Breakin' the law is not cool. But DJ Axel's 'Breakin'
the Law' mashup album is way cool. As Jason Funk
Permanand wrote on the blog Mashuptown, (mashuptown.com)
"It's all quality". Released recently in April, the
collection is enjoying airplay on college radio & even
more on your 'compooters'. DJ Axel says "It's 15
tracks of dancefloor-bumpin', head-bangin'
mashups. That's for sure! It contains some of his
classics like 'Push It Fergasonic' (Salt 'n Peppa vs
Fergie) & Snooperstition (Snoop Dogg vs Stevie
Wonder), plus a larger portion of new tracks.
The release features Hip Hop,Funk & even some 80's
hair bands like Dr. Feelgood & Van Halen, on such tracks
as 'What You Know About Drop Dead Legs' & 'Shorty
Wanna Feelgood'. Plenty of well-known & liked material
gets the reliable DJ Axel transformation resulting
with cuts like 'Guns N' Hovas' (Jay Z vs Guns 'n
Roses) & 'Stand Up Fever' (Ludacris vs Peggy Lee)
turning your listening experience on it's ear. (lol).
Axel has a notable gift for strong pairings, one reason
he was featured just over a week ago at the Viper Room
on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood. The esteemed spinner
premiered the 'Breakin' The Law' collection at Bootie
SF, the ever-popular mashup party at the DNA Lounge, in
San Francisco, & it took off like a high-powered
rocket. Soon it was being featured on blogs like
mashuptown & some
VelvetBlog
(somevelvetblog.blogspot.com). The album even got a
write-up in NY Mag right after Interpol &
Ween. Not too shabby!
With many splendid remixed releases like 'Yeah -
Usher - (Knee Deep Dub) - (Axel Vs DJ Santana)' &
'Break It Like Its Hot - Snoop Dogg - (On The Beat
Club Tip Mix) & even more great DJ long mixes like
'Back In The Day Mix' (Old School Techno Mix), &
'Progressive After Hours Mix', DJ Axel can be assured
of a satisfied audience.
DJ Axel Fun Facts -
01 - Music Influences: Kraftwerk, Afrika Bambataa &
Soulsonic Force, Newcleus, Egyptian Lover, Cybotron,
Planet Patrol, Information Society.
02 - Mixing Preference: Progressive House, Electro
Funk, Progressive New School Breaks, Old School.
03 - Personal Belief: If it can be imagined it can be
done.
With his talent & attitude, DJ Axel is a live 'cert' to
be thriving & mixing for years to come. We'll all feel
the benefit from his continued presence.
The cd of 'Breakin' The Law' is available for
purchase at http://www.reckless.com/
& is well worth picking up. You can view the 'Push It Fergasonic' video here -
(youtube.com)
Mix of the Week- Mr Fab has released many a fine mix
(most still available) & his latest is no let-down!
'Beach Blanket Bootleg' is a wonderful 30-minute set
featuring (as Mr Fab puts it) 'the best surf music
mashups the web has to offer". With tracks from RIAA,
LCO, Party Ben, The Who Boys,
Pilchard, BuG, Instamatic, DJ
Entropy, dublxero, SlackJawedLocal, & Eve
Massacre, among others, this is to not be missed! (Sorry
for the long list, but those mixers get me worked up!)
'Beach Blanket Bootleg' can be found here -
(m-1.us/travels.html)
The new Beat-Boot-Ique Compilation
will be out soon. To hold you till then, the
recently=released 'first bootleg boxset' is still
available from them at summerbooty.com It's full
of summer-themed mashups, so it's perfect for NOW! Tell
'em DJ Useo sent you!
Jean Kazez: More Happiness Please (philosophynow.org)
Do reflective people live better lives? To the Greeks, the answer was obvious. If the unexamined life is not worth living, as Socrates said, the examined life goes much better. We need to think deeply before aiming and acting, if we are to have the best chance of succeeding. Think, aim, succeed. It sounds good; but do things really work that way?
