M Is FOR MASHUP - April 10th, 2019
the rillen rudi collection 17
By DJ Useo
…and the beat goes on! Your eyes aren't deceiving you,
rillen rudi
( sowndhaus.audio/profile/rillenrudi )
actually has a 17th collection of new mashups posted! I've been listening since album 1, so I'm ecstatic about this newest release. rr has an amazing gift for pairings, & he double pairs that with his refined production skills. The results speak for themselves through the new ten tracks this collection offers.
As is nearly always the case, home producers improve a lot with all the practice they put in. rr started as a strong mixer, & now it's 17 albums later! Thus, he always turns in a fantastic mix with high appeal. On this new assortment you'll find pairings like Delta Heavy vs Justin Timberlake, Etherwood vs Tom Petty, Karel Gott vs Red Hot Chili Peppers, & Emmas Imagination vs Rage Against the Machine, plus 7 other musical combinations. Each meets all expectations.
All ten tracks from "the rillen rudi collection 17"
( sowndhaus.audio/profile/rillenrudi )
are available as the first ten posts, plus there's some super-fine older tracks below those. The only bad news is rillen rudi's blog is inactive now, taking all the previous collection links with it. Perhaps if we pester him at his
f book page
( www.facebook.com/claus.rillenrudi )
, we can persuade him to re-host the previous 16 volumes. As I mentioned, they're all terrific from the first volume up.
Hopefully, rr will receive his due for this new volume, & will remain motivated to continue. When he does, I'll be sure & mention it here.
Catch you next Wednesday.
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Tim Schrandt of Ridgeway, Iowa | 1955 - 2019 | Obituary
A common line in obituaries is "He never met a stranger", in Tim's case he never met a rule he couldn't break, a boundary he couldn't push, a line he couldn't cross and a story he couldn't stretch. Another common obituary phrase is "He'd give the shirt off his back", well Tim was prepared to do that, and he could do it quickly, because he always wore his shirts unbuttoned ¾ the way down. Tim was anything but common! Despite his crusty exterior, cutting remarks and stubbornness, there is actual evidence that he was a loving, giving and caring person. That evidence is the deep sorrow and pain in our hearts that his family feels from his passing. Tim led a good life and had a peaceful death - but the transition was a bitch. And for the record, he did not lose his battle with cancer. When he died, the cancer died, so technically it was a tie! He was ready to meet his Maker, we're just not sure "The Maker" is ready to meet Tim.
Paul Krugman: Why Does Trump Want to Debase the Fed? (NY Times Column)
The tax cut fizzled; send in the clowns!
PETER BEINART: Elizabeth Warren's Charisma Didn't Suddenly Disappear (The Atlantic)
Female candidates face a "double bind," researchers say. When women are perceived as competent, they're less likely to be seen as inspiring.
Greg Sargent: The debate around Democrats and working-class whites is deeply confused (Washington Post)
We keep reading it again and again: One of the more "moderate" Democratic presidential candidates argues that the eventual nominee must do better in reaching out to working-class whites than Hillary Clinton did. In a narrow sense, it's hard to argue with this: Of course the nominee will need to improve on Clinton's performance among working-class whites, who went for Trump by a 67 percent to 28 percent margin. […] Why is it simply assumed that the candidates who are deemed to be more "moderate" have some kind of moral standing to be making this argument, as if they are guaranteed to perform better among that demographic than the others will?
Jack Needham: Too toxic to touch? Tribute acts in the age of #MeToo (The Guardian)
You'd think it'd be a hard time to be a Michael Jackson impersonator - yet business is booming for some acts mimicking problematic stars.
Sam Wollaston: "Billy Bragg: 'I love my country and I don't want it to make an absolute fool of itself'" (The Guardian)
The musician is back on tour and fronting a new documentary about skiffle. But he would rather talk about Brexit, Corbyn, progressive patriotism - and where he buys his hummus.
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Anecdotes
• Barbara Klassen's great-great uncle lived to be 106 years old. During that time, he was healthy and happy and he served as a chauffer to help other old but less-healthy senior citizens get around. On his 100th birthday, his driver's license needed to be renewed, but a clerk asked him, "You're 100 years old. What do you need a driver's license for?" He answered, "Somebody has to drive the old folks around!"
• Natalie Schafer, who played Mrs. Thurston Howell on Gilligan's Island, always kept her age a secret. Whenever she went to the doctor's and the doctor asked her for her age, she always told the doctor to look up what age she had said during her last appointment. However, checking on her last appointment never revealed her age, because she been using that trick all her adult life.
• Russell Johnson played the Professor on Gilligan's Island. Years after the series was over, he went into a Chinese restaurant to pick up some take-out food, and the Chinese proprietor asked, "You the Professor from Gilligan's Island?" Mr. Johnson replied that yes, he was, and the Chinese gentleman said, "Boy, you old!"
• When Sarah Bernhardt was 78 years old, she planned an American tour, and she told Alexander Woollcott, "Not a long tour this time. I am too old and frail to undertake one of those exhausting tours. Not a long one this time. Just Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Cleveland, Chicago and a few places like that."
