M Is FOR MASHUP - August 18th, 2021
Robin Skouteris Mashup Albums
By DJ Useo
9 excellent mainstream mashup albums from a master, plus more.
More than enough to hold you till next weeks “M Is For Mashup” article.
Robin Skouteris Mashup Albums
Pardon my brevity, as I am quixotic today.
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from Bruce
Anecdotes
Contracts
• Red Auerbach started coaching the Boston Celtics in 1950 and almost immediately made a terrible mistake—he didn’t want to draft Holy Cross guard Bob Cousy, whom he called “a “local yokel.” Fortunately for the Celtics, Mr. Auerbach got him and signed him to a contract anyway. The Chicago Stags owned the rights to Mr. Cousy, and when they folded, Celtics owner Walter Brown pulled Mr. Cousy’s name out of a hat and won the rights to him. Mr. Cousy’s passing ability made the Celtics a respectable team and, after center and defensive genius Bill Russell joined the team, he played a very important role in winning their early championships.
Couples
• When basketball player Chris Mullen was drafted by a California team, the Golden State Warriors, he had to move far from his home and girlfriend in New York. Fortunately, he was making a lot of money as a professional basketball player, so he and his girlfriend could afford to talk on the telephone for hours. Both of them liked sports, so sometimes they both tuned into the same game on ESPN—she in New York, and he in California—and talked on the telephone as they watched the game together. Eventually, Mr. Mullen and his girlfriend, Liz Connolly, got married.
• Babe Didrikson remained single for a long time. One day, a reporter noticed a diamond ring on her finger and asked her about it. She replied, “Bought it myself. It was a diamond I wanted, not a man.” Later, she married George Zaharias, who was twice as big as she was, and got bigger—he ate sticks of butter the way other people eat bananas. The marriage was mostly happy, although when they quarreled she was not above buying a tiny convertible that her sometimes-400-pound husband could not fit into.
Courage
• As an elite figure skater who competed internationally as an amateur, even winning a gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, Sarah Hughes had to show strength and determination; however, some things are impossible to do the first time. For example, she thought about getting her hair cut before the 1999 World Championships. She even walked into the hair salon and listened to the snip-snip-snip of scissors—then got cold feet and walked out without getting her hair cut. But for the 2000 World Championships, she decided to go through with it. All the time that the stylist was preparing to go snip-snip-snip, Sarah was thinking, “If I don’t like it, it will grow back. If I don’t like it, it will grow back. If I don’t like it, it will grow back.” Fortunately, she liked the shorter, sassier, more grown-up haircut—and so did the judges and the fans.
• For a while, basketball player Chris Mullen of the Golden State Warriors had a drinking problem. It took courage for him to admit that he had a problem and to do something about it, but Mr. Mullen did. In 1988, he missed some games to go into an alcohol rehabilitation program, and he worried about what the fans would do when he returned to playing. He shouldn’t have worried. The fans gave him a standing ovation when he returned, and he responded with 10 points, six assists, four rebounds, and four steals in 23 minutes to lead the Warriors to a 102-100 home victory over the Utah Jazz.
Crime
• Muhammad Ali signed autographs for a long time one day, and later he discovered that someone had picked his pocket—someone had taken $5,000 from his coat pocket. His manager lamented the loss, but Mr. Ali was philosophical about it, saying, “I don’t care about that money. The person who stole it probably needed it for their rent or to feed their children. That money will help someone, and that makes me feel good.”
• When Oscar De La Hoya was a young boxer with a growing reputation, he was mugged by five men carrying guns. They stole his wallet and his money. However, a few hours later, the wallet and money were returned to Mr. De La Hoya’s house. The toughs had seen his ID, learned whose wallet they had stolen, and out of respect for him had returned his wallet and money.
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Presenting
Michael Egan
U.S.A. replied:
has returned to semi-retired status.
In memory.
BRUCE'S RECOMMENDATION
BANDCAMP MUSIC
BRUCE'S RECOMMENDATION OF BANDCAMP MUSIC
Music: "Chubacabra"
Album: HORROR NIGHT VOL. 2
Artist: Hola Ghost
Artist Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Record Company: Cthulhu Punk
Record Company Location: Essen, Germany
Info: "Hola" means "Hello" in Spanish.
“The chupacabra or chupacabras is a legendary creature in the folklore of parts of the Americas, with its first purported sightings reported in Puerto Rico in 1995. The name comes from the animal's reported vampirism—the chupacabra is said to attack and drink the blood of livestock, including goats.” — Wikipedia
“Hola Ghost has been categorised as a digital psychobilly Mexican death-surf dark disco rock band, and not without a reason; appearing live with bandanas, bullet belts and sombrero, the trio fearessly mix genres to create their own Scandinavian mariachi rock sound.” — sjock.com
Copenhagen gringos. Kristian Sandorff. Peter Sandorff. Jeppe Bjerregaard Jessen.
