UPDATE: Okay maybe January is the last one; got them thinking about a change for me based on good numbers for a long stretch now.
Flying to NYC tomorrow to catch Adam Holzman (Steven Wilson, Miles David, The Fents) performing a Truth Decay show before they leave for European tour. Some friend visits happening too.
Let's try an interview skit....
Host: What was the most unusual thing that happened recently?
Tim: It's a toss-up between emptying 400 disc changers into storage books, replacing a woofer in a surround mid-bass box or maybe that squirrel who ran around the room and then hid behind the piano.
Host: Are you serious?
Tim: Absolutely. I'm applying some realizations these days and things are improving.
Host: Such as?
Tim: First, that my friends are so important to me; more valuable than material possessions and that the time with them is the real treasure.
Host: Doesn't that get expensive?
Tim: Not if you plan right. I turn down few opportunities and work to invent a few myself.
Host: That's living right. What's new with this collection you fret about?
Tim: I've seen the light; actually that was 2-3 years ago. The disc changers are being phased out; I've been playing with a 1TB drive into the Oppo player and I know this is the end game.. The Sony 400 disc changers redeem themselves but the Kenwood Sovereign (aka Sufferin') are just awful. DV-5900M = Possibly the worst piece of junk I've ever had the displeasure to use. Was it the mind-of-its-own transport or the Robbie-The-Robot styling? Nah, just pure 403 disc capacity and DVD-A format support. They were just storage for discs; I thought it would get me to listen more but it never happened. That's all over now.
Host: Sounds like we have a breakthrough here?
Tim: It's been in progress so this is making it public. I bought another Oppo BDP-93 for the quad system so that will be next.
Host: How much of all this music that you've amasses have you ACTUALLY heard.
Tim: Stop it.
Host: No seriously!
Tim: Okay! Okay! I was drinking from a fire-hose! I've got almost all of it, meaning quad and 5.1 mixes I wanted for a long time. If I was being honest I've heard maybe 20% of what I have access to.
Host: Did you stop there?
Tim: Of course not, I started collecting the schmaltz stuff too; stuff I would never pay money for. But the allure of downloads, storage and cheap blanks called my name. At least I have those as backup in the future.
Host: You can take solace in that.
Tim: My iTunes library is now 54,450 songs! It's time to go in the other direction.
Host: So why don't you do Spotify?
Tim: Because I have felt guilty about what I already have here that I haven't heard.
Host: So how do you hear new stuff you bought?
Tim: I didn't even try for a good while. Over the summer I started adding those CD albums to my iPad jukebox for random playback. But now it's cold weather so that's not happening like it was. But I now know my direction to get it back big time.
Host: So what does that mean?
Tim: That 1 TB drive I mentioned experimenting with? I put it on Shuffle and heard 100+pieces of music that I would never have started on my own. This is iPad jukebox theory for surround mixes and I'm pointing the boat in that direction now.
Host: Are you self-absorbed?
Tim: No! This was an unusual exercise to confess for moments on end.
Host: I charge for the couch, the advise is free, Now get out here and continue with your plans...
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