M Is FOR MASHUP - March 20th, 2013
Five Mashup Videos Worth Watching
By DJ Useo
More and more nowadays I notice mashups have videos to go with them. A goodly number of the mashup mixers make the videos themselves, while many of the best are created by people who never mixed audio even once. You name any video-hosting site and there'll be mashup videos there (and cute cat videos, too! Lol!). The way I figure it, you all have just enough time before bedtime to watch 5 really great mashup videos. Here they are-
01-The wonderful masher Rappy is the proud creator of 'CLASSIC DISCOGrappy 2012 (Mega Mashup of 49 Classic Pop Tracks)'.
It literally has 49 tracks mixed splendidly into 11 minutes all with cool imagery. Rappy is one of the best out there, and this shows off why splendidly.
( www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgsZsYVAGUo&feature=player_embedded )
02-DMR of AtoZ supplies engaging video mashery with his ''Cosmic Rock' (T.Rex vs Telex). The tune is bopping as befits the inclusion of Marc Bolan's vocals. The video is a hoot from start to end, with a special feature being the singing disembodied head of DMR of AtoZ. Let's see if we can get this one viral!
( www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpMcqBxWgHw )
03-Guv'nor has a long history of hot mashups, many with accompanying videos. His newest shows perfectly why he is in viewer demand. 'Low Cole' (Cheryl Cole vs Flo Rida ft T-Pain) is a slamming mix, and the video is all that and a bag of crisps.
( vimeo.com/54586695 )
04-When it comes to mashup videos, you can't really do much better than
Dan Mei and Marc Johnce. That applies to their audio mixes as well. Watch slack-jawed and happy to their latest video, 'Avicii/Snoop Dogg/ABBA/Taio Cruz/Britney Spears...' . You'll be telling your friends tomorrow!
( www.youtube.com/watch?v=592FSmmI2KQ )
05-Panos T is not known for mixing audio,as far as I know, but he has a great reputation for mixing up mashup videos. I sure think so, and I've seen nearly all his video mixes. Panos T clearly mixes out of love of the music. This video he created for Dan Mei's 'Teardrops' [Emmelie de Forest / Kelly Clarkson / Linkin Park] displays that in every way.
( www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0djxbS-Ec8 )
It can be easy to overlook the mashup video, since the mp3 format is the clear fave, so remember to search your nearest search engine for new mashup videos. (You can even find some DJ Useo mashup videos out there.) Now go to bed. Nighty-night.
Podcast Of The Week
Well, look'a here! The podcast of the week (chosen entirely at random, no doubt) is my own '
Mashups Of 2005 Podcast'. It's me hosting at a minimum an hour and a half of classic mashups from 2005. I doubt if any of these gems are still available on their own, so this is quite the opportunity for you. It shows off the best of the early mashers like Go Home Productions, DJ Zebra, Manriki, and even some obscure mixers lost to time and memory.
Stream or download here
( www.groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2013/03/mashups-of-2005-podcast.html )
Mashup Tip
Let your new mashups sit a while before posting. You may discover something you missed initially that requires adjusting.
Latest Useo Thing
'Last Cosmic Dancer' (
T.Rex vs Raveonettes) Marc sings, The Raves nette! Mashup for demonstration purposes only. I took quite a while to finish this one as I really like it. Hmm, I guess I aways do that. Lol.
( official.fm/tracks/zPte )
( www.groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2013/03/trex-vs-raveonettes.html )
Podgornio, The Mashup Psychic Predicts
By 2017, the word 'mashup' will come to mean a new sundae from Dairy Queen, so the music mashups will be called 'slams'. You wait and see, I'm never wrong!
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Andrew Tobias: Florida
Start with this: Florida leans Democratic. It has more registered Democrats than registered Republicans and - despite concerted efforts to suppress the Democratic vote - more Floridians voted for Obama than for McCain or Romney. Okay? Florida leans Democratic. Yet, mainly because of the way voting districts have been drawn ("gerrymandered"), by a wide margin Republicans control the state legislature.
Hayley Tsukayama: Facebook study shows 'likes' reveal a lot (Washington Post)
Do you like your fries straight or curly? The answer may reveal more about you than you think. According to a Cambridge University study published Monday looking at how much what people "like" on Facebook can reveal about who they are, people who openly declare their affinity for curly fries on Facebook tend to have higher IQs.
John Crace: "Sue Grafton: 'My childhood ended when I was five'" (Guardian)
The novelist talks about growing up with alcoholic parents, and how it shaped her writing and led to her fictional alter ego, Kinsey Millhone. And, below, we publish an extract from her latest book, 'Kinsey and Me.'
