A reliable & talented producer of Mashup Collections is Simon Iddol. In
all likelihood you've read of his past releases here in this very
column. From the 'WHA!?' bootleg compilation series, collecting the
best new mashups to the recent 'SUMMER OF LOVE 2008' compilation
featuring late 60's tracks mashed with current chart fodder, Mr
Iddol gifts us with releases easy to enjoy. Now comes his newest
project 'We All Kissed A Girl - The Ultimate Katy Perry Mashup
Compilation', volume one in the Audio Porn Central series, 'GUILTY
PLEASURES'.
Eighteen mixers contributed 18 tracks, each giving their own spin to
the smash hit "I Kissed A Girl' by the new superstar Kate
Perry. The very popularity of the original track spawned the
initial mashups, with DJ Schmolli & Instamatic's tunes crafted
directly for this project. Since each track employs about half the
same source, it definitely is a 'guilty pleasure', but with talent
such as DJ Paul V, Divide & Kreate and Bobby Martini, the emphasis is
most assuredly on the pleasure. I would be remiss in my duties as a
columnist if I didn't give you a peek at the full artist list.
01 KenCarson - I Kissed A Barbie Girl
02 Xam - I Kissed Mr Vain
03 Ace of Clubs - Katy Got Low and Liked It
04 Lebuzz - I Kissed Your Friends
05 DJ Schmolli - I Kissed A DJ
06 LiamWalds - I Kissed a Stict Machine
07 DJ Paul V. - Jesus Kissed a Girl
08 Instamatic - I Kissed A Monster
09 Matt Hite - I Kissed a Bomb
10 Bobby Martini - I'm Worried I Kissed A Girl Called Ray
11 Divide & Kreate - Party Kisser
12 The Reborn Identity - Tainted Kiss
13 Torero BP - I Kissed A Molecule
14 DJ Gizmo - I Kissed A Girl In This Club
15 Prosac - I kissed Madonna
16 POMATIC - I Kissed A Glamorous Girl
17 neiltomo - I Kissed A Cherry Chopstick Before!
18 Dj Fac - I kiss a girl when things explode
Now that is a formidable lineup! You'll hear Kate Perry's smash hit
aligned with such various artists as Usher, Bloc Party, Flo
Rida, Depeche Mode & The Hoosiers, along with many more. The comp is
of course arranged & released under the direct supervision of Simon Iddol himself, guaranteeing a solid mashup experience. I may not know
of producers like KenCarson & Xam, but their music satisfies like
well-established, familiar names do. Whether you're a Kate Perry
fan, or or mashup appreciater, this set will delight you. I,for one,am
wondering what the next 'Guilty Pleasure' will be.
Grab your copy at www.audioporncentral.com/2008/08/guilty-pleasure.html
or enjoy the very popular torrent version
here - www.mininova.org/tor/1726809
Mix Of The Week-DJ MXR's 'ELECTRO JAM - THE STREET MIX' is 30 minutes of quick passage through artists like Newcleus, Loleatta Holloway & Kraftwerk, among a massive list of others. DJ MXR excells at playing tons of tracks in a short time. See for yourself at http://www.zshare.net/audio/1950108372dbd057/
Mashup Tip: Refrigerate your mashups after the first 24 hours to preserve freshness.
This week's poll is... the Paul Newman 'Tribute' edition
What are your favorite Paul Newman movies and why?
I'd list them all for you to choose from, but why? You know what they are! You relish the memories of seeing them for the first time. You've looked forward to seeing them again and again since then... So, unload... Let it out... Let us remember a man who was not only a great actor, but a marvelous philanthropist and loyal husband, as well.
zEN mAN (observing the Ukrainian ship off the coast of Somalia hijacked by modern day pirates....they want $20 million....US warships fire on them.....where's Jack Sparrow?)
McCain camp releases ad claiming debate victory
The McCain campaign was so pleased with their man's performance Friday they released an ad saying he had won - several hours before the debate began.
Q + A with Julie Walters, actress, by Rosanna Greenstreet (guardian.co.uk)
Q: Tell us a joke.
