Date:	23-Jun-1999 08:43:03
From:	mark zawadzki
	Alpahbetical by artist.

 

Date:	23-Jun-1999 14:46:46
From:	Chris Genzel (stamil@t-online.de)
	I sort them alphabetically and chronologically within alphabetically, with "best-of"-collections inserted whereever they fit - chronologically, at the end, at the beginning, whatever. With soundtracks and compilations, I go by the first letter of the title (excluding "The" or "A") - except when a soundtrack is by a particular artist (like Hancock's "Death Wish" soundtrack), in which case I'll put it to the other discs by this artist. With records co-led by two or more musicians, I go by the first name mentioned. With all-star projects, I'll go by the name of the project. Oh yes, and 4Hero comes before Eivind Aarset. There are a few exceptions to all these rules, however, e.g. the Pete Namlook CDs which stand under "N" and are there sorted alphabetically by title. Whew! And here's a tough one: where would you put "Gustav Mahler/ Uri Caine: Primal Light"? I don't sort them by genre because I don't believe in separating between various styles - and I have too many CDs which would easily fit into three or more categories. Herbie Hancock & Bennie Maupin discographies at: http://home.t-online.de/home/stamil/

 

Date:	23-Jun-1999 18:26:38
From:	Beatty
	A real sweet thread for anal retentives, eh?

 

Date:	25-Jun-1999 07:15:56
From:	Chris Genzel (stamil@t-online.de)
	C'mon, Beatty, enjoy the humor.

 

Date:	28-Jun-1999 07:27:28
From:	jim smith (JimSmith@port.ac.uk)
	I'm somewhat disorganised in this,as I tend to slip a record/disc back into any empty slot this means I tend to lose a record but boy do I have fun playing long lost and oft forgotten pieces when I go searching.As for cassettes thats another story.Oh yes I guess we know where Beatty keeps his along with his sense of humour. Smile man you'r on All About Jazz.

 

Date:	28-Jun-1999 18:15:15
From:	Bob
	I use the I Ching to find out each CDs' place in my filing cosmos. Each of the 64 hexagrams has six subdivisions so that leaves me with 6x64 slots which I have recently surpassed. A friend of mine has explained to me how to use a random numbers chart/program which can generate new possibilities which can be then linked with the various aspects of the I Ching. While figuring out the placement of each new CD I listen to mood appropriate music (John Cage, Ornette Coleman, or Chinese tradition music, Debussy piano pieces etc. depending on the phases of the moon) so that the spiritual considerations are taken into consideration on the aural level. In addition to learning how to make the I Ching & random numbers bridge, I'm also considering transitioning the coin method of the I Ching to the even more traditional yarrow stick method which would allow for more category options. Ultimately I'd like to integrate an extensive electronic juke box set-up, my CD player, my CD filing system, and my phone system so that I can dial in the disc from a car phone and it will be playing as I enter the front door. Sounds ambitious but I don't see why not. My electronics engineer friend says that it isn't rocket science so we're gonna give it a go.

 

Date:	29-Jun-1999 12:33:15
From:	terri noonan (tnoonan1025@hotmail.com)
	well ladies and gentlemen, I organize by gender then alphabetically, then by groups. of course females first in alphabetical order,then males ect. it makes it easier for me to have all female artists together a-z all males a-z then all groups together a-z other wise i would never find any thing. ihave a long way to go to catch up with the gentleman with 9,000 c-d's, iwant to hear how he does it! terri

 

