M Is FOR MASHUP - RERUN -November 26th, 2014
Cold Wave Mashups Album
From DJ Useo
Months ago, me & French mashup bootlegger Chocomang
( chocomang.org/ ) decided to work on a new mashup album project together. He suggested making all the tracks using
Coldwave music
( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldwave ), a form of late 70's ; early 80's New Wave music. The style largely developed in France during the late 70s, with many European artists adopting the 'style'. The two of us had been the driving force behind
three 1980's mashup collections
( www.suprmchaos.com/bcEnt-Wed-070214.index.html ) employing many home producers, & we were still feeling the drive to mix more.
We worked independently for many months, ultimately resulting in over thirty tracks. After reviewing what we'd mixed up, we adjusted, & replaced many of them, until we were certain we had the best compilation possible. Feedback has been scarce in the short time the album has been available, yet those who I chatted with are very impressed with what they heard. I'm still listening, & assessing, as it takes me quite a while to begin hearing my own mixes with an unbiased ear. Working with Chocomang really provided me a great source of perspective concerning which artists to pair. I had a swell mix going with Siouxsie & The Banshees vs T. Rex, but with Chocomang's assistance, I realized that The Grateful Dead would sound way better as the vocals, & the track changed drastically, yet for the better.
If I may, I'd like to share the actual playlist with you now, so you can see the many fine source artists we selected.
COLD WAVE Playlist
09 01 Alabama Spellbound (Siouxsie and the Banshees vs Grateful Dead) - DJ Useo
09 02 Lucretia Beats (Sisters Of Mercy vs The Go-Gos) - Chocomang
09 03 The Frozen Force - Part I (The Droids vs Madonna) - DJ Useo
09 04 A Forest Away (The Cure vs Lenny Kravitz) - Chocomang
09 05 Perfect Roman Photo (Ruth vs Pink) - DJ Useo
09 06 September Fall (The Chameleons vs Earth, Wind and Fire) - Chocomang
09 07 Unicorn Silk Skin Paws (Wire vs Basement Jaxx) DJ Useo
09 08 Close to the Story (30 seconds to Mars vs The Cure) - Chocomang
09 Lullaby Game (The Cure vs Queen) - DJ Useo
10 Lady Darkness (Anne Clark vs Beattraax vs Boney M vs Sunstroke Project) - Chocomang
11 Paranoid Home Computer (Kraftwerk vs Garbage) - DJ Useo
12 Fascination Figure (The Cure vs Nickelback) - Chocomang
13 Quiet Boom Life (Japan vs P.O.D.) - DJ Useo
14 I melt with pretty noose (Soundgarden vs Modern English) - Chocomang
15 Alex Chilton Ceremony (New Order vs Replacements) - DJ Useo
16 Monkey Skin (The Chameleons vs Pixies) - Chocomang
17 Never Stop Buddy Holly (Echo & The Bunnymen vs Weezer) - DJ Useo
18 Shock The Mussolini (D.A.F vs Peter Gabriel) - Chocomang
19 Perfekt Person To Person (Hypothetical Prophets vs Matt Minimal) - DJ Useo
20 Never Give Your Heart A Break Again (Depeche Mode vs Demi Lovato) - Chocomang
21 Dr Mabuse Time (Propaganda vs Owl City & CRJ) - DJ Useo & Chocomang
Stream, or download the complete zip file, "COLDWAVE, The Coldwave, Darkwave and Post-punk mashup album"
from mirror links here
( audioboots.com/coldwave/ ) -
Or enjoy the single tracks for streaming, or downloading here
( hearthis.at/choco/set/coldwave/ )
Many thanks to Chocomang for his excellent & extensive work on this satisfying project. I think many will love what resulted. I know I'll be playing it often, for many years to come.
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Donald Trump Is Gaslighting America (Teen Vogue)
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Andrew Tobias: President Romney
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Paul Mason: Our problem isn't robots, it's the low-wage car-wash economy (The Guardian)
Mark Carney is right that we must stop creating badly paid low-productivity jobs and redistribute wealth - and that will involve unleashing the machines.
