M Is FOR MASHUP - June 19th, 2019
More Beatlegs For You
By DJ Useo
When the Beatles Remixers Group
( www.tapatalk.com/groups/beatlesremixers/ )
was started by TjT & MP3J, I was inspired to join. SInce those early days, my love of the Fab Fours' tunes has motivated me often to try my own take on the style. I have several BRG albums released already. You can find them
down the page here
( djuseomashupalbums.blogspot.com/ )
I had way more tracks than I needed to make this new 2 CD set "DJ Useo - The Beatlegs"
( groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2019/06/dj-useo-beatlegs-new-mashups-album.html ) . Fortune favored me when DJ Petrushka went over them with me, & we pared it down to mostly an hour per disc. There's tons of variety of music aside from the Beatles. I hope you find the audio journey a desirable one.
Here's the Preview track "Get Up, I'm Looking" ( Bob Marley vs The Beatles )
( drive.google.com/file/d/1CkVE2u-LZJBwvkmfUsZNI6k6IMCzj8Q6/view )
In addition, you'll find classic pairings like The Doors vs The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix vs The Beatles, & The Beatles vs Moby Grape, plus newer style tracks like The Pretenders vs The Beatles, The Beatles vs Eurythmcs, & The Beatles vs The Cure, plus many more.
If you like this kind of bootleg mix, come to BRG, & see what the others mix up & release. I've recieved word that there's some upcoming group comps to be released soon. Ni-ice, eh? For the time being,
enjoy these useo mashups. I'm told they're "the bee's knees".
( groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2019/06/dj-useo-beatlegs-new-mashups-album.html )
-DJ Konrad Useo
( groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/ )
Recommended Reading
from Bruce
Paul Krugman: Why Isn't Trump a Real Populist? (NY Times)
He seems determined to betray his base.
Jessica M. Goldstein: How one critic's once-iconoclastic views about television's ascendancy went mainstream (Washington Post)
At a Television Critics Association panel earlier this year, no less a luminary than Meryl Streep referred to HBO's "Big Little Lies," unironically, as "a piece." As in: a piece of art, not a piece of .?.?. you know. Who would have ever dreamed that television would one day be spoken of with such unadulterated reverence by Meryl freaking Streep?
Inkoo Kang: Men in Black: InternationalTeaches an Old Franchise New Tricks (Slate)
Tessa Thompson and Chris Hemsworth star in the sequel, but Kumail Nanjiani steals it.
Dana Stevens: The Best Part of Toy Story 4 Is the Existential Terror (Slate)
Pixar's latest is a delightful movie about having no reason to exist.
Vanessa Thorpe: The fifth Beatle? Cynthia Lennon finally wins her place in pop history (The Guardian)
John's first wife has been written off as a mere support act. Now a new play recognises her importance in the story of the Beatles.
Nick Greene: The Raptors Won the NBA Title by Actually Trying to Win the NBA Title (Slate)
The Toronto Raptors are NBA champions, just like they planned it. They beat the Golden State Warriors in Thursday's Game 6, clinching their first title with a thrilling 114-110 win. Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard scored 22 points and Fred VanVleet added 22 of his own off the bench (12 of which came in the fourth quarter), and the Raptors held off an injury-depleted Warriors team that lost Klay Thompson to a knee injury in the third quarter. His absence, along with Kevin Durant's ruptured Achilles in Game 5, doomed Golden State, but Toronto's success didn't come down to lucky breaks. This was all about timing.
Sandra Newman: "The other side of Black Mirror: literary utopias offer the seeds of better real life" (The Guardian)
The rule of cynics and nihilists has led us to a dangerous place, where everything from healthcare to wind farms is declared intrusive, big-state meddling
Charles Bramesco: The Wild Bunch at 50: the enduring nihilism of Sam Peckinpah's western (The Guardian)
In 1969, the film's violent cynicism came as a shock to the system and now, it seems to have aged disturbingly well.
Peter Bradshaw: Franco Zeffirelli was a master charmer - no wonder we all fell for his Romeo and Juliet (The Guardian)
His take on Shakespeare's tragedy tapped the zeitgeist, but Zeffirelli's whole body of work pulsated with an irresistible camp and romanticism.
