M Is FOR MASHUP - February 14th, 2018
Audioboots Valentines Day Roundup
By DJ Useo
May you all be experiencing a fine Valentines' Day. Here's a fine batch of tracks that seem perfect for the occasion. All posted at the swell mashup forum
AUDIOBOOTS
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01 - Rudec - Can't Get Heart Without Myself (Beyonce vs Joey Negro vs Bonnie Tyler)
( audioboots.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/1678/beyonce-vs-joey-negro-vs-bonnie-tyler-cant-get-heart-without-myself-rudec-mashup )
02 - MashupKal - Get To Low Disco Encore, Yeah ( Usher vs Dillon Francis + )
( audioboots.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/1590/get-to-low-disco-encore-yeah )
03 - DJ MXR - Cerrone Bootleg Megamix 2018
( audioboots.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/1720/cerrone-bootleg-megamix-2018 )
04 - Hahnstudios - Schifoan: Applaus ( Sportfreunde Stiller vs Wolfgang Ambros )
( audioboots.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/1719/schifoan-applaus )
05 - Chocomang - Jah Is Gone ( Bob Sinclar vs David Guetta vs BEP )
( audioboots.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/1729/jah-is-gone-bob-sinclar-vs-david-guetta-vs-bep )
06 - Randsta - Electronica One Summer of Loving mashups 2017 (Mix tape)
( audioboots.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/1589/electronica-one-summer-of-loving-mashups-2017-mix-tape )
07 - DJ Nerd42 - Cult of Shadilay (Living Colour vs P.E.P.E.)
( audioboots.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/1529/dj-nerd42-cult-of-shadilay-living-colour-vs-p-e-p-e )
08 - SMASH - I Roar Alone In Ibiza (Alan Walker vs. Katy Perry vs. Mike Posner)
( audioboots.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/1528/smash-i-roar-alone-in-ibiza-alan-walker-vs-katy-perry-vs-mike-posner )
09 - Dj Gaya - Mash Alone (Green Day Vs RATM Vs JAR)
( audioboots.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/1671/dj-gaya-mash-alone-green-day-vs-ratm-vs-jar )
10 - Hahnstudios - Sexy hoch - David Guetta vs. Andreas Bourani Summer Booty 2017 video!
( audioboots.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/1582/sexy-hoch-david-guetta-vs-andreas-bourani )
11 - DJ Memphis - Elvis Presley vs Stromae - One Night on Danse (Video will follow soon)
( audioboots.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/1561/elvis-presley-vs-stromae-one-night-on-danse-video-will-follow-soon )
Next week is St. Herman's day, so I'll be looking for an appropriate batch of new mashups.
Take care, y'all.
- DJ Useo
Recommended Reading
from Bruce
Paul Krugman: Trump Doesn't Give a Dam (NY Times Column)
His infrastructure "plan" is an obvious scam. But why didn't he offer something legit?
Paul Krugman: Infrastructure Build or Privatization Scam? (NY Times Blog)
Again, all of these questions could be avoided by doing things the straightforward way: if you think we should build more infrastructure, then build more infrastructure, and never mind the complicated private equity/tax credits stuff. You could try to come up with some justification for the complexity of the scheme, but one simple answer would be that it's not about investment, it's about ripping off taxpayers. Is that implausible, given who we're talking about?
Josh Marshall: Rob Porter Is the Illumination Flare of Trumpist Rot (TPM)
There seems to be a process of mutual selection or rather de-selection in the Trump universe. The most experienced people stay away and more credible and principled people get blackballed. The most credible explanation to Rachel Brand's inexplicable departure for Walmart after eight months is that she believed she would be professionally damaged by continued association with Donald Trump.
Suzanne Moore: The Oxfam scandal shows colonialism is alive and well (The Guardian)
Privileged white men giving devastated, impoverished women of colour money for sex is vile exploitation, not prostitution.
Jonathan Jones: "Portrait of Obama: 'This will not tell the future ages what made him special'"(The Guardian)
There's a boardroom blandness to Kehinde Wiley's portrait of the ex-president. But Amy Sherald's painting of the former first lady, unveiled at the same time, is a haunting, billowing revelation.
'Reason is non-negotiable': Steven Pinker on the Enlightenment (The Guardian)
What is enlightenment? In a 1784 essay with that question as its title, Immanuel Kant answered that it consists of "humankind's emergence from its self-incurred immaturity", its "lazy and cowardly" submission to the "dogmas and formulas" of religious or political authority. Enlightenment's motto, he proclaimed, is: "Dare to understand!" and its foundational demand is freedom of thought and speech.
