Teenagers in Tokyo
Sydney pop starlets, Teenagers in Tokyo, have just released a new remix of their track End it Now dolled up and throttled into shape by local DJ group, Bagraiders. It’s as fun as a triple shot espresso with a dash of laphroaig.
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Tagged: pop music, remixes, Sydney bands
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The Paper Scissors (or something like that)
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The project of creative technologist, Casey Pugh, this full length version of the George Lucas masterpiece was created from multiple 15 second segments recreated from the original movie and submitted by thousands of Star Wars fans, which were then spliced together by editor Aaron Valdez to form the final product. Genius, as both a commentary on contemporary pop culture trends (there are references to LEGO, stop motion, memes and the like) and on the power of tapping your audience for quality material.
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Zolton said | 9 August, 2008
Whoops! Fixed it. Thanks for pointing out Chris. I think I could with an espresso right now …
Huna said | 9 August, 2008
Oh this song is so so very addictive. Easily the best TiT track.
kayla said | 18 November, 2010
i don’t understand what this is about?
hahahaha.
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homunculus said | 9 August, 2008
If I confess to being obsessive-compulsive about spelling, would be OK with me pointing out that it’s “espresso”, not “expresso”? I hope so.
Oh yeah, cool band.