Month: April 2017
-
RIP Jonathan Demme
Jonathan Demme has died at 73, as well as doing some of the best films in recent history (Silence of the Lambs which I studied as part of my degree, Philadelphia) he also did one of the best, most unintentionally funny music videos ever. See Gillian & Barney’s faces at the end. (BTW there is…
-
Are you being served, Adele?
https://soundcloud.com/vim/aldi-beats-are-you-free/ Yes me? Posting a mashup? This is a submission from vim aka Aldi Beats, a mashup of Adele and Are You Being Served which is very funny.
-
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…
-
Original Space – KLF/Orb
I didn’t know this had leaked, the original demo of Space with the contributions of Alex Patterson still intact. The story goes* Jimmy Cauty and LX were the original Orb (hence ‘Loving You…’ having a credit to Jimmy) but Alex wanted to sign with Big Life as he didn’t want The Orb to seen as…
-
Doing The Best You Can
During my research for my Disco PHD (only partly joking, I do take it that seriously, maybe one day turn it into something more material than mixes) I discovered this anthem to gay tolerance by Theo Vaness, “As Long As It’s Love”. Proper hands-in-the-air anthem. I was listening to this when the news that the…