M Is FOR MASHUP - RERUN - May 15th, 2019
M Is For Mashup
By DJ Useo
Friends came to visit last Sunday. Amazingly, they had NEVER heard mashups, let alone heard OF them. This gave me the fun of selecting which tracks they'd be exposed to first. Well, they were perplexed some, & also pleased to a high degree. To process this new sound experience, their left, & right side of their brains had to percieve together what was happening audio-wise. This is not always an easy task for newbies. In many case, the artists mixed were unknown & the comment was made, & repeated "is this a mashup, or a regular song?". Here's a fine new batch of recently released blends. It's likely you won't know the artists employed. Give them a try, & see if you can tell which type of track it is.
01 - DRA'man - "Trouble et Moi" ( Anouk vs Jacques Dutronc )
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02 - Martinn - "Arcade DGAF" ( Dua Lipa vs Duncan Laurence )
( sowndhaus.audio/track/12942/arcade-dgaf-dua-lipa-vs-duncan-laurence )
03 - SMASH - "Honestly Sweet But I Like It Psycho" ( Ava Max vs Multiple Artists )
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04 - Star Man / YITT - star icon "Loaded City" ( Power Glove vs Starship ) star icon
( sowndhaus.audio/track/12931/-power-glove-vs-starship-loaded-city-star-man-mashup- )
05 - Grave Danger - "Broken One More Time" ( Daft Punk vs lovelytheband )
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06 - DJ Useo - "Love Missile Bereft" ( Sigue Sigue Sputnik vs IERRP )
( sowndhaus.audio/track/12900/sigue-sigue-sputnik-vs-ierrp )
So, how did that go for you? Did you notice that they began very "normally', & progressed to a more bootleg sound?
Have fun giving this "test" to your friends. I wager you'll be surprised how few of your pals even know of mashups.
from Bruce
Anecdotes
Heroes
• On the beach of Daytona Beach, Florida, in March 2011 a woman snatched the purse of Angela Baldwin and took off running. Angela’s two children — 12-year-old Angel Baldwin and 10-year-old Carina Baldwin also took off running — after the purse-snatcher. Angel said, “I kept saying, ‘Give me my mom’s purse back,’ and she kept saying. ‘I have no idea what you’re talking about.’” Carina followed the woman into a woman’s restroom, and the woman tossed the purse away and then ran away again. Police arrested and charged a woman with grand theft charges soon after. The two children are heroes, but their mother says, “I’m very proud of them, but I did have a stern talk with them never to do this again … next time you call for help!” So what do Angel and Carina want to do when they grow up? They say that they want to go into law enforcement.
Husbands and Wives
• Patricia Morrison played bass in bands such as The Damned, and she noticed a lot of things that most people don’t notice. For example, she noticed that the lead singer of The Damned had “a good behind to look at. Being behind the singer at most of the gigs, you notice things like that.” By the way, she married the lead singer: Dave Vanian. (She says it was love at first sight, but the first sight was before she became the bass player in The Damned.) The person who married them — in Las Vegas — was an Elvis impersonator.
• Husband-and-wife comedy team Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara met because of an agent. Mr. Stiller was outside the agent’s office waiting to be interviewed for a job when he heard a woman scream and run out of the agent’s office. The woman, an attractive redhead (Ms. Meara, of course) told him that the agent had chased her around the room. Mr. Stiller says that he went into the office to confront the agent — and the agent chased him around the room. Neither got the job they “interviewed” for, but both got each other.
• Art Linkletter was a famous daytime TV show host in the mid-20th century. On one of his shows, a woman won a mink stole, and Mr. Linkletter put it around her shoulders and then told her, “Wait until your husband sees you in this. I bet he’ll say you’re beautiful.” The husband was then led onstage, and Mr. Linkletter saw that the man was blind. Fortunately, the husband said exactly the right thing, “You’re absolutely right, Mr. Linkletter. I can see that she is beautiful.”
• Mark Twain enjoying swearing, a habit his wife deplored. One day, Mr. Twain cut himself shaving, and he unleased a steady stream of swear words. His wife, hoping to cure him of his bad habit, in a calm voice repeated every swear word he had shouted. Mr. Twain was unrepentant, merely remarking, “You have the words, my dear, but you don’t know the tune.”
• Vadim Rindin, the husband of Soviet ballerina Galina Ulanova, had a good sense of humor. Before signing a contract written in English, he took off one pair of spectacles and put on another, saying, “These are German spectacles. I think I should wear my English ones for this.”
• Carole Lombard’s second husband was William Powell. On her honeymoon, she sent this telegram to her friends: “NOTHING NEW TO REPORT.”
