M Is FOR MASHUP - February 9th, 2011
Mashup Albums A La 2011
By DJ Useo
Howdy again. The latest word is mashups are thriving beyond all expectations. The many forums continue to show signs of the known mashers, as well as many more newbies joining in every day. The single mashups posted are in such high numbers it's impossible to keep up with the flow. New mashup collections also persist & many are fine listening. I'm consistently surprised at how the labels avoid releasing mashup albums that would surely make money. The selection I have for you today includes releases I would gladly purchase.
First up we have the '
CHEEKYBOY ANTHOLOGY', a 7-disc set from the well-known UK bootlegger behind THE LAPTOP PUNK mashup forum. The tracks are all finestkind with a variety of styles incorporated. Cheekyboy has generously included all his past releases, including his ever-popular Halloween mashups. In a display of characteristic generosity, he has also included a smattering of unreleased tracks. In his own words, Cheekyboy sez 'Since laptoppunk.com went down a lot of these tracks have not been available. Have been getting a lot of emails asking for them so finally have had the chance to put them back online. Hopefully, there are some you may not have heard before on here that you will like! I have tried to include one or two surprises in there as well as my more well known tunes! Hope you enjoy them!'. As a splendid bonus, the inestimable
BUDTHEWEISER has crafted a loooooong mix
( official.fm/tracks/206982 )
including all the Cheekyboy mashups. Wot a listen! Files available
here -
( www.cheekyboy.moonfruit.com/ )
'Lectroset 2 - 15 all-new mashups from 'The Reborn Identity' is a must-not-miss assortment of new tracks from a master of the genre. From the man's own mouth come these words - 'For the past two months I've been busy crafting a follow-up to last year's Lectroset mashup mix. The sequel is bigger and I'd like to think better, bringing together 15-all new Reborn Identity mashups over 45 mins of continuous music. There's a strong electro, danceable vibe to the mix, but you'll find everything here from pop and classic rock to country. Hope you enjoy it!' After enjoying the collection several times I can only say 'WOOOOOOT!!'. The Reborn Identity continues his excellent run of releases again with this splendid compilation. The cuts are mixed divinely into one seamless set. Word is they will be posted as singles over the coming months with videos expected as well. Enjoy hearing Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers, Queen, Rihanna, Muse & many more all singing & playing in the same piece. Files available
here -
( s225705621.websitehome.co.uk/2011/01/25/lectroset-2-45-minute-mashup-mix/ )
Back in 2007 I encouraged a group of newer mashers to contribute to a mashup album themed along Groundhog's Day. As it turned out, nearly all of the mixers had no aquaintance with the holiday, but were familiar with the Bill Murray movie of the same name. The collection proved a popular one with DJ Morgoth's track even making some notable press. The mashers on the project have all gone on to wider acclaim, but the album has been unavailable for the last few years. I remastered & levelled the entire collection & released it again last week for the o-fficial GROUNDHOG'S DAY. Hear how international bootleggers percieve G-Hog Day by listening to the file
here -
( groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2011/02/happy-g-hog-day-everbody-heres-2007s.html )
DJTopcat has been working on a BIG project since 2005 & now it's finally materialized. 'Jay Z vs Led Zeppelin - 28 Songs Whole lotta Hova' is described by DJTopcat thusly ' Hey I just finished the last tracks on a massive 28 song Jay Z vs Led Zeppelin mashup album. Some of you may remember back in early 2005 I released Jay Z vs Led Zeppelin-Jay Zeppelin-Houses of the Hova with the Black album pellas that had just come out. Not surprisingly several had the same idea, but I think my tracks were unique because I tried to preserve the full songs just like Jay Z was there rapping over the band as they played. Well anyway a few months ago I decided to make some more mashups to add to it. Led Zeppelin is my favorite rock band of all time. Jay Z is not exactly my favorite rapper, but he does have more acappellas out than most so here ya go! Not sure what to name it yet. A friend suggested Whole lotta Hova lol. Below is the download link to the zip file containing all 28 tracks and intro. Spread it around and drop me a line if you dig it. It took a loooooong time to make :) ".
