M Is FOR MASHUP - October 13th, 2010
Are You Afraid Of The Mashup Monster?
By DJ Useo
The Halloween spirit has really kicked in with me this year. Of course it always does, but I'm really into it to a higher degree this particular time. First I went on a midnight hayride. Then I raked a large pile of dead leaves up, hid under them jumping up occasionally when someone walked near .Lastly, I mixed up a new collection of Halloween mashups.
I did my first solo Halloween collection back during the Halloween mashup famine of 2008. It featured a video of the first track, 'Halloween Hands Of Death' (Ministry vs Alice Cooper f/ Rob Zombie) & is very scary!
( djuseo.multiply.com/video/item/10/Halloween_Hands_Of_Death_Video.AVI )
Then in 2009 I got massively inspired during September when I watched some old Universal Monster movies like THE MUMMY & DRACULA. I had the Halloween mashup album finished before the first October leaf hit the ground.
I recently did a search to see if there was any sign of people picking up on my older Halloween mashup albums & there were mentions of them both on tons of sites. No wonder the hosting required multiple mirrors.
I was keen on doing another proper Halloween mashup collection this year, so I went down to the lake after dark & went skinny-dipping. Sure enough,before too long a hatchet-handed vagabond tried to slice me up. When I finally got home I was way inspired to do a frightful mashup album! lol A big aid to mixing them was many pals sending me links for great Halloween mixing fodder. You all know who you are, so I won't name names here. The authorities might be reading this. LMAO
You'll all feel the benefit from my seasonal musings when you hear the likes of Oingo Boingo, Dan Hicks, Black Sabbath, System Of A Down & many more given a Halloween twist through mixing software.
There's tracks packing more fear than a vampire's casket party like
01 - She Was A Hotel Detective Zombie (They Might Be Giants vs Designer Drugs)
02 - Fascist Groove Curse (British Electric Foundation vs Killswitch Engage)
03 - Resident Guru (Captain Beefheart vs The Residents)
& one track so scary I don't know who it's mixed from.
(Actually, my HD with that info got fried & that machines still in the shop AKK!)
Plus many more. Have a horrifying listen for yourself & please tell your friends.
All 3 DJ Useo Halloween Mashup albums here -
( groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2010/10/dj-useo-halloween-ep-2010.html )
Halloween Radio Show Of The Week
I dedicated my entire new QRADIPS SHOW w/ DJ Useo
to all new Halloween mashups. Plus Mr. Ripper (You can call him Jack) does some Halloween standup.
(qradip.blogspot.com/ )
It got a good response so I posted it up for youse mugs here -
( groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2010/10/all-new-2010-halloween-qradips-radio.html )
QRADIPS SHOW w/ DJ Useo 11 is an all Halloween mashup show, too. It's here -
( groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2008/10/all-halloween-tracks-qradips-show.html )
If you want more Halloween mashup radio listen in next Tuesday the 20th on
free online radio station Sound-Unsound Wadio
for another all new Halloween mashups Qradips show.3 pm est (8 pm gmt)
( streams.sound-unsound.com/start/wadio/ )
Mashup Tip : Don't go down & mash in the basement!
Recommended Reading
from Bruce
Michael Tomasky: "The Elections: How Bad for Democrats?" (nybooks.com)
In a morbid sort of way, it will be fascinating to see what will happen in a Congress populated by so many people keen to join it because they despise it. Whatever emerges, one thing is not in doubt: if the Republicans win the House, they will launch a series of investigations into the Obama administration, quite possibly leading to another impeachment drama.
Frank Rich: Facebook Politicians Are Not Your Friends (nytimes.com)
"THE Social Network," you're understandably sick of hearing, is a brilliant movie about the Harvard upstart Mark Zuckerberg and the messy birth of his fabulous start-up, Facebook, circa 2004. From the noisy debate over its harsh portrait of Zuckerberg, you'd think it's a documentary. It's not. Its genre is historical fiction - with a sardonic undertow.
Clarence Page: An ugly price to pay for free speech (chicagotribune.com)
Fred Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church protesters, now nationally infamous for waving hateful signs at military funerals, may sound crazy but they're not stupid. Not totally.
William Saletan: The Riddle of the Sphincter (slate.com)
Why do women who have anal sex get more orgasms?
Scott Burns: Refinancing Is the New Equity (assetbuilder.com)
… the people in between have a major opportunity. It's called refinancing. The largest single opportunity is in refinancing home mortgages. Since we've had three decades of mortgage refinancing most people already know this. What you may not know is how powerful it is compared to all the alternatives.
