Friday, December 02, 2005

Mashup Xmas album. Cory Doctorow: Virtuoso mashup king dj BC sez, "This is a Christmas album of mashups and unlicensed remixes of Christmas chestnuts by remix artists from the US and UK. All songs (mp3) and the cover art are downloadable. Contains mixes from Go Home Productions (who has done official remix work for Blondie and Bowie among others), Poj Masta (the young prodigy of the UK scene), dj BC (The Beastles, remix work with Heaven 17), and lots of others. 18 tracks total." I'm listening to this now and actually cried out with delight when I happened on Voicedude's Janis Joplin/Santa Baby mashup, "Santa Benz." Link (Thanks dj BC) [Boing Boing] 6:14:49 PM    comment []

Camille Paglia's disco playlist. A history in songs: From soul and funk to disco, 1960s-'80s. [Salon - salon] 6:14:21 PM    comment []

How News is Made, by Dale Dougherty. Mark Frauenfelder: My friend Dale wrote this terrific essay about the way news stories are often made, using the example of the inevitable "Black Friday" holiday shopping story that every newspaper and radio and TV news program runs after Thanksgiving: There should be a book titled "How News Is Made," a book that could be for journalism what "The Jungle" was to the meatpacking industry. My version would offer no conspiracy theory, but I'd point out the preponderance of sloppiness and lazy thinking coupled with a herd mentality, most especially in business journalism. I found a great example to illustrate what I've been thinking about, tipped off by an article written by Carl Bialik in the Wall Street Journal. (Continue reading...) [Boing Boing] 6:14:09 PM    comment []

Merging Companies Safely: How to protect intellectual property, and ensure that the deal you do is the deal you wanted. By William Gaede and Andrew Kumamoto, in The Scientist. 12:05:57 PM    comment []