M Is FOR MASHUP - October 31st, 2018
Halloween Times Three
By DJ Useo
This has been the most expansive mashup Halloween since 2016 with three fine mashup collections released this month. I've made all three available in single-track streaming format so everyone can listen with the greatest of ease. Here's the links for each, & also a link to the corresponding BARTCOP E "M Is For Mashup" article in case you want the regular albums.
01 - Monster Mashup From The Crypt SIngle-Track
( hearthis.at/vxmfxz7w/monster-mashup-from-the-crypt-single-track/ )
( www.suprmchaos.com/bcEnt-Wed-102418.index.html )
02 - The Fright Album Single-Track Long-Mix
( hearthis.at/vxmfxz7w/the-fright-album-single-track-long-mix/ )
( www.suprmchaos.com/bcEnt-Wed-101718.index.html )
03 - DJ Useo - Halloween ep 2018 SIngle-Track
( hearthis.at/vxmfxz7w/dj-useo-halloween-ep-2018-single-track/ )
( www.suprmchaos.com/bcEnt-Wed-100318.index.html )
May you all have a fun-packed Halloween celebration. Don't go hog wild with all the treats,
but dig in & savor all the mashups you can stand.
Recommended Reading
from Bruce
Paul Krugman: Hate is on the Ballot Next Week (NY Times Column)
Don't let the whataboutists and bothsiders tell you it isn't.
Paul Waldman: This election is up to the young (Washington Post)
Republicans have a built-in advantage in midterm elections, one that comes from their voters tending to be wealthier, whiter, more likely to own a home, and older - all groups more likely to vote than the electorate as a whole. In other words, if nothing in particular distinguishes a midterm election, Republicans will probably do better than Democrats. In a year when Republicans are angry (such as 2010 or 2014), they'll win a huge victory, and for Democrats to have a good year, they have to be extra-mad (as they were in 2006).
Jonathan Chait: However the Midterms Go, the Republican Party Is Going to Get More Extreme (NY Mag)
Arizona's Martha McSally, who as a member of Congress gave a pep talk to wavering Republicans urging them to vote to repeal Obamacare and not replace it, is running ads for her Senate campaign claiming she "led the fight" to "force insurance companies to cover preexisting conditions." Florida governor and Senate candidate Rick Scott, whose state is currently supporting the Trump lawsuit, is declaring in an advertisement, "I support forcing insurance companies to cover preexisting conditions."
Alexandra Petri: One president's scary story is a country's scary world (Washington Post)
Donald Trump, alone of all people on earth, has the luxury of not caring at all what Donald Trump says. He dwells inside a pasteboard nightmare where everything is horrifying and 10 or 20 times larger than life - Hillary Clinton is an enormous spider presiding over untold conspiracies; a caravan full of " Middle Eastern terrorists" is making its way to the border; he is being hunted by witches, ceaselessly, for no reason - but nothing is real. He invents this world. He does not have to live there. He tells these stories, and his world does not change.
Paul Waldman: How Trump and Republicans wield the politics of victimhood (Washington Post)
For many years, conservatives mocked liberals for what they described as a politics of victimhood, one in which the left supposedly centered its politics on a series of grievances it claimed must be addressed. Quit whining and pull yourself up by your bootstraps, conservatives said; if you've got it bad, the fault lies with no one but yourself. But somewhere along the way, the right realized that claiming the status of victim, whether earned or not, can be extremely powerful. In the age of Trump, the politics of conservative victimhood has reached new heights. And as usual, it comes right from the top.
Greg Sargent: Trump's hate and lies are inciting extremists. Just ask the analyst who warned us. (Washington Post)
"Militias and anti-government groups get energized under a Democrat because of fear of gun control; the hate groups get active because of liberal Democratic policies extending rights to immigrants, gays, and minorities. During Republican administrations the fear and paranoia get dialed back because they feel the administrations are not going to repeal gun rights or extend rights to minority groups." - Daryl Johnson, former Department of Homeland Security analyst.
Alexandra Pollard: The music industry will never catch up with Robyn (The Guardian)
There isn't a popstar around today who hasn't been influenced by Robyn - so why doesn't her charts track record reflect that?
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Presenting
Michael Egan
answered:
has returned to semi-retired status.
In memory.
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from Bruce
Anecdotes
• In Charlotte, North Carolina, feelings ran high when the schools desegregated. Parents worried about their children, but desegregation proceeded smoothly after Judge James B. McMillan ordered that children be bused to integrate the schools. Actually, the children themselves eased the fears of the parents. The children of black parents came home from school happy, and the children of white parents ate their breakfasts early because they wanted to be at school on time. Two white parents learned that their child had made a new friend at school, but not until the school year was half over did they learn that their child's friend was black. Then they realized that their child didn't see any difference between the white and the black students.
