iTunes killed the hidden track

Remember back in the day when flannel was all the rage and people bought music on CDs...yes, the 90's.

I just saw some old 'hidden tracks'...those tracks that after the 'last' track of the album played there'd be an extended period of silence followed by a surprise 'hidden track'...not listed in the liner. Ah yes, a perfect place to hide some crappy song that didn't deserve to make the album. Maybe the record company thought it sucked and wouldn't let it go on but it was a sneaky way to get it in.

Now with digital music you can easily see the track length...therefore a 10:40 track (on anything other than a Dream Theater album) most likely include the namesake and that special little nugget.

There was some weird stuff. I remember a Korn CD where the first 12 tracks were each one second long and contained only silence...how bad ass...the album 'started' on track 13. I tunes seems to have fixed that issue by eliminating the first 12 tracks (or maybe I did it) and still allows the first track to be numbered 13. Thanks for not ruining our fun apple.

Park Lane - The Rain in Cedar Falls

go go double kicks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwFyJQqwh2M

1-11-10 Week in Reveiw

Things finally started to warm up this week. We got into the 20's by the end of the week. Very grateful for that!

Work really sucked this week...made me extra ready for a three day weekend. Friday we went to our first Opera. While itnitially I figured it was going to be tearrible, I finally realized the words were being translated on a screen above the stage. Made it not too bad. I'm probably not going to go listen to the opera channel, but it wasn't awful. Speaking of channels, I'm loving satallite radio. I'm thinking of getting a lifetime subscription. Not that it warmed up it's easier to enjoy the new truck as well. Even got it washed when the temp neared 30.

Saturday we headed towards my parents. They bought a new house so we looked at that. We visited a Mississippi River museum as well...not impressed. Sunday was spent working on recording for Park Lane. Lots of technical issues really slowed down the progress.

1-4-10 Week in Reveiw

Back at work this week. While it was ok to have more structure in my life, I still prefer to be off. It barely got above 0 this week...yup, that sucked. I'm sick and tired of the cold. On the weekend it did get to like 0 so I spent some time outside taking down a few Christmas decorations and getting some ice cleaned up. That's about it.

December in Review

The biggest story was that my truck's tranny crapped out. It took most the month to get it replaced with a used one. In the meantime I went truck shopping and picked up up a new F-150. Other than than...it snowed like crazy, the wind blew like a mad and by the end of the month it was so cold that you didn't even want to think about heading outside.

Amongst all the crap weather, we did get the tile laid down in our bathroom. That project went well. It's into the details to get it finished out.

I did have two weeks off. We spent a few days at Jodi's parents. The break had Park Lane gigs as bookend...started out in Cedar Rapids where I had to borrow the house kit since I didn't have a truck to get my drums there. We finished off in Cedar Falls. It was like -20 that night but a good venue.

Other than that we took care of things at home. Got the living room wall painted, hung out with friends, and watched Blu-rays.