M Is FOR MASHUP - April 6th, 2011
ADVANCED MASHUPS 101 : Soul Like Khan Collection
By Professor Useo
Greets & well come, students of mashup lore. We all gather today to indulge in a detailed glimpse of the new MASHSTIX compilation '
Soul Khan - Soul Like Khan: Starve the Ego, Feed the Soul'
( www.mashstix.com/SoulKhan.php ).
The album mashes the entire premiere album from
SOUL KHAN
( www.soulkhan.com/ ) & is a fine choice for good mashing. If you would please boot up your mixing programs, we can begin. Those of you viewing this over the web are encouraged to call your servers now & complain of the insufficient bitrate to stream without stalling. Oh, & you also fail the course.
The MASHSTIX
( mashstix.com/ ) mashup forum &
FRAIL LIMB PURITY
( fraillimbpurity.wordpress.com/ ) in their new bootleg release 'Soul Khan - Soul Like Khan: Starve the Ego, Feed the Soul' have done the necessary pyramid of planning necessary to result in a 'hit' mashup compilation. They 1-found excellent mixers motivated sufficiently to make the tracks, 2-added a fine theme with the new album from SOUL KHAN,& 3-managed the difficult task of locating sponsors, Dirty Belly Button Clothing , Mashstix.com & The Brown Bag Allstars.
When a record produced with these three essential elements is crafted, it is not even necessary for it to be 'good' to be popular, as in the case of the CENSORED album by CENSORED. Fortunately in the case we're studying today, the musical results are more than satisfactory. I spoke to the professor of Bootlegging at CENSORED University about this new MASHSTIX record & he said 'it evokes a good response, as if the music adds something to our mortal existense'. I merely sipped my White Zinfandel & reminded myself to listen again more closely.
Now, the moment we've all awaited. The actual music. I trust you've all got it downloaded? All except Jenson, of course! Jenson, you fail! Now, lets start with the first track & I'll guide you through with brief comments. These comments will be 33 1/3 of your final grade.
1. 6:30 a.m. (Rhythm Scholar Remix)
This track is clearly sick, to employ the vernacular. Please note the finestkind production sound.
2. Fe La Soul (Dunproofin's Sub Remix)
Dunproofin has fulfilled the full bootleg promise here with his deep, rich, fidget synth. The high quality of the SOUL KHAN is enhanced well.
3. James Brown's Knuckles [Mash Up by dj BC]
DJ BC brings a furthering of the hip hop history to an already ill track. Ain't nothing wrong with that, aaaay?
4. Deep Place [Mash Up by DJ Lobsterdust]
Chilled & all the better for it, Lobsterdust puts the proper spin on to please to extremes.
5. For That (Eddie Pedalo Remix)
Note the full bass here. An important portion in any mashup recipe,from Art Of Noise to Dangermouse.
6. One in the Hand [Mash Up by DJ Bahler]
This track shows how great scratching can combine with gentle guitar to bring it on home.
7. Shitted On (Garagara's Tape Found Down the Back of the Couch Mix)
This is dubby goodness for it's own sake. The vocals benefit from the separation. Try it on your next track.
8. Suckin' On Chrome [Mash Up by Dj Schmolli]
Human League-enhanced beats play to best results through the skills of DJ Schmolli. Profanity is evident, & often will sell a track all by itself, & so is encouraged, mM*th*rf*ck*r!!
9. Fahrenheit / Ruthless [Mash Up by Angels & Filth]
Angels & Filth have a good hand with edgier sounds & that works well with this piece. It will play perfectly, even at the highest volume.(See my notes from last weeks' lecture, 'Earplugs & You')
10. So Says I Feed Me [Mash Up by Biglerism]
Nasty electro can bring out the natural rhythms of a pella as is shown so effectively here. Also, the lovely female voice is a fine juxtaposition for the manly hip hop vocals of SOUL KHAN, or the artist of your choice. I enjoy some Pitbull, myself.
11. Sierra Leone Magnified [Mash Up by Bonus Mosh]
Bonus Mosh takes a mellow tack, in a bid to deceive, & then slams it home HARD! Your audience will welcome this technique.
