the problem with mash-ups... is that once you get past both “oh, that’s unexpected” and “that must have been difficult,” what you”re left with is a dj with really fucking terrible taste in music.Wikipedia on Mash-ups.
— jwz blog entry
“I came back for my own purposes,” said the Time Traveler, looking around my booklined study. “I chose you to talk to because it was . . . convenient. And I don’t want you to do a goddamned thing. There’s nothing you can do. But relax . . . we’re not going to be talking about personal things. Such as, say, the year, day, and hour of your death. I don’t even know that sort of trivial information, although I could look it up quickly enough. You can release that white-knuckled grip you have on the edge of your desk.” I tried to relax. “What do you want to talk about?” I said. “The Century War,” said the Time Traveler. I blinked and tried to remember some history. “You mean the Hundred Year War? Fifteenth Century? Fourteenth? Sometime around there. Between . . . France and England? Henry V? Kenneth Branagh? Or was it . . .” “I mean the Century War with Islam,” interrupted the Time Traveler. “Your future. Everyone’s.” He was no longer smiling. Without asking, or offering to pour me any, he ...
Have you heard the mash-up of "3 AM Eternal" and "Ace of Spades," though?
ReplyDeleteNo, I've not yet heard that one. Got a link to it?
ReplyDeleteIt is a shame so many mashes, the majority it seems, focus on Eminem, 50-Cent, and Brittney Spears. There are SO MANY good mash-ups out there that don't go that route.
Lately I've been enjoying the Bootle Beatlegs mashes of Monkees and Beatles, and A Night at the Hip-Hopera. There was also an originally created version of Louis Armstrong doing "Oops I Did It Again" that I blogged prior to the trip.
Lots of good stuff is there if you look. I'm a fan of mash-ups, but the signal-to-noise ratio is frequently poor.
Here's the direct link: http://gyllerfelt.se/data/Divide_&_Kreate_-_Eternal_spades.mp3
ReplyDeleteI think I came across your blog on Tribe.net a while back.
That's pretty damned cool. Thanks!
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