Date:	30-Jun-1999 12:17:13
From:	Alex Henderson (breastique@aol.com)
	I've found that when you need some incentive to keep your 10,000 CDs organized, it always helps to have the love of a good dominatrix. If you find yourself getting lazy and letting your CD collection become disorganized, a Swedish dominatrix is always ready, willing and able to show you the error of your ways. But of course, not everyone with a huge CD collection has a corseted companion named Mistress Ingrid to keep 'em in line. So here's what I recommend if you have 10,000 CDs: break them down by genre and alphabetize them by artist. I have extremely eclectic taste in music, and I have divided my collection into rock/pop, R&B, jazz, blues, rap (yo, whatup, G?), country/western/bluegrass (heeeeeee-haw!), Latin, reggae/ska (ya, mon!), gospel, Latin, world music and classical (more tea, Millicent?) sections. So, if you were to go through my 10,000 CDs, you would find rock/pop A-Z, blues A-Z, rap A-Z, etc. I have divided my Latin CDs into two sections: Brazilian and non-Brazilian (everything from salsa and merengue to tejano, cumbia and rock en espanol), and the world music section is quite broad--everything from Irish-Celtic jigs and reels to rai music from Algeria and oud players from Saudi Arabia. (Obviously, I'm far from a jazz snob, and I'm of the opinion that elitist, emotionally constipated jazz snobs should be fed to the alligators down in Florida.) Is it necessary to have a Swedish dominatrix to help you organize 10,000 CDs? No, but it certainly doesn't hurt. Cheers, Alex Valentine Henderson Rock, Jazz, Blues, Country and World Music Critic 247 S. Juniper St. #1004 Philadelphia, PA E-mail: Breastique@aol.com ------------------ Alex Valentine Henderson is a Philadelphia-based journalist, musicologist and frequent AAJ contributor whose work has appeared in Spin, Billboard, Pulse!, JazzTimes and countless other publications. When he isn't reviewing a variety of music for publications and writing bios and liner notes for labels, he provides press releases and technical writing for software developers throughout the world.###

 

Date:	30-Jun-1999 23:41:09
From:	Ben
	I would like to know why the above type of self-serving promotion gets on this thread? Is this to be encouraged? Why not simply say, upfront, that this type of nonsense will not be printed?? And then bump it. I'll go watch TV if I want commercials.

 

Date:	03-Jul-1999 09:30:34
From:	Rudy
	I have a card table in the corner of my den. I stack my CDs randomly so I can never find anything. This way my listening is constantly full of surprises, bumping into old friends.

 

Date:	07-Jul-1999 16:12:40
From:	Ken Dryden (kenjazz@vei.net)
	Alphabetically by artist, then by label and catalog number within each artist. Anthologies are filed the same way by label and then catalog number. This works for me because I know what label a particular relase is on when I'm looking for it. The only problem comes up when artists like Howard Alden & Ken Peplowski or Dick Hyman & Ruby Braff or Chick Corea & Gary Burton record together, alternating top billing. I usually file the CD under the firstr name unless I have a strong preference for one artist's work over the other. By the way, my combined Jazz CD/LP collection is around 7000 pieces and I can find anything in seconds.

 

Date:	10-Jul-1999 15:40:50
From:	Ken
	I have a Music Room and with Crazy Glue I glue the backs of the CD cases to the wall - great wallpaper!! So, I just walk into the room and find the spot on the wall, pop it open, pull the disc out and I'm all set. I have a mattress in the middle of the room and a little table with my CD equipment and head phones. Pretty cool!! I have two walls for jazz, and two for pop. And I glue postcards to the ceiling. My friends send me postcards - to get onto the "Ceiling of Fame" - same with CDs (Wall of Fame) so I get some wild stuff!!

 

Date:	12-Jul-1999 13:59:30
From:	Jerry Benz
	Bob needs help.

 

Date:	12-Jul-1999 17:33:47
From:	Sheila Loomis
	I've read that keeping your CDs in cold storage will keep them fresher. It made sense to me, but I'm not really sure that the refrigerater is a good place to keep them. And it's far from the steereo to. for now I have them in front of the air conditioner. Any suggestions?

 

Date:	15-Jul-1999 10:08:29
From:	Sheila L
	I was just reading about Ken glueing his cd's to the wall and I wanted to know what he'll do if he moves.

 

Date:	15-Jul-1999 21:30:05
From:	Bob
	Jerry Benz needs help!! A vacation to Paris, in the Spring?

 

Date:	15-Jul-1999 21:30:46
From:	Bob
	Sounds like he needs a vacation.

