The five best music mashups
A top five of genuinely superbly crafted music mashups. Behold how suited Iron Maiden’s The Trooper and The Monkees’ I’m A Believer fit together and tell me it’s not a mash made in heaven.
Read at Blender
 
From Justice to Jay-Z
Jay-Z’s recent single On To The Next One is built on a sample taken from Justice’s D.A.N.C.E. Hear how it was done.
Watch at Nialler9
 
R Kelly has more Trapped in the Closet
R Kelly claims to have 15 more chapters of his seminal hip-hopera ready to go. He just wants to know if you want it. Yes, R. Yes, we do.
Read at The Daily Swarm
 

R Kelly’s Sex Planet
As R Kelly returns with a song that compares intercourse to topping the charts, it’s worth looking back to his jaw-dropping 2007 song ‘Sex Planet’ which uses takes the space as a metaphor for sex theme and runs with it. Sample lyrics- “We’ll take a trip to planet Uranus”. Oh dear..

Avatar trailer released
The world got its first sneak peek at James Cameron’s much-anticipated CGI-heavy space action blockbuster last week and collectively, the general consensus seems to be – disappointment. One astute web commenter compared it to Fern Gully for grownups..
http://short.ie/avatar

Special Forces!
Glad to see someone else thinks Bear Grylls episode in Ireland was a load of pants..

Irish Lord of the Rings fan film
We’ve already covered the impressive Lord of The Rings fan film The Hunt For Gollum. Here’s an Irish fan film along similar lines.
http://www.halifirienthemovie.com