M Is FOR MASHUP - February 22nd, 2012
TJT Does Remixes For Thee - PataMagical Mixes
By DJ Useo
If you've read this column off & on over the last few years, you'll have noticed the name of TJT mentioned occasionally. When the name TJT is mentioned here it's always in conjunction with some wonderful Beatles-related project. The
PATAMIXICAL SCIENCE series of Beatles bootlegs is the best example of the superiority of TJT's output
( beatlesremixers.freeforums.org/patamixical-science-by-tjt-t1089.html ). The series has spawned countless volumes of great mashups & remixes, with an additional best of, outtakes collection & video assortment to 'boot', if you'll allow me that pun. In all the time of his many mixed releases, TJT has done little if any non-Beatles mixes. Now,we find out he's not been refraining from non-Beatles material, he's just been hoarding it all to himself. Lol!
TJT has now generously posted 'PATAMAGICAL MIXES', 2 great discs full of 35 amazing classic rock remixes. All tracks you'll think you know, but these are given extensive adjustments a la TJT. When I started playing this collection, I was immediately taken with the stunning production sound & the noticeable changes to the already greatest tracks ever assortment. You hear a great favorite song begin, but then you go 'HEY!' this is a new & cool remix!' This is the best kind of bootleg music. The kind that makes you want to listen to the original track right away to compare it to the super new version you just discovered.
I may sound like I'm going on a bit more than is necessary, but trust me. I am not exaggerating! The rapier-sharp mix perceptions of TJT that have been honed on so many excellent Beatles mashups can also be applied successfully to other musical fare. I am hard-pressed to recall any label-release that is as good to hear as this collection is. I can however, recall a bootleg collection that was so immediately likeable. It 's by TJT also & is called 'The Beach Boys - Smile! [Symphony To God Remix]'. Too bad for us all, the album has been made immediately unavailable. The link police, they no like that record. Lol. In fact, if you are interested in TJT's new '
PATAMAGICAL MIXES', you'd be well-advised to go get it now, before the links go defunct.
( beatlesremixers.freeforums.org/patamagical-mixes-t1240.html )
Oh, cool, there's new working links for 'The Beach Boys - Smile! [Symphony To God Remix]'
( beatlesremixers.freeforums.org/the-beach-boys-smile-t1213.html )
The quality of the files, like the quality of the music & mixing is of only the highest order, so be prepared, '
PATAMAGICAL MIXES' is only posted in uncompressed flac format. It's really worth it, though. I would never steer you wrong. I'd sure enjoy hearing what some of you thought of his collection. Feel free to drop me a note at
useo8@yahoo.com & I'll post it here next Week on Wednesday. Be cool now.
( beatlesremixers.freeforums.org/patamagical-mixes-t1240.html )
Podcast Of The Week
Eoin Long has posted a nicely chilled 30-minute light jazz mix you will enjoy. Not the kind of music you hear a lot of, so you may enjoy the change of pace.
Stream or download here
( soundcloud.com/eoin-long/smooth-jazz-tonight-mix )
Mashup Tip : You can find incredible files of classic mashups from 2002-2004 at this wonderful new site here
( classic-mashups.webs.com/ )
Latest Useo Thing
I posted up a really crazy mashup called 'Shinjuku Aunt Jemima' (Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention vs Funk Agenda). It's a combo of Funkagenda's 'Shinjuku' & about 5 tracks from Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention's 'Uncle Meat' album. If you can't have fun with mashups, what's the point?
( groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2012/02/shinjuku-aunt-jemima-frank-zappa.html )
Podgornio, The Mashup Psychic Predicts
The Youtube management will get to like mashup videos when they hear the latest Norwegian Recycling mix.
( www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAjRKTh0jCY&feature=player_embedded )
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Villanova University has canceled a workshop on personal narrative by a gay performance artist, saying his shows aren't in keeping with its Catholic values.
Artist Tim Miller, once dubbed the "patron saint of the gay performance world" by the Los Angeles Times, said he was scheduled to lead the five-day workshop for students in April but the university abruptly scrapped it on Sunday. He said his workshops focus on personal narrative and the students guide the direction they take but topics often include issues such as faith, sexuality, self and truth.
Miller said on Tuesday he has done similar workshops at Chicago's DePaul University, the nation's largest Catholic university, and other schools. He said Villanova, a Catholic private university with about 10,000 students just outside Philadelphia, did not tell him why it was canceling his workshop.
In a statement, Villanova said it had concerns that Miller's workshops "were not in keeping with our Catholic and Augustinian values and mission."
"Therefore, Villanova has decided not to host Mr. Miller on our campus," the statement said. "Villanova University is an open and inclusive community and in no way does this singular decision change that."
Villanova University
Leaves $3M To UCLA
Peter Falk
The estate of former "Columbo" star Peter Falk has donated $3 million to the University of California, Los Angeles, for student scholarships.
