Bastard pop is a musical genre which, in its purest form, consists of the combination (usually by digital means) of the music from one song with the a cappella from another. Typically, the music and vocals belong to completely different genres. At their best, bastard pop songs strive for musical epiphanies that add up to considerably more than the sum of their parts. [+]
D'altra banda, en el context del web 2.0 aquest mot s'utilitza per parlar de les tècniques de combinació de continguts (textos, imatges) procedents de fonts diverses:
A mashup is a website or web application that seamlessly combines content from more than one source into an integrated experience.
Content used in mashups is typically sourced from a third party via a public interface or API. Other methods of sourcing content for mashups include Web feeds (e.g. RSS or Atom) and JavaScript includes.
The etymology of this term almost certainly derives from its similar use in pop music.
Many people are experimenting with mashups using eBay, Amazon, Google, and Yahoos APIs. [+]
En Read/WriteWeb hi ha un article que ho explica.
Però he de dir que a mi la metàfora no m'acaba de convèncer. Crec que seria més adequat parlar de combinats que no de purés o farinetes ;-)
Keywords: Web 2.0