M Is FOR MASHUP - October 9th, 2013
Sixth Annual Useo Halloween Mashup Album
By DJ Useo
I was pretty happy with doing five Halloween mashup albums, so what with so much going on here in my life, I'd decided not to do a sixth Halloween mashup collection. That's when I started to get emails from people asking if I was intending to do a sixth years release.Once I started thinking about it, the ideas began to form, and soon I was sold on creating another Halloween mashup album. It started when I did a search on my Mac for Halloween mix fodder. The search brought me such fine instrumentals, & acapellas that soon I found myself with eighteen mixes all themed along being dead, or being ghosts.
Looking over the tracks I'd devised, I noticed the majority were club music oriented, and also themed along ghosts. As much as I liked my previous years Halloween albums full of variety-style mashups, I decided to stick to the club-oriented ones. After all, with 13 tracks, it made good sense to me to have them more or less in the same style. I deleted what I considered the lesser tracks, leaving me with what I felt was my strongest Halloween album so far. Still, somehow, I'd retained a thirties styled yodelling track that got the approval of the few I played it for. So, it appeared as if there would be 12 club-oriented cuts with one yodelling track.
I still had Halloween mashups on my mind when I came up with a spanking new blend of metal band Crooked X singing about being stuck in a nightmare over a rare 80's Sigue Sigue Sputnik techno song about Frankenstein. I was all set to release it as a solo bonus Halloween track when I found out the yodelling track had an offensive racist word in the title. Once I knew it was a racist word in the title of the song, ( You hear the slur repeatedly ) I kicked the track off the record and replaced it with the Sigue Sigue/ Crooked X mashup, thus preserving the flow of techno through the full album.
Once the mixing was done, ( adding lots of spooky samples and such ) all I had to do was add some cover art to complete the release. So, I took a large black sharpie and some white art paper, and as fast as I could ( About an hour and a half ) I drew what I thought were appropriate covers. Next I inverted them all so that they looked like they were drawn in white over black paper. I felt this gave them a much better Halloween flavor, plus it preserved the front and back cover black and white art theme. Normally I get told to always use color art in my covers, but this is the perfect time of year to go without any colors. I just watched the original DRACULA from Universal pictures, and it was marvelous in only black and white. I hope my new Halloween album has even a touch of the Halloween vibe that movie had.
Here's the final playlist to show you how very much the Halloween theme rules on this collection.
DJ Useo - Halloween ep 2013 playlist
01-Came Back Lost And Haunted ( Nine Inch Nails vs Superstrobe vs D'Jamency vs Atix )
02-Ghosts 'n Blue Fear Stuff (Armin Van Buuren vs Deadmau5 )
03-Dead Zombie Voices ( Black Agate vs Abnormal Noize )
04-Its A Haunted House Cold Room ( Brian Asselin and Eric Disero vs Frankyeffe & Atochi )
05-Dead Ghost Chili Chip In The Middle ( Killmatic vs Christian Smith vs London FM )
06-Funky Ghost Of Gloria ( Goodie Mob vs Kanzler & Wischnewski )
07-Frankenstein Cha Cha Cha Nightmare ( Crooked X vs Sigue Sigue Sputnik )
08-Haunted Ghosts ( The Limousines vs Front Line Assembly )
09-Nobodys Perfect Misguided Ghosts ( Paramore vs Yannick Calmes )
10-Ghost Hunter Halloween ( Team Dubforce vs Topshotta vs Bombilla )
11-Spooky Ghost Dance Song ( Lazy Town vs Tunnidge )
12-Braindead Vampires ( Zomboy vs Loud Disco Machine )
13-Them Seven Cities Bones ( Alice In Chains vs Solarstone )
I hope you enjoy the assortment. If you do, feel free to share the link, or at the very least, send me some candy corn. ;)
Here's a preview link for track one in case you need persuading.
( app.box.com/s/decsgvjrnneqye6warox )
( PS. There's an animated gif version of the cover here
( i85.photobucket.com/albums/k67/useo8/DJ%20Useo%20Covers%202/djuseo-halloween-ep-2013_zps317aa9ec.gif )
Mix Of The Week
DJ MXR, one of my favorite bootleg mixers, has come up with a
great new Halloween mix. It even has a new concept of what makes a Halloween mix. Instead of tracks about werewolves, vampires and other ghoulies, this collection features only tracks from those artists who have moved beyond mortal life. It's a fine change from hearing 'the monster mash' again.
Playlist, and streaming and download links here
or here.
( soundcloud.com/dj-mxr-the-original/dj-mxr-mix-from-the-crypt )
( www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibbzZKNnOVU&feature=youtu.be )
Mashup Tip
A really good Halloween mashup is equal to 3 large bags of assorted candy, plus they won't rot your teeth.