UCLA officials say the money will be used to establish the Shera and Peter Falk Lt. Columbo Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Falk died in June at the age of 83 after a long acting career with performances on Broadway, television and in movies.
The first award will go to five students entering UCLA in fall 2012. They will have their tuition covered for four years.
The scholarship's focus will be on aiding undergraduates studying music, those with disabilities and military veterans.
Peter Falk
"I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)"
Stephen Colbert
With the blessing of Maurice Sendak, Stephen Colbert is releasing a children's book.
Grand Central Publishing said Tuesday that it will publish "I Am a Pole (And So Can You!)" on May 8. In a two-part "Colbert Report" segment that aired last month, Colbert previewed the book with "Where the Wild Things Are" author Sendak.
Claiming he was looking to "cash-in" on celebrity children's books, Colbert penned an illustrated story about a flag pole.
Sendak called the book "terribly ordinary" but acknowledged, "The sad thing is, I like it."
In a statement, Colbert said he hopes the minutes spent reading it "are as fulfilling as the minutes I spent writing it."
Stephen Colbert
NBC Gives A Return Date
"Community"
Good news, "Community" fans (and it appears that there are a few of you out there); school will be back in session next month.
NBC has given the Joel McHale/Chevy Chase comedy "Community" a return date of March 15, the network said Tuesday. the series will air Thursdays at 8 p.m., with "30 Rock moving to 8:30 to make room.
"Community" was shelved in November, leaving many to wonder about the fate of the show, which had been suffering declining ratings and viewership.
"Community" will have its work cut out for itself; the show will be competing against both Fox's "American Idol" and CBS' "The Big Bang Theory," both hugely popular offerings.
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Supreme Court Rejects Appeal
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The Supreme Court has rejected Phil Spector's appeal of his conviction for killing actress Lana Clarkson.
The court did not comment Tuesday in declining to take up the music producer's argument that his constitutional rights were violated by the trial judge.
Spector attorney Dennis Riordan argued that the prosecution's use of Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler's videotaped comments and his picture during prosecution summations was improper.
The same arguments were made to state appellate justices, who refused to consider them because of a belated filing. They upheld Spector's second-degree murder conviction.
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In a blow to the oil and gas industry, a judge has ruled small towns in New York have the authority to ban drilling -- including the controversial method known as fracking -- within their borders.
In a ruling released late Tuesday, state Supreme Court Justice Phillip Rumsey of Tompkins County held that the Ithaca suburb of Dryden's recent ban on gas drilling falls within the authority of local governments to regulate local land use.
Anschutz Exploration Corporation, which owns leases on more than 22,000 acres in the town and has invested $5.1 million in drilling operations there, argued the ban violated a state law designed to create uniform regulations for oil and gas drilling and encourage the extraction of those resources.
Rumsey disagreed, holding the law was not written to favor the industry, but to regulate it in such a way that "prevents waste ... and protects the rights of all persons."
"Nowhere in the legislative history (of the state oil and gas law) is there any suggestion that the legislature intended -- as argued by Anschutz -- to encourage the maximum ultimate recovery of oil and gas...or to preempt local zoning authority," Rumsey wrote.
Justice Phillip Rumsey
Plays 'Blame The Victim'
Sugarland
Fans who were killed and injured when stage rigging and sound equipment collapsed onto them as they awaited a Sugarland concert at the Indiana State Fair failed to take steps to ensure their own safety and are at least in part to blame for their injuries, the country duo's attorneys said.
The statement, part of a Feb. 16 response to a civil suit filed by survivors and families of some of those killed, comes in sharp contrast to earlier statements by lead singer Jennifer Nettles and appears to be an attempt to cast blame elsewhere.
Calling the powerful winds that toppled the stage on Aug. 13 an "act of God," Sugarland's attorneys said fair officials and Mid-America Sound Corp. were responsible for the stage setup, and that the fans voluntarily assumed risk by attending the show.
"Some or all of the plaintiffs' claimed injuries resulted from their own fault," according to the band's response. Sugarland attorney James H. Milstone did not immediately respond to a phone call seeking comment Tuesday.
Seven people died and 58 were injured in the crush beneath the metal rigging and concert sound equipment.
Sugarland
Film Studio Sues To Prevent More Books
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The movie studio that controls the rights to "The Godfather" has sued the estate of its creator Mario Puzo, accusing his heirs of wrongfully authorizing new book sequels to the fictional mafia family's story.
Paramount Pictures studio, in a lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court on February 17, accused the estate of Puzo, who wrote 1969 bestseller "The Godfather," of approving sequels to the Oscar-winning movies without the studio's permission and in violation of copyright agreements.
The lawsuit said a 2002 agreement between the studio and the Puzo estate allowed for the publication of only one sequel novel to the movies. That book, "The Godfather Returns" by Mark Winegardner, was published in 2004.
