On September 9, 2009 (or 9-9-9 for those so inclined), Apple Corps released fourteen remastered albums by these four chaps from Liverpool who called themselves The Beatles. It was a big deal because it was the first time any of their music was being digitally remastered for an audience who had no idea about what The Beatles sound was all about. They sold it in a fancy USB storage device that looked like a green apple (see picture), and cost an absurdly expensive $279.99. Like many others, I shook my head in disappointment; that truly was one pretty apple.
In November, I was visiting my friend Udhay in Bangalore, and during the course of a conversation that lasted a few hours and covered subjects from the legendary traffic of his hometown to his daughter's language skills, we meandered through the art of digitizing music from the 70s. Neither of us is an expert, but he did mention that he had managed to collect the entire Beatles catalogue in FLAC format. This is super-awesome, because it's lossless compression that actually lets you listen to the music without turning all the nuances into noise.
So now, thanks to Udhay, I have everything this pretty green apple had to offer, except the possibility of several gigabytes of free storage once the music had been safely migrated to a more reliable storage device. O-bla-di, o-bla-da, life goes on.
Simultaneously, strange things were afoot in videogame-land. On the same day that the pretty green apple dropped, MTV Games and Electronic Arts put out The Beatles: Rock Band. Now, I don't know anyone who wails away at air guitar while listening to The Beatles (my normal reaction is more karaoke-esque, and involves butchering all the multifarious high notes in the process), but fellow-Beatle-phile and game guru Anand Ramachandran procured a copy of the game. Many, many hours of gameplay have occurred, but the best outcome imaginable: Anand's wife, Abitha was introduced to this song, and has been hooked ever since.
And, for something just a little different:
machan.. nice post..
but. but.. darker devilish intentions on the side..
what do I bribe you with to get the FLAC collection? pray tell me.. puhleez.. totally prostrated
Make your best offer. I might be feeling generous. :)
Not the best.. but the first offer ;)
Free tickets for the next Michael Bay movie :D
machan.. i am a student no.. how i can make a "best offer" to the professor!
Hahaha. Michael Bay FTW.
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