CD collection

I realized Danny won't return from Michigan until tomorrow evening, and I was tired, so I decided to come home for the night and head into Toronto tomorrow. My CD collection has been in terrible disarray since time immemorial, so I spent the afternoon tidying, organizing and counting it. This seems as good a way as any to spend Canada Day.

The tally:

• Classical/Orchestral/Choral/Musicals: 181 CDs/sets
  
• Popular: 73 CDs

I've also broken them down by composer/artist.
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All but about 20 are store-bought. Most of my Classical collection predates 1996, while most of the others are more recent.

My best collections are of Brahms, Chopin, Mahler, Schubert, Sibelius, Tchiakovsky, Vaughan Williams, Enya, Loreena McKennitt, and Rufus Wainwright.

I could use more Beethoven (sonatas and quartets), Mendelssohn, Mozart, Arvo Part, Stravinsky, John Tavener, Judy Collins, early Madonna and Joni Mitchell. I'm still missing quite a few artists that interest me, like Jane Siberry, Elton John, Alanis Morissette, Jem, Blondie, and Barenaked Ladies. I had some Tori Amos, but apparently it's lost.

Computer woes

Much less fun today, is tidying my computer. I renewed the subscription to Norton Antivirus, paid, downloaded and tried to install it, only to discover it's no longer supported by Windows ME. So I'm looking at upgrading to XP, but this is more than I can afford. Besides, this computer is about five years old, has too little memory to efficiently process photos from my new camera, and needs to be replaced, but who knows when I'll have the money for that. I despise the stranglehold of software companies.

Canada Day: impressions of a summer ride

(cross-posted to free_write)

I'm always driving from here to tomorrow, along the line of simmering aspens, where road winds past wheat fields, bales behind tractors. ( Read more... )