TURNTABLE TITAN

If Fatboy Slim ever gives up deejaying and record making for a career in advertising or politics, he could be dangerous. He’s just got a way of burrowing things into your head that you love having there.

So when the English artist took over the turntables on a platform in the middle of the Hollywood Palladium’s floor Thursday and began by overlaying elements of his breakthrough funk-soul-brother hit “The Rockafeller Skank” on top of the Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction” riff--one of the essential licks of rock ‘n’ roll--it was neither foolhardy nor arrogant.

Not only do the two numbers fit together very nicely, but they also share the quality of being both immediate and enduring.

For two hours, Slim (real name: Norman Cook) manipulated his own hit concoctions (the Who-fueled “Out of My Head,” the ecstatic “Praise You”) alongside bits of Prince, James Brown, Sly & the Family Stone and other dance-music masters both familiar and obscure.

There was something for everybody, presented with artistry and, most importantly, joy. In his own way, he’s as effective at blurring cultural boundaries as Lauryn Hill.