Recently, I shamelessly copied my friend Lynney in his idea to listen to all of his iTunes library from A-Z, something that neither of us had done before. This seemed like a good idea as it could possibly allow me to unearth some hidden gems and possible find my new favourite band. However, I know my iTunes library. This is going to be a massive chore, one that might make me throw my laptop from the top of a very tall building into a pile of burning excrement. I have a huge amount of repulsive drivel on my computer that should never be heard by anyone...ever. For example, I still have the joy of sitting through albums by Cannibal Corpse (no idea why I have them, must have thought it would be funny for some reason), Enrique (you love it), Erasure (who?) and even a greatest hits of Cliff Richard (again, WHY??). By the way, greatest hits of Cliff Richard? Oxymoron anyone?
Having said this, the idea is a good one as there is no point in having so much music if I am not going to listen to it! The problem is time. If I listened to all my music back to back, morning and night, without a break, it would take me thirty six and a half days. Now, no amount of relentless or pro plus can keep me going for that long, especially when it comes to listening to a third Radiohead album in a row....I am dropping off now just thinking about it, why do I have so much crap music? Anyway, I discussed it with my housemate, and we targeted Easter as a realistic time for when I could be finished with this mammoth task, made more difficult everyday due to the number of new albums I seem to be collecting! The latest being Audio Secrecy by Stone Sour which is AMAZING.
This latest challenge to this attempt, which is definitely already doomed to failure knowing my short attention span, made me ponder on the future of music. If i keep collecting music at the rate that I am now, in ten years I will have almost doubled my total of songs, now standing at over 13,100. What kind of monster of an iPod will they develop to hold all this filthy sound that I call music. I am actually quite looking forward to seeing what they come up with. To be fair, they probably have already come up with a device that can hold a squillion songs and is still the size of a gnat’s pube. It is the kind of thought that stings the nostrils...
Actually, to be honest, I don't care too much, if at all....I just wanted something to distract me so I didn’t have to listen to my tenth A.F.I album today. So thank you, worthless blog, you have rescued my love of A.F.I from dropping into the realms of familiarity and disinterest. Davey will be pleased.
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