Tunes From Da 'Hood:

Neighborhoodies, which you've seen if you live in any city with a college campus, new offers a free .mp3 every weekday. I'm cynical about such things since a) Neighborhoodies are way cooler than I and b) I have Pandora, the musicial equivalent of a 24-hour shoulder massage.

Well shut my mouth. I've downloaded a half-dozen tracks and have been thrown back in tuneful ecstacy each time. Just this morning, I downloaded "Your Little Hoodrat Friend" by The Hold Steady, a band I've been "whelmed" with so far.

Listen for yourself. It friggin rocks.