Happy Almost-Anniversary!

It's nearly been a year now since Dave 2.0 over at Quality Boots first really convinced me that it was, indeed, possible to share things in lossless quality on a blog. To be honest, I'd always thought that blogging was one of those inherent evils in life - like cell phones. But, I didn't understand that, really, a blog is a do-it-yourself web page... Like a sewer, what you get out of it depends upon what you put into it. B-)

I don't track anything. I don't know how many visitors I get, where they link in from, or any of the other vital statistics that other people fritter away their lives worrying over. Couldn't care less. Every now and again, I take a casual glance over the file download info at RS - trying to see what things are the most popular. Believe me - if I had more Kate Bush, I'd have already posted it. The Kate Bush fans have downloaded every Kate CD HUNDREDS of times.

Otherwise, for the typical Pink Floyd related post, there might be 10-30 downloads. (If, say, a text file is downloaded 30 times, you can almost always count on the actual content files being downloaded about half that many times. It happens every time. Not sure why.) This may seem like small-potatoes in these heady days of torrents and things. But, I am very much grounded in the days of trading cassette tapes. Doing one trade would cost a certain amount of money and take a certain amount of time. And.. that was just one trade. This is a much easier way to share with more people for less effort & at the same time, keep a certain amount of intimacy and communication.

If you want to use my links in another blog, have at it. If you want to share these files on a torrent somewhere, please, be my guest. The whole point of this exercise is to share as much as possible with anyone who may be interested. If you want to help in that effort, please do. I don't want or deserve any credit.

I have never asked for any assistance or collaborators. But, nevertheless, two nice gentlemen arrived on the scene and asked how they could be of service. They're awesome, groovy cats & we're all lucky to have them around. Tomi & Sgt Weatherman - Thanks Guys!

To all of the anonymous helpers who sometimes are able to provide cover art or background information or report errors or provide much needed psychological support - I have a big heartful of love for you all.

Right at the moment, I am doing some large-scale renaming, sorting, and backing-up of files. It'll take a few days to get things arranged properly. Please be patient with me. There's loads of good Floyd (and possible some other groups as well) coming along shortly..In the meantime, if you haven't already, please take some time to go back to the very beginning of the blog. Those posts are my personal favorites (which is why they were first). Swim around a little. Don't be shy.

Dr. F.