manna from heaven :)

I know I'm probably the last one to have discovered this, but in case you're broke - or very nearly so, like yours truly - and still can't resist the urge to expand your music/movie/book etc. collection, you can actually do it for free. Just download a cute little program called uTorrent. Then go to a lovely website called http://thepiratebay.org/, and type whatever you're looking for into the search box. Chances are you will find it. It's a Mecca for the penniless, I tell you. I can't believe my friend never told me about it until now (she's been using it for years). She probably didn't realize I was still in the dark, lol. Anyway - this is a blessing, because a large part of my music collection still exists solely on tapes, and tapes certainly do not last forever (especially if you tend to keep them in the car in extreme weather conditions ;). And replacing them all with CD's is well beyond my budget at the moment. Besides, some of the stuff can't even be found on the paid download sites - I know, because I looked for it. So imagine my surprise when I checked The Pirate Bay and there it was. Some kind soul had it and decided to share. I just downloaded two full albums by Helium Vola, an electro-medieval band from Germany that I couldn't find anywhere except on YouTube (they were founded by the same guy who started another band I love - Qntal - and is still the chief composer for Deine Lakaien). Next I'm planning to 'digitize' Enya's discography, most of which I had purchased long ago on tapes (nearly destroyed by now, lol). I would still prefer to get the CD's with the lovely artwork and all - but life is life, and I probably already spent more money on CD's than an average person. Now is not the time. So thank the gods for free torrents.:)

I haven't tried downloading videos or movies yet, since I'm not sure there's enough space left on my hard drive; besides, Comcast (my ISP) is supposedly charging extra fees for excessive downloads these days. But I just unexpectedly found something I wasn't even looking for - at least not on Pirate Bay. ( Read more... )