Lucy Vincent: More fruit and veg for prisoners might just alleviate the crisis in our jails (The Guardian)
Poor diet is contributing to bad behaviour and reoffending. Liz Truss could should intervene and do for prisons what Jamie Oliver did for schools.
One less woman in politics: Wonder Woman loses job as UN ambassador (The Guardian)
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David Ferguson: What makes celebrity meltdowns entertainment instead of tragedy? (The Guardian)
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NASA And Stephen Hawking Join Forces
"StarChip"
An all-star alliance between NASA and Stephen Hawking has formed, hoping to send a lightweight silicon "StarChip" to the closest star system to Earth. The two are joined by a Russian venture capitalist Yuri Milner and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as they try to propel an object toward Alpha Centauri at one-fifth the speed of light.
Scientists have a few obstacles standing in the way of their dreams of sending a tiny probe so far away, reports Monday noted, including radiation damage. To get to that incredible speed - which is roughly 1,000 times faster than other spaceships are capable of traveling - the probe will be blasted by lasers from Earth to accelerate it. That speed would get the probe there in about 20 years.
Because the probe needs to be so light, radiation shields aren't an option so the researchers are looking toward the potential to use "self-healing" transistors, a new study released last week from NASA and the Korea Institute of Science and Technology found. Those devices can be used for flash memory or as logic transistors and researchers have indicated that they may be perfect for the project, known as Project Starshot.
Researchers are interested in the star system because they believe that there is a reasonable chance of an Earth-like planet there that exists within a habitable zone and distance from the star.
The small spacecraft would be capable of taking pictures of what it encounters and sending back scientific data. The research and engineering project was expected to cost $100 million.
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Drinking, Drug Use Largely Down
U.S. Teens
The use of alcohol, marijuana, prescription medications and illicit substances declined among U.S. teens again in 2016, continuing a long-term trend, according to a study released on Tuesday by the National Institutes of Health.
But the research found that high school seniors were still using cannabis at nearly the same levels as in 2015, with 22.5 percent saying that had smoked or ingested the drug at least once within the past month and 6 percent reporting daily use.
"Clearly our public health prevention efforts, as well as policy changes to reduce availability, are working to reduce teen drug use, especially among eighth graders," Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, said in a statement accompanying the study results.
"However, when 6 percent of high school seniors are using marijuana daily, and new synthetics are continually flooding the illegal marketplace, we cannot be complacent," Volkow said.
The annual survey, part of a series called Monitoring the Future which has tracked drug, alcohol and tobacco use among teens since 1975, also found that during 2016 there was a higher use of pot among 12th graders in states with medical marijuana laws.
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Lost 'Sensual' Drawing Discovered In France
Leonardo da Vinci
A lost drawing by the Renaissance master Leonardo da Vinci has been discovered in the papers of a French provincial doctor, a Paris auction house said Tuesday.
The dreamily sensual sketch of Saint Sebastian is thought to be worth around 15 million euros ($15.8 million) and is an "extraordinary discovery", the Tajan auction house said.
It has been authenticated by the French specialist Patrick de Bayser and Carmen C. Bambach, curator of Renaissance drawings at New York's Metropolitan Museum and a Da Vinci expert, it added.
The dramatic study, which it is thought Leonardo did in his late twenties or early thirties after he was acquitted of sodomy, is one of eight he is known to have drawn.
Two other studies of Saint Sebastian by Da Vinci have survived, one at the Bonnat-Helleu Museum in Bayonne in southwestern France and the other at the Kunsthalle in Hamburg.
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Dumped As Special UN Ambassador
Wonder Woman
The comic book heroine Wonder Woman has been abruptly fired from her honorary ambassador job at the United Nations following protests from both inside and outside the world organization that a white, skimpily dressed American prone to violence wasn't the best role model for girls.
Rheal LeBlanc, head of press and external relations, said Tuesday the appointment of Wonder Woman as an Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls would end this week, a move that come less than two months after a splashy ceremony at the U.N., which attracted actresses Lynda Carter, who played Wonder Woman in the 1970s TV series, and Gal Gadot, who has taken on the role in the forthcoming "Wonder Woman" film.