12. Moby Minyan [Mash Up by G3rst]
Rock & Hip Hop are a perfect match since rock is derived from the Blues,a strong element of which is retained in the Hip Hop.
13. Soul Like Khan: Starve the Ego, Feed the Soul [Mash Up by Frail Limb Purity]
This track is so seductive & fulfilling, you will be almost done with it before you realize how fine it is. Try this type of speaking track while keeping it that appealing. Not so easy as you would think.
BONUS TRACKS:
1. Undeniable / Animus Vox [Mash Up by Frail Limb Purity]
2. Uglyface (Fruntroom Remix)
3. Fe La Soul (Dunproofin's Sub Remix) [Instrumental]
4. All I Want Is What I Do [Mash Up by Marc Johnce]
5. Ugly Coat of Arms [Mash Up by Bonus Mosh]
6. 6:30 a.m. (Rhythm Scholar Remix) [Instrumental]
The bonus tracks may be reviewed by you for extra credit. Except Jenson, I failed him. Quit crying, Jenson. You can still mash in the unemployment line.
Also, if you leave comments at youtube for the video versions of any of the tracks, I won't make you come to my house on weekends & wash my car any more.
(At this point Professor Useo ranted randomly for about 45 minutes, until he required coffee & called the class to an end by throwing his shoe at a student he kept calling 'Bush' all semester long.)
Mix Of The Week
DJ MXR has done it again, & you shouldn't miss it.
DJ MXR's HOUSE REVIEW vol.4 holds high the standard set by the previous 3. From LFO to GTO to DOUBLE DEE, this is one excellent movin' mix. Find it this month only at
theinstituteofbootleggers.blogspot.com/2011/04/guest-mix-dj-mxr-house-review-vol-4.html
Mashup Tip : Let he who can finish this sentence best be the one who dealt it.
Latest Useo Thing
All Mashup Compilations DJ Useo April 2011 Podcast. I go hog wild & play the best tracks from a ton of new bootleg albums! Listen or download
here -
( groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2011/04/all-mashup-compilations - dj-useo-april.html )
Podgornio,the Mashup Psychic Predicts
A virus will hit in 2017 & everyone who gets it will no longer have good taste in music, yet no one will notice.
Last note thing-y...mail has slowed here. Feel free to write me about mashups, or any other type of nonsense here -
useo8@yahoo.com
Recommended Reading
from Bruce
Josh Marshall: TRULY PATHETIC (Talking Points Memo)
Why on earth did the Democrat speaking for the Democrats on Hardball just say it was "courageous" but "politically stupid" for Paul Ryan to put up a plan to abolish Medicare and other federal social programs? That's the best he can do? Courageous? That's simply amazing.
Charlie Brooker: How to handle the shop snobs (Guardian)
Some people treat waiters and retail staff like scum. But you can do something about it.
Andrew Tobias: User Friendly Technology
The Technological Life and Hard Times of Andrew Tobias.
Bill James: Shakespeare and Verlander (Slate)
Why are we so good at developing athletes and so lousy at developing writers?
"'Use and Abuse of Literature,' by Marjorie Garber": A Review by Seth Lerer (SF Gate)
Why read? You'd think that with the e-book and the Internet, with Google searching and channel surfing, the experience of curling up with a good book is as archaic as a buggy ride.
Paul Constant: Cold and Dead (The Stranger)
The Arctic Teaches Us More About Death Than Death Itself.
"Lee Krasner: A Biography" by Gail Levin: A review by Jonathan Lopez
Shortly before World War I, Marie-Hortense Cezanne, widow of the painter Paul, spent a weekend in Monaco as the guest of an art dealer. He granted her unlimited credit at the casino, and after losing at the gaming tables, she had to cede him a cache of her husband's best watercolors to settle accounts. The heirs of a great artist must learn to swim with sharks.
Kim Ode: Tales of trolls and vampires are making publishing phenomenon Amanda Hocking a millionaire (Star Tribune)
Amanda Hocking, a 26-year-old author in Austin, Minn., who's considered the biggest e-book seller in the world, has signed with an ink-and-paper publisher for a book contract reportedly worth more than $2 million. The four-book deal was confirmed Thursday by Hector DeJean, a spokesman for St. Martin's Press.
