@avclub-985d212e6afdce1ea7dc206c8d1963a1:disqus The playcounts (etc.) are stored in a special iTunes library file, not the mp3s themselves. If you still have the old hard-drive intact and accessible, you can grab that file and overlay it on the corresponding file on your new hard-drive. As long as the iTunes versions…

@avclub-d0cf409eb912cc0cc950b41b6d892d07:disqus Yay, for Mac.
Thanks everybody for resolving my confusion.

I wonder if it weren't for that guy, Andrea would have left Woodbury at this point. He's naive but rational and goodhearted, and so he represents a hope for pragmatism and stability, in her view.

He has to be intimidating, but he also had to appear likable and charismatic when he was introduced so that you could buy the fact that all the Woodbury residents would allow him to lead them without having showed an iron fist.

No. No no no nono no no no. No…
Why are you here. Why now?
No. No. No. No! No! Geeeet OUT!

I assumed his breakdown was mostly from sleep deprivation - coupled with actual issues with being leader, trusting people, and losing people.

He's losing his mind… and I'm reaping all the benefits!

Is this the same Walking Dead game from the AMC promos or is there a second Walking Dead game?

@avclub-33c0b11e200dd2f9b60e169fe58b08cc:disqus I have a strong and irrational protective instinct regarding play-counts (and all iTunes metadata, really). My music library was corrupted when a stray neutrino hit my hard-drive in 2006, and since then I've taken great pains to preserve all the date-stamps and…

According to iTunes, I've listened to In Rainbows more than any other Radiohead album but that doesn't mean it's my favorite of theirs. For a few months after its release, I would listen to it all the way through repeatedly, hoping for a new perspective on it each time. I put a lot more effort into it than I ever did…

Cryptograms blew my socks off!

I listened to Tusk for the first time Sunday. I don't know if I like it more than Rumours yet, but it's an incredible feat for a band to make a 20-track album where the quality barely sags at any point. Favorites: "That's All for Everyone", "Never Make Me Cry", "What Makes You Think You're the One".

I got ahead of this business pre-dawn and dug the graves for the livestock before the soil freezes over.

TGC has no discernible melody or chord progression, so that puts the onus on the individual sonic components to carry the song, most of which are shout-y or kind of aimless. The guitar solo has the opportunity to be the unifying element but also ends up feeling tossed off. I've tried concentrating on the song; I've…

It's not an editorially compiled Inventory, it's a Q&A. Each individual staff member had their own personal favorite and yours wasn't it.

The National - High Violet <— good pick

Side A's "The Great Curve" just doesn't seem on the same level of creativity or as well-formed as any of the other "Remain in Light" tracks. I tried for a long time to appreciate it, but now I kind of just tolerate it so I can get to "Once in a Lifetime" and the great side B.

I loved the song part of "Wasted Days", but the extended coda was unnecessary. "Stay Useless" doesn't overstay its welcome by 5 minutes.

Reminded me of the written test scene from "Men in Black".

The familiar emptiness offers me insight into the unique role human cognition plays in the experience of suffering, as well as the fallacy of over-anthropomorphizing non-humans.