M Is FOR MASHUP - October 21st, 2008
The Cursed Tale Of The Halloween Mashups
By Count Konrad Useo
The Cursed Tale Of The Halloween Mashups
It was on a night like this back in 2006,
That a mad mixer made a mad mash.
His plan was such to satisfy your fix,
& so to the computer he did dash.
With visions of scary songs & such,
& some frightening sound effects too,
he cut & he sewed very muchly much,
& the mashup became two.
Sensing the matter had grown out of control,
The mixer rolled the bones.
Soon more bloody tracks emerged from their hole,
enough to frighten even the Rolling Stones.
With a who? & a what? & a high-diddley-hi
The mixer produced tunes to fear.
The sound of the tracks shot out through the sky,
& creeped out all who did hear.
Mashups with Marilyn Manson & Lawrence Welk.
& Oingo Boingo & even Bauhaus,
led to more of similar ilk,
like Alice Cooper,Ministry & Flous.
Despite the odd nature & hue of the boots,
the downloads rushed like blood.
People found that the tracks really gave them the hoots,
even a scared cow swallowed his cud!
Soon Halloween rolled around yet again,
& the mixer once more felt the urge.
One became five became eight became ten,
till thirteen tracks frightened all men!
Now as the season of fear rears it's brow,
& other mixers hide under their beds,
even Bart Simpson will have a huge cow,
when these new tunes burrow into your heads.
The mixer I tell of is known to you all.
For it is I who I speak of this day.
Now more new scary tracks are here this cold fall,
Here's the link to show you the way.
New DJ Useo Halloween ep 2009 located here in one convenient small file.
www.groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com
2008 Halloween ep still available also.
Playlist
01 - Cornelius vs Dinosaur Jr
02 - Insanity Sorceress
(Disturbed vs In Trance)
03 - Raining Mountain King Blood
(Slayer vs Big Brother & The Holding Company)
04 - Black Crowley
(Ozzy Osbourne vs Frank Zappa)
05 - X-Files Sun
(Soundgarden vs Mark Snow)
06 - Roadkill Scared
(The Horseflies vs Young Nutz)
07 - I Want My Bitch Back
(Jimmy Cross vs Ludacris vs Dub Mechanics vs Sneaky)
08 - Forbidden Witch
(The Sonics vs Disco Volante)
09 - Halloween Fear
(Lily Allen vs John Carpenter)
10 - Outer Limits Project
(F11 Project vs Dominic Frontiere)
11 - Multiprey Boogie Monster
(Armand Van Helden vs Frozen Ghost)
12 - Who's Afraid Of The Thing
(Phil Harris vs John Roman)
13 - Wham Bam Terror
(Les Baxter vs DJs Team vs. Wicked DJs)
Mix Of The Week - SAP Music does a fine Halloween mix every year, but this time he got even more mix-intensive.
Here are the results with even more mixing & scary sound effects!
sapmusic.blogspot.com/2009/10/sap-music-halloween-mix-2009.html
He also re-posted some past years' Halloween mixes, so please enjoy!'
If you like them, leave a comment, please.
Mashup Tip - Don't mash with your mouth full.
DJ Useo's Podcast
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Prime-Time Nielsens
Ratings
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by the Nielsen Co. for Oct. 12-18. 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) "NCIS," CBS, 21.04 million viewers.
2. (2) NFL Sunday Night Football: Chicago at Atlanta, NBC, 18.17 million viewers.
3. (4) "Dancing With the Stars," ABC, 16.79 million viewers.
4. (3) "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 15.38 million viewers.
5. (7) "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 15.38 million viewers.
6. (7) "The Mentalist," CBS, 15.08 million viewers.
7. (15) "60 Minutes," CBS, 14.32 million viewers.
8. (12) "Two And a Half Men," CBS, 14.17 million viewers.
9. (19) "Dancing With the Stars Results," ABC, 13.96 million viewers.
10. (9) "Criminal Minds," CBS, 13.92 million viewers.
11. (5) "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 13.79 million viewers.
12. (12) "Desperate Housewives," ABC, 13.68 million viewers.
13. (6) "House," Fox, 13.5 million viewers.
14. (15) "CSI: New York," CBS, 13.4 million viewers.
15. (12) "CSI: Miami," CBS, 13.27 million viewers.
16. (18) "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 13.07 million viewers.
17. (15) "The Good Wife," CBS, 12.98 million viewers.
18. (11) "Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick," NBC, 12.0 million viewers.
19. (20) "Survivor: Samoa," CBS, 11.78 million viewers.
20. (24) "The Amazing Race 15," CBS, 10.92 million viewers.
Ratings
In Memory
Vic Mizzy
Vic Mizzy, a songwriter who composed the catchy themes for the 1960s sit-coms "The Addams Family" and "Green Acres," has died. He was 93.
He wrote songs that were recorded by Dean Martin, Doris Day, Perry Como and Billie Holiday in the '40s and '50s. His hits included "Pretty Kitty Blue Eyes," "My Dreams are Getting Better All the Time," and "With a Hey and a Hi and a Ho-Ho-Ho."
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Mizzy learned to play the piano as a child. In his teens, he teamed up with Irving Taylor and began writing songs and sketches for variety shows. They won a pair of radio contests and toured the East Coast vaudeville circuit. While served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, the pair wrote several hit songs, including "Three Little Sisters" and "Take It Easy."
He is survived by a brother, daughter and two grandchildren.
Vic Mizzy
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