The current state of mashups flows very much from the
European continent, but there has always existed some
US of A artists crafting wonderful tracks with great
appeal. From The Brat to Roy Batty to DJ Matt Hite, the
number of excellent American trackcrafters increases
steadily.
A perennial favorite who draws large numbers to his
site & his live shows is Party Ben. He's been a
provider of killer mashups & splendid long sets, &
he's been featured at clubs across the country &
internet/FM radio broadcasts. A longtime fixture at
Live 105 in San Francisco, Ben has produced countless
classic short tracks & over 100 SIXX MIXXES which
still reverberate across the 'internets'. Tracks like
"Walking With a Ghost in Paris" (2007 Remix) (Mylo
vs.Tegan & Sara) & "Confused Tobaco Bump" (Chemical
Brothers vs. John Williams) draw right-clickers at a
frantic pace. His recent long mix, PARTY BEN LIVE AT
BOOTIE 1/13/07 -A New Beginning is chock full of new &
reworked tracks that will have you bopping till you
are dropping. If you make it to Bootie NYC This Friday
the 18th at Element in Manhattan, you can witness his
skills in person.
DJ Riko has a large following anxious to hear his new
work. A proven bootleg commodity, he's delighted large
numbers of mix fans with his short mashups, his
longer mixes, & not-surprisingly, his classic yearly
Christmas mixes. He's been featured in the World Famous
Audio Hacker's Bootie Blog podcast (www.bootie.fm) &
starred at San Diego's M*A*S*H UP UNIT 619
(www.mashupunit619.com). His superfun track
"Whistler's Delight" has sample upon sample of
whistling from so many famous songs you'd pucker out
before you could count them. The track is so popular
you can buy it on vinyl
(www.prankmonkeyrecords.co.uk), backed by another big
cut of his, "PFunk is Playing at My House" featuring
vocals by Katie Enlow and Gerald A. Be sure & see
him live for his Riko act!
Providing energetic, inspired tracks with startling
regularity is Aggro1. Often employing louder, stompier
artists like Fear Factory & Junkie XL he
continuously manifests slamming works way worth the
bandwidth expense. You will be pleased mightily to hear
his 'The Eagles "Hotel California" v. Hustle
Athletics (a.k.a.Noisia) "San Francisco', or the
raucous '"Elton John "Saturday Night's Alright For
Fighting" v. D Wolf & T Snake "Sump Boy". Not much is
known of Aggro1 besides his music, but when you are
associated with finestkind tracks like 'The Doobie
Brothers "Long Train Runnin'" v. Dj Teebee & Noisia
"Whisperbox" you have a solid rep!
DJ Freddy, King of Pants, not only crafts wonderful
tracks, but also is the presenter of a mash-up
radio show at Seattle's C 89.5 FM (Every 3rd Tuesday
- 11 p.m. on www.c895worldwide.com), The King of
Pants Seattle all-mashup partys called "FrankenBOOT"
(ReBar - 1114 Howell) feature his gems among a blend
of all the new hot bootlegs. A long tradition there
locally, the fliers are sought-after collectors' items.
K.O.P has DJ'd for numerous clubs, & events in Seattle
& other cities including San Francisco, Las Vegas,
Atlanta and Vancouver BC, Canada. His "Badd To Me"
(Ying Yang Twins vs. The Cure) was featured on the
Best of Bootie 2005 cd giveaway & "Excited Genius"
(Janet Jackson vs Tom Tom Club) are big faves that
bear up through repeat plays.
Mix Of The Week- DVDA Productions has arranged over 80
tracks into a "Full Hour Mix Of Poptastic Dance
Mashup Bizniz". It's neither too busy, nor too hot. It's
just right!
Find it here - site4sound.co.uk/dvda-productions.htm
As you play that new Hip Hop song, remember your
forefathers fought for the right to play Ludacris!
Bill Moyers: Small Magazines, Big Ideas (commondreams.org)
It's time to send an SOS for the least among us-I mean small independent magazines. ... An impending rate hike, worked out by postal regulators, with almost no public input but plenty of corporate lobbying, would reward big publishers like Time Warner, while forcing these smaller periodicals into higher subscription fees, big cutbacks and even bankruptcy.
