M Is FOR MASHUP - RERUN - July 2nd, 2014
AudioBoots 80s MASHED 3
By DJ Useo
I was the head moderator for the SoundUnsound mashup forum for over five years. During that period, I directed the release of many themed mashup albums. You can find all the SUS mashup comps
down the page here
( djuseomashupalbums.blogspot.com/ )
The owner of SoundUnsound decided to close the place for private reasons. I can only guess why, because he never said. Instead of a loss, I saw it as an opportunity. The other SUS admin,
Chocomang
( chocomang.org/ ), actually constructed a new site, christened it
AudioBoots
( audioboots.com/ ) , and we were back in business.
Now, approximately three months after opening, we present to you the first all-new AudioBoots mashup collection. "
80s MASHED 3"
( audioboots.com/80smashed3/ )
came about because everyone was very interested in mashing more 80s tunes. It makes a great trilogy when added to the two "SoundUnsound 80s Mashed" volumes. Many of the same skilled bootleggers from volumes one and two return on this latest release. I don't know how familiar you are with the eighties music, or the modern mixers, but the results are getting huge praise immediately. The former two volumes are much in demand again as well.
Listen and hear the music of superb eighties artists like the Clash, Talking Heads, Gary Numan, The Cure, Miami Sound Machine, and Blondie mixed with tons of modern artists like Bruno Mars, The Flaming Lips, Korn, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Mary J. Blige, and Sum 41. You get the best of both worlds with the previously unheard takes from mixers like AtoZ, chocomang, DJ MXR, DJ Petrushka, DJ Rudec, DJ Useo, DRA'man, Eternal Khaos, Fieesto, g4gorilla, Jarod Ripley, Jesus Cadena, Leigh Scratch Fenlon, mARKYbOY, Michmash, Mixcut, Oki, pomDeter, rillen rudi, Sjoerjse, song49, Spider, & ToToM. You might not know the names, but you'll find deep satisfaction with the tracks they produced.
So you get the best 80's artists mixed by 23 skilled bootleggers, bringing you 43 mashups, 3 hours of music, and 2 big discs. I understand video versions of some tracks are coming soon. I'll be sure & link you when they appear. You can listen to
two large single-track streams mixed by Chocomang here
( hearthis.at/chocomang/80smashed3-disk1-preview/ )
and
here
( hearthis.at/chocomang/80smashed3-disk2-preview/ )
If you liked last weeks' featured "M IS FOR MASHUP" album "
SUMMER BOOTY 2014 The Summer Mashup Album"
( www.suprmchaos.com/bcEnt-Wed-062514.index.html ) , you'll certainly enjoy this even newer collection. Behind the scenes, I've been having fascinating discussions with other mixers regarding which collection is better. Summer or Eighties. I don't see the harm in enjoying both!
I did the mastering of the audio tracks for
80s MASHED 3 . AtoZ did most of the artwork ( included ). Chocomang did EVERYTHING else. Big props to him! Check out the super cool website Chocomang constructed single handed - http://audioboots.com/80smashed3/ Simply click on the "cassettes" and you can hear the two streams of the entire album. There's mirror links so you can get the downloadable zip files in your preferred method. Best of all is theres no charge! We can't charge for our tracks, so you feel the benefit.
( audioboots.com/80smashed3/ )
In a few months we'll be starting the newt AudioBoots mashup project. Next time it's punk rock mashups! Woot! I love punk rock.
For those of you that aren't interested in 80s Mashed 3, or Summer Booty 2014, Here's a link for "
PROJECT FLAKE"
( www.radioclash.com/projectflake/ )
Incredibly, it's 99 bootleg versions of Nena's "99 Luft Balloons", a one hit wonder song from the eighties, mixed by 99 different bootleggers. Assembled by RadioClash, it's an experiment in overkill, but I've heard a bunch of the tracks so far, & they were each much fun. See how many you can play, before you hit the enjoyment wall. Send me your reactions, & I'll run them here next week.
Have fun listening to all the new mashups. You'll find they make you want to hear the originals.
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"Was that airliner meant to be underneath me?" Ford is heard asking air traffic controllers in a recording, NBC reported.
American Airlines Flight 1456, with 110 passengers and six crew, departed safely for Dallas a few minutes later.
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China Court
Trump Toilets
President Donald Trump's (R-Pendejo) triumph in the fight to wrest back his brand for construction services in China could spell the end of more than 225 Trump-related marks here that don't belong to him, including Trump toilets, Trump condoms, Trump pacemakers and even a "Trump International Hotel."
After a decade of grinding battle in China's courts, an official finding in Trump's favor expected this week could signal a shift in fortune for the U.S. president's intellectual property. Also at stake are 49 pending Trump trademark applications - all made during his campaign - and 77 previously registered marks, most of which will come up for renewal during his term.
Each win creates value for Trump's business empire - and raises ethics questions about his administration. Critics say the trademarks present conflicts of interest for Trump and may violate the emoluments clause of the U.S. Constitution, which bars public servants from accepting anything of value from foreign governments unless explicitly approved by Congress.
"There can be no question that it is a terrible idea for Donald Trump to be accepting the registration of these valuable property rights from China while he's a sitting president of the United States," said Norman Eisen, who served as chief White House ethics lawyer for President Barack Obama. "It's fair to conclude that this is an effort to influence Mr. Trump that is relatively inexpensive for the Chinese, potentially very valuable to him, but it could be very costly for the United States."
The precise value of the trademarks is uncertain, but in a 2011 letter to then-U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Trump wrote that he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to defend his brand in China.
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Prime-Time Nielsens
Ratings
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Feb. 6-12. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. "Grammy Awards," CBS, 26.07 million.
2. "NCIS," CBS, 15.57 million.
3. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 14.15 million.
4. "The Walking Dead," AMC, 12 million.
5. "Bull," CBS, 10.78 million.
6. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 10.65 million.
7. "Grammy Awards Red Carpet," CBS, 10.07 million.
8. "Hawaii Five-O," CBS, 9.86 million.
9. "This is Us," NBC, 9.57 million.
10. "NCIS: New Orleans," CBS, 9.01 million.
11. "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 8.46 million.
12. "60 Minutes," CBS, 8.43 million.
13. "MacGyver," CBS, 8.02 million.
14. "Kevin Can Wait," CBS, 7.91 million.
15. "Scorpion," CBS, 7.76 million.
16. "Mom," CBS, 7.57 million.
17. "The Bachelor," ABC, 7.48 million.
18. "The Great Indoors," CBS, 7.44 million.
19. "Modern Family," ABC, 7.34 million.
19. "Superior Donuts," CBS, 7.34 million.
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