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Anecdotes
• When Aimee Mullins was born, her legs lacked fibula bones. Because of this, her parents had to make a decision: Either let their daughter stay in a wheelchair the rest of her life, or have her legs amputated and let her learn to use prostheses to walk. They choose to have her legs amputated - it was the right decision. Ms. Mullins became an athlete and set Paralympic records in the 100-meter and 200-meter races and the long jump. At a Women's Sports Foundation Dinner, Ms. Mullins was joking around with a friend and said that after the dinner she was going to get a pedicure. Her friend laughed, but the great gymnast Nadia Comaneci, who was behind her, didn't understand what was so funny. After all, Ms. Mullins was wearing her cosmetic, realistic-looking prostheses and Ms. Comaneci didn't realize she had a handicap. Later that evening, when Ms. Comaneci had been filled in on the details necessary to understand the joke, she told Ms. Mullins, "Love the toenails!"
• Al Capp, creator of the comic strip Li'l Abner, lost his leg after falling into the path of a trolley car when he was nine years old, and he was forced to use a wooden leg the rest of his life. He declined to take care of his leg, with the result that it sometimes deserted him when he needed it. Once, while he was walking with boxer Gene Tunney, he suddenly felt a need to grab onto something for balance, so he grabbed onto Mr. Tunney. Together, they looked back and saw the lower part of Mr. Capp's wooden leg, swaying precariously. No problem. Mr. Capp gathered up the fallen leg, bolts, and nuts, and then took his wooden leg to a garage, where the mechanic quickly fixed it. In this case, the mishap was a blessing, as Mr. Capp did not have to hear the boring speech that he and Mr. Tunney had planned to attend.
• The Cuban ballerina Alicia Alonso was blind. She was born with perfect vision, but at age 19 her eyes began to fail her, and she underwent a series of eye operations that failed. Eventually, she was able to read and to watch TV only with the aid of powerful binoculars, but she never gave up dancing. While she danced, a wire was stretched across the footlights at the height of her waist to prevent her from falling off the stage, and two strong footlights in different colors were focused on the stage away from the edge because she was able to sense them. However, in large part, she relied on her partner to guide her as she danced.
• Howard McNear played Floyd the barber on The Andy Griffith Show. He suffered a stroke in 1963, then retired from the show for the next two years. In 1965, he returned to the series, which made accommodations for the effects of the stroke, which had paralyzed Mr. McNear's left side. Floyd the barber was never shown walking, and he was usually shown sitting down. A special supporting structure was built so that he could be shown standing behind the barber chair.
• As a person with cerebral palsy, which affected his motor skills, Cordell Brown learned to put other people at ease. At a church camp, Mr. Brown knew that the other campers were uneasy with his cerebral palsy. After unsuccessfully trying several times to plug in his electric razor, he turned to the other campers and said, "Just call me speed and coordination." The other campers laughed, and the ice was broken.
• George Washington once visited a little person (formerly known as a midget or a dwarf). The little person was severely handicapped and unable to sit up on his own; however, he had a remarkable wit. When Mr. Washington asked him if he had been a Whig or a Tory in the Revolutionary War, the little person replied, "I have never taken an active part on either side."
• Paul Wittgenstein, an Austrian pianist, lost his right arm during World War I. He refused to quit playing the piano, and began to transcribe a number of piano masterpieces so that they could be played with the left hand only. Eventually, he continued his career as a concert pianist, and composers such as Maurice Ravel created works especially for him.
• Courtenay Thorpe was an actor who continued working in his profession with a false limb after his hand was blown off during an accident with a gun. A stage manager once told him that his hand seemed rather wooden when he gestured with it, and Mr. Thorpe replied, "That may be because it is chiefly made of wood."
• Violinist Rudolph Kolisch suffered an accident after which part of the middle finger of his left hand had to be amputated, but he did not give up playing the violin. Instead, he reversed hands, using his left hand for bowing and his right hand for fingering the strings. Eventually, he founded the Kolisch Quartet.
• British war hero Lord Nelson had one arm. A stupid person once told him, "I beg your pardon, my lord, but you have only one arm." Lord Nelson used his remaining arm to pick up his empty sleeve, then he looked into it with a surprised look on his face. "Bless my soul," he said. "I do believe you are right."
• Jonathan Winters was a very funny comedian who occasionally suffered from mental illness. Once, he parked in a handicapped parking space, and a woman protested, "You're not handicapped." Mr. Winters looked at her and said, "Lady, can you see into my mind?"
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Men Still Outnumber Women
Indie Films
In the last year, the number of women involved behind-the-scenes in independent film productions hit a "recent historic high," but men still greatly outnumber women on these productions, according to a new study from San Diego State University.
Published on Tuesday by Dr. Martha Lauzen and Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, the survey studies indie films that screened at major festivals between July 2018 and June 2019 and found a year-over-year percentage increase of female directors, writers, producers, executive producers, and editors working on those films. The percentage of women directors grew from 29% in 2017-18 to 33% in 2018-19, while the percentage of women writers rose from 26% last year to 32% this year.
