M Is FOR MASHUP - November 10th, 2010
Well That Just Sounds CRAZY!
By DJ Useo
Hey youse mugs, I made it back online, finally. It's funny, I paid the net bills, but they shut me off anyway. I changed servers because of the hassles, yet the new one didn't turn my service on. It's the strangest phenomena. They seem to treat my money like it ain't green. Speaking of strange, I took the occasion to ready my new 'Frikkenfrack 3:DJ Useos Strangest Boots'collection. Consider it my revenge on the isp's. How that works I don't know, but it's going down anyway.
If you heard either of the previous 'FRIKKENFRACK' albums I posted
( djuseomashupalbums.blogspot.com/ ) , you know to expect STRANGE MASHUPS like none you've ever heard before. For instance on the first one there's tracks like 'Zombie Bingo' (White Zombie vs Merle Haggard) & 'Theme For The Jimmy Crack Corn From Under the Sea' (Milton De Lugg vs Eminem), surely not the kind of mashup that brings in the Lady Gaga & Nelly crowd.
On the 2nd 'FRIKKENFRACK' the aural nuttiness continued with cuts like 'Oolite Clam' (Elvis Presley vs Ozric Tentacles vs The Trashmen) & 'Doorsklok' (Doors vs Dethklok), bootlegs that actually got me some positive mail response in addition to the normal high download numbers.
I've been sitting on this new 'FRIKKENFRACK 3' for a bit, so as to not flood the net with too much useo content.(is that possible?) Now that October & my annual Halloween collection has come & gone, & before my next mainstream mashup collection (already finished) is released, this seems the perfect time to inflict the complete madness of this latest 'FRIKKENFRACK' set onto y'all. All in all there's 22 tracks, with 12 of them completely new & unreleased. I had quit posting my strange tracks at one point so as to focus more on regular mashups, & been only playing them on my weekly '
QRADIPS' radio show.
( qradip.blogspot.com/ )
(perhaps also to stifle some of the complaining I heard about me posting the weird ones at the forums. Seems some folk take offense at weird mashups lol)
Personally, I think there's plenty of room for all types of bootleg styles. I would be sorely missing them if folk like Mr.Fab, Bug & Don Amott King of Country had never existed. I'm proud to cast my lot with them & others & wave my freak flag high! Especially when I have tracks like 'You'll Be In Life' (Ken Nordine vs George Harrison), 'Finally Captain Kangaroo' (Glaze Of Cathexis vs Ukelele Orchestra Of Great Britain) & 'You Know My Mechanical Man' (Beatles vs Devo) to offer you. See for yourself what complete madness lurks on the album by grabbing the file
here - (
groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2010/11/frikkenfrack-3dj-useos-strangest-boots.html )
Hopefully it won't put you off regular mashups, as I'm already done with my next normal collection. Check back in December for that one. Believe me, it's awesome!
Mix Of The Week
I've only been back on the net a couple'a hours. Not enough time to select a mix of the week. Sucks, eh?
Recommended Reading
from Bruce
AUGUST POLLAK: Some Guy with a Website (Cartoon)
David Bruce: Wise Up! Good Deeds (athensnews.com)
Before becoming a comedian, Jay Leno worked prepping fancy foreign cars in Boston. He often had to go to Rolls Royce headquarters in New York, and he would stop by the Improv in an attempt to get on stage and try to make people laugh. One day, he said to Improv owner Bud Friedman, "Mr. Friedman, my name is Jay Leno. This is the third night in a row I've driven down from Boston. I don't get on. When can I get on?" Mr. Friedman asked, "You drive down from Boston and back in one night?" Jay replied, "Yeah," and Mr. Friedman said, "You're on next."
Bronx physics (Physics World)
With seven of its former pupils having gone on to win a Nobel Prize for Physics, the Bronx High School of Science is no ordinary school. Robert P Crease finds out why.
Andrew Tobias: MITCH MCCONNELL FACES THE NATION
The recipient of more money from the tobacco industry than any other Senator or Congressman, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell opposed providing insurance for children by taxing tobacco.
Jim Hightower: NAME THOSE NUTS!
In a recent commentary, I noted that during the past three decades the Republican Party has been jerked from its historic position of mere conservatism... to right-wingism... to today's kooky crackpotism.
NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF: Our Banana Republic (The New York Times)
No need to undertake dangerous travel to see what banana republic-style inequality looks like. Just look around. And postelection, it may get worse.
Ain't That a Shame? (Wall Street Journal)
The ancient fear of public humiliation and ostracism has become a high-tech tool to motivate and incentivize, says Eric Felten.
