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Sep. 10th, 2019 01:08 pmI'm chugging away at ripping CDs to FLAC with the drive that my dad bought for me. I think I have about 40 done? I let the process run while doing other stuff, but it only takes five minutes or so per disc so I have to tend it frequently. On the plus side that kept me working yesterday evening. I was feeling so tired and kept lying on the couch next to Danae and the dog. But then the 'I'm done' beep would happen and I'd get up to put in the next disc and then do other stuff since I was up.
I played some of my copied music in the background too. My little Bluetooth speaker is a pale imitation of my hi-fi, but it does the job. Last night it was Nick Drake, the Cranberries, Blind Melon, and REM. It's funny; I'm not the biggest fan of REM. I like some of their stuff enough to grab albums I don't have when I see them for a dollar at a Goodwill. So I now have, like, 10 albums; 11 including their B-sides/rarities type release, Dead Letter Office. That's more than any other artist. Maybe it's just because they've put out so many albums?
I took a load of stuff to Goodwill yesterday afternoon. Because I was there, I had to go in and look at stuff. Because I was inside looking at stuff, I found, and had to buy, They Might Be Giants' "Severe Tire Damage," Moby's "18," and, yes, REM's "New Adventures in Hi-fi." That was the 11th disc, and the last of their first ten studio albums I didn't own. It's also the last one with their original drummer, coincidentally.
"Severe Tire Damage" is mostly songs from TMBGs existing repertoire in alternative live versions and I really like it. It ends with a series of 'secret' unlisted tracks, apparently one named for each movie in the "Planet of the Apes" series. They are...strange. But so is the band. It's cool. And now that I count them (in my head; I'm at work) I see that I actually have 11 TMBG discs as well, tying them with REM. 12 if you include John Linnell's solo album "State Songs." That's appropriate, since "Apollo 18" was the first music I ever bought for myself and they were sort of my gateway into music outside of classical. I love their stuff.
I played some of my copied music in the background too. My little Bluetooth speaker is a pale imitation of my hi-fi, but it does the job. Last night it was Nick Drake, the Cranberries, Blind Melon, and REM. It's funny; I'm not the biggest fan of REM. I like some of their stuff enough to grab albums I don't have when I see them for a dollar at a Goodwill. So I now have, like, 10 albums; 11 including their B-sides/rarities type release, Dead Letter Office. That's more than any other artist. Maybe it's just because they've put out so many albums?
I took a load of stuff to Goodwill yesterday afternoon. Because I was there, I had to go in and look at stuff. Because I was inside looking at stuff, I found, and had to buy, They Might Be Giants' "Severe Tire Damage," Moby's "18," and, yes, REM's "New Adventures in Hi-fi." That was the 11th disc, and the last of their first ten studio albums I didn't own. It's also the last one with their original drummer, coincidentally.
"Severe Tire Damage" is mostly songs from TMBGs existing repertoire in alternative live versions and I really like it. It ends with a series of 'secret' unlisted tracks, apparently one named for each movie in the "Planet of the Apes" series. They are...strange. But so is the band. It's cool. And now that I count them (in my head; I'm at work) I see that I actually have 11 TMBG discs as well, tying them with REM. 12 if you include John Linnell's solo album "State Songs." That's appropriate, since "Apollo 18" was the first music I ever bought for myself and they were sort of my gateway into music outside of classical. I love their stuff.