Illnesses and Injuries
• Art Linkletter was a famous daytime TV show host in the mid-20th century. He once took part in a miracle. He and his wife, Lois, were in Tahiti following a visit to their ranch in Australia when they received a telegram that his wife’s mother, Peg, had suffered a stroke and was unconscious. Of course, they immediately came home, and Mr. Linkletter followed an impulse to hold his mother-in-law’s hand and tell her in a voice of authority, “Peg, I know you can hear me. Lois and I have flown all the way from Australia to tell you about our sheep. Now open your eyes and say hello.” Peg opened her eyes and said, “Hello, Art.” Then she closed her eyes again. This time, Mr. Linkletter said, “Come on, now keep those eyes open. We love you.” She opened her eyes, and this time they stayed open. Mr. Linkletter says, “It was the only miracle I ever witnessed. I was glad it was for my mother-in-law.”
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Track: "Dreaming is Dangerous"
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Artist: Jess Morrison
Artist Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
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“Playing music in my bedroom since 2010.”
Jess Morrison blends the saccharine wholesomeness of the ukulele with bluesy vocals and candid, introspective storytelling. Heavily inspired by indie pop and new wave hooks and anchored by singer-songwriter sensibilities, Jess is a dynamic writer and high-energy performer.
Jess Morrison - ukulele, guitar, vocals
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With a flamethrower, no less. She failed, and that was the point.
On Monday night, timed for PEN America’s annual gala, Atwood and Penguin Random House announced that a one-off, unburnable edition of “The Handmaid’s Tale” would be auctioned through Sotheby’s New York. They launched the initiative with a brief video that shows Atwood attempting in vain to incinerate her classic novel about a totalitarian patriarchy, the Republic of Gilead. Proceeds will be donated to PEN, which advocates for free expression around the world.
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The audience included Jamala, a Ukrainian singer whose “1944” won the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. The Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York sang Ukraine’s national anthem and filled the aisles for the closing number, “Somewhere” from Bernstein’s “West Side Story.” Many of the performers joined in a rare moment when Kissin and Midori sang in performance.
Highlights included Warren’s soaring “The Impossible Dream (The Quest)” from Mitch Leigh’s “The Man of La Mancha,” Warren and Vosk performing Carole Bayer Sager’s “Prayer,” Perlman and Kissin performing John Williams’ theme from “Schindler’s List,” and Kissin’s impassioned rendition of Chopin’s Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor.
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From an imprisoned Ukranian journalist to a high school activist in Florida, PEN America paid tribute Monday night to democracy and free expression and warned about the dangers faced in the U.S. and abroad.
“Instead of being able focus on menial responsibilities such as school work, my generation has been forced to rapidly mobilize and fight for our future,” Florida teenager Jack Petocz, a prominent opponent of the state’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill, said Monday. “If our collective voice couldn’t make a difference, then they wouldn’t be trying so hard to silence it.”
Marking its 100th year, the literary and human rights organization held its annual fundraising dinner gala, as some 650 authors, publishers, editors and others gathered at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan. Petocz was given the PEN/Benenson Courage Award, author Zadie Smith the literary service award and Audible.com founder Donald Katz the award for being a business visionary. Actor—comedian-commentator Faith Salie hosted.
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"F--- you @tedcruz you care about a fetus but you will let our children get slaughtered. Just get your ass to Cancun. You are useless," Gallego wrote on his personal Twitter account.
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Last week’s No. 1 program was the Golden State-Dallas conference finals matchup in which the Warriors extended their winning streak to three out of three. The first two games were among the top 10 programs, with playoff games overall claiming a quarter of the top 20, according to Nielsen figures released Tuesday.
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2. “FBI,” CBS, 7.15 million.
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7. “NCIS,” CBS, 6.51 million.
8. “American Idol,” ABC, 6.49 million.
9. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 6.28 million.
10. “Chicago Med,” NBC, 6.24 million.
11. NBA Playoffs: Boston at Miami (Tuesday), ESPN, 6.07 million.
12. NBA Playoffs: Boston at Miami (Thursday), ESPN, 6.05 million.
13. “FBI: International,” CBS, 5.82 million.
14. “Survivor,” CBS, 5.7 million.
15. “911,” Fox, 5.56 million.
16. “The Neighborhood,” CBS, 5.5 million.
17. “Chicago PD,” NBC, 5.47 million.
18. “FBI: Most Wanted,” CBS, 5.46 million.
19. “Bob Hearts Abishola,” CBS, 5.33 million.
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