Jim Hightower: BUSH'S LATEST WAR STRATEGY (jimhightower.com)
I once belonged to the Book-of the-Month Club, as well as the Beer-of-the-Month Club - but, I tell you, one thing I can't subscribe to is George W's Iraq-Strategy-of-the-Month Club.
The Outsider (telegraph.co.uk)
She looks every inch the contented singer/actress. But, as her raw new album proves, Hilary Duff has a fraught relationship with success - not to mention certain it-girls. Strawberry Saroyan talks to the hardest-working teen star in Hollywood.
Purple Gene's review of the movie "Sicko" (2007).
Directed by Michael Moore:
"CORPULENT COMMIE PINKO PROPAGANDIST MICHAEL MOORE MAKES ANOTHER MEAN MOVIE……FILLED WITH SHAMELESS STAGED LIES TO MAKE AMERICA LOOK BAD….MICHAEL MOORE IS "SICKO"!
My Fascist Brother: "Frank News".
"LARGER THAN LIFE LEGEND LETS LOOSE ON THE HEALTH CARE AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCAM IN AMERICA IN HIS NEW EXPOSE CALLED "SICKO"…..MICHAEL MOORE HAS TO GO TO "GITMO" THEN CUBA TO GET FREE 1ST CLASS MEDICAL HELP FOR SICK 9/11 EMERGENCY VOLUNTEERS……AND YET AGAIN HE GETS TO PULL DOWN THE PANTS OF THE PRESIDENT (BUSH) AND THE SKIRT OF THE SOON TO BE PRESIDENT (CLINTON II)!"
Purple Gene: "BartCop Entertainment".
Okay…so I expect different points of view when it comes to a Michael Moore movie. But unless you are a dyed in the wool corporate whore or an unprincipled pawn of the Health Care system itself, I think there's something in this movie worth spending $7.50 to see.
Luckily, for all of us, there is a lot less of Michael Moore on camera. But it is his curmudgeony dialogue that keeps the film together. We are introduced to Moore's suffering examples of HMO and Insurance Company greed with one word "DENIAL".
Story after sad story of regular Americans losing their life savings and their lives over a medical system that's killing us all….with exorbitant and immoral profits going to the corporations!
You'll laugh at the gaffs of George Bush putting his foot in his mouth again and again…you'll cry at the deplorable situation of over fifty million Americans without health care….and you will find out first hand how those Americans who do have health insurance are losing their bank accounts and their loved ones to outrageous and ridiculous medical costs.
Michael takes us to Canada, England, France and finally Cuba to illustrate how free government health care "really" works (He didn't make it very clear how much more in taxes these people pay!)…in fact, if I follow Mr. Moore's logic, I'm moving to Canada tomorrow !
A final epithet in the film…..there was website on line wholly dedicated to trashing Michael Moore. Last year, the man who ran the site posted a letter saying he was shutting his site down because his wife had cancer and he could no longer afford to do his patriotic duty and malign Moore. When Michael heard about this he sent the guy an anonymous check for $12,500.00 to get him back on line (and probably to be able to use it in the movie!) thus demonstrating democracy at work.
Purple Gene gives "Sicko" 9 Cuban Health Care cigars out of 10 for sending a smoke signal to us all about our culture.
P.S. "Frank…I still dare you to go out and actually see the movie "Sicko" before you comment on it….I'll pay the $7.50!"
CBS starts the night with a RERUN'CSI: The 3rd One', followed by a RERUN'Criminal Minds', then the FRESH'Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular'.
On a RERUNDave (from 5/23/07) are Stupid Pet Tricks, Rosie Perez, and Dr. Dog.
On a RERUNCraig (from 6/25/07) are Wanda Sykes, Tina Brown, and Bobby Valentino.
NBC opens the night with a RERUN'Most Outrageous TV Moments', followed by another RERUN'Most Outrageous TV Moments', then the FRESH'Macy's 4th Of July Fireworks Spectacular', followed by 'Dateline'.
