Gawker: remixes

Here's The Orly Taitz Remix You've All Been Waiting For

The Cajun Boy — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:21:29 EDT

Did you see Orly Taitz, the insane dentist/lawyer leader of the Birther movement, go berserk on MSNBC earlier in the week? If you did, you just knew that there would YouTube remixes of her performance, and this one's pretty funny.

And do yourself a favor and check out the original if you haven't already seen it.

The News, Auto-Tuned

Hamilton Nolan — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:11:22 EDT

Auto-Tuning the news. It is slammin. T-Pain wishes he could get Katie Couric on his remixes. The newest installment of Autotuned current affairs is attached. First installment (if you missed it) after the jump, shawty.

Snarky Farewell From Seattle PI Staffer

Ryan Tate — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:35:04 EDT

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer today printed its last issue, but not before some wiseass staffer amended a Thomas Jefferson quote on an office wall. If this jester isn't blogging for SeattlePI.com, she should be!

Obama Tells You Off

Ryan Tate — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:56:11 EST

Barack Obama: 'Sorry-ass motherf—ker ain't got nothing on me'

Bellowing Bill O'Reilly vs. Crazy Christian Bale: The Ultimate Showdown

Richard Lawson — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:23:58 EST

Omigod. We thought we were done with remixes of actor Christian Bale's crazy on-set freakout, but this one's too good not to post. It's insane Bill O'Reilly vs. insane Bale. It syncs up perfectly.

Awful Product With Awful Ad Makes Awful Music

Hamilton Nolan — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:00:00 EST

Earlier we showed you the horrifying, adult Mouseketeer-like "commercial" for Microsoft Songsmith (do not click that) that could drive the gentlest among us to murder. But at least it's inspiring a YouTube artistic explosion.

As bad as the commercial (which stars two Microsoft scientists who are, surprisingly, not trained actors) is, the product advertised is even worse. You sing, and it automatically creates a tinny, childish background track that would get bottles hurled at you in any open mic in America. It's all part of Bill Gates' plan to destroy cool things—in this case, music—with computers, resulting in global nerd domination. The Times points out that the ultimate proof of this can be found in all the YouTube videos by brave pioneers who fed classic songs into Songsmith and taped the results. What monster could promote something such as this?:

Obama And McCain In Race-Switch Surprise!

Hamilton Nolan — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 10:54:02 EST

Here, you see, an ad agency employee named Tor Myhren has designed a poster that asks the question: What if Barack Obama was a white dude named Chet who probably calls his girlfriend "Lovie," and John McCain was an elderly black man? I'll tell you what: McCain rallies would be much more interesting. It's a neat poster, but don't let it fall into the wrong hands (the hands of South Carolina). Larger version after the jump? Okay:

[via Guanabee]

How To Manage 20-Somethings: The Real Shit

Hamilton Nolan — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:50:05 EDT

Totally irrelevant newsweekly-turned-listicle-magazine US News & World Report brings you a straight-talking list of ten tips for managing an office full of 20-somethings, according to old business dude G.L. Hoffman. His pointers include "Add value," "Let them use their media," "They want standards," and "Expect varied, non-chain-of-command type communications." Whatever that means. As an actual 20-something, I'm communicating up G.L. Hoffman's chain of command that this list is straight up crapola. You are old and your advice is dorky, Mr. Hoffman! And too long—we 20-somethings have no attention span (or respect for our elders), due to drug use. After the jump, five real tips for managing an office full of 20-somethings, should you ever find yourself in such an unlucky position:

Food: Can we get some free food up in here?
Shut Up: Dude, you are old and we already know how to do this stupid job, so please just shut up.
Don't Sweat It: Don't sweat it, man. We got it all under control. Don't freak out.
Money: Pay us more, why don't you?
Work: It totally sucks. Nothing you can do about it. Sorry.

Is The New Banksy Loose In The New York Subways?

Hamilton Nolan — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:58:27 EDT

Last week we showed you the supremely artistic "Darth Vader Meets Murakami" work of the anonymous vandal whose canvas is poster advertisements in the New York subways. But as impressed as we were by that, new photos—purportedly by the same vandal—have surfaced that, conceptually, make the earlier work look like a quickie plaything. This anonymous person has messages. All with only the ad posters themselves to work with. We're told these are all genuine, and not Photoshopped. Well, anonymous vandal: You are really fucking good. The six new photos [via And I Am Not Lying], after the jump.

Subway Poster Vandals Getting Really Good

Hamilton Nolan — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:03:29 EDT

Occasionally, scofflaws who don't respect the sanctity of advertising posters in the New York subway system tear off bits of some posters and stick them to others to create new and improved versions. Sometimes they're pointless; sometimes they're funny; and sometimes, as in this mixture of Darth Vader, Takashi Murakami, and a beer ad, they're pretty stunning works of art. Click through for larger pics [via And I Am Not Lying], then rush to the Lorimer L train stop to rip this down and sell it on Ebay:

Tyra Banks Helps Deflate Obama Video

Ryan Tate — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:11:58 EST

It's time for mockery, parody and remixing of "Yes We Can," the sappy, sweet and condescending Barack Obama music video, which has been out for like a whole two days, or roughly four YouTube Years. Sorry, there's nothing that can be done, it's just at that stage in the process. After the jump, talk show host and singer Tyra Banks, spliced in by television writer Jason Gelles, unwittingly lends much-needed levity to the Obama mash-up.

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