Scott Burns: The Amazing Half-Full Glass (assetbuilder.com)
OK, I'll admit it. I've been practicing saying that I am 70 years old for the last 363 days. I've only got today and tomorrow left. After that, we'll just have to go with it. As the half-empty glass crowd sees it, I'm starting down the dark path of "longevity risk."
Oliver Burkeman: "This column will change your life: What's the worst that could happen?" (guardian.co.uk)
'The mindset we need isn't the positive-thinking mantra that failure is impossible; it's that failures are inevitable, and for good reason.'
ADAM GOODHEART: A Lincoln Photograph - and a Mystery (The New York Times)
is no photograph of Lincoln from the day he was elected president - nor any of voters lining up to cast their ballots, nor of citizens hearing the results of a contest that would change their country forever. Newspapers did not run pictures in those days, and what we think of as photo reportage was still in its infancy, difficult to achieve with fragile, cumbersome, long-exposure cameras.
Lily Allen: 'I go through a major life change once a year' (The Guardian)
A few days before Lily Allen lost her baby and came down with septicaemia, she gave an interview to Decca Aitkenhead about her plans to take a break from the music business.
The Irrepressibles: 'They're scared of what we're going to do next' (The Guardian)
The Irrepressibles are on a mission to put flamboyance back into pop. Maddy Costa meets their leader.
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," "Religious Anecdotes," and "Maximum Cool."
Hubert's Poetry Corner
"A Connecticut Yankee in Pseudo Cowboy Boots"
The Weekly Poll
New Question
The 'Pelosi Problem...' Edition
The new year will begin with a new Speaker of the House (No doubt, 'Tan-boy' Boehner, R-Orange). Nancy Pelosi, the outgoing Speaker, has announced her intention of running for Minority Leader of House... Some Democratic Representatives think this is not such a good idea. Rep. Albio Sires (D-NY) said, "We need some new direction, and I think the best way is for her to move on."... Others support Pelosi, "I am confident that under her leadership we will never abandon our principles," said Rep. Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ).
Speaker Nancy Pelosi to seek minority leader post
What say You?
A.) Pelosi should be Minority Leader...
B.) Pelosi should step aside...
C.) Get back to me after the holidays...
Send your response to
took another day off.
responded:
From The Creator of 'Avery Ant'
Reader Suggestions
Michelle in AZ
BadtotheboneBob
Mr. Goodwrench
GM fires Mr. Goodwrench
Auto repair brand will be sidelined to put more emphasis on four core product lines
General Motors Co. is killing its storied Goodwrench brand in the United States as it strives to strengthen its marketing focus around its four core brands, the company said Monday. Goodwrench, a familiar name used by GM dealers to advertise maintenance and repairs for more than three decades, will be replaced with more brand-specific labels, such as Chevrolet Certified Service, Buick Certified Service, Cadillac Certified Service and GMC Certified Service, GM said...
GM fires Mr. Goodwrench | detnews.com | The Detroit News
No matter, I always felt it was a corny theme anyway..
.
BadtotheboneBob
Thanks, B2tbBob!
Selected Readings
from that Mad Cat, JD
In The Chaos Household
Last Night
Sunny but brisk for these parts.
Fire Damages Memorabilia
Neil Young
A fire at a San Francisco Bay area warehouse early Tuesday damaged a vintage car and other memorabilia belonging to singer Neil Young, authorities said.
The 10,000-square-foot building in San Carlos contained only items belonging to Young and his family, including six vintage cars and paintings and what appears to be cases of musical equipment, said Belmont-San Carlos Fire Chief Doug Fry.
Some of the memorabilia was removed as the fire burned, but it's not clear how much was salvaged, Fry said.
Young, an avid collector of classic cars, has more recently worked on a project to turn his 1959 Lincoln Continental convertible into an electric vehicle.
Neil Young
Broadway Dims Lights
Jill Clayburgh
Broadway theater marquees will be dimmed in memory of Jill Clayburgh, who appeared in Tony Award-winning musicals and plays in her five-decade career.
Clayburgh died Friday after battling leukemia for over two decades. She was 66.
The marquees will go dark Tuesday at 7 p.m. for one minute.
Clayburgh's Broadway credits include Noel Coward's "Design for Living," the original production of Tom Stoppard's "Jumpers," and the musicals "Pippin" and "The Rothschilds."
Jill Clayburgh
Smoke Pot? Who Cares?
$chwarzenegger
Gov. Arnold $chwarzenegger says no one cares if you smoke a joint.
