from that Go Home Productions site, can you download those mashups as MP3s? Have never done before, don;t see a button.

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.

Everything I need to know, I've learned from Iron Maiden

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."

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.

That's the Lord's work you're doing there.

That's the Lord's work you're doing there.

I do feel an evangelical responsibility to spreading good music around. St. Peel is our exemplar.

In the vein of St. Peel, I offered a few custom burnt CDs to the co-worker who won the betting pool on Li'l Jandek's birthday (that's my oh-so-clever nom de Internet for my kid). She indicated that she loves Nirvana but has never explored that kind of music. Not wanting to alienate her, I went with slightly more cuddly punk and post-punk.

1. Husker Du - "Love Is All Around"
2. Ramones - "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker"
3. Cramps - "Human Fly"
4. Pixies - "Where Is My Mind?"
5. Raincoats - "Fairytale in the Supermarket"
6. Palomar - "Knockout"
7. McLusky - "She Will Only Bring You Happiness"
8. Television Personalities - "Look Back In Anger"
9. Buzzcocks - "Everybody's Happy Nowadays"
10. Slits - "Heard It Through The Grapevine"
11. KaitO - "Try Me Out"
12. Liars - "Mr. Your On Fire Mr."
13. Minutemen - "The Glory of Man"
14. Meat Puppets - "Swimming Ground"
15. Dinosaur Jr. - "Freak Scene"
16. Liliput - "Ain't You"
17. Sleater-Kinney - "You're No Rock & Roll Fun"
18. Mission of Burma - "That's When I Reach For My Revolver"
19. Feelies - "Fa Ci-La"
20. Television - "Venus"
21. Replacements - "Unsatisfied"
22. Talking Heads - "Don't Worry About The Government (live)"
23. X - "Adult Books"
24. The Jesus & Mary Chain - "Just Like Honey"
25. Wire - "Three Girl Rhumba"
26. Clash - "White Man In Hammersmith Palais"

Good set, Hayden! Very listenable - no spinach whatsoever. Though I don't know a few of those cuts (McLusky, Palomar, Liars...). I love that version of "Grapevine" - was Budgie playing on that? I think he was. "Grapevine"'s one of those indestructible songs. I know at least four versions that are great.

Thanks! I don't know if Budgie was on that version of Grapevine or not, but I'd guess yes. It could be Palmolive, but it's a little more advanced than her usual drumming technique. But man, do the Slits burn that song down!

McLusky are a more recent band for me. They play post-Pixies punk (lots of highs & lows) with a rare sense of humor (for instance, the two albums I have are McLusky Does Dallas and The Difference Between You And Me Is That I'm Not On Fire). I read on Pitchfork that they broke up last month, though.

You'd love Palomar. They're bouncy like the Raincoats and early Talking Heads and have tasty girl-group vocals. Misha & I saw them open for the Mekons back in ought-2.

And the Liars are one of the smartest bands around today who aren't the Fiery Furnaces. That track is from their Gang of Four-ish first album, They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top.