750+ cd's ripped!!!!
OMG!! I just finished ripping the VERY. LAST. CD.!!! I am *so* excited!! Finally after months (8 to be exact), I can officially say I've ripped my entire CD collection!! WOOOHOOOO!!!!I now officially have 69.36GB on FattyGigger!! Of which, I have selected 55GB *worthy* of being on my phatty 60GB iPod! awww yaaaa :)
I chose to rip everything I have, and through it all I ripped a lot of stuff I really don't care about & don't think I'll ever put on my iPod.. but I *love* the idea that everything I own (for the most part, since there were a few CD's my drive wouldn't read, or didn't have the track listings and it wasn't worth me figuring it out) documented in my iTunes library! So now, not only can I tell you if I own an artist, I can tell you with the click of a button, what albums I own... and listen to them in an instant! SWEEEEEEET. :)
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Speaking of music... I'm hitting a show this Thursday night at Thee Parkside. There are 3 local bands playing that are worth checking out:
HIJACK THE DISCO
I've seen Hijack the Disco once before - after having their mp3's in rotation for awhile and loving their sound, they were really fun to see live. And turns out I know a guy who's brother & roommate is in the band! (It's a small world after all!) A few of their songs have been compared to Pinback, but they've got a great sound and energy all their own worth checking out!
FASTPASS
I have met most of this band... nice, nice guys... and one of them is even a client of mine (at his day job)! :p But besides all that, their tracks sound good and they're a band that's been getting talked about more & more... I'm looking forward to finally seeing them live!!
HUT DWELLERS
I've only heard about the Hut Dwellers so far... but all good things: One friend said they remind him of Minutemen, Firehose, Oneida. Another friend said, "they remind me of one of the house bands you'd see in a party scene of a russ meyer film. which is not only a compliment, but awesome." hahaa. I've met one of their members briefly and I've heard they're all really nice guys. On top of all that, their tracks sound good on their site, so I am looking forward to checking them out! (you can download their whole album off their site!)
Downloading note: If you're a Firefox user, I highly recommend DownThemAll! Set up your own filter and call it music, and only look for .mp3's on a page... makes it super easy! :)
2/17, 9PM (I'll probably be there shortly after, as I'm wanting to see all 3 bands play!) and only $5!
Come join me for a beer and Support Local Music!! :)
