M Is FOR MASHUP ~ RERUN ~ from April 21st, 2010
Enough Mashup Records To Stun An Ox
By DJ Useo & Readers
Check it out! There's a confluence of the mashup constellation, & that always means lots of GREAT new bootleg albums! 2010 continues to be the year of the mashup album with an incredible FOUR new compilations released just in time for this article. I see you can't wait, so let's get to the tunes.
First up is 'AudioPorn All Stars VS The Young Punx - MASHED POPPED PUNKED' is too good to be believed. But if you hear it you will believe. A group of the world's best mashup producers have mashed the new YOUNG PUNXS album. It's packed full of goodness from mixers like Dunproofin', Copycat, Phil RetroSpector, Simon Iddol, DJ Schmolli, & the world-travellers, A plus D. The Young Punx album was already great so this is like a bonus disc mixed by finestkind producers like dj BC, & Divide & Kreate. I am not overstating & I make no money on the deal .lol.
Check it out for yourself here
( audioporncentral.com/mashedpoppedpunked )
You are going to love 'Frenchtastic', a mashup double cd compilation featuring the finest tracks, new & already-released from all-French Bootleggers. It never lets up with the full-on mixing thrills given by the likes of DJ Zebra, ElectroSound, Elocnep, Michmash, Mighty Mike & Sugamotor, among many more. These tunes use all the best, well-known artists & can rock your world. This is another perfect example of why the bootleg scene thrives. The production skills displayed would not be untoward if found on a label release. Sizzle your itunes player with Frenchtastic
here
( frenchtaztic.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/frenchtasti/ )
Adding to the already substantial mashup joy is 'Off The Beaten Meter' the finestkind new compilation of bootlegs/mash-ups employing time signatures other than 4/4. This is where you step outside the club scene music. It's true, this collection goes to all the 'other' beat patterns,l ike 7/8, 2/3,& 3/8ths. They really exist. I played in the symphony & I've witnessed it first-hand. These great bootleggers know them too & prove it with tunes you'll love! DJ Not-I, ToTom, G3rst, Andrewherring, & Lee Spoons are the tip of the iceberg as far the dj talent on this one. The record was conceived and compiled by DJ not-I, which is a big reason to go
here & hear it
( offthebeatenmeter.blogspot.com/2010/04/compilation.html )
Next up we reach 'Rillen Rudi Collection 21-30' the 3rd collection of Rillen Rudi mashups. This collection will knock your socks off! All the tracks are audience-tested & display the fine gift Rudi has for pairings of splendid appeal. 'My Bloody Voodoo Epic' (The Prodigy vs Slayer vs Faith No More), '21 Jokers' (Green Day vs Steve Miller Band), & 'Hey Man, Nice Kyoto' (Air vs Filter) will be on your must-play list for a long while. There's more righteous mashups on here for you to enjoy, so
go to his site & witness the proof
( rillenrudi.blogspot.com/2010/04/rillen-rudi-collection-21-30.html )
Have a great time with these releases & tell your friends. These records are great facebook & twitter fodder. More mashup comps coming soon, so clear your hard drives!
Mix Of The Week
The Beatles remixers have a new set out of the acclaimed 'You Can't Mash That' series. It's an albums' length of super Fab Four-ish mixing from Terminus with some great parts featuring MP3J, BDj, Phil Retrospector, Air Raid,& even a track from me, DJ Useo. The entire series of 'You Can't Mash That' is must-hear mixing, but this new one will make your day.'You Can't Mash That Volume XVII' is
here -
( beatlesremixers.freeforums.org/you-can-t-mash-that-volume-xvii-t770.html )
Mashup Tip
Pellas are more mixable at room temperature. Set them out them out 30 minutes before mixing.
Latest Useo dealio
More Beatles-like mixing from me this week with Here's a double a-side presentation in the form of '
For You Moog' (The Beatles vs Coldcut), & 'More Beatles & Pieces' (The Beatles vs Coldcut).Witness high creative fervor like you haven't heard lately. Find them
here
( groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2010/04/thebeatles-vs-coldcut.html )
Thanks everyone for reading my little column.
