Category: Music

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Scott Smith’s Comin’ To Cleveland

I’ve written about Scott’s music and his shows before. He’s coming back to the Cleveland area in February.

He’ll be at Flannery’s on Friday, February 1st with Joe Rohan from 9pm until 12:30am.

On Monday, he’ll be at The Euclid Tavern (with Vito!) from 8:00 – 11:00. The Euclid Tavern is located at 11629 Euclid Ave.

On Wednesday, February 6th, He’ll be at my favorite hangout, The Southside from 9pm until 12:00am. The Southside is located at 2207 w. 11th Street.

His songs are fun and he does great covers of Dave Matthews, Jack Johnson and Ben Harper to name a few. C’mon out and check him out one of the nights.

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The CD Project

I didn’t think this possible so quickly. I’m ripping one of the last five CD’s into my computer. I’ll be done with the ripping portion by 7:00pm. Alas, the project is not finished yet because I have to go through the renaming process with every CD I ingested. That won’t be as long as the actual ripping project however. I’ve not peeked at iTunes to see how much music (in days) that I have. I don’t plan on doing that until all of the renaming process is finished. All I have to rip yet is the Simon & Garfunkel “Old Friends” box set and the Now 24 CD. I’m missing Natalie Merchant’s Tigerlily CD. I’ll just download it from Wal-Mart and that will be that.

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Music, Music, Music, Music

We haven’t talked music for a while (I’m not talking about my CD project but we will talk about that coming up)

One of my co-workers brought this to my attention. (Thanks, D.) If you want to know how to take the soul out of Beyonce just listen to The Magic Numbers version of “Crazy In Love”. It’s horribly catchy. I’m sad to announce after listening to it, it kinda sticks in your head. You can stream it on your computer by going here.

Also, JCPenney has a commercial featuring Forever Thursday with the song “How Can It Be”. It reminds me of Lilly Allen’s stuff.

Speaking of commercials, if you’ve seen the National City Bank spot, you’ll not be able to drive “I Like That” out of your mind. I still don’t know who the artist is after an extensive Internet search. If you know or can find the answer, please post a comment. You can download it legally from NCB’s website.

If you’re looking for flashbacks with a new sounds, check out Eric Prydz’s “Call On Me”. It’s a remix of Steve Winwood’s “Valerie”. If that’s not enough, there’s a cheesy Journey remix floating around out there called “Don’t Stop Believin’ (The Louis Louis Remix)”. It’s classic. Some will call it blasphemy but it’s all in good fun.

CD Ripping Update: I’m ripping “Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion” right now.

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Top 40…

While ripping all of those CD’s, I got to thinking what would be my top 40 (my homage to Casey Kasem) songs of all time. I’ve thought about this before but I’ve never actually put it together. Anyone who knows me at all knows what a ridiculous task it would be. I love music. I have a couple of favorite artists. Alison Kraus, Barenaked Ladies, Jack Johnson, Lilly Adams, Shania Twain, Scott Smith (even though he only has one CD) and the list goes on… But what would the songs be? Here’s an attempt at the top 10:

1. Hello City – Barenaked Ladies (They’re the greatest!)

2. Banana Pancakes -Jack Johnson (Thanks Marcy for turning me on to JJ)

3. Bring It On Home To Me – Sam Cooke (The legend!)

4. Tired of Being Alone – Al Green (Probably the smoothest R&B singer)

5. Everywhere – Fleetwood Mac (Still kickin’ myself for not getting to see them live!)

6. Killing Me Softly – Fugees (I hate to dis Roberta Flack, her version was the original!)

7. It Takes Two – Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock (Best dance song ever! Can you say running man?!)

8. No One Is To Blame – Howard Jones

9. Love Can Build A Bridge – The Judds

10. Walking In The Rain – Ronettes

That was very hard and just the top 10. Of course, it’s a liquid list so some of the songs could be bumped one way or the other. I’m sure I’m forgetting one of my favorites but…

CD Ripping Update: I’m up to “K” now. 11th letter…

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The Music Migration

Whew! I decided to accomplish a huge task! I’m taking all of my CD’s and converting them into 192kps mp3’s. I went out and bought a 320GB external hard drive (Western Digital My Book Premium). It’s going to take a lot of time to get these CD’s transferred over and there’s no software that really does the job the way I want it. I’m using Media Center on one computer and Windows Media Player on another to rip the CD’s. I’m having to use a mp3 tag tool to get the tags the way I want them. Not all of the Internet CD lookup services have the right listings either so that’s been a process.

I’m excited however to have all of my music at my finger tips. That’s a lot of music! Thanks to Bruce for the idea (or should I really be thanking him? hmmmm?!?)

My next post is my hundredth! Are you bored yet?!