Friday January 20, 2006

Time flies when you've got good music I've been reintegrating myself back into the Solaris Security community over the last couple of weeks, and doing a bit of traveling. (note: Canada is very cold in January).  I'm working on writing up some stuff for how-to on the crypto framework, and considering doing a submission for our internal tech conference in May.

Today I've been listening over & over again to the Dogs Die In Hot Cars debut album "Please Describe Yourself".  The songs are incredibly catchy - I'm already humming along (thank goodness I have the door shut).  "I Love You 'Cause I Have To" and "Celebrity Sanctum" are very fun.  The bands website claims they are indescribable, saying they were influenced by Nirvana & Red Hot Chili Peppers.  Well, they don't sound a thing like those other bands, but are incredibly reminscient of XTC with their melodic harmonies & bright guitar.

Yesterday's CD of choice was the soundtrack to SPAMalot. Wow - what fun!  The is different than when I saw the show in 2004 in Chicago (before it "premiered" on Broadway), but every bit as enjoyable.  I love all of the Diva songs - especially "The Song That Goes Like This".

I'm coming to the realization that my CD collection has reached well beyond the limits of what I can actually reasonably listen to.  I'm constantly finding CDs on my shelf that I totally forgot I had purchased.  It might be time to go more portable and get an MP3 Player.  Of course, realizing how I can be quite lazy, I think I'd need to go for a very large MP3 player so I can hold most of my CDs.  This may be a time consuming process, but will let me experience some old favorites like Carter the USM, Front242, Ministry, Shawn Colvin & Annie Lennox, that are currently gathering dust.

Of course, that would mean getting a decent home computer to drive the ripping... hmmm, this is getting expensive. For now I'll just keep rotating my CDs at the office :-)