Oh, and very mundane and pointless too, I might add.
Ever since I was in high school, I liked making mixed tapes. I suppose this was normal for the time (1980s), but I would agonize about what to go on and in what order. When the CD age came along, I was quite pleased as I could unleash my creative outlet not only on the mix itself but on the cover, rather than just writing song tracks on a black tape index card. Most of them weren’t that creative, but a few, I’m quite proud of and really came alive thanks to a combination of image generators and Photoshop: my one of movie themes featured the movie titles on a marquee with the track number next to them, implying the theatre they are shown in. My one on “road songs” features a freeway sign with the track numbers being different state/provincial/US Route/Interstate shields - not only that but it has to be shields of existing highways that I’ve been on (so, the first track has the song name on the freeway sign with a TransCanada shield next to it, the next track has a US Route 2 shield next to it, etc.). And my CD of TV themes is printed up to look like a 1980s/1990s style TV guide, with of course the channel numbers being the track number. (I could post links to pictures of the track listings to illustrate it better, but the track listings on all of them have since changed.)
I was quite happy with this, and, as pointed out above, very proud on some of them. Them, the iPod came along. Technogeek I had to have one. I still love it and haven’t burned new mix CDs in a long while (and haven’t listened to my last burned CDs in as long - hence the reason why track listings have changed from my last cover design), but I am very frustrated that I can’t show my creative track listings on the iPod! Sure the equally creative covers are in there, but I really miss the track listings!
Thus ends my rant/lament.