This week I did a mass purge of content. I rarely touch my CD collection these days, but I decided to do a mass clean out and managed to rediscover a fistful of Now That’s What I Call Music discs and one Pepsi Chart CD. Yes I know, but I was young and naive, and it was right at the end of the last millennium (and that was ages ago).
I decided to hook them up and see whether in all this time I had missed any classics tchunes; the sort of thing that remind you of the summer days out on the grass, or drinks at the weekends with your mates, but a few years before you’re meant to be able to buy them.
We’ll I was in luck. While most of the double discs contained a mediocre paste of pap, I’ve discovered that even pap can disguise a few little memorable gems and hastily ripped these forgotten beauties into iTunes. Tracks include Heart of Asia, Toca’s Miracle, On The Beach, Fields of Love, Blood is Pumpin’ and a couple of other ones. They’ll never be considered greats, but while the sun has been out and things have been looking up, I’ve been lapping it up and enjoying my very own early 00’s revival.
Also victim to the clearout, about £300 worth of old Computer Arts magazines, some going back to 2001. It’s sad to see them all go, it’s sort of how I learnt my trade (if only I could have claimed them as expenses in those days) but there comes a point where they become a health and safety hazard due to their combined weight, so I made the decision to get rid of the lot, including about 60 trial CDs all containing trial versions of Dreamweaver 4 and tutorials on how to make a wicked website using frames.
I’m making my way through yet another Heinrich Harrer book, and soon will have a review for it I’m sure. It’s much thicker than the previous volumes, but it does cover a lot more and fills in some of the gaps. I’m keen to finish it.
This week I’ve got a slew of projects to kick start and I’m looking forward to it. It’s going to be a little manic, but I like it like that anyway.
What with Skins back on, the weather improving, some good comedy coming up, my swim routine getting back into shape and the hunt for more space all on track, I’m really enjoying watching the last few days of winter slip away.