Tag: spike jones
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The Pre-History of Mashups – Medleys and Mixes
I suspect the public at large think that mashups are fairly new phenomenon, or at most 15 years old. [QI voice] This is not in fact true. Although sampling as a technology didn’t become widespread until the late 80’s (the likes of Art of Noise allowing, a band who also took parts of songs and…
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RC 191: Aural pOddities 3
My collage contains elements from Leandroid, superk8nyc, kumar303, and bertwerk via Creative Commons derivative works license off Flickr Yes after 4 years in the wilderness, the Aural pOddities show is BACK! Aren’t you lucky…after the last very POP show this is as unpop as it gets, including the mad, bad, sad, and just plain irritating…
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Do or DIY are Awful Fun and Ultimate Ultimate Ultimate breakbeats
Despite the weird and cruel nature of the universe atm (look at my twitter or Livejournal if you need to know) I’ve been taking comfort listening to People Like Us’s Do or DIY end of show compilation ‘Awful Fun’ available over at WFMU. Some crazy collages and manic avant-retard action, my fave bit so far…
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RC 178: Tim and Kirk Show – Whatever Happened to Baby Jade?
Kirk comes back from popping out to the shops, only 2 years late… We talk about The Curse of Glen Cambell, how my DJ program predicts our IQs, Rude shipping forecasts and Lewis’s butt, rip-off band names, 1986, bounce baby bounce baby bounce, Hovis 2: The Revenge on DVD and play some cheesy reggae, silly…
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RC 151: Odds n’ Sods 3 – Mighty Mighty Slightly Silly Show
This town’s been raining far too long for me To find my way to you, You see me everywhere I see you in my boots and in my hair and in my care for you is such that we could never find a another way to be. Not as downtempo as the above suggests, but…