Faced with some serious iPod space shortage I've been going through it to see what can go and, more importantly, what's actually stored on it. That's the thing with my iPod: it's full of stuff of which I have no idea how it got there, when it got there and, perhaps more importantly, why it got there. A click-wheel spin through my iPod can be a bit like discovering a pornographic image among a slideshow of your holiday snaps: "How the hell did that get there???!". I seem to collect music. And no wonder: it's too easy. I rip free Wire CDs onto it and download tracks from the magazine's website; I borrow friends' CDs and bulk-dump collections of mp3's onto it; I download podcasts and videocasts that remain unwatched for months.
Today was crunch time. I examined the 29.5 gigabytes of 0's and 1's to see just what was on there. I discovered plenty of tracks labelled 'Track 1', 'Track 2' etc. and, frustratingly, a raft of those with no artist or album name. I deleted a bunch of tracks and albums, including some awful 80s techno I'd never listen to, freeing up some much-needed space. But I also uncovered some interesting music and a few gems: Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra's Fairy Tales and Fantasies, some Sun Ra, psychedelia by Josephine Foster and a beautiful 1971 folk album called Armchair Boogie by Michael Hurley. Music I've been carrying with me for months on end... but just waiting to be discovered...
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