I didn’t know how much of a dork I was until I realized that Jeff Chang was, duh, passing this set of questions onto me.

Total volume of music files on my computer: According to iTunes, I’ve got 24.24 GB of music, 4117 songs. This pales in comparison to the Great Library of Chang, But then again, my laptop’s hard drive is only 75 GB. And I like my files on the bigger side, all AAC, baby. This figure does not include, of course, the 21 GB of Digital Perfomer multitrack files on the extra drive.

Last CD I bought was… T.A.C.T. All Stars at KremBo Records in Tel Aviv. This is the crew of rapper Subliminal; the first real Israeli hip-hop juggernaut. Subliminal and his Israeli-Arab protégé Tamer were the subject of a recent documentary; the disintegration of their relationship likened to a Middle East version of the feud between Biggie and Tupac. Decent production and guest spots from Wu Tang’s Remedy and Killah Priest and Tragedy Khadafi.

Song playing right now: The sound of the 1/9 train outside my 3rd floor window; the crack of Derek Jeter’s bat on the TV.

Five songs I listen to a lot these days: “Hey Yoya” by Momy Levy and Michael Winslow, a remake of the song by Kaveret (the “Beatles” of Israel); “All Blues,” Miles; “Down and Out,” Cam; “Straight Outta Compton” send-up by Veruca Salt’s Nina Gordon; “Even If She Is,” from Q-Tip’s unreleased Kamal The Abstract.

And now I throw it to y’all:

+John R. Mietus, Esq.
+Ian Staeman
+Ronnie Brown
+Beez
+J Smooth