I do it because I know you loves the tunes too.
Now please continue with your Bartcop E reading.
(Personally, I'm stumped on the trivia question.)
DJ Useo's Podcast
Recommended Reading
from Bruce
RON LIEBER: Placing the Blame as Students Are Buried in Debt (nytimes.com)
Like many middle-class families, Cortney Munna and her mother began the college selection process with a grim determination. They would do whatever they could to get Cortney into the best possible college, and they maintained a blind faith that the investment would be worth it.
Scott Burns: The Dirty, Soiled, Lousy, Filthy and Smutty Rich (assetbuilder.com)
Why bother to save and invest, if your savings produce no income?
This is not a philosophical question. It is a practical question. It's also a question that Mr. Bernanke, the Chairman of our central bank, has yet to ask.
Dr. Rallie McAllister: Regular Exercise Still Important for Older Americans (creators.com)
No matter how old you are, it's never too late to start exercising. In fact, if you're an older adult, stepping up your activity level is one of the best ways to improve your health.
"The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives" by Otto Penzler: A review by Chris Bolton
Writers are invariably asked where they find their inspiration, and consistently answer that story ideas come from every which direction.
Lucy Mangan: Stig, Charlotte, Charlie, Mister Tom and me (guardian.co.uk)
Seventy years of publishing classic children's books - but which should be the Puffin of Puffins?
Make a book of your own (guardian.co.uk)
Don't know where to store all those random bits of information you scribble on Post-its, then lose? Oliver Burkeman has the answer.
Trish Bendix: An Interview with Melissa Etheridge (afterellen.com)
The legendary musician talks about her new album, Fearless Love, being a single woman and why she doesn't mind faux-lesbianism from pop stars.
Black Eyed Peas' Will.i.am on rave culture (latimes.com)
"The underground is bigger than the surface. That's what people don't understand."
Carla Hall: Phil Spector's wife says he produced her album, but some are skeptical (Los Angeles Times)
Music producer Phil Spector was legendary for his work with Tina Turner, the Ronettes, the Beatles.
Richard Stayton: An uneasy ride with Dennis Hopper (latimes.com)
A writer's tortured 10-year relationship with the actor never produced the biography originally sought by Hopper, who feared opening a Pandora's box of the past. What was revealed was a serious careerist who tenaciously managed his sobriety.
Ben Stiller: 'I never talk to my shrink about comedy' (guardian.co.uk)
In his latest film, Ben Stiller plays a man having a midlife crisis. Is it a case of art imitating life? Tom Shone asks him.
Sam Adams: Clint Eastwood and Sergio Leone's wild West (latimes.com)
American westerns are origin stories, myths about the founding of culture and the establishment of law. Leone's, born of a childhood lived under the heel of fascism, mistrust any kind of authority. Officials are corrupt and weak-willed; government is absent. Better an anarchic world than one ruled by liars and tyrants.
David Bruce: "Homer's 'Odyssey': A Retelling in Prose" (lulu.com)
Free download at http://stores.lulu.com/bruceb. This is a retelling of Homer's "Odyssey" in novel form.
David Bruce: Wise Up! Couples (athensnews.com)
Nick Lachey of the pop group 98 Degrees is a romantic. When he was dating Jessica Simpson, she went on a tour opening for Ricky Martin. At each of her stops, he faxed her one letter of the alphabet. When all of the letters were put together in order, they spelled, "Jess, you complete my soul."
The Weekly Poll
New Question
The 'Shut up and Pay up' Edition
Hillary Clinton struck a strong populist chord while wading into territory secretary of states rarely go last Thursday: Domestic policy... "The rich are not paying their fair share in any nation that is facing the kind of employment issues [like the U.S.] - whether it's individual, corporate or whatever the taxation forms are," ...
