Baton
Jeff over at The Shape of Days has smacked me with a blog meme. Actually he tossed it my way a couple weeks ago, and I answered it… but after writing my painstakingly crafted reply, my browser crashed and I lost everything I’d written.
<Insert “Jesus Saves” Joke Here.>
Long story short, I was too annoyed (and it was too late at night) for me to redo it all right away, and after that I kinda forgot. It’s been sitting in my drafts folder all this time, taunting me in silence. Sorry Jeff.
Anyway… here goes:
- Total size of music files on my computer:
- 13,239,538,721 bytes (some of which is audiobooks and similar programs) (Update: For the techno- or metrics-impaired, that’s roughly 13 gigabytes, or 13,000 megabytes.)
- The last CD I bought was:
- Erin Bode: Don’t Take Your Time. Actually, I do still buy CDs if I want an entire album. I only use the iTunes store for single songs and such (and Audible.com for audiobooks).
- Song playing right now in iTunes:
- “Everything is Everything” by Phoenix. This was a “free song of the week” from iTunes. It’s a surprisingly good song for a gimme. Oops, the song just changed — now it’s “It’s Been a Long, Long Time” by Harry James and His Orchestra.
- Five songs I listen to a lot, or that mean a lot to me:
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- “Ask DNA” by Yoko Kanno and the Seatbelts — a cool little tune from the soundtrack of Cowboy Bebop. (I’ve got five soundtracks from this TV series and movie, and they’re all good.)
- “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” by Queen — one of the most eminently danceable tunes ever recorded. I can’t help but grin when this one comes on.
- “One For My Baby” by Frank Sinatra — I love songs that tell a story, and this one is told very, very well.
- “She Moved Thro the Fair” (trad. Irish) performed by Finbar Wright — if Edgar Allen Poe had written music, it would have sounded something like this. Brrrr… Creepy Goodness! (”I Am Stretched On Your Grave” performed by Kate Rusby comes in a close second in this category — Irish music is sprinkled with these macabre little gems if you look hard enough).
- “What a Wonderful World” — I didn’t fully appreciate this song until I started working for a band, and hearing (fellow singer) Willie performing it on a regular basis. What a great, great tune.
- “Don’t Give Up” by Peter Gabriel — I don’t listen to this one very often at all.
Yes, that was six. Waddaya gonna do about it?
- Five people to whom I’m passing the baton:
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- Erik, because he’s been blog-slacking even more than I have.
- Jeff, because recursive humor amuses me.
- Brian, because I absolutely know he uses iTunes. [Update: Brian's reply]
- Heather, who, if I recall correctly, has interesting musical tastes. As she doesn’t have a blog (to my knowledge), she will just have to post her response in my comments.
- Steven, because, hey, a man can hope….
