MC Frontalot: You Are Likely To Be Eaten By A Grue
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Category: Music
Rap On In Heaven Adam Yauch
A sad weekend – Adam “MCA” Yauch of the Beastie Boys died of cancer at age 47. Here’s one of their classics with a video directed by Yauch’s alter ego Nathaniel Hornblower:
Mashup of Annie Lennox Solo: Backwards, Forwards
Annie Lennox let DJ Earwig at her master tracks to create a single mashing-up various songs from her solo career. The resulting single/video Backwards Forwards is really good. You can hear the other songs in it but it’s definitely something new too.youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fht_R7ELZZs?rel=0 While I’m posting about mashup video I’ll sneak in here a re-post of the buzzed about clip-up video from April that takes the music mashup to infinity and beyond — Mother Of All Funk Chords — remixed by Kutiman from pre-existing YouTube clips. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tprMEs-zfQA?rel=0
Sita Sings the (C) Blues
Nina Paley’s animated Sita Sings the Blues looks amazing (all I’ve had a chance to see is the trailer though) but who knows when any of us will get to see due to copyright issues with the song compositions (not the performances – they are in the public domain). Check out more details on Nina’s blog here and watch the interview below to get the whole story. Actually click here for Nina’s post on her current effort to get the film out to the public — she still needs to raise about $50,000 dollars to pay off rights holders. UPDATE …
Jay Z and Me Got 99 Problems
I ain’t a passed the bar but I know a lil’ bit enough to know you ain’t illegally searchin my shit. Actually I’m pretty sure I transcribed at least some of that wrong. I’ve been listening to the Grey Album (Black Album + White Album = Grey Album). It’s good. It’s also illegal under current copyright at applied to music sampling. A lot of discussion concerning the Grey Album seems to be focused on preservation and expansion of fair use (including parody) to reuse snippets of existing art to create new art. The more I chew on this I realize …