Edshugeo The GodMoor

I've been watching the fifth season of Alias, and came across this mash-up (but not this video) during a club scene (in episode 13?). I think it's kinda nice.



Never been a huge fan of The Doors (Jim Morrison's overrated), aside from Moon Of Alabama Alabama Song, which is greatness. But Blondie? How could one not love Blondie? Still, I'd a liked to hear more of Riders Of The Storm on that mix and less of Debra Harry's rhyming skillz. Don't think I heard the "killer on the road" line, or did I miss it?



Didn't know this before, but I know it now dept: Alabama Song wasn't written by Jim Morrison, but by Kurt Weill. Well, how about that?

Labels: Awesome, covers, fun, music, music video, remix, Songza, youtube and other video

The Inevitable Rise and Libeteration Of Niggy Tardust! is the latest album from the usually excellent Saul Williams, produced by Trent Reznor. One can download it for free or pay five bucks and get a higher quality mp3s or FLAC files.

I bought it, and I like it, though not as much as Amethyst Rockstar (which I need another copy of) or even Saul Williams (the 2nd album).

I got this email the other day:

The multitrack files of the songs Break and Banged and Blown Through from
The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! are now available in .wav format that allow you to create your own remixes and mashups in any multitrack audio editing program (like GarageBand, Live, Acid, CoolEdit, etc).

Here are the links:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/xo6ru8
http://www.sendspace.com/file/lmfe5v

Be sure to post links to your version on the
SaulWilliams.com message board!

…and if u haven’t already
Download The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!
at SaulWilliams.com NOW!!!

Cool stuff.

Trent Reznor has made NIN tracks available for remix for a while now, though I've yet to try 'em out. Now he's released Y34RZ3R0R3MIX3D a remix companion CD to Year Zero. It's in the tradition of his previous remix cds; Fixed for Broken, Further Down The Spiral for Downward, and Things Falling Apart for The Fragile. Was there one for With Teeth? Dentures? Braces?

Big difference here is this disc is better than the one it's based on, in my opinion. I wasn't feelin' Year Zero and quickly forgot it as fast as I did With Teeth which had it's moments but, bleh.

Another big difference; the combo comes with a DVD rom which includes all the tracks from Year Zero in formats that can be imported to audio editors for remixing. Awesomeness! I'll have to get that. I only have downloads right now.

I've only tried my hand at remixing with Beck's Mixed Bizness which had some Acid tracks released about 6 or 7 years ago, and more recently Prince had a handful of samples from the then not yet heard Musicology, that he invited members of his website to mess with. I'll have to look for that Musicology mix, but I do have the Beck track which I've posted at Vox and titled Heather With Leather.

Labels: downloads, good deal, music, music making, remix

This is a bit late, but here 'tis. A remake of a great Chuck D song I found on a Wired Magazine CD back in November 2004.

I go into the process a little bit here.

And posted the song on the Internet Archive. I tried FLAC, but the Creative Commons tool chokes on large files (I still have a mess from January to clean up), so Ogg Vorbis will have to do.

The original's by The Fine Arts Militia (Featuring Chuck D). Get the original and some of the samples here.

My version's here (or click on the title).

The words:

And it goes a little something like this (hit it);

no comeback stories
no corny choruses
no former glories*
no hallehluahs
landcruisers
no drug users
no grins
no trends
no phony ass friends
who begin with ends
and end with no ends
and no estrogen

no gas ups
no soups
no les coups*
no crackers
no backers
no niggers for no blackers
no trips to New Orleans*
no mainstream dreams
no stress beams
no accusations,
cop cases, court cases

no rape charges,
sarges,
no DeBarges
no lightweight
bounce up in the air
shoot-outs and no sellouts
no negroes with egos
no more shows
calling women bitches and hoes
no thoughtless flows
no woes

no singing voices
no Rolls Royces
no wack choices
no volunteers
getting peers or career years
no solutions
no problems
no more final revolving (?)
no happy campers
no offence
no funk samples


the easiest and the hardest word to say is no
only got two letters, (only) takes a second to say it
no meaning no
no conscience, no stress
no second guess
no bodyguards
no questions
(repeat)


no succotash
no girl I gotta cash rap
no sex traps
no Rolexes
no unprotected sex
no false hopes
no hang rope folks
no car notes
no killers
no vanillas
no Big Willies in the wilderness*

no jail time
no fucking little kid rhymes
no studio terrorists
no mirrors
look mom, no spelling errors
no absinthe pop (?)
no sweatshops
no porkchops
no justice, no peace
no Please Please Please

instrumental

no legal freestyles
no comicbook movies**
no Groovy Ghoulies**
no industry rapes
no capes
no suits and no ties
no stars
no overpaid A&Rs
no American Idols**
no gold teeth
no mad cow beef**

no dumb looks
no onesided hooks
no hero crooks*
no finesse
no mess
no struggle, no progress
no hidden fees*
no HIV
no hi-def TVs*
no contacts*
no speeches for no academies


the easiest and the hardest word to say is no
only got two letters, only takes a second to say it
no meaning no
no conscience, no stress
no second guess
no bodyguards
no questions

(repeat)

Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

Labels: covers, downloads, music, my music, PsychoVoyager, remix

I consider myself to be a fan of niether Jay-Z nor Pavement. I don't actively dislike them the way I might dislike Creed (for some reason, I'm at a loss to come up with anymore bands or singers who suck) or whomever. I just haven't taken much notice of them. I've seen Jay-Z on music videos and awards shows, but on the whole, his music makes almost no impact upon me. I know Pavement is a rock band, but that's about it. If I heard anything by them, I don't remember it.
Somehow, the idea that someone would combine the two did intrigue me.
Jay-Z released his "final" CD, The Black Album, earlier this year. For some reason, there are accapella tracks from the record available on the net. Somebody went and took the Black Album with Jay-Z's vocals and remixed it with music from The Beatles' White Album and called it The Grey Album. This "Mash up" got real popular on the net and tons of other people started getting on the band wagon. I never heard The Grey Album, but I did download The Purple Album which takes Jay-Z and combines him with Prince. I only gave it a quick listen. I can't say whether or not it's any good. It just didn't spark my interest enough to listen to the whole thing.
I can say that I love The Slack Album. The guy who put this together (click on the title of this post to see his web page) may've turned me into a Jay-Z fan. Never realized how good this guy was. The music does it's job of accentuating the rapper's lyrics and providing a complete, enjoyable listening experience, that I've never gotten listening to this dudes rhymes before (and he's got assloads of producers working for him). I feel I have to get the actual record to compare the two. I'll probably download it first, as I expect a slight disappointment.
Even though I love the way the music compliments the rhymes, I don't expect to become a fan of Pavement. Some of it sounds suspiciously like it might be nineties Seattle music. I don't really care for that stuff so much, except for SoundGarden and Foo Fighters (I *think* they're from Seattle).
Anyway, I recommend The Slack Album. Download it from your favorite Bittorrent site today. I got it in lossless flac and burned it to CD.

Labels: downloads, music, remix