July 14 ¤ 08
What?
10] DJ Shyboy ¤ Beat Down (7)
9] Colatron & DJ Brother Darkness ¤ Brooklyn Sweet Freakphony (10)
8] Matt Hite ¤ You Get Around (A Bad Name) ( 
7] King Of Pants ¤ Girls Just Wanna Get Low (9)*
6] team9 ¤ Heard It In ‘79 (5)
5] Go Home Productions ¤ Missing Carly (4)
4] Go Home Productions ¤ Rolling Confusion (2)
3] DJ Lobsterdust ¤ Epic Black Rock (6)*
2] Jimmi Jammes ¤ Don’t Cha Care Of Business (3)*
1] ToToM vs. Stark Effect ¤ Genie In A Wonderwall (1) month
July 9 ¤ 08
Hullo, Island visitors.
Dunno if you’ve yet frequented the Muxtape that I’ve made available at the side bar, but looking it over a few short moments ago, it occured to me: that shit is played out, yo. (Probably almost as much as the italicized words in the previous sentence, but I digress.)
So I put the following question to you, the people: would you like to see me update the Muxtape more often to be in line with my current favorites and the Fixxx, keep things the way they are, or add a second account specifically for the Island in which to rotate the benchmarks of the first option?
As Aaliyah once said, let me know.
July 6 ¤ 08
10 > Colatron & DJ Brother Darkness ¤ Brooklyn Sweet Freakphony (
9 > King Of Pants ¤ Girls Just Wanna Get Low (10)*
8 > Matt Hite ¤ You Get Around (A Bad Name) (7)
7 > DJ ShyBoy ¤ Beat Down (4)
6 > DJ Lobsterdust ¤ Epic Black Rock (6)
5 > team9 ¤ Heard It In ‘79
½ of the epic Dean Grey American Edit album that really raised the consciousness of the mashup culture in the US a few years ago– (Now if only someone could bring the other half of Dean Grey to town OH WAIT) –released some of their older tracks this week, and this Marvin/Pumpkins clash was the one I latched on to right away. Download it, sip a cold beverage, and relax.
4 > Go Home Productions ¤ Missing Carly (3)
3 > Jimmi Jammes ¤ Don’t Cha Care Of Business? (5)*
2 > Go Home Productions ¤ Rolling Confusion (1)
1 > ToToM vs. Stark Effect ¤ Genie In A Wonderwall (2) 2
July 1 ¤ 08
We’d like to thank Shawn Carter of Brooklyn, New York, who went over to some place in England over the weekend and thought my Black Problems mashup idea was so good he started doing it about 3:46 in after a decent cover of Wonderwall.
Thanks, Shawn! And continue to visit the Island of Misfit Songs!
June 30 ¤ 08
So yeah, a good news bad news time here at the Isle.
Good: I got meself a half-terabyte portable external HD on the cheap, and immediately this weekend while I went to work and a couple parties after, sicced on on my inferior HD in order to extract my music and give it room to breathe.
Bad: I am now reconstituting my library from scratch; hence no Fixxx yesterday.
Good: Of course, this is merely another step in the evolution of DJ Brother Darkness, as I will now have enough room to keep a capellas, instrumentals, and music-modifying software. Expect some tracks.
The tracks contain sodium benzoate.
(That’s bad.)
(They don’t really; that joke was merely to make Andy double over in laughter.)
So, I should probably throw in one last bone of good news, but it’s only applicable if you’re in the Southern California area or willing to come.
What’re you doing with your August 24th?
Nothing, you say?
Well, can I have a suggestion? I can? Splendid.
How’s about a late lunch, a quick browse of the Fixxx at your 57th-favorite mashup-related website, then skip on down through a field of gillyflowers to the Air Conditioned Lounge in San Diego!
This man will play things.
That’s DJ Riko. He just came out with Gilding The Lily. It’s real good and shizza. He’ll be returning to the ACL to spin some stuff off of that and some classics as well. And that should be enough–but you know what Mae West says–too much of a good thing is wonderful.
