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Here is a "remix" of the video from my last post ...

nobody@vox.com(Mark) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:53:50 -0600

Vote for M.I.A. at Fuse.tv!

You can still vote here ... http://www.fuse.tv/music/best-of-2008

Also, here is a video by Radicarl, a German DJ who does a lot of cool music and remixes. This is his remix of Paper Planes ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HeUBzmDxWo (the video cannot be embedded for some reason)

Here is his Bucky Done Gun remix ...

M.I.A. - Bucky Done Gun (Radicarl Remix)

http://www.myspace.com/radicarl
http://tunabomber.blogspot.com

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Another version of M.I.A.'s "Shells" ...

nobody@vox.com(Mark) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:58:41 -0500

This version of "Shells" has M.I.A.'s vocals slowed down, but the beat is still fast.

Shells (slowed down vocals, fast beat)

M.I.A.

Here is a new song by Bjork called "Nattura". The video is a compilation of a lot of Bjork's videos, and I think it came out pretty cool ...

Bjork - Nattura

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Dutty Six Pack from Top Rated (Diplo and Santogold's "mixtape")

nobody@vox.com(Mark) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:55:21 -0500

I have been listening to this song a lot lately in my car. The title is "Dutty Six Pack". It sounds very reggae to me. I don't know who sings it, and I have a feeling it is an old reggae song that has just been updated a little for this mixtape, "Top Rated", but I could be wrong. Anyone know who sings this, and if there is a longer version?

Here is the song ...

13 - Dutty Six Pack

Diplo/Santogold

Edit ... I think this is Cutty Ranks. I did a Google Search on "Dutty Six Pack", and all the links said Cutty Ranks so that makes sense. I like the song "Limb by Limb" by Cutty Ranks, too, but I have read that there are a lot of anti-gay lyrics in this kind of music. I don't know how accurate or how offended I should be by that, but I still like the song.

Cutty Ranks - Limb by Limb

Limb by Limb

Cutty Ranks

Here is an article about the Dutty Six Pack song ...

http://blogs.laweekly.com/play/diplo-santogold-cutty-ranks-re-1/

The song samples Black Flag's "Six Pack" ...

Black Flag - Six Pack

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Jay-Z's remix of M.I.A.'s "Boyz"

nobody@vox.com(Mark) — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:25:39 -0500

Two new remixes of M.I.A.'s song, "Boyz" from Kala have come out recently. Both of the remixes just add vocals to the song, and they both mention Barack Obama.

Jay-Z's remix seems very anti-war, which is fine with me. M.I.A. also has some additional vocals on this version of "Boyz" ...

Boyz (Jay-Z remix)

M.I.A

Wale added some vocals to "Boyz", too. Here is his version ...

Boyz (Wale remix)

M.I.A.

Here is another version of the song, "Get It Up" by Radioclit, featuring M.I.A. and Santogold. This version has vocals by Esau Mwamwaya instead of a rap by Gorilla Zoe (which is on the other version, here).

Get It Up (with vocals by Esua Mwamwaya)

Radioclit featuring M.I.A. and Santogold

Here is a clip of the song, "Shells", which M.I.A.'s fans have been waiting on for a long time. The song was supposedly done by M.I.A. and Diplo (I think), and it sounds like a lot of fun.

http://84.45.101.210/mp3/XLCD281X-N.mp3 - you have to download it because it is a stream of music, not an actual mp3.

The problem I have with this clip is how sped up the vocals are. I hope that is a mistake because I don't like sped up vocals like that. However, the song is fun to listen to. "Shells" will finally be released on the re-released version of Kala, which is already available on some sites, I think.

In other news, Britney Spears has a new expensive video for her song, "Womanizer". The video looks very slick so that's good for her. The song is catchy enough. I am amazed at how many remixes of Womanizer are already floating around the internet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-23EToh43M

I am sure there will be a higher quality version of the video above soon, but that's all I could find for right now.

For all the latest M.I.A. news, go to the M.I.A. Fans message board at http://miafans.co.uk.

