mp3 tagging

You have a bunch of mp3's that all have different naming conventions? Some file names are just the song name while others are a long string of information including the name of the music blog that it came from? Did you ever wish there was a simple way to change the file name to a format you want, and tag the mp3 with artist and song info in case it was missing or mislabeled?

The Virgo in me always did, and I have spent plenty a Sunday morning filing, organizing and renaming my mp3s in an increasing futile attempt to manage my digital music.

Well, there are several programs that will do just that, my friend. Lifehacker (one of my new favorite websites) had a article highlighting their "top 6" tools. You can read the article here.

I chose what seemed to be the most popular one, mp3tag, and have been quite happy.

For me, finding a tagging tool was truly an epiphany. So much so, I almost feel embarassed mentioning it for fear that other musically oriented people will say "Duh...I knew about that for years!"

May mix is up

Well, my goal of doing one mix a month is slipping. I just finished a mix for July, which I'll be giving away at the Castle tomorrow night. If I get industrious, I may be able to catch up this weekend.

In the meantime, I realized I never posted my mix from May.

You can get it here: senordick052609 192k.mp3

Tracklist:

1 primal scream - loaded intro (0:24)
2 the hives - main offender (2:22)
3 dragonette - fixin to thrill (3:49)
4 the bloody beetroots f steve aoki - warp 1.9 (3:06)
5 tiga - shoes (mr. oizo remix) (2:58)
6 database - miami (mmmathias remix) (4:58)
7 datarock- fa fa fa (miami horror remix) (5:04)
8 the deafness - bela legosi's dead (lovejoy electric mix) (5:50)
9 fischerspooner- the best revenge (oliver koletzki remix) (6:07)
10 daft punk - technologic (kids at the bar remix) (4:13)
11 crookers - limonaire (bloody beetroots remix) (4:12)
12 the prodigy - omenh (clockwork remix) (5:49)
13 klaxons - gravity's rainbow (van she remix) (4:52)

Castle playlist 7/10/09

goldfrapp - utopia
editors - lullaby
fever ray - when i grow up (lissvik remix)
moby - natural blues
ian brown - thriller
cassettes wont listen - need you tonight
beastie boys - an open letter to nyc
primal scream - loaded
harvey danger - save it for later
plastic bertrand - major tom
the cure - world in my eyes
the get up kids - close to me
samiam - here comes your man
modest mouse - float on
oasis - faaling down (chemical brothers mix)
cut copy - future
golden boy w miss kittin - rippin kittin
mylo - in my arms
new young pony club - ice cream
death in vegas - hands around my throat
808 state v mc tunes - tunes spluts the atom
martin solveig - one 2.3 four (felix da housecatt mix)
electrosound - sweet motorcycle dreams
ladytron - seventeen
ruff muff - love her madly
simian mobile disco - audacity of huge
dragonette - fixin to thrill
bunny lake - if you leave me
phoenix - 1901 (one for the team mix)
she wants revenge - i dont wanna fall in love
yeah yeah yeahs - zero
mystery jets and esser - in between days
the smiths - bigmouth strikes again (remix)
wolfmother - woman (mstrkrft remix)
the cult - fire woman
ting tings - great dj
vandalism - smash disco
spektrum - kinda new (dirty south rmx)
the illuminoids - smack my bitch's tweeter
fischerspooner - emerge
d mode v goldfrapp - jesus is my personal trainer
dessau - isolation
everyones a crook - love will tear us apart
avian x - shake the disease (kolt 13 mix)
MJ - thriller (discotech mix)
fatboy slim - praise you (figure rave edit)
revco - beers steers and queers
ladytron - destroy everything you touch
the doors - hello i love you (freeland mix)
dj le clown - sympathy for sandman
does it offend you yeah - we are rockstars
the prodigy - omen (clockwork mix)
inxs - the one thing
nine inch nails - head like a hole
abc - poison arrow
tkk - sex on wheels
the timelords - doctorin the tardis
talking heads - this must be the place
kraftwerk - the model
the clash - lost in the supermarket
madness - one step beyond (spanish version)
OMD - tesla girls
asia - heat of the moment
freur - doot doot