So I pulled some strings–pulled some strings being an industry term for got on my knees, prayed to God, Vishnu, Allah, and Satan (sometimes all at once), begged, pleaded, cursed, cajoled, and cried–and decided to add a special guest to the event.
Thank heaven (hell?) someone down there (up there! Just kidding, JC! You know you mah nigga!) likes me.
Despite the fact he shares a coast and a city’s first name, I wonder if the trip down to the border will exhaust…
Yeah, that’s Party Fucking Ben. Yup, that’s him. I must be a bad Jungle Brother, because I got it like that. DJ Riko, Party Ben.
I bet you’re willing to pay three easy installments of $28.95 to get two mashup West Coast legends together in the same motherfucking place at the same motherfucking time for this gangsta paaaaaaarty.
It’s free.
That’s right, I said it.
But, uh…buy a couple drinks, would ya?
And thanks for showing love to the Island. I promise you, the Fixxx will be back next Sunday.
Peace, Love, and Waterboarding!**
**Message Sponsored By McCain ‘08: You Kids Get The Hell Off My Lawn
ToToM ¤ MR. REHABSIDE
June 22 ¤ 08
18. The Facebook thing is almost a reality! I will now push for 2 more in the next week and change to get us to the mythical two-oh.
Busy week in the countdown realm with about 180% more mashes than spaces, so let’s get right on with it…
(I should note I’m exempting the Girl Talk release Feed The Animals, but highly suggest it as it’s more of a connecting mix rather than any big stand alone track though as always card is subject to change.)
10> King Of Pants ¤ Girls Just Wanna Get Low
From the latest four-pack of dancefloor fillers from the Slowest Interview Of All Time [:)] comes a fine gem taking the Flo Rida song everybody loves to death and pairing it with the 80’s classic and mashup staple from Ms. Lauper.
9 > DJ Lobsterdust ¤ Down Unda Club (7)
8 > Colatron & DJ Brother Darkness ¤ Brooklyn Sweet Freakphony (5)
7 > DJ Matt Hite ¤ You Get Around (A Bad Name) (4)
6 > DJ Lobsterdust ¤ Epic Black Rock (6)
5 > Jimmi Jammes ¤ Don’t Cha Care Of Business?
The PCD TCOB. I love acronyms. Almost as much as I love rare source material, which is what the out of exile Double J ha ha Jimmi Jammes provides by taking the propulsive guitar that fueled Homer Simpson’s favorite Bachman Turner Overdrive song and slapping the ubiquitous Don’t Cha on it. A lot of people are on the bandwagon for his Kravitz mash with “When I Grow Up”; they can get their own blogs and spend 20 minutes a week churning out top 10 lists. It’s hard work!
4 > DJ Shyboy ¤ Beat Down (3)
3 > Go Home Productions ¤ Missing Carly (2)
2 > ToTom v. Stark Effect ¤ Genie In A Wonderwall
Holy shit. The hardest thing about mashups is taken stuff that’s very commonly used in the genre for source material and crafting your own unique work. So it can be forgiven (he hopes) that when he saw Genie In A Bottle & Wonderwall, he was on a oh-here-we-go-again tip. So wrong. So very wrong, and proud to be so. In the hands of ToToM Christina’s classic battle of mind vs. hormones gets stripped down to the basics. Hopefully she’ll receive this as warmly as she did Freelance Hellraiser; she should, at any rate.
1 > Go Home Productions ¤ Rolling Confusion (1) month
Tripp ¤ THIS IS HOW WE DO IT IN THE JUNGLE
June 15 ¤ 08
I am serious about this Facebook thing! We’ve got 15 fans, and we can get to 20 by the end of June! C’mon! Who’s with me?
Even though my dad’s a complete technophobe and will never see this, this song–his favorite, one of my own, and probably one of yours as well–is for him. Kudos.
