FEATURED FEATURES, DECEMBER 4TH

"San Francisco-based musician Jason Vance created robots to accompany him after struggling to find musicians who weren’t addicted to drugs, consumed with egos, or otherwise damaged." SF Station interviews him here.

A 14-year-old boy in Canada started his own pirate radio station using equipment he ordered off the Internet. He vows to play any request and allow anyone to talk on-air. Industry Canada has ordered him to stop broadcasting until he is approved, but he refuses to shut it off. Read about it on CBC News here.

Flavorwire posts a 42-year-old letter David Bowie wrote in response to his "first American fan letter," from a girl named Sandra: "When I called in this, my manager’s office, a few moments ago I was handed my very first American fan letter – and it was from you. I was so pleased that I had to sit down and type an immediate reply, even though Ken is shouting at me to get on with a script he badly needs." Read the full letter here. 

Said the Gramophone picks their 75 favorite songs of 2009 - and it features Wild Beasts, Dirty Projectors & Animal Collective tunes! See the list here.

The Vatican picks a list of songs from artists who "aim to reach the heart of good minded people," and picks Tupac and Fleet Foxes from music's modern cannon. Read about it on CNN here.