Files available
here -
( sites.google.com/site/djtopcat/ )
'The rillen rudi collection 51-60' is the latest tracks by rillen rudi collected for your convenience by rr himself. I stay current with his releases & can offer my full assurance of the fun inherent in this collection. There's tracks like 'Superfast Rewind' (Gorillaz vs London Elektricity), 'Ni Ten Ichy Rude Boy' (Photek vs Rihanna) & 'Türlich Bärbl' (Duck Sauce vs Das Bo). rillen rudi has his finger on the pulse of the mashup scene like few others do, & displays it regularly through his own tracks & also his monthly radio show rillen rudi's TIMEZONE. http://timezoneradio.blogspot.com/
Hear why he thrives
here -
( rillenrudi.blogspot.com/2011/01/rillen-rudi-collection-51-60.html )
I have early word on more mashup comps coming out soon. Check this column for news soon.
Mix Of The Week
DJ Useo's 'Rock Electro Mix' is one foot-stomping, ear-buzzing gem of a mix. I know, I made it! Listen for all your classic rock faves done up with club-based beeps & bloops just the way you wanted. It's a full disc of joy available
here -
( www.bmbx.org/2011/01/rock-electro-mix/ )
Latest Useo Thing
My newest mashup is 'Excellent Monday' (Laurie Anderson vs Peter Gabriel vs New Order). People really get happy when I play this one. Very catchy & dancable. Hear it
here -
( groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2011/01/excellent-monday-laurie-anderson-vs.html )
I also have a remix of Vanilla Fudge, & a double A-side of Colt Ford country mashups on my blog. Enjoy looking around.
Mashup Tip : Get those mashups done fast, before somebody else makes them.
Recommended Reading
from Bruce
Roger Ebert: Winter is icumen in
It may be because I live in the city now, but I no longer see children playing for hours in the snow. I remember a pediatrician advising my parents to send me outside to play as a treatment for some "condition." Of course, he later was found to be an alcoholic, so there's no telling.
Maureen Dowd: Blame, Not Shame (New York Times)
So many to blame. So little space.
Paul Krugman: The Joy of Research (New York Times)
A bit of personal meta here: I realized a few hours ago that I was actually having a good weekend, and that made me step back and think about what I actually enjoy in my current role as public intellectual.
Andrew Tobias: HOW TO WRITE A CONDOLENCE LETTER
The main thing to say is that it's "pass/fail." As my wise friend Patty Marx, the writer, explained to me, "People agonize over what to say, as if there's something they could say that would actually make it better" - certainly I always agonize in these situations - "when in fact there's nothing to say except, thinking of you in this difficult time."
Scott Burns: The Rational Gold Investor (assetbuilder.com)
Allow me to introduce a very rare bird. I've been trying to find him for a long time. It's a rational gold investor.
Guy Hand: A Push For Local Foods Certification (Boise Weekly)
Maintaining the integrity of the local foods movement.
Corey Beasley: "'The Hopelessness of the Future of Music': An Interview with Destroyer's Dan Bejar" (Popmatters)
You could forgive Dan Bejar for seeming somewhat enigmatic as an artist.
Leah Sottile: Becoming Metallica (Pacific Northwest Inlander)
When their original music wasn't working out, four Spokane musicians assumed new personalities: Lars, James, Cliff and Kirk.
Steve Hochman: "Arhoolie Records: In one ear and out to the world" (Los Angeles Times)
Chris Strachwitz happened upon sounds that he loved. They became known as folk music. He just knew they needed to be recorded. A label was born.
George Varga: Celebrating Blues Icon Robert Johnson (Creators Syndicate)
The list of artists who credit Robert Johnson as a profoundly important musical inspiration ranges from Eric Clapton and ZZ Top to the White Stripes and bassist-turned-Grammy Award-winning album producer Chris Goldsmith.
Gruff Rhys: 'I've been trying to build a hotel out of shampoo bottles' (Guardian)
At the age of 40, Super Furry Animal turned solo star Gruff Rhys is still making singular music. But why is he launching his new album at a hotel in Blackpool, asks Caspar Llewellyn Smith.
