Who knew Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln, two beloved figures in history, were both born on this day 201 years ago, in Shrewsbury, England, and Kentucky, America, respectively? I suppose we might have known if we'd been the least bit interested before we discovered it this morning on Mary Ann's "It's Birthday, Bitch" list. The DW has this mashup of the men by someone who knew.  ...

I usually like steampunk better in theory than in execution. I mean, it works well on paper: I love the mashup of historical and futuristic ideas and technology, and I'm certainly a ardent supporter or artisanal crafts and gadgetry. (Not to mention a man in goggles.) It's a groovy idea, but as a subculture it generates so much kitsch. And not the good kind. It's so often too earnest for its own good, with just a touch too little awareness of the inherent fantasy, despite the fun of it all. But when it's good — when it's really original and ...

Sorry that I'm coming late to this, but here's a terrific mashup of Doctor Who and 2001: A Space Odyssey...         (hat tip to Nicholas Whyte) ...

As he does at the end of every year, DJ Earworm blends together the top 25 hits of this year into a seamless symphony called "United States of Pop" that is more satisfying than the sum of its parts. Complete song list on Earworm's website. (via Feingut) ...

One of my favorite Madonna songs of her career in the '00's (weird to say that huh?) is the anti-Hollwood acoustic-electro track, also called Hollywood. As the American Life album (one of my top 3) got overlooked by many, I was loving her attitude of the era and come on, the remixes from the single were fantastic! I've stumbled upon this chopped up remixed video backed with a seamless mashup of the remix single...it's amazing and done by the wonderful AvidDiva who also has had the opportunity to design many remix videos in his style for ...

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After an election like Tuesday’s a bit of humor is welcome relief. Jon Stewart does offers a funny summary of Maine’s vote on Question 1. The ingenious Daily Show staff presents a great mashup that compares ads aired by the two sides. “What’s with the scary music?” Stewarts asks of Yes on 1 ads. “Are gay people ghosts, or sharks?” He interprets the oft-repeated message since the vote from anti-gay campaigners that they’re really OK with gay people as long as they’re not getting married. What they’re really saying, Stewart says, is, “We want to be tolerant of gays. It’s ...

Phish, the traveling jam band that inspired an ice cream flavor, for reasons known only to them (they were high?) decided to compile a list of 99 classic, mostly rock albums, and one night in Indio, California, they covered one of them, Exile on Main Street, in its entirety, surprising (and perhaps delighting) a gathering of their slavish followers. As a prelude to that concert, the Brit audio/visual remixers Eclectic Method screened this fabulous mashup of audio and video clips from the 99 albums. Can you name 'em all? (via BoingBoing)  ...

† FROM DJ PAUL V.I have two confessions: 1) I pretty much can't stand Miley Cyrus 2) I wanna kill myself every time I find myself singing along to Party In The USA when it comes on in the car! Luckily, no one has caught me doing this yet, so my cred is spared. But aw hell - a hit song is a hit song, right? So I was immediately thrilled when this Hathbanger mashup featuring the late, great Notorious B.I.G. started buzzing around the internets this week. They're probably the last two people who ...