On a RERUNLeno (from 5/4/07) are Thomas Haden Church and Ne-Yo.
On a RERUNConan (from 5/2/07) are Robin Williams and the Glide Ensemble.
On a RERUNCarson Daly (from 5/10/07) are Henry Rollins, the Bird and the Bee.
ABC begins the night with a RERUN'The Next Best Thing', followed by a RERUN'American Inventor', then a RERUN'Traveler'.
On a RERUNJimmy Kimmel (from 6/12/07) are Bernie Mac, Bob Odenkirk, and Fiction Plane.
The CW offers a FRESH'Hidden Palms', followed by a RERUN'America's Next Top Model'.
Faux fills the night with the movie 'Anger Management'.
MY has the FRESH'Taste Of Chicago 2007 Fireworks Spectacular'.
AMC offers the movie 'Red Dawn', followed by the movie 'Patriot Games', then the movie 'Red Dawn', again.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] Hollyoaks - Episode 21;
[12:30 PM] Hollyoaks - Episode 22;
[1:00 PM] Eddie Izzard: Glorious - Eddie Izzard: Glorious;
[2:00 PM] Eddie Izzard: Definite Article - Eddie Izzard: Definite Article;
[3:00 PM] Eddie Izzard: Unrepeatable - Eddie Izzard: Unrepeatable;
[4:00 PM] Eddie Izzard: Circle - Eddie Izzard: Circle (105);
[5:45 PM] Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill - Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (75);
[7:00 PM] BBC World News - BBC World News;
[7:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 16;
[8:00 PM] Footballers Wive$ - Episode 1;
[9:00 PM] Footballers Wive$ - Episode 2;
[10:00 PM] Hollyoaks - Episode 22;
[10:30 PM] Hollyoaks - Episode 23;
[11:00 PM] Footballers Wive$ - Episode 1;
[12:00 AM] Footballers Wive$ - Episode 2;
[1:00 AM] Hollyoaks - Episode 22;
[1:30 AM] Hollyoaks - Episode 23;
[2:00 AM] The Weakest Link - Episode 1;
[3:00 AM] Changing Rooms - Ep. 3 Cumbria;
[3:30 AM] Changing Rooms - Ep. 4 Maidenhead;
[4:00 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 13 Ardingly;
[4:30 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 14 Newark;
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 18 Peltier;
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 19 Page;
[6:00 AM] BBC World News - BBC World News. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Project Runway', another 'Project Runway', still another 'Project Runway', then 'Top Chef'.
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another 'Scrubs', still another 'Scrubs', yet another 'Scrubs', still another 'Scrubs', one last 'Scrubs', 'South Park', 'Lil' Bush', and another 'Lil' Bush'.
Jon Stewart is pre-empted.
Colbert Report is pre-empted.
Sundance -
[06:00 AM] Assisted Living;
[07:00 AM] McVicar;
[09:00 AM] September 30, 1955;
[11:00 AM] Love, Ludlow;
[12:00 PM] In Short: Ireland;
[01:00 PM] Assisted Living;
[02:00 PM] McVicar;
[04:00 PM] Me, Myself and the Universe;
[04:00 PM] Love, Ludlow;
[06:00 PM] Tales of the Rat Fink;
[07:00 PM] Independent America - The Two Lane Search for Mom & Pop;
[08:00 PM] The American Ruling Class;
[09:00 PM] Episode 4: Looks Can Lie;
[10:00 PM] Gimme Shelter;
[11:00 PM] Me, Myself and the Universe;
[12:00 AM] Episode 6;
[12:00 AM] Lurch;
[01:00 AM] Tales of the Rat Fink;
[02:00 AM] Independent America - The Two Lane Search for Mom & Pop;
[03:00 AM] The American Ruling Class;
[04:00 AM] Victoria Para Chino;
[05:00 AM] Lurch. (ALL TIMES EDT)
Filmmaker Spike Lee, left, and U.S. novelist James McBride pose for photographers, in Rome, Tuesday, July 3, 2007. Lee was in Rome to present a movie project on the struggle against Nazi occupiers in Italy that he hopes will highlight the contributions of black soldiers fighting in the U.S. army during the World War II.
