M Is FOR MASHUP - April 11th, 2018
the rillen rudi collection # 16 Arrives!
By DJ Useo
From Stuttgart comes a total master of bootleg mixing,
rillen rudi
( rillenrudi.blogspot.de/ )
. ( Intentional lower caps ) Over the course of 15 incredible albums, & over 160 singles, he's crafted tracks that hold vast appeal to a large audience. Now rr has dropped his amazing 16th edition,
"the rillen rudi collection # 16"
( rillenrudi.blogspot.de/2017/04/the-rillen-rudi-collection-16.html )
Featuring 10 superb mashups, this set will assuredly inspire you to obtain previous editions of his releases. There's lots of genre clash, wherein differing styles are combined in such a manner that there's often an elevation of content from the source tracks. rillen rudi always uses accessible music to begin his tracks. As proof, you will see tracks on this collection pairing artists like The Smiths vs Carly Rae Jepson, Bruce Hornsby vs Faith No More, Gwen Stefani vs Nirvana, & seven more.
You can
stream or download the individual tracks here
( hearthis.at/8qdjxkjg/set/the-rillen-rudi-collection-16/ )
or you can go whole hog, & grab
the complete zip file here
( rillenrudi.blogspot.de/2017/04/the-rillen-rudi-collection-16.html )
I know I always push mashups every week, but these are all creations well worth the listening. Hear for yourself why rillen rudi rules internationally by virtue of his DJ skills.
Another new mashup album coming next week. Hold onto your horses till then, if you can. ( Whoah, Nelly! )
Podcast of the week
"DJ Useo - April 2018 Rock Mashups Podcast" ( 1:16:09 ) A selection of rock mashups by the best.
Find it here
( hearthis.at/vxmfxz7w/01-dj-useo-april-2018-rock-mashups-podcast/ )
Recommended Reading
from Bruce
Paul Krugman: Obamacare's Very Stable Genius (NY Times Column)
The program has held up despite Trump's attempts at sabotage.
Jonathan Chait: New Budget Estimate Shows Trump Tax Cuts Created a Fiscal Disaster (NY Magazine)
The neoclassical economists of the late 19th and early 20th century believed the government should always balance its budget. Eventually, they mostly gave way to the theories of John Maynard Keynes, who argued that the government should deliberately run deficits during recessions. The modern Republican Party has pioneered a completely novel theory: Governments should balance their budgets when run by Democrats, and run extremely large deficits when run by Republicans.
Jonathan Chait: FBI Raids Home, Office of Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen, Who Could Be Guilty of So Many Crimes (NY Magazine)
Cohen is clearly in a lot of trouble. This is not a case of a highly respected pillar of the community being suddenly revealed to have a dark side. Perhaps the most surprising thing about Cohen's career is that up to this point he has avoided prison.
The American Killer Diet That's Sweeping the Planet (TED Talk)
Forget the latest disease in the news: Cardiovascular disease kills more people than everything else combined -- and it's mostly preventable. Dr. Dean Ornish explains how changing our eating habits can save lives.
B.D. MCCLAY: Witty Women (Weekly Standard)
Being known for being sharp means being recognized and marketed as a personality rather than an intellect. Being sharp is not the same thing as being profound or even smart; it signals a talent for observation, rather than insight or originality, and moves the kind of work these women did into the realm of natural instinct.
Suzanne Moore: Drill music isn't making boys kill each other - knife crime is about something much deeper (The Guardian)
Teenagers who kill are seen as gang members, criminals or dangerous thugs, not for what they really are. We need to look more closely at their trauma, and at our underfunded systems for dealing with it.
Jack Watkins: How We Made A Taste of Honey (The Guardian)
'I don't know how I landed the lead role. My only acting experience had been as the back legs of a horse at the Liverpool Playhouse' - Rita Tushingham
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Presenting
Michael Egan
said:
has returned to semi-retired status.
In memory.
Reader Suggestion
Michelle in AZ
Reader Comment
Current Events
Stuart shared this opinion piece from The Alabama Political Reporter:
The Alabamization of America
By Josh Moon
The Alabama Political Reporter
It seems as if the Alabamization of our federal government is now complete.
