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300 This is Revisionism

Jonathan — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:30:32 +0000

A political remix video critique of themes in the blockbuster 300 using the gratuitous footage from the movie, short clips from other older Hollywood and government films, text title cards and comic book speech bubbles all set to the song "Killing in the Name Of" from the popular political band Rage Against the Machine. The work questions and illustrates the overtly racist, sexist, homophobic and warmongering themes in Zack Snyder and Frank Miller's movie (as well as it's historical inaccuracy) creating an education music video style commentary. This remix is posted in the youtube channel of user lewistonvideomaker.

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Club Iraq

Jonathan — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:08:59 +0000

A very disturbing remix from the video artist trio Wreck and Salvage. While not all of the collective's work is political, this one definitely is. Titled "Club Iraq" because it combines rapper 50 Cent's famous song "In Da Club" with audio of Bush's invasion speech coupled with home videos taken by US soldiers in Iraq and posted on YouTube. The juxtaposition of the audio tracks and the armature footage US solders goofing off in a war zone, acting like immature boys and saying horrifically insensitive things to and about the Iraq population makes for a sickening, depressing yet poignant Political Remix Video. These troubling unflattering home videos and the thousands like them posted online are likely part of the reason the Military banned myspace and YouTube from its servers in 2007

I offer this warning before viewing, the clips of military personal use explicit language, imitate sexual acts with each other and will most likely make you feel at least slightly ill.

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Bill O'Reilly Flips Out: The Dance Mix

Jonathan — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:04:25 +0000

The recent outtake footage posted on YouTube called Bill O'Reilly Flips Out has spawned a torrent of remixes including this one by Torrey Meeks using music by RevoLucian. The remix takes the disturbing raw footage of O'Reilly's angry rant on Inside Edition and re-cuts it to creates a dance mix. Interestingly the remixes have become so pervasive that it makes finding the original footage harder on YouTube. So in this case do the remixes, while really funny, distract and take away from the original clip, which is very poignant on its own? An interesting question. I do have to say this one is hilarious and any remix that can make us laugh out loud at the mess our country and media is in at the moment is a positive thing.

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Read My Lips (1992)

Jonathan — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:38:42 +0000

A remix from 1992 called Read My Lips attacking George H. W. Bush on a range of issues. It was shown on MTV during the American presidential election campaign of that year. Following the video is a discussion about the mash-up on the Bill Moyers PBS program also in 1992.

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Electronic Behavior Control System

Jonathan — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:28:02 +0000

An older remix from EBN from the early 90s which combines footage from the mass media and government leaders to create an "Electronic Behavior Control System".

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Should I Stay or Should I Go

Jonathan — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:23:05 +0000

Another remix from RX, this time he has UK Ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair sing a cover of the song Should I Stay or Should I Go by The Clash.

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McCain08: Like Hope But Different

Jonathan — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:26:15 +0000

Unlike most of the other remixes posted here, which are made entirely of appropriated material, this video uses a combination of appropriated footage from corporate news segments cut with original footage shot for the purpose. I don’t often post political remixes videos about the 08 elections and especially never any that advertise a particular candidate. Though I will post remixes that are critical or parody the election process and institution of the presidency. However this remix of the recent “yes we can” Obama music video is worth a look. While highly critical of McCain the video does not overtly endorse any candidate and so fits on this blog.

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The Greatest Taste Around

Jonathan — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 06:46:16 +0000

Another remix from Negativland's 1997 release "Dis Pepsi" with help from Harold Boihem.

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Sunday Bloody Sunday

Jonathan — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:53:41 +0000

Another of the multitude of Bush mash-ups, this one a remix cut-up of the US president singing the song "Sunday Bloody Sunday" by U2.

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You Must Respect Copyright

Jonathan — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 18:24:21 +0000

A video remix to go along with the Negativland audio remix song "You Must Respect Copyright" using footage from Kubrick's 2001. By someone calling themselves biginalbania.

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This is a Man's World

Jonathan — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:07:55 +0000

Another remix of tv ads created by Aaron Valdez. This time taking humorous aim at the patriarchal portrayal of women in the mostly male dominated, male centered and male identified television media and advertising system. See more of his work at valdezatron.com

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Real Beauty

Jonathan — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:50:29 +0000

A Coconat Productions culture jam remix of corporate media created standards of beauty set to "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred.

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Television: Drug of a Nation

Jonathan — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:44:30 +0000

A remix of TV footage set to Michael Franti's Anti-Television song Drug of a Nation.

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Do You Have A Voice?

Jonathan — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:03:25 +0000

WCUTV's Shane Daniels puts together this remix of political footage and Kanye West's "Jesus Walks".

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George Bush Don't Like Black People

Jonathan — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:04:32 +0000

Two simalar video remixes of news footage from the Katrina disaster, both set to a political music remix of a Kanye West song by The Legendary K.O.

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Muppets: F@#K The Police

Jonathan — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 02:16:32 +0000

A remix of Sesame Street to make it appear as though the muppets are preforming NWA's famous rap song "Fuck the Police". The technical quality might be low, but the content and political juxtaposition is pure genius or depending on the who the anonymous creator is it could be a bigoted joke I suppose.

EBN: Emergency Broadcast Network

Jonathan — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:32:17 +0000

Here are three of the many famous EBN videos remixes from the 1990s. EBN (Emergency Broadcast Network) was a groups of video artists and musicians that operated from 1991 to 1999. This youtube playlist has a collection of 16 EBN remixes. Also see more at Joshual Pearson's website. Make sure to check out this video of some of their more performance based work including the personal golf bag rocket launcher.

Rock this Base:

We will Rock you:

Another version of We Will Rock you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUDR9RckfEU

Syncopated Ordinance Demonstration #1

When the Smoke Clears

Jonathan — Sat, 26 May 2007 17:21:00 +0000

This video directed by Stephen Marshall uses both remixed footage from corporate music video TV stations and also adds original content from spoken word artist Taalam Acey.

Imagine This

Jonathan — Sat, 26 May 2007 00:54:00 +0000

A internet cult hit remix of George W. Bush singing along with John Lennon's famous song Imagine. The audio was created by Waxaudio.

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Countdown Nader

Jonathan — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:05:03 +0000

Fixed the video link AUG/31/07

A GNN production remixing TV footage with a Ralph Nader speech about the corporate media to a beat created by the Beastie boys.

"cONsuMpTioN"

Jonathan — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:49:35 +0000

A mash-up video that remixes photo stills and corporate logos (instead of video footage) combined with a song by Toby Slater to create a political music video.