Thu, 19 May 2005

atonal
Initially after getting the new drive I whipped up an elaborate taxonomy for organizing my mp3s, which had previously lingered haphazzard on three hundredish cds at the back of my closet. No more endless hunting along the spool for me! I would begin anew, everything in its right place. Within a week most of this organization had broken down due to the same sorts of problems every taxonomy faces, but one folder remains, aptly titled DRUNK. For a time I thought of dividing it into PUBLIC DRUNK, which would consist of songs I was perfectly okay with people knowing I was into, and PRIVATE DRUNK, which would contain the more embarassing material, but I realized that this would only serve to confuse me when I was actually drunk. This is for the best, as I’m no longer certain of what music I should be embarassed to like. Likewise, some albums I’d be proud to own in certain company would lead to endless headshaking and handwringing in others. Besides, nobody ever comes over here to listen to music, and it’s unlikely anyone but me will ever even hear any of this (except Cecelia, who doesn’t really like anything that isn’t punkrock), so I gave up on that idea entirely. If I were serious, I might have someone else make that kind of decision for me, someone with a serious critical streak, but asking someone else to organize my music feels too much like taking a dump in the middle of the street. (ljcomments)
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