M Is FOR MASHUP - June 22nd, 2016
Summer Booty Hits Tenth Anniversary
By DJ Useo
Well, I did it again. As was the case so many times before, I had decided in advance to take a pass on creating another Summer Booty The Summer Mashup Album. Then, the incredible tracks started coming in unsolicited, & I caved. Lol. As in the past, I now was committed to weeks of extra work, including inviting enough contributors to make sure it' would be a viable release. The friendly mashup forum
AUDIOBOOTS
www.audioboots.com
would be the launching pad that rockets this project to the stars.
Beginning with a plan to somehow reach two "discs" worth of great tracks, I still chose to not decline any "great" mashups. As in most past years, this acceptance policy led to the project swelling to three "discs". All in all, I received only one mashup that didn't have the "vibe of eternal Summer" that was vital to the collections' success. It was a fine one, but without that "feeling", I declined it for inclusion. Gulp. I think Sgt Mash might still be peeved at me. Lol.
Invitations went out to those who were previous contributors, plus those that I thought could manage the requirements, & those who were currently mixing. The resulting combination of bootleggers quickly established the rock solid foundation of the supposed "last" Summer Booty. Early tracks like MP3J's "Get Digital" ( The Beatles vs Daft Punk ) & Solcofn's "History Of The Mack" ( Groove Armada vs Mark Morrison ) really got me into the full motivation required to finish this sucker.
Soon, the vibe hit hard with the invited peeps tracks & I was being blown away by more instant classics like Joan Caramba's "Can't Feel My Dinosaur" ( Was ( Not Was ) vs The Weeknd ), DRA'man's "How Deep Is Your Model" ( Calvin Harris vs Kraftwerk vs Tom Tom Club ), & Skibilibop's "Famous Family Affair" ( Mary G Blige vs Charli XCX ). The wonderful efforts done to grant us all this mashup joy, are very humbling to me. I must express gratitude & praise once more to the bootleggers who gave so freely of their skills.
Ultimately, thirty-one people give us fifty-three marvelous audio blends! Next up, AtoZ, who also gave us four tracks & four videos, provided the cover art that graces the release. Chocomang ( who made six incredible tracks ) then worked up a super hosting page for the project. DJ Petrushka, who had been intimately involved with coordination, also brought her best game with two unbelievable cuts. Still, the offerings arrived from the invited, & we thrilled to the work of Voicedude, Mumdy, DJ Spider, Mr Smuggler, & so very many more.
Lastly, on the day before the actual Summer Solstice release, the album was premiered on KOPIMI RADIO w/ Mazanga Von Badman in a far-reaching success of a live show. I marveled at the main group chat on Facebook that drew over one hundred fellow mashers. Most astonishing was the news that hundreds of thousands of listeners swelled the show into it's best numbers ever. All praise to Mazanga, who made it possible.
Listen to the impressive fm show here
( hearthis.at/kopimi/06-19-16-summer-booty-10/ )
On June 20th I posted "SUMMER BOOTY 2016 The Summer Mashup Album".
Mirror links are found here
( audioboots.com/Albums/SB2016/ )
Full playlist here
( audioboots.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/1118/summer-booty-2016-the-summer-mashup-album )
Preview track video from AtoZ "Electric Me" ( Steve Miller vs Eddy Grant )
is here
( www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOMB-yRG5Xg )
along with three more of his Summer Booty videos.
I'm confident more videos will appear soon.
Just one last note to thank Rappy, who did the consummate track for this album. "Summer Booty" it is called & it contains fifteen artists on one single! Amazing it is. Rappy also brought on board some pals from Indonesia in the form of San Di, & DJ Zero, who fit in superbly. Thanks to youse mugs & everyone else who gave us enough tracks to last all Summer! Also, the previous nine volumes are all still available
down the page here
( djuseomashupalbums.blogspot.com/ )
I wonder if they'll get me to make an eleventh Summer Booty next year? ;)
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Hat Tip
Michelle
Thanks, Michelle, for that link to Ludovico Einaudi playing piano by a glacier. My husband came back from a business trip to Italy in 2007 with "Divenire" and I was in love.
The timing of that video is great. I found out Friday that Mr. Einaudi will be playing at the Mondavi Center at U.C. Davis (15 miles from here) Oct. 7th. I immediately bought tickets, printed them out, put them in a card, and voila! Happy Father's Day!
I shared that video with my husband. Thanks again, Michelle! And you, too Marty - thanks for bringing people together.
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ants
sprinkle a line of 20 mule team borax everywhere outdoors the ants (probably) will not cross the border
it is relatively harmless to plants and other animals
also i buy Terra liquid and place it as directed on pathways indoors
the ants carry it back and eventually it kills off the nest
we had a problem where multiple nests invaded out kitchen
it took months to kill them off(too many nests) but finally success
it's active ingredient is borax also
(I actually think that the reason that borax works is the connection with
RAYGUN somehow poisons the nest) but thats my opinion and i'm sticking with it
gary in pa
Thanks, Gary!
FWIW, the temperature dropped nearly 30° and the ants are all gone.
