Synchronicity...

Have you happened upon the subculture of audio mash-ups?

One of the more famous examples is the Grey Album. It's the product of DJ Danger Mouse, and it blends together Jay-Z's "Black Album" with the Beatles "White Album". While I think the album and the genre itself are a bit hit or miss at this point, it's a fascinating musical niche.

There are some truly bizarre combinations out there that would appear to be as grotesque as relish ice cream. Imagine crunching together The Rolling Stones and Biz Markie? It's been done. While the majority of the tunes do seem to pair something with rap, there are a wide range of goodies out there to be found. I won't kid you. There are some real failures, and painful dogs out there, but then again, there's plenty of those in any genre of music nowadays. I like the spirit of the thing, and even when they fail, you can usually see where the creator was trying to go.

Believe it or not, I said all of that to get to this. I stumbled over something that has the potential to be a wonderful mash-up of a different kind. Submitted for your approval, imagine a world where an afro-wearing samurai voiced by Samuel L. Jackson wreaked havok on a plethora of bad guys in a gritty, anachronistic anime? This is the next best thing to Jim Kelly in Black Belt Jones and Black Samurai! This is sort of a time-twister, alternatate reality version of what might have happened if Jules from Pulp Fiction went ahead and "walked the earth". If you'd like to get a glimpse at some of the art designs, and download some bitchin' wallpaper from the original promo manga, then here's your egress.

This one is definitely going on my radar, and I can't imagine it not ending up in my collection...