Latest Useo Thing
'Now I'm Here Gates Of Steel' ( Queen vs Devo ) is fun to hear with Freddie Mercury
singing over the spud boys! Classic Rock meets New Wave!
Stream or d/l from any of the links here
( www.groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2013/10/queen-vs-devo.html )
Podgornio, The Mashup Psychic Predicts
Don't eat that caramel apple, it has a razor blade in it.
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Robert T. Gonzalez: Oh good, there's a Salmonella outbreak while the government's shut down (io9)
With many of America's federally employed food-safety personnel on furlough (thanks, government shutdown), it's a good thing there isn't a major foodborne-illness outbreak unfolding across the country! Oh, wait. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced late yesterday that an estimated 278 people across 18 states - predominantly in California - have recently been reported ill due to Salmonella poisoning.
Katy Waldman: Nebraska Court Rules Teen Too Immature for an Abortion, Fine to Raise a Kid (Slate)
The Nebraska Supreme Court denied a 16-year-old foster child's request for an abortion on Friday because she was "not sufficiently mature" to make the decision herself. So instead, this immature young woman who does not want a baby will become a mother.
David Wong: 5 Popular Beliefs That Are Holding Humanity Back (Cracked)
Humans believe in a lot of stupid shit, and we do something stupid as a result of those beliefs about, oh, once every five seconds. And sure, most of you reading this are educated types who don't believe in Bigfoot or psychic readings, but there are a whole bunch of equally stupid/harmful superstitions out there that are so commonly held that we don't even think of them as such. Very few of us don't fall victim to at least a few of them.
Jon Henley: Vicky Pryce's prison diaries - what we've learned (Guardian)
You're unlikely to be strip searched, a few stamps will get you a long way and most inmates are only there because of their partners.
Michele Hanson: Silver Sunday proved not everyone sees older people as useless, costly dross (Guardian)
But if only the media would let us speak for ourselves instead of relying on a charter that tells us what to do.
Mark Joseph Stern: The Coolest Thing Anyone Has Ever Worn (Slate)
Why Cary Grant's sunglasses in North by Northwest still make us swoon.
Clare Suddath: Breaking Badfinger: Who's Getting the Baby Blue Money? (Businessweek)
It's a bittersweet moment for Badfinger, a Welsh band that suffered from financial mismanagement and saw its two main songwriters kill themselves over issues linked to royalty payments. All of which leads to the question: Where is the money going today?
Jesse Bering: What Is Truly Perverted? (Slate)
To make any real moral traction, we must abandon the rhetoric of righteousness and instead turn our efforts to clarifying, using science rather than scripture, laws, or even (and especially) our own gut feelings, how a sexual act or orientation is harmful to those involved. In my book, at least, doing harm is the only thing that makes a person a pervert.
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Donates Materials
John Sayles
Iconoclastic American filmmaker John Sayles has donated decades of documents, images, props and other material to the University of Michigan for an archive covering his 34-year directorial career, the school president announced Tuesday.
Sayles' films include 1992's Academy Award-nominated "Passion Fish" and 1996's "Lone Star," with Kris Kristofferson, Matthew McConaughey, Chris Cooper, Joe Morton and Elizabeth Pena in its ensemble cast.
Sayles and producing partner Maggie Renzi donated the items, including about 230 boxes of archival material.
The Sayles acquisition adds to University of Michigan collections documenting the careers of American filmmakers Orson Welles and Robert Altman.
John Sayles
DC's Madame Tussauds
Betty White
Actress and animal lover Betty White is joining the collection in wax at the Madame Tussauds museum in Washington.
The museum says a new wax figure of the 91-year-old White will be unveiled Wednesday. Washington Humane Society CEO Lisa LaFontaine will unveil White's figure to pay homage to the "Hot in Cleveland" star's passion for animals.
White is the latest celebrity to take her place among the U.S. presidents in the Madame Tussauds collection. White is best known for her roles on "The Golden Girls" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and is currently on the hit "Hot in Cleveland" on TV Land.
The Humane Society also will have its mobile adoption centre at the museum Tuesday for visitors to adopt animals.
Betty White
Superman License Plates
Ohio
Ohio fans of the Man of Steel now officially can have the Superman logo on their wheels.
A license plate with the iconic "S'' insignia and the phrase "Truth, Justice and the American Way" went on sale Monday. Relatives of Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were on hand for the plate's unveiling outside the Cleveland-area home where Siegel lived, The Plain Dealer (http://bit.ly/16ObUnA ) reported.
