Month: June 2009
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RIP Swells
As a child of the late 80’s & 90’s I used to read NME. And in NME there were many writers – from the wispy and fey Everett True (just like his beard) and the funnily bizarre yet removed David Quantick there was only one writer, Steven Wells. Sadly Swells (aka Susan Williams and Seething…
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A new mashup for Pride – Standing in the Way of Jack White
Just a quick one which I held back from playing in Saarbruecken, but it being Pride Month it seemed appropriate to release it, it being The Gossip’s expression of defiance about gay marriage and rights ‘Standing in the Way of Control’ vs The White Stripes ‘Seven Nation Army’ remixed in naughty bootleg form by Tim…
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It’s not fair…I missed these Lily mashups!
I dunno, Lily Allen mashups are like buses, turn your head for a minute and 2 come at once and whizz past the bus stop. I missed these first time (uh, like 2 weeks? YEARS in blog land) but the first is by the excellent ThriftshopXL – I raved about the last Lily video he…
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Where were you on 72? What Girl Talk SHOULD sound like.
Yes it’s finally here – 72, the pass-the-parcel mashup project, inspired by our very own Boot in 60 Seconds has reached 72 minutes and is thus finished! This is basically what Girl Talk SHOULD sound like, done by people who actually understand mashups rather than spending more time on their haircut. Cue Girl Talk lovin’…
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A+B Mashup film from 2005 parts 1 & 2 – A&D, Mr Fab
I’d heard about this before but not seen it – Joel Kuwahara‘s short film from 2005 about LA Bootie and the mashup scene in the US – featuring interviews with Mr Fab aka RIAA, A&D of Bootie, representatives from Warners (BOO!) and Chrysalis. ‘Least sexiest music ever made!!!’ ‘The dorkiest musician you can be!!!’ LOL…