M Is FOR MASHUP - November 11th, 2015
Some Popular New Mashups
From DJ Useo
Here're some swell new bootleg single track mixes you will no doubt enjoy.
All tracks can be streamed, or downloaded.
Wear headphones if you are shy about mashups. ;)
01 - Positronic! - "Tchaikovsky is BANANAS!" ( Gwen Stefani vs Tchaikovsky vs SebastiAn )
( hearthis.at/positronic/tchaikovsky-is-bananas-positronic-mashup/ )
02 - NRD1 - "Sun Goes Down ABC" ( David Guetta vs Sander Van Doorn )
( hearthis.at/nrd1/david-guetta-vs-sander-van-doorn-sun-goes-down-abc-nrd1-bootleg/ )
03 - meib00m - OMILYTTLE - "TurnHulaOn"
( hearthis.at/morfar.meibom/turnhulaon-meiboom/ )
04 - The Reborn Identity - "American Days Are Over" ( Don McClean vs Florence + The Machine )
( hearthis.at/rebornidentity/americandays/ )
05 - DJ Dumpz - "God Bless The Blurred Lines" ( Robin Thicke vs EAV )
( hearthis.at/djdumpz2/godblesstheblurredlines/ )
06 - DJ Firth - "Pompeii Numb" ( Linkin Park vs Bastille )
( hearthis.at/djfirth/linkin-park-v-bastille-kat-krazy-pompeii-numb-dj-firth-club-mashup/ )
07 - Joan Caramba -"The Future Takes Over" ( DJ Cassidy vs Kelly Rowland )
( hearthis.at/joancaramba/the-future-takes-over/ )
08 - DJ Useo - "Surf Mashup Medley" ( T.Rex vs Blue Oyster Cult vs Elton John vs Supremes vs Junior Brown )
( hearthis.at/vxmfxz7w/surf-mashup-medley-trex-vs-blue-oyster-cult-vs-elton-john-vs-supremes-vs-junior-brown/ )
Next week read about a new PUNK ROCK METAL mashup album. Later all.
Recommended Reading
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Pankaj Mishra: "Narendra Modi: the divisive manipulator who charmed the world" (The Guardian)
This week the Indian prime minister makes a triumphant visit to the UK after cosying up to everyone from Silicon Valley CEOs to Rupert Murdoch. What's behind the uncritical embrace of a man who has presided over a rising tide of assassinations and religious zealotry, and driven the country's writers and artists into revolt?
Phoebe Robinson: "How Daria Shaped a Generation of Women (Especially This Black Lady)" (Slate)
"Seeing the world through the eyes of a Blaria (a.k.a. Black Daria)." With those 12 little words, my blog began in 2012. More than expressing my musings on race, gender, and pop culture, the most important aspect of Blaria, which I didn't realize until just now, is that it's a nod to one of the best and most influential '90s feminist icons: Daria Morgendorffer.
Liz Shannon Miller: "The Best High-School Show of the Past 30 Years, Round One: Joan of Arcadia vs. Daria" (Vulture)
"As far as I can make out, edgy occurs when middlebrow, middle-aged profiteers are looking to suck the energy - not to mention the spending money - out of the 'youth culture.' So they come up with this fake concept of seeming to be dangerous when every move they make is the result of market research and a corporate master plan." - Daria
Anonymous, Amanda Madden: "5 Things You Learn Helping Rich College Kids Cheat (For Pay)"(Cracked)
Oh, and remember all those hard-partying frat guys who threw cash at Joe to make sure they didn't fail the classes they were too hungover to attend? If you were wondering, most of these kids -- at least, the ones Joe kept tabs on -- did graduate and get good jobs. Mostly, they went into business. There's no shortage of things that explains.
