Paradoxically, the more digital our environment becomes, the less digits we use to name our creations. I guess marketing decided so.

• Concerto No. 21 in C, K. 467 … The Dark Side of the Moon
• 98746.3547@compuserve.com … mikeo@yahoo.com
• Macintosh 512K … iMac
• R2-D2 … Sojourner
• Windows 3.11 … Windows Vista
• RS232 … FireWire
• Intel 4004 … Intel Xeon
• C++ … Java
• Ford Model T … Ford Mustang
• Nicholas II … Vladimir Putin

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: pizza
• Sherlock Holmes: cocaine
• John Steed: tea (stirred anti-clockwise)
• Lieutenant Columbo: chili (with crackers)
• Commander Bond: vodka martini (shaken, not stirred)
• Agent Bauer: abstinence for 24 hours

Bonus:

U.S. seems to only export McDonald’s but they actually have really good fast food places.
   

“I don’t like the sound of saxophones. It sounds like a fart. To my ears.” 

Mike Oldfield, 1999.

“A new platform is like a new musical instrument. You can transpose existing music for it, or write new music that exploits its unique expressive power. The saxophone, for example, solved two problems: it provided better coupling and impedance between the reed and the air mass; and the mechanics offered better, faster fingering and a wider range of notes. You could play Bach fugues on a saxophone (rather nicely) or explore the then-emerging genre of jazz.”

Jean-Louis Gassée, Be Newsletter, Volume II, Issue 49. From The Quotable JLG.

• Separate Year tags for composition and recording/performance
• More precise Date than Year for live performances
• Separate Year for a compilation album and its individual tracks
• Classical catalogue number
• Performers and Producers

The shortest music track in my library: Introduction to Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43, by Rachmaninoff: 7 seconds.

And the longest: Amarok by Mike Oldfield: 1 hour. (Note that a section of Amarok is called Rachmaninoff.)

While you can download Amarok for 99 cents, Rachmaninoff might look more popular on last.fm… These 2 guys don’t take the time into account…