Emine Saner: "Ellen Ullman: the computer programmer who became a novelist" (Guardian)
Ellen Ullman uses her experience as a successful computer programmer to write books. She talks about sexism in the tech industry.
Nicola Griffith: Good lesbian science fiction novels (Ask Nicola)
One novel from last year that I found intriguing is In the Now, by Kelly Sinclair. It could be labelled science fiction-or a reincarnation thought experiment, or perhaps a trans fantasy. My guess, though, is that Sinclair hails more from the lesbian end of the writing spectrum than the science fictional.
David Bruce: "Wise Up: Language" (Athens News)
In talking about dance, choreographer Michel Fokine frequently used two Russian words: "naslajdaites" and "laska." According to impresario Sol Hurok, these words, freely translated, mean, "Do it as though you enjoyed yourself" and "caressingly."
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Last Night
Some sun, some clouds.
Ratings Plummet
News
Despite a busy week with the selection of a new pope, the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts collectively had 11 percent fewer viewers than the week before - and a glance outside the window reveals the primary reason why.
The simple act of moving the clock ahead one hour for daylight saving time is costly for the broadcasts, since the hour that turns from darkness to light happens to be the hour in which they are shown in most of the country.
It's not just a one-week phenomenon. The newscasts will have to deal with smaller audiences until the clocks are pushed back in the fall.
Both NBC's "Nightly News" and ABC's "World News" lost a million viewers from week to week, the Nielsen Co. said. The "CBS Evening News" lost 600,000. That's a total of 2.6 million, or a little more than the entire audience for the NBC sitcom "Community" last week.
News
Free Church of Scotland
Jedi
The Force is strong with the Jedi in Scotland. The Free Church of Scotland is pushing a bill that would grant those who have literally made "Star Wars" a religion the power to perform marriage ceremonies.
The BBC reports that the Marriage and Civil Partnership Bill would apply to other nonreligious groups such as the Flat Earth Society and the Jedi Knights Society, aka Temple of the Jedi Order.
And while it may sound like a joke to most, the Jedi religion is quite popular in some parts of Europe. In England, it is the second-most popular "alternative religion," with more than 175,000 people listing themselves as Jedi in the 2012 nationwide census.
"Our current consultation covers not only the introduction of same-sex marriage but also the detail of important protections in relation to religious bodies and celebrants, freedom of speech and education," a Scottish government spokeswoman said.
"At the moment, marriage ceremonies by bodies such as humanists have been classed as religious, even though the beliefs of such organizations are nonreligious."
Jedi
Iconic Dresses
Princess Diana
A collection of some of Princess Diana's most memorable evening gowns, including one she wore to a White House dinner where she danced with John Travolta, fetched over 800,000 pounds ($1.2 million) at a London auction Tuesday.
Diana famously wore the deep navy, figure-hugging velvet gown to a gala dinner hosted by President Ronald Reagan, during her and Prince Charles' first joint state visit to the U.S. in 1985. Photographs of her taking to the White House dance floor with Travolta have become some of the most celebrated images of the princess.
The Victor Edelstein gown was sold for 240,000 pounds, Kerry Taylor Auctions said. It came slightly below the expected maximum price of 300,000 pounds.
The auction house did not disclose the identity of the buyer, only saying it was sold to a "British gentleman as a surprise to cheer up his wife."
Princess Diana
Book If Short Stories Wins
PEN/Faulkner Prize
A collection of short stories set along the border between Texas and Mexico has won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.
The directors of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation announced Tuesday that author Benjamin Alire Saenz will receive $15,000 for "Everything Begins and Ends at the Kentucky Club." ''Everything Begins" was published by Cincos Puntos Press, based in El Paso, Texas, where some of Saenz's stories take place.
Earlier this year, the American Library Association cited Saenz's "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" as the best young adult novel about the Latino cultural experience and the best book about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender experience.
PEN/Faulkner Prize
Plug Pulled
Michelle Shocked
In the annals of the Most Disastrous Shows Ever, there is a new entry. Folk-rock singer Michelle Shocked had the plug pulled on her concert Sunday night after launching into an anti-gay-marriage speech that led most of the audience to walk out.
Did we mention that her fans largely lean well to the left, thanks to the liberal politics that previously infused much of her music, and that the gig where she chose to come out (so to speak) as an Old Testament-citing preacher on homosexual issues was in the heart of San Francisco?
