M Is FOR MASHUP - RERUN - from March 20th, 2013
Five Mashup Videos Worth Watching
By DJ Useo
More and more nowadays I notice mashups have videos to go with them. A goodly number of the mashup mixers make the videos themselves, while many of the best are created by people who never mixed audio even once. You name any video-hosting site and there'll be mashup videos there (and cute cat videos, too! Lol!). The way I figure it, you all have just enough time before bedtime to watch 5 really great mashup videos. Here they are-
01-The wonderful masher Rappy is the proud creator of 'CLASSIC DISCOGrappy 2012 (Mega Mashup of 49 Classic Pop Tracks)'.
It literally has 49 tracks mixed splendidly into 11 minutes all with cool imagery. Rappy is one of the best out there, and this shows off why splendidly.
( www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgsZsYVAGUo&feature=player_embedded )
02-DMR of AtoZ supplies engaging video mashery with his ''Cosmic Rock' (T.Rex vs Telex). The tune is bopping as befits the inclusion of Marc Bolan's vocals. The video is a hoot from start to end, with a special feature being the singing disembodied head of DMR of AtoZ. Let's see if we can get this one viral!
( www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpMcqBxWgHw )
03-Guv'nor has a long history of hot mashups, many with accompanying videos. His newest shows perfectly why he is in viewer demand. 'Low Cole' (Cheryl Cole vs Flo Rida ft T-Pain) is a slamming mix, and the video is all that and a bag of crisps.
( vimeo.com/54586695 )
04-When it comes to mashup videos, you can't really do much better than
Dan Mei and Marc Johnce. That applies to their audio mixes as well. Watch slack-jawed and happy to their latest video, 'Avicii/Snoop Dogg/ABBA/Taio Cruz/Britney Spears...' . You'll be telling your friends tomorrow!
( www.youtube.com/watch?v=592FSmmI2KQ )
05-Panos T is not known for mixing audio,as far as I know, but he has a great reputation for mixing up mashup videos. I sure think so, and I've seen nearly all his video mixes. Panos T clearly mixes out of love of the music. This video he created for Dan Mei's 'Teardrops' [Emmelie de Forest / Kelly Clarkson / Linkin Park] displays that in every way.
( www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0djxbS-Ec8 )
It can be easy to overlook the mashup video, since the mp3 format is the clear fave, so remember to search your nearest search engine for new mashup videos. (You can even find some DJ Useo mashup videos out there.) Now go to bed. Nighty-night.
Podcast Of The Week
Well, look'a here! The podcast of the week (chosen entirely at random, no doubt) is my own '
Mashups Of 2005 Podcast'. It's me hosting at a minimum an hour and a half of classic mashups from 2005. I doubt if any of these gems are still available on their own, so this is quite the opportunity for you. It shows off the best of the early mashers like Go Home Productions, DJ Zebra, Manriki, and even some obscure mixers lost to time and memory.
Stream or download here
( www.groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2013/03/mashups-of-2005-podcast.html )
Mashup Tip
Let your new mashups sit a while before posting. You may discover something you missed initially that requires adjusting.
Latest Useo Thing
'Last Cosmic Dancer' (
T.Rex vs Raveonettes) Marc sings, The Raves nette! Mashup for demonstration purposes only. I took quite a while to finish this one as I really like it. Hmm, I guess I aways do that. Lol.
( official.fm/tracks/zPte )
( www.groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2013/03/trex-vs-raveonettes.html )
Podgornio, The Mashup Psychic Predicts
By 2017, the word 'mashup' will come to mean a new sundae from Dairy Queen, so the music mashups will be called 'slams'. You wait and see, I'm never wrong!
Recommended Reading (A Double-Header)
from Bruce
Paul Krugman: The Undeserving Rich (New York Times)
You almost never see apologists for inequality willing to talk about the 1 percent, let alone the really big winners. Instead, they talk about the top 20 percent, or at best the top 5 percent. These may sound like innocent choices, but they're not, because they involve lumping in married lawyers with the wolves of Wall Street.
Rupert Everett in defence of prostitutes: 'There is a land grab going on' (Guardian)
The prostitutes of London's red-light district are being evicted. Here, Rupert Everett argues, with wit and vehemence, that closing down the brothels has nothing to do with protecting women.
Is Megan Ellison the saviour of the movie world? (Guardian)
The daughter of Larry Ellison has put her considerable wealth behind movies such as American Hustle and The Master - and this year her productions are up for an incredible 17 Oscars.
CA Lejeune: "From the Observer archive, 20 January 1957: Humphrey Bogart - a man who could win you over in 30 seconds" (Guardian)
The Observer's film critic remembers the tough guy, whose presence alone always made him watchable.
Monika Bartyzel: "Girls on Film: How Frozen killed Prince Charming" (The Week)
(Contains spoilers.) Good riddance.
Leah Price: The medium is not the message (Times Literary Supplement)
In the age of Slow Food, Slow Parenting and Slow Knitting, it is no surprise that we should be presented with a Slow Reading manifesto.
