The festival had 2 stages, with one for Hip Hop, & label music, & 1 stage for mashups, crumplbangers, & whatever the DJ"s preferred to play.
I never made it to the 1st stage, but I was wowed by over 30 DJ's hour-long sets again, & again for 3 days at the crumplbanger stage.
I heard sets of mashups, 60s rock, wild ass crumplbangers, electrodance & much more.
All I could do was type glowing praise in the numerous group chats, & dance around the room here at home.
Adriana A sang her mashup set ( to stunning effect ), DJ Cougar sang & strummed his way through an acoustic rock set, & Titus Jones drank 60 shots during his DJ-ed set of 60 mashups.
The people attending were nearly all Internationally-known DJ's, & were great company as we all faded in & out during the lo-o-ong festival.
Some of us broadcast audio sets over MIXLR.com, while the rest did audio/video sets through TWITCH.com . It was an amazing time & the imagery really added a lot to the excitement.
All sets were recorded & you can re-play them easily by going to
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& clicking on the DJ's names.
I offer big thanks to pomDeter & the rest of the staff for this renewed festival. I got word the response merited further Crumplstocks in the future.
The Police won the 1981 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for this single released in September 1980. What is the title of this prescient social-distancing song?
Elias Howe Jr. (July 9, 1819 - October 3, 1867) was an American inventor best known for his creation of the modern lockstitch sewing machine.
Howe was commemorated with a 5-cent stamp in the Famous American Inventors series issued October 14, 1940. The 1965 Beatles movie Help! is (possibly humorously) dedicated to his memory. In 2004 he was inducted into the United States National Inventors Hall of Fame.
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Mark. wrote:
Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine.
Mac Mac said:
Elias Howe
Alan J answered:
Elias Howe.
Cal in Vermont replied:
Elias Howe, the inventor of the sewing machine. Why everyone didn't have a Howe proudly displayed at home instead of a Singer, I know not.
zorch responded:
Dedicated to the memory of Elias Howe, who invented the sewing machine. It also was a parody of the Bond movies.
Dave wrote:
Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine. While I think Help! is a decent film, it isn't nearly as good as the previous year's A Hard Day's Night, which was amazingly entertaining. For the filming of Help! all four of The Beatles admitted they were quite stoned during the entire shoot, which probably didn't help. The best part of the movie was the killer soundtrack which included the #1 singles, Help!, Ticket to Ride, and Yesterday.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, said:
Elias Howe
Adam answered:
Mr. Elias Howe, who, in 1846, invented the sewing machine.
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Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine
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Elias Howe
Jon L said:
I'm guessing Alexander G. Bell.
Billy in Cypress U$A wrote:
Elias Howe
DJ Useo answered:
As a member of BRG beatlesremixers
I have to know that answer. Lol. So...Elias Howe.
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• Texas Guinan was the hostess of the El Fay Club on West Forty-fifth Street in New York City. This club was frequently raided, and whenever federal agents came in to make yet more arrests, the club's band would start playing "The Prisoner's Song."
Practical Jokes
• Eastman Boomer, the agent of comic singer Anna Russell, was a practical joker. He frequently told Ms. Russell that a notable personality such as Arturo Toscanini was staying at her hotel and wanted to meet her - but this always turned out not to be true. One day, Boomer called her and said the great conductor Leopold Stokowski was coming over to meet her. Of course, Ms. Russell didn't believe him, so she put her hair up in curlers and put cold cream on her face. When a knock sounded on the door, she opened it, expecting to see Boomer - but standing before her was Maestro Stokowski.
• Leo Slezak knew an operatic tenor who continually boasted of his prowess in billiards, so Mr. Slezak decided to play a joke on him. He knew a professional billiards player by the name of Pfeiler and arranged to have Mr. Pfeiler play billiards with the tenor, who had never heard of Mr. Pfeiler. In the game, Mr. Pfeiler allowed the tenor to get ahead, and then he dazzled the tenor with brilliance. As he was shooting ball after ball into the pockets, a waiter entered the room and told the tenor that Mr. Pfeiler had said for him to hold the tenor's cue stick until the game was over.
• In Richard Wagner's Siegfried is a scene in which Siegfried approaches the sleeping Brünnhilde, removes her breastplate, and sees the words "Das ist kein Mann." Tenor Alberto Remedios tells a story about a production in which Siegfried approached a mischievous sleeping Brünnhilde. When Siegfried removed her breastplate, he saw the words, "Do not disturb."
