OK, so Josh23 has requested that I do this silly survey thing. Here we go:

1. Total volume of music files on my computer:

   [wally@datacide ~]$ find /mp3 -name "*.mp3" -print | wc -l
   14617
   [wally@datacide ~]$ find /mp3-sorted -name "*.mp3" -print | wc -l
   424
   (that says a lot right there, don't it?)
   [wally@datacide ~]$ find /shorten\ -\ flac/ -name "*.shn" -print | wc -l
   346
   [wally@datacide ~]$ find /shorten\ -\ flac/ -name "*.flac" -print | wc -l
   45
   

2. The last CD I bought was:
   The Maurizio metal box from some guy in Israel off Ebay. I have not actually received it yet though.

3. The last song I listened to before writing this was:
   “We Were” by Minamo off Shining, the most recent release on 12k, which I received in the mail today from Ear/Rational, where I have a 12k subscription. It has some surprisingly sad moments on it. A very delicate, fragile album.
4. Five songs I listen to a lot or that mean a lot to me:
   (In no particular order)
   1. “Jesus Saves” by Slayer, because it fucking rocks, that’s why. The breakdown is massive.
   2. “roygbiv” by Boards of Canada, because I love the 70s zombie movie synth sounds being used to such good effect on what’s essentially an uplifting bittersweet track. It really hit me how good this track was when I heard UFO drop it at the peak of a smoking jungle set at Even Furthur 2000 and watched the whole crowd collectively sigh after being punished with vicious breaks for 2 hours.
   3. “King In My Empire” by Rhythm & Sound and Cornel Campbell, because it’s so sweet and deep at the same time.
   4. “Expedition to the Barrier Peaks” by Crix Madine, partly because Nate is my brother-man, mostly because it’s my favorite track of his and I had a really strong experience with it one evening.
   5. “After The Gold Rush” by Neil Young. If you have to ask, you wouldn’t understand.
5. Five albums I listen to a lot or that mean a lot to me:
   (In no particular order)
   1. Autechre – “Amber” a masterpiece.
   2. Scion – “process and arrange basic channel tracks” I love Basic Channel and this is a great way to digest their discography.
   3. Pink Floyd – “Wish You Were Here” Go ahead, laugh. You know you listen to it alot too.
   4. Coldcut – “Journeys By DJ” The only release in this series of mixes that lives up to the name “Journey”.
   5. Tetsu Inoue – “Ambiant Otaku” A very healing listen.
6. Which 5 people are you passing this baton to, and why?

I’m not. Sorry.