Word of the debacle began spreading via social media even before the operator of Yoshi's interrupted Shocked's performance to announce that, as a gay man, he could not allow the show to continue and she would have to leave the stage. Ironically, Shocked had spent much of the show asking the crowd to engage with her and even pick her set list via Twitter. It's unclear whether she had any idea that, within hours, outraged former fans would be using that same forum to declare that they believe her career is over.
From all accounts, the first set had gone great, but when Shocked returned for the second set, she began talking about the evils that will result if California's Proposition 8 is overturned by the courts, to allow gay marriage in the state. Shocked cited verses from the Old Testament condemning homosexuality, first in English and then, puzzlingly, in Spanish. She even told the crowd that they "could go on Twitter and say 'Michelle Shocked says God hates f--s'," although that particular line was interpreted differently by some on hand, as either ironic or completely sincere.
Michelle Shocked
Another Suit
Elmo
The former voice of the "Sesame Street" character Elmo is being sued by a man who claims the entertainer lured him into drug-fueled sex when he was 16.
Sheldon Stephens, who's now 24, says he met Kevin Clash at a networking event. He says he was brought by limousine from Pennsylvania to a New York apartment. There, Clash allegedly smoked crystal meth while giving the teenager another recreational drug.
Stephens first made the allegations last year, but recanted after failed efforts to reach a settlement. He renewed the accusations in a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in Pennsylvania.
Clash's attorney Michael Berger says his client denies any wrongdoing. He says Stephens already admitted he had an adult consensual relationship with Clash.
Elmo
IMDb Lawsuit Suffers Setbacks
'Jane Doe'
Junie Hoang - aka Huong Hoang, aka the plaintiff formerly known as Jane Doe - will have her day in court. But it doesn't look like it will be as sunny a day as she had hoped for.
The lawsuit filed by Hoang - the actress who's suing IMDb.com and its parent company Amazon because the former revealed her age on her IMDb profile - will go forward on April 8 as scheduled.
In a ruling filed Monday night, Judge Marsha J. Pechman of U.S. District Court in western Washington, granted IMDb's motion for a summary judgment in Huong's claim that IMDb had violated Washington's Consumer Protection Act in revealing Hoang's name. In that section of her ruling, Pechman found that Hoang "cannot show that the public interest is impacted by IMDb's actions."
Pechman also granted Amazon's motion for summary judgment, finding that "there is no evidence Amazon was involved in any of the alleged wrongdoing," as previous filings from Hoang's legal team had suggested.
In at least a partial victory for Hoang, Pechman denied IMDb's motion for summary judgment on her claim that the company had breached its contract with Hoang.
'Jane Doe'
Lawsuit Filed Over Sleep Tip
Dr. Oz
A New Jersey man claims an insomnia cure promoted on "The Dr. Oz Show" left third-degree burns on his feet.
Frank Dietl, of Southampton, N.J., filed a lawsuit in Manhattan state Supreme Court.
The Daily News says Dietl was confined to his bed for weeks after using the so-called "knap-sack heated rice footsie."
Oz recommended filling a pair of socks with uncooked rice and warming them up in a microwave oven and putting them on.
The popular cardiothoracic surgeon said leaving them on for 20 minutes would promote better sleep.
Dr. Oz
Battle For Control Escalates
Bolshoi
The Bolshoi Theater's general director has rejected criticism from an assertive principal dancer who is openly aspiring to take his job at the famed Russian dance theater.
Anatoly Iksanov responded Tuesday to dancer Nikolai Tsiskaridze's claim that he feels ready to take the top job by saying that his opponent's "fame and scandalousness" aren't enough for the position.
The two men have waged an increasingly ugly public battle since the Jan. 17 acid attack on Bolshoi artistic director Sergei Filin.
Iksanov has blamed Tsiskaridze for creating an atmosphere of intrigue that contributed to the attack. The dancer has accused Iksanov of using the attack to settle scores.
Bolshoi
Website Replaces Guns
Thumbs & Ammo
The Thumbs & Ammo website has created a stir thanks to its posting of images from famous movies in which guns have been substituted with literal thumbs-ups.
Harrison Ford in "Star Wars." John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson in "Pulp Fiction." Sylvester Stallone in "Bullet to the Head." They're all there, but this time, they're sans weapons. What a difference a thumb makes.
The tagline on the blog reads, "Real tough guys don't need guns, they just need a positive, can-do attitude."
The hilarious tweaks to familiar, gun-toting movie stars are getting some interest on the Web-and getting picked up on sites such as Gawker and PetaPixel.
Thumbs & Ammo
Prime-Time Nielsens
Ratings
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for March 11-17. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 15.9 million.
2. "Person of Interest," CBS, 14.34 million.
3. "American Idol" (Wednesday), Fox, 13.44 million.
