My MP3s Updated
Published September 23, 2005 @ 20:27 in My MP3 Collection

I've added 23 new CDs to my MP3 collection. Here they are...

• Sonic Youth - Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star
• Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste
• Revolting Cocks - Linger Ficken' Good
• Jane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo Habitual
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
• The Beatles - White Album (Discs 1 & 2)
• Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing
• Various Artists - WaxTrax! Black Box: The First 13 Years (Discs 1 & 2)
• Primus - Tales From The Punchbowl
• Primus - Pork Soda
• The Sisters Of Mercy - A Slight Case Of Overbombing
• Mr. Bungle - Disco Volante
• Aqua - Aquarium
• Ace Of Base - The Sign
• Manhattan Transfer - The Best Of Manhattan Transfer
• Billy Joel - Piano Man
• Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club
• The Eagles - Hotel California
• Concrete Blonde - Boodletting
• Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time
• The Bangles - Greatest Hits

That's 974 complete albums, 14,272 songs and 38.2 days of tunage. Check it out.

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Take That, DualDisc
Published September 22, 2005 @ 07:53 in My MP3 Collection

I've ripped 951 CDs with Audiograbber and only twice have I had difficulty. The first time was with the recent Foo Fighters double disc which I discussed in Foo Frustration. I managed to rip that sucker to MP3 thanks to software called AnyDVD and I wrote about that solution in Foo Solution.

Just last week I was stumped for the second time. Our Lady Peace's latest disc is a DualDisc and that spells trouble for rippers. Again, AnyDVD saved the day and I've got my music in the format I want them in so I can hear them where I want and how I want.

Take that, DualDisc!

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My MP3s Updated
Published September 18, 2005 @ 18:21 in My MP3 Collection

I've added 46 new CDs to my MP3 collection. Here they are...

• Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
• Kanye West - Late Registration
• Sarah Harmer - All Of Our Names
• Sarah Harmer - You Were Here
• Our Lady Peace - Healthy In Paranoid Times
• Our Lady Peace - Spiritual Machines
• The Clash - The Essential Clash (Discs 1 & 2)
• The Cult - Pure Cult, The Singles 1984-1995
• Joni Mitchell - Hits
• Jeff Buckley - Grace
• The Pixies - Doolittle
• Kid Rock - Cocky
• The Game - The Documentary
• Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt
• Jay-Z - In My Lifetime, Vol. 1
• Jay-Z - Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life
• Jay-Z - Vol. 3... Life And Times Of S. Carter
• Jay-Z - The Dynasty Roc la Familia
• Jay-Z - The Blueprint - The Curse
• Jay-Z - The Blueprint - The Gift
• Silverchair - Neon Ballroom
• Silverchair - Freak Show
• Scarface - Mr. Scarface Greatest Hits
• Scarface - The Fix
• 50 Cent - The Massacre
• 50 Cent - Get Rich Or Die Tryin'
• David Gray - Life in Slow Motion
• James Blunt - Back to Bedlam
• Classified - Boy-Cott-In The Industry
• Handsome Boy Modeling School - White People
• Lou Reed - NYC Man: The Collection (Discs 1 & 2)
• Carly Simon - Anthonlogy (Discs 1 & 2)
• Moby - Play
• Various Artists - Women & Songs
• Daniel Powter - dp
• Geto Boys - Greatest Hits
• Geto Boys - The Geto Boys
• Led Zeppelin - Latter Days: The Best Of Led Zeppelin
• Ol' Dirty Bastard - The Dirty Story: The Best Of ODB
• Barenaked Ladies - Barenaked For The Holidays
• Kenny Rogers - 42 Ultimate Hits (Discs 1 & 2)
• N.E.R.D. - In Search Of...

That's 951 complete albums, 13,971 songs and 37.4 days of tunage. Check it out.

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OLP's Crappy DualDisc
Published September 17, 2005 @ 20:43 in Music, My MP3 Collection

I've got the new Our Lady Peace album "Healthy In Paranoid Times" and now I'd like to rip it to MP3. Once I have it in MP3 like the rest of my collection, I can hear it wherever I want in my iRiver and add it to playlists on my computers.

This cd is a DualDisc. That means one side of the disc is DVD which has high quality sound files but must be played in a DVD player and can't be ripped by my software and the other side has grossly inadequate sound files that play in a proprietary player and sound like junk when ripped with my software. This is the first DualDisc I've encountered and I hope it's the last.

Pearl Jam, a band I'm seeing Monday night, are releasing high quality DRM-free MP3s of their concerts the same night, a move I whole heartedly applaud as one that's extremely fan friendly. Our Lady Peace, meanwhile, is frustrating the hell out of this fan and leaving a sour taste in my mouth. I just want my music my way, dammit!

I don't yet know how the new album is, but I already doubt "Healthy In Paranoid Times" is worth the trouble.

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My MP3s Updated
Published August 6, 2005 @ 21:45 in My MP3 Collection

I've added 26 new CDs to my MP3 collection. Here they are, divided into two convenient categories.

My stuff...

