M Is FOR MASHUP - RERUN - March 25th, 2015
AudioBoots WORLDS GREATEST CLUB MASHUPS Arrives!
By DJ Useo
Yes, the album I wrote about a couple weeks back, AudioBoots WORLDS GREATEST CLUB MASHUPS
( www.suprmchaos.com/bcEnt-Wed-030415.index.html )
has now appeared! The "tweaking" of the tracks, art, & texts had to be immaculate, & that took extra time. Now that the 3-disc set is available, it's obvious the extra attention to detail paid off. Y'know, when we announced this project, the idea was to limit contributors to a mere two submissions. Then, the tracks started arriving. I quickly found myself confronted with as many as 6 offerings from one person with each being too great to refuse.
Thus, the planned 2-disc set swelled to three. In addition, there's soon going to be a long mix of each disc created by three gifted deejays. I've heard the first long mix already, ( from DJ MXR ) & I was powerful impressed. I realize that there's an offhand chance that some of you reading this column ( you are still there, right? ) might not be into club music. Well, we planned for that by making the tracks irresistible. Also, awesome contributor AtoZ assembled a video for his track
"Gonna Make You Work It Out" ( Beatles & Friends vs C & C Music Factory ) that opens the album
( www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwxLfx87YjY ).
Using the expression "assembled a video for his track" actually doesn't describe what a great experience the video is. The audio mix is already, like, the coolest. AtoZ does so much with established imagery in this gem that you'll smile, & you'll definitely dance. No doubt that more AudioBoots WGCM videos will appear soon. I hope you'll take a gander at the super page AudioBoots Co-Owner
Chocomang created for the release
( audioboots.com/WORLDSGREATESTCLUBMASHUPS/ ).
There's some cool visual effects, & you can stream, or download the entire album! Forum janitor BastardWhitey also helped with something ( but I forget what?! )
The HUGE list of tracks can also be seen here
( audioboots.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/643/audioboots-worlds-greatest-club-mashups-all-new )
There's great source artists abounding all over this marvelous collection. Listen for bits of the Sugarhill Gang, Human League, Stevie Wonder, Gloria Gaynor, & many more that you can
read & hear from here
( audioboots.com/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/643/audioboots-worlds-greatest-club-mashups-all-new )
There's plans for two different radio stations to broadcast the entire 3 hours. I'll clue y'all in when that happens.
It's an amazing thrill when you can gather together such talent as ToToM, DJ Spider,Chocomang,Oki,
DJ MXR, Tweylo, DRA'man, DJ GAYA, DJ Rudec,AtoZ,Boots Leg Pharm,DJ Useo, Zigmund Fraud, and Lizard. Big thanks to everybody. We've included links to our sites, in case you want more, and you will!
So, that's part of our plan to celebrate a year of our
new mashup forum AudioBoots
( audioboots.com/ ).
More to come soon! Please resume your non-bootleg music reading at this time.
Recommended Reading
from Bruce
Andrew Tobias: Trendlines, Not Headlines
Watch President Clinton outline the state of the world as he opens yesterday's session of the Clinton Global Initiative. There is so much to be hopeful about - as seen more clearly in the trendlines than the headlines - and so much in what he and his team have helped catalyze since leaving office to marvel at.
Amelia Gentleman: "'I can't sacrifice my family for the NHS': the junior doctors forced out of jobs they love" (The Guardian)
Young doctors are seething with anger over new contracts threatening lower pay, longer hours and increased stress. But do they really have it that bad? Here junior medics on the verge of quitting describe salaries that barely cover the bills - and a workload that means they could end up earning as little as Ł10 an hour.
Interviews by Rebecca Nicholson: "Garbage: how we made Garbage" (The Guardian)
Shirley Manson: 'I was in the middle of nowhere with three men I'd never met, no credit card, no internet. Bit stupid, but there you go.'
Marc Dion: The Quotable Yogi (Creators Syndicate)
I never met a bad writer who didn't quote Yogi Berra frequently. This is particularly true of newspaper people, many of whom love baseball, principally because it makes them feel that its 1936 and everything is just fine in the newspaper business.
John Naughton: The rise of ad-blocking could herald the end of the free internet (The Guardian)
More and more people are using software to turn off irritating website advertisements - but without them, smaller sites might go under.
Gayatri Devi: Boredom is not a problem to be solved. It's the last privilege of a free mind (The Guardian)
Lean in to boredom, not your smart phone screen. You'll learn more about yourself and the world around you than you think.
Amanda Madden: "7 Sleazy But Lucrative Jobs (We Have Thanks To The Internet)" (Cracked)
To make up for all these dashed dreams, we've had to invent sleazy new occupations that not even the most pessimistic sci-fi dystopia could have predicted. Twenty years ago, the following job titles would have been wacky indie band names, but today they are real things. Right now, there's someone making a living as a ...
