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Faraway, So Close

I am getting close with this CD-ripping project. I have ripped around 530 CDs (12 out of 13 shelves) and I have about 50 to go. I am determined to finish the job tonight. Tomorrow I leave for the southland and I'm not taking any CDs with me. (I will, however, take my external hard drive with the MP3s along so I can play with the statistics. DORK.)

Here's some teaser data: By sheer numbers, Low is our favorite musical act, with 387 tracks. Even if I don't count all the random live shows, there are still 200-something official tracks. Low is followed by Stereloab (195) and R.E.M. (180). Cocteau Twins, The Church and Dead Can Dance are in the top ten, which tells you what industrious music collectors we were in high school and college. The library is over 100gb at this point.

And that's just the CDs. There are several hundred more items on vinyl. I will probably select a few of those and painstakingly record the tracks we don't have and can't get on CD.

Unless I find a job or something else better to do with my time.

May 5, 2007 8:02 PM