• Julie-Anna Asriyan is an Armenian girl who went to New York City with her family to escape from prejudice in other countries. For a while, she lived in Azerbaijan, where there was great hostility between the Armenians and the Azeris. Once, her grandfather was stopped by a group of Azeris who asked if he was Armenian because they wanted to hurt or kill him. Fortunately, an Azeri friend of his saved his life. The Azeri friend told the hostile Azeris, "Leave him alone." But the hostile Azeris said, "Why are you defending him? He's Armenian!" So the Azeri friend lied, "No, he's not. He's Azeri - I've known him for years. There are no Armenians around here. Go on home." The hostile Azeris believed him and left.
• While attending school in Berkeley, California, Yoshiko Uchida was a member of the Girl Reserves, along with several white girls. Once, a photographer from the local newspaper arrived to take a photo of the Girl Reserves, and he tried to move Yoshiko out of the photo. Fortunately, her white friend Sylvia saw what was happening and said, "Come on, Yoshi. Stand next to me." The two friends linked arms and stood firmly together. Later, Ms. Uchida became the renowned author of Journey to Topaz.
• Movie actor Christopher Reeve's life changed on May 27, 1995. While competing in an equestrian event, he broke his neck and was totally paralyzed. In October of that year, a Russian doctor entered his room and started making insane comments. Mr. Reeve recognized the Russian doctor as an old friend - the comedian Robin Williams - and he started laughing. Mr. Reeve says, "I knew I was going to be all right." Well, maybe not totally all right - Mr. Williams was pretending to be a Russian proctologist.
• When Jackie Robinson became the first black man to play in baseball's major leagues, he was subjected to torrents of racist abuse from fans and opposing players. Once, Mr. Robinson's fellow Brooklyn Dodgers teammate Pee Wee Reese, a white man, stopped the abuse. Mr. Robinson was standing at first base, and Mr. Reese walked over and put his arm around him.
• African-American jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong was friends with white jazz trombonist Jack Teagarden, who once told him in the slang of the time, "You a spade and I'm an ofay. We got the same soul. Let's blow."
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Selected Readings
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A MONSTER IS DEAD. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
DON'T FORGET TO THROW THE TRASH OUT AFTER HALLOWEEN.
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In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Running late.
Not 'Happy'
Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Williams' lawyer sent a cease-and-desist letter to the president after he played his hit single 'Happy" at an event during the weekend, just hours after nearly a dozen people were killed in a Pittsburgh synagogue.
"On the day of the mass murder of 11 human beings at the hands of a deranged 'nationalist,' you played his song 'Happy' to a crowd at a political event in Indiana," Howard King wrote in the letter, which has since been obtained by USA TODAY.
While noting that the deployment of the song was ill-timed, Williams' lawyer also highlighted it was used in violation of "copyright infringement" and "trademark rights."
King added: "There was nothing 'happy' about the tragedy inflicted upon our country on Saturday and no permission was granted for your use of this song for this purpose."
Queen, REM and the estate of Prince have also stepped in after Trump used their music without seeking their consent.
Pharrell Williams
Stops Attempted Break-In
William Daniels
William Daniels, the 91-year-old actor who played Mr. Feeny on Boy Meets World, is fine after protecting himself and his wife, actress Bonnie Bartlett, from a break-in.
His spokesperson tells Yahoo Entertainment, "Someone tried to break into the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Daniels on Saturday evening" in the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles. "Luckily, Mr. Daniels was able to frighten away the person and the LAPD quickly responded."
Fans of the '90s TV fave Boy Meets World are breathing a sigh of relief that the principal is OK - and so are his co-stars Will Friedle and Danielle Fishel, who posted funny responses in light of the news that Daniels is fine.
Daniels reprised his role as Mr. Feeny for the popular show's sequel Girl Meets World, which ran on the Disney Channel from 2014 to 2017. The two-time Emmy winner (for St. Elsewhere) has also appeared in many other movies and shows, from The Graduate to Grey's Anatomy. He also was the voice of KITT in Knight Rider.
Bartlett is accomplished in the acting world as well, most recently appearing in episodes of Better Call Saul. Like her husband, she's a two-time Emmy winner for her role on St. Elsewhere - the show on which they played husband and wife.
William Daniels
Once-In-A-Lifetime Chance
Moon Rocks
We're all pretty familiar with the Moon from a very young age. It's usually one of the first topics talked about in our earliest science classes in school, and we can see it most nights just by gazing skyward. But actually holding a piece of it in your hand is something that only a privileged few can claim they've done.
Now, a trio of Moon pieces is hitting the Sotheby's auction block that will offer some lucky person the chance to own a piece of Earth's largest natural satellite - as long as their pockets are deep enough.
As CollectSpace reports, the lunar pebbles were originally under ownership of the Russian space program before being gifted to the widow of a top official who oversaw some of Russia's major accomplishments in the space race. The rocks are part of a sample that was returned by Soviet-era lunar probes, and they remain the only lunar samples that were intentionally handed over to a private citizen.
This won't be the first time the pebbles find themselves at auction however, as they were originally sold to a private collector 25 years ago for a price of $442,500, also via Sotheby's. The price this time around is expected to to be significantly higher, possibly approaching or surpassing the $1 million mark.