Dan DeLuca: A Swedish star, so dim in our celebrity skies, yet so deserving (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Robyn is the kind of pop singer whose talents are so obvious to her devotees that her failure to command a huge following in America - as yet, anyway - can be a cause for moral outrage.
David Bruce has 40 Kindle books on Amazon.com with 250 anecdotes in each book. Each book is $1, so for $40 you can buy 10,000 anecdotes. Search for "Funniest People," "Coolest People, "Most Interesting People," "Kindest People," "Religious Anecdotes," and "Maximum Cool."
Hubert's Poetry Corner
"Lea Michele on Cosmopolitan Magazine Cover"
Parental anger explained?
wrote:
took the day off.
From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'
Reader Suggestion
Michelle in AZ
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Mostly sunny and much cooler.
Feds Settle Case
Facebook
Employers should think twice before trying to restrict workers from talking about their jobs on Facebook or other social media.
That's the message the government sent on Monday as it settled a closely watched lawsuit against a Connecticut ambulance company that fired an employee after she went on Facebook to criticize her boss.
The National Labor Relations Board sued the company last year, arguing the worker's negative comments were protected speech under federal labor laws. The company claimed it fired the emergency medical technician because of complaints about her work.
Under the settlement with the labor board, American Medical Response of Connecticut Inc. agreed to change its blogging and Internet policy that barred workers from disparaging the company or its supervisors. The company also will revise another policy that prohibited employees from depicting the company in any way over the Internet without permission.
Both policies interfered with longstanding legal protections that allow workers to discuss wages, hours and working conditions with co-workers, the board said.
Facebook
Guitar Given To Smithsonian
Eddie Van Halen
One of Eddie Van Halen's guitars will have a home at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
The museum announced Monday that it has acquired the "Frank 2" guitar that Van Halen used during his 2007-2008 North American tour with original lead singer David Lee Roth.
The red, white and black guitar is a replica of the original "Frankenstein" guitar that Van Halen used for more than 30 years. Van Halen constructed the "Frankenstein" guitar himself to suit his playing style.
Museum director Brent Glass says the guitar reflects Van Halen's innovation, talent and influence. It will be part of the museum's instrument collection as a more contemporary piece.
Eddie Van Halen
Paris Honors 'Mad Men' Creator
Matthew Weiner
Paris is formalizing its fascination with "Mad Men" by giving a medal to the hit series' creator and executive producer, Matthew Weiner.
Two of the series' stars, Christina Hendricks, who plays office manager Joan Harris, and John Slattery, who plays ad agency partner Roger Sterling, flanked Weiner at the ceremony Tuesday at Paris' City Hall.
Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe's top official for cultural matters presented Weiner with the Vermeil medal for cultural and other contributions to society.
"Mad Men," which traces the lives of advertising executives in 1960s New York, has been a hit with French fans. Photographers and camera crews mobbed the three on their way in and out of the ceremony.
Matthew Weiner
Baby News
Max Ellington Nixon-Marinoni
"Sex and the City" actress Cynthia Nixon and her partner have had a baby boy, her publicist told People magazine on Tuesday.
Nixon's partner Christine Marinoni gave birth to a son on Monday. The couple have named him Max Ellington Nixon-Marinoni.
Nixon, 44 and Marinoni, an education worker, have been dating since 2004 and announced their engagement in 2009.
Nixon, a prominent lesbian best known for playing workaholic lawyer Miranda in "Sex and the City", has two children from a former marriage.
Max Ellington Nixon-Marinoni
May Challenge Findings
Nicholas Brooks
A songwriter's son who is charged with murdering his swimsuit designer girlfriend may contest findings that she died of strangulation and drowning in a New York City hotel bathtub.
Nicholas Brooks' lawyer said Tuesday he'll decide after reviewing medical examiners' autopsy report on the Dec. 9 death of designer Sylvie Cachay. A judge has sealed the report but is letting defense lawyers and prosecutors see it.
The 25-year-old Brooks has pleaded not guilty. Brooks told police that Cachay was sleeping when he left her at the Soho House hotel.
Brooks' father is "You Light Up My Life" songwriter Joseph Brooks.
