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So we've established that I have a thing for mash-ups, remixes, covers, and crossovers, yes? I mean, yes, some things should not be remade (Rocky Horror remake people, I'm looking at you.) But generally speaking, I love it when people decide to put two polar opposites together and they make it work brilliantly, or when someone takes an great classic and adds a new spin to things. When remixes are done correctly, the result can be pretty awesome. So much so that I feel the need to share two of my latest obsessions right now:
1) My latest audio obsession right now is the Vitamin String Quartet. What I love about what they've done is that they've taken a whole range of music and added something fresh to it by making it classical. We've all heard the Hendrix version of the Star Spangled Banner. This is the flip side of the same cleverness, and it reminds me why I like classical music to begin with. If you haven't heard of it yet, you totally need to check it out. Here, have a listen to their covers of Bohemian Rhapsody, Kanye West's Gold Digger, and Linkin Parks' Numb.
2) Lately I've been finding some pretty awesome posters that either retro-ize or remix certain sci-fi and genre favorites. Take for example, this group of Battlestar Galactica Propaganda posters. By far the most awesome in that scary, disturbing, oh-god-why-are-you-killing-my-childhood kind of way, thing I've found is the series of Sin City posters redone as if they starred Disney Princesses. (And before you say it, no Mulan is not Miho. Because 1) that would be too obvious, 2) Mulan is technically not a princess even though Disney seems to lump her together with them for the sake of promoting ethnic diversity, and 3) Mulan does not need to be revamped to become bad-ass; she already is bad-ass.) Anyway, take a look for yourself after the jump: ( Disney Princesses Star in Frank Miller's Sin City )
So in conclusion: Remixes can be awesome, but like halo-halo, it sometimes requires an acquired taste.
In other news, the Olympics are coming to an end, much to many people's relief, including the people around me because I readily admit that I'm obsessed with it and can get reaaaaaaally annoying about it. Like, seriously, I never follow any sports, but every 4 years, I become this walking, talking encyclopedia of random factoids on sports ranging from swimming and gymnastics to things like sychronized swimming and handball (which is basically dodgeball on crack). All the same, I wrote a recap for the 2004 Athens Games, and I'm debating writing another one. So what do you think:
[Poll #1247328]
And if my objectivity worries you at all, don't worry. I promise not to rag on other countries as much as the NBC commentators do. Not like they've set the standard very high. I mean, their basic stance is this:
But still. So yeah, let me know.
1) My latest audio obsession right now is the Vitamin String Quartet. What I love about what they've done is that they've taken a whole range of music and added something fresh to it by making it classical. We've all heard the Hendrix version of the Star Spangled Banner. This is the flip side of the same cleverness, and it reminds me why I like classical music to begin with. If you haven't heard of it yet, you totally need to check it out. Here, have a listen to their covers of Bohemian Rhapsody, Kanye West's Gold Digger, and Linkin Parks' Numb.
2) Lately I've been finding some pretty awesome posters that either retro-ize or remix certain sci-fi and genre favorites. Take for example, this group of Battlestar Galactica Propaganda posters. By far the most awesome in that scary, disturbing, oh-god-why-are-you-killing-my-childhood kind of way, thing I've found is the series of Sin City posters redone as if they starred Disney Princesses. (And before you say it, no Mulan is not Miho. Because 1) that would be too obvious, 2) Mulan is technically not a princess even though Disney seems to lump her together with them for the sake of promoting ethnic diversity, and 3) Mulan does not need to be revamped to become bad-ass; she already is bad-ass.) Anyway, take a look for yourself after the jump: ( Disney Princesses Star in Frank Miller's Sin City )
So in conclusion: Remixes can be awesome, but like halo-halo, it sometimes requires an acquired taste.
In other news, the Olympics are coming to an end, much to many people's relief, including the people around me because I readily admit that I'm obsessed with it and can get reaaaaaaally annoying about it. Like, seriously, I never follow any sports, but every 4 years, I become this walking, talking encyclopedia of random factoids on sports ranging from swimming and gymnastics to things like sychronized swimming and handball (which is basically dodgeball on crack). All the same, I wrote a recap for the 2004 Athens Games, and I'm debating writing another one. So what do you think:
[Poll #1247328]
And if my objectivity worries you at all, don't worry. I promise not to rag on other countries as much as the NBC commentators do. Not like they've set the standard very high. I mean, their basic stance is this:
But still. So yeah, let me know.
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