M Is FOR MASHUP - RERUN - July 11th, 2018
The Latest Hahnstudios Roundup
By DJ Useo
"mashup - Deutsch Deutsch - mashup" is the latest collection from well-known, & respected bootleg producer,
Hahnstudios
( mixes-for-the-masses.blogspot.com/2018/06/normal-0-21-microsoftinternetexplorer4.html ) .
Hahnstudios is a big favorite of mine. I've been enjoying his work since around 2004, & for all I know he was posting before then, even.
This new collection features the fine spin of each mix being a pairing of German artists. Among the tracks are such as Die Toten Hosen vs Rosenstolz, Sportfruende Stiller vs Wolfgang Ambros, & Ofra Haza vs Peter Fox. There's a few English artists snuck in there to ease the style transition, but it doesn't really need it, as all the tracks rule. Hahnstudios was skilled when he started, & has only become moreso over the years.
Once you become familiar with his mixes, you'll no doubt long for more. More of his gems are
easily available
from his sites
( hahnstudios.blogspot.com/ )
( mixes-for-the-masses.blogspot.com/ )
including his previous album "Make Mashups Great Again"
( mixes-for-the-masses.blogspot.com/2016/11/style-definitions-table.html )
He's a long-standing member in good terms at Audioboots Mashup Forum
( audioboots.com/frontpage.html )
where we anticipate with longing his creations.
"mashup - Deutsch Deutsch - mashup" is available from
user-friendly mirror links here
( mixes-for-the-masses.blogspot.com/2018/06/normal-0-21-microsoftinternetexplorer4.html )
As a teaser, here's a link to stream "Tanz den Cotton Eye Joe" ( Square Dance ) ( Rednex vs Ali As feat. Namika )
( hearthis.at/karlheinz.meier.33/hahnstudios-tanz-den-cotton-eye-joe-sqaure-dance/ )
I'm sure you'll be pleased with this album. More mashups next week.
Have the day of good - Konrad Useo
Recommended Reading
from Bruce
Paul Krugman: The Economy Won't Rescue Trump (NY Times)
Sorry, Donald, no morning in America for you.
Paul Waldman: Why you shouldn't care when a presidential candidate flip-flops (Washington Post)
exactly how it usually goes. The candidate takes the new position and tells a (sometimes marginally) plausible story about why they changed their minds; then if they actually take office, not only will they not go back to their old position, they'll be under extra pressure to reassure their party that they are reliable. It's the inverse of the only-Nixon-could-go-to-China idea: Since their bona fides are already suspect, they have no room to buck their party on that issue.
Ruth Graham: The MAGA Teens Aren't Innocent Victims (Slate)
The incident at the Lincoln Memorial was more complicated than it initially seemed, but new footage doesn't exonerate the kids in the red caps.
Jenny G. Zhang: The Age of the Self-Own (Slate)
Why it's the defining maneuver of our stupid times.
Paul Levy: Is the threat of capital punishment really the foundation of good behavior? (Spectator)
The Goodness Paradox: How Evolution Made Us More and Less Violent by Richard Wrangham reviewed.
Graeme Wearden: "David Attenborough tells Davos: 'The Garden of Eden is no more'" (The Guardian)
Human activity has created a new era yet climate change can be stopped, says naturalist.
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Anecdotes
Music group Black Flag sometimes played shows for very few people. In 1982, Black Flag played a show in Oklahoma City, OK, for two, or at most five people, who sat far away, in the back. Henry Rollins, lead singer, was mad, and he complained about the lack of audience just before Black Flag went on stage to perform. Fortunately, Black Flag bassist Chuck Dukowski talked to him, and in Mr. Rollins' words, "straightened me out on a few things." Mr. Dukowski taught him "that even though there were only a few people there, it didn't matter. They were there to see us, and that was good enough." Mr. Rollins adds, "He said that you never pull a bullsh*t attitude on stage, and you always play your *ss off or don't play at all." Mr. Rollins remembers the show that Black Flag played that night. He says, "I played my *ss off that night." Mr. Rollins sings, performs spoken-word concerts, and writes. He says, "I am a guy who used to work at an ice cream store in Washington, D.C. I am of average intelligence. There's nothing special about me. If I can get this far, I would be very surprised if you couldn't get at least twice as far. F*ck them. Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp."
