M Is FOR MASHUP - October 9th, 2019
DJ Useo - Halloween ep 2019
By DJ Useo
Hey! This is my
12th Halloween album
( groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2019/10/halloween-ep-2019.html )
. Since the first was released back in 2008, the response has been overwhelmingly positive. Whether the tunes are authentically creepy, or dazzlingly appealing, the Samhain vibe has succeeded as a strong lure to listeners. This new collection mainly sticks to the appeal part, while also maintaining a noticeable 'Ween facade. The tunes go from Rock to Pop to Hip Hop to Electronic in a startling manner.
I strived to merge the music in a way that interested me, & yet also would appeal to y'all. There's plenty of artists you'll know, all combined with welcome unknown ones. I started all the tracks live on decks, then saved the sections into a static mixing application which led to completion. This really sped up the entire process, resulting in more tracks than needed. I pared them down to one full "discs" worth, & hosted it for downloading. ( plus there's an unlisted 14th track with Shecky Von Schmecky telling Halloween jokes )
There's mixes of The Who vs Judas Priest, Cream vs Dr. Frankenstein's Laboratory, David Bowie vs Deadmau5 vs Nero, & plenty more bootleg-style audio combinations. I included cover art for all, so your eyes can indulge along with your ears. I never bother with videos for the cuts, as I can make 10, or more audio mashups in the time it takes me to create a video. I advise watching a large bag of Halloween candy while listening, instead.
If you take to these tunes as I expect, you can inundate yourself with past Useo 'Ween albums down
this page here
( djuseomashupalbums.blogspot.com/ )
Expect another "Intense Psychedelia" album from me before the end of the year, as it's mostly finished now. Next to the 'Ween albums, people ask for the psych ones the most.
Have the month of frightful fun. - DJ Konrad Useo
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BRUCE'S RECOMMENDATION
BANDCAMP MUSIC
BANDCAMP MUSIC YOU WILL PROBABLY NEVER HEAR ON THE RADIO
Music: "Uh Oh!" from the album UH OH! IT'S THE COOLIES
Artist: The Coolies
Artist Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Info: Released July 19, 2019
THE COOLIES:
Kim Shattuck - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Harmonica
Palmyra Delran - Vocals, Guitar, Drums, Sitar
Melanie Vammen - Bass, Guitar, Organ, Vocals
Mike Delejewski: Wonderful EP. Heartbroken by Kim's passing from her battle with ALS. She was a true embodiment of the punk spirit. The Muffs were sight to behold live. Their show at Lounge Axe in May 1995 is one of my favorite concert memories. You will be greatly missed, Kim. Favorite track: Glad I Met You.
100% of profits will be donated to The ALS Association Golden West Chapter.
Price: $1.00 (USA); the EP album is $6 (USA)
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Genre: Pop Punk
Uh Oh! It's... The Coolies by * The Coolies - Track
Uh Oh! It's... The Coolies by * The Coolies - Album
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'Big Bang Theory'
Life imitated art Tuesday when "The Big Bang Theory" - the American TV sitcom, not the scientific explanation for how the universe began - entered the annals of Nobel Prize history.
The announcement of the winners of this year's Nobel in physics began with a nod to an unlikely cultural reference: the opening lyrics to the show's theme song. "The Big Bang Theory" had its finale in May. In the episode, two of the main characters, Sheldon and Amy, win the physics prize.
"Our whole universe was in a hot, dense state, then nearly 14 billion years ago expansion started," academy member Ulf Danielsson said, quoting "The Big Bang" theme at the presentation in Stockholm.
A Canadian-American scientist and two Swiss scientists won the physics prize for their work in understanding how the universe has evolved from the Big Bang and the blockbuster discovery of a planet outside our solar system.
Goran Hansson, secretary general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, said the TV show was a "fantastic achievement" that brought the "world of science to laptops and living rooms around the world." Referencing its theme song therefore seemed fitting, he said.
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It's far from ready for mass production. However, Aleph's Yoav Reisler told Space.com that the company planned to build on the experiment and make synthetic beef steaks available on terra firma using large-scale "bio-farms."
This could be particularly helpful for astronauts. Spacecraft crews don't have the luxury of raising farm animals -- meat-eating astronauts could enjoy steaks on long journeys instead of making do with specially prepared space food. That, in turn, could give them the protein they need to sustain muscles on long voyages. In the nearer-term, though, Aleph hopes to reduce human-made climate change. Lab-grown meat needs far less power, water and farmland, potentially lowering emissions requirements even as it addresses food shortages.
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Bestows Medal On US Astronaut
Russia
Russia has decorated NASA astronaut Nick Hague, who survived an aborted space launch last year, with one of its highest honours, the Order of Courage, a Kremlin decree said on Tuesday.
Hague along with Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin had a close brush with death when their Soyuz rocket failed minutes after blast-off from Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in October last year. They were forced to eject and make a harrowing emergency landing. It was the first such accident in Russia's post-Soviet history.
In a decree released on Tuesday, the Kremlin commended 44-year-old Hague for his "courage and high professionalism" shown during life-threatening conditions.
After the accident Hague and Ovchinin successfully launched to the International Space Station aboard another Soyuz rocket in March and returned to Earth last week.
