M Is FOR MASHUP - RERUN - December 13th, 2017
12 Reggae Mashups Album
By DJ Useo
Recently I was invited aboard a really interesting bootleg project. It was a Reggae mashup album. Some quite talented mixers expressed interest, & we all began working up tracks. Somehow, along the way most everyone was "whittled" away through the call of actual life activities. Still, enough of us continued that we were able to make a fantastic one "disc" album called
"12 Reggae Mashups"
( chocomang.org/Albums/TwelveReggaeMashups/ http://audioboots.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/1691 )
The leader ( or "instigator" if you prefer ;) ) is
Chocomang
( chocomang.org/mashup/index_en.htm )
,
who is Frances' answer to "Ambrosia". He did all the hard work, aside from making 8 of the tracks. Literally everything else he did solo. The second contributor is the phenomenally popular
Skibilibop
( www.skibilibop.com/ )
, who dwells in the peaceful land of Hgfredjjikiov ( typo ) .
I reckon most of you know about me ( www.groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/ ) .
I made ten Reggae mashups, of which four were chosen to appear on this collection. There's 3 mirror links to d/l the zip file from. There's also a cool one-track mix of the album by Chocomang in case you want to sample it before aquiring. I got'ta say, though, that I did a premiere party for the project, & man, did everyone love listening. We don't charge money for this release, but tips are welcome.
The format is pop vocals over Reggae music with tracks like "Bring Me To Jah" ( Evanescence vs Enrique Iglesias vs LionRiddims ) , "Give the Dub & the Restless Away" ( Red Hot Chili Peppers vs Sonic Boom ) & "Leave It Soul Rebel" ( Yes vs Bunny Wailer ) , plus eight more. Personally, I expected a lot more Bob Marley tracks, but I figure we all thought the others would take care of that. lol. There's rather a lot of mashup censorship nowadays. It can be tough to publicize such a release. We're sharing the links around everywhere we know to. The quality alone should send this album over the top, but we'll see, after a couple weeks, how it does.
I sure would like to see a few more volumes like this one. If I can influence it any, that will happen. Meanwhile, lots of us have plenty more mashup albums coming soon, in many different styles. Next week, I have a fantastic new pop on pop album from one of the greats. I hope there's a Christmas mashup album again this year. Catch you next Wednesday.
Recommended Reading
from Bruce
Paul Krugman: Trump's Supreme Betrayal (NY Times Blog)
This is all, by the way, the opposite of populism. The public strongly supports worker protections. The ongoing campaign to take them away is an act of conservative elites, people who have made their careers by carrying water for business interests, and is being implemented in effect by stealth under the noses of voters who thought Trump was on their side.
Paul Krugman: Transaction Costs and Tethers: Why I'm a Crypto Skeptic (NY Times Column)
It comes down to two things: transaction costs and the absence of tethering. Let me explain.
Paul Waldman: A $12 billion solution to a political problem of Trump's own making (Washington Post)
The taxpayers just have to fork over $12 billion for the people being harmed by Trump's trade war, even though nobody was supposed to be harmed, because it was all going to be so easy.
Lenore Skenazy: Give Your Kids More Time to Just Play (Creators Syndicate)
Harvard's Steven Pinker says we are living in the safest times in human history. Here in the United States, The Washington Post reports, there has never been a safer time to be a child. So first we must fight the misperception that danger abounds, which is brought to us by relentless media attention to the anomalous bad things in the world. (Some call it "mean world syndrome.")
Mary Beard: David Attenborough on the Romans (TLS)
Direct contact with antiquities, and I mean touching and holding, really enthuses people (I have seen it many times with school children, and once upon a time it worked for me!). And it makes them want to get to know the cultures concerned - and, in the long term, it is that enthusiasm and understanding that best protects the heritage. To put it another way, a small amount of wear and tear is more than compensated by a wider public commitment to the past (you don't protect antiquities by laws alone, but also by a general desire that they should be preserved).
