M Is FOR MASHUP - November 14th, 2018
Useo Hears A Mashup
By DJ Useo
I've been very busy of late with work, & other matters, so my mashup output numbers have suffered some. Still, I'm getting a great response to the tracks I have posted. Here's a batch of the ones people have contacted me personally to praise. ( Me smiling here )
01 - "Ça Plane Pour Ticket" ( The Beatles vs Plastic Bertrand )
60's British Invasion vocals over 70s Punk Rock instrumental.
( sowndhaus.audio/track/11454/%C3%A7a-plane-pour-ticket-the-beatles-vs-plastic-bertrand- )
02 - "Search Me In Your Arms" ( The Isley Brothers vs Slide )
60s Soul vocals vs 00s Eurostyle instrumental.
( sowndhaus.audio/track/11453/search-me-in-your-arms-the-isley-brothers-vs-slide- )
03 - "Fat Bottomed Amadeus" ( Queen vs Falco )
70s Classic Rock vocals vs 80s New Wave instrumental.
( sowndhaus.audio/track/11425/queen-vs-falco )
04 - "Thick As A Brick In A Trashcan" ( Jethro Tull vs The Raveonettes )
70s Classic Rock vocals vs 00 Alt Rock acoustic instrumental.
( sowndhaus.audio/track/11424/jethro-tull-vs-the-raveonettes )
05 - "DJ Useo - Bunny" ( Eurostyle 2002 ) (1:17:15)
A selection of past club faves mixed live.
( hearthis.at/vxmfxz7w/dj-useo-bunny-eurostyle-2002/ )
06 - "If Comfortably Numb Looks Could Kill" ( Pink Floyd vs Transvision Vamp )
70s Classic Rock vocals vs 80s New Wave instrumental.
( sowndhaus.audio/track/11382/dj-useo-if-comfortably-numb-looks-could-kill-pink-floyd-vs-transvision-vamp- )
07 - "Rock 'n Rita" ( The Beatles vs Gary Glitter )
60's British Invasion vocals over 70s Glitter Rock instrumental.
( drive.google.com/file/d/1ELVyFERm99u36_OokjC4L6Do2kxOMl5I/view?usp=sharing )
08 - "St Kilda Roam" ( The B-52's vs Inspiral Carpets )
80s New Wave vocals vs 90s Madchester instrumental.
( sowndhaus.audio/track/11338/the-b-52s-vs-inspiral-carpets )
An extra pleasure for me has been hearing most of these played on various international radio show streams.
I also get a laugh because everyone pronounces "useo' incorrectly. Lol. ( U-Z-O is correct )
Drop me a line if you feel motivated. useo8@yahoo.com
Recommended Reading
from Bruce
Alexandra Petri: Lone guy at Fox News still worried about caravan, embarrassing colleagues (Washington Post)
"I can't believe he doesn't know," one female colleague mused. "It's kind of, what's the word? Sad." "I think he actually thinks this was all real," a male colleague ventured, peering through an open door at the producer, who was frantically scrolling on his phone to see whether he could find any footage or coverage of the caravan. "He's really worried about it. He took me aside at lunch and retold the plot of an entire 'Doctor Who' episode where if you looked away from something scary it would suddenly be much closer, and he couldn't believe we were taking our eyes off this very real threat."
David Leonhardt and Ian Prasad Philbrick: "Trump's Corruption: The Definitive List" (NY Times)
The many ways that the president, his family and his aides are lining their own pockets.
Paul Krugman: Truth and Virtue in the Age of Trump (NY Times Column)
You're a hero if and only if you serve The Leader's interests.
Margaret Sullivan: The media's eagerness to discount the 'blue wave' feeds a dangerous problem (Washington Post)
On a stage Friday night in Manhattan, forecasting that Democrats would ultimately gain 37 House seats (not 29, as some early results had it), the data-oriented journalist Nate Silver said what happened certainly looked like a wave to him.
Andrew Tobias: Responding to Carl
… the Obama Administration was squeaky clean. Trump, by contrast, has seen his campaign chairman convicted of multiple felonies; his national security adviser pleading guilty; his personal lawyer/fixer pleading guilty; his son fearing indictment; and his family and cabinet officers up to their necks in a list of corrupt activities so long it will take you a good chunk of your morning to read it all. All of this ignored by the Republican Congress, two members of which - the first two to endorse Trump, as it happens - were just reelected while under indictment.
