SA is so. damn. COOL! She's interning in Chicago right now, as many of you know, and tonight she went to see Melissa Ferrick at a Borders for a signing and some performance. I lamented that SA got to see Melissa Ferrick, b/c I couldn't go to the Cincinnati show.

SA just called me FROM THE EVENT, so I could hear one song!!! She rules. (SA, that is, though Melissa Ferrick does, too, but SA rules So. Much. More!)

Go SA with your big coolness.

My joy is also big. I found an online purveyor of CD-Rs of very rare and expensive crime jazz LPs which have never officially made it to CD. I'm listening to Bob Mersey's superswank and cool 50s jazz library music right now, aifg. The titles alone are swoonworthy: "Fat Boy," "Jazz Dramatique," "Flutesville," "Beatnik" and "Forever Frantic."

However, I also bought two volumes which were not CD-Rs but I think MP3? Is that right? He was able to compress 8 albums onto each of these volumes. So, how how do I convert those MP3 tracks into something I listen to on any stereo? Also, how much fidelity do I lose going from MP3 to a (I guess) .wav file (or whatever I need to change to). I'm on an iMac if that helps.

So, how how do I convert those MP3 tracks into something I listen to on any stereo?

The magic that is iTunes should make this pretty simple if they are mp3s. Copy the MP3s from the CDs into your iTunes library. Once you have the playlists you want, just burn them using iTunes onto CDs.

So, how how do I convert those MP3 tracks into something I listen to on any stereo?

No converting needed (to .wav or AIFF or anything) because iTunes will make them stereo-friendly just using the mp3s.

Also, I totally cried when I listened to the harmony cathedral mix. So sweet.

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I forgot to mention that I am taking an impromptu road trip to see Spoon tomorrow. My first time seeing them and it's only $7! Of course the gas will cost me $60 - but hey - road trip and great band.

No converting needed (to .wav or AIFF or anything) because iTunes will make them stereo-friendly just using the mp3s.

Thanks! Magic of iTunes indeed. I just opened them from the Hard drive icon, and they unfolded into iTunes. Woo hoo! I just got sixteen albums for about $24. Not only are these unavailable on CD, they're extremely rare and expensive LPs ($25 to $60 a piece).

Also, I totally cried when I listened to the harmony cathedral mix. So sweet.

Awwww, I love to make my friends weep.

Yay, Spoon! I'm trying to get Britt Daniel to play the Kinks Hoot Night I'm organizing for August. It's right at the end of his tour, though, so he's probably not going to be interested.

Yay, Spoon!

Yes, yay Spoon! It was such a fun show. I could have spent $40 to see them at a big music fest here in Lawrence this weekend which would have been a probably awful sounding (sound system wise) 40-min. set in front of 10,000 people. Instead, I got a nice drive, good company and spent $9 for two hours in front of 60 people (it was sooo empty - they are always sold out here in Lawrence, but I guess the Missourians haven't caught the Spoon love yet).

I spent lots of money at the merchandise table. I got their 2000 EP Loveways which is great and a live radio performance CD with three quicktime videos on it.

I'm trying to get Britt Daniel to play the Kinks Hoot Night I'm organizing for August.

Ooh. Good luck - that'd be cool. Of course, I have a bit of a crush on him now. He was like a sleepy elf. A tall, sleepy, rock-star elf. He picked this hardcore crazy-dancing fan out of the audience and kind of played to him all night. It was pretty adorable. ::sigh::

this hardcore crazy-dancing fan

Not Beatle Bob, was it? He's based out of Missouri, isn't he?

Not Beatle Bob, was it? He's based out of Missouri, isn't he?

I dunno. Who is Beatle Bob? This kid was by himself, had a Howard Dean t-shirt on and was dancing like a madman to every single song. When BD picked him out of the crowd to comment on and encourage his fannish behavior, Howard Dean-kid got SO excited. I kinda have a crush on him, too.

Also - their new keyboard player seems to fit in nicely. He seemed really happy to be playing with them.

If he was a kid, he wasn't Beatle Bob.