Do you bug out when you're stuck someplace with no tunes? How many minutes of complete silence do you get per day? How many music playback devices do you own?

• Did you answer: "turn it up so I can hear it in the bathroom," "zero," and "do obsolete formats count?"  Well... you're not alone.

If you drool at the prospect of hearing that new track by that weird band that nobody else knows about yet... If you honestly believe that your last failed date could have been saved by a different song... If you go to clubs where the people and beer are lame, but the beats are cool...

...then your brain runs on music, so you should check out this stuff...

Tens of thousands of streaming radio stations are pumping out shows of every kind, but most are kinda weak. The gems are tough to find, so you need a guide to the good stuff. Enter: TastyCast, stage left.

Getting better audio quality out of (and into) your computer is pretty easy. A few minutes and/or a few bucks will improve your audio quality immensely! This page has the scoop on quick and easy ways to completely overhaul the sound of your music. Check out the long list of 180+ USB/FireWire interfaces and 20 USB/FireWire PCI cards.

A DIY introduction to resources that help you listen and learn about the latest genres of music. All have audio to complement the text, for useful context. In the end, it's up to your ears, so open them up and don't let anyone tell you what to like.

MP3 streaming is a much better way to listen to music than either Real Audio or Windows Media Player, and there are thousands of stations to choose from.

Any style, any place, any time for DJ gigs or music supervision. Check out the playlists...

Over 500 of the best sites, personally picked and checked: Hundreds of choice webcasts, links to MP3s, CDs, artist and band pages, audio streaming software, new music delivery + player technologies, online CD + record stores, radio (FM), and SF Bay Area club listings.

So, you say there's no good music on the radio? Maybe, unless you know how to avoid commercial radio crap... Most of these Bay Area stations are also streaming on the net.

...and more info about the band, the CD, the town of Drakesville and the underground cave beneath it...

Check out the many rave reviews of Ray's Vast Basement's "On The Banks Of The Time" at the RVB site. Also check "Listen Up!", which has reviews of two Silent Way projects by Ray's Vast Basement and 008.

These are cool for fans who want to hear bands and DJs live in the clubs or locally-bred music on the radio. The scene is back!

This is a map to ground zero of the new Internet music world. Over sixty net-music companies in San Francisco's Audio Alley and in the Bay Area, with direct links to their "jobs available" pages, the lowdown on what they do and who owns them.

If I woke up tomorrow to a bottomless bank account, I would open a public Free Library of Music, where people could listen to and borrow any piece of recorded music ever created. Here's my daydream...