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'All she can do is dial and yell...'

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Hey, remember mashups? Bootlegs? Bastard pop etc.? I'm sure you do, however vaguely. They were the 'future of music' there a couple of years ago - back in the heady summer of 2001, when Napster seemed like the greatest thing since twin-pot yoghurt and the first Shrek movie ruled the box office, teaching us the importance of 'being yourself' (and how monstrously ugly people deserve monstrously ugly partners). Anyway, bootlegs were 'all the rage' back then, even 'burning up' the 'pop charts' (courtesy of the Sugababes, back when they gave a shit). Like everything though, mashups fell out of favour, got boring, stale, predictable etc. I don't want to blame it all on 9/11, but that certainly didn't help. They didn't really go away though - on the contrary, there are arguably more mashups being produced today than there were five years ago. Most suck mightily, but every now and then one comes along that restores your faith in the D.I.Y. digital music 'revolution'/life itself. This is Marvin Gaye singing over Massive Attack. Download it here. You can thank me in goals.

posted by Fergal # 22:09

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3 Betamax in a week! Wahey!

Haven't read any of them but it's good to see you up and about.

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