Mary Beard: "Archaeology in Turkey: off the beaten track." (TLS)
But what caught my eye were three statues, including one of a young girl holding a dove, labelled 'confiscated': that is, the authorities had seized them from clandestine diggers and looters. But what was striking was the odd surface of the marble, which in each case was so shiny that it appeared to have been coated with some sort of varnish. It really spoiled them, to be honest.
Joe Bob Briggs: Why I'm Suing Vanderbilt University (Taki's Magazine)
And that's the fatal flaw in the arrogant government move against ITT Tech. Everybody going there chose to roll the dice and go with the career they loved. It doesn't matter if the major has "no job opportunities." Maybe that's not why they're going to college. And even if it is, I might be the exception. With apologies to Dr. Weatherby, all those ITT Tech students should be saying to the all-knowing, all-wise Department of Education: Screw you, it's my life.
Lucy Mangan: The 10 questions you should really ask yourself before getting married (The Guardian)
A new checklist for couples suggests that shared interests, friendship and respect are crucial for love to last. But what if your partner hogs the duvet or sneezes really loudly? Try our alternative marriage guidance.
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Presenting
Michael Egan
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has returned to semi-retired status.
In memory.
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Current Events
Someone needs to hack the file .... let them print all they want.
some guy
Thanks, Guy!
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Current Events
David Hitch is a right-wing, far-right cartoonist; I look at his crap just to stay aware of what the other side is thinking and saying. I never send his miserable attempts at cartooning to you, but this one is so utterly breath-taking--sort of like a punch to the gut--that I had to share. How can you hate the institutions of our country so much? How can you believe that everyone is out to get you and your precious Orange Turd and not be locked away in an asylum for the safety of the rest of us?
Linda >^..^<
We are all only temporarily able bodied.
Thanks, Linda!
from Marc Perkel
Marc's Guide to Curing Cancer
So far so good on beating cancer for now. I'm doing fine. At the end of the month I'll be 16 months into an 8 month mean lifespan. And yesterday I went on a 7 mile hike and managed to keep up with the hiking group I was with. So, doing something right.
Still waiting for future test results and should see things headed in the right direction. I can say that it's not likely that anything dire happens in the short term so that means that I should have time to make several more attempts at this. So even if it doesn't work the first time there are a lot of variations to try. So if there's bad news it will help me pick the next radiation target.
I have written a "how to" guide for oncologists to perform the treatment that I got. I'm convinced that I'm definitely onto something and whether it works for me or not isn't the definitive test. I know if other people tried this that it would work for some of them, and if they improve it that it will work for a lot of them.
The guide is quite detailed and any doctor reading this can understand the procedure at every level. I also go into detail as to how it works, how I figured it out, and variations and improvements that could be tried to enhance it. I also introduce new ways to look at the problem. There is a lot of room for improvement and I think that doctors reading it will see what I'm talking about and want to build on it. And it's written so that if you're not a doctor you can still follow it. It also has a personal story revealing that I'm the class clown of cancer support group. I give great interviews and I look pretty hot in a lab coat.
So, feel free to read this and see what I'm talking about. But if any of you want to help then pass this around to both doctors and cancer patients. I need some media coverage. I'm looking for as many eyeballs as possible to read these ideas. Even if this isn't the solution, it's definitely on the right track. After all, I did hike 7 miles yesterday. And this hiking group wasn't moving slow. So if this isn't working then, why am I still here?
I also see curing cancer as more of an engineering problem that a medical problem. So if you are good at solving problems and most of what you know about medicine was watching the Dr. House MD TV show, then you're at the level I was at when I started. So anyone can jump in and be part of the solution.
Here is a link to my guide: Oncologists Guide to Curing Cancer using Abscopal Effect
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
"WE QUIT."
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
PRESIDENT LIAR!
"COLLUSION IS NOT A CRIME" -- UNLESS YOU'RE HILLARY CLINTON.
R.I.P. RON DELLUMS.
IMPEACH TRUMP NOW!
Visit JD's site - Kitty Litter Music
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Stocked up on charcoal - won't be cooking inside for a while - it's too damn hot.
