I had some other things to sound off about, but while I was filing away CDs this morning, five of my shelves collapsed, one atop the other, in a chain reaction. I’d say nearly a thousand CDs, arranged alphabetically in thin plastic gatefolds, came crashing down around me. Like 52-card pickup.
I spent the rest of the day realphabetizing letters B through E of my collection (yeah, that includes Braxton, Coleman, Coltrane, Corea, Davis). I’ll be ordering a new CD tower (three, actually) to replace the cheap piece of garbage that failed me. Seemed like such a bargain when I moved…
I had been thinking lately about the turn to digital music, and the possible merits of weeding my archives, ripping lots of the stuff to hard drives and being done with it. This experience has convinced me to put aside the qualms and get started.
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