Anonymous, Amanda Madden: "We Basically Sell Poison: 6 Realities Of 'Supplement' Stores" (Cracked)
As you wandered by the nutrition supplement store on your way to the combination Pizza Hut/Taco Bell, you probably wondered who the hell shops there and what they're even buying. Surely, protein powder isn't that in demand? You're right: It's not. As a guy who used to work at one of those stores, I can assure you there is way more to these "health" products than bulk-up shakes and that most of the products are actually terrible for you.
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Announce Rescheduled Tour Dates
The Who
The Who have announced the rescheduled dates for their axed fall tour, now kicking off in February 2016.
The band said Tuesday that "The Who Hits 50!" tour will start Feb. 27 in Detroit. The band's fall tour was cancelled this month as lead singer Roger Daltrey recovers from viral meningitis.
Tickets for the originally scheduled shows will be honoured at the new dates.
The tour, celebrating The Who's 50th anniversary, also will visit New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Toronto. It wraps on May 29 in Las Vegas.
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Twitter Debut
Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden has come in from the cold - on Twitter.
Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor who leaked details about the U.S. government's massive surveillance programs, started a Twitter account on Tuesday from exile in Russia with a simple handle - @snowden.
He attracted more than 171,000 followers in about an hour and had 548,000 about 4-1/2 hours later. But Snowden was following only one other Twitter account: his former employer's.
Snowden's initial tweet had been "Can you hear me now?" The message, a take-off on a cellphone provider television commercial, was retweeted 25,000 times within an hour. In his Twitter profile, Snowden described himself by saying, "I used to work for the government. Now I work for the public."
In his earlier hours on Twitter, Snowden exchanged tweets with prominent astrophysicist and radio talk show host Neil deGrasse Tyson, who had encouraged Snowden to try Twitter during an interview on his show this month.
Edward Snowden
Nation's 1st Marijuana Resort
Santee Sioux
The Santee Sioux tribe has already proven its business acumen, running a successful casino, a 120-room hotel and a 240-head buffalo ranch on the plains of South Dakota.
But those enterprises have not been immune to competition and the lingering effects of the Great Recession, so the small tribe of 400 is undertaking a new venture - opening the nation's first marijuana resort on its reservation. The experiment could offer a new money-making model for tribes nationwide seeking economic opportunities beyond casinos.
Santee Sioux leaders plan to grow their own pot and sell it in a smoking lounge that includes a nightclub, arcade games, bar and food service, and eventually, slot machines and an outdoor music venue.
"We want it to be an adult playground," tribal President Anthony Reider said. "There's nowhere else in American that has something like this."
The project, according to the tribe, could generate up to $2 million a month in profit, and work is already underway on the growing facility. The first joints are expected to go on sale Dec. 31 at a New Year's Eve party.
Santee Sioux
Search Gains New Momentum
Nefertiti
The search for ancient Egypt's Queen Nefertiti in an alleged hidden chamber in King Tut's tomb gained new momentum as Egypt's Antiquities Minister said Tuesday he is now more convinced a queen's tomb may lay hidden behind King Tutankhamun's final resting place.
While touring the burial sites of Tutankhamun and other pharaohs in Luxor's famed Valley of the Kings with British Egyptologist Nicholas Reeves, Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty said he now thinks King Tut's 3,300 year-old pharaonic mausoleum probably contains at least one hidden chamber.
Reeves theorized that Tutankhamun, popularly known as King Tut, who died at the age of 19, may have been rushed into an outer chamber of what was originally Nefertiti's tomb.
High-resolution images of King Tut's tomb "revealed several very interesting features which look not at all natural, features like very, very straight lines which are 90 degrees to the ground, positioned so as to correspond with other features within the tomb," Reeves said during the visit.
Reeves said the walls could conceal two unexplored doorways, one of which perhaps leads to Nefertiti's tomb. He also argues that the design of the tomb suggests it was built for a queen, rather than a king.
Nefertiti
Groups Seek End To All Drilling
Arctic Ocean
Royal Dutch Shell's decision to end its quest for oil in the Arctic waters off Alaska sparked jubilation among environmental activists, who said Tuesday that they will seize the opportunity to seek an end to all drilling to in the region.
But while Shell's move is a definite setback for oil companies, it does not mean offshore drilling is dead or that the Arctic Ocean has any greater protection now than it had last week.
Shell announced Monday that it would abandon exploration in U.S. Arctic waters "for the foreseeable future" after a well drilled this summer in the Chukchi Sea off the Alaskan coast failed to find natural gas and oil in sufficient quantities.