Prejudice
• As a teenager, African-American diva Grace Bumbry won a voice contest sponsored by a local radio station, KMOX. The prizes included a $1,000 bond and a scholarship to the St. Louis Institute of Music. Unfortunately, the people who ran the St. Louis Institute of Music were unhappy when they learned that Ms. Bumbry was black, so they offered her only a few private voice lessons and would not let her join the student body. Ms. Bumbry's mother, Melzia, was outraged, and refused to allow her daughter to be treated so badly. The story does have a happy ending. KMOX executive Roland Hyland was embarrassed by what had happened and helped Ms. Bumbry get on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, where Mr. Godfrey predicted a brilliant future for her. After her appearance on the TV show, scholarship offers poured in, and Ms. Bumbry ended up attending Boston University, and then Northwestern University. Later, she made a name for herself as a famous opera singer.
• African-American singer Marian Anderson used to perform while being accompanied by a white musician, Kosti Vehanen, on piano. Once, a racist white woman asked Mr. Vehanen if he was ashamed to be traveling with an African-American singer. Mr. Vehanen replied that Ms. Anderson was welcome at some places where she, the white woman, would not be welcome. Indignant, the white woman asked him to name one such place. Mr. Vehanen replied that Ms. Anderson had recently been invited to the White House, where she would sing, but that if the white woman were to try to enter the White House for the performance, she would be refused admittance.
Someone said it was last seen in HELL carrying Vladimir Putin and all the victims of COVID-19 for all eternity, but that has not been confirmed by Satan yet.
CBS starts the night with a FRESH'Survivor', follwoed by a FRESH'SEAL Team', then a RERUN'SWAT'.
Scheduled on a FRESHStephen Colbert are Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Tommy Vietor, and Sam Hunt.
On a RERUNJames Corden, OBE, (from 2/27/20) are Alison Brie, Will Forte, and Doug Smith.
NBC opens the night with a FRESH'Chicago Med', followed by a FRESH'Chicago Fire', then a FRESH'Chicago PD'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Taraji P. Henson and Dua Lipa.
Scheduled on a FRESHSeth Meyers is Jim Gaffigan.
Scheduled on a FRESHLilly Singh is Ron Funches.
ABC begins the night with the FRESH'A Modern Farewell', followed by the SERIES FINALE'Modern Family', then a FRESH'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Ed O'Neill, Sofia Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, and Eric Stonestreet.
The CW offers a RERUN'The Flash', followed by a FRESH'Nancy Drew'.
Faux has a FRESH'The Masked Singer', followed by a FRESH'Lego Masters'.
MY recycles an old 'Dateline', followed by another old 'Dateline'.
A&E has 'Ghost Hunters', followed by a FRESH'Ghost Hunters', then another FRESH'Ghost Hunters', followed by a FRESH'Celebrity Ghost Stories'.
AMC offers the movie 'Blade II', followed by the movie 'Star Trek'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Survivors
[7:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Who Watches the Watchers?
[8:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Bonding
[9:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Booby Trap
[10:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Enemy
[11:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Price
[12:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Vengeance Factor
[1:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Defector
[2:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Hunted
[3:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The High Ground
[4:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Deja Q
[5:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - A Matter of Perspective
[6:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - Yesterday's Enterprise
[7:00PM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Offspring
[8:00PM] SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
[12:00AM] SAVING PRIVATE RYAN
[4:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Defector
[5:00AM] STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - The Hunted (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Summer House', followed by a FRESH'Summer House', then another FRESH'Summer House', followed by a FRESH'Watch What Happens: Live'.
Comedy Central has a (R) 'Daily Show With Trevor', 'Crank Yankers', 2½ hours of old 'South Park', followed by a FRESH'Crank Yankers'.
Scheduled on a FRESHThe Daily Show it's The Daily Social Distancing Show.
Lights Out with David Spade
FX has the movie 'Trolls', followed by the movie 'Trolls', again.
History has 'Forged In Fire', followed by a FRESH'Forged In Fire: Cutting Deeper', then a FRESH'Forged In Fire', followed by a FRESH'Eating History', and another 'Eating History'.