What's the secret to living longer? (TED Talks)
Some simple (and honestly sort of scary) ways we can potentially prolong the human life.
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Michael Egan
took the day off.
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In memory.
Reader Suggestion
Michelle in AZ
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Pest Control
David
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Bonus Links
Jeannie the Teed-Off Temp
Reader Comment
Current Events
Wonkette gives the best description I've seen of what life is like right now!
"Every single day of our lives now is a hell-ish news-pocalypse bent on destroying our mental and physical health."
Wonkette on the portraits
Oh, but all that greenery! This is the president in a garden (or, strangely, hovering in one?), a president whose first lady was famous for her garden at the White House. Put him in the garden, then, in a green place that's as lush as his native Hawaii. We won't Freshman Art it to death, but damn, it's nice.
Reader Comment
alligator meme
gary in pa
Thanks, Gary!
from Marc Perkel
Marc's Guide to Curing Cancer
So far so good on beating cancer for now. I'm doing fine. At the end of the month I'll be 16 months into an 8 month mean lifespan. And yesterday I went on a 7 mile hike and managed to keep up with the hiking group I was with. So, doing something right.
Still waiting for future test results and should see things headed in the right direction. I can say that it's not likely that anything dire happens in the short term so that means that I should have time to make several more attempts at this. So even if it doesn't work the first time there are a lot of variations to try. So if there's bad news it will help me pick the next radiation target.
I have written a "how to" guide for oncologists to perform the treatment that I got. I'm convinced that I'm definitely onto something and whether it works for me or not isn't the definitive test. I know if other people tried this that it would work for some of them, and if they improve it that it will work for a lot of them.
The guide is quite detailed and any doctor reading this can understand the procedure at every level. I also go into detail as to how it works, how I figured it out, and variations and improvements that could be tried to enhance it. I also introduce new ways to look at the problem. There is a lot of room for improvement and I think that doctors reading it will see what I'm talking about and want to build on it. And it's written so that if you're not a doctor you can still follow it. It also has a personal story revealing that I'm the class clown of cancer support group. I give great interviews and I look pretty hot in a lab coat.
So, feel free to read this and see what I'm talking about. But if any of you want to help then pass this around to both doctors and cancer patients. I need some media coverage. I'm looking for as many eyeballs as possible to read these ideas. Even if this isn't the solution, it's definitely on the right track. After all, I did hike 7 miles yesterday. And this hiking group wasn't moving slow. So if this isn't working then, why am I still here?
I also see curing cancer as more of an engineering problem that a medical problem. So if you are good at solving problems and most of what you know about medicine was watching the Dr. House MD TV show, then you're at the level I was at when I started. So anyone can jump in and be part of the solution.
Here is a link to my guide: Oncologists Guide to Curing Cancer using Abscopal Effect
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
WHAT A FOTHER MUCKING IDIOT.
TRUMP AND FASCISM.
"A FISH ROTS FROM THE HEAD DOWN."
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Sunny afternoon.
Portrait Dress
Michelle Obama
Barack and Michelle Obama revealed their presidential portraits for the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery on Feb. 12, and while much of the focus was of course on the former president's - a colorful portrayal of Obama in the foreground of a floral motif by Kehinde Wiley - a handful of covert messages are hidden in the former first lady's portrait.
Artist Amy Sherald created Michelle Obama's portrait, in which she wears a custom geometric halter dress designed by Michelle Smith, the creative director at Milly. At first glance, the dress distinguishes Obama by its pattern and cut: It's a sleeveless print dress with pockets, unlike anything any of her FLOTUS predecessors wore, and evokes the same sense of approachability and sensibility that Obama communicated during her tenure.
But it's Obama's choice of Milly as a designer that may send the most direct political statement, because Smith is known for her outspoken activism. Last September, she debuted T-shirts commemorating 100 years of Planned Parenthood, for which 100 percent of the proceeds were to benefit the nonprofit women's health care organization.
At the time, the designer told Yahoo Lifestyle that Trump's election was a "severe wakeup call to do something," which inspired her to hand out "Steinem AF" T-shirts at her February 2017 runway show, referencing feminist and political activist Gloria Steinem. "We are aligned with female empowerment, helping others, LGBTQ rights, and we want everybody to know it. We're not hiding it," Smith said of Milly. "Now more than ever, if we feel threatened, it's a time to speak up."