'Sicko' Shows Michael Moore's Maturity as a Filmmaker (foxnews.com)
Filmmaker Michael Moore's brilliant and uplifting new documentary, "Sicko," deals with the failings of the U.S. healthcare system, both real and perceived. But this time around, the controversial documentarian seems to be letting the subject matter do the talking, and in the process shows a new maturity.
Time is of the essence (guardian.co.uk)
Can 10 minutes' exercise really make a difference? Is there an optimum hour of the day for working out? Peta Bee reports.
Lana Cooper: Uncle Monk (popmatters.com)
A year after CBGB's closing, a traditional bluegrass band by the name of Uncle Monk is releasing their debut album. The kicker is, the singer/guitarist for this outfit is none other than Tommy Ramone. Yes, the Tommy Ramone of the Ramones. In doing so, Ramone resurrects the ghosts of CBGB & OMFUG and brings that attitude full-circle.
David Bruce: Wise Up! Money
Dee Dee Ramone could be pretty crazy. When the Ramones first played in London, their record company gave them unlimited room service, and Dee Dee acted the way that he thought a rock star should act and ordered so many bottles of Scotch that in two days his room service bill was $700. The record company representatives were surprised by the size of the bill, and they told Ramone, "We just thought you were going to order some cheese sandwiches and Coca-Cola."
zEN mAN (marveling at CC Myers who is the Contractor repairing the Bay Bridge Maze after a spectacular oil tanker fire. CC Myers was the low bidder but had a $200,000 dollar a day bonus incentive....he will finish 30 days early...right before Memorial Day...WOW)
CBS starts the night with a RERUN'NCIS', followed by a RERUN'Criminal Minds', then a RERUN'CSI: The 3rd One'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Stupid Pet Tricks, Rosie Perez, and Dr. Dog.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Jason Randal, Cat Deeley, and Albert Hammond Jr.
NBC opens the night with the RERUN'Saturday Night Live In the 90s: Pop Culture Nation', followed by 'Dateline'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Gov. Arnold $chwarzenegger, Debra Messing, and Fiction Plane.
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are America Ferrera, Eddie Izzard, and Mark "Dr. Bugs" Moffett.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson Daly are Naomie Harris and Ben Kweller.
ABC begins the night with a RERUN compilation 'Lost', followed by the 2-hour SEASON FINALE'Lost'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Ashley Judd, Matthew Bomer, and the Bravery.
The CW offers a RERUN'One Tree Hill', followed by another RERUN'One Tree Hill'.
Faux has the 2-hour SEASON FINALE'American Idol'.
MY has a FRESH'American Heiress', followed by a FRESH'Saints & Sinners'.
A&E has 'CSI: The 2nd One', another 'CSI: The 2nd One', and the movie 'A Few Good Men'.
AMC offers the movie 'Papillon', followed by the movie 'Enter The Dragon', then a FRESH'Hustle', followed by the movie 'Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] Gordon Ramsay's F Word - Episode 3;
[1:00 PM] What Not To Wear - Ep. 5 Mick Brown;
[1:30 PM] What Not To Wear - Ep. 6 Sue Young;
[2:00 PM] The Weakest Link - Episode 17;
[3:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 8;
[3:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 9;
[4:00 PM] Changing Rooms - Ep. 16 Cricket;
[4:30 PM] Changing Rooms - Ep. 17 Penarth;
[5:00 PM] Whose Line Is It Anyway? - TBA;
[5:30 PM] Whose Line Is It Anyway? - TBA;
[6:00 PM] The Weakest Link - Episode 18;
[7:00 PM] BBC World News - BBC World News;
[7:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 1;
[8:00 PM] How Not To Decorate - Episode 3;
[9:00 PM] Perfect Housewives - Episode 8;
[10:00 PM] Footballers Wive$ - Episode 2;
[11:00 PM] How Not To Decorate - Episode 3;
[12:00 AM] Perfect Housewives - Episode 8;
[1:00 AM] Footballers Wive$ - Episode 2;
[2:00 AM] The Weakest Link - Episode 18;
[3:00 AM] Brand New You - Episode 6;
[4:00 AM] Brand New You - Episode 7;
[5:00 AM] Brand New You - Episode 8;
[6:00 AM] BBC World News - BBC World News. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Reno 911!', 'South Park', another 'South Park', and 'Mind Of Mencia'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Lt. Col. Kevin Robbins.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Bob Deans.