Despite the agreement, the Puzo family opted to publish a second novel called "The Godfather's Revenge," the lawsuit said, and is planning a third book for release this year called "The Family Corleone."
An attorney for the Puzo family, Bertram Fields, said Paramount did not have control of book publishing rights and called the lawsuit "hogwash."
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Must Turn Over Computer Password
Ramona Fricosu
Sophisticated encryption software has become so readily available and so effective, it's surpassed the federal government's ability to seize computers and gather evidence in criminal cases.
That development has raised questions in a mortgage and real estate fraud criminal case in U.S. District Court in Denver about whether turning over a computer password amounts to a violation of the Fifth Amendment's protection against self-incrimination.
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday refused to get involved in the case involving Ramona Fricosu of Colorado Springs, who has until Monday to comply with a judge's order and turn over an unencrypted version of the hard drive of a laptop. Fricosu's criminal case must first be resolved in the lower court before her attorney can appeal the order, the appellate court ruled.
Federal prosecutors argue not allowing the government access to encrypted computers would make it impossible to prosecute crimes such as terrorism, child exploitation and drug trafficking.
A judge last month sidestepped the issue of ordering Fricosu to turn over her password, and instead ordered her to turn over an unencrypted version of the hard drive. Prosecutors had argued the password was like gaining a key to a lock box and other instances where a defendant signs documents to allow investigators to access overseas accounts.
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Teach The 'Controversy'
Koch Curriculum
Last week, documents said to come from a conservative think tank, Heartland Institute, shed light on its strategy to cast doubt on the science of climate change. Part of its tactic: a strategy memo mentioning plans to develop a school curriculum aimed at countering "the alarmist perspective" on the issue.
The group, the Chicago-based Heartland Institute, has called that memo a fake. But the activist described as leading the curriculum project, Dr. David Wojick, confirmed his lead role in the effort to Yahoo News, and called climate change "one of the greatest scientific controversies in history."
On Monday, Peter Gleick, a prominent environmental activist and president of the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security, admitted that he had received the strategy memo anonymously in the mail, and in an effort to confirm its authenticity, used someone else's name to obtain the other documents from the libertarian Heartland Institute. He then passed them on to a group of journalists, bloggers, and issue experts in favor of mainstream climate science to fuel the controversy. "I offer my personal apologies to all those affected," Gleick wrote in an article on the Huffington Post.
According to the strategy memo, Heartland tentatively plans to pay Wojick about $25,000 per quarter to produce a K-12 curriculum that casts doubt on whether man-made climate change is occurring. Students would be taught, for instance, that "there is a major controversy over whether or not humans are changing the weather," says the memo.
In reality, the science of climate change is largely settled. The Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change, considered the world's leading scientific body on the issue, has confirmed in several recent reports that man-made climate change is occurring and poses a threat to the health of the planet.
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"The Undefeated" Heads To Cable
Mrs. Palin
Didn't make it to the theaters to see the Sarah Palin documentary "The Undefeated?"
First off, rest assured; you're far from alone. Secondly, don't worry -- you'll get your chance to see the film next month.
"The Undefeated" will make its network television premiere March 21 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on ReelzChannel, the network said Tuesday. The film will receive encore airings March 12 at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT, and March 25 at 5:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. PT.
"The Undefeated," which saw limited theatrical release last July, took in just $116,381 domestically, according to Box Office Mojo.
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Edvard Munch Painting To Auction
'The Scream'
One of four versions of Edvard Munch's masterpiece "The Scream" will be sold this spring in New York, Sotheby's auction house announced Tuesday.
Sotheby's estimates that the work, which has become a modern icon of human anxiety, will sell for $80 million or more.
The 1895 drawing of a man holding his head and screaming under a streaked, blood-red sky is being sold by Norwegian businessman Petter Olsen, whose father was a friend and patron of Munch's. It is the only version of "The Scream" still in private hands.
The work will lead Sotheby's Impressionist and modern sale on May 2. Olsen said proceeds will go toward the establishment of a new museum, art center and hotel in Hvitsten, Norway, where Olsen's father and Munch were neighbors.
'The Scream'
Going To Auction
Comic Collection
A collection of some of the most prized comic books ever published is expected to fetch more than $2 million at auction this week in the U.S.
Michael Rorrer said he thought his great uncle Billy Wright's comics were cool, but he didn't realize how valuable they were for months after finding the 345 comics neatly stacked in a basement closet while clearing out his great aunt's home after her death.
Rorrer said he was telling a co-worker about Captain America No. 2, a 1941 issue in which the hero bursts in on Adolf Hitler, when the co-worker mused that it would be something if he had Action Comics No. 1, in which Superman makes his first appearance.
"I went home and was looking through some of them, and there it was," said Rorrer, who began researching the collection's value in earnest.
The collection includes 44 of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide's list of top 100 issues from comics' golden age.
Comic Collection
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