The Cops of Pop
Hi-Phi Nation
The Mistakes of the Mashup
Tim Heidecker: A mashup could be the best example of everything that's horribly wrong with pop art. When an acapella group wants to cover a mashup rather than the original versions, they're appreciating the new rhythmic and tonal qualities of the mashup on its own terms. Theodore Adorno was Western philosophy's most prominent critic of popular music. Pop music is like industrially produced fast food,. And so mashups are the hot dog stuffed crust pizza or the burger redo of music.
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