Ah, but the binding is “(Atheist) (Blogroll)”, not “(Atheist Blog)(roll)”. The blogs are not all atheism-themed, they are just blogs by atheists who want to be on the blogroll. I’m on it, for instance, and only a (strident) minority of my posts are on atheism.

The Atheist Blogroll isn’t a bad idea, either, although I wonder how many atheism-themed blogs I would want or need to read (I already follow one).

Dunno. But I listen to last.fm “stations” by which you give a band, composer, lists thereof, genres, periods, &c, and they give you stuff they think you will like. Very reliable, and it learns from you as rate songs (three bins only).

I use Akisment and haven’t noticed any issues of legit comments not getting through

Same here. I think the kerfuffle was blown somewhat out of proportion.

So, failing that, how would I find good blogs at all?

Atheist Blogroll?

@Kirsten: I’ve tried chasing links, and I’ve never stuck to any blogs that I’ve found that way. But maybe it’s something I should do more often. I’ve also never thought about newspaper bloggers in that way. I tend to be suspicious of anybody who makes money from what they’re doing, but I guess it’s worth a shot. As for Radio Paradise and Tan Tan Noodles, I’ll have to give both of those a serious look. Thanks!

It’s probably not an option for you, but I listen to online radio stations through iTunes. Another option is Radio Paradise. They are a single online station, but they play a little bit of everything. Seriously. From Palchelbel to Pink Floyd to Porky Pig.

Spam – I use Akisment and haven’t noticed any issues of legit comments not getting through, and I also use TanTan Noodles spam blocker. Both were set up by my host, and while TTN allows more customization since it’s at the blog level rather than covering the entire blogosphere, I’ve blocked myself out of comments with it.