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The Revenge Of The Nerds band

Friday, April 9, 2010

As I mentally prepare for my Revival Revival show tonight, I find myself thinking about the scene in Revenge Of The Nerds when they perform their talent show:

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Born To Be Wild

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

As part of our ongoing commitment to electronica-fy classic rock, may we present: Born 2B Wylde [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Revival Revival vs Steppenwolf mp3 download, ipod format download Vocals and arranging by Barbara. Samples, guitar and drum machine programming by me. The song was written by Mars Bonfire. Best stage name [...]

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Copyright Criminals

Monday, January 25, 2010

This PBS Independent Lens documentary on sampling culture is a good one, and you can watch the whole thing on Youtube. Their resources and links page includes my Biz Markie blog post. Thanks Beautiful Decay for posting the videos. Part one:

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Up with remixes and mashups

Monday, January 4, 2010

Couple of exciting memetic hybrids circulating around the web right now. First, here’s a techno track using samples of Pixar’s Up, which is one of the best and saddest movies ever. Thanks Mike for alerting me to the remix’s existence. Remixing songs is all well and good, but remixing movies, that’s where it’s at.

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Avatar is totally unoriginal but still pretty cool

Monday, December 28, 2009

I don’t get to movie theaters much. But as part of the new family plan to enjoy ourselves on Christmas, I went to see Avatar in 3D with a bunch of relatives. I went in intending to dislike it, and came out having thoroughly enjoyed myself. So much for my hipsterish snobbery. What’s interesting to [...]

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