RIAA Reissues on Archive,org

 RIAA albums of years past are now up for download courtesy of the great folks at Archive.org:

https://archive.org/details/@mrfabriaa

I'll probably add more. Free, but note the PayPal thingie up there, should you feel the nagging guilt to drop something in the ol' tip jar. 

Do you know that you can actually visit the Archive? It's a real building and everything. 

"Dirt Bacharach" Hits the Racks

Celebrating a decade of "Dirt," one of RIAA's most popular albums is now available for sale at CDBaby as a download-only album:

RIAA "Dirt Bacharach" (2006)

Also via Amazon (hey, you can review it!)

Also now playing on Spotify.

Wonder if anyone has actually streamed/downloaded it...After all, it was:

- WFMU's Top Ten Albums of the Year

- #1 on John Sakamoto of the Toronto Star's "Anti-Hit List" who described it as "one of the year's most startling full-length mash-up projects." 

New RIAA Song: "Under The Toy Bridge"

DJ Useo asked me to contribute to his latest collection of comedy/novelty mashups, and how could I resist when he looks at me with those big, puppy-dog eyes?  So I dusted off a track I started years ago, and finally finished it. It takes the Red Hot Chili Peppers "Under The Bridge" instro, and mixes in numerous toy instrument sound effects, and a reading of the old chidren's story "The Three Billy Goats Gruff."

It's a two disk set. Useo sez: "Have fun listening, and also trying to guess who the dj's using these obviously fake names truly are...We'll let you know in about a week the actual dj names, which you'll easily recognize as some of the best on the scene." I'm "SoulWacker" doing "Under The Toy Bridge."

Download here:

"It Is To Laff 3"

“Guess I’m Falling Into Bubbles”: The Video

“Guess I’m Falling Into Bubbles” was a RIAA mashup I made a few years ago that has beeen one of my more unexpected "hits." Who'd have thunk that mixing a U.S. Army Airborne marching cadence version of Don Ho’s Hawaiian lounge classic “Tiny Bubbles” with an instrumental version of The Velvet Underground’s “Guess I’m Falling in Love” + sound fx would prove to be so popular (at least in the rareified world of internet mashups)? It has popped up again, this time on Richard Metzger's "Dangerous Minds" blog, accompanied by a groovy psychedelic video by Marc Campbell. Thank you Mr Campbell, you did a great job on this one, love it.  But with gyrating '60s go-go dancers abounding, what's not to love?

The song can be downloaded HERE.

Oh, and I'm pretty psyched to find out that Campbell was the guy in the New Wave band The Nails.  I quite liked their classic tune "88 Lines About 44 Women" way back when.

RIAA Oldies On People Like Us' "Radio Boredcast"

"Radio Boredcast is a 744-hour online radio project, curated by Vicki Bennett (People Like Us) with AV Festival 12."

Vicki asked me if I would like to be one of the many who contributed mixes to this mammoth project, e.g.: Carl Stone, Chris & Cosey, Tim Maloney, Ergo Phizmiz, Matmos, Dave Soldier, Don Joyce of Negativland, David Toop, Jared Blum and GiganteSound, Felix Kubin, The Long Now Foundation (w/Brian Eno), DJ/rupture, and Lloyd Dunn of the Tape-Beatles. Alas, I had to turn her down (I'm still retired until I get my new studio set up), but she graciously included a few RIAA faves in her mixes. 

Needless to say, it's a stupendous project, chock full of fantastic audio goodness.  You'll never say "There's nothing to listen to" again.

DO OR DIY WITH PEOPLE LIKE US: SPRING EQUINOX SHOW – INCREDIBLE SPRING BANDS - features RIAA's "It's Like That Summer Samba" (Run-DMC goes to Brasil)

PLU's "Collarge" is a 6-hour history of sound collage mix that she made to accompany the new book Creative License: The Law and Culture of Digital Sampling.

People Like Us: Collarge Part 1 - features RIAA's "Knowing When To Put Down The Guns" (Burt Bacharach goes hip-hop)

People Like Us: Collarge Part 3 - features RIAA's "Setting Sail" (Enya vs The Chemical Brothers)

(Thanks, Vicki!)

"Dirt Bacharach" Featured on 'The Hour of Crap'

I am proud to be featured on a show with a name like 'The Hour of Crap.' Especially when it's a special dedicated to odd Burt Bacharach interpretations. Yep, selections from the 2006 release by RIAA, "Dirt Bacharach," pops up amidst the zaniness. The show kicks off with 'Birds.' (Oh, and the rock band backing the 'Wives & Lovers' mashup is Ministry.)

