Comedy mashup album: It is to Laff

Cory Doctorow 2:08 am Tue Dec 11, 2007

DJ Useo sez, "After determining that some laughs would benefit us all, 19 international bootleggers adopted fake DJ names & released a collection that is funnier than you've ever heard before.
The well-known mixers will reveal their true DJ names in a week's time.
Meanwhile, have lots of fun guessing.
Clues abound in the packaging."

Comedy is subjective and many of these mixes didn't do much for me, but a couple of them were such total standouts that the whole album rates inclusion — for example, Soulwhacker's Smells Like Your Muddah (Alan Sherman's "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" vs Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit"), and DJ M.Aynot Feed's Get Ur Typewriter On. I'm halfway through the album — I'm sure there are more treasures to come.

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(Thanks, DJ Useo!)

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