Gormandizing & Number Crunching
Since my last post about CBGB, I have been thinking about the fact that I am probably a gormandizer (of music). I devour it. I live it, breathe it, collect it and obsess over it. I am always looking for a new tune - something that I haven't heard before. Searching every music shop, every new release rack, every bargain bin, every second-hand store. Reading music websites, searching lists of latest releases and checking out every magazine article about music that I can get my hands on.
And when I'm not doing all of that I am usually looking for something that I remember hearing as a kid that I have not been able to find since. The 'lost' song that maybe was on the radio recently or that I heard in a bar or at a gig. The song that I was reminded of by another song that I may have just come across. The song that someone mentioned and I decided that I just had to go and find.
Just consider the following list of numbers to illustrate my point:
3 - weeks since my last gig
4 - iPods that I own
5 - hours (approximately) that I spent compiling / recording my last demo CD (1 month ago)
17 - times I have played Billie Jean at a gig
19 - Miles Davis albums that I own
71 - gigs that I have played to date
92 - days (approximately) that I spent compiling / recording my first demo CD (during the months of Nov 2001, Dec 2001 & Jan 2002)
116 - songs I played at my longest gig ever
647 - GBs that I have to fill with music
1,332 - albums (in mp3 format) currently on one of my hard drives
11,743 - songs currently on my laptop hard drive
And when I'm not doing all of that I am usually looking for something that I remember hearing as a kid that I have not been able to find since. The 'lost' song that maybe was on the radio recently or that I heard in a bar or at a gig. The song that I was reminded of by another song that I may have just come across. The song that someone mentioned and I decided that I just had to go and find.
Just consider the following list of numbers to illustrate my point:
3 - weeks since my last gig
4 - iPods that I own
5 - hours (approximately) that I spent compiling / recording my last demo CD (1 month ago)
17 - times I have played Billie Jean at a gig
19 - Miles Davis albums that I own
71 - gigs that I have played to date
92 - days (approximately) that I spent compiling / recording my first demo CD (during the months of Nov 2001, Dec 2001 & Jan 2002)
116 - songs I played at my longest gig ever
647 - GBs that I have to fill with music
1,332 - albums (in mp3 format) currently on one of my hard drives
11,743 - songs currently on my laptop hard drive
posted by Kub at 10:15
2 Comments:
You are a freak, dude, which is fine ´cause since Chic we know that le freak c´est chic. And God knows I can relate. It´s very freaky that you could remember or come up with those figures after such a long time. I mean, what are the chances you remember something like this?
"92 - days (approximately) that I spent compiling / recording my first demo CD (during the months of Nov 2001, Dec 2001 & Jan 2002)"
I´ve been to more than a couple Billy Jeans, I can tell :)
Cheers,
j.
I heard that you gormandize midget porn.
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