M Is FOR MASHUP - February 27th, 2013
Less Words Mashup Article
By DJ Useo
Mashup Album Of The Week
Rappy and BigSammy are two of my favorite people around the net. They have just released '
Mashed Direction', a splendid 3-disc mashup tribute to the musical act ONE DIRECTION. This collection is incredibly well done with vast pop bootleg appeal. Tons of great mashup producers on this gem.
( www.mashstix.com/MashedDirection.php )
Mix Of The Week
'DJ Useo-Deliberato' is one weird long mix. If you think you'd like to ear
something strange and different, this is for you.
( www.bmbx.org/2013/02/deliberato/ )
( www.groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2013/02/dj-useo-deliberato-weird-long-mix.html )
Mashup Tip
Don't mash and drive.
Latest Useo Thing
'Trip To Heaven' ( Depeche Mode vs Minicut ) is my take on the new Depeche Mode single.
( official.fm/tracks/uxPa )
( www.groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2013/02/depeche-mode-vs-minicut.html )
Podgornio, The Mashup Psychic Predicts
Reading less words about mashups will give you more time to build that ship in a bottle.
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Paul Krugman: Austerity, Italian Style (New York Times)
Outside observers are terrified about Italy's election, and rightly so: ... And the reason this is happening is that respectable Europeans won't admit that the policies they have imposed on debtors are a disastrous failure. If that doesn't change, the Italian election will be just a foretaste of the dangerous radicalization to come.
Miss Cellania: National Newspaper Seeking Stories (Neatorama)
A Daily Mail reporter went to a British parenting forum to dig up dirt for a story. Instead, she got schooled.
The Slow Mo Guys: Bubbles popping at 18,000 fps (YouTube)
In the slowest video they have ever done, Gav and Dan slow down the moment a bubble pops by over 700 times. This is the first time we've used the Phantom v1610 which shoots at 18,000fps at 720p. This camera is absolutely mental!
George Dvorsky: Try as she might, 2-year-old Kayla just can't reach the moon (io9)
Poor Kayla. No matter how hard she tries the moon just sits there - tauntingly - just beyond her reach. It's a daily ritual that her father decided to finally capture on video, much to our benefit.
Do-It-Yourself Animation With Terry Gilliam (Disinformation)
Wondering how to make your life a bit more weird? Gilliam explains how to produce strange and wondrous things from household materials on the 1970s how-to series the Do-It-Yourself Animation Show. The rare [but now on YouTube] television show which flips the tables by encouraging engagement, not passive consumption, of media, it was created and curated by British cartooning legend Bob Godfrey, who died this past week.
Troy Patterson: Let's Talk Oscars (Slate)
Best Oscars Ever. A-. (I would have given it a B+, but Jennifer Lawrence was so gracious in recovering from her fall that I fell in love, thus the half-grade bump.)
Katy Waldman: Why I'm Not Complaining About Seth MacFarlane's Jokes (Slate)
No sooner did a pre-recorded Seth McFarlane, in his opening act at the 2013 Academy Awards, begin to enumerate all the actresses who'd shown their boobs onscreen than the sexism murmur started.
Tom Shales: "The Oscars: Captain Kirk was right"
Listen -- a billion people are throwing up. That's a rough estimate of course, but every year somebody at the Oscars says a billion people on the planet are watching the program; however many watched this year's Oscar show, they may well have felt sickened by it. It was a stomach-churning, jaw-dropping debacle, incompetently hosted and witlessly produced.
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''Dancing With the Stars''
A gold-medal figure skater, a country music legend and a kooky comedian are stepping their way onto ''Dancing With the Stars.''
ABC says Dorothy Hamill, Wynonna Judd and Andy Dick are among 11 contenders for the mirrored ball on the new season of the celebrity dance competition.
Other famous faces in the show's 16th edition include standup comic and actor D.L. Hughley, Baltimore Ravens football player Jacoby Jones and former ''American Idol'' contestant Kellie Pickler.
Also on hand will be former welterweight boxing champ Victor Ortiz, ''General Hospital'' star Ingo Rademacher, actress-singer Zendaya Coleman and Lisa Vanderpump from ''The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,'' as well as Olympic gold-medal gymnast Aly Raisman.
