I read about "London Booted" on BoingBoing, and while I hate feeling like my blog is one end of a one-way pipe from BB/MeFi/Romenesko to here, I must say that I might not have run across this otherwise.

What is "London Booted"? It's the Clash album "London Calling", reinterpreted by a bunch of different mash-up artists. Right now I'm listening to track #8 over and over; "Lost Souls in the Supermarket" is a gorgeous, hypnotic cover of "Lost in the Supermarket" by McSleazy. It sounds totally different from the original (which happens to be one of my favorite Clash songs), but also completely retains the quiet, lonely-in-a-crowd emotional space of the original song.

Comments

[Chico]

Thanks for this. The whole thing is great. And McSleazy is a bit of a genius.