Critics said the appointment was tone deaf at a time when real women are fighting against sexual exploitation and abuse, and that there were plenty of real heroines that could be the face for gender equality. At the time of the appointment, there was no indication it would end so quickly.
Wonder Woman's image was to be used by the U.N. on social media platforms to promote women's empowerment, including on gender-based violence and the fuller participation of women in public life. Defenders of the decision pointed to the character's pioneering, feminist roots and her muscular bravery.
But an online petition, started by U.N. staffers and signed by more than 44,000 people, asked the secretary-general to reconsider the appointment, saying the message the U.N. was "sending to the world with this appointment is extremely disappointing." And during the Oct. 21 ceremony at the U.N., many staffers silently turned their back to the stage, some with their fists in the air.
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Equipment Didn't Detect Oil Leak
North Dakota
Electronic monitoring equipment failed to detect a pipeline rupture that spewed more than 176,000 gallons of crude oil into a North Dakota creek, the pipeline's operator said Monday.
It's not yet clear why the monitoring equipment didn't detect the leak, Wendy Owen, a spokeswoman for Casper, Wyoming-based True Cos., which operates the Belle Fourche Pipeline, said.
A landowner discovered the spill near Belfield on Dec. 5, according to Bill Suess, an environmental scientist with the North Dakota Health Department.
Suess said the spill migrated about almost 6 miles from the spill site along Ash Coulee Creek, and it fouled an unknown amount of private and U.S. Forest Service land along the waterway. The creek feeds into the Little Missouri River, but Seuss said it appears no oil got that far and that no drinking water sources were threatened. The creek was free-flowing when the spill occurred but has since frozen over.
True Cos. operates at least three pipeline companies with a combined 1,648 miles of line in Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming, according to information the companies submitted to federal regulators. Since 2006, the companies have reported 36 spills totaling 320,000 gallons of petroleum products, most of which was never recovered.
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Scientists Racing To Save
Climate Data
Scientists are starting to copy down U.S. climate data onto independent servers to save it from a hostile Donald Trump administration, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.
To save federal scientific data, scientists will hold a "guerrilla archiving" event in Toronto on Dec. 17, where experts will copy irreplaceable public data.
"Our event is focused on preserving information and data from the Environmental Protection Agency, which has programs and data at high risk of being removed from online public access or even deleted," the event page says. "This includes climate change, water, air, toxics programs. This project is urgent because the Trump transition team has identified the EPA and other environmental programs as priorities for the chopping block."
Meetings were held at the University of Pennsylvania with researchers and members of groups like Open Data Philly and the software company Azavea. The discussions were focused on how to download as much data as possible in the upcoming weeks, the Post reported.
Scientists have also created a Google spreadsheet to gather important data that needs to be protected and will move to archive them for the public.
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Police Arrest Woman
Saudi
Police in the Saudi capital said on Monday they had arrested a woman for taking off her veil in public and posting pictures of her daring action on Twitter.
Police spokesman Fawaz al-Maiman did not name the woman, but several websites identified her as Malak al-Shehri, who triggered a huge backlash on social media after posing without the hijab in a main Riyadh street last month.
Maiman said in a statement that the police in the ultra-conservative kingdom acted in line with their duty to monitor "violations of general morals".
The oil-rich desert kingdom has some of the world's tightest restrictions on women and is the only country where they are not allowed to drive.
Women in Saudi Arabia are expected to cover from head to toe when in public.
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Plague Strikes 6 Cats
Idaho
Half a dozen pet cats in Idaho were infected with plague this year, according to a new report of the cases.
In May through July, veterinarians in Idaho tested 12 cats that had gotten sick, checking to see if the animals were infected with plague. Six of the tests came back positive, according to the report, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
All of the cats had come into contact with ground squirrels or other wild rodents or rabbits before getting sick, the CDC said. Most of the cats lived in an area of southwestern Idaho where health officials had previously found dead squirrels that tested positive for plague.
