative music files every day, to listen via stream or download. This summer, some of my favorite tracks are by RF (cool, lazy electrobeats), Oranger (late-60's-meets-oughties-pop), !!! and Anna Oxygen (both reinvent early 80's New Wave without resorting to nostalgia, sounding like a fresh amalgam of the Clash, Duran Duran and Martha and the Muffins) Heavy rotation: Say Hi To Your Mom's "Super," a scathing college-days slap at the banality of the 'popular' kids' life-trajectory, the sameness that befalls the jock, the cheerleader and Prom King and Queen...

You're super
you really are
just like your teeball trophy says, you've come so far

it's just a matter
of a little time
before you've got the dog, the tots, the pretty wife
the postman waves
the cashier smiles
the boss is glad you please the clients
you take a bow
the crowds all cheer
it took a lot of super stuff
to get you here

You're super
you really are
you'll talk the meter maids out of the parking fines

you'll read the paper
you'll sip your mug
while little Bob and Janey stay between the lines
the postman waves
the cashier smiles
the boss is glad you meet deadlines
you take a bow
the crowds all cheer
it took a lot of super stuff
to get you here

I first heard of the site on Dooce's sidebar [she's got a hilarious story today about poop-n-politics] and 3hive's become a favorite daily stop: highly recommended.

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