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'The Hour of Crap' Episdoe 10

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Thanks to Don-O!

BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY DOCUMENTARIES THAT USE MY MUSIC

Episode 142 of the Chemical Heritage Foundation's podcast used my spooky theremin instrumental "Thereming," a tune that was originally included as part of Katya Oddio's 2006 v/a comp "Calling All Fiends." The show deals with "how intentional mutations of plants were interpreted in the 1950s...Then we look at how these scientific advances were interpreted through cinema in the same period, launching prolific characters like Godzilla." Awright! Science education and Godzilla? I am proud to be associated with this show. Check it here:
Episode 142: Midcentury Mutants

And to tie it all together, here's a vid I found on Youtube of a Godzilla theremin:

The Last RIAA Album: "The Wonderful World of Sound"

Here it is, at long last! 21 big hunks of mashup/sound collage goodness. Unreleased songs from unrealized projects, and previously uncollected compilation tracks..and probably some things that I didn't release for good reasons, heh heh. Since these were produced on a now-dead computer, I don't have the files for each song, hence, I'm listing each song's ingredients from memory. If I got anything wrong or incomplete, let me know, eh?

Lotsa rock 'n' roll with this batch, not as much weird thrift-store kitsch as previous RIAA releases, but there's still some silliness. And, of course, I reserve the right to reactivate RIAA whenever I feel like it. I'm planning to get into live instrument/vocal weirdness in the future...but I'm sure I'll still use sampling - I have too much old vinyl to ignore.

RIAA - "The Wonderful World of Sound"

1. "The Wonderful World of Sound" - 15 minute mash-mix includes: Monty Python, Laurie Anderson "From The Air," Television "Marquee Moon," Bob Marley "Is This Love," LaTour "People Are Still Having Sex,"John Williams "Cantina Band," Donna Summer "Love To Love You Baby," Dean Elliot interview, Bonzo Dog Band "Joke Store Man," "Softly As I Leave You," a few seconds of Whitehouse, radio PSAs, some drum break instro, The Feathers "Give Him Love," Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam "I Wonder If I Take You Home" bonus beats, stereo checkout album, Pink Floyd "Breathe," Kommunity FK "No Fear," Talking Heads "Road To Nowhere," Her Space Holiday "The Young Machines," Stooges "TV Eye"

2. "Come As The Eighties" - Nirvana "Come As You Are" vs the song they ripped off: Killing Joke "Eighties;" one of our most popular songs, despite the somewhat rough technical quality (no Cobain acapella available at the time); check the nice fan-made video and comments!

3. "I Got Soul and Rhythm" - Erik B and Rakim "I Know You Got Soul" (which, in turn, sampled James Brown), The Feelies "Raised Eyebrows," Bobby Darin "I Got Rhythm." Check it out:


4. "Split Myself And Go" - Meat Puppets "Split Myself In Two" vs Yaz "Don't Go"

5. "Autumn Money Pledge" - R. Stevie Moore "Pledge Your Money," NASA w/David Byrne & Chuck D. "Money," Yo La Tengo "Autumn Sweater"

6. "Tipsy Socialist" - J-kwon "Tipsy" vs PiL "Socialist"

7. "Hu-Man" - dialogue from "Rugrats," and the classic '50s badfilm "Robot Monster," tv announcer I got off youtube, The Grippers "Terror," Bob Seger "Hollywood Nights," latin percussion track

8. "Shimmy Like a Man" - Ol' Dirty Bastard "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" vs The Four Seasons "Walk Like A Man"

9. "I Am Learning How To Spell" - Mormon children's record cut-up; I am going to hell for this track alone

10. "Surf Tricks" - Phantom Surfers "Banzai Run" vs Kelis "Trick Me"; as I've said before, I dreampt up this one. Yup, woke up with this combo in my head. So big ups to my subconscious!

11. "Surf Riot" - intro: dialogue from "Faster Pussycat Kill Kill," Dick Dale "Surf Beat" vs Sonic Youth "Teenage Riot," beat: Afrika Bambatta "Kick Out The Jams;" this and the previous song were originally on the various-artists collection "Summer Booty 2010," compiled by DJ Useo

12. "What a Wonderful Sidewalk" - Louis Armstrong "What A Wonderful World," a fairground organ version of "The Sidewalks of New York," HAL9000 from "2001: A Space Odessey," some real outer-space sound fx; originally on the 2010 various-artists collection "Off The Beaten Meter: MashUps Beyond 4/4" compiled by DJ Not-I.