• Conductor Arturo Toscanini was willing to admit when he had made a mistake. When he was old, he once told soprano Helen Traubel to change an emphasis in an aria, but then he reconsidered and told her, "You are right, and the old man, he is wrong."
• When he was a quite old man and suffering from arthritis, Lionel Barrymore was asked by a reporter if acting was as much fun as it had much for him. Mr. Barrymore replied, "Young man, I am 75. Nothing is as much fun as it used to be."
• When Harry Hershfield was an old man, he went to Paris for the first time, and he told a friend that he wished he had seen Paris 30 years earlier. The friend asked, "You mean when Paris was Paris?" "No," he said, "when Hershfield was Hershfield."
• Thomas De Quincey once attended a dinner party where an old woman talked on and on. His hostess apologized to him later, saying of the old woman, "She's practically in her dotage." Mr. De Quincey replied, "I would call it anecdotage."
• In 1997, Phyllis Diller, who is famous in part for her jokes about plastic surgery, celebrated her 80th birthday. She told her guests, "More men have worked on my face than on the Egyptian pyramids." To back up her statement, she gave each guest a list of the plastic surgery procedures she had undergone - the list included 18 improvements to her face and figure.
• Sam Mendes was very young - 23 years old - when he directed Judi Dench in three plays. During a conversation, they talked about some plays that Ms. Dench had starred in during the mid-1970s. Ms. Dench asked Mr. Mendes if he seen the plays, and he replied, "Well, no. I was 10 years old." Ms. Dench screamed, then pretended to choke him.
• "The only thing I've found in people who've had a lot of fun in life is that when they get old, they wish it hadn't ended. They have no remorse except the passing of time. I've never met any one who ever regretted any sort of fun, even if it was sinful." - Ben Hecht.
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Hollywood's Egyptian Theatre
Netflix
Netflix is in early talks to buy the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood from American Cinematheque in what would be the first movie theater acquisition for the streaming giant.
The proposed deal would likely play out with Netflix programming on weekday nights while the non-profit Cinematheque would program screenings, lectures, and festivals on weekends. The transaction would not include the Aero Theater in Santa Monica, Calif., which Cinematheque also programs. Additionally, it's not expected that the deal will impact Netflix's relationship with independent theater chains that show its films such as Landmark and Ipic.
If the deal goes through, Netflix could use the Egyptian to premiere potential awards candidates. The company already has a smaller screening room in their Hollywood headquarters, less than two miles away.
The Egyptian Theatre was opened in 1922 by Sid Grauman on Hollywood Boulevard, just east of McCadden Place. The facility has an ornate style evoking ancient Egypt with an open-air courtyard. The stage is flanked by carved columns and models of the Sphinx. The Egyptian launched with the premiere of "Robin Hood," starring Douglas Fairbanks, Wallace Beery, Sam De Grasse, Enid Bennett, and Alan Hale.
The facility was closed in 1992 and the American Cinematheque purchased the Egyptian from the city for $1 with the provision "that this historical landmark would be restored to its original grandeur and re-opened as a movie theatre showcasing the organization's celebrated public programming." It was re-opened in 1998 after Cinematheque completed a $12.8 million renovation.
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Limited Series Category
Emmys
The Television Academy just announced that it will no longer consider American Horror Story: Apocalypse, and second seasons of The Sinner and American Vandal as Limited Series for this year's Emmy competition.
They will be re-categorized as either Drama Series (Apocalypse, Sinner) or Comedy Series (Vandal) due to continuing story threads, characters and actors reprising those same character roles from previous seasons. The Academy says the re-categorization is effective for the 71st Emmy Awards competition only.
American Horror Story ushered in the current proliferation of limited series. This is the first time in the FX horror anthology's eight years on the air that it has been ruled ineligible for the limited series category, likely because of Apocalypse's ties to previous installments of the series..
While tackling different cases, the two seasons of TNT's Sinner shared a lead character, Detective Harry Ambrose, played by Bill Pullman.
The line between limited and regular series has been blurry, leading to occasional controversy. There were calls early on for AHS to be considered drama series since it produces multiple seasons and often features the same main cast season-to-season. Then there were protests when the first installment of HBO's Big Little Lies continued to compete as a limited series after HBO had picked up a second season to continue the story with the same characters. On the flip side, True Detective proactively submitted its first season as a drama and not limited series, which may have cost it in the overall Emmy haul.
Emmys
Single-Day Cash Winnings Record
'Jeopardy!'
James Holzhauer, a 34-year-old professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nev., just annihilated the "Jeopardy!" single-day cash winnings record.
Holzhauer won $110,914 on Tuesday. The previous single-game record of $77,000 was set by Roger Craig on September 19, 2010.
In addition to being a huge chunk of change, Holzhauer's $110,914 take has a special numerical significance: His daughter was born November 9, 2014 (11/09/14).
"I said all along that I wanted to break Roger Craig's one-game record and I did it," Holzhauer said.