 

Date:	15-Jul-1999 21:33:22
From:	Ken
	I will NEVER MOVE! My house is my creation! My life's work! My masterpiece! I am just beginning - one room is marveled at by everyone who enters. How many people can report THAT!! (plus the chicks dig it!)

 

Date:	23-Jul-1999 14:24:18
From:	Doug Z.
	I remove all my CDs from the jewel case, make a microscopic (and harmless) hole punch in the center label portion and string them on waxed dental floss. One regular size dental floss (I buy the generic store brand), completely unwound - - can "string" exactly 628 CDs. Every time I buy a new batch of CDs, I listen to each one before deciding how to string 'em. When I start a new CD string, the really good CDs go on first, the ones I don't expect to play much go in the middle, and then the other really good ones finish out the string. Completed strings are hung across the top of my stereo system, exactly 15 inches lower than the 8 foot high ceilings in my music room. (I'm 6'5" so I can reach the strings and see the labels quite easily). Neither my wife or I have any friends or relatives taller than six feet, so nobody messes with my CDs and I don't have to endure stupid comments about my "taste" or my CD collection. Plus, nobody hits their heads on them either!

 

Date:	23-Jul-1999 23:58:22
From:	Alice
	I don't know how my CDs are organized but whenever I want a CD my live in sex slave boyfriend gets it. I say, "Chad I want my "Best of Nancy Sinatra" - now! And in seconds he returns asking me what track I wish to hear. There is a CD room in our house in which I never enter. I am not responsible for the details of his filing system - HE IS - entirely. It is MY system. It works. Girls, you have much to ENVY me for - and you don't know the half of it.

 

Date:	25-Jul-1999 11:33:03
From:	William R. MacDaniels
	I own one CD. I never own more than one CD. I listen to it until I know it's every nuance and turning. It might take months. Then I trade it in for another CD that I then learn to know in the same way. I am not promiscuous. I do not desire a palace, a harem. What would I want with 9,000 CDs?

 

Date:	26-Jul-1999 23:46:21
From:	Martin Winchell
	I much admire Mr. MacDaniel's serial monogamy. It is requisite for intimacy with the music; it allows for the rare opportunity to be one in the skin with the musician(s). I too have found joy in a strict adherence to a one man-one CD rule. My forays into the world of jazz have therefore become meaningful and life enhancing. I have sung with Miss Holiday, blown with Mr. Parker, beat with Mr. Belson . . . . - and they have been transformational experiences, one and all - BUT always - - one CD at a time. Tis a sad commentary on our consumer, commercial oriented society that we have the likes of Doug Z - - 628 CD's on a string of floss - - indeed. What joys he overlooks, what notes he never hears. Kudos to you, Mr. McDaniel - -take your time, absorb it all.

 

Date:	27-Jul-1999 07:20:32
From:	Randy
	DOUG Z: I need some technical advice. I used a non-carbon tipped drill bit for the first CD I tried to alter and of course it didn't work. The CD went spinning across the room almost decapitating my cat. Plus the CD surface was shattered and I ended up throwing out the disc (it was a smooth jazz disc, thank goodness). Anyway, I'm inclined to shift toward carbon or diamond tipped industrial drill bits but have some concern about the choice of brand and how to secure the disc during the procedure? Other questions include what kind of drill should I use - will a three speed variable be good enough? Or will I need more flexible speed variation? Also, and this is a big one - drill speed at the moment of impact. Slow to fast gradually or high speed touch impact. Also, out of sheer curiousity, do you play music during the procedure - and if you do, any recommendations? Thanks, man.

 

Date:	27-Jul-1999 16:52:17
From:	Doug Z.
	RANDY: Whoa! You are getting way ahead of yourself. I sense some issues here. I need to ask you two important questions before I dispense my technical advice: 1. Are you a high tech carpenter, a dentist or a low tech orthopedic surgeon? 2. Just why are you wasting your money on smooth jazz CDs anyway? Sorry to disappoint you, but my CD strings are a real low tech operation. The key (in your rush to high tech you missed this) is the use of waxed dental floss. This way, the CDs slide effortlessly onto the floss, even if they have an imperfect opening (now, Randy, don't go looking for a deeper message here cause there isn't one. I'm quite a normal guy, but I wonder about you, what with your high tech carbon drill bits and all. Don't be offended, but you remind me of the kind of middle aged guy- a little fat around the middle who goes out and buys himself a hot little red two seater sports car as a substitute for, well- you know, certain personal inadequecies) I just use the smallest starter nail I can find and a mallet. Good luck to you Randy. And try to lighten up.