I think we can all agree that corporations are getting off easy, tax-wise, but what about 'rich' individuals? Two questions:
1.) What is your definition of 'rich' for an individual/family?
and
2.) What do you think their 'fair share' in taxes should be?
Send your response to
wrote:
From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'
BadtotheboneBob
Desert Sand Storm
Like a scene from a Hollywood disaster movie, a towering cloud of sand dwarfs the rows of uniform houses as it descends on a small village in central China...
Golmud is home to 200,000 people with 140,000 living in the city centre. The new industrial city is built on a flat expanse close to the borders of the Gobi desert, which is the largest desert in Asia. Although not an ideal place to live, tens of thousands of people have relocated there to work at the salt lakes in the region...
Desert storm: Huge cloud of sand descends on Chinese village | Mail Online
Thanks, B2tbBob!
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Coastal Eddy brought in his old pal, June Gloom. Quite nice.
Gershwin Prize for Popular Song
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney, who has been knighted by the queen of England, is being honored with Washington's highest award for pop music this week by the Library of Congress. The Gershwin Prize for Popular Song is named for the U.S. songwriting brothers George and Ira Gershwin, whose collections are housed at the library.
The 67-year-old McCartney said he's "slightly nervous" about performing about three feet in front of President Barack Obama in the East Room at the White House on Wednesday, when he will be presented the award.
The former Beatle says it's very special to win the Gershwin Prize because he grew up listening to music by the Gershwin brothers.
Performers also will include White Stripes singer and guitarist Jack White, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, singers Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello and others.
Paul McCartney
Named Greatest TV Character In 20 Years
Homer Simpson
The star character of long-running U.S. cartoon series "The Simpsons" beat schoolboy wizard Harry Potter and vampire slayer Buffy to take top place in the survey for U.S. entertainment magazine Entertainment Weekly.
Harry Potter, created by British author JK Rowling and played by actor Daniel Radcliffe in six films, was described as a "global icon" to take the second place in the magazine's poll.
The star of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," played by Sarah Michelle Gellar, came third in the list followed by Tony Soprano from HBO drama series "The Sopranos" and comic book villain the Joker played by late Australian actor Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight."
Rounding out the top 10 were Rachel from "Friends," Edward Scissorhands from the movie of that name, Hannibal Lecter played by British actor Anthony Hopkins, Sarah Jessica Parker's Carrie Bradshaw from "Sex and the City," and cartoon character Spongebob Squarepants.
Homer Simpson
Not A Spy
Joe McGinniss
A writer working on a book about former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says he moved to her hometown to talk to her longtime acquaintances, not to spy on the family.
Joe McGinniss said Tuesday on NBC's "Today" show that the price was right on the house next door to the Palins. He says he needs to be in Wasilla* to do his work.
Palin posted on Facebook last week that she wondered what McGinniss would gather "while overlooking Piper's bedroom, my little garden, and the family's swimming hole?"
McGinniss called Palin's comments "ugly innuendo" and "revolting."
An editorial posted Saturday by Palin's hometown newspaper implied that the former governor or neighbors could shoot McGinniss if they felt their life or property were threatened.
Joe McGinniss
* Wasilla is the meth-capital of Alaska.
Finds 'Highway to Hell'
AC/DC
Australian rock group AC/DC may have played their hit "Highway to Hell" thousands of times, but they never expected they would actually get stuck on one in remote Romania.
"The band's caravan was stopped at the border with Hungary by employees of the national roads company who asked them to pay 50 euros for each vehicle, or a total of 2,500 euros, before they were allowed to leave the country," the company's manager Doina Tiron told AFP on Tuesday.
The overzealous staff argued the drivers had not paid the highway toll, she added.
The company has opened an investigation into the allegations.
AC/DC
Releases Love Letters From Burton
Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor has made public for the first time her love letters from Richard Burton, giving new insight into a passionate, playful but turbulent romance that spanned 20 years and two marriages.
