Dec 14th, 2008 · Pour yourself some eggnog, throw on the shawl, and cozy up to the computer for our annual mix of holiday music, featuring fresh takes on old classics and a few new surprises. On this year's edition, we've got the dulcet tones of Winston... a pug, singing "Up On The Housetop." Electro-pop mashup genius The Real Tuesday Weld re-imagines a classic from Count Baise. Also on the program: A singing saw does "Frosty The Snowman," Christmas wishes from John Waters and Stephen Colbert, The Old 97's, and more.
Keywords: music · Computers · holiday · songs · cozy · genius · John Waters · Stephen Colbert · electro · Winston · Old 97's · Eggnog
Oct 29th, 2008 · Gregg Gillis is a Pittsburgh DJ and musical mixologist who was known only by his stage name, Girl Talk, until his music took off and he could quit his day job as a biomedical engineer. Often, music by mixologists sounds esoteric, but that could hardly be claimed of Girl Talk's latest mashup album, Feed the Animals.
Keywords: Sex · animal · equality · engines · music · album · gender · Biomedical · esoteric · mashup · Girl Talk · emFeed
Sep 8th, 2008 · Led by Congo-born singer Marie Dualne, Zap Mama combines musical styles from throughout the African diaspora to create an earthy R&B vibe. Here, the group brings its soulful multicultural mashup to a live performance on Mountain Stage.
Keywords: mountains · music · Africans · Singer · soul · Congo · RB · earthy · Multicultural · Diaspora · Mama · VIBE
Jun 22nd, 2008 · For weeks at a time in the early '90s, musicians from around the world converged on the rocker's Real World Studios to meet, mingle and make music. Sixteen years later, the fruits of their experiments are now on record.
Keywords: world · music · Sixteen · rocker · converged · Gabriel · mashup · Real World Studios
Oct 14th, 2007 · The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is Junot Diaz's first novel. It arrives 10 years after Drown, his critically acclaimed collection of short stories. Diaz calls the book a "mashup" of Dominican and American cultures.
Keywords: Americans · culture · novel · Geek · fi · sci · Diaz · Dominicans · Junot Diaz · mashup · Dominican American · Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Sep 7th, 2007 · The New Orleans rock group Rotary Downs has released a stunning collection of psychedelic art pop songs that plays like a brilliant mashup of Neutral Milk Hotel and Odelay-era Beck.
Keywords: New Orleans · era · songs · brilliant · Psychedelic · rotary · Beck · Odelay · Rotary Downs · mashup · Neutral Milk Hotel