A: An elephant met a mouse in the jungle and the mouse said, 'Bloody hell, you're absolutely enormous.' And the elephant said, 'Well, you're really, really little.' And the mouse said, 'Yes, but I haven't been well.'
"Apocalypse Nerd" by Peter Bagge: A Review by David Kennedy-Logan
At 51 years old, Peter Bagge is becoming an elder statesman of the comics medium. A member of the generation of artists who came of age in the 1970s under the influence of genre-defining and boundary-pushing artists and publishers such as Robert Crumb, Will Eisner, Art Spiegelman, and Harvey Kurtzman, he rubs shoulders (at least figuratively) with Daniel Clowes, Chris Ware, Tony Millionaire, Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez, and many other brilliant weirdos.
mj was first, and correct, with:
I'm going with the one's that lose their heads for lust
And because I've never seen any of the others come close.
E.
We once had a mantis hitch a ride home on our windshield wiper. (It wasn't raining). She looked like he was water skiing with the way she moved as we accelerated, decelerated and turned.
Charlie responded:
They're common around here, it's the
E: Praying Mantis
Alan J answered:
E: Praying Mantis
~ Tony in Philly wrote:
E: Praying Mantis
Marian the Teacher said:
Praying Mantis
Adam in NoHo answered:
I'm going to guess Praying Mantis.
Marsha ("I have always imagined that paradise will be
a kind of library" Jorge Luis Borges) wrote:
Hey Marty, that's an easy one the Mantis. As you can see from some of the pictures I've sent you.
BadtotheboneBob replied:
E. Praying Mantis... And is it ever eerie to watch them do it. They almost seem 'sentient' when they turn and look at you like yer gonna be next, sucka! Ack! Run away! Run Away!
And, Joe S succinctly responded:
E
Thanks to Charlie, Joe S and Marsha for the pictures.
New Contest!
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1. Mike's Election Guide by Michael Moore
It's a great year to be an American and a voter. Don't miss out on MIKE'S ELECTION GUIDE - the indispensable book that belongs in every American's back pocket this season.
2. The Preacher and the Presidents by Nancy Gibbs
Also by Michael Duffy. Reveals how the world's most powerful men and world's most famous evangelist, Billy Graham, knit faith and politics together.
3. Hard Call by John McCain
In Hard Call, acclaimed authors John McCain and Mark Salter describe the anatomy of great decisions in history by telling the remarkable stories of men and women who have exemplified composure, wisdom, and intellect in the face of life's toughest decisions.
4. The American Journey of Barack Obama by The Editors of Life Magazine
Covers the candidate Barack Obama from his childhood and adolescence to his time as editor of The Harvard Law Review and his Chicago activist years, culminating with the excitement and fervor of the historic 2008 Democratic National Convention.
5. Goodnight Bush by Erich Origen
Also by Gan Golan. A hilarious and poignant visual requiem for the Bush administration.
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6. Takeover by Charlie Savage Takeover tells the story of how a group of true believers, led by VP Cheney, set out to establish near-monarchical executive powers that, in the words of one conservative critic, "will lie around like a loaded weapon" for any future president.
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Also by Don Van Natta Jr. The first truly balanced investigation into the life and career of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta Jr.'s masterful biography.
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Also by Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez. Often considered Congress's Odd Couple, these warm witty sisters are not only perfect role models for young Latinas in the US, but for all young women looking to break out and create a brighter future for themselves.
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In his insightful and plainspoken manner, Mike Huckabee carries hope to Americans and provides practical solutions to current problems in our nation.
10. The Revolution by Ron Paul
In this book, Texas congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul provides answers to questions that few even dare to ask.
CBS starts the night with a FRESH'Old Christine', followed by a FRESH'Gary Unmarried', then a FRESH'Criminal Minds', followed by a FRESH'CSI: The 3rd One'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Kate Walsh, Barry Sonnenfeld, and Darius Rucker.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jim Parsons.
NBCopens the night with a FRESH'Knight Rider', followed by a FRESH'America's Got Talent', then a FRESH'Lipstick Jungle'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Greg Kinnear, Mindy Kaling, and Nikka Costa.