Paul Waldman: Accountability is finally coming to the Trump administration. Its members should be terrified. (Washington Post)
Democrats are going to go about this very methodically.
Dylan Scott: Arizona Republicans show losing an election with a little grace is still possible (Vox)
Even as Donald Trump railed about voter fraud, Arizona's elected leaders mostly kept their cool.
Jonathan Chait: Trump Is Trapped, and Trying to Protect Himself at All Costs (NY Mag)
From the very beginning, when Donald Trump and his father ignored demands from the Nixon Justice Department that they stop discriminating against African-Americans, through his repeated tax fraud and financial scams, legal impunity has formed the through-line of his career. Holding him accountable serves not only Democrats' self-interest but the rule of law. That process begins now.
P.R. Lockhart: A black security guard caught a shooting suspect - only to be shot by police minutes later (Vox)
In the early hours of Sunday morning, 26-year-old Jemel Roberson was working security at a bar in the Chicago suburbs when a shooting broke out. Shortly after Roberson subdued the suspect at gunpoint, police arrived - and fatally shot the armed security guard as he pinned the suspect to the ground.
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Anecdotes
• When Hispanic actor Antonio Banderas first came to the United States to make movies, he did not speak English, although he was good at making English speakers think that he spoke English. When he met Arne Glimcher, who was to direct him in The Mambo Kings, he kept slapping him on the back, grabbing his arm and laughing, and saying a few English words such as "oh, yeah," "of course," and "right, right." Eventually, Mr. Glimcher said to him, "You don't understand a word I'm saying, do you?" Mr. Banderas responded by smiling and laughing. That was when Mr. Glimcher knew that he was in the presence of the actor he wanted to star in his movie. (Mr. Banderas did learn English for real and very quickly - he studied it eight hours a day so he could speak English in The Mambo Kings.)
• Latin singer Mark Anthony revolutionized salsa music with his album Todo a Su Tiempo ("Everything in Its Time"), which merged Latin dance rhythms with 1990s pop, yet early in his music career he had trouble giving interviews to members of the Spanish-speaking media. Having been raised in New York City, Mr. Anthony was not fluent in Spanish, and therefore he had to take Spanish lessons in order to be prepared to give interviews in that language after his albums became huge sellers in Latin American countries.
• Opera singer Geraldine Farrar was imperfect in French early in her career. During her first trip to France, she and her mother went to a small family hotel in Boulogne, where Geraldine - speaking stammering French - told the landlady what they needed and what they were willing to pay. The landlady - speaking perfect English - replied, "If you will only tell me in English, I can understand you better."
• Sir Henry Wood was a wonderful conductor, but his English was not polished, and he had a habit of ending many of his sentences with the phrase "regardless of," as in, "What are you cellos doing, regardless of?" Once, he received some advice about how to improve his English, and at a rehearsal, he asked, "What are you violins doing?" The entire orchestra chimed in and shouted, "Regardless of."
• Umpire Ken Burkhart once called Roberto Clemente out, and Mr. Clemente called him a "blind son-of-a-beech," so Mr. Burkhart threw him out of the game. Pittsburgh Pirate manager Danny Murtaugh argued with Mr. Burkhart, saying that Mr. Clemente couldn't have said what Mr. Burkhart thought he had said because Mr. Clemente didn't speak any English. Mr. Burkhart replied, "You guys taught him some English."
• In the first half of the 20th century, John Kieran, a New York Timessports columnist, was invited to a forum at an Ivy League university, where some of the students criticized Mr. Kieran's school, Fordham, because it provided its graduates with what they considered a less-than-ideal classical education. Mr. Kieran responded by rising and speaking in defense of Fordham - in Latin.
• John K. Kennedy defeated Republican Richard Nixon by only 50,000 votes. Shortly after the election, President Kennedy read an article that praised one of his aides as being "coruscatingly" brilliant. Mr. Kennedy remarked, "Those guys should never forget, 50,000 votes the other way and we'd all be coruscatingly stupid."
• Children's book illustrator Victoria Chess grew up speaking languages other than English. She didn't understand English until she was three years old, and she didn't let anyone know she could understand English until she was four. Why not? People say interesting things in English if they think you don't know that language.
