tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12027160.post6822555134759641331..comments2023-05-05T06:30:46.525-04:00Comments on Asteroidea Press: Making ToastAsteroidea Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02260523018938986888noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12027160.post-73640518711194642932007-02-16T11:16:00.000-05:002007-02-16T11:16:00.000-05:00This is the only way, but then again I am a librar...This is the only way, but then again I am a librarian....The problem with this is that some subject headings are <I>for</I> music while others are <I>about</I> music. Ugh. Mix the books with the CDs? Nope. By the way, my 1362 is PACKED! <BR/><BR/>M 1-5000 Music<BR/> 1 . A1-A15 Music Printed or Copied in Manuscript in the United States or the Colonies Before 1860<BR/> 2-2.3 Collections of Musical Scores<BR/> 3-3.1 Collected Works of Individual Composers<BR/> 3.3 First Editions<BR/> 5-1490 Instrumental Music<BR/> 6-175.5 Solo Instruments<BR/> 176 Instrumental Music for Motion Pictures<BR/> 176.5 Instrumental Music for Radio and Television<BR/> 177-990 Music for Two or More Solo Instruments<BR/> 180-298.5 Duets<BR/> 300-386 Trios<BR/> 400-486 Quartets<BR/> 500-586 Quintets<BR/> 600-686 Sextets<BR/> 700-786 Septets<BR/> 800-886 Octets<BR/> 900-986 Nonets and Larger Combinations of Purely Chamber Music<BR/> 990 Chamber Music for Instruments of the 18th Century and Earlier<BR/> 1000-1075 Orchestra<BR/> 1100-1160 String Orchestra<BR/> 1200-1269 Band<BR/> 1270 Fife (Bugle) and Drum Music, Field Music, etc.<BR/> 1350-1353 Reduced Orchestra<BR/> 1356-1356.2 Dance Orchestra and Instrumental Ensembles<BR/> 1360 Mandolin and Similar Orchestras od Pleactral Instruments<BR/> 1362 Accordion Band<BR/> 1365 Ministrel Music<BR/> 1366 Jazz Ensembles<BR/> 1375-1420 Instrumental Music<BR/> 1450 Dance Music<BR/> 1470 Chance Compositions<BR/> 1473 Electronic Music<BR/> 1480 Music with Color Apparatus, etc.<BR/> 1490 Music, Printed or Copied in Manuscript, Before 1700 <BR/> 1495-5000 Vocal Music<BR/> 1497-1998 Secular Vocal Music<BR/> 1500-1527.8 Dramatic Music<BR/> 1528-1529.5 Duets, Trios, etc. for Solo Voices<BR/> 1530-1546.5 Choruses with Orchestra or Other Ensemble<BR/> 1547-1600 Choruses, Part-Songs, etc. With Accompaniment of Keyboard or Other Solo Instrument, or Unaccompanied<BR/> 1608 Choruses, etc. in Tonic Sol-Fa Notation<BR/> 1609 Unison Choruses with or Without Accompaniment of Every Kind<BR/> 1610 Cantatas, Choral Symphonies, etc for Unaccompanied Chorus (Secular and Sacred) With or Without Solo Voices<BR/> 1611-1624.8 Songs for One Voice<BR/> 1625-1626 Recitations, Gesprochene Lieder, With Accompaniment<BR/> 1627-1853 National Music<BR/> 1900-1980 Songs (Part and Solo) of Special Character<BR/> 1985 Musical Games<BR/> 1990-1998 Secular Music for Children<BR/> 1999-2199 Sacred Vocal Music<BR/> 1999 Collections<BR/> 2000-2007 Oratorios<BR/> 2010-2017.7 Services<BR/> 2018-2019.5 Duets, Trios, etc. for Solo Voices<BR/> 2020-2036 Choruses, Cantatas, etc.<BR/> 2060-2101.5 Choruses, Part-Songs, etc. With Accompaniment of Keyboard or Other Solo Instrument<BR/> 2102-2114.8 Songs for One Voice<BR/> 2115-2146 Hymn, Psalm, and Choral Books<BR/> 2147-2188 Liturgy and Ritual<BR/> 2147-2155.6 Roman Catholic<BR/> 2156-2160.87 Orthodox Churches<BR/> 2161-2183 Protestant Churches<BR/> 2184 Other Christian Churches<BR/> 2186-2187 Jewish<BR/> 2188 Other Non-Christian Regigions<BR/> 2190-2196 Sacred Vocal Music for Children<BR/> 2198-2199 Temperance, Revival, Rescue, and Gospel Songs<BR/> 5000 Unidentified Compositions<BR/>ML 1-3930 Literature of Music<BR/> 48-54.8 Texts for Music<BR/> 110-158 Bibliography<BR/> 155-158 Sound Recordings<BR/> 159-3799 History and Critcism<BR/> 410 Composer Biographies<BR/> 459-1380 Instruments and Instrumental Music<BR/> 1100-1380 Chamber and Orchestral Music, Band (Military Music), Electronic Music<BR/> 1400-3275 Vocal Music<BR/> 1500-1554 Choral Music (Sacred and Secular)<BR/> 1600-2881 Secular Vocal Music<BR/> 2900-3275 Sacred Vocal Music<BR/> 3400-3465 Dance Music<BR/> 3469-3541 Popular Music<BR/> 3544-3776 National Music<BR/> 3800-3923 Philosophy and Physics of Music<BR/> 3928-3930 Juvenile Literature<BR/>MT 1-960 Musical Instruction and Study<BR/> 40-67 Composition<BR/> 68 Improvisation<BR/> 70-86 Orchestra and Orchestration<BR/> 90-146 Analytical Guides, etc.<BR/> 170-810 Instrumental Techniques<BR/> 820-949 Singing and Voice Culture<BR/> 955-960 Production of Operas, Music in TheatersAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12027160.post-67858867813761917972007-02-14T10:38:00.000-05:002007-02-14T10:38:00.000-05:00The genre classification system is appealing for i...The genre classification system is appealing for its browsing benefits. However, nothing beats the rush you get when someone mentions a song and you walk over to the stacks and tell them the album, year, label and who played cowbell in seconds flat. This can only be consistently done with good old reliable alphabet. It is also amazing to notice how many of my favourite bands start with the letter "s".