13. "Seen Your Video on the Discovery Channel" - The Replacements "Seen Your Video," Bloodhound Gang "The Bad Touch," Candy Girls feat. Sweet Pussy Pauline "Wham Bam," Spragga Benz "Pussy"

14. "Born to Run Run Run-DMC" - Bruce Springsteen "Born To Run," Run-DMC "My Adidas," Velvet Underground "Run Run Run"

15. "Shut Up And Take The Night" - Chelley "Took The Night" vs The Ting Tings "Shut Up and Let Me Go"; this one was Mrs Fabs' idea: she used to hear "Took The Night" at her workout classes, and even came up with a new RIAA tag: "Rosemary's Inspiration: Aerobic Activity."

16. "Colors Inside My Heart" - Charlie The Hamster (a christian Chipmunks ripoff); Ice T "Colors," Stevie Wonder "Superstition," Link Wray "Jack The Ripper," Hal Lindsay from "1980s Countdown To Armageddon"

17. "Rectangle of the Beast" - The Church Universal and Triumphant Inc. feat. Elizabeth Clare Prophet "Dedication To The Tackling Of The Beast And The Dragon-The Momentum Of Rock And Roll" vs Gigi D'Agostino "Rectangle"

18. "I Found That Jesus Rare" - Adrian from the Bootie mashup club nights (where I've been known to dj) and the live mashup band Smashup Derby singing Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus" vs Gang of Four "I Found That Essence Rare"

19. "Porn-Again Christian" -The Chakachas "Jungle Fever" vs a bunch of songs from a thrift-store christian record

20. "I'm a Pink Soldier in Army Room of the Lord" - David Lynch "The Pink Room" vs The Soul Stirrers "I'm a Soldier in Army of the Lord"

21. "Saturn Sea Organ" - the worlds' first sound-effects mashup? A "sea organ" (pitch-shifted to give it melody) vs radio emissions from the planet Saturn, I believe the same fx used on "What a Wonderful Sidewalk"


Much thanks to Mrs Fab, Adrian & Mysterious D, DJ Useo, DJ Not-I, windbag (for the Mormon record), acapellas4u and all the nice people who made available the acapellas. The next step in my musical evolution is forthcoming. So long and thanks for all the fish...

Crimson & Chanukah 2011

"Crimson & Chanukah" was a Tommy James & the Shondells vs Adam Sandler mashup from 2009 included on my holiday music collection "Mr. Fab His Bag O' Toys." Adrian from the globe-spanning mashup nightcub event Bootie covered it live by singing over a karaoke version of "Crimson and Clover," based on the Joan Jett version. He promised to record it. I saw him at Bootie a year ago and asked him about it. He forget! But here 'tis at last, track #6 on Boston's dj BC's long-running series of various-artist Xmas comps, and it is a lovely thing indeed (Thanks, Adrian!):

Santastic Six

But, hey, it ain't all about me - lots of other great stuff on this collection: Martinn's mashing of two Brenda Lee songs and a Dixieland band is the kind of head-spinning nuttiness that only the likes of People Like Us can pull off. And my SoCal homie Voicedude's "You're A Loser, Newt Gingrich!" oughtta get him on the Daily Show.

"MADNIGHT" On YouTube

They're not exactly "videos" since there's nothing to look at except the album artwork, but the entirety of RIAA's darkest, strangest album "Madnight" was put up a few days ago on the YouTubes thanks to nice peoples named ZellChristensen. If you don't want to download the album, kick back and listen to it streaming here:

RIAA "Madnight" YouTube Channel

ONE OF THESE DAYS...

...I'm gonna post an album's worth of leftover RIAA tracks when I get a new computer and all technical difficulties are resolved. Maybe 15 tracks or so. Featuring: some songs already released that were "singles," or contributions to various-artists collections, Such as:

- Split Myself And Go (Yaz vs Meat Puppets)
- Surf Tricks (Phantom Surfers vs Kelis)
- Surf Riot (Dick Dale vs Sonic Youth)

and some unreleased songs that were intended for unrealized projects, as well as a 15-minute mix called "The Wonderful World Of Noise" that I think was originally done for WFMU, and a piss-take called "Porn Again Christian." Among other - I'll have to scroll thru the harddrive and see what other wonders await. Plenty of crap and unfinished tracks clog up my drive, but I'll be sparing you those. One of these days...

"Every mashup sounds like a dare..."

That nice Ken The Station Manger at WFMU played one of my tunes on his show this morning, and someone posted a comment on the station message board that I thought was pretty funny:

"RIAA is amazing. Every mashup sounds like a dare and often he pulls it off, leaving your jaw to hit the table."