IFC -
[6:00A] Watchmen
[9:30A] Homefront
[11:45A] Transporter 2
[1:45P] Training Day
[4:30P] A League of Their Own
[7:30P] Major League
[10:00P] Brockmire - Comeback Player of the Year
[10:31P] Major League
[1:01A] A League of Their Own
[4:00A] Brockmire - Comeback Player of the Year
[4:30A] That '70s Show
[5:00A] That '70s Show
[5:30A] That '70s Show (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00am] The Andy Griffith Show
[6:30am] The Andy Griffith Show
[7:00am] The Andy Griffith Show
[7:30am] The Andy Griffith Show
[8:00am] The Andy Griffith Show
[8:30am] The Andy Griffith Show
[9:00am] The Andy Griffith Show
[9:30am] The Andy Griffith Show
[10:00am] The Andy Griffith Show
[10:30am] The Patriot
[2:00pm] Criminal Minds
[3:00pm] Criminal Minds
[4:00pm] Criminal Minds
[5:00pm] Criminal Minds
[6:00pm] Criminal Minds
[7:00pm] Criminal Minds
[8:00pm] Criminal Minds
[9:00pm] Criminal Minds
[10:00pm] Criminal Minds
[11:00pm] Liar
[12:01am] Criminal Minds
[1:00am] Criminal Minds
[2:00am] Criminal Minds
[3:00am] Liar
[4:00am] The Andy Griffith Show
[4:30am] The Andy Griffith Show
[5:00am] The Andy Griffith Show
[5:30am] The Andy Griffith Show (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has the movie 'John Wick: Chapter 2', followed by the movie 'xXx: Return Of Xander Cage'.
In the opening scene of Toy Story, released in 1995, a cluster of boxes is scattered across a child's bedroom. The sun streams into the room as a Mr Potato Head doll demands money from a seemingly stricken cast of plastic and plush toys outside a cardboard bank.
Into the picture arrives the hero - a cowboy sheriff made of plastic and fabric with a pull-string to make him speak. The sheriff casts a shadow over the villainous potato who flees from the law. It's a scene plucked from a child's imagination. It was also the culmination of decades of development in computer animation.
This year, two of the men behind those advancements, Ed Catmull and Pat Hanrahan, are the recipients of the Turing Award. The award recognises "lasting and major" contributions to the field of computing and is considered to be the "Nobel Prize" of computer science.
The award is given by the Association for Computing Machinery and comes with a $1m (£800,000) cash prize split between the winners.
Theatrical movies are making a comeback on broadcast television. With the networks' original series' production halted and people looking for comfort-food entertainment while sheltering at home amid the coronavirus pandemic, popular movies are becoming a viable programming option.
CBS will launch a Sunday movie night on May 3 for a five-week initial run. Tapping into the vault of corporate sibling Paramount Pictures, the night will feature five iconic titles from the Paramount library, Forrest Gump, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark - which is how that franchise started now is marketed - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Mission: Impossible and Titanic.
On May 24 and May 31, the movies will air where original episodes of CBS' Love Island had been scheduled. The network still plans to run a second season of the reality series this summer but, with all Hollywood production on hold, its fate is currently TBD.
Theatrical - and original - movies disappeared from broadcast TV a decade and a half ago. CBS in fact was the last major broadcast network to cancel its CBS Sunday Movie franchise at the end of the 2004-05 season. That was a result of the proliferation of DVDs that allowed for commercial-free movie experience. It was soon followed by the rise of streaming.
A marketers across sectors have asked to pause their advertising plans or shift messaging, NBCUniversal said that starting today it will have less commercial time and more uninterrupted content, according the Linda Yaccarino, the company's chairman, Advertising and Partnerships.
It's a nod to the turmoil the coronavirus pandemic has wreaked on the advertising sector despite a surge in TV viewing. Some brands are still on, others, like airlines, have seen their business decimated and had to pull out, and still others want a presence but find their commercials suddenly irrelevant. To help, NBCUniversal is waiving fees for creative services and resources to help marketers shift their messaging.
In a blog post called "When Less is More: Giving Back to Our Audiences and Partners," Yaccarino said brands "are looking for ideas, tools, and strategies from their most trusted partners. So, in light of everything we're seeing and hearing, we want to do what's right for our audiences and marketers … so starting today, you will see more content from us, new ad innovations, and therefore less commercial time."
The move will reduce commercial time on newscasts and special programming across NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, and Telemundo at a time when people are glued to the events of the day, the company said.
YouTube is banning conspiracy videos that spread misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, a spokesperson for the platform told BBC.
The ban was prompted after a two-hour live stream riddled with false accusations appeared on YouTube, and was deleted only after it had concluded. Previously, the platform stated it would limit such videos in the "Up Next" section, BBC reports.