Soap Operas Threaten to Boycott
Daytime Emmys
According to a new report from Deadline, all four of this year's Daytime Emmy nominees for Outstanding Drama Series-The Bold and the Beautiful, General Hospital, Days of Our Lives and The Young and the Restless-signed and sent a joint letter to the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences chairman Terry O'Reilly and interim president and CEO Adam Sharp on Monday calling for an overhaul of the current process.
The demand for change was sparked by Patrika Darbo's recent award revocation. The actress won the 2018 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Digital Daytime Drama Series for her performance in Amazon's The Bay The Series. However, it was withdrawn shortly after by NATAS because of a submission error. Darbo was found to be ineligible for the category after appearing in a prior season.
Days later, Darbo penned an open later published by Deadline and suggested that the entire submission and voting process be audited.
"They should have vetted each and every submission and then notified those submitting of any submission errors in advance of the voting and the ceremony. I understand that in my category there were at least four submission errors. NATAS was made aware of these potential errors two days prior to the ceremony and made a conscious decision not to deal with it until after the ceremony was over," she wrote. "These errors were then not brought to light until after the Daytime Emmys were presented and awarded, meaning that other actors who did properly submit have now lost their chance at winning a Daytime Emmy."
The star also pointed to the Supporting Actor in a Digital Drama winner whose submissions had allegedly broken a rule, yet he was allowed to keep his statue. "NATAS determined after the fact that the rules for Supporting Actor and his show were 'ambiguous,'" Darbo wrote.
Daytime Emmys
Goes Public
Alan Alda
Alan Alda has Parkinson's disease.
The legendary actor from M*A*S*H and West Wing went public with the news Tuesday on CBS This Morning. Alda, 82, said he was diagnosed in 2015 and that since then he's had a full life. However, he recently launched his podcast, Clear+Vivid With Alan Alda, and during the press tour noticed his thumb had been twitching, as tremors are associated with the disorder of the central nervous system. So he decided to go public with his diagnosis to get ahead of any potentially "sad" tabloid stories about his health."I haven't said in public until now that I've been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease," he said. "The reason I want to talk about it in public is that I was diagnosed three-and-a-half years ago, and I've had a full life since then. I've acted, I've given talks, I help at the Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook, I've started this new podcast. And I noticed that - I had been on television a lot in the last couple of weeks talking about the new podcast - and I could see my thumb twitch in some shots, and I thought it's probably only a matter of time before somebody does a story about this from a sad point of view, but that's not where I am."
Alda, who appeared on The Good Fight earlier this year, said that an article he read in the New York Times led to him asking his doctor to test for the disorder. "I asked for a scan because I thought I might have it," the six-time Emmy winner revealed. "I read an article … that indicated that if you act out your dreams, there's a good chance that might be a very early symptom where nothing else shows. And by acting out your dreams, I mean I was having a dream that someone was attacking me and I threw a sack of potatoes at them. What I was really doing was throwing a pillow at my wife."
Alda had no other symptoms. Months after his diagnosis, he noticed his thumb twitching.
He said when he was initially diagnosed, his reaction was mainly helping his family not be worried. "It's common for us all to go to the worst thought, but what's interesting is this is a disease that's different for almost everybody who has it. There is some common symptoms, but mostly everybody is different. And each day is different from the next. One day you wake up you think, oh, it's over. It's gone. The next day it's back a little worse. You don't know what it's going to be. But the main thing is, there is stuff you can do. You know how I look at it? It's like a puzzle to be solved. What do I have to adapt to to carry on a normal life? And I enjoy solving puzzles."
Alan Alda
Draft Poster Sells
"The Empire Strikes Back"
A rare draft poster for the "Star Wars" sequel "The Empire Strikes Back" has sold at auction for $26,400.
Heritage Auctions says a long-time pop culture collector who wished to remain anonymous made the winning bid Sunday in the Dallas auction.
