Although BowlingJoe is "state of the art" when it comes to bowling equipment, he is typically between 5-7 years behind the times when it comes to acquiring music recording and playback technology. I'll latch on to it eventually, but it just takes time.
In high school, my cutting-edge friends had the best and newest cassette decks in their vehicles while my 1971 Datsun 1200 and the 8-track setup mounted under the dashboard limped into the graveyard together. Compact Disc players were available for several years before I decided it was time to set those big beautiful vinyl albums in the closet for good.
And now that I've amassed a collection of somewhere around 600 CDs I figured it was time to leap full bore into the new century and get an iPod. I didn't exactly have to buy it though and likely wouldn't have. It came to me via a rewards and recognition program at work. And since Apple recently came out with a new 120-gigabyte classic model the timing just seemed right.
I've learned that 120 gigs is enough to hold the content of approximately 3,000 music CDs. I think I'm safe and will have plenty of room left over for pictures, podcasts, and movies should I choose to load that stuff on.
Anyone under 30 can't possibly relate to this, but it seems like nothing short of witchcraft that a device not much bigger than a credit card can potentially contain an amount of music equal to FIVE TIMES my entire collection.
Ah, but now comes the "fun" part: loading them on to the iPod via the free iTunes software I downloaded onto the P.C. Although it's fairly fast, they do take time to load individually. I figure it'll be a major project, taking weeks and weeks of picking away at it.
After around a week of going at it alphabetically, I'm proud so say that I'm a little over halfway through the "D"s at this time, having just loaded the five Dire Straits discs that I own. You can bet that the champagne corks will be popping by the time I get to Frank Zappa and Warren Zevon.
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Only 5 Dire Straits albums?!
Hmmm, alphabetically may not be the way to go. Until you're finished, you'll have lots of ABBA, and no Zappa or Zevon, which doesn't seem right somehow.
Joe, you'll find some Allman Brothers in the "A" section but ABBA is deliberately absent.
I'll admit that I haven't gone strictly by alphabet. The first order of business was to load up all of my Al Stewart material, rarities, bootlegs and all. I have a grand total of 14 different versions of the song "Year of the Cat". Why? Because I need them? No, because I can.
And you might be happy to know that the Mark Knopfler CD you got for me will be scheduled for iPod procurement on February 26th.
Hey, those 8-tracks were great and multifunctional, too! It was a sure sign that a girl liked you if she was willing to sit on top of the 8-track mounted between the bucket seats of the old 65 'Stang, just to be able to stick her tongue in your ear. ...and what great music -- Steppenwolf, Three Dog Night, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Santana, Iron Butterfly, CCR -- you know, the same stuff our kids listen to today when they think we're not around.
Then when the heads got kind of dirty, you could listen to two or three tracks all at the same time, which was pretty cool if you were drunk enough.
cvow, that's way more information than I needed to know. Fortunately for you, I won't reveal your name so your stellar reputation as a professional will remain unblemished.
My earliest memories of 8-tracks are the Neil Diamond and Tony Orlando & Dawn albums that my parents had in around 1972. Hey, we all have to start somewhere.
BowlingJoe
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