• The music of Latino Ricky Martin is popular across the world. While on a Far East tour, he was amazed to perform in a Chinese town and hear his Chinese fans singing, "Un, dos, tres, un pasisto pa'lante, Maria." Mr. Martin says, "I've gotten the Chinese to speak Spanish. Who else can say that?"
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sorry if the second one induces nightmares!
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We are all only temporarily able bodied.
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Rare Third Visit to Billboard Hot 100
'Bohemian Rhapsody'
Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" has been a rock classic for over 40 years. Now it adds a rare chart honor on the Billboard Hot 100.
Following the Nov. 2 premiere of the new Bohemian Rhapsody biopic about the band and its late frontman Freddie Mercury, "Rhapsody" re-enters the Hot 100 (dated Nov. 17) at No. 33, as it blasts 36-5 on Digital Song Sales, up 236 percent to 24,000 sold, and returns to Streaming Songs at No. 41, surging by 77 percent to 13.3 million U.S. streams, according to Nielsen Music.
As previously reported, the Bohemian Rhapsody soundtrack vaults 25-3 on the Billboard 200, becoming the band's highest-charting album in 38 years.
"Rhapsody" makes its third visit to the Hot 100 and first since 1992, when it returned amid the success of another film, Wayne's World, and peaked at No. 2. The song originally reached No. 9 in 1976.
The track's three separate Hot 100 runs in three different decades, all including trips to the top 40, is extremely rare, but not unprecedented. As noted by Paul Haney of Joel Whitburn's Record Research, Prince's "1999" has logged four distinct chart cycles in three decades.
'Bohemian Rhapsody'
This Year's Most Disturbing Gift
Corden, Kimmel
James Corden and Jimmy Kimmel had a field day with new commercials for Trumpy Bear, a Trump-inspired teddy-bear that resurfaced Monday during a commercial that aired - unsurprisingly - during Fox & Friends.
The stuffed bear is outfitted with a white collar, white cuffs, long red tie and a certain unmistakable blonde combover. It even has an American flag blanket stuffed inside. And as Corden cracked on The Late Late Show, "If you press his paw, Trumpy Bear even writes a check to Barbie and calls her a horseface."
Corden also pointed out the most ridiculous part of the two-minute Trumpy Bear commercial, in which a motorcycle-riding man proclaims, "I'm a former Marine, and I'm proud to have Trumpy Bear ride by my side."
"Now, I don't know much about motorcycle gangs," Corden joked, "but I do know I wouldn't want to be the guy who shows up to a biker rally with a stuffed animal."
On Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kimmel offered up a brutally dark parody of the Trumpy Bear commercial, which included a young migrant girl hugging Trumpy Bear and saying, "I was torn away from my mom at the border, but that's OK, I have my Trumpy Bear. Trumpy Bear, you're my new mom."
Corden, Kimmel
Ratings Up
'Today'
Since Megyn Kelly left Today in October following her remarks about blackface, more people are watching the NBC morning show.
Nielsen ratings show a 10 percent increase in the type of viewers advertisers prefer during the show's final hour - women ages 18-49 - and gains in other categories too. They broke down the numbers at Deadline: an average of 2.52 million viewers for Kelly's last week on the air increased to 2.64 million viewers the week immediately after her departure and settled at 2.63 last week.
Part of that jump is made up of viewers who are once again making the show part of their morning routine. They're coming back for programming that's being hosted by the Today personalities that remain: Hoda Kotb, Savannah Guthrie, Al Roker, Jenna Bush Hager, Sheinelle Jones and Craig Melvin.
Those numbers apply to the week after Kelly's Megyn Kelly Today was unexpectedly canceled, following the former Fox News anchor's Oct. 23 defense of people wearing blackface in Halloween costumes and her teary apology the following day. Kelly and the network are reportedly still negotiating the terms of her exit from NBC.
'Today'
Elon Musk's Drink
'Teslaquila'
Tesla Inc co-founder Elon Musk and Mexico's tequila producers could be headed for a collision after the agave-based drink's industry group opposed the flamboyant billionaire's efforts to trademark an alcoholic drink dubbed "Teslaquila."
One of the world's richest people and chief executive of Tesla, Musk is known for ambitious and cutting-edge projects ranging from auto electrification and rocket-building to high-speed transit tunnels.
On Oct. 12, he tweeted "Teslaquila coming soon" and an accompanying "visual approximation" of a red and white label with the Tesla logo and a caption that stated "100 percent Puro de Agave."
