Like Rabelais . . .

I enjoy lists of things, particularly those involving aesthetic pleasure.

My old computer crashed and all the music tracks disappeared into the othernet.

Because of a knee and back injury, and my desire to spend more time with J and I, I haven't been training as much at night and I have time both to write this and to start ripping cds.

This is what I've done so far, in order:

1. Robert Pollard, "From a Compound Eye. . ."


2. The National, "Alligator"


3. Sonic Youth, "Rather Ripped"


4. Roky Erickson, "The Evil One"


5. Al Jolson, "The Essential Recordings"


6. Ella Fitzgerald, "Songs from the Songbook, Disc. 3"


7. Rev. Gary Davis, "Blues and Ragtime"


8. The Beatles, "Help!"


9. Jamie T, "Panic Prevention"


10. Burzum, "Aske"


11. Metallica, "Ride the Lightning"


12. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, "Qawalli"


13. Radiohead, "Airbag . . ."


14. Tortoise, "Millions Now Living Will Never Die"


15. Jelly Roll Morton, "Volume One"


16. Leonard Cohen, "Songs from a Room"


17. Mahler, "Symphony No. 1"


18. Germs, "GI"


19. Kraftwerk, "The Model: Retrospective"

perhaps no laptop is complete without Kraftwerk, so I'll leave it there for now.