iTunesification: Day 2

The conversion to the dark side continues. I forgot to bring my own CDs in today, so I did the next best thing, took half of Calvin's!

Today's Conversions:

Radiohead - The Bends (Various Tracks)
Alternative maybe, but punk? Come on iTunes...

The Wallflowers - Bringing Down the Horse (Whole CD)
I could have sworn some other band sang two of the songs on this disc. heh.

Dido - No Angel (Whole CD)
I got introduced to Dido back in college, loved her music since.

Temple of the Dog - Temple of the Dog (Whole CD)
I mostly love the song Hunger Strike, but the rest is alright.

Disturbed - The Sickness (Whole CD)
Sometimes I just need to rock the hell out. This helps ;O)

A Perfect Circle - eMOTIVe (Whole CD)
Some good emotion filled music. And I LOVE their version of "Imagine." Definitely the theme song of the day. R.I.P Mr Lennon.

A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step (Whole CD)
One of the early discs, still very Toolish, but good.

Tool - Undertow (Whole CD)
I'd rock out to this CD while doing homework all of the time back in the day. Gotta love it!

3 Doors Down - The Better Life (Whole CD)
Some nice, fun rock.

So that's it for the day.

Library stats: 175 Files, 12.5 hours of music.

iTunesification: Day 1

So I'm doing it, I'm going to convert to the darkside and convert all my CDs over onto iTunes. It somehow appeared on my computer here, which is kinda weird considering it's a Windows XP computer. But hey, in an effort to get my music more up to date and also expand the possibilities for my Wednesday Wists all 170 of my CDs will be converted over. Also, I will be borrowing CDs from people around me and adding that to the collection as well. Well, the parts of them I LIKE anyway ;O)

So here is today's progress, laugh if you will but I reserve the right to kick you ass if I really like the music. Ok, maybe kick you ass is extreme, I shall pillory you to extreme lengths. Yes, that will work.

Anyway, today's additions:

Incubus - Make Yourself (Whole CD)
I love this CD, so many good songs.

Nickelback - Silver Side Up (Whole CD)
Gotta rock out? Toss it on!

Rob Zombie - Past, Present & Future (Whole CD)
Girl on fire is most definitely on of my favorite songs EVER.

Caroline's Spine & Econoline Crush (Various tracks from my compilation CD)
If you haven't heard of Caroline's Spine, you should check them out. Good music.

Vertical Horizons - Everything You Want (Whole CD, Thanks CW-Milf!)
This is one of those bands that I listen to the CD and went "They play that song?" like three times.

Jewel - 0304 (Whole CD, Thanks CW-Milf!)
hey, she's hot and the music is catchy ;O)

Rick Springfield - (Various tracks from The Day After Yesterday, Thanks CW-Milf!)
I didn't like much of the new stuff on here, but his remakes of the old songs were pretty good.

I also screened Pink Floyd's "Final Cut" for admission into the Slacker iTunes Music Library, but that has to be about the worst Floyd album they ever made. Complete nap inducing borningness. Good god it sucks. And I like Floyd.

That's all for today, just wait till tomorrow ;O) heh

Wisty Audio Inbloggeration!

Hello and welcome to the inauguration of the Daily Slacker: Audio Edition! This version of The Daily Slacker will concern all things audio. I will have some audio posts from your truly and also have any other audio related posts. One major ongoing item will me the iTunesification of my CD library. Check in for updates on how far I have converted to the darkside! ;O)

Seeing as it's Wednesday and this will be an audio oriented blog, what could be a better inaugural post than the Wednesday Wist?

In case you just uttered "Wednesday wha?" here you go:

How do you participate in Wednesday Wist? You take whatever music player you use, put it on shuffle, grab the first 5 songs and write what that song makes you remember. If it's a new song...and you can't relate it to a memory....do you like it? Leave a comment if you do it on your site and if you don't have a site, comment your wist here! Oh...and feel free to comment about my songs as well!!!

(Titles are now linked to a clip of the song, if possible!)

1. Fastball - The Way

"They made up their minds, and they started packing. They left before the sun came up that day. An exit to eternal summer slacking. But where were they going without ever knowing the way?"

I'm all about the summer slacking. Can't wait till that season rolls around again! This reminds me of a girl I dated years ago, like 1999ish, maybe 2k. We went to one of those big outdoor summer concert things that have like eight bands. The last two to play were Fastball and Def Lepard. Fastball managed to play "The Way" and then proceeded to get monsooned off the stage. We're talking heavy, horizontal rain. There was much flashing in the hour and a half it took them to get the stage dry enough for Def Lepard to come on. She broke up with me soon after because after 4 months of dating I didn't want to be married. What is it with some people?

2. Blues Travelers - Hook:

"It doesn't matter what I say, So long as I sing with inflection, That makes you feel that I'll convey, Some inner truth of vast reflection. But I've said nothing so far, And I can keep it up for as long as it takes. And it don't matter who you are, If I'm doing my job then it's your resolve that breaks."

Ahh, the mind skips back to chilling in someone's, probably Indy's or John Lennon Joe's, dorm room having a few cocktails and just having fun. Now those were the days!

3. Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls of Fire:

"You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain. Too much love drives a man insane
You broke my will, But what a thrill. Goodness gracious great balls of fire!"

I always saw the scene of Goose and Maverick singing this an thought that was the kind of fun I want to have with my friends. I might not have learned to play the piano, but I certainly have had a blast making fools of ourselves signing badly to songs at other parties with friends!

4. Technotronic - Pump Up The Jam:

"I want a place to say: "get your booty on the floor tonight." Make my day. I want a place to say: "get your booty on the floor tonight." Make my day."

Anyone who went rollerskating in the 80's heard this song at least once per visit. You still find it in "workout mixes" and according to Yahoo Music there are about 8 remixes out there. It also makes me remember doing Model United Nations in High School. One year our delegation was the tiny African country of Djibouti (Said Jih-Booty). During roll calls each day our group person would say: "Is Djibouti on the dance floor?" heh

5. Christina Aquilera - Genie in a Bottle:

"I'm a genie in a bottle baby, You gotta rub me the right way honey. I'm a genie in a bottle baby. Come, come, come on and let me out"

Now this is one girl that can go from incredibly hot, to incredibly hideous on one hell of a hurry. But tell me you guys out there didn't wanna rub her the right way when this song came out? Yes, I am sad at the state of my MP3 collection, but now that I found iTunes on my computer here.... it's on ;O) This also reminds me of the whole Kaycee Nicole thing since she was the one who introduced me to Xtina just prior to her running her way up the charts.


Anyway, there's another Wist down! Hope you enjoyed laughing at the sad state of my MP3 collection! :O) Hope you enjoy the Audio edition as well! Make sure to stop back later, I'm going to post my first Audioblog comment later tonight after work! And stop back often to see the updates to the iTunesification of my Music Collection!