One of the biggest benefits of listening to music online, versus listening to any of your local radio stations, is the choice of stations available. They cater to any and all genres of music you could think of, from country music all the way to 70s music. There are literally hundreds of radio stations, setup by hobbyists to serious radio personalities. They exist on ad revenue and donations and could go on for years on very small budgets.

And these stations cover not only music, but even run their own talk radio shows. There are a wide variety of stations exclusively for talk radio and provide shows covering almost any topic you could be interested in.  Talk radio is widespread online for another reason, which is cost. Unlike running a music station, no royalties have to be paid out for the show, enabling anyone to run their own show.

The icing on the cake is that if you do have a local or national radio station that you do like, chances are that they will have their own stream that you can listen to. If you have a local country music station that you like, do a search and it is quite possible that you might find an online broadcast.

All you will need is a decent internet connection, ideally broadband for the best quality, though even at lower bandwidth levels; the quality is still very listenable. Most online radio stations are browser based, so you don’t even need to install any specific software. Just load and play.

Article by James Gevork of Starstruck Extreme

Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon has just been released this past week and flocks of people have already watched it and it has already hit the box office status.  The much awaited third movie from the Transformers franchise did not disappoint fans. Megan Fox did not return as Mikaela Banes but Victoria’s Secret model, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley comes in to play Sam Witwicky’s love interest. She plays Carly Spencer, the original character from the cartoon which Mikaela Banes was based on.  The third movie sees Sam Witwicky, played by actor Shia Labeouf, freshly out of college, with a new job and a new girlfriend, as well as another Decepticon plot to rule the universe to tear down. Catch Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon in theatres near you!

 Monte Carlo is another movie whichopened this past weekend. It stars Disney Channel’s star Selena Gomez, Gossip Girls’ Leighton Meester and Katie Cassidy. It is set in Monte Carlo and tells of a story about a girl who assumes an heiress’ identity when she is mistaken for the heiress. This is a definitely fun movie to watch with your tweens.

 Zookeeper is another movie to watch out for. It is set to come out in July 8^th. It stars funny man Kevin James with Rosario Dawson and Leslie Bibb. It’s a story about animals breaking their code of silence and decides to talk to help their Zookeeper find love. Definitely a fun family movie, catch it when it comes out in theatres on July 8, 2011.