From matthew d salcido Sent Wed, Oct 27th 1999, 22:27
From matthew d salcido Sent Wed, Oct 27th 1999, 22:27
this might seem a bit weird but i put my cds in "rainbow" order. 1. because it looks cool, and 2. i tend to remember the color of the cd (on its side with the title, etc..) along with the artist, so when im looking for a particular cd i can just look in the red section or blue or whatever... (kinda weird, i know...) as for my records i have them sorted either by label or by artist... depending on which i have more of... (m) On Wed, 27 Oct 1999 14:02:33 -0400 david turgeon <xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx> writes: >how do you classify your cds & vinyls? > >i'm asking because i've recently bought a cd tower & i must have spent >hours just debating that question with myself: how do i classify them? > >of course, putting them in alphabetical order seems like the obvious >answer, but i wanted to break it down some more, so i first separated >between 'normal' electronic music & the more 'free' stuff (abstract >electronics, noise, free jazz, etc.) > >however, this wouldn't always do: where do i put those sonic youth & >white noise records? so i needed a 'rock' section & while i'm at it i >figured i'd break it down into even more categories: this was even >more >disastrous! chris watson's cd of wildlife recordings couldn't be >'drum >n bass', 'idm', 'abstract electronics', 'heavy/noise' or 'jazz', much >less 'rock' or 'pop electronics'. & of course i didn't want a >'miscellaneous' section because i'm a prick like that. nobody ever >browses the miscellaneous section! > >my latest idea was to break them down by country. no questions about >whether one cd befits a certain pile or not, & it was actually >interesting to make comparisons between the american, canadian, >english >& german outputs. packaging-wise, europe beats north america hands >down, although the few really nice-looking american covers are always >especially nice (lucky kitchen for one...) > >i'm aware that this thread may be awarded a prize for utter futility >if >it ever takes off, but i'm seriously interested in hearing any >creative >stunts you guys & gals may have pulled off to overcome this, er, >problem. > >~ david ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.