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Night of the Comet (1984) vs. Louchie Lou and Michie One's "Rich Girl"

nobody@vox.com(Mark) — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:14:46 -0500

Night of the Comet vs. Rich Girl

This is kind of goofy, but I wanted to uploaded Louchie Lou and Michie One's song, "Rich Girl" (I think it is from 1994), to YouTube. I have posted this song on VOX before, but I wanted to add a video to it, and I thought the scene from the 1984 sci-fi/horror/comedy "Night of the Comet" where the girls raid the mall (since just about everyone else is dead) would be appropriate for the song. The two actresses in the movie are Catherine Mary Stewart and Kelli Maroney. Catherine Mary Stewart has been in a lot of stuff like "The Last Starfighter". I don't know as much about Kelli Maroney (she was in "Chopping Mall, though!), but I do know that she had a scene in the new HBO show, "True Blood", which I love. I didn't notice her in the scene (it was supposedly in episode 3), but IMDB listed it so I guess it's true. It said she played an envangelist so she must have been in one of the news footage scenes that they scatter throughout the TV show.

My sister and I used to watch this movie. It's definitely cheap and 80s, but it's pretty good, especially if you love all the post-apocalyptic themed movies like I do (think "Resident Evil", "Dawn of the Dead", and "28 Days Later").

The version of this song, "Rich Girl", is followed by a reggae rap song that is not part of it. I think the two songs have been fused together and were maybe part of a reggae continuous mix that I accidentally downloaded a long, long time ago. I like the last part of the song, and I recently realized that Cutty Ranks has a song that the sound must have come from called "Limb by Limb". Here is that song ...

Cutty Ranks - Limb by Limb

M.I.A. and Diplo's "Piracy Funds Terrorism, vol. 1" have a song called "M.I.A./Cutty Ranks" that samples the lyrics from the above song. Here it is ...

M.I.A. and Diplo - M.I.A./Cutty Ranks from "Piracy Funds Terrorism, vol. 1"

I have made a YouTube playlist for Piracy Funds Terrorism, vol. 1, but it is not complete, yet. Here is what I have so far ...

M.I.A. and Diplo - Piracy Funds Terrorism, vol. 1 YouTube playlist

In other news, I hope the debates tonight between Biden and Palin will be interesting. I would think that she would stumble because there's only so much prep work you can do to try to fake knowledge. I know Biden is very knowledgeable and will be able to back up his ideas with specific details. I think Palin will be flustered. I think Tina Fey should do the debate for her, but that would give the Republicans an unfair advantage. ;)

I have been listening to Radiohead a lot lately. I do this from time to time. I really need to start listening to new music just so I know what is out there. However, I don't discover any new music that I like that often. I do want the new Ladyhawke album as soon as it is available to download for the U.S.

Here is a Radiohead song that I have sort of rediscovered from "Hail to the Thief" ...

06 Where I End And You Begin (The Sky Is Fallin In)

Radiohead

I also really like this song from "In Rainbows" ...

10 Videotape

Radiohead

M.I.A. has a new song out there with Busy Signal and Rye Rye called "Tic Toc" (I think that is the right name). The song is not my favorite, but the "tic tic tic tic toc ... toc toc toc toc tic" sound in the background is pretty cool ...

Tic Toc

M.I.A. and Rye Rye

Another old song I have been listening to a lot lately is "The State We're In" by The Chemical Brothers and Beth Orton. However, you can't listen to "The State We're In" without listening to the following song on the album, "Come With Us", which is called "Denmark". The two songs are one in my ears. Here are the songs combined ...

The State We're In/Denmark

The Chemical Brothers

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Kylie's new video for "The One"

nobody@vox.com(Mark) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:01:08 -0500

First, the song in the video is not the album version, but it's not bad, either. I like the album version better, though. Second, the special effect they use is pretty cool, but I wish she would have broken out of it at the end and the video would have become a normal video. It's still pretty cool.

Kylie - The One (offical music video)

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I don't feel like dancing ... without you

nobody@vox.com(Mark) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:06:34 -0500

This Scissor Sisters song and remix is so old, but I have listened to it again recently. I love it when it says "I don't feel like dancing without you" over and over again. I think the song is actually kind of sad. I always imagine the song is being sung by someone whose love has recently died. I try to make the lyrics of songs darker than they really are.

Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancing (Linus Loves Dub)

I Don't Feel Like Dancing (Linus Loves Dub)

Scissor Sisters

The mp3 I have of the above song sounds a little messed up. Sorry about that.

Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancin' (Linus Loves Dub)

The remix of the song was done by Linus Loves, and he has another song on his MySpace that sounds just like Siouxsie and the Banshees' "Israel". He must have sampled it. His song is called "Rock Chk", and you can listen to it on his music player on his MySpace.

Listen to "Israel" here ...

Israel

Siouxsie And The Banshees

and here is Linus Love's "Rock Chk" for comparison ...