The Hollywood actor-turned-governor signed a law five weeks ago that made possession of up to an ounce of marijuana the equivalent of a traffic ticket. It carries a penalty of no more than a $100 fine and no arrest or criminal record.
He defended the law Monday, telling Jay Leno on NBC's "Tonight Show" it is a good idea.
The governor, who is wrapping up his final term, told Leno the ballot proposal went too far.
$chwarzenegger
Goes To Auction
Comic Art
A 1942 piece of Superman comic book cover art goes up for auction for the first time on Wednesday in a thriving collectibles market where old superheroes can change hands for more than $1 million.
The cover art for the Superman 14 issue, also known as the Superman Patriotic Shield cover, is described by auction house ComicConnect.com as "by far the single most valuable piece of original comic book artwork still in existence."
Illustrated by DC artist Fred Ray, the sketch shows Superman with an eagle on one arm in front of a stars and stripes shield and is regarded as defining the action hero's status as a 20th century American icon.
Steven Fishler, chief executive of ComicConnect.com, told Reuters the piece should conservatively fetch upward of $500,000 but that its eventual price was "pure conjecture" because it is so rare.
Comic Art
New Nominees
New Jersey Hall of Fame
John Travolta, Martha Stewart and Tony Bennett are among 30 nominees to the New Jersey Hall of Fame Class of 2011.
Rounding out the entertainment category are Michael Douglas, Bruce Willis, Queen Latifah and jazz guitarist John "Bucky" Pizzarelli.
Residents have until Jan. 3 to vote online at NJHallofFame.org for their favorites from the fields of history, entertainment, enterprise and sports. There's also a general category for educators, military leaders and politicians. The top vote-getters will be inducted next spring.
Other nominees include New York Giants owner Wellington Mara, skating champ Dick Button, former Govs. Brendan Byrne and Tom Kean (kayn) and poet Allen Ginsberg.
New Jersey Hall of Fame
Cecil B. DeMille Award
Robert De Niro
They'll be talking to - and about - Robert De Niro at next year's Golden Globe Awards, where the actor will be honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement.
De Niro will receive the honor at the Golden Globes awards ceremony Jan. 16, actor Kevin Spacey announced at a news conference Tuesday.
De Niro has been nominated for eight Golden Globe Awards in both the comedy and drama categories, winning once for "Raging Bull." He also has won two Academy Awards (for "Raging Bull" and "The Godfather: Part II") and the Kennedy Center Honor.
De Niro is also being hailed for his contributions as a director, as a producer through his Tribeca Productions, and as a co-founder of the Tribeca Film Festival, which was created to help revitalize lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center attacks.
Robert De Niro
Going Old School With New Pooh
Disney
"Winnie the Pooh" will be back to his old self again next year.
Walt Disney Animation Studios is returning the honey-loving teddy bear and his pals to their hand-drawn animated roots for a feature film dipping into theaters July 15, 2011. The new "Winnie the Pooh," the first big-screen "Pooh" adventure from Disney animators in more than 30 years, will more closely resemble the classic short films from the 1960s and '70s.
"We wanted to create a movie for the big screen that had the charm and wit of those original shorts," said Peter Del Vecho, the film's producer. "What originally endeared all of us - adults and children - to these characters was that they were stuffed animals that came to life in the imagination of a child. We wanted to rekindle that imagination in a big way."
Pooh and company will forgo recent puppet-powered, computer-generated Disney Channel makeovers in favor of the old-fashioned illustrative style that places the silly bear and his friends among the pages of a storybook. Jim Cummings ("The Tigger Movie") returns as the voice of Pooh and Tigger, with John Cleese ("Monty Python") serving as the narrator.
Disney
How The Unions Lost
"The Hobbit"
As more and more Hollywood productions are made in other countries, the studios are determined to limit union influence as much as possible.
The two-month Hobbit affair in New Zealand began with local actors attempting to organize the film and ended with a smackdown from U.S.-based Warner Bros., which extracted an additional $25 million in incentives from the island nation and secured passage of antiunion legislation, apparently negotiated directly between the government and key Warners executives including New Line president Toby Emmerich and Warners Home Entertainment president Kevin Tsujihara.
As labor leaders (including the Screen Actors Guild, which boycotted in solidarity) withdrew under a barrage of negative publicity and even death threats, they were left to wonder: what went wrong?
Just about everything:
For the rest - "The Hobbit"
Hearing Delayed
Quaids
An immigration hearing to evaluate actor Randy Quaid's request for refugee status in Canada was postponed Monday.
