{"id":22237,"date":"2019-12-19T16:56:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T00:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=22237"},"modified":"2019-12-19T17:47:08","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T01:47:08","slug":"an-old-music-meme-revisited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2019\/12\/19\/an-old-music-meme-revisited\/","title":{"rendered":"An Old Music Meme Revisited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For no particular reason (and certainly no good reason), resurrecting a silly little meme from <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2006\/01\/20\/another-itunes-meme\/\">a few years ago<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Some silly pointless statistics on my iTunes music library:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How many total tracks?\n<p>33,978: 109 days, 2 hours, 38 minutes, and eight seconds in total, taking up 228.35 GB of storage.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Sort by song title \u2014 first and last?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First: <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/a-drowning-bonus-track\/601418573?i=601418672\">A Drowning (Bonus Track)<\/a>, by <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/how-to-destroy-angels\/371164882\">How to Destroy Angels<\/a>, from <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/welcome-oblivion-bonus-track-version\/601418573\"><em>Welcome Oblivion<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Last: <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/1220073702?i=1220073851\">} . } @ } . @ . } @ } . @ . } @ } . @ . } @ } .<\/a>, by <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/the-user\/5206062\">The User<\/a>, from <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/symphony-2-for-dot-matrix-printers\/1220073702\"><em>Symphony #2 for Dot Matrix Printers<\/em><\/a>, if you sort special characters and numbers after letters, as iTunes does, or <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/zyklon-b-zombie\/260515220?i=260515704\">Zyklon B Zombie<\/a>, by <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/msbr\/260515729\">MSBR<\/a>, from <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/in-formation-a-tributeto-throbbing-gristle\/260515220\"><em>In Formation&#8211;A Tribute to Throbbing Gristle<\/em><\/a> if you just want the last one alphabetically<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Sort by time \u2014 shortest and longest?\n<ul>\n<li>Shortest: 0:01 \u2014\u00a0g-and that&#8217;s all she talks about, a sample of a girl&#8217;s voice I pulled from somewhere for use in DJing<\/li>\n<li>Longest: 4:23:21 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.djwudi.com\/djwudi\/2013\/04\/05\/norwescon-36-thors-day-night-dance\/\">Thor&#8217;s Day Night<\/a>, a nearly four-and-a-half hour mix of me DJing at Norwescon 36<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Sort by Album \u2014 first and last?\n<ul>\n<li>First: <em>Abandon<\/em>, by <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/the-user\/5206062\">The User<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Last: Either <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/55578\/522101114\"><em>55578<\/em><\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/wolfsheim\/27671875\">Wolfsheim<\/a>, if you sort special characters and numbers after letters, as iTunes does, or <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/zoot-suit-riot\/675806828\"><em>Zoot Suit Riot<\/em><\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/cherry-poppin-daddies\/2225241\">Cherry Poppin&#8217; Daddies<\/a> if you just want the last one alphabetically.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Sort by Artist \u2014 first and last?\n<ul>\n<li>First: <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/a-house\/120985552\">A House<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Last: <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/rx\/111434992\">\u211e<\/a>, if you sort special characters and numbers after letters, as iTunes does, or Zynik 14, if you just want the last one alphabetically.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Top five played songs?\n<ol>\n<li>Wasted, by <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/and-one\/493074464\">And One<\/a>, from <em>Virgin Superstar<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/one-world-one-sky\/413111187?i=413111245\">One World One Sky<\/a>, by <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/covenant\/14674512\">Covenant<\/a>, from <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/united-states-of-mind\/413111187\"><em>United States of Mind<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/kathys-song-come-lie-next-to-me\/1470952451?i=1470952661\">Kathy&#8217;s Song (Come Lie Next to Me)<\/a>, by <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/apoptygma-berzerk\/30737639\">Apoptygma Berzerk<\/a>, from <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/welcome-to-earth-deluxe-bonus-track-edition-remastered\/1470952451\"><em>Welcome to Earth<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/afterhours\/413111187?i=413111236\">Afterhours<\/a>, by <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/covenant\/14674512\">Covenant<\/a>, from <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/united-states-of-mind\/413111187\"><em>United States of Mind<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Doubleplusgood, by <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/artist\/eurythmics\/395777\">Eurythmics<\/a>, off of <em>1984 (For the Love of Big Brother)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Find the following words. How many songs show up?\n<ul>\n<li>Sex: 279<\/li>\n<li>Death: 215<\/li>\n<li>Love: 1,853<\/li>\n<li>You: 3,014<\/li>\n<li>Home: 344<\/li>\n<li>Boy: 901<\/li>\n<li>Girl: 793<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some silly pointless statistics on my iTunes music library<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2035,2043],"tags":[80],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22237"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}