According to a story in the Washington Post, Smith said that Obama's dress "is based on one that was in her spring 2017 Milly collection. That season Smith was inspired by a 'desire for equality, equality in human rights, racial equality, LGBTQ equality,' she says. One of the recurring elements in the collection were various forms of lacing and ties; the details were meant to suggest a 'feeling of being held back … that we're not quite there yet.' The finish line is still off in the distance."
Michelle Obama
Daytona 500
Charlize Theron
Academy Award winner Charlize Theron was named honorary starter for the 60th running of the Daytona 500.
The actress will wave the green flag for the season-opening race Sunday in NASCAR's Monster Energy Cup Series.
Theron, who won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for best actress in 2003 for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wournos in "Monster," stars in and produces the upcoming film "Gringo." The movie will be released nationwide next month.
She also starred in "The Cider House Rules" (1999), "The Italian Job" (2003), "North Country" (2005), and more recently in "Atomic Blonde", "The Fate of the Furious" and "Mad Max: Fury Road."
Charlize Theron
Judge Awards $6.75 Mn In Damages
Graffiti Artists
In a landmark ruling that graffiti art should be protected by US federal law, a New York judge has awarded $6.75 million in damages to 21 artists whose work was whitewashed by a developer in 2013.
In a written decision filed Monday, Judge Frederic Block awarded the maximum possible amount of statutory damages, $150,000 for each of 45 works obliterated at the 5Pointz site in Queens.
For 20 years developer Jerry Wolkoff had invited taggers to showcase their art on his industrial complex, turning it into -- in the words of the artists' lawyer -- the "world's largest outdoor open aerosol museum."
But in 2013 he whitewashed the art before demolishing the site in 2014, making way for a planned $400 million luxury residential complex.
The 21 artists from 5Pointz sued for damages, saying they should have been given the opportunity to salvage their work before the wrecking ball destroyed what had become an internationally acclaimed and thriving tourist attraction.
Graffiti Artists
Family Files Wrongful Death Suit
Bill Paxton
The late actor Bill Paxton's family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and the surgeon who operated on Paxton, who died Feb. 25, 2017, at age 61.
According to a news release, Paxton's family contends that the surgeon, Ali Khoynezhad, performed an improper procedure that led to the death of the actor, whose cause of death was listed as a stroke, suffered 11 days after he underwent heart surgery.
The family contends that Khoynezhad's actions, and the inactions of Cedars-Sinai, caused Paxton to suffer the complications that resulted in his death, according to the release, which cites court documents.
Khoynezhad left his position as a surgeon at Cedars-Sinai shortly after Paxton's death, according to the release. "We are pursuing accountability and justice from a physician and a hospital that failed to adequately protect Mr. Paxton," attorney Steve Heimberg says in the release.
Bill Paxton
Federal Funding
PBS and National Public Radio
Donald Trump (R-Crooked) has again proposed eliminating federal funding for news outlets like National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Services (PBS).
A newly unveiled budget proposal would stem the flow of public dollars to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which oversees an array of journalism and public affairs programming, slashing its allocation from $495m (£358) to $15m (£11m).
"CPB grants represent a small share of the total funding for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR), which primarily rely on private donations to fund their operations," the proposal said.
But CPB president Patricia Harrison warned in a statement that "there is no viable substitute for federal funding".
Eliminating public subsidies for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has long been a goal of conservatives who decry outlets like NPR and PBS as left-leaning.
PBS and National Public Radio
Opioid Makers
Purdue Pharma
Five opioid manufacturers including OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma LP have paid more than $10 million to advocacy groups and doctors tied to them, many of whom amplified industry messages supporting the use of the painkillers, a U.S. Senate report said on Monday.
The report, released by Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill, said groups who received the donations aligned themselves with industry goals and may have played a role in an epidemic that in 2016 led to 42,000 opioid overdose deaths.
The report released by McCaskill, the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee's ranking Democrat, said the groups issued guidance promoting opioids for chronic pain and lobbied against laws to curb their use.
"These financial relationships were insidious, lacked transparency, and are one of many factors that have resulted in arguably the most deadly drug epidemic in American history," McCaskill, of Missouri, said in a statement.
Purdue Pharma, which on Saturday announced it would stop promoting opioids to doctors, was the biggest donor, giving $4.15 million to 12 groups from 2012 to 2017, the report said.
The groups include patient advocacy organizations and medical professional societies.
Purdue Pharma
On Trial
Ahed
A teenage girl who became a hero to Palestinians after she was filmed slapping and kicking an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank appeared in an Israeli military court on Tuesday for the start of her trial.
