Articles by Jim Fields
Jim Fields is a college junior imported from California. He specializes in graphic design, remixes, and any combination of the two. At school, he studies English and film; outside of school, he studies Supra sneakers, bottles of corona, and numerous obscure blogs. Jim has been searching for the perfect remix or mashup for the past three years - he has yet to find it. Other obsessions include paisley, houndstooth, and subwoofers. He's worked in the graphics department at Karmaloop and now works for the events team at Adobe Systems.
Dick Flink and Nick Fenmore – or the Super Mash Bros – describe their group as “Girl Talk’s Hot Cousin.” Despite the abundance of family terminology, they manage to put together some extremely danceable stuff, with samples ranging from MGMT to Death Cab for Cutie to Nelly. With a few of these samples, it’s tempting [...]
For this week’s Mixtape Monday, we’re stepping back in five years time to 2003 for Ninth Wonder’s classic mixtape, called God’s Stepson. Every track on the album is a remix of a corresponding track from “God’s Son,” NaS’ seminal release from 2002.
Fans of MURS might recognize Ninth Wonder’s name, since Ninth produced beats for MURS’ [...]
Late one night, I was at a small party, doing DJ duty and selecting songs on my iPod. I searched for a while, scrolled to a song, then clicked “play.” Chris Martin, of Coldplay, began to croon out his slow (medical?) ballad, “Fix You.” Initially, the crowd was not happy with this choice. “When you [...]
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