Maestro...?

I'm looking to expand my musical horizons. I consider many of the regular readers of this blog to have excellent taste in music, so I'd like to ask for suggestions. What new (or old) albums should I pick up?

Where do you get your news?

Where do you go to get your news? And when you do go out for news, what kind of news do you usually read? Or have you given up on the whole formal news thing, and stick to first-hand blogging and such? Or do you just not like news at all?

I'm personally a big fan of BBC World. I usually scan the headlines, and then check out each region individually. Toronto Star is also pretty good, and usually carriest most national level stories. Reuters is excellent, but a little bit heavier than most news services. I mainly hang out in the international section, but will spend my fair share of time in Oddly Enough as well. If I want to see a particular region in greater depth, then I check out the UN's ReliefWeb, which has a lot of information on the developing world.

That's pretty much the circuit. Okay, your turn.