10) It’s The Real ¤ Crank Dat End Of The Road [8]
09) Colatron ¤ American Finale [7]
08. Bobby Martini ¤ OMGXTINA [9]
07) DJ Lobsterdust ¤ Down Unda Club [10]
06) DJ Lobsterdust ¤ Epic Black Rock [5]
05) Colatron & DJ Brother Darkness ¤ Brooklyn Sweet Freakphony [3]
04) DJ Matt Hite ¤ You Get Around (A Bad Name) [6]*
03) DJ Shyboy ¤ Beat Down [2]
02) Go Home Productions ¤ Missing Carly [4]*
01) Go Home Productions ¤ Rolling Confusion [1] 3
Cheekyboy ¤ LAST DANCE WITH DANI CALIFORNIA
June 10 ¤ 08
More ideas, you say? Glad you asked!
Crazy Walk Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy” over Aerosmith & Run-DMC’s “Walk This Way”
It Takes Daft Punk Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock’s “It Takes Two” over Daft Punk’s “One More Time”
The Importance Of Being British And Earnest Morrissey’s “Suedehead” over Radiohead’s “High And Dry” and/or “Fake Plastic Trees”
We’re Takin’ Two DJ Khaled & Every Other Rapper’s “We Takin’ Over” over Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock’s “It Takes Two”
Icky With The Devil Van Halen’s “Running With The Devil” over the White Stripes’ “Icky Thump”
Fad Rida Flo Rida’s “Low” over JJ Fad’s “Supersonic”
Tell Me When To Jump E-40 & Keak Da Sneak’s “Tell Me When To Go” over Lil’ Kim’s “The Jumpoff”
The Ike Turner Memorial Jam Guns N’ Roses’ “Patience” over the Prodigy’s “Smack My Bitch Up”
It Takes Rob Base Twice “Joy & Pain” (chorus) over “It Takes Two”
Wrecking Blackstreet Blackstreet’s “No Diggity” over Wreckx N Effect’s “Rump Shaker”
June 8 ¤ 08
(completely unrelated I: I may change my name to DJ Whiplash. We’ll see.)
(completely unrelated II: You can friend us on Facebook! 20! Let’s go for it!)
(completely unrelated III: GObama)
10] DJ Lobsterdust ¤ Down Unda Club (10)
9] Bobby Martini ¤ OMGXTINA (
8] It’s The Real ¤ Crank Dat End Of The Road (6)
7] Colatron ¤ American Finale (7)
6] DJ Matt Hite ¤ You Get Around (A Bad Name) (9)*
5] DJ Lobsterdust ¤ Epic Black Rock (5)
4] Go Home Productions ¤ Missing Carly (2)
3] Colatron & DJ Brother Darkness ¤ Brooklyn Sweet Freakphony (3)
2] DJ Shyboy ¤ Beat Down (4)*
1] Go Home Productions ¤ Rolling Confusion (1) 2
June 1 ¤ 08
10] DJ Lobsterdust ¤ Down Unda Club (7)
9] Matt Hite ¤ You Get Around (A Bad Name) (9)*
I was going to give Bobby a seperate post yesterday for his birthday by way of a present, but instead I’m going to highlight his Mark Ronson/Ms. Aguilera work that he just released in the past few days, shine up a spot in the top 10 for him, tell you all you should relax feet up with a cold beer and play this jam.
Congrats, Bobby!
7] Colatron ¤ American Finale (8)*
6] It’s The Real ¤ Crank Dat End Of The Road (4)
5] DJ Lobsterdust ¤ Epic Black Rock (5)
In Mashupville I’ve always been a fan of rarely used a capellas, and songs that use multiple instrumentals over an a capella. So finding this Beastie Boys through the years mash really made my day, as I’m planning something similar with Tom’s Diner (and have been for entirely too long - stimulus check, where are you?). Get your fade touched up and your LA Gears cleaned for this fun 184-second trip in the Wayback Machine.
3] Colatron & DJ Brother Darkness ¤ Brooklyn Sweet Freakphony (1)
2] Go Home Productions ¤ Missing Carly (3)*
1] Go Home Productions ¤ Rolling Confusion (2) 1