 

Date:	27-Jul-1999 20:25:23
From:	Bob Wilkens
	As an alternative to both your methods, I'd suggest setting up a jig for a DRILL PRESS using carbon tipped metal drill bits (I think the industrial grade diamond tips are overkill, and way too expensive). If it's done properly you should be able to stack your CDs and do two or three at a time. Practicing on lesser CDs (smooth jazz, fusion, etc.)is probably the way to go - you're gonna mess up the first three until you get the jig adjusted right and your impact speed down. DOUG - low tech is not necessarily the way to go - I'm talking about bit placement and ultimately the slide friction ratio on the dental floss!! I'm testing dental floss stretch/strength ratios - comparing brands at the moment. I'll get back to you all when the stats are in! Hey, with all this floss innovation don't forget those teeth!

 

Date:	28-Jul-1999 22:46:41
From:	Silkie
	A bunch of wing nuts, oh my!!

 

Date:	29-Jul-1999 14:24:01
From:	Tony
	This thread is frightening. Hope these wackos don't vote. Crawl back into the woodwork, please!

 

Date:	29-Jul-1999 14:32:40
From:	Frank
	All you people with your hyper-organized CD collections and your carbon tipped drill bits are pissing me off. I can't organize my CDs. It's hopeless. I hold down two jobs to feed a family of five. I'm lucky if I even get to LISTEN to my CDs. Oh, and then even when I get a few minutes, sweetie calls, "Honey, don't forget you said you would mow the lawn before you go to your night job at the Safeway." Damn. Gets me so mad, I had this wild thought about tearing out the damn lawn (our lot is 75x125) and replacing it with Astoturf. Have any of you ever done this? Any idea what it might cost? Thanks.

 

Date:	30-Jul-1999 14:48:32
From:	Bobby Z
	Hey, forget the astroturf. Why not string your CD's on dental floss and use the covers as a kind of lawn carpet. Depending on where you live, they might even call it art!

 

Date:	31-Jul-1999 09:23:26
From:	Ken (again)
	Hey, don't ever throw out a CD you don't like or is damaged!! Even if they're damaged with a drill press! What I've been doing is taking 2 inch power staples and tacking up old CDs onto the siding in the back of my house. All you have to do is tap the staples(use a small hammer) so they go in a quarter to a half inch. This makes it so the CD can move with a breeze. So, I have hundreds of old CDs (from rummage sales, yard sales, flea markets etc.) that move in the wind sending out flashing glints of light throughout the neighborhood. Since I have a big vegetable garden out back it also keeps the deer and raccoons etc. out of my food supply. Plus it makes the coolest sounds when it gets windy. I have the whole back of the house completed and am thinking about eventually doing the other three sides of the house. Hey, from a distance it looks awesome. I'm the talk of the neighborhood. Like cool.

 

Date:	31-Jul-1999 09:37:18
From:	Ken (again)
	FRANK: Of course I vote. What a comment.

 

Date:	31-Jul-1999 09:43:33
From:	Ken (again)
	OOPS!! I meant Tony not Frank - wrong guy. Anyway, Frank your astroturf idea is like the best! A perfect lawn everyday! Will it brown - no. Will it get dandelions - no. Will you have to edge around the sidewalks - no. But most importantly when your neighbors are out mowing their lawns you can set up a lawn chair and a tall cool drink and just watch making little comments like - Al, when's the last time you had the blade sharpened? or Al, tough year for crabgrass, yeah? You could also bring out a tape player and play lounge music! Or soundtrack music like from old James Bond 007 movies!!

