tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674020521440547212.post2839963364697275204..comments2023-10-30T10:53:06.965-04:00Comments on We Love Media Criticism: Girl Talk & The "Remix Culture"Alice Marwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17295370401945182558noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674020521440547212.post-68922504597957632782009-12-03T00:40:54.069-05:002009-12-03T00:40:54.069-05:00Who would have imagined that a musical hack from P...Who would have imagined that a musical hack from Pittsburgh would become the face of the free-culture movement?<br /><br />Personal biases aside, Gillis' (Girl Talk) popularity certainly seems to point to a trend towards a more mainstream "remix culture" which, prior to his emergence, was if not under underground than at least largely unnoticed by popular music. <br /><br />That having been said, even before GT, the DJ (which Gillis is NOT) figured at the center of a critical discourse about "remix culture" both in actually (i.e. DJ Spooky's Rhythm Science)and as a metaphor (i.e. Nicholas Bourriaud's Post Production) for the way that individuals "reprogram" and "remix" the world.Dylan Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08448164354586582802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674020521440547212.post-22094105914224061902009-12-03T00:32:03.412-05:002009-12-03T00:32:03.412-05:00Ha, I don't think there's much of a questi...Ha, I don't think there's much of a question as to whether he is or isn't! I think that he's just gotten lucky that he hasn't pissed someone off enough yet. Never thought I'd hear Pavement under 2 Live Crew.Jonathan Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11304734851780836565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3674020521440547212.post-33302472443879840012009-12-03T00:29:46.026-05:002009-12-03T00:29:46.026-05:00Great example. There's certainly a lot of deba...Great example. There's certainly a lot of debate over whether or not Girl Talk is violating copyright laws since pretty much all of the music he uses is not his own.Nadiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11764048784082620004noreply@blogger.com