en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/user/TheDreamer68/journal The Last.fm journal for TheDreamer68. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/TheDreamer68/journal/2006/12/17/cf4_it_has_been_10_months Sun, 17 Dec 2006 02:20:20 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/TheDreamer68/journal/2006/12/17/cf4_it_has_been_10_months
The newest addition is "Wintersong".

Wonder how long it'll be until the next time I add something.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/TheDreamer68/journal/2006/06/05/cf3_i%27m_moving_to_manhattan.... Mon, 5 Jun 2006 16:04:31 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/TheDreamer68/journal/2006/06/05/cf3_i%27m_moving_to_manhattan....
I just got off the phone where I accepted a position at Kansas State University, thus ending my current bought of unemployment (last year's Xmas present).
]]> http://www.last.fm/user/TheDreamer68/journal/2006/05/09/cf2_my_music_update Tue, 9 May 2006 14:51:11 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/TheDreamer68/journal/2006/05/09/cf2_my_music_update
But, I was feeling that I was neglecting this journal and there were a couple of things I had on my mind that don't really fit my other journals/blogs....

The first was that last Friday night, I changed the CD that plays in my BOSE Wave Radio/CD Alarm clock. I was thinking that I was getting tired of using Bleed Like Me, so I changed it to Finally Woken. Though that seems to have proven to be a bad thing.

While I love the Jem's music, it doesn't quite work at getting me up in the morning....though the CD alarm is what I use on the weekend, I use the radio mode during the week. And, for radio, its an alternative music station that has been known to play tracks by Garbage.

I don't know if I'll switch back or not. It is just that last Saturday was a kind of a special case, where I needed to get up by a certain time....to take a test (sure hope that this round will lead to my next job).

Then on Sunday, I was doing the rare use my iPod to listen to music...which I try to slip in now and then, because if I don't run down the battery occasionally it seems to forget how to hold a charge of 10 hours (and usually only gets about 3-4 hours instead).

I did a mix of playing artists that I know where I like everything I have for them to artists that I hadn't played much (and not yet enough to make it into my Party Shuffle list)....namely I played Wreck of the Day for the second time.

Sometimes it takes a few plays, before I that I like an album and how much. It is rare that it happens on the first play...and apparently, it wasn't the case for Anna Nalick :( It took the second play to get my attention....for some of the tracks.

But, then I was watching Conviction the other day, and there was this song that sounded so familar.....it was Catalyst.

So, today, I've just been playing the album over and over again....now having played it enough times so that it can land in my Party Shuffle list. But, I'm tempted to just continue to let it keep repeating....though there are probably other artists that aren't getting enough attention.... :o

Back to the issue about battery life in my iPod....last month I got the letter from the iPod Battery Settlement....I have a $50 store credit, but I don't know when I'll be in a position to use it....hopefully well before it expires in October, 2007.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/TheDreamer68/journal/2006/02/09/cf1_anything_but_temporary__cruise_control Thu, 9 Feb 2006 00:50:30 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/TheDreamer68/journal/2006/02/09/cf1_anything_but_temporary__cruise_control
On the ship they were known as "Cruise Control", which seemed a little too convenient, but that's pretty much all I had to go by in search the Internet for them.

Probably because before the cruise contract, they were known as "Anything But Temporary".

But, fueled by the wild idea that my cousin wanted to find out about booking them for her wedding....I contacted Holland America to see how I might contact the band. From this, I got their web site. Unfortunately the email address in the contact section isn't working...I guess they aren't checking their email while at sea, so the account has become inactive or something....

http://joel.com.au

Tilly is pretty amazing when she's singing Smooth Operator.... well, actually she's pretty amazing all the time ;D

Also, too bad there aren't any tracks available for download from their site that show off Tilly.... :..(]]> http://www.last.fm/user/TheDreamer68/journal/2006/02/06/cf0_first_8_cds_arrived_today.... Mon, 6 Feb 2006 19:11:59 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/TheDreamer68/journal/2006/02/06/cf0_first_8_cds_arrived_today....
As I was looking over the CDs, faced with opening....it occurred to me that just before the holidays I ordered a bunch of CD Strippers to give away as gifts. And, that I had gotten one of them for myself.

So, I dug it out and tried it on the CDs.

It worked great! Don't know why I didn't get it sooner.

The CDs that arrived today are:

The Singles 81-85
Diesel and Dust
Sara Evans - Real Fine Place
Skye Sweetnam - Noise From The Basement
Speak
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative
Wreck of the Day
Borrowed Heaven

Now to rip them into iTunes....]]> http://www.last.fm/user/TheDreamer68/journal/2006/01/31/cez_a_note_about_my_recent_tracks Tue, 31 Jan 2006 14:32:54 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/TheDreamer68/journal/2006/01/31/cez_a_note_about_my_recent_tracks
This is in large part to getting laid off, and using iTunes to listen to my collection rather than my iPod. The other is that I'm using Party Shuffle on a 'smartlist' of tracks played more than 5 times that are unrated.

The intent is that I will rate these tracks, though I don't always remember to do so and my memory of what I thought of a track gone by is pretty poor.

But, when you consider the reason I started this 'project' it makes even less sense.... A while back I bought an iPod Shuffle (which I only used a couple of times and now don't recall where I stashed it). In trying to decide what I should fill it with, I ended up creating a 'smartlist' of tracks played more than 10 times that are rated 3 or better.

There's current 750 tracks on that list (and rising)....I get around 128 tracks into my iPod Shuffle....I'm only using 50% of it for songs. Even though I don't currently use it for storage either....perhaps if I were to use it again, it should be 100% storage since the lack of sound check makes it pretty useless for listening to music. And, I haven't gotten into the audiobook thing.

FWIW, my unrated tracks 'smartlist' is down to 79 tracks....now 78....

Now if I had an iPod Nano....]]> http://www.last.fm/user/TheDreamer68/journal/2006/01/30/cey_maybe_i_got_a_little_carried_away.... Mon, 30 Jan 2006 18:27:35 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/TheDreamer68/journal/2006/01/30/cey_maybe_i_got_a_little_carried_away....
But, I made a note that the next time I got an offer, I would order some of my Amazon.com wishlist selections from BMG.

So, here's the list of CDs (in no particular order, except that is how BMG ordered them in my cart) that I expect to have materialize in the coming weeks.

The Singles 81-85
Diesel and Dust
Sara Evans - Real Fine Place
Skye Sweetnam - Noise From The Basement
Speak
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative
Wreck of the Day
Borrowed Heaven
Number Ones
Depeche Mode - The Singles 86-98
Afterglow Live
The Best of 1990-2000
Sheryl Crow - Wildflower
Love. Angel. Music. Baby.

And, the worst part is... when I went back to the BMG Music site to review my order to make this entry, I spotted other stuff I would've liked to have ordered.....]]>