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The rise of mass media in the last half of the 20th Century turned us all into "consumers" and took away much of the natural human inclination to be creators, performers, singers, musicians and storytellers.

Today, the rapid proliferation of cheap professional-quality media-making tools, paired with the drastic decrease in the cost of content distribution is leading to a quiet, but quite real revolution in the quantity and quality of "amateur" content. It's the democratization of media, the "Big Flip" as Clay Shirky calls it, and we think it's going to play an increasingly important role in how we make, share and consume media. For more, read my introduction to Amateur Hour.

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April 21, 2004

London Calling to the Faraway Towns

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Posted by Jonathan Peterson

London BootedOn the heels of DJ Dangermouse's Gray Album and Cheap Cologne's "Jay-Z vs. Metallica: The Double Black" reworkings of Jay-Z's Black Album (both of which have some great moments), comes something nearer and dearer to my heart:
London Booted - a mashup of The Clash's seminal London Calling. This thing is all over the place stylistically, but the best tracks (blo_up's Burnin', Instamatic's Spanish Bombs (Over Baghdad), E-Jitz' I'm Not Down (Hold Your Head Up), EzLee's Vain Mistake) blow away the commercial crap that passes for music in US Top 40. (I also have to mention the LazyTramp - Funky Guns of Brixton bonus track. The Clash mashed with Vanilla Ice. It's so wrong it must be right.).

The only thing better than the songs is the commentary from the creators which ranges from a "How I did It" mashed up with Trainspotting to a freaky Sci-Fi mash-up fantasy. Hie thee to a broadband connection, go!
[thanks to BoingBoing]

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