The poster features Han Solo and Princess Leia in an embrace similar to one from a "Gone With the Wind" poster featuring Rhett Butler carrying Scarlett O'Hara while surrounded by flames.
Grey Smith, Heritage's director of vintage posters, says the draft poster for the 1980 movie "The Empire Strikes Back" is unique because it shows Roger Kastel's complete artwork in the original color palette.
After final revisions, the poster had a darker color scheme than the draft's vibrant reds and oranges. It was also more streamlined with fewer characters.
"The Empire Strikes Back"
Netflix Won't Stream Documentary
Louis Farrakhan
Netflix will not be streaming a controversial documentary about Louis Farrakhan.
A company spokesperson on Tuesday said that reports that the streaming service would add the documentary "My Life's Journey Through Music" next month were the result of a communication error.
"This film will not be released on Netflix," the spokesperson said. "Due to an internal miscommunication, it appeared to be scheduled for release on Netflix, but it is not. We apologize for any confusion this has caused."
Farrakhan announced on Twitter Monday that the film, which he helped make, would be coming to the service in August. "On August 1st, watch the premiere of my music documentary 'My Life's Journey Through Music' on @netflix," the Nation of Islam leader wrote. The film was also included last week on a list published by British site the Independent of movies coming to the U.K. version of Netflix in August.
Louis Farrakhan
Thieves Got Away on a Motorboat
Swedish Crown Jewels
Priceless Swedish crown jewels were stolen from the Strängnäs Cathedral in Sweden, the Swedish Police Authority said Tuesday.
The thieves took two crowns and royal orb from the cathedral, which is located west of Stockholm, and took off in a motor boat that was moored just below the church. Police immediately pursued the suspects by boat and helicopters.
"We are on land, in the water and in the air," a police spokesperson told the Sydney Morning Herald.
The stolen crowns were the funeral crowns of Karl IV and his wife Queen Kristina from 1611, Swedish police said in a press release. The royal jewels were initially buried with the couple but were then exhumed and put on display in the cathedral, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
The motorboat is described as small and open, though its color is currently unclear.
Swedish Crown Jewels
Ancient Pottery Factory Unveiled
Israel
Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday unveiled what they said was a major pottery plant which produced wine storage jars continuously from Roman to Byzantine times.
The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) said that excavations near the town of Gedera, south of Tel Aviv, revealed the factory and an adjacent leisure complex of 20 bathing pools and a room used for board games.
Excavation director Alla Nagorsky told journalists at the site that from the third century AD the plant produced vessels of a type known to historians as "Gaza" jars for an unbroken period of 600 years.
An IAA statement added that the jars' main function was storage and shipment of wine, which was a flourishing local industry at the time, with large-scale exports.
"The continuous production of these jars probably indicates that the business was a family one, which passed from generation to generation to generation," the IAA said in a statement.
Israel
Prime-Time Nielsens
Ratings
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for July 23-29. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. "America's Got Talent" (Tuesday), NBC, 11.7 million.
2."60 Minutes," CBS, 7.1 million.
3. "The Bachelorette," ABC, 5.9 million.
4. "Big Brother" (Wednesday), CBS, 5.7 million.
5. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 5.65 million.
6. "World of Dance," NBC, 5.64 million.
7."Big Brother" (Thursday), CBS, 5.5 million.
8. "Big Brother" (Sunday), CBS, 5.4 million.
9. "NCIS," CBS, 5.3 million.
10. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 5.27 million.
11. "American Ninja Warrior," NBC, 5.1 million.
12. "World of Dance," NBC, 4.9 million.
13. "Celebrity Family Feud," ABC, 4.8 million.
14. "Dateline NBC" (Monday), NBC. 4.6 million.
15. "$100,000 Pyramid," ABC, 4.5 million.
16. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 4.43 million.
17. "America's Funniest Home Videos," ABC, 4.3 million.
18. "NCIS: New Orleans," CBS, 4.1 million.
19. "America's Got Talent" (Sunday), NBC, 3.9 million.
20. "Mom," CBS, 3.87 million.
Ratings
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