Encoding adventures...

So, as I continue my encoding adventures (encoding my music collection on computer), I come to the F section.

When I got to Frankie Goes To Hollywood, I was having huge 80's flashbacks. There's something about the sweep of it and the paranoia over Cold War and nuclear armageddon that brought back the air of that time. It was all around us, and even in my totally oblivious way, I was aware of it. I've become so much more aware of and interested in politics like I never was back then - and I think a lot about how I could be so unaware back then of so many things.

Part of the encoding process for me involves adding it to my discogs collection ( http://www.discogs.com/user/dj_muse ) and it's a great source of information and amusement for me. This time around, I realized that some of the people from Art of Noise were involved with the sound of FGTH. They're incredibly talented musicians who have also done soundtracks and classical compositions. They have a knack for creating a sweeping mood and can do a mean string section arrangement. "The Power of Love" is this ridiculously gorgeous, over-the-top ballad that totally captured my heart as a barely-old-enough-to-drink girl (imagine, back in the stone ages). Music has such a power to transport you back to a certain time, especially when you put it in a sort of time capsule and bring it out again years later like this. Listening now reminds me I want to do some mixes that are more about the music composition than actual beatmatching skills - I'll try to get them up next week or the week after (when I'll be off from the Cantab duties for two weeks in a row). Maybe I'll make a goal now to do a mix due each Wednesday I'm off - yeah, that's it.

Need to redesign my web page to show an easily accessible link to my blog. The web page itself is djmuse.com in case you haven't been.

Anyone want to do some pictures for me? I suck at photography and would love some newer pictures for the site.

Other random enjoyable stuff in this section of my collection: Folk Implosion's "One Part Lullaby" (one of the guys from Dinosaur Jr. and Sebadoh in this early 2000's project), Fluke (specifically the "Puppy" album from this decade with the gorgeous "Blue Skies" which goes directly into my DJ laptop), and some of the Four Tet stuff.

So what's up with y'all?