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Mike (especially) will probably shake his head at this...
Tonight, for entertainment and general purpose mind expansion, we ventured to the main branch of the Akron/Summit County library which is downtown. This thing was built in 2004 and is fucking amazing. One thing that I had never experienced before at a library was a legitimate AV section.
When the fuck did libraries get these things? And why, oh why did NO ONE (apparently) tell me about them?
Ken, a new masters student and older (but still cool) dude, did tell me. Yesterday.
I could never get books at the Muncie Library because I lived outside the city limits, and Bracken's were programmed to go to listening rooms. Yuck. At Akron, you check out the CD, or you can sit in the library and do whatever your want with them, including importing them into your laptop. I sat there for about 40 minutes, downloading from about 5 CDs as quickly as possible. Then, on Amy's account, I checked out ten more. Why not mine? I'm still in the hole by $30-some bucks for late fees that I intend to pay this week to get my account back. Either way, this is far easier than downloading from the various P2Ps.
I'm going to use this as a way to shore up my classics collection. Some of my older rock stuff has disappeared, gotten worn out, been sold or been erased from my hard drive. Tonight, I replenished my stash of Bob Dylan (and added a live disc from 1964), part of my Led Zepellin (which I'm pretty sure was stolen by my ex), some early Beatles (which I had ripped off my parents' stash but lost in a hard drive wipe), the Essential Clash and some other things.
The main reason I'm mostly using to shore up my classics and essentials is that honestly, I was a bit disappointed in their selection of mid-90s pop-punk. No Screeching Weasel, No Queers, No Descendents, No Vandals, etc. I did find a couple Less Than Jake.
Talk about a blast from the past.
The lack of these and the holes in my collection will simply mean some meticulous downloading.
I've had enough of the hard drive problems that I am going to be downloading to DVD for backup soon enough. I may also do some archiving of music that I rarely touch to save space.
They also have an excellent classical section, which will prove to be quite deadly I'm sure. I'm going to have to upgrade my laptop's hard drive... it's only 60GB, and I could use a 200 or something.
I need a life.
Posted by Your Friendly Neighborhood DJ on February 16, 2006 11:40 PM | Permalink
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