Rock Chk

Linus Loves

In other news, the new Harry Potter movie has a trailer out, and it looks great! I love the idea of Voldemort as a child ...

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince teaser trailer

My friend, Cristen, and I are supposed to go to the Dallas World Aquarium this Saturday. I am really excited because as far as I know we do not have anything like this in Austin, and it will be nice to be somewhere you can walk around indoors. There is also a rain forest that is connected to the aquarium, maybe ... I am not sure, but it sounds like it will be great. I love nature ... as long as I don't have to sweat to appreciate it.

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M.I.A. - better quality version of Sound of Kuduro and remix of Bucky Done Gun

nobody@vox.com(Mark) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:27:46 -0500

These are not new songs, but they are new versions of songs.

Here is a better quality version of "Sound of Kuduro" by Buraka Som Sistema ...

Sound Of Kuduro (Feat. DJ Znobia, M.I.A., Saborosa & Puto Prata)

Buraka Som Sistema

Here is a remix of Bucky Done Gun that is new to me ...

Bucky Done Gun (Son of Vader Remix)

M.I.A.

Here is a song that pops into my head (just to be random) ...

Swinging On A Star

Bing Crosby

Also, I wanted to post this song since it was in my head yesterday I think ...

No Surprises

Radiohead

OK, that's all I got for now. This is what happens when you can't sleep.

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Firefox 3 and IE and M.I.A. looking foxy ...

nobody@vox.com(Mark) — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:42:21 -0500

If you are wanting to watch a movie with the Netflix movie viewer, and you are using the Firefox 3 browser, the movie viewer will not work in the browser since it only works with Internet Explorer. However, you can install the IE tab add-on into Firefox 3, right-click on the movie's link, and choose the option, "open with IE tab", or something like that. Then, it will work perfectly and you will still be using Firefox 3 instead of Internet Explorer (the worst browser ever!).

Here is a link to the IE tab add-on for Firefox 3 ...
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1419

Here are two funny YouTube videos that feature Joan Rivers . . .

Joan Rivers and Olivia Newton-John walking the Great Wall of China

Cliff Richard is also in the above video.

Here is a video of Joan Rivers on the British version of "The View". She talks some smack about Russell Crowe, and she doesn't realize that they don't have a 5-second delay for the purpose of censorship on the show ...

Joan Rivers sends a fuck-you to Russell Crowe on "Loose Women"

I hate censorship and love the Freedom of Speech so I think it is great that Joan Rivers did this. Russell Crowe probably is an asshole. I hate his movies.

Here are two new (to me) M.I.A. remixes by Instinct (MySpace for Instinct) ...

U.R.A.Q.T. (Remix)

M.I.A. vs. Instinct

Boyz (Remix)

M.I.A. vs. Instinct

The two photos of M.I.A. were taken by Mike Schreiber (and altered by me, of course).

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Download Firefox 3 now!

nobody@vox.com(Mark) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:23:42 -0500

You can now download the official version of Firefox 3 by going here ...

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/

Mozilla was having some trouble earlier today, but now it seems like everything is running smoothly.

Google has updated its toolbar for Firefox 3. I love the Google Toolbar because you can add little buttons to it that will take you to sites like Wikipedia, Amazon, Gmail, and IMDB.com ...

Download the latest version of Google Toolbar (it will update itself when you restart Firefox 3 or maybe before then)

Here is some music I listened to today ...

Another song from the Amores Perros soundtrack, this song is called "De Perros Amores" by Control Machete ...

De Perros Amores

Control Machete

I read about an artist/band called Ladyhawke on the music blog, Arjan Writes, today. Ladyhawke's song, "Paris Is Burning", is pretty catchy and it slightly reminds me of Gary Numan's song, "Cars".

Paris Is Burning

Ladyhawke

Here is a remix of the song, and it is labeled "Peaches Remix", but I don't know how accurate that is ...

Paris Is Burning (Peaches Remix)

Ladyhawke

Here is the video for Ladyhawke's "Paris is Burning" ...

Ladyhawke - Paris is Burning

I love how she wears a Snoopy shirt in the video!

"Ladyhawke" is also the name of a movie from 1985 with Matthew Broderick, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Rutger Hauer. I have never seen it all the way through. I think there is a Canadian rock band called "Ladyhawk", but don't get them confused with the above singer!

Here is the trailer for the movie, "Ladyhawke" ...

Ladyhawke trailer

Here is "Cars" by Gary Numan ...

Cars

Gary Numan

Here is the video for Gary Numan's "Cars" ...

Gary Numan - Cars

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