The study also found that films with at least one woman directing also frequently had more women in other major positions. 72% of films with female directors also had at least one woman as a writer, and 45% had a woman as editor.
"After many years of tracking stubbornly stagnant numbers, this year women achieved healthy gains in a number of key behind-the-scenes roles," Lauzen said. "Despite these increases, it is important to note that women remain dramatically underrepresented, with independent films employing more than twice as many men as women in these roles."
Despite this, the study shows that indie productions have seen progress, in some ways more than in mainstream film production. In February, a survey conducted by TheWrap found that 18% of all films released by the six major film studios in 2019 were directed by women, the highest ever in a single year and up from just 3% in 2018. This is also the first year that all six studios had at least one film directed by a woman on their slate.
Indie Films
'Jeopardy' Champion
James Holzhauer
James Holzhauer, the Jeopardy champion who dominated an incredible 32 games and won $2,462,216, donated to a Naperville, Illinois, pancreatic cancer walk in Alex Trebek's name. Trebek, who broke the news of his illness in March while filming the same season Holzhauer appeared in, is currently battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
During what would be Holzhauer's final episode, Trebek thanked Holzhauer's daughter for a handmade card. "I want to express my thanks to your beautiful little daughter, Natasha, for having made this get well card for me," Trebek said. "That was very sweet of her."
Meanwhile, Ann Zediker had become a fan of Holzhauer - both are from Naperville - and started to follow him on social media. However, it wasn't until his final game that Zediker was inspired to reach out, according to the Chicago Tribune.
After hearing about the get well card, Zediker emailed Holzhauer and asked him if he would be interested in participating in the 2019 Naperville Pancreatic Cancer Reach Walk on July 14.
Holzhauer, who isn't going to be in Naperville for the walk, donated $1,109.14, representing the birthday of his daughter, Natasha, who made Trebek the card. On the donation website, he wrote, "For Alex Trebek and all the other survivors."
James Holzhauer
Roy Orbison, Buddy Holly
Hologram Tour
The previously announced hologram trek featuring Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly detailed its North American itinerary. The "Rock 'N' Roll Dream Tour" kicks off September 19th in San Francisco and wraps November 20th in Toronto.
Citi cardmembers can access a Private Pass pre-sale that runs from June 19th at 10 a.m. through June 20th at 10 a.m. ET. General tickets in the U.S. go on sale June 21st. More information is available at the Roy and Buddy website.
The concert event - which features a live band, backing singers and remastered audio of the musicians' greatest hits - will also feature concurrent European and U.K. legs. Eric Schaeffer, who directed the "solo" Oribson hologram outing from 2018, returns for the joint jaunt.
BASE previewed the run with the first video footage of the Holly hologram. In the clip, the late songwriter's digital proxy belts out one of his signature hits, "Peggy Sue," decked out in a blue jacket and his signature nerdy glasses.
Hologram Tour
Will Dispute
Aretha Franklin
A fight is emerging over whether a son of Aretha Franklin could be put in charge of the late singer's estate after a 2014 handwritten will was found under cushions in her suburban Detroit home.
Attorneys for the estate said in a court filing Monday that "there is no basis to support the assumption" that Kecalf Franklin has the "ability, skill (and) knowledge" to become personal representative, even if the will is determined to be valid. Franklin's image, music and other assets could turn out to be worth millions of dollars in the years ahead.
Her sons had agreed to put the estate in the hands of Sabrina Owens, a relative who is a university administrator, when no will was found after Franklin's death last August at age 76. But the handwritten document discovered in May could change everything. It appears to shows Franklin wanted Kecalf Franklin to serve as the representative or executor.
A judge in Oakland County, Michigan, held a hearing Monday, but a proposed land sale was on the agenda, not the will or other documents written by Franklin. It could take weeks or months to resolve the issue.
The estate's attorney, David Bennett, said Owens "has been doing a marvelous job" managing potential business deals involving Franklin's music, life and likeness.
Aretha Franklin
Hit with $62.4 Million Judgment
VidAngel
A jury on Monday ordered VidAngel to pay $62.4 million to Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. for streaming hundreds of movies on its service without permission.
The verdict is potentially a death blow to the Utah-based company, which sought to allow family audiences to watch Hollywood fare while skipping past violence, sex, and other objectionable content.