Decca Aitkenhead, "AC Grayling: 'How can you be a militant atheist? It's like sleeping furiously'" (Guardian)
In his new book, 'The Good Book: A Secular Bible,' the philosopher sets out his manifesto for rational thought. He talks about why religion angers him, the power of philosophy - and his mane of hair.
David Bruce: Wise Up! Basketball (Athens News)
Many colleges recruited Wilt Chamberlain to play basketball for them, including some schools that asked him if he wished to be the first African-American player on the team. Mr. Chamberlain always responded, "I'd rather be the second."
David Bruce has 41 Kindle books on Amazon.com with 250 anecdotes in each book. Each book is $1, so for $41 you can buy 10,250 anecdotes. Search for "Funniest People," "Coolest People, "Most Interesting People," "Kindest People," "Religious Anecdotes," and "Maximum Cool."
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First Ass Transplant
This just in!
French doctors perform first ass transplant
From the 'Making Do With What Ya Got' File...
German Cow Girl
Horse dreams dashed, German teen turns to cow
LAUFEN, Germany: When Regina Mayer's parents dashed her hopes of getting a horse, the resourceful 15-year-old didn't sit in her room and sulk. Instead, she turned to a cow called Luna to make her riding dreams come true.
Hours of training, and tons of treats, cajoling and caresses later, the results are impressive: not only do the two regularly go on long rides through the southern German countryside, they do jumps over a makeshift hurdle of beer crates and painted logs...
Horse dreams dashed, German teen turns to cow - Arab News
This reminds me of a story my Mom (The Old Nan) tells of when she was a little girl growing up on the farm. One of her 'chores' at the end of the day was to walk down to the pasture their small herd of dairy cows grazed and bring them back to the barn for the night. The 'grand dame' of the herd was named 'Old Pet' and she knew when she saw my Mom it was time to 'go home' and would start back leading the others. 'Old Pet' allowed my Mom to ride on her back as they all slowly ambled back to the barn... I guess you could say that The Old Nan was a 'Cowgirl', as it were!
BadtotheboneBob
Thanks, B2tbBob!
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Sunny and seasonal
Named Harvard's 'Class Day' Speaker
Amy Poehler
Harvard has announced that comedian and actress Amy Poehler has been selected as this year's "Senior Class Day" speaker.
The school announced Tuesday that the Massachusetts native will address graduates and their families in Harvard Yard's Tercentenary Theatre on May 25.
The annual ceremony is scheduled the day before commencement and is a chance for Harvard's senior class to socialize one last time before graduating.
Poehler, a Boston College graduate, is known for her work on the late-night sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live" and currently stars in the NBC comedy series "Parks and Recreation."
Amy Poehler
Visits Libya-Tunisia Border
Angelina Jolie
Refugees who fled violence in Libya have welcomed an unusual visitor to their border camp in Tunisia - Angelina Jolie.
The American actress visited on Tuesday in her role as a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.
The UNHCR said in a statement that Jolie urged more international aid for the refugees, and the Jolie-Pitt Foundation had also made an "important donation" for the refugee operation.
Jolie also praised the government of Tunisia for its generosity toward the refugees. Tunisia saw an uprising in January that overthrew a dictator and sparked revolts around the Arab world.
Angelina Jolie
Guitar Sculpture Dedicated
Kurt Cobain
A sculpted guitar memorial to Kurt Cobain has been unveiled in a park in the Nirvana frontman's Washington state hometown.
The dedication in Aberdeen on Tuesday marked the 17th anniversary of Cobain's suicide in Seattle. A diverse group of fans and Aberdeen residents, many born after Cobain's 1994 death, attended the ceremony.
The sculpture was placed in a park near the Young Street bridge where Cobain spent time while growing up. The bridge attracts Cobain fans because it's mentioned in his song "Something in the Way."
Besides the concrete guitar, there's a steel ribbon dangling in the air with lyrics from the Nirvana song "On a Plain" that say: "One more special message to go and then I'm done and I can go home."
Kurt Cobain
Dresses To Be Auctioned In Canada
Princess Diana
The blue silk velvet dress Princess Diana wore at a 1985 White House dinner and famously danced in with actor John Travolta will be offered for sale along with other gowns, a Canadian auction house said Tuesday.