"The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings" (Bantam Classics) by Edgar Allan Poe: A review by Doug Brown
As part of my classics year project last year, I couldn't resist the opportunity to delve into some Poe. I had only ever read a couple of the stories, and of course "The Raven." I recommend the dive; most of the stories are only a few pages long and can be sipped in a short period. As would be expected, there are tales of the macabre, but more than that there are tales of psychology.
Saul Bellow's widow on his life and letters: 'His gift was to love and be loved' (guardian.co.uk)
Saul Bellow's letters are to be published later this month, five years after his death. Here, his widow, Janis, tells Rachel Cooke about her life with a literary giant.
ROBERT PIPPIN: In Defense of Naďve Reading (nytimes.com)
Have critical theory and the encroachment of the sciences on literature gone too far?
Martin Kettle: "Joan Sutherland: a tribute" (guardian.co.uk)
With a career that lasted from the 50s to the 80s, the opera singer, who has just died, could well be the greatest soprano of all time.
David Bruce: Wise Up! Authors (athensnews.com)
When Fay Kanin was about 12 years old, she discovered that people could get paid for writing. A newspaper called the Elmira Star Gazette paid $1 for anecdotes about readers' most embarrassing moments. One dollar was a lot of money back then, so Fay invented a most embarrassing moment, wrote it up, and earned $1. She then asked a friend if she could use her name, and she earned another dollar. A little later, all three most embarrassing moments in the newspaper column were ghostwritten by Fay.
David Bruce: Storefront (lulu.com)
Some free downloads. Click on "Download for free" when relevant.
David Bruce has 39 Kindle books on Amazon.com with 250 anecdotes in each book. Each book is $1, so for $39 you can buy 9,750 anecdotes. Search for "Funniest People," "Coolest People, "Most Interesting People," "Kindest People," and "Maximum Cool."
The Weekly Poll
As you read this, I'll either be on the way to, already at, or returning from the VAMC in Dee-troit (right on the Wayne State University campus) gettin' a pre-admission work up for my surgery next week. As such, there'll be a Poll hiatus whilst said procedure is done and recovery endured. I hope to have one up on the 26th asking yer predictions concerning the election on November 2nd. Those will be posted that morning (the 2nd) and we shall see later that evening who's got it right. At least that's the plan... Until then, TTFN...
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Reader Suggestion
Michelle in AZ
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Sunny and seasonal.
Jerry Brown's minion was wrong to call Meg Whitman a whore. More accurately, he should have used a noun that rhymes with bunt.
Fights Back Against Fox
Robin Carnahan
Last month, Fox News filed an unprecedented lawsuit against Democratic senatorial candidate Robin Carnahan, claiming she violated its copyright by using a Fox News clip in a campaign commercial against her challenger.
Now, Carnahan has struck back, telling a Missouri District Court that Fox News sued before properly registering copyright on the clip.
The Carnahan camp submitted a motion to dismiss the lawsuit on Friday, arguing that the popular cable news network was premature in initiating its copyright claim.
Carnahan's lawyers say this is "more than a technical failure." Instead, the campaign contends that Fox couldn't complete a copyright application because it would have trouble claiming copyright on all elements of the clip that Carnahan used. The footage itself, it turns out, incorporates an image first broadcast on C-SPAN. The campaign says this may be proof that Fox abused the copyright registration process and filed a frivolous claim in bad faith.
Robin Carnahan
Wins Booker Prize
Howard Jacobson
British writer Howard Jacobson won the prestigious Booker Prize Tuesday with his philosophical comedy "The Finkler Question," beating five other writers, including two-time winner Peter Carey and the bookies' favorite, Tom McCarthy.
Jacobson, who had been on the long list twice for the 50,000 pounds ($80,000) prize but had never been shortlisted until this year, jokingly said he had prepared acceptance speeches for over two decades before eventually winning the award.
"I'm speechless," he began as he took to the stage at London's Guild Hall. "Fortunately I prepared one earlier. It's dated 1983, that is how long the wait's been."
The 58-year-old, who has written 15 novels, is known for his comic touch and his treatment of Jewish themes. His latest, he said, is a comedy about sorrow and loss.
Howard Jacobson
Andy's Back
Conan O'Brien
When Conan O'Brien debuts his new, late night talk show on TBS he'll have an old friend and colleague by his side.