4. "NCIS," CBS, 13.18 million.
5. "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 12.18 million.
6. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 11.95 million.
7. "American Idol" (Thursday), Fox, 11.93 million.
8. "Elementary," CBS, 11.33 million.
9. "The Bible," History, 10.87 million.
10. "The Walking Dead," AMC, 10.84 million.
11. "The Bachelor: After the Final Rose," ABC, 10.81 million.
12. "The Bachelor," ABC, 10.42 million.
13. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 10.41 million.
14. "60 Minutes," CBS, 10.22 million.
15. "The Mentalist," CBS, 9.98 million.
16. "Survivor: Caramoan," CBS, 9.89 million.
17. "The Good Wife," CBS, 9.08 million.
18. "Amazing Race 22," CBS, 8.91 million.
19. "Golden Boy," CBS, 8.53 million.
20. "Duck Dynasty (Wednesday, 10:30 p.m.), A&E, 8.29 million.
Ratings
In Memory
Fran Warren
Fran Warren, whose 1947 recording of "A Sunday Kind of Love" was one of the classic hits of the big band era, has died.
Alan Eichler, a spokesman for the singer-actress, said Tuesday that Warren died March 4 of natural causes at her home in Brookfield, Conn. She was 87.
Warren's career spanned more than 50 years with hits that included the Tony Martin duet "I Said My Pajamas (and Put On My Prayers)," the Lisa Kirk duet "Dearie" and "It's Anybody's Heart." Her films roles included "Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd."
She frequently appeared and performed on the talk shows of Johnny Carson, Mike Douglas, Merv Griffin and Steve Allen.
Warren is survived by two daughters, a son-in-law and two nieces.
Fran Warren
In Memory
Henry Bromell
A representative for Henry Bromell, an executive producer for the TV series "Homeland," says Bromell has died.
Bromell's longtime agent and friend, Peter Benedek, said Bromell died Monday at a Los Angeles area hospital. The cause of death may have been a heart attack, Benedek said Tuesday.
Last year, Bromell shared in Emmy and Golden Globe best-drama awards for Showtime's "Homeland." In 1992, he won a Humanitas Prize for the TV drama "I'll Fly Away."
The 66-year-old Bromell was "an immensely talented and prolific" writer and producer, Showtime said in a statement. His other TV credits included "Northern Exposure," ''Chicago Hope," ''Rubicon" and "Brotherhood."
He is survived by his wife, Sarah, and sons William and Jake, according to his agent.
Henry Bromell
In Memory
Daily Variety
The venerable Hollywood trade magazine Daily Variety published its last printed edition on Tuesday, ending an 80-year era by beckoning readers to a recently revamped website and announcing plans to launch a new weekly version of the publication.
The glossy magazine, under new ownership since last autumn, bid farewell to its daily paper-and-ink audience in a front-page inset headlined: "VARIETY ANKLES DAILY PUB HUBBUB," using the Variety-coined verb it typically uses to report departures of studio executives.
"This marks the last official print version of Daily Variety, which reported what happened yesterday," the magazine said. "For news of what happened two minutes ago, keep going to Variety.com, which will be updated constantly."
Long considered the bible of the entertainment industry, Variety said it would merge the editorial content and staff of Daily Variety and its weekly international sister publication, known simply as Variety, to form a new weekly printed edition that will debut on March 26 and publish every Tuesday.
Variety said its new weekly publication and the website would continue the daily magazine's insider emphasis on the business of entertainment, with expanded in-depth coverage.
The move reflects forces shaping much of American print-based journalism, as an increasing number of newspapers have either shifted all their content online or stopped publishing a physical edition on a daily basis.
Variety's website was relaunched on March 1 with a new format eliminating the subscription "pay wall" and providing free access to all its content.
Variety was founded in 1905 in New York as a weekly publication covering the vaudeville circuit and in 1933 spawned Daily Variety in Hollywood, where it grew into the entertainment industry's leading paper of record.
By newspaper standards, Daily Variety had a relatively modest circulation of 30,000 five years ago, when it was first put up for sale by Reed-Elsevier. But the magazine has long been considered compulsory reading for some of the richest and most powerful people in U.S. media and show business.
Its unique brand of entertainment jargon, known as "slanguage," has even crept into the wider popular vernacular after words like "sitcom" and "soap opera" originated in the pages of Variety.
Less familiar outside Hollywood but ubiquitous in Variety's lexicon are such phrases as "to ankle" as a synonym for "to leave" or "exit," and "boffo" for a modifier describing a robust box-office return or ratings.
Daily Variety
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