 

Date:	31-Jul-1999 20:21:54
From:	Wally
	I organize my cds by their bar code numbers.

 

Date:	02-Aug-1999 14:16:08
From:	Al
	Blown with Mr.Parker?

 

Date:	05-Aug-1999 22:11:31
From:	Jimbo
	I don't know. My mother puts everything away. I have to ask her where everything is.

 

Date:	05-Aug-1999 22:16:51
From:	Bobby Z
	Hey Ken (again) you gave credit to the wrong guy for the cd case astroturf. I was the one with that idea, not Frank or Tony or whoever. Give credit where it's due man.

 

Date:	07-Aug-1999 00:02:04
From:	Ken
	I guess I'm just a mixed up sort of guy.

 

Date:	07-Aug-1999 08:48:27
From:	Bill
	ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

 

Date:	09-Aug-1999 10:37:24
From:	Al W.
	Frank: This should remedy your problem with your wife. Play Miles' "Black Beauty" and "Jack Johnson" incessantly. She will never pester you again. Worked for me. My wife has been gone since 1992.

 

Date:	10-Aug-1999 21:47:15
From:	Simba
	Music organizes itself in the greater cosmos - our efforts are trivial. The music of the spheres should be our focus just as love should be our ideal. The misery we experience with others is created by ourselves as a spiritual lesson - only by listening do we understand the motion of the cosmos.

 

Date:	14-Aug-1999 02:58:37
From:	Paul Abella (Pabella3@aol.com)
	I have the single most whackjob system of organization: For the jazz stuff, I organize it around who played with who. Six degrees of Miles Davis if you will. I use Miles because everybody has played with him. Then it branches out to who played with them. And who played with them, and so on and so on. So that I actually have to put Jimi Hendrix and Carlos Santana in with my jazz CD's. Then I put all of the few guys that don't make it into the Miles Davis web on a seperate level, then the classical, then the funk, then the hip hop, then the rock. By the time it's all done, all of my 1,400 CD's are filed somewhere.

 

Date:	15-Aug-1999 11:02:10
From:	Zimbo
	Paul: Welcome back. You don't have to always agree to appreciate.

 

Date:	15-Aug-1999 18:12:33
From:	Ignatz
	You're alright - misguided sometimes, but basically a good egg.

 

Date:	17-Aug-1999 10:47:48
From:	Beatty
	Oh,like I'm supposed to be just SO impressed that Paul Abella has 1400 CDs? It's not size that matters buddy boy but quality.

 

Date:	28-Aug-1999 16:35:26
From:	Al
	I organize mine by the size of the unit/band. All the solo CDs on one shelf, all the duets etc. all the quartets etc. all the big bands etc. etc. Seems to work alright for me.

 

Date:	02-Sep-1999 15:54:11
From:	ladybop
	Alphabetically by artist's last name. Bob--you're a funny guy.

 

Date:	15-Sep-1999 08:34:15
From:	Wally (Wal@chitown.com)
	How do you organize your CDs? Like most people, I don't.

 

Date:	18-Oct-1999 04:39:40
From:	Ken
	I keep buying these plastic CD holders. . . they get full and I buy more . . . Doesn't anyone make a CD tower that will hold all 700 of my CD's?

 

Date:	19-Oct-1999 21:34:14
From:	Tang
	I buy one CD. I listen to it. I listen to it. I listen to it until I am saturated with its spirit. Then I go to one of the local used CD trade in stores and trade it in for another CD. Then I listen to it. I listen to it. I listen to it until I am saturated with its spirit . . . etc. etc. When you listen to music this way you must choose carefully. Most CDs I keep for a month - the least time I keep a CD is a week. I always know where my collection is - it's in the CD player - I just have to press the buttons.

 

Date:	21-Oct-1999 10:13:54
From:	dan (bubinga@hotmail.com)
	i organize from my favorite down to my least favorite...example on the left of my handmade/bubinga holder i have zoot sims/gerchwin brothers(most favorite), on the far right i have my least favorite-john coltrane and johnny hartman(boring!)