Today's win was the fourth in a row for Holzhauer, whose winnings now total $244,365. Holzhauer will face two new challengers Wednesday, when he will attempt to win his fifth consecutive game.
'Jeopardy!'
Nashville Whiskey Distillery
Bob Dylan
The whiskey distillery Bob Dylan previously announced for Nashville is now set to become a place even a teetotaler could love. The project is becoming considerably more ambitious, with the addition of an arts center component that will include a performance space and a gallery for the singer's paintings and sculptures.
The only downside: what was last year declared as set to open in 2019 has now been pushed back to fall 2020.
Most intriguing to patrons of the Dylan-esque arts, imbibing or otherwise, is fresh news about a 360-seat concert venue, as well as a display space for Dylan's metal sculptures and other visual artwork. The facility has also been announced to include a restaurant as well as guided tours, a "whiskey library" and, of course, the distillery itself.
The downtown Nashville facility will now be called the Heaven's Door Distillery and Center for the Arts. The "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" reference in the name would have reason enough for being because of the location for the project - the 160-year-old former Elm Street Church - but it also ties in with Dylan's partnership with the Heaven's Door Spirits brand, which launched in 2018.
An announcement about expanded plans for the distillery comes on the 50th anniversary of the release of Dylan's "Nashville Skyline" album, which was recently the subject of a substantial exhibit at Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame for its influence on country-rock commingling.
Bob Dylan
Challenged For LGBTQ Content
Banned Books
More than half of the top 11 most frequently challenged and banned books of 2018 include LGBTQ content, according to a report released Monday by the American Library Association.
"Books for youth with LGBTIQ+ content are consistently on our list of most challenged books; this trend goes back to the mid-1990's, when Nancy Garden's 'Annie on my Mind' was banned by a school board in Texas," Deborah Caldwell-Stone, interim director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom, said in a statement. "That said, we are noticing a greater number of challenges to books with LGBTIQ+ content, especially those that have transgender characters and themes."
In 2017, four of the top 10 banned books were challenged for LGBTQ content, and in 2016, five were challenged for this reason.
The American Library Association usually releases a top 10 list of banned books, but selected 11 this year after two titles were tied for the list's final position. "This Day in June" and "Two Boys Kissing" were not only tied for 10th place on the list, but both books were also burned by a religious activist protesting a pride event in Orange City, Iowa, last December.
The ALA noted in its report that the book burning is part of a "worrisome trend" of employing "extreme tactics" in an attempt to censor information and ideas.
Banned Books
Files For Bankruptcy
Johnson Publishing
The chapter is closing for a key piece of Chicago's African-American history.
Johnson Publishing company, which created "Ebony" and "Jet" magazines, filed for bankruptcy this afternoon.
Jet switched to a digital-only format in 2014.
In 2016 , both magazines were sold to an equity firm while Johnson Publishing focused on its "Fashion Fair" cosmetics brand.
The publications covered every aspect of African American life and was published in Chicago for more than 70 years.
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'Monstrous' Fossil
Cthulu
An incredibly well-preserved fossil unearthed in Herefordshire has been named after a hideous creature from fiction: Sollasina cthulhu.
Although no larger than 3cm wide, its array of tentacles reminded the team who discovered it of the monster Cthulhu created by American author H.P. Lovecraft. A gigantic entity worshipped by cultists, the writer describes its appearance is described as looking like an octopus, a dragon, and a caricature of human form.
The fossil meanwhile, is thought to be a relative of tube-shaped sea cucumbers and spiny sea urchins still alive today. Scientists from both Oxford University and University College London said their "monstrous" new discovery provides new insights into the evolution of this group.
After grinding away at layer after layer of rock, they were able to create a digital reconstruction of the soft body preserved for 430 million years.
Publishing their findings in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the scientists said that like its descendants that still crawl along the ocean floor today, their specimen would have used its tentacles to shift itself around and catch food.
Cthulu
Prime-Time Nielsens
Ratings
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for April 1-7. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. NCAA Men's Final Four: Texas Tech vs. Michigan St., CBS, 15.84 million.
2. "Final Four Basketball Bridge," CBS, 13.77 million.
3. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 12.23 million.
4. "NCIS," CBS, 11.9 million.
5. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 10.51 million.
6. "ACM Awards," CBS, 9.92 million.
7. "60 Minutes," CBS, 9.51 million.
8. "FBI," CBS, 9.08 million.
9. "The Voice," NBC, 8.52 million.
10. "Chicago Fire," NBC, 8.25 million.
11. "This is Us," NBC, 8.23 million.
12. "Chicago Med," NBC, 7.96 million.
13. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 7.9 million.
14. "Mom," CBS, 7.61 million.
15. "Survivor," CBS, 7.43 million.
16. "NCIS: New Orleans," CBS, 7.15 million.
17. "Chicago PD," NBC, 6.87 million.
18. "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 6.86 million.
19. "Hawaii Five-0," CBS, 6.84 million.
20. "Bull," CBS, 6.79 million.
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