The plates cost $20, plus the standard registration fee of $34.50 or the typical $16.25 in fees to replace existing plates. Part of the fee goes to the Siegel and Shuster Society, which commemorates the men's work.
The unveiling caps a two-year process that included a push to make the plates available by this year - the 75th anniversary of the superhero's debut - and a dispute over what phrase would be featured on the plates. The original plan was to use the slogan "Ohio: Birthplace of Superman," but DC Comics objected, insisting that Superman was born on the fictional planet Krypton.
Ohio
Ultimate Corpse Schtupping
Marilyn Monroe
A physician's notes on Marilyn Monroe that indicate that the Hollywood sex symbol had undergone cosmetic surgery will be up for sale next month along with a set of her X-rays, an auction house said on Tuesday.
The set of six X-rays and a file of doctors' notes that offer a partial medical history of the "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" actress from 1950 to 1962, are expected to fetch between $15,000 and $30,000 at auction on November 9-10, said Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills, California.
The notes written by Hollywood plastic surgeon Michael Gurdin appear to confirm speculation that Monroe, who epitomized glamour and set a standard of movie star beauty during the latter part of Hollywood's golden era, went under the knife for cosmetic reasons.
The seller, who is so far unnamed, received the items as a gift from Gurdin.
Marilyn Monroe
Children File Petition
Casey Kasem
The three adult children of radio host Casey Kasem have filed a legal petition to gain control of his health care.
The filing says Kasem is suffering from advanced Parkinson's disease and is being isolated from his children, friends and family members by his wife.
The petition for conservatorship filed Monday brought a long-running family feud into the courts. The applicants, Julie, Kerri and Mike Kasem, contend that Kasem's wife Jean refuses to tell them the name of their father's primary care physician and they are unable to check on his condition.
Julie Kasem, who has a master's degree in medicine, and her husband, Dr. Jamil Aboulhosn, presented papers signed by her father in 2007 giving them power of attorney over his health care in the event he was unable to make such decisions himself.
But they said they are unable to fulfill their duties because Jean Kasem, his wife of 30 years, refuses to provide access to Kasem or the name of his doctor.
Casey Kasem
Allowed To Work
Lauryn Hill
A federal judge in New Jersey is allowing Lauryn Hill to go on tour before completing her sentence on a tax conviction.
Attorney Nathan Hochman says Hill has been permitted to work during the last six weeks of this year before finishing the balance of her three-month home detention.
Hill pleaded guilty last year to failing to pay taxes on more than $1.5 million earned from 2005 to 2007. The winner of multiple Grammys and former member of the Fugees was sentenced in July to three months in prison and three months of home detention. She lives in South Orange, N.J.
Court filings show U.S. Magistrate Madeline Cox Arleo signed the order allowing her to work Oct. 1.
Lauryn Hill
Shutdown Cancels Entire US Program
Antarctic Research
As scientists had feared, today (Oct. 8) the National Science Foundation announced it was canceling the U.S. Antarctic research program for this year because of the ongoing government shutdown.
Scientists and contractors already stationed at the three U.S. science bases on Antarctica will be sent home and a small staff left behind to maintain the structures and equipment, the National Science Foundation (NSF) said.
The announcement was a devastating blow for the polar science community. The shutdown means the cancellation of millions of dollars of planned research. Graduate students may have to stay in school longer because they won't get the data they need to complete their research. Contractors are losing their jobs. Other countries, including New Zealand, France and Italy, rely on the United States' sea-ice runway at McMurdo Station and may not be able to conduct their own research after the pullout.
Though the NSF said it would work to restart science activities after the government shutdown ends, many U.S. scientists will miss their timing window for the summer research season, which started Oct. 3.
Antarctic Research
Name Rights Sold For $10
'World Trade Center'
New York is expanding its probe nationwide into the 1980s sale of the rights to the name "World Trade Center" to a nonprofit for $10, resulting in millions of dollars in fees for use of the name in 28 states, according to an official familiar with the investigation.
The official told The Associated Press that letters seeking information on the deals should arrive Monday at 45 World Trade Center complexes, from Alaska to Florida. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the official wasn't authorized to speak publicly about the probe.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is investigating a 1986 deal in which the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey sold the naming rights to one of its outgoing executives for use by a nonprofit organization called The World Trade Centers Association. The Port Authority owns the World Trade Center site but is among hundreds of entities worldwide that pay to use the "World Trade Center" name.
"The attorney general is looking to find out how the WTCA got such a sweetheart deal on the naming rights, how much revenue the WTCA makes selling the name and how that price is set," the official said.
The Record newspaper reported in September that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey sold the naming rights to Guy Tozzoli in his role as head of the nonprofit WTCA. Tozzoli died in February.
