{"id":8036,"date":"2005-06-14T11:57:27","date_gmt":"2005-06-14T18:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/06\/14\/music-hark-5.html"},"modified":"2014-06-13T17:30:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T23:30:32","slug":"music_hark_5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/06\/14\/music_hark_5.html","title":{"rendered":"Music, hark!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey, I got tagged for a meme. Well, normally, no biggie, except that this one is about music, and my musical tastes run from, well, “lame” to “eclectic” (and back). But, hey, what the hell. Thanks loads, Les<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Total volume of music on my computer:<\/strong>
\nI’ve ripped all of our music CDs (in fact, that’s pretty much the only source of my music — downloading tunes, legit or not, isn’t my cuppa). According to iTunes for Windows (my MP3 player of choice, for various reasons), I have 9,069 tracks, which would play continuously for 19.5 days, taking up some 21.14Gb.<\/p>\n

Which, as you might recall, was one of the problems I ran into when my hard drive crapped out and I had to backup and restore onto a smaller drive temporarily.<\/p>\n

NB: It appears that I’ve managed to pick up a bunch of duplicate entries in iTunes. It’s by no means doubled, but that number above is inflated.<\/small><\/p>\n

The last CD I bought:<\/strong>
\nIf we’re talking CD per se, it would be Adams Vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800<\/a><\/em>. But that’s a book-on-disc. The most recent music CD was … hmmmm … a cheapo collection of bluegrass-style Christmas tunes from one of those annoying “press the button to hear a music sample” kiosks at the mall. Before that, it was … hmmmm … the soundtrack to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade<\/a><\/em> sometime last year.<\/p>\n

Song playing right now:<\/strong>
\n“Not Given Lightly<\/a>” (Frente!, Labour of Love<\/a><\/em>)<\/p>\n

Five songs I listen to a lot, or that mean a lot to me:<\/strong>
\nHmmmm. That’s tough. Let’s try; these (and, often, their accompanying album) have gotten pretty heavy rotation at various times:<\/p>\n