If I have never talked to you personally about music before, you may not really know the wonder of the "mash-up". It's a relatively new thing on this side of the Atlantic, but mash-ups have been quite popular in Europe for a few years now. There are more and more DJs who do it now, but the best one I've found is Mark Vidler. He's got a nice site, called "Go Home Productions".

Basically, he takes a two or more songs, and layers certain tracks of the songs over one another. Sometimes, the results are so-so, but Vidler's tunes come out great more often than not. The two best ones I've heard so far, I think, are "Rapture Riders" and "Karma in the Life". In the former, he plays the tune for Blondie's "Rapture" over the lyrics from The Doors' "Riders on the Storm". In the latter, John Lennon sings "A Day in the Life" over top of the music from Radiohead's "Karma Police". It's like there was no original of any of the songs. These tunes sound good enough to be mistaken for something original and classic.

Vidler put up five new mixes last week, and a few of them are quite good again. The two best ones, I think, are "Triple Rhythm Stick" - Beastie Boys vs. Ian Dury & The Blockheads, and "Kaw Liga X" - Liberty X vs. The Residents.

I say download all you can from the site before some tunes get "retired" or archived away. Have fun listening to the mixes, and scouring the web for more mash-up artists.