December 16, 2003

Bring on the RIAA! Other mystifyingly catchy tunes in the history.
  • If you dig this kind of thing, Soulwax is the best. Quite expensive in the united states, but easy to find via filesharing. hilights include Skeelo vs. Survivor's Eye of the Tiger, Christina Aguilera vs. The Strokes, Brittney vs. Prince, etc. etc.
  • Perhaps someone could fill me in on why slapping a couple of gazillion sellers together in the same sonic space produces a "mysteriously catchy" result. The bit I'm having trouble with in particular is "mysteriously". *Goes back to playing the Arkestra's Sun Song vs Max Roach's Freedom Now, wonders why nobody's buying*
  • The other bit I'm having trouble with is accurate quotation.
  • The other bit I'm having trouble with is accurate quotation. Following their victorious quelling of all illegal music downloads, the RIAA are now going after inaccurate quoters. Beware Wolof!