 

Date:	26-Oct-1999 22:11:27
From:	Jimm Lyon (jimmlyon@hotmail.com)
	I am warm. This collective group of 'seriousness' has revealed a slice of cybergenre hitherto unknown to me. I have been laughing quite a bit. So many of the offered methods are quite exciting! How did God make all these clever people? I file stuff at work. It is sad to be just a cog in the machine, but to be able to satisfy your aural desires in a personal retrieval system is my small comfort. I file my collection (1700) alpha-style with an effort to keep a bit of distance in category, therefore a seperate storage medium for the most obvious (to me) genre identity. A to Z rock with V/A selections following. Jazziz on Disc, World, Christmas, Jazz, Cont. Inst., Classical, Soundtracks, and whatever is left. Can you suggest any catalogue software I might look at to enter my collection in? I have never experienced a dominatrix, is it downloadable?

 

Date:	28-Oct-1999 20:17:52
From:	Danielle
	I put different types of music in different rooms. I have a blues room, a big band room, a fusion room - each room of my house has a designation. When I come home from work whatever room my big tabby cat, Charles, is in I play that type of music. The CD player is in the central living room. If he goes into another room during a disc, I change the disc to that type of music. Charles knows. He is my disc jockey. He knows the rules, the rooms, and what type of music we're in the mood for. Charles the musical cat!! How about that!

 

Date:	16-Nov-1999 18:11:30
From:	Rudolf R.
	I was blessed at youth with telekinetic powers (and have since developed them greatly) so that now all I have to do is think of the disc. Actually I visualize the name and the cover of the disc and the disc will float through the air into my hand wherever I happen to be in the room. This works best when I am sitting down in a chair with the lights off, focused and concentrating. This ability has the advantage of allowing you not to take much care in organizing much of anything.

 

Date:	20-Nov-1999 11:45:05
From:	Wendy L.
	I have also been blessed with telekinetic powers. For example, when I pull into the driveway I can imagine three specific CDs and when I open my front door they are hovering in a line, about elbow height, for my choice. This takes a good bit of energy to do so I only try it a couple of times a week. If I'm too tired I can open the door to three CDs scattered on the floor. So, I'm careful. I have damaged CDs and cases this way.

 

Date:	24-Nov-1999 08:59:45
From:	Deborah (dkilpatr@miltope.com)
	MY FATHER LEFT A RECORD COLLECTION OF ABOUT 2000 RECORDS OF GENERAL MIXTURE. I DON'T HAVE ANY INTERREST IN THEM AND MY STEP-MOTHER IS READY TO GET RID OF THEM. SHE'LL LET ALL OF THEM GO FOR $500.00. HOW DO I CONTACT PEOPLE THATY MIGHT BE INTERESTED? LOST IN ALABAMA.......

 

Date:	14-Dec-1999 13:20:55
From:	Tim B.
	I bought a big package of plastic thumbtacks that come in all different colors. Not the flat ones but the ones that stick for a finger grip - you know, like the ones used on maps. Anyway, the first thing I do when I get a new CD is throw out or give away the CD case because I hang the CDs on the wall with the thumbtacks. It's real neat - they don't touch the wall, they're in the finger grip area of the thumbtack - and it looks like I've recorded a lot of hit records!! It looks great - all those round silver CDs, and it's easy to read the names - no more searching. My whole room changes with the light - sparkly and dazzly with the sun!! It's cool.

 

Date:	18-Jan-2000 18:52:53
From:	Jim (Jimst@internetwis.com)
	I have a CD jukebox in my living room. No problem. Just tap the buttons and you got the tunes. I change the CDs about every six months.

 

Date:	30-Jan-2000 10:10:54
From:	John Egan (Jegan@hotmailneb.com)
	I built a small conveyer belt around my bedroom. I got the idea from the high school cafeteria lunch tray setup. I built in a hinge flap so I can raise the conveyer belt like a drawbridge where the door opens (my mother had a fit). Anyway, each Sunday I put about 30 CDs on the belt - my picks of the week so I just hit the button, lying in bed, and the choices go round and round. I can lay in bed and pop in a disc (the belt goes behind the headboard, I just reach back)without even getting up. For one buck my little brother will bring me breakfast on weekend mornings. So, breakfast in bed, great tunes (headphones if I get any grief from the folks) and when mom and dad go to church on Sundays the house rocks!!!

