Tag: Earworm
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Downtempo is the new Rock n Roll
Continuing the downtempo theme from Hallmighty & MarkJMix’s latest album is the return to mashups by Departure with a new name – Certified Mashup Girl (also on Soundcloud). This came out at the end of September so yes I am late on this, but it has a chilled downtempo fusion of the likes of Brian…
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Know Your History Part 4: Bushwhacked
Thanks to Boris B a bit of important cutup/mashup history has been now added to the Bootleg Archive one of the first political mashup compilations, 2004’s Bushwhacked against Bush and the Iraq war. I recently added Twinkleboi who put this together to the Archive and asked him if he still had it – he said…
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Mashup Academia
Interesting when academics and music theorists (or in this case philosophers) talk about mashups, something I know very well if you are a frequent reader (if not: this blog started at the second mashup podcast ever – the first fizzled out – for the first year or so, broadening out into DIY remix and music…
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Albums that people forgot yet hung around on my iPod
Strange how end of year lists seem to forget albums that were earlier in the year, for later. It’s as if people forgot they existed…I didn’t, partly because I tend to check out new stuff in a lump that’s not necessarily chronological, and also if I like something it tends to stick around. So here…
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Call Me Maybe On Chatroulette
Steve Kardynal does it again on Chatroulette…This time with that annoying earworm ‘Call Me Maybe’. Love how people join in with this! Better than the official video, by far.
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Finnish accordion metal polka Boney M covers
I was looking for a really annoying earworm of a latin accordion tune and found this. You’re welcome. I’m guessing the Finnish polka metal genre isn’t really that big, but it doesn’t get much more random than Boney M’s Rasputin covered in the said style by Turisas…and not many blogs or podcast where this sort…