Now playing in my iTunes: the CD included in the latest issue of Adbusters. If you don’t have a subscription, go to the store NOW and pick up your copy. Damn this CD is good. It’s all mixed by DJ Spooky, who I have heard of, but never actually heard. I’m going to have to pick up some of his stuff now.
The songs included are a really great selection, but the parts where DJ Spooky shines are mostly shorter in-between tracks that sample weird little political/environmental soundbites and quotes. The first track is sort of the epitome of this, where Spooky mixes on top of a spoken word piece by Saul Williams. There are two of those, actually.
The whole thing is amazing, really.
I particularly like the Negitivland track, called “why is this commercial?”. By an interesting coincidence, I was at a wedding reception on Friday where a friend of mine was wearing a T-shirt I particularly admired. The front read simply: “Christianity is stupid.” I asked him where he got it, and he said it was a negativland shirt. More music to add to my mental wishlist.