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Robin Wright-Penn, Louis CK, and Department of Eagles.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly is Wayne Brady.
ABC begins the night with the SEASON PREMIERE'Pushing Daisies', followed by a SEASON PREMIERE'Private Practice'< then the SEASON PREMIERE'Dirty Sexy Money'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are Rosario Dawson, Jamie Kennedy, and Gavin Rossdale.
The CWoffers a FRESH'America's Next Top Model', followed by a RERUN'90210'.
Faux has a FRESH'Bones', followed by a FRESH'Til Death', followed by another FRESH'Til Death'.
MY recycles old 'Twilight Zone's all night.
A&E has 'CSI: The 2nd One', 'Dog The Racist Bounty Hunter', another 'Dog The Racist Bounty Hunter', followed by a FRESH'Dog The Racist Bounty Hunter', 'Criss Angel Mindfreak', and another 'Criss Angel Mindfreak'.
AMC offers the movie 'Road House', followed by 'Breaking Bad', another 'Breaking Bad', and still another 'Breaking Bad'.
BBC -
[12:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 17
[12:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 18
[1:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Ep 1 Ruby Tates
[2:00 PM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 1 Allen
[3:00 PM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 5 France 13
[3:30 PM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 6 MacClesfield 7
[4:00 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 2
[4:30 PM] You Are What You Eat - Episode 3
[5:00 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 1
[5:30 PM] How Clean Is Your House? - Episode 2
[6:00 PM] Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Revisited - Ep 2 Momma Cherri's
[7:00 PM] BBC World News America
[8:00 PM] My Small Breasts and I
[9:00 PM] My Fake Baby
[10:00 PM] BBC World News America
[11:00 PM] My Small Breasts and I
[12:00 AM] My Fake Baby
[1:00 AM] My Small Breasts and I
[2:00 AM] My Fake Baby - My Fake Baby
[3:00 AM] The Graham Norton Show - Ep 17 Alice Cooper, Sandi Toksvig and Gareth Gat
[4:00 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 5 France 13
[4:30 AM] Bargain Hunt - Ep. 6 MacClesfield 7
[5:00 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 11 Smith
[5:30 AM] Cash in the Attic - Ep. 12 Walters
[6:00 AM] BBC World News (ALL TIMES EDT)
Bravo has 'Project Runway', another 'Project Runway', followed by a FRESH'Project Runway', and a FRESH'Top Design'.
Comedy Central has 'Scrubs', another Scrubs', last night's 'Jon Stewart', last night's 'Colbert Report', 'Futurama', 'South Park', another 'South Park', and 'Lewis Black's Root Of All Evil' ('The Hills' vs. Rocket Scientists).
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Peggy Noonan.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Dave Levin.
FX has the movie 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith', followed by a FRESH'Sons Of Anarchy'.
History has 'Modern Marvels', 'MonsterQuest', another 'MonsterQuest', and 'Jurassic Fight Club'.
IFC -
[6:00 AM] IFC Short Film Showcase
[7:00 AM] The Final Cut
[8:35 AM] Maria Full of Grace
[10:20 AM] IFC in Theaters
[10:30 AM] The Young Americans
[12:15 PM] At the Death House Door
[2:00 PM] The Final Cut
[3:45 PM] Maria Full of Grace
[5:30 PM] The Young Americans
[7:15 PM] Confidence
[7:15 PM] Confidence
[9:00 PM] Fargo
[10:45 PM] Miller's Crossing
[12:45 AM] Fargo
[2:30 AM] Miller's Crossing
[4:30 AM] Confidence
[4:30 AM] Confidence (ALL TIMES EST)
SciFi has 'Ghost Hunters', another 'Ghost Hunters', followed by a FRESH'Ghost Hunters', and a FRESH'Destination Truth'.
Actress Diane Lane, co-star actor Richard Gere and his wife Carey Lowell, from left, pose on the red carpet prior to the German premiere of the movie the 'Nights In Rodanthe' in Berlin, on Tuesday Sept. 30. 2008.
Photo by Miguel Villagran
Rock stars Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel are teaming up for their first joint concert to benefit Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.
