New Beck album = Great

Something I'm very proud of - if you search for "chicken breast trees" (in quotes) on Google, Ann's post about same is the #1 result.

So I'm assuming you all use iTunes to organize your music. How do you rate songs? Here's my strategy, but I'd love to hear yours.

• 1 star: Novelty or just plain bad songs that I have in my library for fun. Examples: Me So Horny, Take On Me, Unskinny Bop
  
• 2 stars: Funny songs or cheesy songs that have a little bit of quality. Examples: Cracklin' Rosie, Lee, Ode to My Car, Yoda, Gin and Juice
  
• 3 stars: My least favorite songs by good bands, and my best "gimmick" songs. Examples: Good Day Sunshine, Dancing in the Dark, Kielbasa, Baby Got Back
  
• 4 stars: My biggest category. Good to great songs by good bands. Too many songs to give even a representative sample.
  
• 5 stars: Songs that everyone thinks are all-time classics (Like a Rolling Stone, I Can See for Miles, A Day in the Life, Thunder Road, Sweet Jane) and songs that I think are all-time classics (YEM, Sabotage, Remember the Mountain Bed, Where It's At, Type Slowly)
  

I'm pretty satisfied with this system, but I wonder if I don't have a little bit of grade inflation going on. Anyone else have stricter criteria? Next time on Dan's iTunes organization: cutting down on superfluous genres.

This NY Times article perfectly describes a problem I've had ever since I started using a cell phone - I can't remember phone numbers. It took me so long to memorize my new home phone number in Lebanon because the only time I'd ever call it was from my cell phone where I had dutifully programmed it in. I'd like to say that removing phone numbers from my brain has opened it up to a whole world of grad school facts and figures, but instead I think it's being filled with reality TV contestants. Oh Amanda Avila, we hardly knew ye!