Mash-Ups (the smushing up of one or more songs) are great fun. The infamous one from a few years ago by DJ Soulwax, Smells Like Teen Booty , mixed Nirvana and Destiny's Child, and like most mash-ups was deliriously confusing and catchy, as if you can't quite get the two halves of your brain to sync. I'd always thought of mash-ups as a ingenious, but gimmicky. That was until I heard Stairway to Bootleg Heaven by DJ Earworm , which is now one of my all time favourite songs. It's given me new found admiration for Dolly Parton (apparently, being gay, it was only a matter of time before this happened), mixing her with Annie Lennox, Pat Benetar even the Beatles. It's so beautifully familiar yet strange, haunting but not maudlin. It builds exquisitely, interweaving the various vocals deftly, and, well, I just get chills at the 6 minute mark. I won't go on any more, just listen to it... <BGSOUND src="Stairway to Bootleg Heaven...

I never intended this much Tom Cruise, but I think this send up clip is pretty funny. Which is odd, because its just some random guy who has cut himself into the interview, finishing Tom's answers. Yet, somehow he gets Tom's delivery just right... I can't explain it ok, it just funny! Tom Cruise Scientology Interview (UNCUT!) on FunnyOrDie.com

So I'm somewhat in love with the remix culture that YouTube has facilitated, and given that I'm partial to a bit of celebrity gossip (ha, understatement!) this clip just tickled me. It remixes the Tom Cruise 'Look-how-crazy-I-am-now' Scientology vid that was leaked recently with some Will Smith interview. I could only bring myself to watch a couple minutes of the original leaked vid, Tom is just too crazy, not in the fun, pathetic Britney way, but in a creepy, almost sexual way. I would like to see a craziness showdown between Brit and Tom tho. That would be gold. :D