Impulse Buying in the 21st Century

So I was listening to a Podcast from NPR's "All Songs Considered" (for those of you doubting my yuppie-cred, QED) this evening and I hear host Bob Boilen say, "Our next artist is a Canadian rapper by way of Somalia..."  I reacted as you'd expect - "Of course NPR is playing Somali-Canadian rapper, it's just too damn quirky to leave alone."  But then the guy was GOOD.

You might not believe me, so here's K'naan's music video for Dreamer:

How can you not get behind someone with lyrics as creative as "We're from the only place worse than Kandahar; yeah that's kinda hard" in the midst of a song about how there's nothing wrong with having a good time.  So I've decided to put my money where my mouth is and make that impulse purchase.  I've just downloaded K'naan's second album Troubadour.  It's only $8 on iTunes and it's definitely something different to listen to.

Overall, I have to say that I'm surprised by how much I enjoy All Songs Considered.  It's not all necessarily stuff I'd pick out to listen to a lot, but for the variety of styles Bob Boilen chooses, I like an awful lot of it.  I guess having good taste in music is his job after all.