Toronto Mike

My MP3 Collection

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My MP3s Updated

I've added 13 new CDs to my MP3 collection.  Here they are... Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - The Great Summit - The Master TakesLouis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - The Making Of The Great SummitLouis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong's All Time Greatest HitsLouis Armstrong - Louis and The Good
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My MP3s Updated

I've added 5 new CDs to my MP3 collection.  Here they are... Leonard Cohen - Dear HeatherNeil Young - Prairie WindNeil Young - Everybody Knows This Is NowhereNeil Young - Neil YoungNeil Young - LifeThat's 1034 complete albums, 15,219 songs and 40.8 days of tunage.  Check it out.
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My MP3s Updated

I've added 18 new CDs to my MP3 collection.  Here they are... The Distillers - Coral FangL7 - Bricks Are HeavyL7 - Hungry For StinkDepeche Mode - The Singles 81-85Depeche Mode - The Singles 86-98 (Discs 1 & 2)Slipknot - 870621345Various Artists - WaxTrax! Black Box: The First 13
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My MP3s Updated

I've added 39 new CDs to my MP3 collection.  Here they are... Feist - Let It DieTransplants - TransplantsHayden - Live @ Convocation Hall (Discs 1 & 2)Hayden - Elk-Lake SerenadeRamones - Smash You - Live '85Ramones - Loud, Fast RamonesSam Roberts - We Were Born In A FlameBif Naked
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My MP3s Updated

I've added 23 new CDs to my MP3 collection.  Here they are... Sonic Youth - Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No StarMinistry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to TasteRevolting Cocks - Linger Ficken' GoodJane's Addiction - Ritual De Lo HabitualRed Hot Chili Peppers - The Uplift Mofo Party
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Take That, DualDisc

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
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My MP3s Updated

I've added 46 new CDs to my MP3 collection.  Here they are... Death Cab For Cutie - PlansKanye West - Late RegistrationSarah Harmer - All Of Our NamesSarah Harmer - You Were HereOur Lady Peace - Healthy In Paranoid TimesOur Lady Peace - Spiritual MachinesThe Clash - The Essential Clash
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My MP3s Updated

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 MachineArcade Fire - The Arcade FireStars - Set Yourself On FireNOFX - The Greatest Songs Ever WrittenK-OS - ExitDr. Dre -
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My MP3s Updated

I've added 87 new CDs to my MP3 collection.  Here they are, divided into three convenient categories. New stuff... Hot Hot Heat - ElevatorYeah Yeah Yeahs - Fever To TellSystem Of A Down - Steal This Album!The Von Bondies - Pawn Shoppe HeartJohnny Cash - American IV: The Man
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My MP3s Updated

I've added 60 new CDs to my MP3 collection.  Here they are... K-OS - Joyful RebellionMetric - Old World Underground, Where Are YouHot Hot Heat - Make Up The BreakdownThe White Stripes - The White StripesNine Inch Nails - With TeethNine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate MachineBeck - Sea ChangeBeck
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My MP3s Updated

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
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Foo Solution

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,
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Foo Frustration

I've been looking forward to hearing the new double album from the Foo Fighters for a while now.  Yesterday, I got the CD and excitedly put it in my CD ROM drive on my personal computer and heard absolutely nothing.  Even if I explored the CD ROM drive it wouldn't
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My MP3s Updated

I've added 9 new CDs to my MP3 collection.  A couple of new ones, a bunch of Bob Marley for the summer and a couple of Michael Jackson.  I hear it's going to be a big week for him. Audioslave - Out Of ExileOasis - Don't Believe the TruthBob Marley
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My Back Up Strategy

I have two digital collections I don't ever want to lose.  One is my collection of digital photographs I've taken of my children since I got my digital camera last June.  These are irreplaceable and I cherish each one.  The second is my MP3 collection which has taken about eighteen
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My MP3s Updated

I've added 16 new CDs to my MP3 collection.  Most are greatest hits compilations with a few jazzy gems thrown in the mix for those times I'm in a jazzy mood. Leonard Cohen - More Best of Leonard CohenAretha Franklin - 30 Greatest Hits (Disc 1)Aretha Franklin - 30
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My MP3s Updated

I've added a whole bunch of new CDs to my MP3 collection.  Some brand new, some a little older.  The first three listed rank amongst the best albums I've ever heard. System of a Down - MezmerizeArcade Fire - FuneralThe Mars Volta - Frances the MuteBeck - GueroWeezer - Make
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My MP3s Updated

I've added a whole bunch of new CDs to my MP3 collection.  There's some stuff I actually wanted, but a whole lot more I added for the benefit of others. Stuff For Me: AC~DC - The Razors EdgeThe Beatles - 1The Flaming Lips - Clouds Taste MetallicThe Flaming Lips
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My MP3s Updated

I've added a whole bunch of new CDs to my MP3 collection.  It's probably best I break down these new additions into three groups: stuff I really wanted, stuff I thought I should have around and for Taryn. Stuff I Really Wanted: Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies To
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My MP3s Updated

I've added eight new CDs to my MP3 collection.  The new additions are Broken Social Scene's "You Forgot It In People", Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' "The Best Of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's two CDs from "Amadeus", Stevie Wonder's two volumes of "Song Review:
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Just The Facts

Last weekend, I started using iTunes to organize and play my MP3s.  iTunes makes sorting really easy and gives you access to some interesting facts.  Here's what I learned by glancing at my iTunes player. First song when sorted alphabetically: #9 Dream - John Lennon Last song when sorted alphabetically:
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