<BR/><BR/>Sorry Áürëlê, I know how sensitive you can be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12027160.post-6442756279622225982007-02-13T20:36:00.000-05:002007-02-13T20:36:00.000-05:00The real problem with flipping the tooth paste lid...The real problem with flipping the tooth paste lid is that NO ONE CLOSES it. No one in my house will close it, so the thing gets clogged. SO annoying.Eveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764961738219048915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12027160.post-9233155132295797542007-02-13T11:45:00.000-05:002007-02-13T11:45:00.000-05:00Actually, the "heavy" part of the Sloth Musical Cl...Actually, the "heavy" part of the Sloth Musical Classifcation Spectrum (SMCS, patent pending) goes something like this: Psychedelic => stoner rock => stoner metal => black/doom metal => metal => thrash => punk => hardcore => industrial => experimental/noise => Mike Patton.<BR/><BR/>Artists that have wildly different musical styles constitute their own genre. So for example, Tom Waits is outside the spectrum, because really the only thing that connects, say, "Nighthawks At The Diner" and "Bone Machine" is that his name happens to be on both of them. <BR/><BR/>Clearly, this system still needs tweaking, but I really think I'm onto something here. Will Sloth one day be synonymous with Dewey, he asks referring to himself in the third person?<BR/><BR/>As far as the Shorty goes, I've got that covered. See, part of the path of the truly slothful is to spend a small amount of energy now to maximize potential slothiness in the future. So I periodically burn DVDs full of MP3's of my music collection so I can put the DVD into my player and choose from dozens of records <I>without ever leaving the couch</I>. Brilliant, right?madkevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263571447613011659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12027160.post-1312058716238704492007-02-13T09:05:00.000-05:002007-02-13T09:05:00.000-05:00Okay, so MadKevin, does that mean that "stoner roc...Okay, so MadKevin, does that mean that "stoner rock" and "metal" are beside each other on the shelf? And what about thrash? Is that separate? Is it on the other side of metal from stoner rock? What do you do, if, as Dwarfie says, you have an artist with two totally different styles? What if they're on the same album?<BR/><BR/>And I love your film classification system, but I do worry.<BR/><BR/>What if, some day, you're incapacitated on the couch by your sheer slothiness, and Shorty has to<BR/>get a DVD or CD for you? Will she have the patience to do it? <BR/><BR/>Ariel! Out of cases! You make me faint!<BR/><BR/>Aurèle, you are going to have to blame our Espig for my lapse in accenting. I meant to ask, did you see J5 when they were here?<BR/><BR/>Milan, welcome to the first post I've written with responses in the double digits. Thank google.Asteroidea Presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02260523018938986888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12027160.post-11540133582981673762007-02-13T00:15:00.000-05:002007-02-13T00:15:00.000-05:001. Anything but alphabetical is crazy! ...but I do...1. Anything but alphabetical is crazy! ...but I do have a pile that's just crap -> Donnie and Marie, Bad Brains - Rise, lot's of Genesis. <BR/><BR/>2. There is an "è" in my name. But you get points for not using an "O". <BR/><BR/>3. I don't know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12027160.post-49103627084538164672007-02-12T22:39:00.000-05:002007-02-12T22:39:00.000-05:00I've been thinking of organizing my music by time ...I've been thinking of organizing my music by time of day, or perhaps mood -- mine, that is, and what I want to listen to at the time.<BR/><BR/>(BTW, I'm a tech writer, and my Google Alert for "controlled vocabulary" was what brought me here.)