Thursday, December 04, 2008

Bangers & Mash


Oh, good Lord, it's been a bloody age, hasn't it? Look, I promise to tell you all about The Trip, but right now my time is all mashed up with work, kids, and that bloody pain in the arse known as Christmas. So please let me be glib and say: "Speaking of mashed up..."

The ever faaabulous Contrast Podcast this week serves up a steaming plate of delicious mash(ups), with a few bangers thrown in for good measure. And Dearest Tim's even gone and made his own delectable dish!! Download the whole heap of potatoes here, and tell us how tasty you find it all here.

What's on the menu?

(00:00) DJ Marcel Dejeune - Drop it like your heart and brain are done in (Bonzos vs Snoop vs Death Cab)
Tim from The face of today

(04:12) Brat Productions - Easy heaven (Commodores vs The Cure)
Natalie from Mini-Obs

(08:14) IDC - Hey mug (The Streets vs Outkast)
JC aka The Vinyl Villian

(12:52) DJ Lobsterdust - Baby Arrow (Marvin Gaye vs Mary Wells vs The
Carpenters
vs The Album Leaf)
Chris from Culture Bully

(18:36) Go Home Productions - Ray of gob (Madonna vs The Sex Pistols)
FiL from Pogoagogo

(23:31) DJ Schmolli - Wicked wedding (Chris Isaak vs Billy Idol)
ZB from So the wind won’t blow it all away

(28:17) A plus D - An honest M.I.A. (M.I.A. vs The Bravery)
Eiron from The S+7 Method

(31:25) Bobby Martini - Too busy thinking about the magnificent seven (The Clash vs Marvin Gaye)
Tricia

(34:47) The Illuminoids - I’m a girl U want (The Monkees vs Devo)
Ross from Hummin’ Cummins

(38:14) The Very Best - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (ft. Vampire Weekend)
Bob from Gimme Tinnitus

(42:39) Aggro1 - Wonderwall Tribulations (Oasis vs LCD Soundsystem)
Adam from Pretending life is like a song

(47:10) Norwegian Recycling - How six songs collide
James from Appetite For Distraction

(53:31) 65 Days of Static - I’m dreaming of a white noise christmas (ft. Christina Aguilera)
John Q.

There are those who say the mashup has had it's day, and that even in its day it was the province of geeky, middle-class, white boys with too much time and money on their hands who shamelessly plundered hip-hop tunes. Well, if that's true then some of those white boys whipped up some arse-shakingly good stuff. And if as a result little Tarquin of Teddington discovered the joys of Jay-Z mixed in with his Hot Chip, then so much the better!!

The track I submitted is my all-time favourite serving of mash, but there are a whole slew of others that get my booty going. And here they are:

Jay-Zena - 99 Luft Problems (Jay-Z vs Nena)
Lady Sovereign vs Ministry - Love Me Or Hate Me Every Day
Silence Experiment - We Will Rock You In Da Club (50 Cent vs Queen)
2 Many DJs - No Fun & Push It (Salt-N-Pepa vs Stooges)
DJ Tripp - Jumping Someone Else's Freak (Missy Elliott vs The Cure)

Speaking of mashups and potatoes and white folks (and in honour of Tim putting some Snoop in da mix), here's Martha Stewart vs Snoop Dogg mashing potatoes together. For real.



Goodness, I hope regularly scheduled programming returns soon...

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Ewwww FiL that picture is not at all what I would call appetising!

Rachel said...

hehe Ok well I guess that is acceptable. ;-)
Nice segue by the way! LOL

a Tart said...

Is it wrong that I find that oh so appetizing? The music's not half bad either xoxoxo

Anonymous said...

hahaha my first thought was, "mmmm delicious!"

second thought was... "damn... kinda hot, in a kinky sort of way..."

i said aloud, "is it wrong that that picture kinda turns me on?"

Tart just laughed and said, "read my comment."

Anonymous said...

p.s. I love bangers and mash. Awesomely well-written post. Some great songs too.

xoxo

indierocker said...

appetizing, i completely agree!!!
...and thanx for visiting, FiL!

China said...

Oh god, Snoop making mashed potatoes was a good laugh. I wonder if Martha chose him as a guest, and if so, for the way he advertises Parkay.

dickvandyke said...

Welcome back old boy.

The meal looks delish to me. Lashings of onion gravy and a dollo of English mustard .. and Bob's yer uncle.

dickvandyke said...

Sorry - I missed a 'p' off dollop.

(Or maybe it was a silent 'p'... Like the one in swimming baths!)

FiL said...

Dearest Tart & Tart's Wife, I too found the pile of sausage & mash appetizing, albeit largely in a gastronomical way. As for the sensual attraction, ain't nothing wrong with that!! I must say the bangers don't do much for me, but I could think of a use for the mash...

Dearest Agnes, to each their own!! :)

Dearest Indierocker, thank YOU for visiting! Perhaps we can do the Double Down one day, si?

Dearest DvD, I thought dollo made perfect sense, in a cheeky chappy sorta way!! :)

Dearest China, I too larfed and larfed at the incongruity. I wonder if Martha has ever seen any of Snoop's cinematographic oeuvre...??

And Dearest Rachel, so lovely to see you round here! Aarvarks rule OK, eh?