Not so fast, said Mexico's Tequila Regulatory Council (CRT). It argued that the "name 'Teslaquila' evokes the word Tequila ... (and) Tequila is a protected word."
The CRT keeps tabs on producers to assure they adhere to strict denomination of origin rules, which dictate the spirit must be made in the Mexican states of Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit or Tamaulipas, among other requirements.
'Teslaquila'
2nd Straight Year
Kennedy Center Honors
For the second straight year, President-for-now Donald Trump (R-Disgrace) will not be attending the Kennedy Center Honors celebrating cultural achievement.
Neither Trump nor first lady Melania Trump will be at the Dec. 2 event, Stephanie Grisham, the first lady's director of communications, said Tuesday.
Grisham also told The Associated Press that it was "not likely" any new winners of the National Medal of Arts, National Humanities Medal or National Medal of Science would be announced before the end of the year. She said the remaining weeks of 2018 are "the busiest time of the year for the East Wing."
The announcement continues the Trump administration's unprecedented distance from the arts and science communities. No arts or humanities medals have been announced or handed out since September 2016, when Barack Obama was president - the longest gap by months since the awards were established in the mid-1980s. No science medals have been given since May 2016.
The absence of arts and science medals isn't because nominees haven't been submitted to the White House. According to emails obtained by the AP through the Freedom of Information Act, the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities have continued to duly solicit candidates for the medals and compile proposed winners. The White House traditionally approves and announces them, and the president presides over a ceremony shortly afterward.
Kennedy Center Honors
Can't Copyright
Taste
Europe's top court dealt the food industry a blow on Tuesday as it dismissed an attempt by a Dutch cheese maker to copyright its cream cheese, saying that the taste of a food product does not qualify for copyright protection.
Dutch company Levola Hengelo, maker of a cheese spread called Heksenkaas (witches' cheese), took rival Smilde to court for making what it said was a copy of its product and hence infringed its copyright in the taste of the cheese.
The Dutch court subsequently sought guidance from the Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice (ECJ).
Unlike a literary, pictorial, cinematographic or musical work, the taste of a food product cannot be identified with precision and objectivity, judges said.
Furthermore, taste depends on the person tasting the product, age, food preferences and the environment and context in which the food is consumed, the court said.
Taste
Permanent Ban
Disney
One Donald Trump (R-Inadequate) supporter wanted to make a big splash at Disney World.
It worked - sorta - except now he's been permanently banned from all Disney properties.
Earlier this month, Dion Cini rode down Splash Mountain at Walt Disney World holding a "Trump 2020" sign above his head. Then he held up a "Keep America Great" sign on Expedition Everest, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
But Cini wasn't a first time offender. About seven weeks ago, the New Yorker was banned from the park after he unfurled a giant Trump banner at the Main Street train station.
Disney's park rules state that "the usage of any flag, banner or sign to incite a crowd" is prohibited, but park officials decided to give him a second chance, provided he no longer display any more banners or flags.
Disney
Prime-Time Nielsens
Ratings
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Nov. 5-11. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. NFL Football: Dallas at Philadelphia, NBC, 20.1 million.
2. NFL Football: Carolina at Pittsburgh, Fox, 14.8 million.
3. "NFL Pregame," NBC, 13.63 million.
4. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 12.85 million.
5. "60 Minutes," CBS, 12.71 million.
6. NFL Football: Tennessee at Dallas, ESPN, 12.04 million.
7. "Young Sheldon," CBS, 11 million.
8. "Football Night in America," NBC, 10.14 million.
9. "NFL Pregame," Fox, 9.72 million.
10. "NFL Post-Game," Fox, 9.32 million.
11. "The Voice" (Monday), NBC, 9.02 million.
12. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 8.97 million.
13. "Chicago Med," NBC, 8.42 million.
14. "Chicago Fire," NBC, 8.25 million.
15. Election Coverage, 9 to 10 p.m., Fox News Channel, 8.1 million.
16. "Mom," CBS, 8.1 million.
17. Election Coverage, 10 to 11 p.m., Fox News Channel, 7.94 million.
18. "God Friended Me," CBS, 7.87 million.
19. "Survivor," CBS, 7.7 million.
20. "Hawaii Five-0," CBS, 7.53 million.
Ratings
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