 

Date:	17-Feb-2000 18:22:15
From:	Alan B. Rollwin
	I bought a big bag of plastic tabs and some crazy glue. I stick a tab on the CD case. I then use my pocket knife to make a hole in the tab. In my bedroom ceiling I stuck hundreds of cup hooks - the ones you use in cupboards to hang cups on. So, with the fishing line I tighten one end on the cup hook, loop it through the tab hole on the CD and then bring it back up to the hook. So, on that fishline loop I have a CD hanging from the ceiling. I keep them about two feet from the ceiling so you get a decorative effect. I have a chair I stand on to get the disc. I leave the CD case open and hanging, so it's not hard to find when I want to return the disc. I have hundreds of CDs and they don't get in the way, and my whole setup didn't cost much at all - old fishing line, a box of cup hooks, and $2.98 worth of plastic tabs (and a tube of crazy glue). I'd say $12 tops. Can you patent something like this? Does anyone know?

 

Date:	21-Mar-2000 18:06:53
From:	Joe Von Hiedel
	I once inked my nose and printed it dozens of times on a sheet of paper and sent it to the patent office. They never wrote back until I e-mailed them, reminding them of my application. Then I got an unsigned note that said "non-utilitarian." It was original - all nose prints are unique as fingerprints.

 

Date:	28-Mar-2000 08:39:46
From:	George (Georger@hotmail.com)
	I can't say that I've ever inked my nose but I do organize my CDs. I take a historical slant by grouping them by the year they're recorded.

 

Date:	04-May-2000 08:15:14
From:	Gona26.B9 (deweydecimaldriveduluthindakotas)
	By label - you get an idea of the label's style.

 

Date:	20-May-2000 14:15:52
From:	Alicia
	I group them alphabetical within decades - so alpha in the 1940s,50s,60s etc. It's kinda neat you can see how the artists develop and the labels change and how the whole music shifts with the times (within your collection anyway). Kinda neat.

 

Date:	27-May-2000 12:28:47
From:	Rainer Daxl (daxl@ibw.com.ni)
	I organize my collection in 2 levels: 1) leading instrument such as piano/keyboards, guitar, reeds, horns, vocals, also samplers. Level 2: alphabetical within level 1. I keep the CDs in plastic holders. When buying a new CD I feed the titles and artists into a data base on my PC. When I want to hear a tune I search for it in the data base.

 

Date:	19-Jun-2000 23:36:03
From:	Ed (edgnla@yahoo.com)
	Where can I get plastic flex cd holders?

 

Date:	09-Jul-2000 13:23:21
From:	Rhonda
	Who would have thought that a thread about organizing your CDs would have looped out in such directions? The world is bigger than we can all imagine!

 

Date:	27-Jul-2000 18:22:17
From:	Sid
	What do you mean "looped out" ?? Is it unreasonable to organize your CDs? I don't get it - my CDs should be a mess!! These are constructive ideas and practical solutions. I for one am thankful for the dialog. Looped out!

 

Date:	27-Aug-2000 21:01:43
From:	Sam
	In my dream of the perfect system, my discs are organized entirely -I walk into the room and can locate the most obscure CD. I touch the CD and the room is electric with sound as if a band is playing live in the next room, but then the roof suddenly opens. A flock of luminous angels are hovering just above the walls, fluttering, a background of starlit sky. Because of this repeated dream, I have decided that perfection must elude me, forever.