Well, until the next heat wave.
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Blind Catfish
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T-rump
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump (R-Mountebank) met with nearly 1,000 evangelical Christians Tuesday morning in attempt to win over the GOP's most reliable voting bloc at a pivotal moment in his campaign.
Taking the stage to a standing ovation, the presumptive Republican nominee participated in a carefully orchestrated question-and-answer session in a hotel ballroom. The event was billed as a conversation where pre-selected conservative Christian leaders would ask Trump questions culled from a survey of all participants, on such topics as religious liberty, the military, abortion and attacks against religious minorities in the Middle East.
Former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee (R-Bigot) moderated the conversation, subtly nodding to Trump's lifestyle by joking that "this is not a pastoral search committee."
It was intimate as a gathering of 1,000 people can be, and as private. A sign at the event told the audience that photos were not allowed. "I'm not going to tell you who to vote for, but use your brain, which God gave you," retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson told the room as they prepared to welcome Trump, according to a tweet from a participant.
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Police Reports Surface
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Radar Online released police reports Tuesday (June 21) that appear to be from the Santa Barbara Country Sheriff's Department offering disturbing details of Michael Jackson's alleged pornography collection, seven years after the singer's death.
The 88-page report cites several picture books, magazines and videos containing images of nude and semi-nude children located during a raid at Jackson's Neverland Ranch. The items were also described as material intended to "groom" young victims and reduce their sexual inhibitions. The report also cites images of animal torture and sacrifice.
"Some of the documents appear to be copies of reports that were authored by Sheriff's Office personnel as well as evidentiary photographs taken by Sheriff's Office personnel interspersed with content that appears to be obtained off the internet or through unknown sources," a representative of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department said in an email to Billboard. "The Sheriff's Office did not release any of the documents and/or photographs to the media. The Sheriff's Office released all of its reports and the photographs as part of the required discovery process to the prosecution and the defense."
The rep continued: "The documents with a header titled Sheriff's Department that contain a case number appear to be Sheriff's Office documents. The photos that are interspersed appear to be some evidentiary photos taken by Sheriff's investigators and others are clearly obtained from the Internet."
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Campaign Spends $6 Million With Trump Companies
T-rump
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The billionaire businessman's financial woes were enough to inspire the mocking Twitter hashtag "TrumpSoPoor" on Tuesday and, far more seriously, give already reluctant donors a fresh batch of reasons to withhold their money.
Trump's campaign expenses are hardly inspiring confidence among people whose money he's pursuing. The spending includes a $423,000 May payment to Mar-a-Lago, the private club in Florida that serves as his vacation home, and enough Trump-branded bottled water to fill a bathtub.
Finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission detail a campaign unafraid to co-mingle political and business endeavors in an unprecedented way.
One more complication: The $46 million worth of loans Trump made to his campaign can be repaid with donor money, even though he insists he won't do that.
T-rump
Pittsburgh TV
WTAE
A former Pittsburgh television news anchor has sued the channel that employed her for 17 years after she was fired in March over social media comments that were criticized as racially insensitive.
Wendy Bell, who anchored the news on WTAE TV, said she was fired for being white and that her comments would have gone unpunished had she been of another race.
After a March 9 shooting that resulted in six deaths, Bell posted comments on Facebook.
"You needn't be a criminal profiler to draw a mental sketch of the killers who broke so many hearts. They are young black men, likely in their teens or in their early 20s," Bell said.
"They have multiple siblings from multiple fathers and their mothers work multiple jobs. These boys have been in the system before. They've grown up there. They know the police. They've been arrested," she wrote.
WTAE
Prime-Time Nielsens
Ratings
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for June 13-19. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. NBA Finals Game 7: Cleveland at Golden State, ABC, 31.02 million viewers.
2. "NBA Trophy Presentation," ABC, 27.77 million.
3. NBA Finals, Game 6: Golden State at Cleveland, ABC, 20.7 million.
4. NBA Finals, Game 5, Cleveland at Golden State, ABC, 20.54 million.
5. "America's Got Talent" (Tuesday), NBC, 11.54 million.
6. "Game of Thrones," HBO, 7.66 million.
7. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 6.91 million.
8. "NCIS," CBS, 6.88 million.
9. "American Ninja Warrior," NBC, 6.84 million.
10. "NCIS: New Orleans," CBS, 6.726 million.
11. "60 Minutes," CBS, 6.725 million.
12. "NBA Countdown: Game 6," ABC, 6.39 million.
13. "Person of Interest," CBS, 6.27 million.
14. "NBA Countdown: Game 7," ABC, 6.1 million.
15. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 5.89 million.
16. "NBA Countdown: Game 5," ABC, 5.65 million.
17. Copa America Soccer: Mexico vs. Chile, Univision, 5.41 million.
18. "To Tell the Truth" (Tuesday, 10 p.m.), ABC, 5.22 million.
19. "To Tell the Truth" (Tuesday, 8 p.m., ABC, 5.21 million.
20. "Hawaii Five-0," CBS, 5.19 million.
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