Certain things are just so coincidental. Last night at the concert, I kept thinking over and over again of my "desert island" discs. You know, the 5/10/15 discs you would take to a desert island if you could only take that many. I have a generally accepted (in my head, that is) list of seven, but the last three or four change constantly. Anyway, tonight I was reading this blog, and if you scroll down to the Sunday Night Fun entry, you can see why suddenly things seem so coincidental. I did post five of my choices, since I'd just been thinking about it anyway. Here are my current ten, with the top five being the ones that haven't changed in at least a couple years:
-Automatic for the People--REM
-Swamp Ophelia--Indigo Girls
-Out of Range--Ani DiFranco
-Under the Table and Dreaming--Dave Matthews Band
-Crash--Dave Matthews Band
-Rockin' the Suburbs--Ben Folds
-Post or Greatest Hits (it's up in the air)--Bjork
-Ones--Beatles
-1200 Curfews--Indigo Girls
-Disc 2 from the 4 disc Zeppelin box--Led Zeppelin (though in a pinch I would take Led Zep IV)
As I said, the last 5 or so albums change a lot. I would say that since I first picked up Rockin' the Suburbs it hasn't been out of my top 10, though Bjork's greatest hits is a newer addition.
Along with this desert island discs thought, I suddenly realized that my whole disc collection needed to be reorganized. So tonight, as S cleans the bathroom, I'm going to reorganize my CDs. I want to create one CD folder of just those CDs that have absolutely proven themselves. It happens so rarely now, and my CD collection is so scattered that I'm not even sure I have all those CDs I listened to all the time 5-6 years ago. I may use some of my Christmas money on new copies of CDs that I've misplaced.
Oh! Please leave your "desert island" discs, because S and I are always interested to hear what CDs other people couldn't live without. No homemade mixes, and double CDs may count as one. (And if you don't have ten, just do 5 or 7 or whatever.)
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