People sometimes cough during a performance of an opera or other music, although that is rude. A friend of conductor William Christie once attended a chamber-music recital at Carnegie, and in front of him was a cougher. At an appropriate moment, he asked her, "Couldn't you be a bit quieter?" She replied, "Young man, I've been coughing here for 40 years." Mr. Christie has himself told a person behind him, "Have you noticed that my orchestra-and there are 60 of them-don't cough? Why do you cough?" Of course, some coughs are OK. Mr. Christie says, "When I stop playing music and hear this chorus of coughing, you realize that people have been making an effort" not to cough during the music. And a singer once told interviewer Joshua Jampol "that during lieder concerts, the audience coughed when he finished a song because they had been so concentrated that they'd forgotten to breathe or swallow." By the way, Mr. Christie's friend Simon Rattle once became so annoyed by the ringing of cell phones during a concert that he stopped the concert and walked off the stage. Then he returned to the stage and told the audience, "If that happens again, I'll do it again."
Jim Peterik wrote "Vehicle," the biggest hit of the rock group Ides of March. Mr. Peterik still performs the song, sometimes in unlikely places. In San Francisco, he saw a musician busking for spare change on the street. He listened to a song, gave the busker some spare change, and then said that he played guitar. The busker handed over his guitar, and Mr. Peterik played and sang "Vehicle." Apparently, the busker enjoyed the song, because he gave back to Mr. Peterik the spare change that Mr. Peterik had given to him. Of course, Mr. Peterik has been around for many years, and he has known legends. When he was 20 years old, he opened for the Allman Brothers. While the Allmans were on stage, Duane Allman asked the audience for some coke, so Mr. Peterik ran on stage with a can of Coca-Cola. He did not understand why the audience laughed.
William H. Crane, an actor of the early 20th century, told a story about long-haired playwright Al Travers, who put on a play in a theater in Savannah, Georgia. Unfortunately, the play failed-miserably. Mr. Travers sat in the front row listening to hisses from the audience. A woman behind him leaned forward and said to him, "Pardon me, sir, but knowing you to be the author of this play, I took the liberty, at the beginning of the performance, of snipping off a lock of your lock. Allow me to return it."
On February 4, 1901, Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines, starring Ethel Barrymore, opened at the Garrick Theatre in New York. Ms. Barrymore was nervous before stepping on stage, then magic took over and the next morning she was a star. Soon, she saw her name in lights above the name of the play. She thanked producer Charles Frohman for the honor, but he said, "I didn't do it - they did it," referring to the members of the general public who had acclaimed her.
American dance pioneer Ted Shawn once was forced to lecture on the history of dance from 8:30 to 11 p.m. because his company's baggage car was detained in a Maine blizzard. After the baggage car finally arrived, he and his dancers were able to perform. The Portland newspaper later stated that none of the 3,000 people in the audience had left the theater - either during the lecture or during the performance - although the performance did not end until after 1 a.m.
Felix Mendelssohn wrote interesting letters as well as interesting music. He once wrote about an audience filled with ladies wearing brightly colored hats. While he played during the concert, he watched the audience and saw that the hat-wearing ladies were bobbing their heads in time with the music so that the scene looked like wind blowing over a bed of tulips.
Bill Maher remembers that after he had appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson the very first time, he appeared at a gig in the South. He told a joke that bombed, then said, "Johnny Carson loved that joke last night." A deep Southern voice replied, "Well, Johnny ain't here tonight."
Audiences are important. After Oscar Wilde had written The Importance of Being Earnest and before it had premiered, someone said to him, "Oscar, I hope the show is a success." Mr. Wilde replied, "The show is already a success. I hope the audience is."
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Nominees Announced
2019 Oscars
The 91st Academy Awards still don't have a host, but as of this morning, we now have the full crop of nominees for the annual ceremony honoring the very best in film.
In a year where the race has rarely felt so close, there was a wide distribution of nominees, without any one film pulling especially far ahead from the pack. Yorgos Lanthimos' unorthodox period piece The Favourite leads the year with a staggering 12 nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and top acting honors for all three of its outstanding leads. Adam McKay's vicious political docu-satire Vice picked up a Best Picture nomination, as well as 10 other nominations including Best Actor for Christian Bale. Roma garnered 10 nominations with nods in just about every major category for which it's eligible. A Star is Born continued its charge to the Oscars with eight nominations, including acting honors for Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga.
Elsewhere, Black Panther broke new ground for the superhero genre, becoming the first costumed crusader movie to ever rack up a Best Picture nomination, as well as honors in six other categories, including a Best Original Song nomination for Kendrick Lamar and SZA. Divisive contenders Green Book and Bohemian Rhapsody each snagged five nominations, including Best Picture. And in what's perhaps the biggest and most pleasant surprise of the morning, Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman was a major hit with the Academy, garnering six nominations including Best Picture, Lee as director, and Adam Driver for Best Supporting Actor.
Among the other big surprises, Best Documentary Feature found no room for the acclaimed, audience-beloved Won't You Be My Neighbor, and once again, Best Picture landed squarely in the middle of the 5-10 nominee range allowed per year, despite a strong crop of potential choices. And to the chagrin of many, First Man's disappointing box office run seemed to have an impact on its year-end prospects, as Damien Chazelle's look at the first moon landing settled for four nominations in technical categories.