'World Trade Center'
Struggling Park
Hong Kong Disneyland
Hong Kong Disneyland is adding an Iron Man-themed area in the hopes that the Marvel superhero's success at the Chinese box office will help draw more visitors to the underachieving resort.
In an announcement Tuesday, the park said the Iron Man Experience, set to open by late 2016, will include a thrill ride that will let visitors "take flight with Iron Man on an epic adventure" involving a "battle against alien invaders" across Hong Kong.
It's the latest in a series of expansions aimed at bolstering visitor numbers at the struggling park, which has failed to draw as many tourists as expected because of its small size.
At just 311 acres (126 hectares) when it opened, Hong Kong Disneyland was the smallest of Burbank, California-based Walt Disney Co.'s parks worldwide. Some $465 million in new attractions added over the past two years, including rides based on the "Toy Story" movies, have added a quarter to the park's size.
The expansion efforts so far appear to be paying off. The park earned a small profit of $14 million in its latest financial year, its first after losing hundreds of millions since opening in 2005.
Hong Kong Disneyland
Chinese Explorer
Zheng He
Does a 600-year-old Chinese map prove that Christopher Columbus was not the first explorer to navigate the New World?
In his book "Who Discovered America?," published Tuesday, author Gavin Menzies says the settling of North America by nonnative peoples is more complex than previously thought.
'The traditional story of Columbus discovering the New World is absolute fantasy, it's fairy tales," Menzies, 76, said in an interview with the Daily Mail.
Zheng He - a Muslim eunuch - is arguably the most famous explorer in Chinese history. Deployed by the emperor, He led Chinese fleets on voyages of discovery that helped expand the empire's knowledge of the world to include previously unknown areas in the Middle East and Africa. His influence over Asian culture was so strong that he is still considered a god in parts of Indonesia.
An appraiser from Christie's has authenticated the map itself, but there is currently no way of proving the map was based on images drafted in the 1400s. However, Menzies says that certain observations on the map, including descriptions of communities and other cultural landmarks in Peru, coincide with known data from that period.
Zheng He
Prime-Time Nielsens
Ratings
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Sept. 30-Oct. 6. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. "NCIS," CBS, 19.98 million.
2. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 18.22 million.
3. "60 Minutes," CBS, 17.94 million.
4. NFL Football: Houston at San Francisco, NBC, 17.69 million.
5. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 15.09 million.
6. "The Voice" (Tuesday), NBC, 14.54 million.
7. "The Voice" (Monday), NBC, 14.12 million.
8. NFL Football: Miami at New Orleans, ESPN, 13.72 million.
9. "Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick," NBC, 13.29 million.
10. "Dancing With the Stars," ABC, 13.1 million.
11. "The Millers," CBS, 13.09 million.
12. "Person of Interest," CBS, 12.35 million.
13. "The Crazy Ones," CBS, 11.71 million.
14. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 11.37 million.
15. "Blacklist," NBC, 11.35 million.
16. "Modern Family," ABC, 11.124 million.
17. "Criminal Minds," CBS, 11.121 million.
18. "Castle," ABC, 10.88 million.
19. "Scandal," ABC, 10.52 million.
20. "Football Night in America," NBC, 10.4 million.
Ratings
In Memory
Phil Chevron
Guitarist Phil Chevron of the Anglo-Irish folk-punk band the Pogues died on Tuesday at the age of 56 after a long battle with cancer, the band said.
Chevron joined the Pogues in 1984 and became a core member as the group made its name internationally in the 1980s and early 1990s with albums including "Rum, Sodomy and The Lash" and "If I Should Fall From Grace With God".
Chevron, whose real name was Philip Ryan, wrote the band's popular ballad "Thousands Are Sailing".
Chevron, who was born in Dublin, started out with the Irish act The Radiators From Space, which has been described as Ireland's first punk band, but he moved to London where he joined the Pogues fronted by fellow Irishman Shane MacGowan.
As well as playing guitar for the Pogues, he turned his hand to banjo and mandolin and occasionally took lead vocals.
Chevron stayed with the Pogues after MacGowan left in 1991 and was replaced by Joe Strummer, former frontman of The Clash, but he quit three years later due to poor health spurred by drug and alcohol abuse. The band split up in 1996.
He later reformed the Radiators with ex-Pogues bassist Cait O'Riordan. When the Pogues reformed in 2001 and interest in their music revived, Chevron remastered the band's back catalogue on CD and took a big role in their annual reunion tours.
He was diagnosed with head and neck cancer in 2007 and was given a clean bill of health in April 2012 but the cancer returned. His last appearance was at a testimonial concert in his honor in Dublin two months ago.
Phil Chevron
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