andrew wales

Tweets are my own thoughts/opinions; I speak for no one else. Retweets/likes are not necessarily an endorsement, but they might be.

[andrew wales @stanrandom]

In late 2020 I realised I'd spent most of my adult life buying more CDs than I actually had the time to fully appreciate. I set myself a project: stop buying music, and listen to what I had. I thought about putting all my tracks on shuffle and letting rip but wanted something ...

[andrew wales @stanrandom]

Very happy to now have my very own @Number10cat thanks to the people at @Makeship. He’s even cuter in real life!

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LIES. It was just water after all.

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HOLY MOLY I’D BETTER STAND BACK!

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HOLY MOLY I’D BETTER STAND BACK!

[andrew wales @stanrandom]

The next artist is D.A.F., and my only album is Das Beste Von DAF. I don't remember buying this album, but I ripped it in 2020 and have never listened to it. Here goes!

[andrew wales @stanrandom]

In late 2020 I realised I'd spent most of my adult life buying more CDs than I actually had the time to fully appreciate. I set myself a project: stop buying music, and listen to what I had. I thought about putting all my tracks on shuffle and letting rip but wanted something ...

[andrew wales @stanrandom]

I've now listened to D:ream On Vol. 1 a total of 66 times. Aside from the obvious singles (U R The Best Thing and Things Can Only Get Better), I actually quite liked some of the other tracks on the album. I think Blame It On Me is my favourite.

[andrew wales @stanrandom]

The Czars was the last of my artists beginning with "C" (a band would be hard pushed to be sorted after Czars, but I'm sure there's an indie band called Czzzzxxxz somewhere). The first of my D artists is "D:Ream" (the punctuation means they get sorted first under D).

[andrew wales @stanrandom]

In late 2020 I realised I'd spent most of my adult life buying more CDs than I actually had the time to fully appreciate. I set myself a project: stop buying music, and listen to what I had. I thought about putting all my tracks on shuffle and letting rip but wanted something ...

[andrew wales @stanrandom]

My only D:Ream album is called D:Ream On Vol. 1. This was their first album, released in 1993, and includes some of their biggest hits. I don't remember buying it. My computer software program shows that I ripped the CD in 2018 and listened to it once. Here goes!

[andrew wales @stanrandom]

This album reminds me of the Divine Comedy, and Jeff Buckley. This is a good thing.

[andrew wales @stanrandom]

I don't remember buying The Czar's album "The Ugly People Vs The Beautiful People". I couldn't even remember having heard of the artist. But here we are. The album is from 2001, and it's been unplayed in my library since I ripped it from CD in 2020.

[andrew wales @stanrandom]

In late 2020 I realised I'd spent most of my adult life buying more CDs than I actually had the time to fully appreciate. I set myself a project: stop buying music, and listen to what I had. I thought about putting all my tracks on shuffle and letting rip but wanted something ...

[andrew wales @stanrandom]

My music-playing software program shows that I have listened to this album 19 times, and it's time for me to move on. I enjoyed this album! My personal favourites were the tracks Drug, Side Effects, Killjoy, Roger's Song, Anger, and Autumn.

[andrew wales @stanrandom]

and for further quantification purposes, the music library is 50,855 tracks, with a total play time duration of 137.9 days.

[andrew wales @stanrandom]

In late 2020 I realised I'd spent most of my adult life buying more CDs than I actually had the time to fully appreciate. I set myself a project: stop buying music, and listen to what I had. I thought about putting all my tracks on shuffle and letting rip but wanted something ...

[andrew wales @stanrandom]

And yes, that's 57 times in a row without listening to anything else. Let the judgement commence.

[andrew wales @stanrandom]

@njj4 I had a similar problem with my DVDs and starting by ripping them to a NAS. It made browsing (and organising) so much easier for me.

[andrew wales @stanrandom]

@AskCapitalOneUK Thanks, Laura. Will do.

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Trying to send a "secure message" via the @CapitalOneUK web site. Tried two different browsers, with/without ad blocker, same outcome. Something broken?

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This probably doesn't help.