Waddington's auction house has scheduled a sale June 23 for 14 gowns selected or commissioned by the Princess of Wales between 1985 and 1994 from British designers Catherine Walker, Bruce Oldfield and Zandra Rhodes.
Florida entrepreneur Maureen Rorech Dunkel reportedly paid $700,000 in 1997 for the silk, satin, velvet and embroidered formal dinner and evening dresses at an auction to raise money for Diana's humanitarian causes.
The collection includes dresses worn by Diana in 1985 at a gala performance of Les Miserables, during a visit to India in 1992 and at a banquet for Malaysia's king and queen in 1993.
Princess Diana
New Operas
ROH2
Police drummer Stewart Copeland and Monty Python star Terry Jones are the unlikely pair in a new operatic double bill which opens in London on Friday.
Copeland has set Edgar Allan Poe's Gothic horror story "The Tell-Tale Heart" to music and Jones provided the libretto for "The Doctor's Tale," a story about a successful doctor who is struck from the register just because he is a dog.
His words have been set to music by Anne Dudley, a member of the band Art of Noise and an Oscar winner for her score for the British comedy film "The Full Monty."
The trio has been commissioned to create the new works by ROH2, the Royal Opera House's contemporary arm, and the run opens this week in the company's smaller Linbury Studio Theater. Ticket prices range from 9.70 to 20.40 pounds ($16-33).
ROH2
To Film In Pittsburgh
'Dark Knight'
Criminals beware, Batman will be on the beat this summer in Pittsburgh.
Film director Christopher Nolan, who has helmed the two previous Batman films - starring Christian Bale as caped crime fighter and his alter ego, Bruce Wayne - said Tuesday the Pennsylvania city will host filming for a third film for at least a month.
"Pittsburgh is a beautiful city. We have been able to find everything we were looking for here and I am excited to spend the summer in Pittsburgh with our final installment of Batman," he said in a statement, adding that he finally settled on the city because of its architecture and diverse sampling of locations.
Mayor Luke Ravensthahl said the decision was "another example of the growing film industry in our community and we will be rolling out the red carpet for them."
'Dark Knight'
"Earned" $262K
Bristol Palin
Tax documents show unwed mother Bristol Palin (R-Opportunist) earned more than $262,000 for her role in helping raise awareness for teen pregnancy prevention in 2009.
The most recent data for The Candie's Foundation that's posted online by research firm GuideStar shows compensation at $262,500 for the now-20-year-old daughter of former half-term Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Quitter), the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee.
Bristol Palin (R-Sock Puppet) was 18 when she was appointed as a teen ambassador for the New York-based foundation in 2009, months after giving birth to son, Tripp. She and the 2-year-old boy's father, Levi Johnston, are no longer together.
"I don't think anyone realizes how difficult it really is until you actually have a screaming baby in your nanny's arms and you're up all night," Palin said.
Bristol Palin
Facing 2 Misdemeanors In Vegas
Vince Neil
Less than six weeks after being released from jail on a drunken driving charge, Motley Crue singer Vince Neil is facing two new misdemeanor charges in a Las Vegas casino showroom confrontation with an ex-girlfriend.
Neil, 50, is accused of poking his finger into the chest of Alicia Jacobs in a casino comedy club late March 24, and of cursing and pointing or poking at Jacobs and her friends, John Katsilometes and Patricia McCrone.
Neil's lawyer, David Chesnoff, said Neil intends to plead not guilty and fight the battery domestic violence and disorderly conduct charges. He's due May 2 in Las Vegas Justice Court.
Jacobs, 39, a Las Vegas entertainment television reporter, showed police a bruise that she said came from the finger-poke.
Vince Neil
Artist's Detention Tests Depth Of Crackdown
Ai Weiwei
China's detention of renowned artist Ai Weiwei has sparked an online petition urging his release as the nation's liberal intellectuals expressed concern about how far a crackdown to stifle dissent could reach.
Chinese officials have not commented on the whereabouts of Ai, who was stopped on Sunday from boarding a flight from Beijing to Hong Kong and taken away by border police. There was little doubt he has joined a lengthening list of dissidents and activists in detention or informal custody.
