M Is FOR MASHUP - March 9th, 2022
Ten Volumes of Best Of DJ Useo Later
By DJ Useo
Yes, it’s hard for even me to imagine, but I’m making available the
10th volume of my Best Of DJ Useo series
( groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2022/03/best-of-dj-useo-vol-10.html ) . I had a total blast selecting 3 1/2 hours of my mashups from 2019-2020. Then, I watched as my fan club, the Useoettes, whittled a batch away, leaving a set that pleases to the ultimate.
I was a little nervous that these weren’t good enough to be a best of, but when I finished ordering the chosen tracks into two ‘discs’, I got over that. The tunes contained will thrill you up one end & down the other, whatever that means. There’s a lot of high energy tracks for you, plus some welcome chill mashups to ease the clench. I hope you recognize many of the source artists, but truly, that’s not important. Just turn them up & savor!
I feature Monster Magnet, Big Audio Dynamite, Blue Oyster Cult & Fatboy Slim on this collection, but check out the full playlist. There’s literally something for everyone with electro, pop, rock, hip hop & even country, sometimes all in the same mix. Lol! The preview mix is new & previously unreleased, & has Bob Seger vs Deadmau5. It’s called
“Professional Griefers Against The Wind”
( sowndhaus.audio/track/29925/dj-useo-professional-griefers-against-the-wind-bob-seger-vs-deadmau5- ) , & will have you happy.
Other bands featured on this volume include Arctic Monkeys, Adam Lambert, Poi Dog Pondering, Tom Petty, The Rolling Stones, & so very many more. All are paired against each other. Be sure & check out “25 Or 6 Reaper”, with Chicago singing over BOC. They sound like they began this way. For those of you who like to stream, here’s links for
disc 1
( hearthis.at/vxmfxz7w/best-of-dj-useo-vol-10-mix-disc-1/ )
& disc 2
( hearthis.at/vxmfxz7w/best-of-dj-useo-vol-10-mix-disc-2/ ) .
Get ready in about a month for the next DJ Useo mashup album. I’m almost done with volume two of “Limothy Teary Presents Psychedelic Mashups”. It’ll be like this album if all the tracks were Psychedelic Rock sourced. Well, I’m back to “work” mixing now. Catch y’’all soon.
Have the day of good
Catch you later.
- DJ Konrad Useo
groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/
from Bruce
Anecdotes
Food
• Who was the first comedian to throw a pie in a silent-movie comedy? Probably it was Mabel Normand. In 1913, some of Mack Sennett’s comedians, including Mabel and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, were making a movie, but none of their gags seemed to work. Bored, Mabel saw a pie. Mr. Sennett’s comedians, including Mabel, played many practical jokes, and she launched the pie at Fatty Arbuckle, scoring a direct hit and many laughs.
• When comedian Steve Allen was a teenager, he ran away from home. Very quickly, he began to steal, to beg, and to eat garbage. Mr. Allen writes about finding a discarded can of pork and beans along a road. The can contained several ants and a few beans, but Mr. Allen shook the ants out of the can and enjoyed eating what was left of the beans.
• Tommy Morgan was a Scottish comedian. While staying in a Belfast hotel and hosting some friends in the hotel restaurant, Mr. Morgan was treated like the celebrity he was, and a waiter asked, “Will you be having a bit of partridge, Mr. Morgan?” Mr. Morgan replied, “A bit! What do you mean — a bit! Bring us a whole one each.”
Football
• When Bill Cosby was in school, his grandfather advised him not to play football. Bill played football anyway, and he broke his shoulder. He was lying on a sofa, in pain, when his grandfather visited. Embarrassed, young Bill waited for his grandfather to say, “See, I told you, Junior.” Instead, his grandfather gave him a quarter and told him, “Go to the corner [store] and get some ice cream. It has calcium in it.’”
• Comedian Frank Morgan said whatever was on his mind. Once, he was reading the scores of some obscure football games on his radio program when he suddenly interrupted himself and asked, “Is anybody really interested in this nonsense?”