The since-deleted live-streamed interview with conspiracy theorist David Icke appeared on the platform Monday. Icke falsely promoted a growing conspiracy linking coronavirus and 5G networks, and falsely stated that coronavirus vaccines will include chips to control humans, per BBC.
The live video was watched by 65,000 people, BBC reports, with several viewers commenting in support of attacks on 5G towers. The conspiracy has been promoted by celebrities, and some towers in the U.K. were actually set on fire.
While broadcast networks are currently experiencing widespread ratings gains as much of the country is in quarantine amid the global novel coronavirus crisis, executives behind the scenes are scrambling to plan for an uncertain future with their production pipelines frozen through at least the end of April.
With production stopped on both scripted series airing this spring and unscripted offerings expected to follow this summer, executives at ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox are now weighing their options. They could move forward with whatever inventory is actually ready (such as Fox's Hell's Kitchen) or save it for a fall schedule that, should the quarantine stretch into summer, could be devoid of first-run episodes. Many, who would only speak on the condition of anonymity given the rapidly changing nature of our current world, say they have found themselves prepping for multiple timelines.
In the more immediate term, insiders say taped-from-home specials like last week's Garth Brooks/Trisha Yearwood concert on CBS and Fox/iHeart's Concert for America are igniting bidding wars across the broadcast networks. Other specials - beyond the NBC-led cross-network global event - are rumored to be in the works, too, including at least one more that could be stripped across multiple networks. The Big Four are also said to be circling foreign acquisitions (à la ABC's former Canadian cop drama Rookie Blue), as they would during a potential writers strike. Though the strategy has historically failed to yield big ratings, these types of shows are cheap and, more important, complete. In fact, at least one of the Big Four is already said to have committed to a foreign pickup.
Multiple networks have begun meetings with their corporate siblings, too, as they look around their respective cable and streaming ecosystems for content that could line fall schedules should the production shutdown stretch beyond the summer, when most scripted series resume production. Networks previously turned to this strategy in the mist of the 2008 Writers Guild strike when Showtime's (edited) Dexter repeats aired on CBS.
Two pandas in Hong Kong mated for the first time in 10 years after the zoo shut its doors to the public over the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Ying Ying and Le Le, both 14 years old, had attempted to mate since 2010 but never managed to successfully do so, according to a press release from Ocean Park.
Yet in late March, Ying Ying, the female, began to show signs that her hormonal levels were changing and Le Le, the male, left scent-markings around his habitat while searching for Ying Ying's scent. The zoo noted this is common behavior during breeding season, which occurs between March and May.
On Monday at 9 a.m. local time, the two pandas successfully mated, the zoo said.
Last month, a quarantined nation barked out a laugh between their hacking coughs upon learning that, somewhere in the dark, musty halls of Universal Studios, there existed a "butthole cut" of Cats. The evidence? A tweet claiming one anonymous VFX producer was tasked with "[removing] CGI buttholes that had been inserted months before" the movie's final release.
Flimsy stuff, perhaps, but it appears the rumors are true. The Daily Beast tracked down down this hero, who, in a headline for the ages, declares "I edited out the buttholes from Cats. It was a nightmare." The VFX artist, who remains anonymous in the piece, says that production was halfway complete when the team first noticed the tiny puckers. "When we were looking at the playbacks, we were like, 'What the hell? You guys see that?!'"
They continue, "We paused it. We went to call our supervisor, and we're like, 'There's a fucking asshole in there! There's buttholes!' It wasn't prominent but you saw it… And you [were] just like, 'What the hell is that?... There's a fucking butthole in there.' It wasn't in your face-but at the same time, too, if you're looking, you'll see it." They do clarify, however, that the buttholes were not necessarily intended, but something that "just happened and slipped through." They also confirm that it was one single person's job to erase them from the backsides of Taylor Swift, Judi Dench, and the rest.
But what's more interesting about their account is the reveal of just how out of his element director Tom Hooper was. The source recalls 90-hour work weeks, and decries Hooper as a "horrible" and "condescending" director with no clue as to how animation works. At one point, they claim, Hooper demanded "to see videos of actual cats performing the same actions the cats would do in the film." The source says, "And as you know, cats don't dance."
They also allege the team was forced to work for six months on the film's two-minute trailer, which left them only four months to complete the rest of the film. This crunch made increasingly difficult by the number of visual effects supervisors who left the film due to Hooper allegedly talking to them like they were "garbage."
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