Photo by Sandro Pace
Ypsilanti High School drama teacher Michelle Peet checked her mailbox Monday and discovered the color of money.
Paul Newman, once a budding actor himself, had donated $5,000 to the school's drama club as part of its ongoing fundraising effort.
Inside an envelope delivered from Westport, Conn., was a check that will help defray costs associated with the drama club's upcoming trip to the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. Club members are scheduled to perform a 90-minute show there.
A brief note accompanied Newman's check: "The enclosed contribution is sent with every good wish for continued success in your worthy endeavors."
British author of the Harry Potter series of books, JK Rowling poses for the photographers as she arrives with her husband Neil Murray for the premiere of the latest Harry Potter film, 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix', at a cinema in central London, Tuesday July 3, 2007.
Photo by Lefteris Pitarakis
An online leak about the Primetime Emmy Award finalists in the comedy and drama series categories raised questions Monday about the security and future of the Emmy voting process.
When TheEnvelope.com posted the list of the top 10 finalists in each category during the weekend, citing multiple judges who were screening the series as sources, it also shed light on this year's voting process.
According to the Los Angeles Times-operated site, the drama finalists are ABC's "Boston Legal," "Grey's Anatomy" and "Lost"; NBC's "Friday Night Lights" and "Heroes"; Fox's "House" and "24"; Showtime's "Dexter"; and HBO's "Rome" and "The Sopranos."
The comedy finalists, according to the site, are ABC's "Desperate Housewives" and "Ugly Betty"; NBC's "My Name Is Earl," "The Office," "Scrubs" and "30 Rock"; CBS' "Two and a Half Men"; HBO's "Entourage" and "Extras"; and Showtime's "Weeds."
The famously reclusive funkster broke his silence by granting his first interview since the `80s to Vanity Fair. In the magazine's August issue, the frontman of the late-'60s band Sly and the Family Stone talks about his music, his disappearance from public view and his long-awaited return.
Stone, 64, who made a brief, blond Mohawked appearance at the 2006 Grammys, says he plans to start work on a new album in the fall. But after more than two decades away from the spotlight, why come back now?
"`Cause it's kind of boring at home sometimes," he tells the magazine. "I got a lot of songs I want to record and put out, so I'm gonna try 'em out on the road. That's the way it's always worked the best: Let's try it out and see how the people feel."
A 10-year-old Nepali girl worshipped as a living goddess, or Kumari, has lost her "divine" status for defying tradition and visiting the United States.
Sajani Shakya was installed at the age of two as the Kumari of the ancient town of Bhaktapur, near the capital Kathmandu, where she was revered by Hindus and Buddhists alike in deeply religious Nepal.
But a recent trip to the United States to promote a British-made documentary exploring Nepal's traditions and contemporary political turmoil has upset local religious leaders.
U.S. singer and former Beach Boys member Brian Wilson performs on stage at the Vienna State Opera House as part of the Vienna Jazz Festival July 3, 2007.
Photo by Herwig Prammer
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who is in the midst of divorce proceedings with his wife, acknowledged Tuesday that he is in a relationship with a Spanish-language television reporter.
The mayor insisted at a news conference that his relationship with Telemundo newswoman Mirthala Salinas would not interfere with his job and he pleaded for privacy for his family.
"I have had a relationship with Ms. Salinas over time. It has evolved, and today I have acknowledged that relationship," said Villaraigosa, who announced his separation from his wife, Corina, last month after 20 years of marriage.
Corina Villaraigosa filed for divorce June 12, a day after the mayor told reporters in a City Hall news conference that he took the blame for his crumbling marriage.
A former sales representative for Mantra Films Inc. and Girls Gone Wild has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the two companies, their founder, Joe Francis, and another individual.
Tranae Hammond claims in the lawsuit filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court that she was the victim of repeated acts of sexual harassment by a supervisor named Ron and was fired after coming forward.
