MetaFilter posts tagged with mashups

Craigstistics

Korou — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:50:42 -0800

Craigslistindex graphs data pulled from Craigslist listings. On the front page you can compare the costs of different regions. Listed in further detail are: rental, real estate, auto, and overall pricings; as well as personal and job listings. (via Mashup Awards, more Craigslist Mashups)

"Every idea I ever had is based on the fact that it's 2:30 and there's a production meeting at 3:00."

not_on_display — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:32:01 -0800

In the introduction to his close friend's "Best of" DVD, Jack Lemmon says, "Ernie Kovacs was the funniest, wildest, zaniest man I ever knew. Ernie thought so, too, and so did millions of happy people. Ernie was all over television on one network or another from 1950 until he died in 1962. He had an unpredictable and illogical view of the world. He played with the medium of television in a way no one ever had before. And he created a batch of cockeyed characters that have become classics. So, slow down your internal clock; it was a more leisurely time, you know. Here's Ernie Kovacs." • Kovacsland Online and ErnieKovacs.net are great fansites. • So's The Ernie Kovacs Blog, which features scans of Ernie's contributions to MAD Magazine. • Here's another good web article. • A loving tribute page on OnlineNJ. (He was raised in Trenton.) Ernie would most likely have loved the advent of YouTube, so here are more clips from one of TIME magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All Time": • The famous Nairobi Trio sketch. • Milkos Molnar hosts The Howdee Deedee Show • Wolfgang Von Sauerbraten, DJ • News report from the Aesop Broadcasting Company • He did a series of groundbreaking commercials for Dutch Masters Cigars - 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 • Jolene's Weather Report (Hot and steamy, in case you were wondering.) • Here's our man singing a song with a few other stars on Dinah Shore's show • Ernie's epic fails as a What's My Line panelist: [Julie London; all panelists stumped] [Danny Thomas; Bennet Cerf FTW!] • Closing Credits • Youtuber terminusj likes to mash-up Kovacs' longer wordless or pantomime montages with whatever he can find, with awesome results. Here are a few examples: - Go Down Gambling (Blood Sweat & Tears) - I Believe in You (Talk Talk) - Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads) Bonus: more of Percy Dovetonsils' poetry! Frank Sinatra served as pallbearer Ernie Kovacs' funeral, the same day he recorded this Irving Berlin song, "When I Lost You".

Meant to be seen and heard, I say

flatluigi — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:00:30 -0800

You've listened, but have you watched? (note for the feedbeat sites: right-click anywhere for the menu.)

Seven!

Astro Zombie — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:23:09 -0800

You all remember the song from Sesame Street, but you've never heard it like this: one two three FOUR FIIIVE six seven EIGHT NIIINE TEN eleven TWELVE! (via). Se7en!

Is the whole better than the sum of its parts?

flatluigi — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:54:24 -0800

The 25 Most Popular Tracks of 2007, as calculated by Billboard and interpreted by DJ Earworm. I make no implications as to the quality of the best of 2007.

Double the songs for half the space!

flatluigi — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:19:18 -0800

Mashups are a genre of music in which one or more songs by other artists are mixed together into a (hopefully) better whole.

Music Blog Round-up

empath — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 08:16:29 -0800

Like free music? Like Blogs? Try putting them together: To start, search Hype Machine and Elbo.ws to find music you like. Then start following the links and blog-rolls, and before you know it, you'll have dozens of blogs just begging to give you songs to download. If you like indy dance music like I do, here are some blogs to get you started: Digital Eargasm, Missing Toof, Palms Out Sounds, These Rocks Pop, Kiss Atlanta, Resonator Magazine, Fluo Kids, Discobelle, Disconap

The Trouble with Tribbles, A Television Adaptation by Edward Gorey

Slithy_Tove — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:21:48 -0800

The Trouble with Tribbles, A Television Adaptation by Edward Gorey

Mash-ups that Rock

growabrain — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:02:00 -0800

Put Your Hands Up For Detroit - Silent film Dirty Dancing with music by Fedde La Grand (Slightly NSFW) and other successful mash-ups, including 8 1/2 Mile, an excellent Fellini’s / Eminem combo. (From a blog by "Mefi’s own" Ajit AP)

Flickrvision

psmealey — Mon, 14 May 2007 06:36:42 -0800

Flickervision (beta). Also, Twittervision.