I realize I'm probably boring you with my ongoing music library story.
My music library is up to 1410 songs now. B and I have transferred about half of my backup files over to my new machine. To put it in a little more graspable fashion, we have covered the alphabet from Abba through Kate Bush (who resides in the Ks).
Last night I was desperate to shop, so I bought seven new songs. (Ah, for those long-ago days when it could have been seven new albums! At six or seven dollars a pop for a single-disc package back in the late 70s, buying that many albums was conceivable (although not likely, unless they were used. I usually bought one or two new ones each pay period.)
I bought two songs by Pete Townshend off of his wonderful Empty Glass album: "And I Moved," and "Rough Boys," Joe Jackson's "Look Sharp!," The Clash's "This is Radio Clash," Elvis Costello's "Radio, Radio," Squeeze's "Pulling Mussels (from a Shell)," and "Save It for Later" by the English Beat. Townshend's album is about Pete wrestling with himself: his sexuality and his drinking, to be specific. It's a very powerful album, and it was a favorite of mine after it came out in 1978.
The two radio-themed songs are both about how radio was/is used for political purposes, at a time when the predominant way you could learn about new artists was through what was played on the radio. The situation was especially bad in Britain where the government outright owned the legal radio stations. In the late 70s, the government sanctioned Capital Radio, which played rock all day, but it was watered-down rock without the punch of the pirate radio stations it was supposed to replace. (In the early 80s there was a resurgence of pirate radio in Britain. Here is an article on North American pirate radio.) The remaining songs I didn't call out are simply numbers I like.
My music tastes were formed in the 70s and 80s. That's where they are today, to my slight embarrassment. I learned about groups from the radio, Rolling Stone, Creem, and today, my friends. I don't tend to have associations with past lovers like caprine has. My partners didn't generally share my music hobby. I didn't feel attractive enough to go after the musicians back then, either. B has other, more important qualities.
I have an ambition to put together a playlist of SF&F-themed songs by popular artists. I want to get to work on that but any progress on it will have to start next month (payday). Would anyone be interested in a disc? Let me know so I can know to buy mp3s instead of AAC files. I'll need to make arrangements with someone to burn the discs for me too, because iTunes doesn't let one make more than 7 copies of a song, even if that is a non-AAC file. I'll take song title suggestions, too.
Anyway, my library is getting built.
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I had sent my sister an email telling her about my leaving OA, and to my vast surprise, she called me to offer support. Usually, in her infrequent contacts with me, she emails me. We don't happen to have anything in common except for family, and I think she is a little reclusive, too. My own reclusiveness isn't a factor, oh no. Maybe if I include her a little more in my life, she will contact me more. As I have gotten older, I have been valuing my family more than I did in my teens. They are still alien to me, but B and I can discuss politics with them a little which helps make those obligatory visits tolerable.
Stay cool you southwesterners, and have a happy holiday weekend.
Last night I was desperate to shop, so I bought seven new songs. (Ah, for those long-ago days when it could have been seven new albums! At six or seven dollars a pop for a single-disc package back in the late 70s, buying that many albums was conceivable (although not likely, unless they were used. I usually bought one or two new ones each pay period.)
I bought two songs by Pete Townshend off of his wonderful Empty Glass album: "And I Moved," and "Rough Boys," Joe Jackson's "Look Sharp!," The Clash's "This is Radio Clash," Elvis Costello's "Radio, Radio," Squeeze's "Pulling Mussels (from a Shell)," and "Save It for Later" by the English Beat. Townshend's album is about Pete wrestling with himself: his sexuality and his drinking, to be specific. It's a very powerful album, and it was a favorite of mine after it came out in 1978.
The two radio-themed songs are both about how radio was/is used for political purposes, at a time when the predominant way you could learn about new artists was through what was played on the radio. The situation was especially bad in Britain where the government outright owned the legal radio stations. In the late 70s, the government sanctioned Capital Radio, which played rock all day, but it was watered-down rock without the punch of the pirate radio stations it was supposed to replace. (In the early 80s there was a resurgence of pirate radio in Britain. Here is an article on North American pirate radio.) The remaining songs I didn't call out are simply numbers I like.
My music tastes were formed in the 70s and 80s. That's where they are today, to my slight embarrassment. I learned about groups from the radio, Rolling Stone, Creem, and today, my friends. I don't tend to have associations with past lovers like caprine has. My partners didn't generally share my music hobby. I didn't feel attractive enough to go after the musicians back then, either. B has other, more important qualities.
I have an ambition to put together a playlist of SF&F-themed songs by popular artists. I want to get to work on that but any progress on it will have to start next month (payday). Would anyone be interested in a disc? Let me know so I can know to buy mp3s instead of AAC files. I'll need to make arrangements with someone to burn the discs for me too, because iTunes doesn't let one make more than 7 copies of a song, even if that is a non-AAC file. I'll take song title suggestions, too.
Anyway, my library is getting built.
***************
I had sent my sister an email telling her about my leaving OA, and to my vast surprise, she called me to offer support. Usually, in her infrequent contacts with me, she emails me. We don't happen to have anything in common except for family, and I think she is a little reclusive, too. My own reclusiveness isn't a factor, oh no. Maybe if I include her a little more in my life, she will contact me more. As I have gotten older, I have been valuing my family more than I did in my teens. They are still alien to me, but B and I can discuss politics with them a little which helps make those obligatory visits tolerable.
Stay cool you southwesterners, and have a happy holiday weekend.