Friends
• At Friars Club dinners, comedians take great pleasure in insulting the guest of honor, often using very vulgar language to do so. At a dinner for Jack Benny, many dignified people, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Helen Hayes, and Senator Jacob Javits, were present, so Mr. Benny told his friend and fellow comedian George Burns, “George, this is a high-class affair, so nothing risqué.” Mr. Burns joked, “Should I tell the story about Sid Gary’s *ss?” Mr. Benny joked back, “I wouldn’t if I were you, because Javits is on ahead of you, and he’s going to tell it.”
• Actor Elliott Gould was friends with comedian Groucho Marx when Groucho was old. Groucho, of course, insulted friends as well as enemies. Once, Mr. Gould replaced a burned-out light bulb over Groucho’s bed, and Groucho told him, “That’s the best acting I’ve ever seen you do.” Mr. Elliott considers that “the best review I’ve ever had and probably will ever have.” The two men really were close — Groucho even let Mr. Elliott shave him with an electric razor.
Gambling
• Even good people can be distracted from what is really important. At one time, comedian Phil Silvers was accustomed to bet quite a lot of money on sports games. Once, he visited with his mother for a day, and he had her radio tuned to a game he had bet on. At the end of the day, he realized that he had spent the day with his mother, but he couldn’t remember a single thing she had said because he had been listening to the game, not to her.
• Chico Marx loved to gamble, and he gambled all of his money away. His famous brother Harpo, however, managed to save much of his earnings. Once, Chico was asked how much money he had lost gambling. He replied, “Find out how much Harpo has. That’s how much I’ve lost!”
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Music: "Truckee to Kentucky"
Album: TRUCKEE TO KENTUCKY
Artist: Erin Sliney
Artist Location: Paris, Kentucky
Info:
“Hailing from Bourbon County, Kentucky, Erin Sliney passionately writes and performs soulful country and folk songs that channel raw human emotion.
“She holds a master’s degree in Resilient and Sustainable Communities and has spent the last seven years collecting experiences, perspectives, and sounds from remote corners of the country.”
Harrie Snels, a fan, “This album has great country songs that will cheer you up, protest songs that will wake you up, and beautiful country ballads with an intimate sound due to the fine acoustic arrangements that will make you sit down, listen, and enjoy. Favorite track: ‘Daylight.’”
Erin Sliney - vocals, guitar, percussion, fiddle, piano
Darnaby Kerns - trumpet, background vocals
Cam Clark - guitar, bass, percussion
John Sliney - background vocals
Aaron Pollitt - percussion, harmonica
Songs composed and performed by Erin Sliney
Price: $1 (USD) for track; $8 (USD) for 12-track album
Genre: Americana
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Last Night
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Prime Time Ratings
“60 Minutes”
In an otherwise quiet week for television, President Joe Biden was the biggest star. An estimated 38.2 million people watched him deliver his first State of the Union speech last week, spread across several networks that carried it. Fox News Channel, where 7.2 million people watched, had the biggest single audience, the Nielsen company said.
Fox News Channel led the cable networks in prime time with an average of 3.51 million viewers. CNN had 1.81 million, MSNBC had 1.64 million, ESPN had 1.29 million and HGTV had 1.1 million.
ABC’s “World News Tonight” won the evening news ratings race with an average of 8.8 million viewers, NBC’s “Nightly News” had 7.3 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.1 million.
For the week of Feb. 28-March 6, the 20 most-watched programs in prime time, their networks and viewerships:
1. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 7.99 million.
2. “State of the Union,” Fox News, 7.21 million.
3. “The Equalizer,” CBS, 7.13 million.
4. “NCIS,” CBS, 7.12 million.
5. “Chicago Med,” NBC, 7.05 million.
6. “Chicago Fire,” NBC, 6.89 million.
7. “State of the Union Preview,” Fox News, 6.62 million.
8. “American Idol,” ABC, 6.57 million.
9. “State of the Union Analysis” (10:10-10:32 p.m. Eastern), Fox News, 6.55 million.
10. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 6.48 million.
“60 Minutes”
Most Gold- and Platinum Certified Singles Artist
Eminem
After a giant boost in streams that followed Eminem’s Super Bowl Halftime performance with Dr. Dre, Mary J. Blige, Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) today announced 73.5 million new Gold & Platinum Program certifications for Eminem. The Shady/Aftermath/Interscope artist is now the number one awarded musician for singles in the program’s history and one of only seven artists in any genre or era with three or more Diamond Album Awards.
Eminem’s combined six RIAA Diamond awards – three albums and three singles –cement his place as one of the most accomplished artists in history. With today’s 73.5 million new award units, Eminem’s RIAA Award career total is now 227.5 million – 166 million single certifications and 61.5 million album certifications.
RIAA Chairman & CEO Mitch Glazier says, “These awards recognize Eminem’s unflinching commitment to his craft and the enduring connection he has forged with fans over the last twenty years. With today’s announcement, Eminem becomes the top certified singles artist in our program’s history and adds a rare third Diamond Album to his many creative accomplishments. Congratulations to Eminem and his entire label team who have set the bar higher than ever!”
Eminem
Invasion Expert
Rupert
Tucker Carlson (R-Goebbels Kinder) has been a little confused about how to respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He’s long praised Vladimir Putin and even said the other year that he was rooting for him against Ukraine. Putin has since waged a war that has resulted in thousands of deaths, muddling Carlson’s messaging. The Fox News host last month called the invasion “horrifying” and a “tragedy” for which Putin is “to blame,” before wondering how the U.S. should respond.
He’s turned to Douglas MacGregor — a former Army colonel and Trump the previous administration's appointee with a history of racism — to help answer that question and generally make sense of what’s happening overseas.
McGregor has been popping up on various Fox News programs since the invasion, mostly to shill for Putin at a time when he’s unleashing hell on one of America’s allies. He did so again Monday night, arguing on Tucker Carlson Tonight that slapping sanctions on Russia is useless. “The sanctions … will do a lot of damage to us,” he told Carlson. “They’re not going to make much difference to Russia. China will stand with Russia. It knows it has to. Russia has an abundance of food and energy. China will take it all. Russia will not suffer as a result of our sanctions. In fact, it may break down the financial system that we have set up to punish everyone in the world we don’t like.”
MacGregor’s appearance on Monday comes just days after he told Stuart Varney of Fox Business that Russia’s forces were “too gentle” during the first days of the invasion, that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is a “puppet” who shouldn’t be resisting Russia’s incursion, and that everything that’s been coming out of Ukraine is propaganda.
Rupert
Ancient 10-Armed Octopus
Syllipsimopodi bideni
Octopuses and vampire squid are famous for their eight arms, but one of the oldest relatives of the group that includes them didn't get the memo. This newly described creature, named Syllipsimopodi bideni after President Joe Biden, had a total of 10 arms when it was alive during the Carboniferous period about 328 million years ago, a new study finds.
The beastie was wee, with a mantle (the upper head, not including the eyes or arms) measuring 3 inches (7.7 centimeters) long, about the length of an adult's palm. It's the oldest record ever of a vampyropod — a group that includes octopuses and vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) — pushing the group's existence back 82 million years. The new date supports evidence from molecular clock models that calculate, based on the expected rate of genetic mutations, when an animal likely evolved, the researchers said.
The vampyropod fossil was discovered in Fergus County, Montana and donated to the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada in 1988. But it remained unexamined until recently, when two researchers determined that it was a newfound species. Its 10 arms appear to have suckers, which would be the oldest known suckers of any cephalopod, a group that includes octopuses, squid and nautiluses, the researchers said.
Vampire squid — which are not squid or vampires, but are named for the cloak-like webbing between their arms — have eight arms and two thin filaments. It's thought that these filaments are vestigial arms, which octopuses lost completely. "However, all previously reported fossil vampyropods preserving the appendages only have eight arms, so this fossil is arguably the first confirmation of the idea that all cephalopods ancestrally possessed ten arms," Whalen said in a statement.