The Order of Courage is one of Russia's top state awards and is often given posthumously.
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Mystery surrounds a group of ruined stone buildings hidden in a remote forest in the Scottish Highlands, with an archaeologist suggesting they were once an illegal whisky distillery.
A local history group alerted the government agency Forest and Land Scotland (FLS) about the hidden ruins last year, indicating they were located in the forests above Loch Ard, about 20 miles (30 kilometers) north of the city of Glasgow.
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Ritchie said he now thinks the site may have been used in the late 1700s and early 1800s to distill whisky for sale in Glasgow, a lucrative trade that was illegal at the time.
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The rate of infection climbed steadily between 2014 and 2018, resulting in a 71% jump in the number of syphilis cases, a 63% increase in gonorrhea and a 19% rise in chlamydia during that period.
Budget cuts at the state and local level resulting in staff reductions, clinic closures, less screening and patient follow-up has accounted for the increased disease rates, in addition to decreased condom use, health officials said.
"The resurgence of syphilis, and particularly congenital syphilis, is not an arbitrary event, but rather a symptom of a deteriorating public health infrastructure and lack of access to health care," Gail Bolan, the CDC's director of STD Prevention, said in the report.
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Previously Unknown
Ancient Mold Pigs
An analysis of 30-million-year-old amber has resulted in the discovery of a previously unknown microscopic creature from the Cenozoic period. Bearing a resemblance to tardigrades (aka water bears), these now-extinct "mold pigs," as they've been dubbed, are unlike anything seen before.
Introducing Sialomorpha dominicana, a newly discovered microinvertebrate found locked in amber from the Dominican Republic. Its discoverers, paleobiologist George Poinar Jr. from Oregon State University and invertebrate zoologist Diane Nelson from East Tennessee State University, have dubbed the creature a "mold pig" in honor of its portly, porcine appearance and its diet, which consisted primarily of fungi. Details of the discovery were recently published in Invertebrate Biology.
The 83-year-old Poinar is no stranger to working with fossils trapped in amber. His 1982 research paper gave sci-fi author Michael Crichton the idea of extracting dinosaur DNA from insects trapped in amber, as portrayed in the film Jurassic Park. Poinar has made a career working with amber, finding fossilized flies, bees, bats, and ancient flowers.
This time around, however, Poinar, along with Nelson, discovered a creature that's invisible to the human eye-a microinvertebrate measuring no more than 100 micrometers long.
The amber fossil analyzed by Poinar and Nelson contained literally hundreds of mold pig specimens, allowing them to study a host of different biological aspects, including their anatomy, reproductive behavior, growth, development, and diet. For example, the mold pigs featured flexible heads and they grew by molting their exoskeleton.
Ancient Mold Pigs
World's First
Matryoshka Diamond
Russian miners unearthed a gemological oddity-a type of rare diamond called a Matryoshka diamond. It is thought to be the only one on the planet and the first of its kind, but has not yet been assigned a monetary value, according to a statement.
Named for the famed Russian nesting doll toys, the Matryoshka diamond is a tiny, tabular-shaped diamond encased within a larger diamond. Incredibly, there is enough space within the larger diamond, that the smaller specimen rattles inside, the report said. The outer gem is roughly .62 carats, but the inner gem is much smaller, weighing only about .02 carats.
It was pulled from the depths of the Nyurba mine in Yakutia, Russia. The diamond was discovered only later as it was being assessed in Yakutsk-often referred to as Russia's diamond capital-by specialists at the Yakutsk Diamond Trade Enterprise. It was then given to the Research and Development Geological Enterprise of ALROSA, who used raman and infrared spectroscopic imagery and x-ray microtomography to get a closer look at the gem.
"The most interesting thing for us was to find out how the air space between the inner and outer diamonds was formed," Oleg Kovalchuk, Deputy Director for innovations at ALROSA's Research and Development Geological Enterprise said in a statement.
According to the statement, scientists believe the diamond to be around 800 million years old and suspect that either the smaller diamond formed first and was surrounded by the larger diamond or a layer of crystal within the larger diamond dissolved to reveal a cavity.
Matryoshka Diamond
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. NFL Football: Indianapolis at Kansas City, NBC, 18.13 million.
2. "NFL Postgame," Fox, 17.49 million.
3. NFL Football: L.A. Rams at Seattle, Fox, 14.41 million.
4. "Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick," NBC, 12.89 million.
5. "NCIS," CBS, 12.52 million.
6. NFL Football: Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, ESPN, 10.81 million.
7. "FBI," CBS, 9.47 million.
8. "The Voice" (Tuesday), NBC, 9.04 million.
9. "The Voice" (Monday), NBC, 8.75 million.
10. "60 Minutes," CBS, 8.62 million.
11. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 8.35 million.
12. "Chicago Med," NBC, 7.68 million.
13. "Chicago Fire," NBC, 7.65 million.
14. "911," Fox, 7.48 million.
15. "This is Us," NBC, 7.46 million.
16. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 7.44 million.
17. "Football Night in America," NBC, 7.29 million.
18. "NFL Pregame," Fox, 7.27 million
19. "The Masked Singer," Fox, 6.99 million.
20. "NCIS: New Orleans," CBS, 6.91 million.
Ratings
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