But Taylor is keeping one letter private, according to Vanity Fair magazine in an article in its July edition.
It was written by Burton just days before his death in Switzerland in 1984 of a brain hemorrhage and reached the actress in California after she returned from his memorial service.
Burton wanted to come home to her, Vanity Fair said, after Taylor read the letter she keeps in her bedside drawer to the magazine's contributing editor Sam Kashner and to Nancy Schoenberger.
Elizabeth Taylor
For Sale
Bond's Aston Martin
James Bond's 1964 Aston Martin DB5, dubbed by auto auctioneers RM Auctions on Tuesday as the "world's most famous car," will go under the hammer in London in October and is expected to fetch over $5 million.
It is the first time the distinctive silver-colored car has been available to the public to buy.
It is one of two, and the sole remaining, of the original "007" DB5s that appeared on screen with Sean Connery behind the wheel in "Goldfinger" and "Thunderball," RM Auctions said in a statement.
The model comes complete with its "Q-Branch" gadgets including machine guns, bullet-proof shield, revolving number plates, tracking device, removable roof panel, oil slick sprayer, nail spreader and smoke screen.
Bond's Aston Martin
30 Years Later
Buzzcocks
"And I'm surfing on a wave of nostalgia/For an age that's yet to come." Pete Shelley, the lead singer of the Buzzcocks, wrote those wistful words 32 years ago, during the short-lived punk revolution that unleashed bands like the Sex Pistols and the Clash on the musical landscape in the late 1970s.
Fast-forward to 2010, and Shelley is happily surfing that wave, singing the aforementioned "Nostalgia" as well as older songs such as "Boredom" and "Orgasm Addict" for youngsters raised on the likes of Green Day. Now, those kids can see for themselves how much the fast-paced power-punk melodies of contemporary chart-toppers owe to the Buzzcocks.
Shelley is both flattered and baffled by the wealth of bands that claim to be influenced by the Buzzcocks. "There's been lots of quite famous bands who've said, 'If it wasn't for you...' which is good in a way."
He feels similarly about Iggy Pop. "I bought him a drink once. I said, 'I'll buy you a drink because I've nicked so much off of you," he chuckled. He found himself in the opposite spot when Alan McGee, founder of Creation Records -- home to The Jesus And Mary Chain and Oasis -- cornered Shelley in a pub.
Buzzcocks
Joins Effort To Plug Gulf Gusher
James Cameron
Filmmaker James Cameron and another Canadian who built submersibles for the director's 1989 thriller "The Abyss" joined talks on Tuesday in Washington on innovative ways of capping the Gulf oil spill.
Cameron and Phil Nuytten, head of North Vancouver-based Nuytco Research, were to join several deepwater and oil sector experts meeting with Environmental Protection Agency officials, a spokeswoman for Nuytco told AFP.
No details of their talks were immediately available.
Nuytten is a diving pioneer who conceived of a rotary joint technology used in his company's renowned Newtsuit and other diving suits used in underwater exploration and rescues.
James Cameron
Quirk In Law Slows Extradition
Beresford-Redman
"Survivor" producer Bruce Beresford-Redman has said he returned to his Los Angeles home after leaving Mexico without his passport last month.
Still, authorities in Mexico said the extradition process requires a search of that country to determine that a suspect is not there before an extradition request is made to another nation.
Evidence against Beresford-Redman includes unspecified testimony by hotel employees and tourists, and contradictions by Beresford-Redman, the prosecutor said.
A judge in Mexico issued an arrest warrant Monday for the producer in the death of Monica Beresford-Redman. Her body was found April 8 in a sewer at the resort where the family was staying.
Beresford-Redman
Plea Deal
Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen, star of hit TV sitcom "Two and a Half Men," is expected to enter a new plea of no contest to assaulting his wife in Colorado last year and could spend up to 30 days in jail, reports said on Tuesday.
