Order in the Cave

Now that my CD shelves have been rearranged within an inch of their lives, and since I have added yet another substantial shelving unit, it's time that I put some effort into the way I arrange the music on the shelves. I'd made some attempt at this when I first set up in the basement but I admit I didn't get very far.  My plan is to go through all the letters of the alphabet and arrange the CDs by category to make them all consistent. They will hopefully all be ordered as follows:  Pop, Folk, Blues, Jam bands, Prog, Jazz, Female artists, Compilations, Soundtracks and Comedy.

This may turn out to be just mindless busywork but I'm hoping when it's all done it will ultimately make it easier to find whatever it is I'm looking for. Now, give me an "A"...

This happened a couple of years ago but I just finally committed the photos to video.  I'm guessing this may be counted as one of the highlights of Fred's life.  How could it not be?  Thanks to Southern Culture On The Skids for the soundtrack.

Todays Catch

We've recently moved some furniture to prepare for in-laws coming over the holidays.  The couch from the basement is now upstairs and vice-a-verse. While all this was going on I took the opportunity to change around my CD shelves to create a better flow.  I must say it seems like an improvement but only time will tell for sure.  During all this I somehow created more space for more CDs (my secret plan all along), so I went out to some of the local thrift stores to look for an additional storage solution. 

I'm pretty set on what I want so it may take a while to come across it thrifting but I'm willing to put in the time. It needs to be black to fit in with all my current shelves and it has to be less than 2 feet wide.  I know this is not an impossible request because I already have a couple in use now that fill the bill.  Why can't we perfect the cloning of storage shelves? Anyways, I struck out on the quest for the perfect shelf today but I did come up with some new shelf filler. I've been marking this years purchases with glow-in-the-dark tape and I've noticed that lately my shelves tend to glow a bit when the lights go out.

A couple of weeks ago I was in another Good Will store and picked up duplicate copies of 4 different Phish CDs including Junta and The Story of the Ghost.  You may well ask why I need 2 copies of some Phish CDs and I'd tell you that it's nice to have a set in the car "just in case".  Just yesterday I popped in Rift and I can't think of better driving music than Maze.  When the ticking of the clock is taken over with the drumbeat, I just want to put the pedal to the metal. Of course my car will only go about 70 mph which is the normal speed around here but it feels good none the less. Also, I ended with 3 copies of Lawn Boy (not a bad thing) so if anyone needs one, let me know.

Another reason were moving furniture around is we may be overhauling our kitchen space sometime next year and we need to make room to be living out of boxes while it's going on.  Judging from the prices we've been quoted so far, we'll be using the new kitchen to prepare Ramen noodles for a while.