Plague is caused by bacteria called Yersinia pestis, which can infect humans and other mammals. The disease can spread through bites from infected fleas, or from contact with an infected mammal.
No human cases of plague were tied to the Idaho cats, the report said. But felines can spread the disease to humans through bites and scratches, and in some cases, by breathing out droplets that contain the bacteria.
Idaho
Prime-Time Nielsens
Ratings
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Dec. 5-11. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. NFL Football: Dallas at New York Giants, NBC, 26.50 million.
2. "Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick," NBC, 19.00 million.
3. NFL Football: Oakland at Kansas City, NBC, 17.40 million.
4. "NCIS," CBS, 14.69 million.
5. "Football Night in America," NBC, 12.91 million.
6. "The OT," Fox, 11.89 million.
7. "Bull," CBS, 11.68 million.
8. "60 Minutes," CBS, 11.13 million.
9. "This is Us," NBC, 10.95 million.
10. NFL Football Pre-Kick: Oakland at Kansas City, NBC, 10.88 million.
11. "The Walking Dead," AMC, 10.59 million.
12. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 10.18 million.
13. "The Voice" (Tuesday), NBC, 10.16 million viewers.
14. "The Voice" (Monday), NBC, 10.08 million.
15. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 9.67 million.
16. "Hawaii Five-O," CBS, 9.40 million.
17. "NCIS: New Orleans," CBS, 9.36 million.
18. "Hairspray Live!," NBC, 9.05 million.
19. "Survivor," CBS, 8.50 million.
20. NFL Football: Indianapolis at NY Jets, ESPN, 8.093 million.
Ratings
In Memory
Alan Thicke
Alan Thicke, a versatile performer who gained his greatest renown as the beloved dad on a long-running sitcom, has died at age 69.
Thicke was a Canadian-born TV host, writer, composer and actor well-known in his homeland before making his named in the United States, most notably with the ABC series "Growing Pains."
On that comedy, which aired from 1985 to 1992, Thicke played Dr. Jason Seaver, a psychiatrist and father-knows-best who moved his practice into his home so his wife can go back to work as a reporter. Along with his clients, he had three (later four) kids under foot, including his oldest son, Mike, played by breakout heart-throb Kirk Cameron, who served as a constant source of comedic trouble for the family.
Born in Ontario, Canada, in 1947, Thicke was nominated for three Emmy Awards for his work in the late 1970s as a writer for Barry Manilow's talk show, and later for a satirical take on the genre in the variety show "America 2-Night."
He composed several popular theme songs, including the original theme for "The Wheel of Fortune," and for shows including "The Facts of Life" and "Diff'rent Strokes."
Perhaps his boldest assault on the U.S. market was as a virtual unknown taking on the King of Late Night, Johnny Carson. "Thicke of the Night" was a syndicated talk-music-and-comedy show meant to go head-to-head against NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson."
It premiered in September 1983 with great fanfare, boasting an innovative format and regulars including Richard Belzer, Arsenio Hall, Gilbert Gottfried and Fred Willard. But all too quickly, it was evident that Carson wasn't going to be dethroned, and the ambitious "Thicke" disappeared into the night after one season.
In the 1990s and beyond, Thicke stayed busy as a celebrity TV host and with guest shots on dozens of series, including "How I Met Your Mother" and, earlier this year, the Netflix series "Fuller House" and the NBC drama "This Is Us."
Like any good Canadian, Thicke was a hockey fan, frequently attending LA Kings games. He took credit for introducing the sport to some celebrities.
In 2003, Thicke received 30 stitches and lost five teeth after he was struck by a puck while practicing for a celebrity fundraising hockey game. "I won't be playing any leading men roles in the next couple of months," he joked after the accident.
He had the satisfaction of seeing his musical skills passed down to son Robin, a successful singer-songwriter and producer who, with brother Brennan, were born to Thicke and the first of his three wives, Gloria Loring.
Thicke also leaves a son from his marriage to second wife Gina Tolleson. He had been married to Tanya Callau since 2005.
Alan Thicke
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