Tough choices

[rikibeth]

I am approaching capacity on PopTart, my 30G iPod.

I am going to have to start deciding what doesn't need to be on there.

And this is AFTER deleting NIN's "Ghosts I-IV" (because, frankly, it SUCKED, and while it can stay on the hard drive, I don't need to carry it with me) and everything that's come up on shuffle featuring the Cookie Monster Death Metal Voice (screamo crap), because I've been tagging those with a one-star rating so I can delete them.

How would YOU go about deciding what didn't need to stay on there?

ETA: Cleaning up the duplicates gave me another GB of room without having to lose variety. My entire collection still fits in my pocket.

Comments

[ihadtimetokill.livejournal.com]

wow, the reason i bought a 30 gig was so i wouldn't have to make those choices for a long long long long time (11 gigs and counting...)

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

THIS IS WHY I COVET THE 160G.

Sadly, not in budget any time soon.

Srsly, what to delete? Especially since I prize the ability of Shuffle to give me things I barely know.

[ihadtimetokill.livejournal.com]

hurr. understood. but i know that my "i need to have EVERYTHING" mentality is more like, vaguely OCD-based than because i actually like/love/have listened to everything i have. i just really like the idea that this little thing holds every song i own...so if it came down to it i'd be able to find some stuff to sacrifice.

i guess, maybe, either rotate out the stuff you haven't listened to in at least six months...or rotate out (temporarily, mind) the stuff you listen to all the time and know by heart? ugh.

failing that, uh, yeah...it might be upgrade time. poptart 2.0! woo!

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Fortunately, I was able to load all the things I bought back in April and hadn't ripped yet and still have a hair under 2GB left.

I am now attempting to sort and delete duplicates, and telling myself that I am NOT likely to listen to the Warped compilations AS ALBUMS on PopTart, so it's okay to delete things I have elsewhere from those lists, even if, were I to play the Warped compilations as albums, those would probably be the things I liked best.

[ihadtimetokill.livejournal.com]

RE: the edit:
1. congratulations, a full gig clean just off duplcates? bad-ass. nice.
2. that in mind...there's nothing like being able to postpone the inevitable...