Andy Richter will serve as sidekick on "Conan."
Richter said he's "thrilled" to be working with O'Brien and he's most exited about "getting out of the house again."
"Conan" will premiere Monday, Nov. 8, at 11 p.m. on TBS.
Conan O'Brien
Woman With An Opinion
Helen Thomas
In a radio interview, former White House correspondent Helen Thomas acknowledges she touched a nerve with remarks about Israel that led to her retirement. But she says the comments were "exactly what I thought," even though she realized soon afterward that it was the end of her job.
"I hit the third rail. You cannot criticize Israel in this country and survive," Thomas told Ohio station WMRN-AM in a sometimes emotional 35-minute interview that aired Tuesday. It was recorded a week earlier by WMRN reporter Scott Spears at Thomas' Washington, D.C., condominium.
Thomas, 90, stepped down from her job as a columnist for Hearst News Service in June after a rabbi and independent filmmaker videotaped her outside the White House calling on Israelis to get "out of Palestine." She gave up her front row seat in the White House press room, where she had aimed often pointed questions at 10 presidents, going back to Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Spears said Thomas granted him the interview because the two had developed a friendship during previous interviews she had done with the station in Marion, 42 miles north of Columbus in central Ohio.
Their discussion also touched on current politics, particularly on women.
Helen Thomas
Conducting Online Auditions
YouTube 2011 Orchestra
A cyberspace-based orchestra is conducting online auditions to find the best players to appear at a music summit in Australia that will be live-streamed on the Web.
The call for the YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011 opened Tuesday.
YouTube launched its orchestra project last year with a sold-out Carnegie Hall concert featuring more than 90 musicians from 30 countries, including a surgeon-violinist and a professional poker player-cellist.
Musicians must upload audition videos of designated pieces to demonstrate their musical and technical abilities. Any instrumentalist may also submit an improvisation based on a new piece called "Mothership" by composer Mason Bates for an opportunity to play a solo.
YouTube 2011 Orchestra
Remembered In Crowd-Sourced Video
Johnny Cash
One brushstroke at a time, "The Johnny Cash Project" is gathering illustrations submitted by fans online into a living portrait of the country music legend.
The project is a unique Web-only music video where every frame is a fan-created drawing. Directed by Chris Milk, it's set to Cash's "Ain't No Grave," the title track from the posthumous album released earlier this year.
Work on the project - a complex mix of software design and editing - began last September.The website launched in March. After more than 250,000 submissions, a broadcast version of the video has been released for TV stations and eligibility for 2010 Grammy nominations.
For Milk, who has directed videos for Kanye West and Gnarls Barkley, the project is a "living memorial" that befits the song. In it, Cash sings, "There ain't no grave gonna hold my body down."
Johnny Cash
Wedding News
Buckman - Schwimmer
Former "Friends" star David Schwimmer was married to British photographer Zoe Buckman in a private ceremony this past June, a representative for the actor confirmed on Tuesday.
No further details were available.
Schwimmer, 43, played geeky Ross Geller on smash hit comedy "Friends," and since then he has split his time between acting and directing on TV, film and theater. The marriage was the first for Schwimmer and for Buckman, 25.
Buckman - Schwimmer
Hunt Goes On
Dolphins
Fishermen at the Japanese town made famous by the controversial Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove" shrugged off protests by animal rights activists on Tuesday to carry out their grisly annual dolphin hunt.
Japanese broadcaster TBS said the first hunt of the season in the town of Taiji took place on Tuesday, without mentioning how many dolphins were involved.
But Sea Shepherd, one of several animal rights groups that have been monitoring fishermen in Taiji since the season began in September, said in a report dated October 11 on its website that they witnessed the second killing of dolphins this season on Tuesday.
They said 14 dolphins were killed, while another six -- mothers and calves -- were spared, at least temporarily.
Dolphins
TV Host Quits
New Zealand
A New Zealand television host has quit after sparking a diplomatic row when he ridiculed the name of Sheila Dikshit, the chief minister of the Indian capital, New Delhi.
Television station TVNZ came under heavy criticism after its "Breakfast" show host Paul Henry mispronounced Dikshit, despite being told by the lead anchor that it is pronounced "Dixit."
India summoned New Zealand's high commissioner on Thursday to formally protest against what it said were "racial remarks" involving Dikshit who was asked last month to take charge of the floundering Commonwealth Games preparations.