U.S. District Judge Andre Birotte had already ruled that VidAngel's service was illegal, leaving the jurors to decide only the amount of damages. VidAngel ripped movies from DVD copies, and then streamed them to users with offensive content filtered out. The company argued this was allowed under the federal Family Movie Act, but Birotte did not agree and ordered the service to shut down in December 2016. The company later relaunched a filtering service for Netflix and Amazon, which continues to operate.
The case has been working its way through court since then. At trial, the studios asked the eight-member jury to impose the maximum penalty of $125 million for illegally streaming 819 movies, arguing that the company had willfully violated copyright law. VidAngel's attorney, Mark Eisenhut, asked jurors to levy the minimum of $600,000, arguing that CEO Neal Harmon and his team honestly believed that what they were doing was legal.
In their verdict, the jurors landed halfway between those two figures.
VidAngel
Thaws 70 Years Early
Canadian Permafrost
Permafrost at outposts in the Canadian Arctic is thawing 70 years earlier than predicted, an expedition has discovered, in the latest sign that the global climate crisis is accelerating even faster than scientists had feared.
A team from the University of Alaska Fairbanks said they were astounded by how quickly a succession of unusually hot summers had destabilized the upper layers of giant subterranean ice blocks that had been frozen solid for millennia.
"What we saw was amazing," Vladimir E. Romanovsky, a professor of geophysics at the university, told Reuters by telephone. "It's an indication that the climate is now warmer than at any time in the last 5,000 or more years."
The paper was based on data Romanovsky and his colleagues had been analyzing since their last expedition to the area in 2016. The team used a modified propeller plane to visit exceptionally remote sites, including an abandoned Cold War-era radar base more than 300 km from the nearest human settlement.
Diving through a lucky break in the clouds, Romanovsky and his colleagues said they were confronted with a landscape that was unrecognizable from the pristine Arctic terrain they had encountered during initial visits a decade or so earlier.
Canadian Permafrost
Maiden Mission
Boaty McBoatface
Boaty McBoatface, a British research submarine, made a major climate-change discovery on its maiden mission.
The high-tech, remotely operated yellow submarine discovered a significant link between Antarctic winds and rising sea temperatures.
The findings were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, a multidisciplinary journal.
Over the course of three days, Boaty traveled 180 kilometers (111.85 miles) through mountainous underwater valleys measuring the temperature, saltiness and turbulence of the water at the bottom of the ocean, the journal said.
Using an echo sounder, Boaty navigated depths as low as 4,000 meters (2.49 miles) before reaching a programmed destination point to be recovered.
Boaty McBoatface
'Attack Squirrel' On The Loose
Alabama
A man kept a caged "attack squirrel" in his apartment and fed it methamphetamine to make it more aggressive, according to police in Alabama.
Detectives are looking for the squirrel's 35-year-old captor Mickey Paulk, who is wanted on multiple charges including possession of a controlled substance.
Police were informed about the squirrel shortly before executing a search warrant of Mr Paulk's home in Athens on Monday. The animal is said to have been fed the drug, known as meth or crystal meth, to make it more likely to attack.
Police discovered meth, drug paraphernalia, body armour, ammunition during the search. They also found the squirrel, which officials from the state's Department of Conservation recommended releasing back into the wild.
The rodent was then set free by police. Stephen Young, a spokesman for the Limestone County Sherriff's Office, said there had been no way to safely test the squirrel for meth before its release.
Alabama
Prime-Time Nielsens
Ratings
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for June 10-16. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. NBA Finals: Toronto at Golden State, Game 6, ABC, 18.76 million.
2. NBA Finals: Golden State at Toronto, Game 5, ABC, 18.6 million.
3. "America's Got Talent," ABC, 9.46 million.
4. NHL Stanley Cup Final: St. Louis at Boston, Game 7, NBC, 8.76 million.
5. "60 Minutes," CBS, 6.17 million.
6. "NBA Countdown" (Monday), ABC, 5.64 million.
7. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 5.36 million.
8. "NBA Countdown" (Thursday), ABC, 5.18 million.
9. "NCIS," CBS, 5.03 million.
10. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 4.94 million.
11. "Press Your Luck," ABC, 4.88 million.
12. "The Bachelorette," ABC, 4.77 million.
13. "60 Minutes Presents," CBS, 4.69 million.
14. "Amazing Race," CBS, 4.67 million.
15. "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (Monday), ABC, 4.55 million.
16. "Mom," CBS, 4.54 million.
17. "FBI," CBS, 4.52 million.
18. "Card Sharks," ABC, 4.4 million.
19. "Life in Pieces," CBS, 4.34 million.
20. "Songland," NBC, 4.16 million.
Ratings
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