When I worked at a hardware store in high school we would close down for three days every summer to take inventory. It was a horrible task that obviously required a lot of time. Now I wish I could do the same. Close everything down at finish my CD inventory project.
It's been an arduous task over the last couple of months. I haven't been able to devote as much time as I'd like to it and the hours that I have allocated have been slow at best. Take a look at where I stand now. I'm only halfway through "J" along with a few stragglers that I've done as I've played them. I've inventoried just over 600 CDs which means that I'm only about a third of the way done. Insane.
I want to have a little contest with my collection (something about filling in the gaps) but can't until I can present the whole project to you wacky kids. Maybe by the end of the year? Or maybe not...
Posted by mikewolf at November 23, 2003 09:57 PMYou had me right up to Hall and Oates. I mean come on, Hall and Oates??? I know we are products of the eighties, but there is so much better than, "Maneater."
Posted by: Brad on November 24, 2003 12:14 PM1. It was a gift.
2. When they were on (and they often were) those boys could write some blue-eyed soul that had grooves a mile deep. I'll grant you that "Maneater" and "Family Man" are disasters.
3. I own almost 2,000 CDs. C'mon. There's more than a couple clunkers in my collection.
Posted by: mrw on November 24, 2003 12:19 PMMike, the simplest solution is to send me M-Z.
Besides Hall and Oates, which is your most embarrassing disk?
Posted by: Vernam on November 25, 2003 01:28 AMNo Beatles before Rubber Soul?
And you need more Peter Gabriel.
Posted by: Frankenstein on November 25, 2003 11:36 AMI was a big Beatles fan when I was young so I have every album on vinyl (including my parents' copy of "Meet The..." which is literally falling apart) and haven't bothered to pick up most on CD because I simply know that they're going to be cleaned up and re-released any day now. That said, I swear I have a copy of "Abbey Road."
I have the melty face Gabriel, the car Gabriel and "So" on vinyl. To be honest, though, I don't find myself gravitating to his albums. I like them, but I don't often pull them out.
Posted by: mrw on November 25, 2003 11:52 AMThe most embarrassing? Hmm... I'll throw out the Hanson Christmas record and the two Fisher records because they were gifts. I'll reject the Huey Lewis record because it was from a CD club and I couldn't return it.
I'm pretty embarassed that I own any Barenaked Ladies records after "Gordon." At the end of the day, however, it has to be this. I can't even begin to describe why I bought it let alone why I paid over $50 for it...
Posted by: mrw on November 25, 2003 12:04 PMThat shortwave stuff is pretty cool, actually. Much of that stuff is actually transmissions from various spy centers to agents in the field. Very cloak-and-dagger, John le Carre stuff.
You should try to get the new remastered version of "PG Plays Live", at the very least.
Posted by: Frankenstein on November 25, 2003 12:52 PMI completely concure that it's fascinating. That's why I bought it. However, methinks six hours of the stuff is complete overkill.
Posted by: mrw on November 25, 2003 01:47 PMUnless, of course, you are a spy.
Admit it, Wolfboy.
Posted by: Frankenstein on November 25, 2003 02:52 PM