Van She & Feist; on Thunderdome and Remixes

In going through press releases this afternoon, I got to thinking- Sometimes remixes are like Master Blaster from Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome; the major label artists being these hulking, retarded monsters kept in check by diminutive masterminds safely riding on the shoulders of those with the real power.

And then I got a little blue.

Tonight though, as Van She's Tech remix of "1234" piped through iPod, I assured myself that I'd been way wrong: the remixer is still Master, but Feist's song is so terrific in the first place that she's like Auntie Entity after Max has been exiled, running the whole show. Blaster is long dead, Max's life is spared, and I still get to employ super convoluted Mad Mex metaphors.

Don't you love happy endings?

Feist "1234 (Van She Technologic Remix)"

Previously on am.fm.pm: Dan tells a grim story about getting shanked; Bikini does "1234".