The lawsuit alleges Francis improperly managed the companies and took no steps to investigate or take preventative action against Ron's alleged actions. Ron's last name was listed as "unknown" in the lawsuit.
The lawsuit also seeks class action status for claims including failure to pay overtime, failure to provide required meal and rest periods, and failure to maintain required records.
French singer Michel Polnareff (2nd L) poses with his wife (L) and his fans in front of Marseille city hall July 3, 2007 as he celebrate his 63rd birthday.
Photo by Philippe Laurenson
Rod Stewart's son pleaded not guilty Tuesday to felony charges stemming from an attack on a couple outside a party in the Hollywood Hills.
Sean Stewart, 26, one of the stars of the A&E reality show "Sons of Hollywood," was arrested last month after being sued in May by Tobalus and Ericka Stein.
Stewart was charged with four felonies, including two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and one count each of throwing a substance at a vehicle and vandalism with more than $400 in damage.
Tap it, don't scrap it. With metal prices rising, beer makers say they expect to lose hundreds of thousands of kegs and millions of dollars this year as those stainless steel holders of brew are stolen and sold for scrap.
The beer industry is coupling with the scrap metal recycling industry to let metal buyers know they can't accept kegs unless they're sold by the breweries that own them. They're also pushing for legislation that would require scrap metal recyclers to ask for identification and proof of ownership from would-be sellers.
The beer industry's main trade group, the Beer Institute, noticed the problem in the past few years as it saw more brewers reporting missing kegs, resulting in an industrywide loss of up to $50 million a year, said Jeff Becker, president of the Beer Institute.
While only about 12 percent of the nation's beer is sold in kegs each year, it costs brewers as much as $150 to replace each keg, so the thefts have a big impact. In the past few years, breweries have collectively lost about 300,000 kegs a year, Becker said, out of an estimated 10.7 million in circulation.
A double rainbow is seen over Centre Court at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, Tuesday July 3, 2007. The rainbow appeared shortly after rain had stopped play for the day.
Photo by Sang Tan
Scientists said that a lake in southern Chile that mysteriously disappeared last month developed a crack which allowed the water to drain away.
A buildup of water opened a crack in an ice wall along one side of the lake. Water flowed through the crack into a nearby fjord and from there into the sea, leaving behind a dry lake-bed littered with icebergs, scientists told Chilean state television on Tuesday.
"It looks like it's slowly filling up with water again," said Andres Rivera, a glacier expert who headed a team which recently flew over the lake in a bid to solve the mystery.
Rivera said the incident was evidence of the effects of global warming.
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for June 25-July 1. 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. (30) "America's Got Talent," NBC, 11.51 million viewers.
2. (5) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 9.91 million viewers.
3. (54) "So You Think You Can Dance" (Wednesday), Fox, 9.83 million viewers.
4. (43) "So You Think You Can Dance" (Thursday), Fox, 9.39 million viewers.
5. (32) "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?," Fox, 9.32 million viewers.
6. (18) "Two And a Half Men," CBS, 9.12 million viewers.
7. (11) "CSI: Miami," CBS, 8.95 million viewers.
8. (X) "Princess Diana Tribute," NBC, 8.82 million viewers.
9. (X) "So You Think You Can Dance," (Wednesday, 8 p.m), Fox, 8.654 million viewers.
10. (32) "Law And Order: Special Victim's Unit," NBC, 8.648 million viewers.
11. (18) "NCIS," CBS, 8.44 million viewers.
12. (22) "Cold Case," CBS, 8.33 million viewers.
13. (22) "CSI: NY," CBS, 8.17 million viewers.
14. (26) "Shark," CBS, 7.73 million viewers.
15. (154) "La Fea Mas Bella," (Monday), UNI, 7.44 million viewers.
16. (76) "Hell's Kitchen," Fox, 7.43 million viewers.
17. (27) "60 Minutes," CBS, 7.32 million viewers.
18. (20) "Without a Trace," CBS, 7.28 million viewers.