The final block fell into place on Monday, when the law office of the president's personal attorney was raided by FBI agents looking for evidence of, among other things, the lawyer's payoff of a porn star.
That does it.
Now America knows what it feels like to live in Alabama. To live under the most absurdly corrupt and defiantly stupid government imaginable.
Bonus Links
Jeannie the Teed-Off Temp
from Marc Perkel
Marc's Guide to Curing Cancer
So far so good on beating cancer for now. I'm doing fine. At the end of the month I'll be 16 months into an 8 month mean lifespan. And yesterday I went on a 7 mile hike and managed to keep up with the hiking group I was with. So, doing something right.
Still waiting for future test results and should see things headed in the right direction. I can say that it's not likely that anything dire happens in the short term so that means that I should have time to make several more attempts at this. So even if it doesn't work the first time there are a lot of variations to try. So if there's bad news it will help me pick the next radiation target.
I have written a "how to" guide for oncologists to perform the treatment that I got. I'm convinced that I'm definitely onto something and whether it works for me or not isn't the definitive test. I know if other people tried this that it would work for some of them, and if they improve it that it will work for a lot of them.
The guide is quite detailed and any doctor reading this can understand the procedure at every level. I also go into detail as to how it works, how I figured it out, and variations and improvements that could be tried to enhance it. I also introduce new ways to look at the problem. There is a lot of room for improvement and I think that doctors reading it will see what I'm talking about and want to build on it. And it's written so that if you're not a doctor you can still follow it. It also has a personal story revealing that I'm the class clown of cancer support group. I give great interviews and I look pretty hot in a lab coat.
So, feel free to read this and see what I'm talking about. But if any of you want to help then pass this around to both doctors and cancer patients. I need some media coverage. I'm looking for as many eyeballs as possible to read these ideas. Even if this isn't the solution, it's definitely on the right track. After all, I did hike 7 miles yesterday. And this hiking group wasn't moving slow. So if this isn't working then, why am I still here?
I also see curing cancer as more of an engineering problem that a medical problem. So if you are good at solving problems and most of what you know about medicine was watching the Dr. House MD TV show, then you're at the level I was at when I started. So anyone can jump in and be part of the solution.
Here is a link to my guide: Oncologists Guide to Curing Cancer using Abscopal Effect
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
TRUMPOLINI STRIKES AGAIN!
THE "EVIL DON".
TRUMPOLINI HAS A COW!
THE END OF THE BEGINNING.
Visit JD's site - Kitty Litter Music
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
14° cooler today.
RERUN
FRESH
Hollywood Walk O' Fame
Tracy Morgan
Comedic actor Tracy Morgan, who rose to prominence on sketch comedy series "Saturday Night Live" after growing up in one of New York City's toughest housing projects, said he felt right at home receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday.
With his trademark wide, mischievous grin, Morgan, 49, bent over and kissed the emblematic terrazzo and brass star along Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, now one of the city's most-visited sites but for decades was a home to L.A.'s underbelly.
"When I was a poor kid growing up in the projects in Brooklyn, I would never dream of having a star on the Walk of Fame," the comic known for his cringe-inducing style said.
"But now that I'm here, I have to tell you I feel pretty comfortable," the "30 Rock" star added. "I'll tell you why! Because of the smell of weed and stale urine - it's just like being in the projects. What would really make me feel at home, if somebody spray painted graffiti on my star."
Morgan, who stars in the new Time Warner Inc-owned TBS comedy "The Last O.G." with Tiffany Haddish, was introduced by Oscar winner Jordan Peele and comedian Martin Lawrence, who gave Morgan his first break in 1994 on his TV comedy series "Martin"
Tracy Morgan
Nominees
Peabody Awards
The jurors for the 77th annual Peabody Awards announced today the 60 nominees representing the best in storytelling. From news to podcasting to entertainment, the nominees represent the most compelling and empowering in electronic media for 2017. Those among the nominated are HBO's Insecure, the Emmy-winning Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale, Netflix's Cuban reboot of One Day at a Time and more.
The awards ceremony will be hosted by Hasan Minhaj of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (he's also nominated for his Netflix comedy special Hasan Minhaj: Homecoming) at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on May 19.
