Girl Talk's Gregg Gillis is the man for whom the phrase "all killer, no filler" was invented: someone who makes music out of the best parts of other people's music with nothing but a tiny computer, who creates your new favorite song out of your very favorite parts from all your old favorite songs. Yes, musicians have sampled for almost 40 years, and hip-hop does it as a matter of course, but Gillis takes every pop high point at once—Ramones verse! Ludacris hook! Black Sabbath riff!—and smashes them together, leaving out anything that isn't full-on freak-out mind-exploding fun. It's as exhausting as it is exhilarating—a candy binge through a lifetime of radio hits. When he plays live, he has to armor his laptop with saran wrap and duct tape because—as five years of Girl Talk shows have... More >>>