I firmly believe that both mainstream Rock and Roll and Hip Hop died in the year 2000. That said, I have a genuine soft spot for the early days of Skratch 'N Sniff's blends before they started putting dubstep drops on everything and I lost interest after 2010. They used to post their edits on a now-defunct site as full tracks, and at some point around 2008 or so, I grabbed as many as I could and tucked them away for safekeeping. It's time to give Skratch 'N Sniff their flowers. I'm not sure if they're still on San Diego's 91X, where I first found them in 2003, but their weekly remix show is nationwide now. I should check in and see what they've been up to.

I kept this one short and to the point, all bangers and zero skips. It's summer, bang this mix and grin.

Rush+Luniz

Filter+50+Akon

Radiohead+Pharcyde

LZ+JZ

Black Sabbath+Cypress Hill

Beck+EMINƎM

The Bravery+2Pac

Def Leppard+T-Pain

Billy Idol+Lil Jon

Bad Brains+Puff Daddy

Jane's Addiction+OutKast

NIИ+50

A little bit of everything here with this one including some meanderings. I had a cool edit of 1 Thing which got me tripping on the fact that one person was responsible for that banger along with Crazy in Love and Get Right so I had to drop those as a little celebration of Richard Harrison. Later, I found myself in 60s/70s territory so I took the opportunity to drop what I consider the first-ever pop music diss tracks with Paul McCartney and John Lennon going at each other.

Always show respect to the edit man or woman. These remix artists are pretty active so, if anything catches your fancy, find them, buy their edits, support them.

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Jennifer Lopez – Get Right

Beyoncé – Crazy in Love

Amerie – 1 Thing (Disc Jockey Nutrition)

That’s Not An Edit – Get Up, Get Down, We’re Taking Over (Meems Extended Edit)

Russell Morris – The Real Thing (That’s Not An Edit - Joah Remix)

Paul McCartney – Too Many People

John Lennon – How Do You Sleep (Takes 5 & 6 Raw Studio Mix)

That’s Not An Edit – 50 Ways (dL Edit ft. Evan Whetter)

That’s Not An Edit – Breathe & Stop (Treble N Bass Remix)

That’s Not An Edit – Love of Influence (Treble N Bass Remix)

Bobby Thurston – I Know You Feel Like I Feel (The Reflex Revision)

That’s Not An Edit – Mellow Music (JR.Dynamite Edits)

Blood, Sweat & Tears – Spinning Wheel (The Reflex Revision)

Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On (DJ Platurn Alternate Extended Edit)

Timmy Thomas – Why Can’t We Live Together (DJ Platurn Edit)

United States House Select Committee on the January 6th Attack (Eighth Hearing, July 21, 2022)

A tribute to my hometown rock stations circa 1982-ish, especially WMMS, WSRD, and WDVE.

Ian Hunter – Cleveland Rocks

Michael Stanley Band – He Can’t Love You

Joan Jett – Do You Wanna Touch Me (Oh Yeah)

Devo – Working in the Coal Mine

Generation X – Dancing With Myself

The Tubes – She’s a Beauty

Greg Kihn Band – Jeopardy

Foreigner – Urgent

Loverboy – Turn Me Loose

Golden Earring – Twilight Zone

Def Leppard – High ’n’ Dry (Saturday Night)

Ozzy Osbourne – Flying High Again

Rush – Working Man

Styx – Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)

Sammy Hagar – I’ll Fall in Love Again

Tom Petty – A Woman in Love (It’s Not Me)

Pat Benatar – You Better Run

AC/DC – What Do You Do for Money Honey

Donnie Iris – Ah! Leah!

Aldo Nova – It’s Too Late

Queen – Get Down, Make Love

Billy Squier – Everybody Wants You

Judas Priest – You’ve Got Another Thing Coming

United States House Select Committee on the January 6th Attack (Seventh Hearing, July 12, 2022)

I firmly believe that both mainstream Rock and Roll and Hip Hop died in the year 2000. That said, I have a genuine soft spot for the early days of Skratch 'N Sniff's blends before they started putting dubstep drops on everything and I lost interest after 2010. They used to post their edits on a now-defunct site as full tracks, and at some point around 2008 or so, I grabbed as many as I could and tucked them away for safekeeping. It's time to give Skratch 'N Sniff their flowers. I'm not sure if they're still on San Diego's 91X, where I first found them in 2003, but their weekly remix show is nationwide now. I should check in and see what they've been up to.

I kept this one short and to the point, with wall-to-wall ass rock slappers and zero skips. It's summer, bang this mix and grin.

Saving Abel+Lil Wayne

Three Days Grace+B.o.B

Hurt+The Game

Audioslave+Yung Joc

Tool+Ol' Dirty Bastard

P.O.D.+Nas

Jane's Addiction+Lil Wayne

Incubus+Lupe Fiasco+Matthew Santos

Ten Years+Twista

Avenged Sevenfold+Fabolous+Nate Dogg

Fergie+Korn

Tool+T-Pain

Theo Parrish is a Detroit legend who put out a series of edits on vinyl simply labeled Uget (ugly edit) that were lofi and interesting. I love what he's doing here and wish more editors would use this quick and dirty style. If I were to guess what's going on, or wanted to construct an edit in this style myself, I'd start with original vinyl. After identifying the breaks and interesting bits that I'd want to loop, I'd record a bunch of needle drops into a simple DAW like Audacity then move them around and copy-n-paste them until I had a 10-minute banger like "Party Going On". Don't bother quantizing anything, and make sure the record needle is old and the vinyl dusty. Chef's kiss.

Jill Scott - Slowly Surely

Anthony Hamilton - Lucille

Rahsaan Patterson - It Ain't Love

The Dells - No Way Back

Kool & The Gang - This Is You, This Is Me

Sugarhill Gang - Hot Hot Summer Day

Freddie Hubbard - Little Sunflower

The Dells - Get On Down

Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes - The Love I Lost

Willie Hutch - Slick

Sylvester - Dance (Disco Heat)

Made In USA - Never Gonna Let You Go

GQ - Lies

United States House Select Committee on the January 6th Attack (Sixth Hearing, June 28, 2022)

United States House Select Committee on the January 6th Attack (Fifth Hearing, June 23, 2022)

United States House Select Committee on the January 6th Attack (Fourth Hearing, June 21, 2022)