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Most people wouldn't mix the rhymes of Notorious B.I.G. with the melody of Elton John's Tiny Dancer and expect an ear-pleasing result. But then again, most people don't have an ear like Pittsburgh native Gregg Gillis, better known as the one-man band, Girl Talk. The musical misfit and laptop magician broke into the mainstream with his 2006 hit album Night Ripper, whose 16 tracks sampled more than 150 artists, from Abba to 2 Live Crew to Aerosmith. His latest album, Feed the Animals, is already available online; the CD is out November 3rd. TIME spoke...
Tell me about the name "Girl Talk." I was coming from the more avant garde world and when I chose it, I clearly wasn't trying to figure out a game plan for a 10-year project that I would eventually live off of. Back then, I was almost using pop music as an act of rebellion, especially being part of the experimental-music community. I thought a lot of those people were recycling a lot of ideas, like playing noise and feedback and having some name like X_R2. So I kind of picked the name Girl Talk because...
...Download Girl Talk's latest album here
...only because of the chance to work at Gawker (a site which any legit internet addict visits compulsively), but also because I consider myself a veritable TV connoisseur. Based on my considerable experience, I have the definitive opinion on whether a show is good or bad. Gossip Girl: Great. Heroes: Quickly fading. Prison Break: Terrible. Ugly Betty: Pure gold. CSI Miami: Pure crap...
...didn't know Williams, but the head of her organization, Serve Afghanistan, described her as a "lovely girl, a great adventurer." Williams' death hung heavy in our thoughts as Ali and I wound our way through the steep mountain pass that is the only road east out of Kabul, alongside which lie the rusting hulks of Soviet-era tanks. Today, those are joined by the newer wreckage of a pair of burned long-haul trucks that were attacked by the Taliban just a month ago. The drivers, say the Taliban, were carrying goods for the U.S. Army...