FX has the movie 'Man On Fire', followed by the movie 'Goodfellas', then the movie 'Goodfellas', again.
IFC -
[06:30 AM] Garage Days;
[08:20 AM] The Big Kahuna;
[09:55 AM] Media Lab Shorts Uploaded;
[10:25 AM] The Station Agent;
[12:00 PM] Trust;
[01:50 PM] Garage Days;
[03:40 PM] The Big Kahuna;
[05:15 PM] The Station Agent;
[06:50 PM] IFC News Special;
[07:00 PM] Quitting;
[09:00 PM] Dahmer;
[10:45 PM] Ed Gein;
[12:20 AM] Red Bull Ride to the Hills;
[12:50 AM] Media Lab Results;
[01:00 AM] Dahmer;
[02:45 AM] Ed Gein;
[04:15 AM] The Grandfather. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Sundance -
[04:00 AM] Gridlock'd;
[06:00 AM] 14 Million Dreams;
[07:00 AM] In Short: Israel 2;
[07:00 AM] Boom!;
[09:00 AM] Santiago Calatrava's Travels;
[11:00 AM] September 11;
[01:00 PM] The Day of the Jackal;
[04:00 PM] Boom!;
[06:00 PM] Episode 2: Vex Not His Ghost;
[06:00 PM] September 11;
[09:00 PM] Episode 3: Take it Like a Man;
[10:00 PM] The Motel;
[11:00 PM] Godly Boyish;
[12:00 AM] Episode 6;
[12:00 AM] Episode 6: Dave Chappelle + Maya Angelou;
[01:00 AM] Dear Wendy;
[03:00 AM] I Want You;
[05:00 AM] Porn Shutdown. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Cast members Tracie Thoms (L) and Rosario Dawson embrace as they arrive for the gala screening of U.S. director Quentin Tarantino's film "Death Proof" at the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 22, 2007.
Photo by Yves Herman
Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese said Tuesday it was a "dream come true" to launch his international project at the Cannes Film Festival, where his "Taxi Driver" won the top prize in 1976.
He's backed by an advisory board of prominent directors, including Mexico's Guillermo Del Toro ("Pan's Labyrinth") and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu ("Babel"); China's Wong Kar-wai ("In the Mood For Love") and Britain's Stephen Frears ("The Queen.")
The idea stemmed from the work of The Film Foundation in the United States, which Scorsese founded in 1990 along with Woody Allen, Robert Altman, Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood, Stanley Kubrick, George Lucas, Sydney Pollack, Robert Redford and Steven Spielberg.
Though the U.S. foundation has saved many movies, 90 percent of American silent movies have been lost, as have half of all U.S. movies made before 1950, Scorsese said.
American Martin Scorsese, right, and British director Stephen Frears pose during a photo call for the World Cinema Foundation, at the 60th International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Tuesday, May 22, 2007.
Photo by Andrew Medichini
NBC News is dropping "Dateline NBC" anchor Stone Phillips in a cost-cutting move when his contract expires at the end of June.
Phillips won't formally be replaced. His co-anchor, Ann Curry, will continue and other "Dateline NBC" reporters will serve as on-air hosts when the newsmagazine presents stories they're working on, the network said Tuesday.
NBC News has been restructuring to cut costs. Earlier this spring, it didn't renew the contract of "Nightly News" weekend anchor John Seigenthaler.
The Phillips move was similar in that the network is concentrating money on reporting and more versatile personalities. Seigenthaler, for example, was replaced by Lester Holt - who's also host of "Weekend Today." Curry is a newsreader on "Today" and reporter for "Dateline."
GSN has acquired off-network rights to the William Shatner-hosted game show "Show Me the Money" from Disney-ABC Domestic Television (formerly Buena Vista Television).
