I Can't "Borrow" Anymore.

So apparently Comcast dictates what I can and cannot view on the internet. I suppose this is a double-edged sword - that means no inappropriate websites can be viewed by our male tenants downstairs and Comcast serves as a filter for accidental sites we wouldn't want to visit... However, it's really putting a wrench in my music life.

I love music. I mean REALLY love it. When I am cooking, cleaning, doing homework... anything - music has to be involved. But it has to live up to my unrealistic standards. My taste shifts from time to time, mostly due to a few people with good music taste who share their researched and digested music with me - and it saves me time that I simply don't have. However, those three people can't always come through with amazing recommendations, and that's where my lovely Pandora comes into play. However, Pandora comes up with some amazing songs and artists I've never enjoyed before, and that makes me want to look further into the artist and listen to their albums.

This presents a problem.

I am not willing to drop $15.00 on an album until I am sure I will love it and listen to it often. So, enter my "resourceful" internet skills. Years ago, I downloaded an application that allows me to download torrent files - basically I google the artist name and put the word "Torrent" after it, and I can download the entire album for free to enjoy and listen to. Now before you judge me for stealing music, here is my defense. If I like the album, I make a beeline to FYE or Slowtrain, when I am in the Salt Lake area (I prefer to buy local first to support our local businesses), and buy the album. However, more often than not, the artist I've fell in love with only has one track worth listening to...therefore making it an obsolete candidate for purchasing. Then the album is deleted off my hard drive, and that's that.

However, apparently Comcast's dictatorship has stuck its nose into my music expedition, and has BLOCKED my torrent searches!

Looks like I will have to find a new way to be resourceful. Any suggestions besides Grooveshark?