Nicholas Brooks
To Be Charged
Lindsay Lohan
Prosecutors said Tuesday they plan to charge Lindsay Lohan with felony grand theft of a $2,500 necklace reported stolen from a jewelry store last month - the most serious count the actress has faced in more than three years of trouble with the law.
District Attorney's spokeswoman Jane Robison said the charge will be filed Wednesday. Lohan, 24, is due in court for an arraignment on Wednesday afternoon.
Los Angeles police said Feb. 2 that Lohan was under investigation for taking a necklace from a Venice store later identified as Kamofie and Co. Detectives obtained a search warrant to try to retrieve the item from Lohan's home, but it was turned in to a police station before any search was made.
Police said they had no update on the case Tuesday and did not say whether the actress had made arrangements to turn herself in at court or at a police station.
Lindsay Lohan
Memoir?
Bristol Palin
Bristol Palin (R-Opportunist) may or may not have a memoir out this summer. For now, it's a mystery.
Listings for an "Untitled Bristol Palin Memoir" were viewable Monday on Amazon.com (release date June) and an online catalog for HarperCollins (release date August). The listings have since been pulled.
Publicist Seale Ballenger of the Harper imprint William Morrow, the book's presumed publisher, declined to comment Tuesday.
Bristol Palin (R-Hypocrite-For-Hire), daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Quitter), has become a celebrity herself through her appearances on "Dancing With the Stars" and as an advocate for sexual abstinence among unmarried teens.
Bristol Palin
Caught In Immigration Crosshairs
Fast Food
Chipotle Mexican Grill has a lot going for it -- an upscale burrito concept, a hip and eco-friendly image, expansion plans galore and a 500 percent-plus stock price gain in just over two years.
And then it has something not going its way -- a federal crackdown on its immigrant labor force that has so far forced Chipotle to fire hundreds of allegedly illegal workers in the state of Minnesota, perhaps more than half its staff there.
The probe is widening. Co-Chief Executive Monty Moran told Reuters on Friday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has also issued "notices of inspection" for restaurants in Washington D.C. and Virginia.
Dependence on illegal labor is the elephant in the room for the U.S. restaurant business. And experts say the Chipotle ICE investigations are a wake-up call for an industry that is one of America's biggest employers and generates over $300 billion in annual sales, according to research firm IBISWorld Inc.
Fast Food
Publisher Defends Book
"Golden Harvest"
A Polish publishing house defended its decision Tuesday to publish a book that has sparked controversy with its argument that Poles actively profited from Jewish suffering during the Holocaust.
"Golden Harvest," by Jan Gross and Irena Grudzinska Gross, argues that rural Poles sometimes sought financial gain from Jewish misfortune in a variety of ways, from plundering Jewish mass graves to ferreting out Jews in hiding for reward.
Gross said the starting point of the book is a photograph showing Polish peasants digging up human remains at the Treblinka death camp just after the war in a search for gold or other treasures that Nazi executioners might have overlooked. Scattered in front of the group are skulls and bones.
The thesis challenges a widespread view among Poles that their nation, which was occupied by Germany throughout World War II, by and large behaved honorably during that time. Six million Polish citizens - half of them Jews - were killed during the war and memories remain strong of Polish suffering and sacrifice. Heroic Polish deeds - like the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 against Nazi rule - are a foundation of the national identity, while the state in recent years has regularly bestowed honors on Christian Poles who risked their lives to hide Jews from the Nazis.
"Golden Harvest"
Sued Over Copyrights
Hotfile
Five Hollywood studios are suing a website that streams movies, accusing it of copyright infringement on a "massive scale".
Disney Enterprises Inc, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp, Universal City Studios Productions, Columbia Pictures Industries and Warner Bros Entertainment Inc on Tuesday filed suit against Hotfile Corp and Hotfile manager Anton Titov, according to documents filed with the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida Miami Division.
The Hollywood studios say that Panamanian Hotfile actively encourages users to upload and disseminate copyrighted content, and pays them to do so. They say that Hotfile has profited from the arrangement.
In less than two years of operation, Hotfile has become one of the most heavily-trafficked sites on the Internet, according to the filing.