James Kennedy Monash: Banana/Blueberry/Egg Ingredients Poster PDFs
Which natural chemicals are in all-natural foods?
Eric Barker: How to be a genius (The Week)
You don't need a sky-high IQ or a Ph.D...
Eric Barker: Good work habits of geniuses
Those interested in the 10,000 hour theory of deliberate practice won't be surprised - the vast majority of them were complete and unapologetic workaholics.
Eric Barker: The Single Most Proven Way To Get Smarter And Happier
Stop reading this right now and go for a walk.
Ana Marie Cox: A man was shot for texting at a movie. This isn't an anomaly in America (Guardian)
You keep a gun out of an argument, you will save lives. Thousands are killed in the US because quarrels escalate fatally.
Andrea Whitmer: How Do People Survive on Minimum Wage? (So Over This)
Yesterday one of my clients reported getting a job at a fast food restaurant. Since she's been unemployed and desperately looking for work for nearly a year, I was thrilled for her. She was very excited that she'll be making $7.50 an hour - a whole quarter more than minimum wage. After she left my office, I got out a calculator. I've never worked for minimum wage, so I didn't know exactly how much (or how little) money that is.
Jill Filipovic: Lena Dunham's nudity on Girls is refreshing (Guardian)
Unlike nearly every other scene featuring naked women on television, Dunham's nakedness isn't just about arousal.
Stuart Heritage: "David Cameron is right: the last 10 minutes of Shrek 2 is cinematic genius" (Guardian)
The prime minister named the final part of the movie as one of his favourite film moments. Is he just trying to be edgy and populist, or is he on to something?
Michele Hanson: Bad parking shows you don't care about other people (Guardian)
Parking across two spaces is selfish and infuriating. Why should I feel like a mad old woman for screaming at culprits in the street?
There's a Tiny Hare inside the Statue of Nelson Mandela (Neatorama)
South African artists Andre Prinsloo and Ruhan Janse van Vuuren erected a 9-meter tall monumental sculpture of Nelson Mandela in front of the Union Buildings--the buildings that house South Africa's national government in Pretoria. Observers noticed that there appeared to be an object in Mandela's right ear. Upon closer examination, they found a bronze hare!
Oliver Burkeman: The one theology book all atheists really should read (Guardian)
What if most modern arguments against religious belief have been attacking the wrong God all along?
Dancing Storm Troopers (YouTube)
"I wrote the song with my friend Brenden. We're called Scott & Brendo!" - ScottDW
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Mostly overcast, but still summery.
US Appearance
Pussy Riot
Two members of the Russian punk rock band Pussy Riot who were recently released from prison will appear at an Amnesty International concert to be held in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Feb. 5.
A Tuesday news release says Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alekhina will appear during the Bringing Human Rights Home concert to be held at the Barclays Center.
Tolokonnikova and Alekhina were released from prison last month after serving 21 months for hooliganism following their March 2012 arrest for giving an unauthorized performance in Christ The Savior Cathedral. Calls for their release came from around the world and from top music stars.
The lineup for the concert, aimed at raising human rights awareness, includes The Flaming Lips, Imagine Dragons and Lauryn Hill, with more to be announced.
Pussy Riot
Skiing Violinist Competes For Thailand
Vanessa-Mae
The manager of Vanessa-Mae says the musician will be swapping her violin for skis to compete at the Winter Olympics.
The International Ski Federation published rankings on Monday confirming Vanessa-Mae has met the qualifying criteria to compete at Sochi.
Singapore-born, London-raised Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson competes as Vanessa Vanakorn, using the surname of her Thai father.
A child prodigy who played violin from age 5, she shot to fame in 1995 with her debut album "Violin Player."
Vanessa-Mae
Founder Retires From Touring
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
The founder of famed South African vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo is scaling down his activities with the group at age 73, a manager said Tuesday.
Joseph Shabalala, the former farmboy who started the group after the idea came to him in his dreams, has decided to take it easy, according to manager Xolani Majozi.
"Because of his age -- he is now 73 -- we want him to relax a bit, not to be involved in intensive tours like now when the Mambazo are taking a three-months tour," Majozi told AFP.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo catapulted to global fame for their collaboration with Paul Simon on the hugely successful album "Graceland" in 1986.
They went on to win three Grammys and record with legends Stevie Wonder, Ben Harper and Michael Jackson.
Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Yellowstone Managers Reject Biobullets
Bison
Yellowstone National Park managers have rejected a plan to use air rifles to shoot the nation's last herd of purebred bison with so-called biobullets containing a vaccine against a cattle disease, in a decision that has riled the U.S. livestock industry.
Roughly half of Yellowstone's 4,600 bison are estimated to have been exposed to brucellosis, a bacterial infection that can sometimes cause cows and bison to miscarry.
Worries that infected bison may endanger cattle in states such as Montana that border Yellowstone had prompted the powerful ranching lobby to endorse biobullets - absorbable projectiles packed with vaccine. They would cut disease rates among bison by as much as 35 percent over 30 years.