Celebrity website TMZ.com said Sheen, 44, will enter the plea to a misdemeanor assault charge and, with credit for good behavior, a possible 30-day jail sentence could be reduced to 17 days.
Sheen, the highest paid actor in television, is due in an Aspen courtroom Monday June 7 to face a judge in the matter.
An original trial date was set for July 21, but late last week, officials in Aspen scheduled Monday's hearing. Since then speculation has been that he will change his plea to no contest and spend time in jail to avoid a lengthy probation.
Charlie Sheen
Blasts NY Times Writer
M.I.A.
Recording artist M.I.A. takes aim at "journalists," "haters" and "racists" in a new song called "I'm a Singer," which she posted to her official website Sunday in response to a New York Times profile.
"So you wanna hear about my politics? I can show you things that would make you sick," M.I.A. raps on the song. "And the story's always f***ed by the time it hits/And why the hell would journalists be thick as s**t?/'Cause lies equals power equals politics."
Written by Lynn Hirschberg, the New York Times piece contrasts M.I.A.'s lifestyle with her politicized image and music, particularly her connection to a militant Sri Lanka group, the Tamil Tigers, that has led some to describe her as a terrorist. "'I kind of want to be an outsider,' she said, eating a truffle-flavored French fry," Hirschberg writes of M.I.A. in the story. "'I don't want to make the same music, sing about the same stuff, talk about the same things. If that makes me a terrorist, then I'm a terrorist.'"
The New York Times profile isn't the only M.I.A. story generating controversy. The singer has been speaking to several outlets to promote her July 13 album, "/\/\ /\ Y /\" ("Maya"), and in an interview with Nylon, she shares her thoughts on Google and Facebook. "(They) were developed by the CIA, and when you're on there, you have to know that," she says.
M.I.A.
Thieves Swipe Band's Wardrobe
'Tonight Show'
Los Angeles police say thieves have taken at least $5,600 worth of clothing from "The Tonight Show" band.
Lt. Bob Binder says a wardrobe employee for the show reported Monday that dozens of jackets, shirts and shoes were taken from a rented storage space where fittings were held.
Police say the 35 pairs of shoes alone were worth about $2,000.
There were no signs of forced entry, no property damage and no suspects.
'Tonight Show'
Valued at $5M
Missing Moon Rock
Moon rocks, given to the state of Colorado in 1974 are valued at $5 million on the black market and few even realized they existed until a college student began searching for them as part of an assignment.
Another set of moon rocks collected in 1969 was found in storage at the state history museum about a decade ago. They are now on display on the third floor of the state Capitol.
Neither the history museum nor the Denver Museum of Nature & Science has the second set of rocks and the governor's office doesn't know where they are.
Missing Moon Rock
17-Year Low
Movie Attendance
Hollywood fizzled over one of its traditionally busiest times as movie attendance for Memorial Day weekend came in at the lowest in 17 years.
Overall revenues for the top-50 films during the four-day holiday weekend came in at $192 million, the lowest since 2001. Factoring in today's higher admission prices, about 24.2 million tickets were sold, the least since a 22.5 million head count in 1993, according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com.
The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Monday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Tuesday by Hollywood.com are:
1. "Shrek Forever After," Paramount, $57,060,434, 4,367 locations, $13,066 average, $146,810,785, two weeks.
2. "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time," Disney, $37,813,075, 3,646 locations, $10,371 average, $37,813,075, one week.
3. "Sex and the City 2," Warner Bros., $36,835,353, 3,445 locations, $10,692 average, $51,043,450, one week.
4. "Iron Man 2," Paramount, $21,076,239, 3,804 locations, $5,541 average, $279,076,239, four weeks.
5. "Robin Hood," Universal, $13,424,540, 3,373 locations, $3,980 average, $86,144,405, three weeks.
6. "Letters to Juliet," Summit, $7,492,524, 2,825 locations, $2,652 average, $38,195,942, three weeks.
7. "Just Wright," Fox Searchlight, $2,835,702, 1,195 locations, $2,373 average, $18,833,220, three weeks.