Hotfile
Prime-Time Nielsens
Ratings
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by the Nielsen Co. for Jan. 31-Feb. 6. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. Super Bowl: Pittsburgh vs. Green Bay, Fox, 111.01 million.
2. "Super Bowl Post Game," Fox, 66.03 million.
3. "Glee" special, Fox, 26.8 million.
4. "American Idol," (Wednesday), Fox, 25.14 million.
5. "NCIS," CBS, 22.85 million.
6. "American Idol," (Thursday), Fox, 21.89 million.
7. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 17.7 million.
8. "The Mentalist," CBS, 15.18 million.
9. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 13.98 million.
10. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 13.83 million.
11. "The Good Wife," CBS, 12.14 million.
12. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 11.31 million.
13. "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 11.21 million.
14. "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 11.18 million.
15. "Harry's Law," NBC, 11.02 million.
16. "S--- My Dad Says," CBS, 10.45 million.
17. "Bones," Fox, 10.2 million.
18. "The Bachelor," ABC, 9.67 million.
19. "Criminal Minds," CBS, 9.66 million.
20. "Super Bowl Great Commercials," CBS, 9.56 million.
Ratings
In Memory
Maria Altmann
Maria Altmann, a refugee from Nazi-occupied Austria who successfully fought to recover Gustav Klimt paintings looted from her Jewish family, has died. She was 94.
Altmann died Monday at her home in the Cheviot Hills area of Los Angeles after a long illness, said E. Randol Schoenberg, her friend and attorney.
Altmann was already in her 80s in 1998 when she and Schoenberg began a legal fight with the Austrian government over the paintings, which included a world-famous gold-encrusted picture of her aunt, the "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer."
The 1907 masterpiece hung in the Austrian Gallery Belvedere in Vienna. The Austrian government contended that Altmann's aunt, who died in 1925, had willed it to the Austrian national gallery.
However, Schoenberg argued the claim was invalid, and the family's art collection was plundered more than a decade later by the Nazis.
In 2004, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Altmann's suit could proceed. In 2006, an Austrian mediation panel awarded the five paintings to Altmann and four other heirs, ending the nearly eight-year legal battle.
Altmann, who was born Maria Viktoria Bloch-Bauer in Vienna, came from a wealthy Jewish family that was stripped of its businesses, home and other wealth after Germany annexed Austria in 1938.
In 1998, an Austrian investigative journalist revealed details of the Nazi plundering of Jewish-owned artworks, and Austria enacted a law requiring the return of looted art.
Altmann, then an elderly grandmother, began her fight to recover her family's property.
Altmann is survived by her sons, Charles Altmann of Los Angeles; James Altmann of Agoura Hills; and Peter Altmann of Puget Sound, Wash.; a daughter, Margie Cain of Solana Beach, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Maria Altmann
In Memory
J. Paul Getty III
J. Paul Getty III, born into one of the world's richest oil families, was a kidnap victim at 16, and coldly mutilated by his captors after his cash-rich family stalled on paying ransom.
Once freed from his five-month ordeal, the traumatized teenager - grandson of the founder of Getty Oil - embraced the hippie counterculture that flowered in the late 1960s and early 1970s, turning his back on his family's capitalistic roots in favor of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll.
J. Paul Getty III cut a dashing figure, with tight jeans, open shirts and long flowing hair - resembling at times a young Mick Jagger. At 17, he quickly took a bride and soon had a child of his own, but Getty soon fell victim once again, this time succumbing to his own youthful excess, suffering a devastating stroke in his 20s after becoming addicted to drugs and alcohol.
Getty never recovered, spending the rest of his life severely impaired in a wheelchair. He died Saturday at his country estate in Buckinghamshire northwest of London, his son, the actor Balthazar Getty, said in a statement.
Getty was rarely seen in public after the stroke, and soon drifted from the public consciousness as well even as his family name became associated with global philanthropy and the arts.
Getty is survived by his two children, Balthazar and stepdaughter Anna, and six grandchildren. He is also survived by his mother, Harris, and four younger siblings: Getty Images co-founder Mark Getty, prominent AIDS activist Aileen Getty, Ariadne Getty and his half-brother Tara Getty.
J. Paul Getty III
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