Park officials said they decided against the remote vaccination program because of its $9 million price tag, questions about its effectiveness and the possible impact on the millions of visitors who flock to the park to view iconic Western wildlife like bison.
The measure would have required shooting the animals once a year for three decades, raising questions about how increased human interaction could affect bison within the wild herd.
Bison
The New America
Google Glass
A man who went to the movies with his wife in Columbus, Ohio, was subjected to a terrifying hour-long interrogation by the FBI because employees at the AMC theater saw him wearing Google Glass.
They apparently thought he might be illegally taping the film and didn't believe him when he tried to explain that the glasses were prescription, and weren't even switched on.
The incident began when the man, writing anonymously on The Gadgeteer, was watching "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit" with his wife:
About an hour into the movie (Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit), a guy comes near my seat, shoves a badge that had some sort of a shield on it, yanks the Google Glass off my face and says "follow me outside immediately". It was quite embarrassing and outside of the theater there were about 5-10 cops and mall cops.
... What followed was over an hour of the "feds" telling me I am not under arrest, and that this is a "voluntary interview", but if I choose not to cooperate bad things may happen to me (is it legal for authorities to threaten people like that?). I kept telling them that Glass has a USB port and not only did I allow them, I actually insist they connect to it and see that there was nothing but personal photos with my wife and my dog on it. I also insisted they look at my phone too and clear things out, but they wanted to talk first. They wanted to know who I am, where I live, where I work, how much I'm making, how many computers I have at home, why am I recording the movie, who am I going to give the recording to, why don't I just give up the guy up the chain, 'cause they are not interested in me. Over and over and over again.
Google Glass
Juror's Ouster Forces New Trial
Big Pharma
A gay man was improperly excluded from jury service because of his sexual orientation, a federal appeals court has ruled, illustrating the widening influence of a key U.S. Supreme Court decision on gay rights.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Tuesday ordered a new trial for GlaxoSmithKline Plc against an Abbott Laboratories spinoff because Abbott excluded the potential juror.
The case involved Abbott's pricing of HIV medications, a controversial issue in the gay community. Glaxo accused Abbott of improperly hiking the price of one drug, Norvir, to help it preserve sales growth of one of its other HIV blockbusters, Kaletra.
The jury returned a mixed verdict in 2011, and Glaxo was awarded far less money than it had originally sought. However, Glaxo appealed the lower court's decision to allow Abbott to exclude the juror, and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the constitution prohibits jury strikes because of sexual orientation.
Big Pharma
Word Trademarked
'Candy'
Videogame maker King, creator of the Candy Crush Saga, a game that has millions of fans around the world, said on Tuesday it had trademarked the word "candy" to protect the game from persistent intellectual property infringements.
Created in 2003, King has experienced an explosion in popularity since launching on Facebook in 2011 with its saga games, in which players move through a competitive landscape and pass their friends on the way.
Candy Crush Saga was the top downloaded free app for 2013, and the year's top revenue grossing app. It has been downloaded more than 500 million times since its launch in 2012.
The company now says it wants to protect its game title from imitators who also use the word "candy". It has obtained a trademark from the European Union, which will apply not only to computer games, but also to areas such as clothes and footwear, the European Commission's trademark office told Reuters.
'Candy'
The Takers In Action
Tax Dodgers
The Republican Party is expected to approve a resolution this week, calling for repeal of an Obama administration law that is designed to crack down on offshore tax dodging.
In what would be the party's first appeal to scrap the law - the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) - a panel was slated to vote at the Republican National Committee's (RNC) winter meetings in Washington, likely approving the resolution on Friday, according to party members driving the repeal effort.
If adopted, the anti-FATCA resolution would reflect the party's political priorities for the time being but would not change its presidential campaign platform, according to the RNC.
Approved in 2010 after a tax-avoidance scandal involving a Swiss bank, FATCA requires most foreign banks and investment funds to report to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service information about U.S. customers' accounts worth $50,000 or more.
"I see FATCA just like Obamacare," said Solomon Yue, an RNC official from Oregon who is leading the party's FATCA repeal effort. "It will attract American overseas donors."
Tax Dodgers
Arctic Ocean Shipping Rules
Polar Code
New shipping rules are soon to be agreed for the Arctic, where summer sea ice has shrunk by about two-thirds over three decades, opening a new ocean with vast natural resources.
Maritime nations are close to a landmark deal on the Polar Code, aimed to improve safety, lead to lower insurance premiums and help the rise of traffic, industry insiders said.
About a tenth of the world's undiscovered oil and close to a third of its undiscovered gas is thought to lie under Arctic waters. The Northern Sea Route along Russia's edge can reduce the sailing distance between Asian ports and Northern Europe by 40 percent.
A draft of the code could be finalized by members of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) this week and go into force by 2016, ending years of delays, Sturla Henriksen, the director general of Norwegian Shipowners' Association said.
The Polar Code will set stringent rules on pollution, safety of life, training, certification and watch keeping. It will prescribe ship properties including required ice class and set uniform rules for all vessels in all of the polar countries.
Polar Code
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