Chris Scott, Nathan Murphy: The 5 Most Clever Ways People Made Hate Groups Look Stupid(Cracked)
This world of ours can be a terrible and hateful place. But there's something we can do to combat that toxicity: We can use the most powerful asset that humanity has to offer -- the one thing we have that the animals don't, the thing that inspires, the thing that makes us more than the sum of our parts. You know what we're talking about. What? No, not love. Mockery. We're talking about mockery. Here, like this ...
Neil McCormick: "Justin Bieber and One Direction's new albums: 'biting the hand that feeds them'"(Telegraph)
It's hard being a pop star in these times, apparently.
Patrick Smith: Garbage that is worth treasuring (Telegraph)
Transatlantic quartet Garbage emerged 20 years ago, and it's a measure of their enduring popularity that they have sold out the Brixton Academy on consecutive nights for concerts celebrating their cherished debut album.
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Jeb!
Not that I'll be able to stand listening to it, but I hope Jeb is questioned at the "debate" tonight about his baby killing desires--I'm sure, once started, he wouldn't stop with baby Hitler.
Linda >^..^<
We are all only temporarily able bodied.
Thanks, Linda!
Oh, that Jeb. Love the fetus, kill the baby.
How republican.
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Last Night
Finally cold enough at night to put a blanket on the bed.
Grand Marshal Of 2016 Rose Parade
Ken Burns
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, known for long-form explorations of all-American subjects such as the Civil War and baseball, was named Tuesday as grand marshal of the 2016 Rose Parade.
The announcement was made as the Tournament of Roses prepares for the 126th edition of the annual floral spectacle on New Year's Day. The theme of the Pasadena parade is "Find Your Adventure."
"I've never been to the parade in person, so this will be a new adventure for me," Burns said in a statement.
Burns, 62, has received 14 Emmy Awards for his work on PBS documentaries such as "The Dust Bowl," ''Prohibition" and "Mark Twain." His latest, "The Roosevelts: An Intimate History," aired for 14 hours.
Ken Burns
Antiquities Officials Scoff
Egypt
Egyptian antiquities officials on Monday scoffed at claims by Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson (R-Fabulist) that Egypt's ancient pyramids were not built as pharaonic tombs but used to store grain.
"Does he even deserve a response? He doesn't," Antiquities Minister Mamdouh el-Damaty told the Associated Press on the sidelines of a news conference about recent thermal scans of the pyramids that revealed some anomalies that could lead to new discoveries about their construction.
Carson's comments have received little attention in Egypt, where people are accustomed to accepted expert views about the 4,500-year-old structures, but have drawn interest in the United States where the retired neurosurgeon has jumped to the top of the crowded Republican presidential field.
Mahmoud Afifi, the head of the Ancient Egyptian Antiquities Sector at the Antiquities Ministr,y said Carson's comments are similar to other inaccurate theories about the pyramids, including that those that say they were built by Atlanteans from a mythical lost continent.
Egypt
Rare Broadway Honor
Michael Flatley
Few performers making their Broadway debuts get a street on Broadway renamed in their honour. Michael Flatley is an exception.
The trailblazing former "Riverdance" star was on hand Tuesday when a section of 42nd Street was dubbed "Flatley Way" in honour of him and his show "Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games," opening nearby at the Lyric Theatre.
"It's fantastic. It's a dream come true," he said on a rainy afternoon with the cheering support of his two dozen cast members in bright costumes. The renaming ceremony lasted only a few minutes, but the dapper Flatley seemed as jazzed about it as he does stepping on the 1,896-seat Lyric.
The show marks his official retirement from dancing and is the first time he's graced a Broadway stage, having already performed at Radio City Music Hall and Madison Square Garden.
Flatley, born into a blue-collar Irish-American family in Chicago, was catapulted to fame after co-choreographing "Riverdance," which was first performed as a seven-minute interval break in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994.
Michael Flatley
Sells For $28.5 Million
Pink Diamond
A spectacular pink diamond, the largest of its kind to ever appear at auction, sold for $28.5 million (26.6 million euros) on Tuesday, narrowly beating auction house Christie's projection.
