The Great Music Dump, Pt.3
I realize that, in my quest to come down from the junkie-like status of surpassing 5,000 songs on my new iPod (which was kind of the point of getting the iPod in the first place...to be able to have more than 5,000 songs), I'm going to be getting rid of songs from quote, unquote good artists. Elliott Smith was first, and now Death Cab for Cutie. I've grown to like Death Cab, largely through listening to the lead singer's side project band The Postal Service, but the quiet emo still sounds too much like Static Prevails-era Jimmy Eat World, and it's just not my bag. I realize that Death Cab is "good," but I can't have 100 of their songs taking up space on my iPod. So, I've knocked the collection down to 23 songs: the Plans and Transatlanticism records, plus the 10 Postal Service songs for a grand total of 33. I'm pretty happy with the cuts. If I've made a mistake, and maybe should have kept The Photo Album or Something About Airplanes instead, let me know in the comments. But I don't want much more than 30 Death Cab songs.

Next up is the gigantic collection of Bright Eyes that I picked up from a friend but haven't listened to yet. Anything worth keeping besides the I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning album? Again, I'm trying for 25-30 songs.