The 91st Academy Awards will air on Sunday, February 24th on ABC.
For the complete list of nominees - 2019 Oscars
Back In Carrie Bradshaw's Heels
Sarah Jessica Parker
Carrie Bradshaw is back and more fabulous than ever!
Sarah Jessica Parker stepped back into her iconic Manolo Blahniks for a good cause. The 53-year-old Sex and the City star first posted about the new project to Instagram on Saturday, sharing a teaser clip.
On Tuesday, a video was released that showed the 53-year-old actress recreating the opening credits of SATC while promoting Stella Artois' partnership with Water.org, which is helping to provide clean water to more than 1.7 million people in developing areas.
The video features Parker, as Carrie, walking down the street in a gold, belted top, a green tulle skirt, a pearl-covered glove and white heels. Just like in the opening credits, Carrie is hit with some water from a passing bus.
"I couldn't help but wonder, wasn't it obvious? You make a little change to do a lot of good," she narrates as the bus passes with the sign, "1 bottle = 1 month of clean water."
Sarah Jessica Parker
Tony Soprano
'Sopranos' Prequel
James Gandolfini is best known for his role as Tony Soprano.
Now son Michael Gandolfini will step into his father's acting shoes in the prequel movie to the television series "The Sopranos." He'll play the role of a young Tony in "The Many Saints of Newark," Variety reported.
"The Many Saints of Newark" will focus on tensions between the New Jersey city's African-American and Italian communities.
"The Sopranos" ran from 1999 - 2007 on HBO. The crime drama won more than 20 Emmys, five Golden Globes and two Peabody Awards.
Some of the show's original characters will reportedly be featured in the film.
'Sopranos' Prequel
CBS Blunts Effort
Super Bowl
Super Bowl views will see plenty of the now-traditional commercials for beer, pickup trucks and potato chips on Feb. 3, but they won't be seeing one that promotes the benefits of medical marijuana, CNN reported.
Cannabis company Acreage Holdings says CBS has rejected a proposed ad on the topic, Variety reported.
The 60-second commercial features three people with health issues, including a Colorado boy, describing how medical marijuana has improved their lives, USA Today reported. It closes with a call to viewers to lobby Congress for changes to federal marijuana laws.
A CBS spokesperson confirmed the network does not currently accept cannabis-related ads, according to the publication. While 30 states and the District of Columbia have legalized pot to various degrees, the federal government still classes it as a controlled substance.
Acreage Holdings, which counts former House Speaker John Boehner among its backers, had hoped the proposed Super Bowl ad would be taken as a call to action rather than one promoting a particular product, Bloomberg reported.
Super Bowl
Found Hiding Inside Our Bones
New Type Of Blood Vessel
Scientists have discovered a hidden network within our bones, a maze of tiny blood vessels that's never been seen before. The findings are published in the journal Nature Metabolism.
"It is really unexpected being able to find a new and central anatomical structure that has not been described in any textbook in the 21st century," said Professor Matthias Gunzer, who led the research at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany, in a statement.
Scientists have known for some time that bones have an efficient blood system that allows blood cells, as well as immune cells made in the bone marrow, to quickly migrate into general circulation, but this is the first time we've actually managed to see it. In emergency situations, when a vein can't quickly be accessed, paramedics inject drugs directly into a person's bone marrow. Now we know why that works so well.
We've already seen other kinds of blood vessels in the bone, like those at the center in the bone marrow and at the surface in the periosteum - a layer of connective tissue surrounding the bones. But the new vessels appear to traverse directly through long bones (long, cylindrical, marrow-containing bones like arm and leg bones), at an angle of 90 degrees from the bone's long axis.
The researchers first identified the new vessels - referred to as trans cortical vessels - in mice. Using a chemical called ethyl cinnamate, they were able to make mouse leg bones transparent. They stained blood cells red and green and when they looked through the microscope, they could see these colored cells passing through what appeared to be solid bone. In a single mouse tibia (lower leg bone) the team found roughly 1,000 trans cortical vessels.
New Type Of Blood Vessel
Struck By Meteorite During The Eclipse
'Super Wolf Blood Moon'
If at first you don't succeed, try and try again. Such is the philosophy of Jose Maria Madiedo, an astronomer at the University of Huelva in Spain, who, for over 10 years, has tried to capture a meteorite hitting the Moon during a lunar eclipse. Yesterday, during the so-called "Super Blood Wolf Blood Moon," it finally happened.