The case was moved to Nov. 23 after Quaid's lawyer, Catherine Sas, told the immigration adjudicator Monday that she needed more time to review documents.
Quaid and his wife Evi were arrested in Vancouver, British Columbia, last month on outstanding U.S. warrants related to vandalism charges. The Quaids are wanted in Santa Barbara, California, where they missed a court hearing last week on felony vandalism charges - the third time in two weeks the couple failed to appear for their arraignment.
The couple's failure to appear in court resulted in an arrest warrant being issued for Evi Quaid, who also forfeited $500,000 bail. The judge agreed to hold off on issuing a warrant for Randy Quaid's arrest until Nov. 16 so he could attend Monday's immigration proceeding, but decided Friday to forfeit his $500,000 bail.
Quaids
"The Zone" Shut Down
Roland Emmerich
The newly popular 'found footage' movie genre has 'found' its first victim.
"The Zone," the low-budget found-footage sci-fi movie that filmmaker Roland Emmerich was to start shooting next week, has been shut down.
"This is not a project (Emmerich) is pursuing at this time," was the comment issued from the director's camp.
"Zone" was to have been a radical change of pace for Emmerich, the filmmaker behind such films as "Independence Day," "10,000 BC" and "2012."
Roland Emmerich
Law Firm Dismisses Lawsuit
Rod Stewart
California court records show a prominent entertainment law firm that was seeking more than $3 million in fees from Rod Stewart has dismissed its case.
A Los Angeles court granted a dismissal Thursday to Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Howard & Shapiro.
The firm sued the rock star a year ago, claiming it was owed fees for work on three cases, including one in which a jury determined Stewart owed $2 million for canceling a December 2000 show in Las Vegas.
The case was slated to go to trial in January.
Rod Stewart
Woman Illegally Fired Over Remarks
Facebook
A Connecticut woman who was fired after she posted disparaging remarks about her boss on Facebook has prompted a first-of-its-kind legal case by federal authorities who say her comments are protected speech under labor laws.
The National Labor Relations Board alleges that American Medical Response of Connecticut Inc. illegally fired Dawnmarie Souza from her job as an emergency medical technician late last year after she criticized her supervisor on her personal Facebook page and then traded Facebook messages about the negative comments with other employees.
The complaint, filed Oct. 27 by the board's Hartford, Conn., regional office, could set a precedent for employers to heed as more workers use social networking sites to share details about their jobs.
Federal labor law has long protected employees against reprisal for talking to co-workers on their own time about their jobs and working conditions, including remarks that may be critical of managers. The law applies whether or not workers are covered by a union.
Facebook
It's Not Like They Were Downloading Music
Interrogation Videos
A special prosecutor cleared the CIA's former top clandestine officer and others Tuesday of any charges for destroying agency videotapes showing waterboarding of terror suspects, but he continued an investigation into whether the harsh questioning went beyond legal boundaries.
The decision not to prosecute anyone in the videotape destruction came five years to the day after the CIA destroyed its cache of 92 videos of two al-Qaida operatives, Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Nashiri, being subjected to waterboarding, a form of simulated drowning. The deadline for prosecuting someone under most federal laws is five years.
The part of the nearly 3-year-old criminal investigation that examines whether U.S. interrogators went beyond the legal guidance given them on the rough treatment of suspects will continue, a Justice Department official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because that part of the probe is still under way.
Jose Rodriguez, who was the CIA's top clandestine officer when the tapes were destroyed, worried that the videos would be devastating to the agency if they ever surfaced and approved their destruction. Rodriguez's order was at odds with years of directives from CIA lawyers and the White House.
Interrogation Videos
Pentagon Can't Explain
California
The Pentagon said Tuesday it did not know what created a vapor trail that crossed the skies off the Southern California coast and resembled a missile launch.
Video posted on the CBS News website shows an object flying through the evening sky Monday that left a large contrail, or vapor trail. A news helicopter owned by KCBS, a CBS affiliate in Los Angeles, shot the video.
Pentagon officials were stumped by the event. "Nobody within the Department of Defense that we've reached out to has been able to explain what this contrail is, where it came from," Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan said.
While the vapor cloud captured on video resembled that created by a rocket in flight, military officials said they didn't know of any launches in the area.
California
Leaving "Today"
Gene Shalit
Gene Shalit has panned or praised his last movie for the "Today" show.
The critic who's known for his bushy hair and mustache said Tuesday that he's leaving the show where he's reviewed movies for 40 years. The last time his "Critic's Corner" appeared on the morning show was in May, when he reviewed "Shrek Forever After."