 

Date:	14-Sep-2000 02:20:36
From:	Karim (gointodahole@hotmail.com)
	I have close to 8500 Rock, Classical and Jazz CD's. I sort them by genre Rock, Classical Jazz. I then sort them alphabetical. Then I put them in Chronological order from earliest by a Musican or Group to the latest. For classical if I have more then one of the same composition I put it in chronoligical order of when it was recorded. I do the same thing for Box sets as for single and double Cd's. Though they are stored seperatly. I then put them all on a database to make it easier for me to locate where they are stored in my house. It's become a major pain in the ass actually. lol

 

Date:	21-Sep-2000 04:25:42
From:	Don
	Bill, can you count to 100 too?

 

Date:	11-Nov-2000 19:16:36
From:	Wilson Trembly
	Instead of gluing CD cases to walls or hanging fishing wire from cup hooks from the ceiling why not simply screw the cup hooks into the wall and hang your CDs there? It works for me - I then sell the empty cases and keep the liner notes in a shoe box. Life isn't complicated enough?

 

Date:	01-Dec-2000 23:59:41
From:	Disgruntled Cynic
	CDs? Why, I heard tell of such things! They are a true wonder!

 

Date:	06-Dec-2000 18:20:58
From:	Tom Bellen (BellenTh@ntelos.net)
	A wonder! In twenty years, maybe less, CDs will be quaint flea market items like 8 track tapes. The world is whirling by you, buddy.

 

Date:	02-Feb-2001 19:13:31
From:	Andreas
	Entropy, man!

 

Date:	02-Feb-2001 19:15:50
From:	Andreas
	I would like to hear more about Ingrid, the corsetted Swedish dominatrix.

 

Date:	16-Jul-2001 11:21:33
From:	THE MAN WHO LIKES TO CUCK
	HI. MY NAME IS THE MAN WHO LIKES TO CUCK. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SMELL MY BUTT? IT SMELLS LIKE CUCK. IT WILL MAKE YOUR NOSE FALL OFF. WHY DON'T YOU COME TO MY HOUSE AND LICK SOME BUTTS? BYE.

 

Date:	16-Jul-2001 11:24:00
From:	XMXMXMXMXMXKSDAKSDJHFASJVDALSKJBVD
	SNORE ON FLOOR

 

Date:	16-Jul-2001 11:26:24
From:	THE MAN WHO LIKES TO CUCK
	HI. MY NAME IS THE MAN WHO LIKES TO CUCK. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SMELL MY BUTT? IT SMELLS LIKE CUCK. IT WILL MAKE YOUR NOSE FALL OFF. WHY DON'T YOU COME TO MY HOUSE AND LICK SOME BUTTS? BYE.

 

Date:	16-Jul-2001 11:28:09
From:	CUCK (ZXCVVZXCV@BUTT.COM)
	CUCK SMELLS LIKE MY BUTT. LICK A BUTT.

 

Date:	29-Jul-2001 12:01:06
From:	Hal
	Would anyone be upset if the previous four comments were erased from this thread? I don't think so. I'm all for freedom of speech but I don't think the founding fathers were interested in stupid graffitti as being worth protecting. It would be helpful if All About Jazz had a bottom line that was above this kind of nonsense.

 

Date:	30-Jul-2001 23:50:03
From:	Georgia Brown (georgia@inetarena.com)
	Ken and Bob, you rock! I nearly snorted milk out my nose when I read your I'Ching method of organizing your albums. Ken, sticking them to the wall is an ingenious way to decorate without taking up floor space with them. Maybe I'll try it! I simply alphabetize mine together regardless of genre with the exception of Christmas music. Soundtracks are in their category, and alphabetized in that category by the title of the movie. Same thing with all the CDs that are by Starbucks coffee. I have over 800 CDs, which I consider medium to small in size. My family says I could sell all my cds and buy a house... they have no appreciation for the devaluance of CDs, even if kept in pristine condition.

 

Date:	17-Oct-2001 18:06:52
From:	Coypu (joba01@student.bth.se)
	Whenever i buy a cd is convert it to mp3 and then i take the cd and put it my cd container in no particular order. Then i take my mp3 and put in a folder named after the album and then i sort it all after this structure Genre/Letter/Band/Album ex. Fusion/W/Watchtower/Control & resistance/ This works exelent and you can store up to 1500 cd's on one harddrive so storage room is no problem.