GSN has acquired seven episodes of "Money," including two that never aired during the show's short-lived run in ABC primetime late last year. "Money" is set to air on GSN at 8 p.m. Tuesdays starting June 12; the two never-before-seen episodes will air July 17 and 24.
GSN and Disney-ABC Domestic TV declined comment on the financial terms of the deal.
American director Quentin Tarantino smiles during a press conference for the film 'Death Proof,' at the 60th International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Tuesday, May 22, 2007.
Photo by Francois Mori
Talk about bad timing. Paula Abdul broke her nose this weekend - just days before the season finale of "American Idol" - when she fell while trying to avoid stepping on her Chihuahua.
Abdul was recovering from the mishap and planned to appear on Tuesday and Wednesday night's shows, her publicist, David Brokaw said.
Abdul, 44, told syndicated entertainment TV show "Extra" that she tore cartilage in her nose and fractured a toe.
Herge, who created the immortal boy reporter Tintin, may have died of AIDS as the result of a blood transfusion, a biographer claimed on Tuesday, the centenary of the Belgian cartoonist's birth.
Herge, real name Georges Remi, died in 1983 when "HIV was already known but not identifiable in blood," said Philippe Goddin, who will publish his biography in the autumn through a publisher controlled by Herge's family.
Due to a rare congenital illness, coproporphyria -- an enzyme disorder -- Herge had blood transfusions every week towards the end of his life.
"He began to suffer repeated infections, which didn't tally with his coproporphyria," or the other medical problems he suffered from, Goddin said in Tuesday's edition of the Brussels newspaper Le Soir.
Actor Tom Sizemore pleaded not guilty to felony drug charges Tuesday in Kern County Superior Court, authorities said.
Sizemore, 45, was arrested May 8 after police found two bags of suspected methamphetamine and smoking pipes in his car parked outside a hotel in Bakersfield, about 110 miles northeast of Los Angeles, police said.
The actor, who at the time was still on probation for a previous drug conviction, faces seven drug-related charges, including transportation and possession of methamphetamines, possession of prescription drugs without the proper prescription and being under the influence of a controlled substance. He also faces a vandalism charge.
Model Caprice arrives for a gala screening of U.S. director Quentin Tarantino's film "Death Proof" at the 60th Cannes Film Festival May 22, 2007.
Photo by Eric Gaillard
A porn star claims a state trooper who stopped her on a highway let drug charges slide in exchange for oral sex. And she says she's got proof - the trooper's own video images of the roadside tryst. The allegations have led to a Tennessee Highway Patrol investigation and the trooper's suspension.
The trooper, James Randy Moss, declined to comment Tuesday. Highway Patrol spokesman Mike Browning confirmed investigators have interviewed the porn star, who is identified on a citation by her real name, Justis Richert.
On her blog, written under the screen name "Barbie Cummings," she goes into explicit detail about the encounter. She says she has photos and video footage of the encounter sent to her by the trooper, as well as a speeding ticket, to back up her story.
Oprah Winfrey says she was "stunned" to learn her father plans to write a book about her.
Winfrey told New York's Daily News that she laughed when one of her assistants told her the newspaper was calling to ask about a book Vernon Winfrey was writing. She says she called him and it turned out the report was true.
Winfrey says the worst part of his writing plans was him saying he meant to tell her he'd been working on it.
Staff of department of Fish Studies at the National Museum of Kenya display a Coelacanth fish caught by Kenyan fishermen at the coastal town of Malindi in a 2001 file photo. An Indonesian fisherman has caught a coelacanth, a fishery expert said on Monday.
Photo by George Mulala
With 13,600 kilometres (8,400 miles) already covered on his 19th century "penny farthing" bicycle, a 39-year-old Briton has embarked on one of the toughest legs of his world trek -- China.
Fresh from the roads of New Zealand where he was nearly run over by a lorry, Joff Summerfield is hoping that drivers in the nation known as the "Kingdom of Bicycles" will be more friendly.
The penny farthing is one of the world's earliest bicycles, boasting a giant front wheel that has a 47-inch diameter and a tiny back wheel.