His wife, Lu Qing, told Reuters that police officers would not give her any information, and this detention appeared more serious than his recent run-ins with the government.
The disappearance of Ai, a burly, bearded 53-year-old avant-garde artist and designer who had a hand in designing the Bird's Nest stadium for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, has drawn condemnation from Western governments.
Ai Weiwei
Moves To Trademark 22 Catchphrases
Charlie Sheen
Not everyone may have Charlie Sheen's "Adonis DNA" but people may soon be able to wear it, drink it and experience it in a videogame.
A company with ties to the actor has moved to trademark 22 of Sheen's catchphrases, including "Duh, Winning," "Vatican Assassin," "Tiger Blood" and "Rock Star From Mars."
Much like their creator, the applications aim high, with trademark protection sought for everything from bras, drinks, electronic games, candy and even gambling machines.
Records show the company, Hyro-gliff, filed trademark applications between March 19 and 22.
Charlie Sheen
Record 40 Pct Loss Over Arctic
Ozone Layer
The protective ozone layer in the Arctic that keeps out the sun's most damaging rays - ultraviolet radiation - has thinned about 40 percent this winter, a record drop, the U.N. weather agency said Tuesday.
The Arctic's damaged stratospheric ozone layer isn't the best known "ozone hole" - that would be Antarctica's, which forms when sunlight returns in spring there each year. But the Arctic's situation is due to similar causes: ozone-munching compounds in air pollutants that are chemically trigged by a combination of extremely cold temperatures and sunlight.
The losses this winter in the Arctic's fragile ozone atmospheric layer strongly exceeded the previous seasonal loss of about 30 percent, the U.N.'s World Meteorological Organization in Geneva said.
It blamed the combination of very cold temperatures in the stratosphere, the second major layer of the Earth's atmosphere, just above the troposphere, and ozone-eating CFCs from aerosol sprays and refrigeration.
"This is pretty sudden and unusual," said Bryan Johnson, an atmospheric chemist who works in the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth System Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado.
Ozone Layer
"True Grit" Eye-Patch At Auction
John Wayne
John Wayne's iconic eye-patch from his 1969 film "True Grit" and the Golden Globe award he won for playing drunken U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn in the movie are to be sold at auction, Heritage Auctions said on Tuesday,
Billed as the first ever single-owner auction from John Wayne's personal archive, the sale will take place in Los Angeles from October 3-6. It also includes items such as the actor's cowboy boots and hats, driver's license, passport and American Express card, and movie scripts annotated with Wayne's handwriting.
Ethan Wayne, one of the actor's sons and president of the family-owned John Wayne Enterprises, said that after his father died in 1979, the family never looked through Wayne's personal items that were packed in storage until recently.
Ethan Wayne said he thought his father would approve of the auction because fans were just as important to the Oscar- winning American icon as his own family.
John Wayne
Prime-Time Nielsens
Ratings
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by the Nielsen Co. for March 28-April 3. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. "American Idol" (Wednesday), Fox, 24.18 million.
2. "Dancing With the Stars" (Monday), ABC, 22.77 million.
3. "American Idol" (Thursday), Fox, 22.63 million.
4. "Dancing With the Stars Results" (Tuesday), ABC, 19.3 million.
5. "NCIS," CBS, 18.73 million.
6. NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament: Kentucky vs Connecticut, CBS, 16.72 million.
7. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 15.34 million.
8. "The Mentalist," CBS, 14.27 million.
9. "Body of Proof," ABC, 13.94 million.
10. "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 13.09 million.
11. "Criminal Minds," CBS, 13.048 million.
12. "Academy of Country Music Awards," CBS, 13.045 million.
13. "NCAA Men's Basketball Bridge Show," CBS, 13.03 million.
14. "Dancing With the Stars: Story, ABC, 12.85 million.
15. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 12.76 million.
16. "Castle," ABC, 12.56 million.
17. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 11.92 million.
18. "Survivor: Redemption Island," CBS, 11 million.
19. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 10.92 million.
20. "Mobbed," Fox, 10.82 million.
Ratings
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