The "Today" show said it would air a salute to the 84-year-old Shalit on Thursday. Executive Producer Jim Bell says 40 years on the same show is "a feat unlikely to ever be matched."
In a news release, Shalit says he wasn't retiring, and that he'll do work on the Internet and in commercials.
Gene Shalit
Signs With Universal
Queen
British band Queen have signed to Universal Music Group record company after nearly 40 years with EMI, and preparations are under way for the release of remastered versions of Queen's studio albums in 2011.
The switch, first reported in May and confirmed on Monday, is a blow to EMI, which has lost artists of the stature of The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and Radiohead since the group was taken over by private equity firm Terra Firma in 2007.
Terra Firma boss Guy Hands also lost a court case in New York last week in which he accused Citigroup Inc of tricking him into overpaying for EMI. He may yet be forced to hand the record company over to the bank.
Queen's Universal deal covers the world outside North America, and the band will appear on the Island Records label from January 1, 2011.
Queen
When Conservatives Rule
Italy
For all of Italy's ancient wonders, the real wonder might be that so many are still standing, given the poor care they get. The collapse in Pompeii last week of a frescoed house where gladiators prepared for combat was the latest loss. The structure had survived the explosion of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D. but apparently could not withstand modern neglect.
"We're stunned when some walls fall down. But these are ruins not systematically maintained, so the miracle is that so few of them collapse," said Andrea Carandini, a world-renowned archaeologist who leads a panel of professional consultants in the Cultural Ministry.
Last spring, a huge segment of Nero's fabled Golden Palace beneath Rome gave way, raining down pieces of vaulted ceiling in one of the galleries under a garden popular with strollers. Three years ago, a 20-foot (6-meter) section of ancient wall crumpled into a pile of bricks after days of heavy rain. The wall had been named after the third century emperor Aurelius, who built it to defend Rome against the first onslaught of barbarians.
A couple of months ago, three chunks of mortar broke off the Colosseum, hours before the symbol of the Eternal City opened its gates to tourists.
Italy
Prime-Time Nielsens
Ratings
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by the Nielsen Co. for Nov. 1-7. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. "Dancing With the Stars," ABC, 19.93 million.
2. Sunday Night Football: Dallas vs. Green Bay, NBC, 19.37 million.
3. "Dancing With the Stars Results," ABC, 16.93 million.
4. "Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick," NBC, 16.04 million.
5. "60 Minutes," CBS, 15.15 million.
6. World Series Game 5: San Francisco vs. Texas, Fox, 14.95 million.
7. "Criminal Minds," CBS, 14.58 million.
8. "The Mentalist," CBS, 14.42 million.
9. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 14 million.
10. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 13.96 million.
11. "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 13.64 million.
12. "Desperate Housewives," ABC, 12.72 million.
13. "Survivor: Nicaragua," CBS, 12.3 million.
14. "Modern Family," ABC, 12.24 million.
15. "Grey's Anatomy," ABC, 11.92 million.
16. "NCIS," CBS, 11.52 million.
17. "Castle," ABC, 11.27 million.
18. "Undercover Boss," CBS, 11.04 million.
19. "(Bleep) My Dad Says," CBS, 11.02 million.
20. "Amazing Race 17," CBS, 11.01 million.
Ratings
In Memory
Jack Levine
The social realist artist Jack Levine, who skewered the rich and powerful in paintings that echoed Old Masters like Goya and El Greco stylistically, has died. He was 95.
Levine's works are in the collections of major museums including the Art Institute of Chicago, New York's Museum of Modern Art and Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
Born in Boston in 1915, Levine found work as a young man with the federal Works Progress Administration. He achieved wide recognition when his 1937 painting "The Feast of Pure Reason," a critique of political corruption, was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art.
Levine's career was interrupted by a stint in the Army from 1942 to 1945. After the war he married artist Ruth Gikow and moved to New York.
His 1946 painting "Welcome Home," a satire of military power, generated controversy when it was later shown in a State Department exhibition that traveled to Moscow.
Levine was subpoenaed to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee, though he has said that in the end he never did.
In a 2004 essay in New York magazine, writer Pete Hamill said Levine was a man of the left but never an ideologue.
"He knew what side he was on and what he wanted to put in his paintings," Hamill said. "But he expressed his vision; he did not illustrate it."
Levine is survived by his daughter, Susanna Fisher, his son-in-law, Leonard, and two grandchildren.
Jack Levine
| CURRENT MOON lunar phases |