An unidentified bidder snatched up the 16.08-carat rare gemstone, kicking off a week of auctions that could see another coloured diamond set a new world record.
That stone, a 12.03-carat blue diamond described by experts as flawless, is being sold by rival auction house Sotheby's on Wednesday, and could fetch a record $55 million.
The pink diamond, owned by an American family for the past 15 years, is the largest cushion-shaped stone classified in the elite "fancy vivid" category to ever come to auction.
Christie's said that only three pink stones classified by the Gemological Institute of America as "fancy" and weighing more than 10 carats have been up for sale in 250 years.
Pink Diamond
Time Traveling Bush
'Baby Hitler'
Presidential candidate Jeb Bush (R-Terry Schiavo) says he once got an email asking if he would go back in time, if it were possible, and kill the baby Adolf Hitler.
"It said, 'If you could go back in time and kill baby Hitler, would you? I need to know,'" Bush told a Huffington Post reporter on the Bush campaign bus in New Hampshire last week.
Bush's answer, according to the video clip: "Hell, yeah, I would. Look, you gotta step up man."
Bush wryly tweeted Monday: "Gotta do it," referring to the Huffington Post item.
'Baby Hitler'
Charlie Brown Actor Pleads Guilty
Peter Robbins
A former child actor who was the voice of Charlie Brown in beloved "Peanuts" TV specials has pleaded guilty to making criminal threats.
Fifty-nine-year-old Peter Robbins of Oceanside entered pleas Tuesday. He's facing four years and eight months in prison.
Authorities say Robbins threatened to harm a mobile home park manager and San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore, offering $50,000 to have Gore killed.
Two years ago, Robbins pleaded guilty to threatening a former girlfriend and her plastic surgeon.
From age 9 to 13, Robbins was the voice of Charlie Brown in a series of 1960s animated classics, including "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown."
Peter Robbins
Halloween
Jason Aldean
Country star Jason Aldean dressed as rapper Lil Wayne as a Halloween costume, a representative confirmed after a photo surfaced of him wearing blackface makeup and a wig with dreadlocks.
The picture, first posted by the website NashvilleGab.com, showed Aldean dressed in sunglasses, long dreadlocks and gold jewelry. Tyne Parrish, his publicist, said in an email on Tuesday that Aldean "dressed as rapper Lil Wayne for Halloween," but refused to comment further. A publicist for Broken Bow Records, his label, said they had no comment.
Aldean is one of country music's most popular performers, regularly selling out stadiums. He was named by the Recording Industry Association of America as the top digital selling male country artist in 2014. His last album, "Old Boots, New Dirt," was certified platinum.
Aldean recently performed at the Country Music Association Awards, where he was nominated for album of the year. He is also nominated for two awards, favorite male country artist and favorite country album, at the upcoming American Music Awards on Nov. 22.
In 2013, Julianne Hough's decision to don blackface for Halloween to portray her favorite character from the Netflix show "Orange is the New Black" sparked an uproar and drew an eventual apology from the actress, who said she never intended to hurt anyone.
Jason Aldean
Melting Ice Cap
Arctic
The Arctic ice cap is melting faster than ever before, threatening to push so much fresh water into the North Atlantic that it could disrupt how the ocean regulates global temperatures, a prominent oceanographer has warned.
As the head of a 40-member climate mission to the Arctic aboard the Canadian Coast Guard ice breaker Amundsen, Belgian researcher Roger Francois is concerned about how the pace of climate change may affect the future of deep water pools and currents, and how this imbalance may worsen the effects of global warming.
Over the course of the past two million years, temperatures have risen and fallen in 100,000-year cycles, with a sheet of ice forming over the Arctic cap each time followed by a rapid melt, he told AFP.
The last warming occurred between 20,000 and 15,000 years ago, and led at that time to a rise in sea level of 130 meters (425 feet).
