A few weeks ago I wrote about falling in love with my turntable again. It languished in the basement after a long banishment to the guest bedroom, where it sat unused for months. It was pretty crazy for a guy whose job is all about music. I resurrected it and all was right in the world, […]
I started packing up my remaining CDs last night. I’ve finally realized that no matter how often I tell myself that I’ll rip them to a drive, or that I’ll fall in love with the medium all over again, they will only collect dust in a dark corner of my house. Don’t believe me? Look […]
Didn’t follow through on any of my resolutions last year. Those CDs? Still in boxes or in the rack that dominates a full wall in our walk-in closet. New goal? Get them out of the house by the end of January. DVDs, too. I’m going to go wild with Handbrake and get all the Criterion […]
You know what makes this blog great? It’s always reminding me of my shortcomings. No, not that I post once a month; that I post resolutions every year and never fulfill them. This year I planned on ripping all my CDs to my MacBook. Didn’t happen. It’s tedious, there’s never time, the litany of excuses goes […]
If you want to see a Cliffs Notes version of what I’m ripping and taking to AKA some time in the next month or so, follow the #ripfest hashtag on Twitter. I’m going to be pretty aggressive about what I’m ditching, so we’re talking about some 600+ cds or so. If you’re interested in any […]