The ceremony will be in May, but the winning Peabody 30 programs and content will be revealed over the next several weeks in announcements by category: Documentary on April 17; Entertainment/Children's & Youth on April 19; and News/Radio/Public Service programming on April 24. The first-ever Peabody Career Achievement Award presented by Mercedes-Benz will be announced on April 12.
The nominees were selected from approximately 1,200 entries from television, radio/podcasts and the web. Other nominees include FX's X-Men adjacent series Legion, the Academy Award-nominated documentary Strong Island, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, CBS All Access' Star Trek: Discovery, Netflix's mockumentary American Vandal as well as the Amazon breakout comedy The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
The complete list of nominees - Peabody Awards
Marvel Creator
Stan Lee
Back in early February, fighting what he later called "a little bout of pneumonia," 95-year-old Stan Lee had an argument with his 67-year-old daughter, J.C. This was hardly unusual, but it seems to have been a breaking point.
The comic book legend - whose creative tenure at the helm of Marvel Comics beginning in New York in the early 1960s spawned Spider-Man, Black Panther and the X-Men and laid the foundation for superhero dominance in Hollywood that continues with the April 27 release of Avengers: Infinity War - sat in the office of his attorney Tom Lallas and signed a blistering declaration.
The Feb. 13 document, obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, begins with some background, explaining that Lee and his late wife had arranged a trust for their daughter because she had trouble supporting herself and often overspent. "It is not uncommon for J.C. to charge, in any given month, $20,000 to $40,000 on credit cards, sometimes more," the document states. It goes on to describe how, when he and his daughter disagree - "which is often" - she "typically yells and screams at me and cries hysterically if I do not capitulate."
Lee explains that J.C. will, "from time to time," demand changes to her trust, including the transfer of properties into her name. He has resisted such changes, he states, because they "would greatly increase the likelihood of her greatest fear: that after my death, she will become homeless and destitute."
Lee's estate is estimated to be worth between $50 million and $70 million (it's been reported he receives $1 million a year for his Marvel ties). And while his primary role with the company is now mostly ceremonial - including a cameo in nearly every film - he remains a deity in fanboy culture. Despite the fact that his health requires nursing care at home and on the road, up until his most recent illness, Lee was a jovial regular at international comic conventions, where he can draw thousands of paying autograph seekers.
Stan Lee
Big Increase
Antarctic Snowfall
Scientists have compiled a record of snowfall in Antarctica going back 200 years.
The study shows there has been a significant increase in precipitation over the period, up 10%.
Some 272 billion tonnes more snow were being dumped on the White Continent annually in the decade 2001-2010 compared with 1801-1810.
This yearly extra is equivalent to twice the water volume found today in the Dead Sea.
Put another way, it is the amount of water you would need to cover New Zealand to a depth of 1m.
Antarctic Snowfall
Show Canceled
Jamie Allman
A conservative commentator who sent a violent and vulgar tweet saying he would use "a hot poker" to sexually assault a 17-year-old survivor of a Florida high school shooting has resigned from a St. Louis TV station after several advertisers withdrew from his show. KDNL-TV has canceled "The Allman Report" and accepted Jamie Allman's resignation, according to a brief statement from Ronn Torossian, a spokesman for the Sinclair Broadcast Group, which operates the TV station.
"His show is canceled and he is off the air immediately," Torossian said in the statement, according to CBS St. Louis affiliate KMOV-TV.
Before the show's launch in January 2015, KDNL-TV touted it as a nontraditional newscast with a conservative spin.
Allman's also off the radio airwaves. Entercom spokeswoman Esther-Mireya Tejeda said Tuesday that his show on KFTK-FM has been taken off the air while the company "looks into the matter." Entercom has been operating KFTK-FM since last month. The station previously was owned by Emmis Communications.
Allman also served a six-month stint in 2004 and 2005 as chief spokesman for then-St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke and executive director of communications for the archdiocese. Archdiocese spokesman Gabe Jones didn't immediately respond to a phone call and email message seeking comment.
Jamie Allman
50 Geese
Idaho
A lightning strike in southwest Idaho reportedly killed a flock of snow geese during their migration to Canada. During a heavy hail and thunderstorm, more than 50 geese fell onto a parking lot in what witnesses have described as a "freak accident."
