Hi Bruce,
I am sympathetic. My job used to require a
lot of travel for extended periods of time (to places in the US that seemed as remote as a desert island).
My luggage didn't have enough space to accommodate all of the CD's
I wished I had with me. As luck would have it technology came along and solved
the problem for me at about the right time. I went through my CD library and
compiled a list of what I considered essential listening. The pile came to 100+
CD's. Using MP3 technology, at 128 Kbps, I was able to cram all of these
into about 20 CDRW's as MP3 files. I can play these on my lap top or a
small / portable CD / MP3 player which I bought. Sure the sound isn't
quite as good as the original CD, but the trade off is that I get to have my music
with me when I want it.
Eric Cline
Sr. R
& D Chemist
Graphic Arts Synthesis Group
Reichhold,
Inc.
Global
Coating and Performance Resins
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Toll Free: 1-800-448-3482 ext.8116
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Petherick
[mailto:bpetherick@SHAW.CA]
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 5:51 PM
To: F_MINOR@EMAIL.RUTGERS.EDU
Subject: Desert Island Discs
[OT, maybe?]
Hi all,
I have been
catching up with various emails over the last few hours and thought about being
without my CD collection for a year. I am in the middle of a real Desert
Island situation, and I though I
might ask what CDs are the minimum for a healthy life-style :-> Wy wife had
to go back to Australia
to pack up, so these are what she selected for both of us (NB no editing to
protect some bad choices on my part!)
In no particular order:
1. Steve Reich "Music for 18 musicians" [original recording]
2. Steve Recih " The Cave" [Good for scaring people with the Carl
Sagan part :->]
3. Arvo Part "Passio"
4. Jan Garbarek "Rites"
5. Bent Sorensen "Birds and Bells" [Most of you won't know this, but
it is really brilliant. Look for it ECM New Series]
6. Sinfonye "Complete Hildegard von Bingen Vol 1"
7. Kronos Quartet "Early Music"
8. Morton Feldman "all piano" John Tilbury [best and most complete
performance until I can finish my set :->]
9. Morton Feldman "Coptic Light" Ensemble Avant-Garde [Not my
favourite of the 3 recordings I have of this, but still pretty damn good]
10. Keith Jarret "Koln Concert"
11 - 14. First four albums of Brad Mehldau
15. South Park
"Bigger Longer & Uncut" [This was the only pop music we played my
daughter in vitro, and she still
likes it at 2]
16. Bruce Hornsby "Harbor Lights" [Can you tell that I play the
piano??]
and
17. The CBC 1954 Goldbergs. I bought this just before we left, so it is the
freshest. I miss my '81 now!
Thoughts?
Bruce Petherick