Downloaded another mp3 album, the Best of Slade. I really miss the days of Audio Galaxy. I downloaded so much crazy music back when the Web was truly the Wild West. I also downloaded and installed MediaMonkey. Supposedly it will manage (my soon to be huge) collection of mp3s, playlists, etc…
My new strategy is to create a couple different playlists of favorite songs by purchasing the Mp3s. When I want to listen to weird genre stuff like Bosa Nova, Hawaiian, Jazz, Blues, etc… I’ll just pull up a Pandora station and take what they give me.
I’ve purchased a few more albums from Amazon… Katie Melua and Smokie. Sadly, the Smokie album appears to have been re-mastered or re-recorded… the guy singing doesn’t sound like Chris Norman and everything sounds a bit Schmaltzy. DANG IT! Shoulda previewed the tracks!
I am trying to convince myself the money I am spending now is offset by not spending money on Rhapsody.
Last night I purchased Glen Campbell, 20 Greatest Hits and The Violent Femmes by The Violent Femmes. Amazon is having a special, 1,000s of albums for just $5!
I just ate a bowl of leftover halusky for dinner. I sat outside in the courtyard off my kitchen and ate it to a Shakin’ Steve album. Life seems so empty without Rhapsody. Yes, it’s true all I did was listen to the same songs over and over. Yes, it would probably be best to just buy the songs I love and be done with it. BUT I NEED RHAPSODY! I am not used to not being able to queue up any song I want and listen to it.
Can I afford 120/year? Yes. So why am I being cheap? It’s the year over year cost that has me crazy. I have been a member for 6 YEARS! That’s practically A THOUSAND DOLLARS I have paid for the ability to LISTEN but not RETAIN. When my subscription to Rhapsody ended, I was left with NOTHING! Had I invested that THOUSAND DOLLARS, I could have purchased a THOUSAND SONGS. Did I listen to over a thousand different songs during my 6 years with Rhapsody? Maybe. I seem to listen to the same songs over and over again. But I like having the ability to expand my library if I want. I practically flipped out when I realized I couldn’t pull up Whitesnake’s Saints & Sinners album.
How do you do it? What should I do? Should I download iTunes and just build a library of songs I OWN? Or should I give up and continue with Rhapsody… even if I can get a lowered rate?
I let Rhapsody lapse. What’s the point in subscribing when I listen to nothing but Suzi Quatro? I decided to queue up music the old way… in CD form. My cds are locked away in the attic but I dug them out and realized my taste in music is crap. Shakin’ Stevens. Kid Creole and the Coconuts. Screamin’ Jay Hawkins. Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys. Marlene Dietrich.
And this crap:
Ich Find Dich Scheisse. German Rap. At one point back in the 90’s I could actually rap along with them. Translates to I think you’re shit or You suck!
Männer sind Schweine. Men are pigs. With a primitive Laura Crofts figure. Men are such swine. Don’t even hope for sunshine.
What a wonderful butt! I’m so glad that I’m a girl, that I’m a girl. The Bosnian Twins from college introduced me to Ms Lucilectric. What a great song. The Spice Girls should have covered it.
And I can’t help but think back to when I had the realization this song was a part of me… It was 2006, I was curled up in the fetal position on the bathroom floor, face covered with snot and tears, crying. Lisa walked in to see what was the matter and with trembling voice I said, “Here I go again on my own… going down the only road I’ve ever known. Like a drifter I was born to walk alone..”
I love this song but I truly hate the video. Just seeing Tawny Kitaen makes me break out in an allergic rash. Regardless, the lyrics have always resonated with me. I just wish it wasn’t performed by a hair metal band. Where’s Tom Jones when you need him?
My mom told me about Bruno Mars a few months ago– just that she enjoyed some of his songs. And then last week she told me he was the little boy Elvis stylist in Honeymoon in Vegas. I found this clip and think it’s awesome that this little boy went on to so much more… of course, I think his current music sucks and he should have stuck to Elvis songs… but that’s just me. I’ve been listening to pretty much nothing but Elvis since Elvis Week 2008 and I have yet to grow tired of it.
Just so you don’t think I am totally against all contemporary music, I do love Eli “Paperboy” Reed:
On Saturday I went to see Rockin’ Ron Cade’s Elvis and Friends Concert…. as a guest of Rockin’ Ron Cade himself! Yes, he sent me two tickets free of charge. I am hoping his sudden kindness isn’t associated with that blackout I suffered a few weeks ago. TEASING! I am just his biggest fan on Facebook and I think it was his way of getting rid of two unsold tickets.
It was a fun show and I enjoyed myself. Most of my fun came from playing with the lady sitting next to me. Before the show began, she announced she was the biggest Elvis fan ever and said, “I hope you aren’t easily embarrassed! I will very likely remove my panties and throw them at Sammy J!” Despite her boast, she was well-behaved but she got my inner schweinehund going! When I got a scarf, I leaned over to her and told her it was my 100th scarf! Later she asked me, “What do you think he looks like without the wig and sideburns? You think he’s bald?”
“Undoubtedly, it’s been my experience that it’s always disappointing seeing Elvis Stylists without their jumpsuits on.”
I can’t quite remember everything I said. I know I mentioned an Elvis Shrine in my living room and something about once seeing the transmogrification of the spirit of Elvis before my very eyes during a concert in Memphis. By the end of the night she told me that I was definitely the bigger Elvis fan.
