Circadian Shift

There's been a blogger music meme that's been floating around for the last few months (Graig notes that the meme has evolved over time) that I've managed to avoid doing it up until now. However, since Eva has tossed the torch/baton/linguine my way, I'll give it a shot...

Total volume of music files on my computer:

• There's about 8.5 GB of audio files (for those of you playing along at home, that's about 142 hours worth of music) presently on my desktop PC. I couldn't even begin to guess how much there is backed up to CD or DVD.

The last CD I bought was:

• Funny, I was just in Soundscapes last night, and was sorely tempted to buy something but didn't. So the last CD that I did actually purchase was Set Yourself on Fire by Stars.

Song playing right now:

• I just started up SeattleTech -- presently playing is something called "137 Lost" by Surface 10 (old-style glitchy ambient electronica). (Note: I originally wrote much of this post a few hours ago, so right right now, I've got "Money" by The Flying Lizards playing as part of an MP3 playlist.)

Five songs I listen to a lot, or that mean a lot to me:

• Oh, this is horrible -- such pressure to put together a really good list, when I've got over two-and-a-half decades worth of material to choose from... Right, so here's what I've come up with for right now, knowing full well that I'll regret it tomorrow:
  
  • "Pearls Girl" by Underworld (I couldn't put down "Cowgirl" again, could I?)
  • "Pump It Up" by Elvis Costello
  • "She Bangs the Drums" by The Stone Roses
  • "Rock Lobster" by The B-52's
  • "Allegro" from Concerto Grosso Opus 6, No. 7 by George Friedrich Handel (which I would happily put on this list every single time, because it's such an amazing piece)

People I’m passing this on to:

• As much as I'd like to pass this on to certain people I know, they don't have blogs, which kind of defeats the purpose of the exercise. (Any non-bloggers out there reading this who would like to play, feel free to do so in the comments.) And, there are a couple bloggers whom I might otherwise pick, except that I think they've done this meme already. So, I going to toss things along to these folks:
  
  • Bob
  • Greg
  • Brett