Each cycle is marked by an increase in carbon in the atmosphere. At the last change, the rate of carbon dioxide in the air increased from 180 parts per million to 280 ppm over 5,000 years. Until the Industrial Revolution, the level remained at 280 ppm, and since then it has skyrocketed to more than 400 ppm in 2015, he explained.
Arctic
Prime-Time Nielsens
Ratings
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Nov.2-8. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. NFL Football: Philadelphia at Dallas, NBC, 23.05 million.
2. "NCIS," CBS, 17.98 million.
3. "NFL Pregame Show, NBC, 16.89 million.
4. "60 Minutes," CBS, 15.76 million.
5. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 14.81 million.
6. "NCIS: New Orleans," CBS, 14:11 million.
7. "Country Music Association Awards," ABC, 13.62 million.
8. "Football Night in America," NBC, 13.1 million.
9. "The Walking Dead," AMC, 12.44 million.
10. NFL Football: Indiana at Carolina, ESPN, 12.4 million.
11. "Dancing With the Stars," ABC, 12.09 million.
12. "The Voice" (Monday, 8 p.m.), NBC, 12.06 million.
13. "Empire," Fox, 11.68 million.
14. College Football: LSU at Alabama, CBS, 11.06 million.
15. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 10.9 million.
16. "Madam Secretary," CBS, 10.59 million.
17. "Scorpion," CBS, 9.51 million.
18. "Supergirl," CBS, 8.87 million.
19. "Hawaii Five-0," CBS, 8.85 million.
20. "Survivor," CBS, 8.8 million.
Ratings
In Memory
Allen Toussaint
Legendary New Orleans musician Allen Toussaint, who racked up hits like "Working in the Coal Mine" and "Lady Marmalade" as a behind-the-scenes songwriter and producer before he gained new fame as a performer, died Tuesday, not long after a performance in Spain. He was 77.
Born in New Orleans' working class Gert Town neighbourhood, Toussaint went on to become one of the city's most legendary and celebrated performers and personalities.
In the beginning Toussaint was known mostly as an R&B songwriter and producer. He worked for the New Orleans-based Minit Records in 1960 before being drafted in the Army for two years.
He worked with such luminaries as Lee Dorsey, Art and Aaron Neville, Irma Thomas, the Meters, Joe Cocker and Ernie K-Doe. Thomas remembered Toussaint, who produced her songs "It's Raining" and "I Did My Part," as someone who wrote beautiful stories set to music.
In the late '50s and early '60s, Thomas and Toussaint and others would gather at Toussaint's mom's house to rehearse.
In 1973, with fellow songwriter Marshall Sehorn, he established his own recording studio called Sea-Saint Studio. There he worked with a succession of musicians including Paul Simon, Paul McCartney, Patti LaBelle, Cocker and Elvis Costello.
Toussaint had numerous hits to his name. He penned the 1966 Lee Dorsey classic "Working in the Coal Mine" and produced Dr. John's 1973 hit "Right Place, Wrong Time" and 1975's "Lady Marmalade" by the vocal trio Labelle.
His influence could be felt far outside of R&B circles. The song "Southern Nights," which Toussaint wrote and performed, was later covered by country star Glen Campbell and hip-hop artists in the '80s and '90s often sampled from his songs.
Toussaint is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. In 2013 he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama.
He had been expected to perform a benefit concert along with longtime friend Paul Simon in New Orleans on Dec. 8 at Le Petit Theatre to raise money for New Orleans Artists Against Hunger And Homelessness.
Hurricane Katrina in 2005 flooded not only his home but his Sea-Saint studio, forcing Toussaint to flee to New York. The studio never reopened.
Like many New Orleanians, Toussaint couldn't stay away from the Crescent City forever. Nearly eight years after Katrina, Toussaint returned permanently to the city of his birth and so much of his musical inspiration.
He is survived by two children.
Allen Toussaint
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