A fine rant self-justifies.
Inara: We thought we lost you. Mal: Well, I've been right here.
'Out Of Gas'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Betsy HP - Mar 20, 2005 5:27:09 pm PST #7703 of 10003
If I only had a brain...
Polter-Cow - Mar 20, 2005 5:32:57 pm PST #7704 of 10003
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Go Home Productions.
I didn't check out any of the mashups because there weren't any where I knew more than one of the songs in them, but I really like the remix of "Ride." It's superfun. Very cool.
Jesse - Mar 20, 2005 5:33:19 pm PST #7705 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's just like samples in rap music, legally, isn't it?
Fred Pete - Mar 21, 2005 4:30:04 am PST #7706 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
Do you suppose they'll ever change music licensing stuff to make mashups legal? Like, you can make a mashup if 95% of the profit goes to the folks who wrote and recorded the two songs used? I suppose permission would still need to be given on a case by case basis, which probably won't happen until a mashup becomes a big hit....
There are ways to deal with this, if the copyright holders have some sense.
Not sure if this is true, but I've heard that during the '80s, a Milwaukee DJ recorded a reworking of "Karma Chameleon" called "I'm a Milwaukeean" -- without addressing copyright issues first. When the issue became public, Boy George was willing not to press charges as long as proceeds went to charity.
Seems workable to me.
msbelle - Mar 21, 2005 4:59:08 am PST #7707 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
from that Go Home Productions site, can you download those mashups as MP3s? Have never done before, don;t see a button.
joe boucher - Mar 21, 2005 5:16:29 am PST #7708 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
Just click on the link, msbelle, & it will start. Or right click & choose save as.
My favorite GHP mashup is the Tweet/XTC one (it's a couple above the Aguilera/VU one).
Tom, if you're still looking in, Mr. GHP himself, Mark Vidler, was on the Brian Lehrer show a couple months back.
I like Miss Frenchie, too, especially her Peaches/Clash mashup (from the London Booted project) "Fuck 'em, Boyo". I'm sure you can guess from the title that this is not a work-friendly mp3.
Jon B. - Mar 21, 2005 5:56:10 am PST #7709 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Everything I need to know, I've learned from Iron Maiden
sumi - Mar 21, 2005 8:01:28 am PST #7710 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
Nabbed off of one of my email lists:
24 is the kind of TV show that begs endless questions, but those familiar with the Go-Betweens -- a semi-obscure '80s Australian pop band -- are fixated on one in particular. Did the Fox drama name a shady company McLennan-Forster as a wink to the group's co-frontmen, Grant McLennan and Robert Forster? "Frankly, it has a great ring," says 24 exec producer Evan Katz. "It seemed like a good opporunity to pay homage to a very talented cult band."
DavidS - Mar 21, 2005 8:02:53 am PST #7711 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Heh. I saw that. Between me getting NPR to play "Rock and Roll Friend" and 24 there's been a slow seepage of Go-Betweens in the mainstream media.
Hayden - Mar 21, 2005 8:03:59 am PST #7712 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
That's the Lord's work you're doing there.