On March 7 I finally finished recording, scanning, organizing our 650+ CDs that had been stored in the closet, on shelves, racks, in boxes, on desks, in CD book holders, the car door, plastic bags, and CD spindles. Our music tastes are wide-ranging and seem to have little in common with most anyone we know. Some of what we are enjoying these days can be watched and listened to on YouTube such as Benjamin Biolay from France singing Une Chaise A Tokyo, Cheb Mami with Idir from Algeria performing Azwaw, from Thailand Duay Nam Ta by Num Sornram Theppitak, also from Thailand are the China Dolls with Muay Nee Kah. Out of Germany is Tic Tac Toe with Ist Der Ruf Erst Ruiniert a kind of Rammstein meets the Spice Girls, auch von Deutschland is Fettes Brot with Schwule Madchen – German hip-hop. From India, Karsh Kale has a beautiful song with Beautiful, an elegant song from Japan from Mandrave & Miyagi titled Asian Lights. Finally from Spain is Hijo De La Luna, a cover by Loona.

This is just a small sample while in our collection we listen to everything from ambient to salsa from Zaire. I still have an ear for noise from Whitehouse, the gothic whine of Current 93, pop songs from Ian Brown and Royksopp, drum n bass from Pendulum and Black Sun Empire, classical music from China, black metal from Burzum, bhangra from Tigerstyle, and the ambient dub of Banco de Gaia