I'm going to be out of the office all-day today, in meetings, so no posts until tomorrow. Hope your weekends were fun and full of great music!

Welcome, dear blog reader, to another edition of New Music Friday (which is generally my most widely read post). You know how this works: clickthrough to the links and download the free music. Sync to your Zune, and off you go. First up this week, Dodge has two tracks from Aesop rock , as well as tour dates. Speaking of tour dates - are any readers in Seattle planning on going to the Cap Hill Block party? Drop a comment/email me - I'll be there. There's a Roz Bell dance remix over at Arjan Writes...

Hello, New York City. Check this information about the next and last of our summer BBQ series: New York City 8.04.07 3pm - 10pm Featuring: Brand Nubian, Cham, Large Professor, Clipse, MIMS, Joell Ortiz and many more special guests. Brand Nubian are one of my favorite artists of all time, so I'm really excited to go. If you're interested in going - sign up . I think this one will hit capacity sooner than the one in Chicago, so don't delay. I'll be there: we should try to have a community meetup! Drop...

Check out Zune Marketplace this week to get "Ludlow Street" by Suzanne Vega. You might remember her breakout song "Luka," dating back to '87. You know: "My name is Luka. I live on the second floor. . . " yes, that song. On a semi-related note, back in college , I had a friend named Allison, and she told everyone her name was Luka, after finding out she was moving to the second floor of our dorm. Anyways, the free song is good. You should download it.