Monday's much anticipated Super Blood Wolf Moon eclipse, though badly named, did not disappoint. Millions of people gazed into the night sky or onto video feeds to see a stunning coppery-red hue envelop our planet's natural satellite. As the January 21 eclipse unfolded, however, some observers noticed a tiny flash while watching the online broadcasts, reported New Scientist. Some suspected the flash was caused by a meteorite strike-and it turns out they were right.
Jose Madiedo confirmed these suspicions, tweeting that a lunar impact occurred at 5:41am Spanish Peninsular Time. A photograph released by Madiedo clearly showed a yellowish-white dot appearing in the darkened top left quadrant of the Moon during the totality phase of the eclipse. Astronomers have filmed impact flashes on the Moon before, but this marks the first time a lunar impact was captured during a lunar eclipse-an achievement more than 20 years in the making.
Astronomers first started to systematically monitor impact flashes in 1997, an effort that evolved into the Moon Impacts Detection and Analysis System, or MIDAS, a survey conducted by the University of Huelva and the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalucia. Madiedo joined the project in 2008. Using astronomical data from multiple observatories, MIDAS uses software to identify the moment a meteorite hits the darkened portions of the lunar surface.
'Super Wolf Blood Moon'
Lake Mercer
Antarctica
A few weeks ago, researchers drilled a deep borehole through the Antarctic ice sheet and reached Lake Mercer, a subglacial body of water. There, they discovered not only a surprising amount of bacteria, but also the remains of several tiny animals. You can now experience part of that discovery thanks to a point-of-view video going through the borehole and into the lake.
The carcasses of these critters were so unexpected that the team worried they had somehow contaminated their sample. After carefully cleaning their instruments, they collected more samples. Once again, they found the remains of tiny crustaceans and tardigrades. Ancient algae and what is believed to be fungi were also discovered.
While the findings are exciting, there is a lot we still don't know. However, the exploration team is on it. They have big plans for the samples collected, including trying to establish the age of the remains using radiocarbon dating and sequencing as much of their DNA as possible. This could provide crucial information about where these small organisms came from. Did they live in seawater, freshwater, or on land? There is also hope that by studying their chemical composition, the team can work out if they managed to survive deep beneath the ice or were dead by the time they got into the lake.
It is deemed highly unlikely that these organisms survived in the lake's extreme conditions, but that's not necessarily the case with the bacteria. Researchers have found 10,000 bacterial cells per millimeter of water in the samples. The number is tiny (1 percent) compared to ocean water, but it is extremely significant considering the life-opposing conditions these microbes have to endure.
Antarctica
In Memory
Kaye Ballard
Singer-comedienne Kaye Ballard, who starred alongside Eve Arden in the 1960s sitcom "The Mothers-in-Law" and was among the stars of the 1976 feature based on Terrence McNally's farce "The Ritz," died Monday in Rancho Mirage, Calif. She was 93.
She had recently attended a screening of a documentary about her life, "Kaye Ballard: The Show Goes On," at the Palm Springs Film Festival, according to the Desert Sun, and became ill soon after.
From 1970-72 Ballard recurred on "The Doris Day Show" as Angie Pallucci who, with her husband (played by Bernie Kopell), ran the Italian restaurant below Doris' apartment.
In Richard Lester's 1976 feature adaptation of McNally's Broadway hit "The Ritz," about a man fleeing Mafia assassins who hides in a gay bathhouse, Ballard played Vivian Proclo, starring along with Jack Weston, Jerry Stiller and Rita Moreno.
Also in 1976 she played Coach Betsy in the Jodie Foster version of "Freaky Friday." TV work during this time included guesting repeatedly on "Love, American Style" and later "The Love Boat" and appearing on "Alice." In 1983 Ballard appeared as the Duchess in a PBS "Great Performances" adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland."
Catherine Gloria Balotta was born in Cleveland. She began her career as a musical comedienne as a member of Spike Jones' touring revue in the 1940s. Her mother had often made use of the refrain"Good luck with your mouth!" when Ballard was as child, and it became her catchphrase in live performance and on television.
She made her screen debut in the early days of television, with appearances on "The Mel Torme Show" and "Henry Morgan's Great Talent Hunt" in 1951. She guested repeatedly on "The Colgate Comedy Hour," "The Garry Moore Show," "The Jack Paar Tonight Show" and "The Ed Sullivan Show."
Ballard made her bigscreen debut in Mitchell Leisen's 1958 musical comedy "The Girl Most Likely," starring Jane Powell and Cliff Robertson, and also appeared in the 1964 film "A House Is Not a Home," starring Shelley Winters, and in the Jerry Lewis-directed "Which Way to the Front?" (1970).
Ballard never married. She lived in a Rancho Mirage home once owned by her friend, Desi Arnaz, buying it from him after staying there while she worked on "The Mothers-in-Law," which was produced by his company.
Kaye Ballard
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