Electric

Today I decided to reference something I mentioned awhile back, but this time add a little more to it; hey, I’m stumped as to what else to talk about, so that’s what I’m going to do. I spent some days thinking about what song I should pick. I finally went with one that I can still listen to today and never get tired of.

I first talked about it in this post from the last day of 2008, which was really a few links that brought you a cornucopia of the best mashups from last year. The one I’m going to talk about is number 2 on this list. It’s a combo of Justice’s remix of MGMT’s Electric Feel and Notorious B.I.G.’s Nasty Boy. As for each group, Justice is a group that I should go ga-ga over but they’re hit and miss with me. Some of their stuff is great but sometimes I’m “meh” to it. MGMT, though, is a band that I think is crap all the time, and Justice’s remix of that tune improves it 1000 fold. Mixing it with the vocals from Biggie is pretty sweet and while I’m mainly familiar with this one song when it comes to the oeuvre of Brooklyn's ddpesh, that tune is a great one to remember from him. I also think that there need to be more blending of rap and electro.

I'll be back this upcoming weekend with another song.

What Will Happen To Me Next?

Unfortunately, I had yet more stuff that I had to deal with which delayed me posting anything here, including some idiot impersonating me on a bad local messageboard! I had to write and mention it on my pages, first off, then register for that site to prove that the impostor was indeed that... so yeah it's been a hassle.

So, I'll keep it simple here and tell y'all about a site I found just recently which is a nice place for the newest mashups, especially if they're from the Netherlands. Yes, a Dutch blog about mashups! It's Mashup Facts. While part of it is in Dutch so thus most of you can't read it, it is still easy enough to find songs, whom they're by, and download them. So, enjoy.

I'll be back this weekend, unless more calamities pop up, that is.

Social Networking

Just to let you know, for purposes of MySpace/Facebook blogs and Livejournal wrestling posts (although probably once in awhile I'll mention the music pages) go to twitter.com/blairpac to check out my thoughts; I'm still not a big fan of that site and a lot of it is BS (especially with the "celebrity tweets", most of whom are by their handlers rather than the celebrity themselves) but I'll still try it out, if only for a little bit.

Still, I'll be back this weekend; I've just been way too tied up as of late to concentrate on this. Sorry. But, I will post a new song that I'll talk about this weekend.

I'll Return This Sunday

Don't ask, but I will tell that I'll be back by Sunday night, the last day of the month.

You Can Never Win

This weekend, I'll bring up another old mashup from a few years ago. It was part of a mix that I plugged last year but I figured it deserved another mention, this time separately. Once again it can be found at Good Blimey's Mashup Page; it's in Volume 6.

It's from Groovepod Panikk, a trio of DJ's/musicians who I don't believe are around anymore, which is unfortunate as from what little I heard of them, they're pretty cool. That's about all the info I have on them, alas. The song is Never Win The Wall, which is a combo of Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2) by Pink Floyd and Never Win, by Fischerspooner. That was the first time I heard that electronic group; overall I don't think that their whole schtick is really for me, but Never Win is a quality song and it works really well with Pink Floyd's biggest hit on the charts. Like I said, you can find it in Volume 6 of the link I provided, and I'll be back next weekend with another mashup to talk about.

A Day Late, 50 Cent Short

I decided to wait and do this now instead of last night, as among other things, I realized that I needed to leave the house now instead of later to do my activities downtown. I’ll talk about it on my other music page in a few days.

As for this update, I’ll bring up some links I’ve plugged many times before, but I’m bringing them up again for good reason. There’s the Bootie Blog, and recently posted there is not only the past two months of their favorite mashups of the month, there is also a recap of their journey to Australia to do some shows. That’s another country I’d like to visit one of these days. By the way, I recommend DJ Schmolli's song, as he somehow made a combo of Blue Monday and In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida work.

As for the song I’m going to point out, once again it’s from Good Blimey, but hey, look at all the hundreds of tunes they have up on there; I could use them as a source until I’m in the cemetery if I wanted to. Anyway, the tune can be listened to and downloaded in Volume 6. It is from Agent Lovelette, a person who used to do mashups but doesn’t do it anymore. This is pretty old, from a few years ago in fact. It’s called Lil Bit Damaged, as it combines Just a Lil Bit from 50 Cent and Damaged Goods, from Gang of Four, only the unique thing was done of the backing track (Damaged Goods) being played using an old Nintendo! No kidding. Then again, there’s D Pad Hero, which does the same thing, and is one amazing feat that guy pulled off, by the way. As for this mashup, it's good stuff and you won't look at the original "Fiddy" song the same ever again.

I'll be back next weekend with another song to spotlight.

Happy Cinco de Mayo

Yes, I've finally returned. I apologize for all the non-posts and breaks during the past 6 months or so, but it was due to my zany schedule. But, things should be more normal now.

Today is Cinco de Mayo, but I wasn't able to find any relevant songs that tied in to that. So, I'll just repost something that at the time had a working link but not any longer.

The song I talked about originally can be looked at here. They re-did their page and now you can't find it there. So, you'll have to look here to get the tune, along with quite a few other older mashups from a few years ago (that song in question is near the bottom). Enjoy. It's a great song for a night like tonight, where you may want to go out and enjoy it being an unofficial national Mexican holiday, no matter your race, creed or color. But, don't drive drunk, whatever you do.

I'll be back this Friday with another tune.

A Brief Sabbatical

Unfortunately, the excu.. er I mean reason why this is going up at this time is because of Internet problems. Yes, I just had them this past November and I thought I'd be done with them for months, but I was mistaken. But, it's working fine now. Problem is, for the rest of the month I will just not have the time to do this, so the next time I'll post a song here will be on Monday evening, May 4th. By then things will calm down for me and be much less hectic, I promise.

Too Hot To Give It Up

Once again I'll tie something from my other music page over to here. If you look there now you'll see a post concerning Marvin Gaye; a big deal has been made over the anniversaries of both his death and his birth being earlier this month. I uploaded the song Got To Give It Up and figured it would be most logical to point out a mashup involving that tune here.

Once again I'll mention DJ Riko, who I mentioned last year for his Superchunk mix. If you look here, you can scroll down and find the mashup he did involving Gaye's song where you hear his vocal over the music of a song by UFO, which is a band that you never hear on the radio but from the songs I've heard from them, they're cool with me. It's more rocking than the original Gaye tune, but it doesn't make it any worse. In fact, it goes together very well.

I'll be back next weekend with something new.

Catching Up Is Hard To Do

I'll direct you here for an explanation as to where I've been the past few days. Basically, I've felt too crappy to do this until just now. Damn McDonalds food!

Anyway, I'll just quickly mention a link that I've brought up before, but in case you haven't bookmarked it yet or whatever, Popbytes's mashup of the week page-located here-is a nice source for quality songs on a weekly basis. I especially enjoy the latest song posted on there, a rather unique take on Kung Fu Fighting.

I'll be back this Friday, and as my schedule is clear for that day... at least I hope that I'll be more on time.