The Department of Interior continues to evaluate Arctic-specific exploratory drilling regulations. The leases that allow oil companies to explore for crude run through 2017 in the Beaufort Sea and through 2020 in the Chukchi Sea, and corporations have sought extensions.
Arctic Ocean
Acknowledge Polygamy
Mormons
The Mormon church's renovated history museum set to reopen this week features a small and surprising display about an uncomfortable part of the faith's history that for generations has been glossed over: polygamy.
The display is tucked inside a modern revamped museum that tells the story of how the church was founded and formed in the eastern U.S. from 1820-1846 before Mormons trekked across the country to settle in Utah. Inside a special 220-seat theater, visitors can watch a theatrical dramatization of founder Joseph Smith's much-dissected visit from God and Jesus in 1820 in the woods of upstate New York that led to the foundation of the religion.
The decision by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to provide more details about what is known as this "first vision" and acknowledge the early days of polygamy - a practice that has been outlawed by the mainstream church since 1890 - marks the latest illustration of the religion's push for transparency over secrecy when it comes to its history and beliefs, religious scholars said.
The new polygamy exhibit features the headline "A Test of Faith: The Saints and Plural Marriage" above an interactive touch screen with stories of men and women who practiced polygamy. Embedded in the wall is Smith's hand-written account of a revelation he received from God to practice polygamy. It has never been displayed before, museum director Alan Johnson said.
Mormons
Woman Denied Entry
Legoland
A Utah woman was denied entry to the LEGOLAND Discovery Centre near Toronto because she didn't have any children with her.
Alice DeFriez told CTV News she was up visiting when she saw the alluring brochure at her hotel.
She told CTV she runs a Lego Club out of the library in her hometown of Heber City, Utah, and even hosts an annual building contest.
According to the LEGOLAND website, children under the age of 17 must be accompanied by a supervisor who's at least 18.
"Adults (18+) will not be admitted without a child, with the exception of Adult Only Nights," the disclaimer reads.
Legoland
Rare 'City Map' Restored
Byzantine-Era Mosaic
A rare Byzantine-era floor mosaic discovered in Israel that depicts streets and buildings on a "city map" of a place in Egypt will be presented to the public Thursday after having been restored.
The mosaic of about 3.5 metres (11.4 feet) by 3.5 metres served as the floor of a church that no longer exists, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Tuesday.
It said Christian tradition holds that the Hebrew prophet Habakkuk was buried in Chortaso, and the 1,500-year-old mosaic might refer to the origin of the church's congregation.
The mosaic was discovered two years ago in an industrial zone in the southern city of Qiryat Gat.
Byzantine-Era Mosaic
Prime-Time Nielsens
Ratings
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Sept. 21-27. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. NFL Football: Denver at Detroit, NBC, 22.07 million.
2. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 18.2 million.
3. "NCIS," CBS, 18.19 million.
4. NFL Football: Washington at N.Y. Giants, CBS, 16.88 million.
5. "Empire," Fox, 16.18 million.
6. "Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick," NBC, 15.62 million.
7. "60 Minutes," CBS, 15.04 million.
8. "NFL Post-Game," CBS, 13.03 million.
9. "NCIS: New Orleans," CBS, 12.62 million.
10. NFL Football: N.Y. Jets at Indianapolis, ESPN, 12.48 million.
11. "The Voice" (Monday), NBC, 12.37 million.
12. "The Voice" (Tuesday), NBC, 12.35 million.
13. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 12.22 million.
14. "Football Night in America," NBC, 11.91 million.
15. "Dancing With the Stars," ABC, 11.46 million.
16. "Life in Pieces," CBS, 11.28 million.
17. "Scorpion," CBS, 11.09 million.
18. "NFL Pregame Show," CBS, 10.61 million.
19. "Blindspot," NBC, 10.61 million.
20. "Scandal," ABC, 10.25 million.
Ratings
In Memory
Frankie Ford
Rock and roll and rhythm and blues singer Frankie Ford, whose 1959 hit "Sea Cruise" brought him international fame, is dead at the age of 76.
The Jefferson Parish Coroner's Office says Ford died Monday of natural causes.
Mike Shepherd, head of the Louisiana music Hall of Fame, says Ford had been ill for some time.
Ford had sung since childhood. His adopted parents, Vincent and Anna Guzzo of Gretna, brought him to New York when he was five to perform on the "Ted Mack Amateur Hour."
Shepherd says Ford was among three white singers called to Cosimo (KOS-mo) Matassa's New Orleans studio in the late 1950s to cover songs by local black musicians whose records got less airtime because of racial discrimination.
Frankie Ford
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