This week, NPR’s All Songs Considered music podcast turns ten years old. It’s one of the most widely heard music discovery podcasts out there. If you’re not listening to it, you probably should be.

Founder and main man at All Songs is Bob Boilen, and he spent a little time looking back at the history of the show and its meager beginnings:

I also remember one of the first emails I received. It was from a farmer in Vermont. He told me that his cows were overdue for milking, because he turned on All Songs Considered at 5 in the morning and watched the hour-long slide show, twice. That man was my hero.

And if you haven’t picked up a copy of Ghettoblaster Issue 23, you need to do that too. We have a great interview with Boilen in there. He shared with us about his history on the east coast music scene and what it’s like to get to pick new music for countless thousands of people every week.

Updated with every new issue, Ghettoblaster is proud to present a series of free mixtapes offering the best in new music. All you need is a CD-R and a case.

Check out issue 23′s mixtape over on the mixtape page for free music from Lou Barlow, Helado Negro, The Black Heart Procession, Brother Ali and many more!

My goodness, he's blasted off!

If Robert Pollard can do it, so can you! Issue 23 features all the stuff you see on this image of the cover, along with stuff you can’t read ’cause the resolution’s too low!

Now reaching 20% more of y’all – additional magazines headed out to Borders, Barnes and Noble, a number of other chains, as well as both of America’s remaining independent record stores (go out and support them).

You can read more about it on the In Print page.