“‘Look! It's moving. It's alive. It's alive ... it's alive, it's moving, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive, it's alive!’ - Henry Frankenstein (Frankenstein 1931) ... and so it is with our small but fine scene! Horror punk cannot be killed and cannot be pigeonholed! On every continent the undead crawl out of the graves to play loud punk / rock music and to celebrate! The second Horror Night Compilation is not only intended to provide an overview of the scene, but also to bring two compatible music genres together. This time, in addition to horror punk, there are also some psychobilly bands! With this in mind, I hope you enjoy listening! — Stump69 Thanks to all the bands involved for their support.”
Price: FREE Download
Genre: Horror Rock. Scandinavian Mariachi Rock.
Links:
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Horror Night / Cthulhu Punk
Hola Ghost Offical YouTube Channel
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Current Events
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Seen Mike Huckabee huckstering Relaxium, an OTC sleep aid?
Says he & his wife have been paying customers for 2 years.
He follows that with it's not addicting.
Must be for when prayer isn't enough.
$10M Defamation Battle
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow is still talking with MSNBC about a new contract, but the primetime host and her current cable news home just scored what might be a bonding TKO against One America News Network.
Reaffirming the decision by a San Diego-based U.S. District Court last year to toss out the conservative outlet’s $10 million defamation lawsuit against Maddow and MSNBC, a trio of appeal court judges has advised the Robert Herring Sr.-founded OAN to chill the hell out.
“Turning to the merits, the panel held that Maddow’s statement was well within the bounds of what qualified as protected speech under the First Amendment,” said the summary of the U.S. District Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit’s opinion on Tuesday of Maddow’s July 2019 quip that OAN was “the most obsequiously pro-Trump right-wing news outlet in America really literally is paid Russian propaganda.”
Maddow, who is MSNBC’s top-rated host and one of the most watched on all of cable news, actually was referencing a Daily Beast piece in the segment that got OAN so hot and bothered — and mocked, now and then.
“No reasonable viewer could conclude that Maddow implied an assertion of objective fact,” the opinion penned by Judge Milan D. Smith added (read it here) of the suit OAN filed in the fall of 2020 with great flurry. “The judgment of the district court is therefore affirmed.”
Rachel Maddow
‘The Conners’
Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander (Seinfeld, Young Sheldon) has been tapped to guest star in two Season 4 episodes of ABC’s The Conners.
The eight-time Emmy nominee will play Pastor Phil, an unconventional cleric with a rebel past, who uses humor and unflinching honesty to spread the good word. The Pastor will encounter Darlene (Sara Gilbert) and Becky (Alicia Goranson) at an AA meeting where he is speaker of the night, finding that Becky is looking to him for spiritual guidance.
The Conners is a follow-up to the iconic comedy series Roseanne, which picks up with members of the iconic TV family of the same name, following matriarch Roseanne’s (Roseanne Barr) sudden death.
The series from Werner Entertainment also stars John Goodman as Dan Conner, Laurie Metcalf as Jackie Harris, Michael Fishman as D.J. Conner, Emma Kenney as Harris Conner-Healy, Ames McNamara as Mark Conner-Healy, Jayden Rey as Mary Conner and Jay R. Ferguson as Ben.
Jason Alexander
Photo To Auction
Susan B. Anthony
A rare framed photograph of Susan B. Anthony is being auctioned with a starting price of $5,000.
The 20-by-16-inch (51-by-41-centimeter) photo was found in an concealed attic space in a building in Geneva, New York, after the property was sold in December.
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle reported Tuesday that David Whitcomb, an attorney and now owner of the building, has worked with an antiques dealer to bring some 350 items that he discovered in the attic, including the historic photograph of Anthony, to auction.
The photo was taken by Geneva photographer James Ellery Hale in 1905, just months before Anthony’s death. It was selected by the Susan B. Anthony Memorial Association as her official photograph. This framed copy is thought to be one of four that exist, according to the auction listing.
A second version of the photograph that is not framed is also being auctioned, as well as several photos of the suffragist Elizabeth Smith Miller and other people.
Susan B. Anthony
Hachette Book Group To Acquire
Workman Publishing
The publisher of such bestsellers as the “What to Expect” books for parents and the “Brain Quest” educational series has reached an agreement to be acquired by Hachette Book Group.
Workman Publishing has been an independent company for decades, and also includes the literary imprint Algonquin and the nature publisher Timber Press. Hachette is one of the world’s largest book publishers, with authors ranging from Donna Tartt and James Patterson to J.K. Rowling and David Sedaris.
The acquisition will be subject to approval from the Department of Justice.