Obama plans to attend the concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City on Oct. 16, the day after Obama's final debate with Republican John McCain at Hofstra University, located several miles outside the city in Hempstead, N.Y.
Seeing the two superstars together won't come cheap. Tickets start at $500 and range up to $10,000.
Bad news for American writers hoping for a Nobel Prize next week: the top member of the award jury believes the United States is too insular and ignorant to compete with Europe when it comes to great writing.
As the Swedish Academy enters final deliberations for this year's award, permanent secretary Horace Engdahl said it's no coincidence that most winners are European.
"Of course there is powerful literature in all big cultures, but you can't get away from the fact that Europe still is the center of the literary world ... not the United States," he told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview Tuesday.
Speaking generally about American literature, however, he said U.S. writers are "too sensitive to trends in their own mass culture," dragging down the quality of their work.
"The U.S. is too isolated, too insular. They don't translate enough and don't really participate in the big dialogue of literature," Engdahl said. "That ignorance is restraining."
Robin Williams is to return to the UK stage after a 25-year absence along with comedy greats John Cleese and Rowan Atkinson to celebrate the Prince of Wales' 60th birthday.
The televised gala is being held to raise tens of thousands of pounds for youth charity The Prince's Trust.
The Prince, a "comedy fan", and the Duchess of Cornwall will attend the comedy night, We Are Most Amused, on November 12, two days before his birthday.
More acts will be announced in the run-up to the night, which will be broadcast on ITV1 and feature comedy sketches as well as stand-up.
Gwen Ifill has a broken ankle, but she'll still serve as the upcoming vice presidential debate's moderator.
The veteran PBS newswoman tripped in her Washington area home while walking downstairs Monday, carrying material she was using to prep for the debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin.
Despite the pain, doctors have given her the OK to travel to St. Louis, where the vice presidential debate is scheduled for Thursday.
Some 15,000 enthusiasts have assembled the world's largest jigsaw puzzle in the southern German town of Ravensburg, Europe's biggest puzzle maker said.
Puzzle maker Ravensburger AG said 1,141,800 pieces were put together in only five hours on Sunday, forming a nearly 6,500-square foot (600-square meter) puzzle that nearly covered the town square.
A notary has submitted the result to the Guinness Book of World Records. The current record is a 212,323-piece puzzle measuring some 35 feet by 38 feet (10.8 meters by 11.68 meters) put together in Singapore in 2002.
The participants assembled more-than 4,000 smaller jigsaw puzzles, each with 252 pieces and standard puzzle motifs like animals, maps and landscapes.
The rectangles were then taken to the nearby town square and put together into the single massive 65-foot by 98-foot (20-meter by 30-meter) puzzle.
Pakistani girls show their hands painted with traditional henna in preparation for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr festival in Multan, Pakistan, Monday, Sept. 29, 2008. Pakistani Muslims are preparing for Eid al-Fitr, a celebration that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan this week.
Photo by Khalid Tanveer
A letter written by a young Princess Diana in which she admitted trying to marry off her elder sister to her future husband Prince Charles was sold at auction in England Tuesday for 12,000 pounds.
In 1978, aged 17, the future Princess of Wales wrote to her nanny, Mary Clarke, that she and her brother Charles and sister Jane were trying to "marry off Sarah to various men but have failed in every direction".
"We even thought Prince Charles might have been in the running but were relieved when that passed," she wrote.
The letter sold for 12,431 pounds (22,000 dollars, 15,700 euros) including buyers premium and tax, according to auctioneers Reeman Dansie.
Technology company RealNetworks and major film studios on Tuesday squared off in a legal battle over a new product allowing consumers to make computer copies of DVDs that the studios claim is illegal.
RealDVD, a software product from RealNetworks subsidiary RealNetworks Home Entertainment Inc, allows users to create a copy of a DVD for their computer's internal or portable hard drive.
RealNetworks said RealDVD gives consumers the ability to do with movie or TV show DVDs what they already do with music CDs, and RealDVD eliminates the hassle of searching for a missing DVD or dealing with a scratched and unplayable disc.