Haven't made anything because of a dare (tho I guess you could say I dare myself sometimes) but, hey, the highly entertaining "Manos: The Hands of Fate," one of the worst films ever made (if not THE worst) was made as a result of a dare. Maybe it's a ploy that should be used more often...

USA: The Singles

To celebrate the first anniversary of "USA," I finally got around to posting all the radio-friendly "singles" on official.fm (formerly known as Fairtilizer), so if you don't want to download the one-CD sampler of the 4-hour "USA", you can just listen to the songs streaming. (Or you can download 'em, official.fm gives you that option, too.) Just in time for July 4th - Independence Day, America's most patriotic holiday.

USA - The Singles

Okay, back to (musical) retirement. Waitress, another drink please?

BUSHWACKED IS BACK

A collection of G.W.Bush/Iraq war related mashups and sound collages first released in 2004 is unexpectedly back on-line, courtesy of it's compiler twinkleboi.

Bushwhacked

RIAA's contribution is an otherwise uncollected track called "O.I.L. (Operation Iraqi Liberation)," which features The Misfits "Die Die My Darling", Jello Biafra "Die For Oil, Suckers," Big Black "Kerosene," Jimi Hendrix "Voodoo Chile," Black Sabbath "War Pigs," and Congressional sound effects. Technically, this antique is a bit crude. (Hey, I meant well, right?)

Fortunately, there's lots of great stuff from talents like Wax Audio, Osymyso, Eve Massacre, Instamatic, Don Amott, Earworm, Gordyboy, and RX, the mad genius who re-edited speeches to make it appear as if Bush is singing/reciting songs like U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday."

ALBUMS

I think I'll try to migrate my "Albums" page to here, thus saving me more bandwidth. If there's not much info on each album, or links are dead, please be patient. This is a work in progress.

LPs:
RIAA: "The Wonderful World Of Sound" - Unreleased and uncollected mashups 2007-2010 (2012)

RIAA: "USA" - a four-hour-long "mix-album,"  in 10 separate mixes. The history, geography, culture, and politics of the United States is all fair game for RIAA's musical collages, incisive observations, and cheap jokes. (2010)

RIAA: "Reality is An Accident" - some of the weirdest, wackiest stuff that we recorded in 2008/09. Features collaborations with People Like Us, and dj BC. 15 tracks (2009).

RIAA: "Sounds For The Swing Set" - A hallucinogenic trip thru vintage Vegas, timewarping into the Now. 16 tracks (2009)

RIAA: "Madnight" - Inspirations: dreams, nightmares, Los Angeles noir film and literature, "lowbrow" and Surreal art, carnivals and sideshows, 78 rpm records, weird old black and white movies, autumn...21 tracks (2008),

RIAA: "Risque, Illicit and Adult": RIAA's best mashups of 2007, 19 tracks (2008)

RIAA: "Sounds For The Space-Set": A mashup tribute to the pioneers of electronic music, a glamorous excursion thru the solar system, 22 tracks (2007)

RIAA: "Tech-xotica!!!" - Party-rockin' mashups and kooky comedy cut-ups; 26 tracks! (2006).

RIAA: " Dirt Bacharach" - The lush, sophisticated melodies of Burt Bacharach's '60s classics vs the harsh sounds of modern music & life; 15 tracks (2006).

RIAA: "Recording Industries Are Archaic" - RIAA's best/most popular mashups from 2005 (and a couple from 2004) Hard copies came in a recycled AOL tin, collage art included; 19 tracks.

RIAA: "Sounds For The Sun-Set" 2005 edition - Surf, Hawaiian, Caribbean beach party! 18 tracks.
EPs:

RIAA: Radical, Intense and Awesome!!: 10 song (69 sources!) summer beach party-a-go-go (2008).

RIAA: Schizophonia Suite: Mashups/sound collages inspired by mental illness, 5 freaky tracks (2008).