• Death From Above 1979 - You're A Woman, I'm A Machine
• Arcade Fire - The Arcade Fire
• Stars - Set Yourself On Fire
• NOFX - The Greatest Songs Ever Written
• K-OS - Exit
• Dr. Dre - 2001
• Dr. Dre - The Chronic
• Jakalope - It Dreams
• Van Halen - The Best Of Both Worlds (Discs 1 & 2)
• Various Artists - Dr. Dre Presents... The Aftermath
• Lo Fidelity Allstars - Don't Be Afraid of Love
• Dire Straits - The Very Best of Dire Straits
• Tony Bennett - The Essential Tony Bennett (Discs 1 & 2)
• Dean Martin - The Very Best Of Dean Martin
• The Jackson 5 - Anthology (Discs 1 & 2)
• Harry Belafonte - Very Best of Harry Belafonte
• Nina Simone - Anthology (Discs 1 & 2)
• Café Del Mar - The Best Of (Discs 1 & 2)

Taryn's stuff...

• Avril Lavigne - Let Go
• Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin
• Pink - Missundaztood

That's 905 complete albums, 13,244 songs and 35.4 days of tunage. Check it out.

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My MP3s Updated
Published July 31, 2005 @ 20:51 in My MP3 Collection

I've added 87 new CDs to my MP3 collection. Here they are, divided into three convenient categories.

New stuff...

• Hot Hot Heat - Elevator
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To Tell
• System Of A Down - Steal This Album!
• The Von Bondies - Pawn Shoppe Heart
• Johnny Cash - American IV: The Man Comes Around
• 2pac - Until the End of Time (Discs 1 & 2)
• 2pac - Resurrection
• 2pac - The Rose That Grew From Concrete - Volume 1
• 2pac - All Eyez On Me (Discs 1 & 2)
• 2pac - Nu-Mixx Klazzics
• 2pac - R U Still Down? [Remember Me] (Discs 1 & 2)
• 2pac - Live
• 2pac - Loyal To The Game
• 2pac - Better Dayz
• 2pac - Greatest Hits (Discs 1 & 2)
• Makaveli - 7 Day Theory
• Outkast - The Love Below
• Outkast - Speakerboxxx
• Outkast - Stankonia
• Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle
• De La Soul - Timeless: The Singles Collection
• Moby - 18
• Alice in Chains - Greatest Hits
• The Chemical Brothers - Singles '93 - '03
• The 2 Live Crew - Greatest Hits
• Run DMC - Ultimate Run DMC
• Faith No More - This Is It: The Best Of Faith No More
• Everclear - Ten Years Gone: The Best of Everclear 1994-2004
• Sugar Ray - The Best of Sugar Ray
• N.W.A. - Greatest Hits
• Creed - Greatest Hits
• Arrested Development - 3 Years, 5 Months and 2 Days in the Life Of
• Bjork - Greatest Hits
• Motley Crue - Red, White & Crue (Discs 1 & 2)
• The Pogues - The Very Best Of The Pogues
• Ray Charles - The Definitive Ray Charles (Discs 1 & 2)
• Santana - The Essential Santana (Discs 1 & 2)
• James - The Best Of James
• Kanye West - The College Dropout
• Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Clan's Greatest Hits
• Stars - Heart
• Eric B. & Rakim - The Best of Eric B. & Rakim
• Gordon Lightfoot - Complete Greatest Hits
• Linkin Park - Reanimation
• Frank Sinatra - The Best Of Frank Sinatra (Discs 1 & 2)
• NaS - It Was Written
• Red Hot Chili Peppers - What Hits!?
• AC-DC - Who Made Who
• Beastie Boys - The Sounds of Science (Discs 1 & 2)
• Neil Diamond - The Essential Neil Diamond (Discs 1 & 2)

Taryn's stuff...

• ABBA - Gold - Greatest Hits
• Sarah Slean - Night Bugs
• Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose
• John Prine - Prime Prine - The Best of John Prine
• Nelly Furtado - Folklore
• Nelly Furtado - Whoa, Nelly!
• The Rolling Stones - Steel Wheels
• The Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
• The Rolling Stones - Stripped
• The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup
• Beyonce - Dangerously In Love
• Counting Crows - Recovering The Satellites
• The Eagles - Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)
• Lost Dakotas - Last Train to Kipling
• The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues
• The Wallflowers - Bringing Down The Horse
• World Party - Egyptology

Stuff I could have ripped a long time ago but didn't because I was ashamed...

• Various Artists - Dance Mix 92
• Various Artists - Chris Sheppard Presents The Techno Trip
• M.C. Hammer - Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em
• Vanilla Ice - To The Extreme
• Various Artists - St. Elmo's Fire Soundtrack
• Bell Biv Devoe - Poison
• Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel
• C + C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat
• Apache Indian - No Reservations

That's 879 complete albums, 12,840 songs and 824 hours, 41 minutes and 23 seconds of tunage. Check it out.

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A Question of Naming Convention
Published July 21, 2005 @ 20:46 in My MP3 Collection

I simply can't make up my mind. I proudly maintain this alphabetical list of albums in my MP3 collection, but a friend has advised me that my naming convention is all wrong. There are two issues that I'm on the fence about, and I need your help.