8. "Date Night," Fox, $2,307,657, 1,126 locations, $2,049 average, $94,005,365, eight weeks.
9. "MacGruber," Universal, $2,024,110, 2,546 locations, $795 average, $7,674,445, two weeks.
10. "How to Train Your Dragon," Paramount, $1,513,677, 825 locations, $1,835 average, $213,117,896, 10 weeks.
11. "A Nightmare On Elm Street," Warner Bros., $1,127,395, 891 locations, $1,265 average, $61,906,422, five weeks.
12. "Alice in Wonderland," Disney, $730,145, 341 locations, $2,141 average, $333,160,345, 13 weeks.
13. "Babies," Focus, $642,273, 301 locations, $2,134 average, $6,090,771, four weeks.
14. "The Secret in Their Eyes," Sony Pictures Classics, $577,670, 155 locations, $3,727 average, $3,452,774, seven weeks.
15. "City Island," Anchor Bay, $532,862, 201 locations, $2,651 average, $4,862,137, 11 weeks.
16. "Hubble," Warner Bros., $416,829, 48 locations, $8,684 average, $7,097,066, 11 weeks.
17. "Kites," Reliance Big Pictures, $396,000, 236 locations, $1,678 average, $1,600,000, two weeks.
18. "The Back-Up Plan," CBS Films, $359,677, 391 locations, $920 average, $36,594,990, six weeks.
19. "The Bounty Hunter," Sony, $354,260, 287 locations, $1,234 average, $66,652,479, 11 weeks.
20. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," Fox, $335,000, 283 locations, $1,184 average, $62,769,868, 11 weeks.
Movie Attendance
In Memory
Andrei Voznesensky
Andrei Voznesensky, one of the most daring and popular poets of the Soviet era, has died. He was 77.
Voznesensky was one of the so-called "children of the '60s," a generation of thinkers who tasted intellectual freedom during the post-Stalin thaw. His unusual rhymes and bold metaphors contrasted sharply with other Soviet poetry.
Voznesensky quickly won admirers abroad when he was allowed to travel to Europe and the United States in the 1960s, meeting Allen Ginsberg, Arthur Miller, Marilyn Monroe and Robert Kennedy.
His innovative verse thrilled readers but irked authorities and was criticized by orthodox Soviet writers. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev once threatened to exile him, yelling at a him during a meeting with Soviet art and literary figures.
His books of poems included "The Triangular Pear," "Antiworlds," "Stained-glass Master," "Violoncello Oakleaf," "Videoms and Fortune Telling by the Book."
Like fellow poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Voznesensky's readings once filled stadiums, but his popularity flagged with the increasing freedom of the glasnost era in the late 1980s.
Voznesensky is survived by his wife, Zoya Boguslavskaya. He will be buried Friday in Peredelkino outside Moscow where he lived.
Andrei Voznesensky
In Memory
Andrew Koppel
The 40-year-old son of former ABC News anchor Ted Koppel was found dead in an apartment in upper Manhattan after a day of bar hopping with a man he met at a watering hole, a law enforcement official said Tuesday.
Andrew Koppel was declared dead around 1:30 a.m. Monday in the apartment in the Washington Heights neighborhood, Detective John Sweeney said. The cause of death has not been determined, but no evidence so far indicates criminality.
Koppel was appointed attorney for the city Housing Authority's civil litigation division in 2001, a post he resigned in 2008, the agency said Tuesday.
Andrew Koppel was convicted of misdemeanor assault in 1994 for striking a U.S. Senate aide during an argument at a Capitol Hill automated teller machine. At the time, he was a student at Georgetown Law School.
An autopsy was performed Monday but results were pending further study, including toxicology and tissue testing, said Ellen Borakove, a spokeswoman for the city medical examiner. Additional tests were needed to determine the manner and cause of death, Borakove said. They will take a few weeks to complete.
Andrew Koppel
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