But the Motion Picture Association of America, which represents Hollywood's major film and TV studios, disagreed and its member companies sued RealNetworks seeking a temporary restraining order to stop it from selling RealDVD software.
Shreeya Bajracharya adjusts her "third eye" while posing for the photographer as the newly appointed Goddess Kumari at Bhaktapur in Kathmandu September 29, 2008. Nepal's new Maoist-led government has appointed the 6-year-old girl as a "living goddess" in a town near Kathmandu, for the first time snapping the link between the ancient ritual and the ousted monarchy.
Photo by Gopal Chitrakar
A Russian billionaire said Tuesday he is teaming up with former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev to form a new political party that will challenge the country's recent steps away from democracy.
Alexander Lebedev, a former lawmaker who has built a fortune in business and investment, said he and Gorbachev would work together in a political movement tentatively named the Independent Democratic Party.
Kremlin critics say that during his eight years as president, current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin reversed Russia's post-Soviet movement toward democracy and enhanced state control over the economy, courts and media.
It would be an uphill battle: Gorbachev is popular abroad, but is reviled by many Russians who blame him for the Soviet breakup. He won less than 1 percent of the votes in the 1996 presidential election and has not run since.
The federal government took a new, ecosystem-based approach to the endangered species list on Tuesday, proposing an all-at-once addition of 48 species, including plants, two birds and a fly, that live only on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
The action by the Interior Department would designate about 43 square miles as critical habitat for all the species rather than considering each species' habitat separately, which has been the practice for three decades. Officials said considering the species all at once should save time and resources and would help the whole ecosystem.
The same approach is planned to help protect rare species on Oahu, the Big Island and Maui over the next several years, and it could be considered for the Arctic, big river systems of the Southwest and areas of the mountain West, according to department officials.
A final decision on adding the species to the list will be made after a yearlong study.
Upper Deck has produced a 'Presidential Predictor' trading card of Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin inside its latest baseball release.
Dolphins at a Japanese marine park are going on a low fat diet after developing pot bellies and failing to look sharp in their aquatic performances.
Kinosaki Marine World in western Japan said Tuesday that all its 19 dolphins have been on a low fat diet since late August, when they started failing to hit jumping targets and keep upright while treading water.
Keepers measured their weight and found all had gotten plumper, some up to 22 pounds heavier just during the summer.
All had the same menu - about 31 pounds of mackerel mixed with some white fish - but keepers found the mackerels had gotten fattier, adding too many calories for the dolphins.
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Sept. 22-28. 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. (1) "Dancing With The Stars," ABC, 21.34 million viewers.
2. (3) "Desperate Housewives," ABC, 18.68 million viewers.
3. (3) "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 18.47 million viewers.
4. (X) "Dancing with the Stars Special" (Tuesday), ABC, 18.3 million viewers.
5. (5) "NCIS," CBS, 18.03 million viewers.
6. (2) "NBC Sunday Night Football," NBC, 17.34 million viewers.
7. (6) "CSI: Miami," CBS, 17.23 million viewers.
8. (6) "Criminal Minds," CBS, 17.01 million viewers.
9. (X) "Dancing with the Stars Results Special," ABC, 15.87 million viewers.
10. (9) "The Mentalist," CBS, 15.6 million viewers.
11. (10) "Two And a Half Men," CBS, 14.88 million viewers.
12. (11) "CSI: NY," CBS, 14.59 million viewers.
13. (14) "Survivor: Gabon," CBS, 13.06 million viewers.
14. (15) "60 Minutes," CBS, 12.59 million viewers.
15. (12) "House," Fox, 12.38 million viewers.
16. (21) "The OT," Fox, 12.18 million viewers.
17. (16) "Brothers and Sisters," ABC, 12.03 million viewers.
18. (16) "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," ABC, 11.95 million viewers.
19. (13) "Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kickoff," NBC, 11.93 million viewers.
20. (18) "Cold Case," CBS, 11.36 million viewers.
The 'Persian Ceiling', which is made of over 1000 of Dale Chihuly's blown glass is on exhibit at the RISD Museum, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008, in Providence, R.I.
Photo by Stew Milne
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