"Several of the geese had their stomachs blown open and all of them were dead. None were injured," Jacob Berl, a conservation officer from Idaho's Department of Fish and Game (IDFG), told EastIdahoNews.com.
Berl told the outlet that he picked up 48 Snow Geese and three Ross Geese, while others remained on rooftops from Saturday's incident in Idaho Falls.
A tornado threat and later a thunderstorm warning were issued for the area of Bonneville County, according to KIDK-TV. Local reports said that "quarter-sized hail" fell down in some areas amid strong winds and rain.
Since the dead geese were found in the same area, the geese likely died from a lightning strike. "Hail likely would have knocked them out of the sky but they would have been able to glide down and land at different places," Berl told EastIdahoNews.com.
Idaho
Human Evolution
Eyebrows
If you hadn't noticed, we humans have highly expressive eyebrows which play a major role in the non-verbal communication of our feelings and thoughts.
This feature may have had significant implications for the evolution of our species, according to researchers from the University of York, England.
The ancestors of modern humans once had a very pronounced ridge on their brow, as well as relatively inflexible, inconspicuous eyebrows. However, over time, our foreheads gradually became smoother and the eyebrows more visible and versatile. This change may have affected how human social groups functioned (although the York team stress that no definitive conclusions can be drawn).
"Clearly during our evolution, we developed more complex and larger social groups with many interdependencies," senior author of the paper. Paul O'Higgins, a professor of anatomy at York, told Newsweek.
"Eyebrows play a role in communicating thoughts and feelings and so are important in allowing us to 'read each other's minds' to communicate. This ability to 'mind read' may well have been very important in building large complex social groups that are mutually supportive-a key feature of human evolution."
Eyebrows
Lot of Sperm
International Space Station
For the first time, err, officially, NASA will set loose human sperm in outer space.
The Micro-11 mission, which made its way to space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket's Dragon resupply capsule, amounts to a bunch of containers of frozen human and bull sperm. Aboard the International Space Station (ISS), scientists will thaw the sperm, according to a NASA statement, and then study it to see how weightlessness affects its ability to move and prepare to fuse with an egg.
"Previous experiments with sea urchin and bull sperm suggest that activating movement happens more quickly in microgravity," NASA officials wrote, "while the steps leading up to fusion happen more slowly, or not at all. Delays or problems at this stage could prevent fertilization from happening in space."
NASA is sending up bull sperm along with human sperm, agency officials wrote, because the bull cells are more consistent in activity and appearance than human sperm. By studying it alongside the human sperm, astronauts will be able to figure out whether any strange behavior they're seeing is a result of something unusual about a particular sperm sample or the effects of microgravity.
Performing this experiment is about as close as NASA has ever come to acknowledging that, sooner or later, sex in space is almost certainly going to become a reality. While rumors have long abounded of Russian or American spacefarers hooking up in orbit, none have ever been officially confirmed. and most are likely false according to past reporting by Live Science sister site Space.com.
The sperm will eventually make its way back to a lab at the University of Kansas for further testing, according to another press release, where one of the scientists coordinating the study will perform further experients to see how time in space changed its behavior.
International Space Station
Prime-Time Nielsens
Ratings
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for April 2-8. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. "Roseanne," ABC, 15.4 million.
2. NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Michigan vs. Villanova, TBS, 13.33 million.
3. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 13 million.
4. "NCIS," CBS, 12.23 million.
5. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 11.66 million.
6. "Bull," CBS, 11.03 million.
7. "60 Minutes," CBS, 10.98 million.
8. "The Voice" (Monday), NBC, 10.03 million.
9. "The Voice" (Tuesday), NBC, 9.5 million.
10. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 8.75 million.
11. "NCIS: New Orleans," CBS, 8.44 million.
12. "Survivor," CBS, 8.42 million.
13. "The Middle," ABC, 8.38 million.
14. "Mom," CBS, 8.34 million.
15. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 8.14 million.
16. "Instinct," CBS, 8.12 million.
17. "Hawaii Five-0," CBS, 7.97 million.
18. "American Idol" (Sunday), ABC, 7.23 million.
19. "American Idol" (Monday), ABC, 7.16 million.
20. "The Big Bang Theory" (Monday), CBS, 6.93 million.
Ratings
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