Steinski's Lessons

Waxy.org has a great article and comments about Steinski's Lessons remixes (Thanks to Cory Doctorow for pointing this out on BoingBoing). These remixes are historical mid-80s examples of just how compelling an art form this can be. In addition to actually hosting the remixes, there are links to interviews with Steinski. Check it out! And if you ever get the chance to hear Steinski's Nothing To Fear, go out of your way to find it...amazing. Here's what Dave Marsh had to say about it last year. Excerpt:

"Over 59 minutes, it hits you with Ed Sullivan, Dion and the Belmonts, James Brown, fuzz guitar licks, Rocky and Bullwinkle, the Marx Brothers, synth riffs so elusive you can barely remember them, and anonymous singer you know you'll never forget. Beneath all of it the beat, the beat, the beat, stuttering, stomping, chattering, clattering, scratched and battered back and forth among turntables and samplers and who knows what other technological wonders. Gene Krupa beats. Clyde Stubblefield beats. Afrika Bambaataa beats. "