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said on Monday that Henry had resigned after several hundred complaints to the broadcaster regarding his Dikshit comments and questioning whether the nation's Governor-General Sir Anand Satyanand, who is of Indian descent, was "even a New Zealander."
New Zealand
Egypt Court Sentences 11 In Theft
Van Gogh
An Egyptian court sentenced 11 culture ministry employees to three years in prison for negligence that led to the theft of a $55 million Van Gogh painting from a Cairo museum, the court's judge said Tuesday.
The theft in August of Van Gogh's "Vase with Viscaria" led to accusations of incompetence at the culture ministry and raised fears over security measures protecting Egyptian national treasures.
They can stay out of prison until another court reviews the case if they each pay bail of 10,000 Egyptian pounds ($1,760), the judge said.
The officials were charged with negligence and shortcomings in performing their duties that led to the loss of the painting from Cairo's Mahmoud Khalil Museum.
Van Gogh
Universal Dispute
"Dilemma"
However it fares when it hits theaters January 14, "The Dilemma" has already lived up to its title for distributor Universal and the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, the group that has targeted the film and its trailer for using "gay" as a pejorative word.
Although Universal has cut the controversial scene from a new trailer that went online Friday but hasn't yet reached theaters, GLAAD upped the ante Monday, issuing a "call to action" urging its supporters to contact the studio and demand that the original trailer be yanked from theaters immediately and that "offensive anti-gay language" be removed from the movie.
In the showdown between the studio and the special interest group, both sides have taken hits.
Instead of setting the stage for a lighthearted buddy comedy, Universal finds itself in the middle of a larger national discussion of how anti-gay slurs contribute to teen suicides.
Meanwhile, GLAAD, which hadn't gone public with its concerns at that point, looked as if it was playing catch-up. On Friday, following Cooper's lead, it denounced the trailer for sending "a message of intolerance" even as Universal was putting out its own announcement that the trailer would be pulled.
"Dilemma"
Actor Tests Positive
Porn
A porn actor has tested positive for HIV at a California clinic, resulting in testing and quarantine for all partners who may have been exposed.
The Los Angeles Times reports that the identity and gender of the actor have not been released, but the person was treated by the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation, a San Fernando Valley clinic that caters to actors in the multibillion-dollar adult entertainment industry.
AIM spokeswoman Jennifer Miller says the clinic is working to notify individuals who may have been affected.
Last year, a woman tested positive for HIV immediately after making an adult film, and in 2004, an HIV outbreak affecting several actors briefly shut down productions at several California studios.
Porn
Building Studio In Singapore
Lucasfilm
"Star Wars" creator Lucasfilm will soon start construction of its first purpose-built overseas production facility in Singapore, the US movie and animation giant said Tuesday.
The eight-storey, 38,000 square-metre (409,000 square-foot) studio complex will be located in a technology hub known as Fusionopolis and contain a data centre, a 100-seat theatre and retail outlets.
Lucasfilm, the hit-making vehicle of director George Lucas, set up operations at rented offices near Changi Airport in 2005 and now has 400 international staff in Singapore.
The new building will be ready for staff by 2012 and will house Lucasfilm Singapore's three local divisions --special effects firm Industrial Light and Magic, game developer Lucasarts and Lucasfilm Animation.
Lucasfilm
Prime-Time Nielsens
Ratings
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by the Nielsen Co. for Oct. 4-10. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. "Dancing With the Stars," ABC, 19.89 million.
2. "NCIS," CBS, 19.81 million.
3. NFL Football: Philadelphia at San Francisco, 16.86 million.
4. "Dancing With the Stars Results," ABC, 16.70 million.
5. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 16.15 million.
6. "60 Minutes," CBS, 15.02 million.
7. "The Mentalist," CBS, 14.39 million.
8. "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 14.37 million.
9. "Criminal Minds," CBS, 13.87 million.
10. "The Good Wife," CBS, 12.76 million.
11. "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 12.75 million.
12. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 12.59 million.
13. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 12.50 million.
14. "Undercover Boss," CBS, 12.44 million.
15. "Desperate Housewives," ABC, 12.38 million.
16. "Hawaii Five-0," CBS, 12.24 million.
17. "Mike & Molly," CBS, 12.21 million.
18. "Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick," NBC, 12.06 million.
19. "Survivor: Nicaragua," CBS, 12.05 million.
20. "Amazing Race: 17," CBS, 11.99 million.
Ratings
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