It's hard to imagine someone paying so much for something so small, and these rocks are indeed quite tiny. They're so small that the case in which they were originally presented (and still reside in) includes a built-in magnifying glass in order to examine them. Still, it's a piece of the' Moon we're talking about here, so it's still a pretty special item.
Moon Rocks
Court Upholds Giant Telescope Permit
Hawaii
After years of delay, including lengthy court battles and passionate protests from those willing to be arrested for blocking construction crews, builders of a giant telescope plan to move forward with constructing the $1.4 billion instrument on a Hawaii mountain that is considered sacred.
The state Supreme Court's 4-1 ruling upholding the project's construction permit Tuesday is a victory for the contentious Thirty Meter Telescope planned for Hawaii's tallest mountain, Mauna Kea. Opponents say the telescope will desecrate sacred land on the Big Island. Supporters say it will bring educational and economic opportunities to the state.
Astronomy and Native Hawaiian "uses on Mauna Kea have co-existed for many years and the TMT Project will not curtail or restrict Native Hawaiian uses," the ruling said. The advanced telescope will answer some of the most fundamental questions of the universe, and Native Hawaiians will also benefit from it, the ruling added.
Further legal action is still possible, state Attorney General Russell Suzuki said. There can be a motion for reconsideration filed within 10 days and following that, a request can be made to the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision, he said.
Opponents and supporters have been awaiting the ruling because it was expected to help determine whether the project is built in Hawaii or moves to a backup location in Spain's Canary Islands that is less desirable to scientists hoping to use the instrument for groundbreaking discoveries.
Hawaii
Pine Island Glacier
Antarctica
An enormous iceberg about five times the size of Manhattan broke off Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier yesterday (Oct. 29), a mere month after a crack first appeared, satellite imagery shows.
"I was a bit surprised" it broke off that quickly, said Stef Lhermitte, an assistant professor in the Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.
Since spotting the crack in early October, Lhermitte had guessed that the icebergs would take weeks or months to calf, "but it turned out to be on the quick side," he told Live Science.
At 115 square miles (300 square kilometers), the enormous amount of ice that calved off the glacier's ice shelf is even larger than the mass that broke off last year, Lhermitte said.
However, the newborn iceberg didn't stay in one piece for long. Within a day, it had splintered into smaller pieces, with the largest piece measuring a substantial 87 square miles (226 square km) before it later broke apart even more, Lhermitte said.
Antarctica
Entombed in Amber
Tiny Beetle
A minuscule beetle trapped in amber for 99 million years reveals that Myanmar was once one with South America.
The rare find, a new species called Propiestus archaicus, is an ancestor of detritus-dwelling rove beetles, which are found today only in South America and in southern Arizona. The discovery of this anthropod ancestor from the Cretaceous period in Myanmar (formerly Burma) helps clarify when and how the continents shifted from two huge land masses then to the seven continents we know today.
"Although Propiestus went extinct long ago, our finding probably shows some amazing connections between [the] Southern Hemisphere and Myanmar," lead study author Shuhei Yamamoto, a researcher at the Chicago Field Museum, said in a statement.
Yamamoto coaxed the beetle fossil from a penny-size piece of amber found in the Hukawng Valley of northern Myanmar. The amber is hardened tree sap from the Late Cretaceous period, which was dirtied and opaque from ages of accumulated dirt and organic material. Yamamoto used delicate tools and sandpaper to cut and polish the amber just enough to make the beetle visible.
The insect is a mere 0.1 inch (3 millimeters) long, about the length of a ballpoint pen tip. It is black, with segmented fuzzy antennae that are nearly as long as its body. These antennae were probably highly sensitive, to help the beetle feel its way around its habitat, the narrow space beneath the bark of rotting trees.
Tiny Beetle
Prime-Time Nielsens
Ratings
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Oct. 22-28. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. World Series Game 5: Boston at Los Angeles, Fox, 17.63 million.
2. "The OT," Fox, 15.74 million.
3. "World Series Game 5 Pregame," Fox, 14.9 million.
4. NFL Football: New Orleans at Minnesota, NBC, 14.09 million.
5. World Series Game 1: Los Angeles at Boston, Fox, 13.81 million.
6. World Series Game 4: Boston at Los Angeles, Fox, 13.56 million.
7. World Series Game 2: Los Angeles at Boston, Fox, 13.51 million.
8. World Series Game 3: Boston at Los Angeles, Fox, 13.25 million.
9. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 13 million.
10. NFL Football: Miami at Houston, Fox, 12.09 million.
11. "NCIS," CBS, 11.27 million.
12. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 10.97 million.
13. NFL Football: N.Y. Giants at Atlanta, ESPN, 10.5 million.
14. "Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick," NBC, 9.54 million.
15. "The Voice" (Monday), NBC, 9.38 million.
16. "FBI," CBS, 8.83 million.
17. "This is Us," NBC, 8.54 million.
18. "The Voice" (Tuesday), NBC, 8.45 million.
19. "The Conners," ABC, 8.01 million.
20. "Mom," CBS, 7.99 million.
Ratings
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