Southeast Asian nations appealed Tuesday to Myanmar to free Aung San Suu Kyi, the democracy leader who has spent more than 11 of the last 17 years in detention.
Calls for Suu Kyi's freedom have been growing as she completes her latest detention term Sunday. The military government has given no indication it intends to release her from house arrest, and it is expected to renew its detention order.
The Nobel Peace laureate has given a face to the junta's history of political repression. Many nations have condemned her confinement, including Myanmar's fellow members in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Myanmar has been under military rule since 1962, and the current leaders took power in 1988. They called elections in 1990, but refused to recognize the results when Suu Kyi's party won a resounding victory.
The likeness of Cleveland Cavaliers' LeBron James graces one of dozens of large guitar sculptures in front of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Tuesday, May 22, 2007, in Cleveland. The GuitarMania project consists of large, oversize guitars that are transformed into works of art by local artists and national celebrities.
Photo by Mark Duncan
Ned Kelly, who became a folk hero of Australia's colonial past with his gangs' daring bank robberies and police shoot outs, was hanged for his crimes in 1880 and buried in a mass prison grave.
But now authorities say Kelly has again gone missing -- his remains that is. It seems Kelly's remains were dug up during drainage works in the 1950s and discarded.
Recent archaeological tests of the mass grave area of Pentridge Prison in the southern city of Melbourne failed to find any remains, said Ray Tonkin, head of Heritage Victoria.
Kelly was hanged at the Old Melbourne Gaol in 1880 and his remains, together with those of other executed prisoners, were moved to Pentridge in the 1920s and 1930s and buried in a mass grave. Until recently, authorities believed all executed inmates were buried in a designated area within the prison grounds.
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for May 14-20. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.
1. (1) "American Idol" (Wednesday), Fox, 28.05 million viewers.
2. (2) "American Idol" (Tuesday), Fox, 24.23 million viewers.
3. (6) "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 22.57 million viewers.
4. (7) "House," Fox, 21.19 million viewers.
5. (4) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 20.45 million viewers.
6. (5) "Dancing With the Stars" (Monday), ABC, 19.58 million viewers.
7. (9) "Desperate Housewives," ABC, 18.82 million viewers.
8. (10) "Dancing With the Stars Results" (Tuesday), ABC, 18.44 million viewers.
9. (10) "CSI: Miami," CBS, 16.63 million viewers.
10. (X) "Bob Barker: 50 Years," CBS, 14.33 million viewers.
11. (X) "The Price is Right Million-Dollar Spectacular," CBS, 13.99 million viewers.
12. (35) "King of Queens," CBS, 13.61 million viewers.
13. (X) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (Thursday, 10 p.m.), CBS, 13.33 million viewers.
14. (22) "Criminal Minds," CBS, 13.21 million viewers.
15. (23) "CSI: NY," CBS, 13.07 million viewers.
16. (32) "Law and Order: Special Victim's Unit," NBC, 12.75 million viewers.
17. (26) "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," ABC, 12.57 million viewers.
18. (14) "Lost," ABC, 12.32 million viewers.
19. (39) "Brothers and Sisters," ABC, 12.31 million viewers.
20. (18) "Heroes," NBC, 11.54 million viewers.
Sakorn Yangkhiawsod, one of Thailand's last great puppeteers and a world-renowned guardian of the traditional art form, has died peacefully aged 85, doctors said Tuesday.
The founder of the Joe Louis Puppet Theatre, the only troupe of theatrical puppeteers still performing daily in Thailand, Sakorn died from septicemia and acute renal failure at a private Bangkok hospital on Monday evening.
Born in 1922 to two puppeteers, Sakorn was named after a character in a play they were performing. He was also popularly known by his English nickname Joe Louis.
For decades, he struggled to help keep alive a tradition of theatrical puppetry that dates back to the 11th century in Thailand, as many Thais instead turned towards western pop culture.
In 1985, Sakorn set up Bangkok's Joe Louis Puppet Theatre, where puppeteers skillfully manipulate metre-high papier-mache figures to act out mystical plays and traditional Asian epics.
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