MR FAB and His Bag O' Heads: Eleven slabs of spooky fun horror mashups and songs, some w/ original lyrics, vocals, instrumentation (2004-2007) [off-line]
                  

Albums recorded mid-'90s to early '00s, mostly on floppy-disk sampler 8-track tape, w/analog synths:

MR FAB: "Dub and Dubber" - Famous rap and r&b intrumentals vs Mr Fab's mostly reggae (& some funk) live instruments

MR FAB: "Graffiti Beetles" - Fab Four instrumental tracks vs Mr Fab's spastic synth improvs

MR FAB: "Someone Can Kill This DJ Plz????" - Future-jazz from Hell: mind-bending synth work over hijacked beats; 11 tracks. [off-line]

RIAA: "Jet-Set Discotheque" - Mash-ups/remixes & live instruments. An international dance party [off-line]

RIAA: "Horrorgasm!" [off-line] Audio surrealism; funky dance grooves meet bizarre thrift-store records


Contributions made to the following various-artist compilations:

"Interplanetary Materials" 2004 Space is the place for Otis Fodder's sci-fi themed compilation

"Bushwacked" 2004 sound-collages inspired by President Bush and the war in Iraq, compiled by Twinkleboi

"Monster Mash-Up" 2004 compiled by DJBC

"Merry Christmash" 2004 [offline] compiled by Cheekyboy

"Son of Monster Mash-Up" 2005 compiled by DJBC and Pilchard, hosted by solcofn

"Santastic: Holiday Boots 4 Your Stockings" 2005 compiled by DJBC

"Bride of Monster Mash-Up" 2006 by Mashup Industries

FOOLKLEGS Folkloric MashUps 2007 compiled by Funky Belek and Krazy Ben

Forgotten Hits 2007 mashups using obscure '60s intrumentals; compiled by Simon Iddol

BOOTWERK - A Bastard Pop Tribute To Kraftwerk 2007 compiled by Clivester

Mashing Pumpkins - 2007 compiled by Cheekyboy

Calling All Fiends - 2007 original Halloween music, Mr Fab plays theremin, compiled by Oddio Overplay

"Beat-Boot-ique Mashuptown Massacre" A halloween spook-tacular 2007

The Radio Clash File - James Bond/spy collection; 2007, compiled by TBC

It Is To Laff - Comedy novelties; 2007 compiled by DJ Useo

KING OF THE ROAD - A Bastard Pop Tribute To Dean Martin - 2008, compiled by Clive$ter

Night of the Living Monster Mash-Up - 2008 compiled by Cheekyboy

"Mashed In Plastic," 2008 tribute to filmmaker David Lynch

Santastic Four - Christmas mashups, compiled by djBC - 2008

Café del Mash, 2009 a chill-out international comp; RIAA: "Happy Heart Of Home"

Muppet Mashup, 2009 djBC and friends saluting "The Muppets" and "Sesame Street."

Don Ho Mashup Featured On Comp

"Guess I'm Falling Into Bubbles," originally available on RIAA's 2007 collection "Risque, Illicit and Adult," is one of my strangest mashups. It features a U.S. Army Airborne marching cadence version of Don Ho's tiki lounge classic "Tiny Bubbles" over the instrumental of The Velvet Underground's "Guess I'm Falling in Love," with sound effects. Unexpectedly popular, it got lots of airplay on WFMU. And it's recently been included on a free on-line album compiled by Texas' DJ Useo dedicated to the more unusual ("off-kilter," as he says) mashups:

Mashups As Heard On The Qradips Show

A lot of these oldies-but-goodies are favorites of mine. Def. recommended, even if I wasn't included.

What The Duck?

Never heard of duck.fm, don't know the nice people who uploaded my tunes, but there's a generous 53-track assortment of RIAA oldies streaming. Very nice if you just want to kick back and listen without going to the bother of downloading.

duck.fm RIAA playlist

Thanks to whoever!

IN MEMORIAM: CAPTAIN BEEFHEART

Here's a Captain Beefheart vs Young M.C. mashup from RIAA's 2007 album "Madnight" that I'm reposting to note the passing of one of the all-time greats. And no, I'm not talking about the Young M.C.

"Well, Bust A Move"






And speaking of "Madnight," big ups to Kill Ugly Radio who, just days ago, played almost all of it. Glad somebody likes it! That's one album that kinda came and went...

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR

Don't forget! Your holiday is not complete without these 11 golden oldie ChrisKwanzaaCha tunes:

Mr Fab & His Bag O' Toys

Burn 'em to a cd - makes a cheap-ass xmas present!

BOOTIE BOSSA BRASIL

The Bootie franchise of mashup nightclub events has now hit Rio de Janeiro, and yours truly has helped Fabiano Moreira of Bootie Rio compile all the best Brazilian music mashups. Get his whole 62-minute carnival here:

Tem Gringo No Mashup

The title translates to "Foreigners in the Mashup," and it features two RIAA tracks, both featuring '60s lounge organ master Walter Wanderley: "It’s Like That Summer Samba" (w/Run DMC), and Poker Samba (w/Lady Gaga). And the mix is dedicated to me! (takes a bow) and Boston's dj BC.