19. (100) "The Next Best Thing," ABC, 7.23 million viewers.
20. (67) "How I Met Your Mother," CBS, 7.08 million viewers.
Mary Ellen Solt, who used letter and word arrangements to enhance the meaning of a poem and was a leader in the "concrete poetry" movement, has died. She was 86.
Her most popular work, "Forsythia," which is written as a flowering shrub, is the clearest example of her concrete verses. The title appears at the bottom of the page and each letter has a different word growing out of it to form a branch of the plant.
Solt traced the concrete form, which emerged in the United States in the 1960s, to 17th-century English sonnets through the stream-of-consciousness writing of symbolist poet Stephane Mallarme, novelist and poet James Joyce and E.E. Cummings. All three writers experimented with arrangement of words on the page.
Solt was born in Gilmore City, Iowa. Originally trained as a pianist, she became interested in poetry as a student at Iowa State Teachers College. She earned a bachelor's degree in English literature from the college in 1941 and a master's from the University of Iowa in 1948.
She taught poetry and comparative literature at Indiana University and American poetry at the University of Warsaw. She was also director of the Polish Studies Center at Indiana for several years.
She is survived by two daughters, Catherine Solt and Susan Solt, and a sister, Jean Peterson.
Lyricist Hy Zaret, who wrote the haunting words to "Unchained Melody," one of the most frequently recorded songs of the 20th century, has died at age 99.
He penned words to many songs and advertising jingles but his biggest hit was "Unchained Melody," written in 1955 for a film called "Unchained." It brought Zaret and Alex North, the composer, an Academy Award nomination for best song.
The song was recorded by artists as diverse as the Righteous Brothers, Elvis Presley, Lena Horne, U2, Guy Lombardo, Vito & the Salutations and Joni Mitchell, who incorporated fragments into her song "Chinese Cafe/Unchained Melody."
In all, it was recorded more than 300 times, according to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, which listed it in 1999 as one of the 25 most-performed musical works of the 20th century.
Among other songs Zaret co-wrote were "My Sister and I," a hit in 1941 for Jimmy Dorsey; "So Long, for a While," the theme song for the radio and TV show "Your Hit Parade"; "Dedicated to You"; and the Andrews Sisters' novelty song "One Meat Ball."
Boots Randolph, whose spirited saxophone playing on "Yakety Sax" endeared him to fans for years on Benny Hill's TV show, died Tuesday. He was 80.
Randolph played regularly in Nashville nightclubs for 30 years, becoming a tourist draw for the city much like Wayne Newton in Las Vegas and Pete Fountain in New Orleans.
He recorded more than 40 albums and spent 15 years touring with the Festival of Music, teaming with fellow instrumentalists Chet Atkins and Floyd Cramer.
As a session musician, he played on Elvis Presley's "Return to Sender," Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman," Brenda Lee's "Rockin' Round the Christmas Tree" and "I'm Sorry," REO Speedwagon's "Little Queenie," Al Hirt's "Java" and other songs including ones by Buddy Holly and Johnny Cash.
In 1963 he had his biggest solo hit, "Yakety Sax," which he co-wrote with guitarist James Rich. He also was part of the Million Dollar Band on the TV show "Hee Haw."
Randolph was born Homer Louis Randolph in Paducah, Ky., and grew up in the rural community of Cadiz, Ky., where he learned to play music with his family's band.
He graduated from high school in Evansville, Ind., then joined the Army and became a member of the Army Band. After his discharge, he played primarily jazz at nightclubs for $60 a week. He finally landed a recording contract with RCA in Nashville in 1958 and was hired as a musician for recording sessions.
Survivors include his wife, a son, a daughter and four grandchildren.
A zookeeper, unseen, offers flower to a female Stump-Tailed Macaque, Dhundhun, on her 2nd Birthday in Gauhati, India, Tuesday, July 3, 2007. The Assam State Zoo authority celebrated the day as the Stump-Tailed Macaque Day.
Photo by Anupam Nath
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