Mac Music Downloading? Options

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What is the best recommended place to download music for mac? itunes is just too expensive even though it will be so convienent I just can't pay it. Is there anything better than Limewire? Is there anything that has a flat monthly rate or anything? This is so annoying.

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OK...this has gone way off topic...though it has been fun.
A few final words on this post.
I'm just a cpu-jockey like everyone else here. I' m proud of what I've accomplished and when I think about it I almost don't believe it myself. The truth is in the end 99% of the time people don't know me from Adam.

Mac Daddy, I just saw The Dolls recently. They still rock hard and brought me right back. They still have an animal energy to their show. I had that same feeling like I didn't know what could happen next. That feeling of being on the edge.

My wife also only ever sees the unwashed side of me. (She's a saint). I now am working with my newest buddy who is 4 months old. He is my muse and my foil. Anyway, my plate is full yet I still always feel less than the Jones'. I'm trying to plow through an endless "to do" list that just keeps getting longer so, when my wife asks why I'm making posts on discussion forums I know what she's getting at. Hopefully, I'll be in Hamburg or at least some part of Germany with the band sometime again...I'll try to look you up when I am.

I have been drawn in a few times by the illegal download discussion. It is complicated but, I'm motivated by the fact that I am a professional who is just scraping by while watching entire industries being created with the use of uncompensated content. As I've looked at it more I've tried to break it down, in my mind, to the most basic components. Ownership/property, commerce, law. Those are pretty much the players as I see it. We need more intelligent discussion of this topic with more voices on the professional composers side. The web is filled with lopsided lame arguments/discussions for why "music should be free".
Many artists, myself included, are worried about being ostracized by the public like Lars Ulrich was for being anti-piracy. I've heard of "give the people what they want" but this is more like: "give the people what they want or else!..." The argument usually ends with what can roughly be translated to "well you can't stop me from downloading files for free" Which only illustrates the intent and acknowledgment of stealing.

hahaworld,
I am not anti-American just because I say America sucks...It might be hard to understand but, this is my country, this what I am from. Everything about me (and the half of the country that thinks we have been going in the wrong direction) is American. We are entitled to think things could be better and to criticize and not be called unpatriotic or anti-American. In fact that's what America is founded on "Freedom of speech" So, you are free to say what you will but, you are wrong to call it "anti-American".
You are right that it doesn't belong on this forum so, I apologize for that.