The first issue involves bands like "The Flaming Lips". I currently file them under "T" for "The". Apparently, I should be listing them as "Flaming Lips, The" and filing them under "F" for "Flaming". At this moment, there are 39 such "The" bands in my collection. Do I alphabetize them as "The Flaming Lips" or "Flaming Lips, The"?

The other issue involves solo artists like "Neil Young". I currently file him under "N" for "Neil". Should I instead by listing him as "Young, Neil" and putting him in "Y"?

I've been dwelling on this all week and I can't make up my mind. Please advise.

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My MP3s Updated
Published July 13, 2005 @ 18:52 in My MP3 Collection

I've added 60 new CDs to my MP3 collection. Here they are...

• K-OS - Joyful Rebellion
• Metric - Old World Underground, Where Are You
• Hot Hot Heat - Make Up The Breakdown
• The White Stripes - The White Stripes
• Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
• Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine
• Beck - Sea Change
• Beck - Mutations
• Beck - Midnite Vultures
• Jay-Z - The Blueprint
• Kasabian - Kasabian
• The Mars Volta - De-Loused in the Comatorium
• Goldfinger - The Best of Goldfinger
• Gorillaz - Demon Days
• A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
• A Perfect Circle - eMOTIVe
• Headstones - Smile & Wave
• Radiohead - Pablo Honey
• David Gray - White Ladder
• The Postal Service - Give Up
• Cake - Pressure Chief
• Cake - Prolonging The Magic
• Cake - Comfort Eagle
• Powerman 5000 - Tonight The Stars Revolt!
• Larry The Cable Guy - Lord, I Apologize
• Lit - Platinum & Gold Collection
• Adam Sandler - Shhh...Don't Tell
• Huey Lewis & The News - Time Flies... The Best Of Huey Lewis
• Danny Elfman - Music For A Darkened Theatre
• John Williams - John Williams: Greatest Hits 1969-1999 (Discs 1 and 2)
• Whale - Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe
• Crash Test Dummies - God Shuffled His Feet
• Blink 182 - Take Off Your Pants And Jacket
• U2 - The Best Of and B-Sides of 1990-2000
• U2 - The Best Of and B-Sides of 1980-1990
• U2 - All That You Can't Leave Behind
• U2 - How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb
• Rancid - ...And Out Come The Wolves
• The Hives - Tyrannosaurus Hives
• Travis - 12 Memories
• Jack Johnson - On and On
• Jack Johnson - Brushfire Fairytales
• Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams
• Incubus - Make Yourself
• Norah Jones - Feels Like Home
• No Doubt - The Singles 1992-2003
• Keane - Hopes and Fears
• Matt Mays & El Torpedo - Matt Mays & El Torpedo
• St. Germain - Tourist
• Various Artists - Purple Rainbows
• Various Artists - The Matrix
• Various Artists - Back To The Future
• Various Artists - The X-Files: The Album
• Various Artists - The Best Beer Drinking Album In The World Ever The Second Round
• Various Artists - The X Files: Songs in the Key of X
• Various Artists - The Cable Guy
• Various Artists - Batman Forever

That's 792 complete albums, 11563 songs and 744 hours, 15 minutes and 29 seconds of tunage. Check it out.

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My MP3s Updated
Published June 25, 2005 @ 19:29 in My MP3 Collection

I've added 14 new CDs to my MP3 collection. Four of them I was heavily anticipating while the others just sort of showed up at the door and I let them in. The Celine Dion addition is tied to a rather long story I should remember to share some time soon.

• Foo Fighters - In Your Honor (Discs 1 & 2)
• The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan
• Coldplay - X&Y
• Morcheeba - Who Can You Trust?
• Morcheeba - Big Calm
• The Notting Hillbillies - Missing...Presumed Having A Good Time
• Macy Gray - On How Life Is
• Various Artists - The Sopranos: Music From The HBO Original Series
• Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II: Back Into Hell
• Janet Jackson - Design of a Decade 1986/1996
• Barry White - The Icon Is Love
• Sting & The Police - The Very Best Of Sting & The Police
• Celine Dion - All the Way: A Decade of Song

That's 732 complete albums, 10820 songs and 690 hours, 49 minutes and 08 seconds of tunage. Check it out.

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Foo Solution
Published June 22, 2005 @ 20:45 in My MP3 Collection

Earlier today I bitched about the Foo frustration I was feeling trying to rip "In Your Honor" to MP3. I mentioned I had a few tricks up my sleeve, and one of them just worked.

I had a friend rip them with AnyDVD, which celebrates the fact it can play, copy and rip protected Audio CDs. It worked wonderfully and produced some fine sounding files. I finally have my Foo.

I should read the archives of my own site more often. It turns out I've been down this road before. Back in October I had a similar experience with the Beastie Boys' "To The 5 Boroughs". It too refused to play on my home PC because of copy control software. At work, however, I had no problems ripping that CD whereas I couldn't get "In Your Honor" to rip properly without the assistance of AnyDVD.

In my honour indeed.

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