Syllipsimopodi bideni
Little Fine, Big Profits To Continue
Online University
A California judge has ordered an online, for-profit university and its former parent company to pay $22 million in penalties, saying they mislead students about the costs of their education, among other things, the state's attorney general announced Monday.
The San Diego Superior Court ruled in favor of the state of California in its 2017 lawsuit against Ashford University and and its then-parent company Zovio, Inc. The University of Arizona has since acquired the university and rebranded the online school, the University of Arizona Global Campus. It is an independent university that is operated in affiliation with the University of Arizona.
Zovio renamed the school Ashford University and turned it into an online university with more than 80,000 students at its peak. Zovio made hundreds of millions of dollars from Ashford, most of it from taxpayer-funded sources like Title IV loans, income-based grants and GI Bill funds, according to court documents.
In exchange for paying $54 million in a deal with the University of Arizona, Zovio will continue to receive almost 20% of the school's tuition revenue for the next seven to 15 years, according to court documents.
The company continues to provide many of the educational services it provided to Ashford.
Online University
US Reverses Course
Malathion
U.S. wildlife officials reversed their previous finding that a widely used and highly toxic pesticide could jeopardize dozens of plants and animals with extinction, after receiving pledges from chemical manufacturers that they will change product labels for malathion so that it’s used more carefully by gardeners, farmers and other consumers.
Federal rules for malathion are under review in response to longstanding concerns that the pesticide used on mosquitoes, grasshoppers and other insects also kills many rare plants and animals. A draft finding from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last April said malathion could threaten 78 imperiled species with extinction and cause lesser harm to many more.
Wildlife officials reversed their position on the 78 species in a Feb. 28 biological opinion following talks among malathion manufacturers, officials from the wildlife service and the Environmental Protection Agency, according to documents reviewed by The Associated Press.
Malathion is considered highly toxic to insects, fish and crustaceans. International health officials have said the chemical is probably carcinogenic to humans.
Malathion
$9 Billion A Year
Conversion Therapy
Multiple recent studies have concluded that conversion therapy harms the mental health of those subjected to it, but a report published Monday is the first to quantify the economic cost of the discredited practice.
Efforts to change LGBTQ people’s sexual orientation and gender identities cost the U.S. an estimated $9.23 billion each year, according to a peer-reviewed study in the journal JAMA Pediatrics. Casey Pick, a senior fellow for advocacy and government affairs for The Trevor Project, which conducted the research in partnership with the multinational clinical trial organization Cytel, said the estimate is “conservative.”
Coming up with the estimate was an intensive, yearlong process, Pick said. The Trevor Project, a national crisis intervention and suicide prevention organization, worked with a team of economists to develop a model that would examine both the direct costs of conversion therapy and the ongoing costs of mental health and other kinds of medical treatment for survivors of the practice, which entails talk therapy to, in rare cases, shock treatment and water torture.
Twenty-five states already fully or partly ban conversion therapy for minors, according to the LGBTQ think tank Movement Advancement Project, and Pick said The Trevor Project hopes the new report will fuel the group’s longtime efforts for a federal ban.
Conversion Therapy
Two Types of Brain Cells
Memories
Researchers have discovered two types of human brain cells that physically help us form memories.
These cells play a significant role in dividing continuous conscious experience into distinct segments that can be recalled in the future.
As we move from the past, through the present, and into the future, we form autobiographical memories – reference points of ourselves in a particular place and time. These memories are chunky, having clear beginnings and ends, and we stitch these threads together to form a continuous narrative of ourselves.
Similar to how we perceive objects and entities in the world, our memories have clear boundaries, and in the new study, neuroscientists ask if the neurophysiological formation of memories reflects the discrete character of memories in our conscious experience.
While these boundaries in our daily lives may be nuanced and less obvious, scientists, for research purposes, focused on what they called 'hard' and 'soft' boundaries.
Memories
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