Unthirsty: Level Two

Posted on July 17, 2007 Under Food

Back in May, Heather told us about Unthirsty, a boozy site that uses Google Maps to help locate the happiest happy hours in your neighborhood based on a number of important criteria like drink specials, patio and wifi availability. This…

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Oh Joystick!

Posted on May 9, 2007 Under Fashion

Keds, in an odd and uncharacteristic move, recently released a new series under their PRO-Keds line of amazingly geeky, arcade coin-op inspired sneakers. The line, which features old friends like Pac-Man, Asteroids and Centipede, seems to be creating quite a…

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Unthirsty

Posted on May 2, 2007 Under Gadgetry

Google Maps-based sites are a dime a dozen these days, and for the most part I find them kind of cumbersome and pointless. Unthirsty, however, is something I can totally get behind: a user-populated map that scouts out bars nearest…

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The Legion of Doom: Incorporated

Posted on March 22, 2007 Under Music

When I first heard Incorporated, the newest from The Legion of Doom, I thought to myself: "you've got to be kidding me." There are mash ups out there that I've really enjoyed listening to, but it didn't make sense to…

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The Sixty Second Remix

Posted on February 8, 2007 Under Music

WFMU, otherwise known as the best radio station in country (that's not just personal opinion; Rolling Stone has felt that way for four years), is addressing the A.D.D. addled state of our nation by holding a sixty second song remix…

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GeoGreeting

Posted on November 15, 2006 Under Design

GeoGreeting is a nifty little Google Maps mash-up that lets you write words and messages with corresponding buildings to shape each letter. The J in Josh is a building in Ponomona, CA while the S in Spear is from Minneapolis,…

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Splice

Posted on October 5, 2006 Under Music

I think DJ Danger Mouse's "The Grey Album" is really what brought the term mash-up to the masses. The idea of mixing and matching sound bites and guitar rifts is nothing new, but to do it in a fashion that…

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Gnotorious Gnarls Biggie

Posted on July 20, 2006 Under Music

This one's hot off the press! Remember that hot mashup The Grey Album by DJ Dangermouse which featured Jay-Z vocals over Beatles tunes? In an ironic twist, the DJ duo who go by the name Sound Advice, have chopped and…

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Purple Reign

Posted on April 27, 2006 Under Music

Purple Reign is the latest mashup album by Jon Moskowitz, the DJ behind that amazing Blue Eyes Meets Bedstuy mix we've been listening to since last September. Moskowitz teamed up with The Bangers to mix Prince and Camron. It's quite…

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The Kleptones: 24 Hours

Posted on March 30, 2006 Under Music

The Kleptones, the unofficial mash-up kings of the world have yet again blown me away with their latest double-disc album: 24 Hours. They go above and beyond mashing together artists like Bowie, Beyonce, Peter Gabriel, Jet, Stevie Wonder and more.…

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