Ahed Tamimi, 17, has drawn international attention following her arrest after the Dec. 15 confrontation with an Israeli officer and a soldier outside her West Bank home of Nabi Saleh.
The incident was streamed live on Facebook by her mother and went viral. Tamimi and her mother, Nariman, were arrested a few days later.
On Tuesday morning Tamimi, wearing prison uniform and with her hands and feet in restraints, was led into the courtroom at the Ofer military prison near Ramallah for preliminary trial hearings. Her father Bassem, the only member of her family in the courtroom, said to her: "How are you? Stay strong."
The teenager faces 12 charges, including aggravated assault. An adult could be jailed for up to 10 years, but such an outcome is considered unlikely for a minor who was 16 when the incident happened.
Ahed
Governor Rejects New Congressional Map
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) rejected top Republicans' proposal for a new congressional map in his state Tuesday, saying the plan continued to be an unacceptable partisan gerrymander.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down the state's current congressional map in January, saying it so unfairly gave the GOP an advantage in the state that it violated Pennsylvania's constitution. The court gave Republicans and the governor until Feb. 15 to agree on a map, but said it would draw a map on its own if they could not reach an agreement.
"The analysis by my team shows that, like the 2011 map, the map submitted to my office by Republican leaders is still a gerrymander," Wolf said in a statement. "Their map clearly seeks to benefit one political party, which is the essence of why the court found the current map to be unconstitutional."
House Speaker Michael Turzai (R) and Senate President Pro Tempore Joseph Scarnati (R) offered a proposal to Wolf on Friday that they said complied with the court's guidelines. Several analyses immediately pointed out that their proposal, which was not voted on by the legislature, maintained a severe Republican advantage.
Moon Duchin, a Tufts University mathematician Wolf hired to evaluate the plan, said she analyzed the map using the court's criteria and found "there is no more than a 0.1 percent chance that a plan drafted to comply with the court's factors would have been as favorable to Republicans as is the proposed Joint Submission Plan."
Pennsylvania
Prime-Time Nielsens
Ratings
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Feb. 5-11. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, NBC, 27.84 million,
2. Winter Olympics (Sunday), NBC, 22.68 million.
3. Winter Olympics (Saturday), NBC, 21.4 million.
4. Winter Olympics (Thursday), NBC, 16 million.
5. "NCIS," CBS, 13.9 million.
6. "Bull," CBS, 10.9 million.
7. "This Is Us," NBC, 10.14 million.
8. "The Good Doctor," ABC, 9.64 million.
9. NCIS: New Orleans," CBS, 8.39 million.
10. "Ellen's Game of Games," NBC, 7.7 million.
11. "60 Minutes," CBS, 7.61 million.
12. "Chicago Med," NBC, 7.36 million.
13. "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 7.32 million.
14. "Big Brother" (Wednesday), CBS, 7.28 million.
15. "Chicago P.D.," NBC, 7.25 million.
16. "Kevin Can Wait," CBS, 6.96 million.
17. "The Bachelor," ABC, 6.8 million.
18. "Wall," NBC, 6.75 million.
19. "Law & Order: SVU," NBC, 6.642 million.
20. "911," Fox, 6.64 million.
Ratings
In Memory
Marty Allen
Marty Allen, the baby-faced, bug-eyed comedian with wild black hair who was a staple of TV variety shows, game shows and talk shows for decades, died Monday night. He was 95.
Allen, known for his greeting and catchphrase "hello dere," was a living link late in life to a generation of long-dead superstars with whom he shared a stage, including Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne and Elvis Presley
He first found fame as half of the duo Allen & Rossi with partner Steve Rossi, who died in 2014. Allen & Rossi appeared 44 times on "The Ed Sullivan Show," including the episodes where the Beatles performed and most of America watched.
The duo appeared regularly on "The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson" and "The Merv Griffin Show." They also toured comedy clubs nationwide, headlined shows at major Las Vegas casinos and released a series of hit albums until their amicable breakup in 1968.
Allen then took on a series of serious roles on daytime television and made-for-TV movies, and was a regular on "The Hollywood Squares" and other celebrity-themed game shows.
He was a regular entertainer on the Las Vegas Strip for much of his life, and tributes from there poured in Monday night.
Allen was born in Pittsburgh and served in Italy in the Army Air Corps in World War II, earning a Soldier's medal for valor.
He was married to Lorraine 'Frenchy' Allen from 1960 until she died in 1976.
Then in 1984 he married Blackwell, a singer-songwriter who became his performing partner in his last decades and acted as the goofy Allen's "straight man" just as Rossi did half a century earlier.
Marty Allen
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