M Is FOR MASHUP - RERUN from January 25th, 2012
Frikkenfrack! Useo's Strangest Mashups X 5!
By DJ Useo
I reach a new milestone in mixing & posting mashups this week as I release the 5th in the FRIKKENFRACK : Useo's Strangest Mashups' series. Yes, it's true. Five full discs worth of very unusual mashups indeed, yet, there's clearly an appeal to listeners & to me. Enough interest to keep me releasing stuff that some would clearly not like me to release. Hahaha. Yup, I've heard from some saying it's demeaning to make such silly mixes. Silly, I agree with. Not so much the demeaning part. I mean, did Steve Allen demean himself with silly songs? Did Frank Zappa demean himself with songs about yellow snow & nasty poodles? Did Tiny Tim…well...maybe I'd better stop while I'm ahead.
The accomplishment of five full albums of weird mashups coincides with my completion of ONE HUNDRED (!) 'QRADIPS SHOW w/ DJ Useo' radio shows. If you didn't know, & I'm sure some don't, The QRADIPS SHOW is where I played all the more unusual mashups that abound from producers around the world. I decided to stop production & move to a new format after 100 shows, & durned iffen I didn't make it! You can find 2 best of the QRADIPS SHOW albums still available here
Volume one
( groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2011/01/mashups-as-heard-on-qradips-show-w-dj.html )
Volume two
( groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2011/08/mashups-as-heard-on-qradips-show-w-dj.html )
Those 2 albums are packed to the gills with the most popular tracks from the radio show. All tracks by other dj's, though. The FRIKKENFRACK series contains only useo-mixed tracks. The new 5th volume is a red-hot collection containing all my most popular wacked-out mashups from the last year, plus 7 incredible new, unreleased bootlegs. All will amuse & bewilder you. Check out this playlist.
DJ Useo- Frikkenfrack 5 : Useo's Strangest Boots
Playlist
01 - Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job!
All The Food Is Poison (DJ Useo Recipe Remix)
02 - Dickens, Fenster & Sinatra
(Nancy Sinatra vs The Dickens & Fenster March)
03 - Disturbed Boogie
(John Hartford vs Disturbed vs Arthur Brogli vs Vivian Stanshall)
04 - GummiScared
(Gummibär vs Young Nutz)
05 - Hardcore Studio
(Dog Police vs Hide & Seek vs E-Noid vs Meccano Twins)
06 - Inner Depth F*cked Up
(The Cramps vs Fatali)
07 - Jam Of Now
(Ken Nordine vs Culprate vs Grascals)
08 - Nikesclubbing
(Popeye vs Iggy Pop)
09 - Crayon Shin-Chan-Shin-Chan Theme
(DJ Useo Action Bastard Remix)
10 - The Dillards w/Maggie Peterson & Andy Griffith
There Is A Time (DJ Useo Loaded Goat Remix)
11 - Upside Down Drunken Sailor
(The Irish Rovers vs Plastik Funk vs 2Elements)
12 - Particle Man Space Invasion
(They Might Be Giants vs Skrillex vs Deadmau5)
13 - The Too-Fat Mashup
(Arthur Godfrey vs Day, Din And Nok )
14 - The Martian Hop State
(The Randells vs Porter Robinson)
15 - Moonage China Cat
(David Bowie vs The Grateful Dead)
16 - Dont Fear The Real World
(Blue Oyster Cult vs Z Rocks)
17 - Bedrock, Arizona
(Public Enemy vs The Flintstones)
18 - Another Pink Floyd Mashup
(Celtic Pink Floyd vs Cookie Monsta)
19 - Wagon Wheel Broadway Musical Polka
(Jonathan Winters vs Arthur Brogli)
No, as you can read, these aren't your 'normal' mashup fare.
I wouldn't be surprised if listening to this album wouldn't kill some people. Lol. Not really, but I bet you'll experience many a strange reaction. Most people will have never heard the like. The previous 4 FRIKKENFRACK albums are available currently along with many more regular
mashup albums here
( djuseomashupalbums.blogspot.com/ )
Look for the new
FRIKKENFRACK 5 album here at my launched for this project site.
( www. http://uzo.weebly.com/ )
You might be able to get the record here, too
( groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2012/01/frikkenfrack-5useos-strangest-boots.html )
I sure would like to hear from anyone who wants to give responsive feedback, positive or negative.
Thanks for reading 'M IS FOR MASHUP'. Now back to our regular daily BARTCOP E.
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About a hundred of the green birds have been spotted on the slopes of San Bruno Mountain in Brisbane, a city about 10 miles south of San Francisco, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday.
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Prime-Time Nielsens
Ratings
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Feb. 20-26. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. "Academy Awards," ABC, 39.34 million.
2. "Oscar's Red Carpet" (8 p.m. EST), ABC, 24.07 million.
3. "NCIS," CBS, 19.29 million.
4. "Oscar's Red Carpet" (7:30 p.m. EST), ABC, 16.63 million.
5. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 16.20 million.
6. "American Idol" (Wednesday), Fox, 16.10 million.
7. "The Voice," NBC, 16.04 million.
8. "American Idol" (Thursday), Fox, 15.64 million.
9. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 15.47 million.
10. "Person of Interest," CBS, 14.56 million.
11. "The Mentalist," CBS, 13.36 million.
12. "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 13.33 million.
13. "Criminal Minds," CBS, 12.78 million.
14. "Oscar's Red Carpet" (7 p.m. EST), ABC, 12.58 million.
15. "CSI," CBS, 11.91 million.
16. "Modern Family," ABC, 11.54 million.
17. "2 Broke Girls," CBS, 11.37 million.
18. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 11.35 million.
19. "Mike & Molly," CBS, 11.33 million.
20. "Unforgettable," CBS, 10.70 million.
Ratings
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