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01715849167077401485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12027160.post-69053233509982182332007-02-12T20:43:00.000-05:002007-02-12T20:43:00.000-05:00Us coyotes just rinse the fliptops on toothpaste p...Us coyotes just rinse the fliptops on toothpaste periodically under hot water. Works like a charm. When ya got claws, and no prehensile thumbs, twisting the tops off is <I>far</I> too twiddly....coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13849975141730668288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12027160.post-71457285854320572342007-02-12T11:52:00.000-05:002007-02-12T11:52:00.000-05:00Tee-hee. You sound like John Cusack's character in...Tee-hee. You sound like John Cusack's character in High Fidelity. I'm afraid you would hate to see my CD collection. It's degenerated into piles -- sometimes out of the box. The DJ I've been dating is aghast ... That's why having most of my music on my laptop/ipod is so much better. Forced organization. And I'm pretty devoted to playlists ....Arielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08751213366474510844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12027160.post-25153234315966334692007-02-12T11:29:00.000-05:002007-02-12T11:29:00.000-05:00Say, Ms Asteroid, I'm with you on this "genre" iss...Say, Ms Asteroid, I'm with you on this "genre" issue. My Neil Diamond records would be all over the place. One album he's a rocker, the next he's a balladeer.4th Dwarfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11078187712957062528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12027160.post-54778870187620756052007-02-12T10:55:00.000-05:002007-02-12T10:55:00.000-05:00Genre-listing is an art, because you can use the s...Genre-listing is an art, because you can use the spaces <I>between</I> genres as well. Like, for example, I use "stoner rock" and "metal" as a classification - so say Hawkwind in on the extreme end of stoner rock, and Slayer is on the other extreme end of metal. But as the genres move towards each other, they start to mix, so say Mastodon is closer to the stoner spectrum than Slayer, and Electric Wizard is closer to metal than Hawkwind. Thus, you can capture the entire continuum of music. The only problem with this is that every time you buy something new you have to rearrange large portions of your CD collection, but nobody said obsessive categorization was <I>easy</I>.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, I have a totally different system for my DVDs: I list them thematically. So, for example, my horror movies are shelved in order from most plausible to least plausible premise, from left to right. So it goes like: Jaws (sharks are real, and they will eat you), 28 Days Later (virus infection), Dawn Of The Dead (zombies, less plausible than viral infections), Near Dark (vampires aren't real, but the blood-transfusion thing might work), American Werewolf in London (not real, but wolves are genuinely scary), Ninth Gate (the Devil is completely fictional).<BR/><BR/>I realize how crazy this makes me sound, but you'd be surprised at how fast I can find stuff.madkevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263571447613011659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12027160.post-15719988413224752782007-02-12T08:20:00.000-05:002007-02-12T08:20:00.000-05:00you know, i wondered if someone would cotton on to...you know, i wondered if someone would cotton on to that. thing is, i'm a cheapskate when it comes to toothpaste. the cheap kind i like only comes with a flip top. and really, the effect is the same as long as people follow the second commandment.Asteroidea Presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02260523018938986888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12027160.post-79817555121705906572007-02-11T22:32:00.000-05:002007-02-11T22:32:00.000-05:00Does your toothpaste not come in tubes without fli...Does your toothpaste not come in tubes without flip tops?David Scrimshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04714106408606785482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12027160.post-84159990762256138732007-02-11T21:24:00.000-05:002007-02-11T21:24:00.000-05:00Sloth, I challenge you on genre making the most se...Sloth, I challenge you on genre making the most sense. <BR/><BR/>Unless, of course, you had either very loose categories or had compiled a tight controlled vocabularly. Subject indexing is more slippery than band name and year. What if something sounded like emo to you one day and screamo the next?<BR/><BR/>But then you get the treat of having to answer these questions with lengthy debates, so it's a win-win situation.Asteroidea Presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02260523018938986888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12027160.post-12070630119530987182007-02-11T19:27:00.000-05:002007-02-11T19:27:00.000-05:00Genre (and then alphabetically within genre) for s...Genre (and then alphabetically within genre) for sure. It's the only thing that makes sense, although if I had ever walked into a girl's apartment and found her CDs listed alphabetically by label I probably would have proposed on the spot.madkevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263571447613011659noreply@blogger.com