Monday’s announcement continues a long-term trend of publishing consolidation, with recent moves including Penguin Random House’s plan to purchase Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins’ agreement to buy Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s trade division.
Workman Publishing
That's Entertainment
Rupert
Attorneys Tuesday defended Fox News and a trio of hosts for amplifying President Donald Trump’s allegations of massive election fraud following the 2020 presidential election, arguing the accusations — including against voting software concern Smartmatic — were highly newsworthy even if dubious. They said said hosts Lou Dobbs and Jeanine Pirro were protected since they ran opinion shows, not news.
They didn’t make that claim for Mario Bartiromo in a hearing to dismiss a defamation lawsuit by Smartmatic against Fox and the hosts as well as Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani.
Powell’s lawyer argued the NY court had no jurisdiction over her since she’s from Texas and “never came to New York to give any of the interviews.” Giuliani’s attorney rehashed conspiracy theories but was light on evidence when pressed by the judge. He asked that six of the claims against his client be dismissed because they were “product disparagement,” or calling the software lousy, not defamation.
The Smartmatic team argued that Fox hosts repeatedly aired claims suggesting fraud by the company, which provided voting software to the county of Los Angeles for the 2020 election. Its hosts in some cases implied they’d confirmed the allegations independently. Accusations that were denied by Smartmatic and disproved or never proved included nefarious ties with late Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez, that its servers were located in foreign countries so states couldn’t audit votes, and that it was connected with voting machine company Dominion and ejected from Texas.
In all cases the Smartmatic team charged, and opposing attorneys denied malice on the part of defendants for deliberately reporting or relaying information they knew was unfounded or inaccurate.
Rupert
Tweet Praises Taliban
Boebert
GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert was condemned by politicians from both sides of the aisle for praising — and seemingly promoting — the Taliban on Monday after the group seized Afghanistan’s capital Kabul over the weekend.
“The Taliban are the only people building back better,” the freshman representative tweeted, using Biden’s own campaign slogan.
“Tell that to the women,” snapped former GOP Rep. Denver Riggleman while Democratic Rep. Mondaire Jones mused, “This is a very dumb statement.”
Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell brought up the Jan. 6 rally-turned-riot that Boebert championed, adding, “Makes sense. You tried to overthrow the US government so of course you support the overthrow of the Afghan government.”
VoteVets, an organization comprised of and supporting progressive veterans, told Boebert to delete her account. Activist David Hogg was in disbelief, tweeting “Did I just read that?”
Boebert
Website Traffic Spiked
Jan. 6
WashingtonTunnels.com — an obscure website detailing the underground tunnel and pipe systems in Washington, D.C. — reportedly saw a "sudden and suspicious" spike in web traffic in the days leading up to the Capitol insurrection, reports NBC Washington.
The niche site includes maps and details of both the Hill's underground transit rail system and its "heavily traveled" underground tunnels, which "connect the Capitol building to House and Senate Office buildings, the Library of Congress, and the Capitol Visitor Center," per NBC.
On Jan. 1, 2021, WashingtonTunnels.com started to see traffic grow nationwide — a notable departure from the "narrow but devoted" group of locals who typically frequent the page. And a deeper analytics review revealed many visits to be coming from "hyperlinks shared on anonymous message boards, sites and forums named after militias or firearms, or using Donald Trump's name," NBC reports.
"These people were suddenly obsessed with the Capitol building," said Elliot Carter, the site's founder and administrator. Worried the dramatic increase in visitors meant people were seeking escape routes or entry points to the Capitol ahead of January's electoral vote count, Carter decided to contact the FBI, reports NBC.
Although Carter never received a response, a June U.S. Senate Rules Committee review reportedly mentioned the FBI having received an "online tip" regarding an increase in traffic on WashingtonTunnels.com.
Jan. 6
Archaeologists Find
Pompeii
Archaeologists in the ancient city of Pompeii have discovered a remarkably well-preserved skeleton during excavations of a tomb that also shed light on the cultural life of the city before it was destroyed by a volcanic eruption in AD 79.
A skull bearing tufts of white hair and part of an ear, as well as bones and fabric fragments, were found in the tomb in the necropolis of Porta Sarno, an area not yet open to the public that is located in the east of Pompeii’s urban center. The discovery is unusual since most adults were cremated at the time.
An inscription of the tomb suggested that its owner, a freed slave named Marcus Venerius Secundio, helped organize performances in Greek in Pompeii. Experts said it was the first confirmation that Greek, the language of culture in the Mediterranean, was used alongside Latin.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Zuchtriegel said Marcus Venerius clearly had been able to make a living for himself after he was freed as a slave, given the “monumental” size of his burial tomb. “He didn’t become super rich, but certainly he reached a considerable level of wealth,” Zuchtriegel said.
Pompeii
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