The new ''Dancing With the Stars'' season kicks off on ABC with a two-hour premiere on March 18.
''Dancing With the Stars''
One And Done
Seth MacFarlane
It looks like it's one and done at the Oscars for Seth MacFarlane.
The "Family Guy" creator was asked on his Twitter account whether he'd consider hosting the Academy Awards again and he replied: "No way. Lotta fun to have done it, though."
MacFarlane's edgy comedy proved a polarizing force on Sunday's Academy Awards, with jokes about domestic violence, women's bodies and Jews in Hollywood that offended some viewers. The Oscars did get their biggest audience in three years, however, with particular growth among young viewers.
Seth MacFarlane
Donates Cast Clothing To NM shelter
'Breaking Bad'
A Walt White robe. Baby Holly's pink hoodies. Sweaters worn by DEA agents trying to break up a drug smuggling ring.
These are among the items the AMC hit television series "Breaking Bad," a show about the methamphetamine wars in Albuquerque, donated to a city shelter in an effort to help the homeless - and give fans a chance to own some TV history memorabilia.
New Mexico's largest emergency shelter said the surprise gift came last week when show dropped off boxes of clothing worn by cast members from past episodes.
The donated men's and women's clothing will be sold at the shelter's thrift store beginning Wednesday, with proceeds will going toward the Albuquerque-based shelter.
'Breaking Bad'
Returns To 'The View' Next Week
Barbara Walters
Barbara Walters said on Tuesday she will return to the daytime TV talk show "The View" next week after more than a monthlong absence due to illness.
The broadcast journalist, who has been recovering from chicken pox and a concussion, made the announcement in a call-in to a taping of the show.
"Like it or not, I'm coming back on the show again," Walters, 83, said about her plans to return on Monday.
"No more chicken pox ... I haven't been contagious for a while, but (doctors) wanted me to have rest, and I've had enough rest and I'm ready to come back," she said.
Barbara Walters
55-Day Jail Term
Bobby Brown
Singer Bobby Brown, the ex-husband of the late Whitney Houston, was sentenced to 55 days in jail on Tuesday after admitting to driving drunk last year.
Brown pleaded no contest, an admission of guilt under California law, to driving under the influence and driving on a suspended license in October in a Los Angeles suburb.
Police said they stopped Brown after seeing him driving erratically, and that he failed a field sobriety test. It was his second arrest for drunken driving in 2012.
Brown did not appear in court on Tuesday and his plea was entered by his attorney. He must report to jail on March 20.
The New Edition singer was also sentenced to four years probation, ordered to install an ignition interlock device and to attend an alcohol counseling program.
Bobby Brown
'Joking Judge'
Vince A. Sicari
In a decidedly humorless proceeding Tuesday, New Jersey's Supreme Court heard arguments over whether a municipal judge can keep his other paying gig as an actor and stand-up comic.
Vince A. Sicari's attorneys argued that the longtime comedian, who performs under the name Vince August, has always kept his identity as a South Hackensack municipal court judge separate, and "there is never mention in either profession of the other."
The 43-year-old Sicari is appealing a 2008 state ethics committee ruling that said he can't continue working as a paid entertainer while working part-time as a judge overseeing things like traffic ticket cases and disorderly persons offenses.
Sicari makes $13,000 a year as a part-time judge. He argues he is equally passionate about each of his jobs, though his entertainment work earns him more income and entitles him to health benefits.
Vince A. Sicari
Olympics Expected To Affect Date
Oscars
While the giant Oscar statues are still being washed off and stowed away, planners are already struggling with the timing for next year's show in what could be a very early and very late awards season because of the 2014 Winter Olympics, which fall right in the middle of things from Feb. 7 to 23.
Oscar organizers have yet to make a decision about next year's schedule, but the motion picture academy and broadcaster ABC avoided the Winter Games in 2006 and 2010 by pushing the show to March, after originally moving up the telecast to late February from March in 2004. This was partly in response to the awards fatigue factor, given all the ceremonies now populating the period. In earlier decades, the Oscars - pretty much the only show in town - were held in March and even as late as April.
The Screen Actors Guild and Producers Guild of America have already announced that they're moving up their 2014 ceremonies to Martin Luther King weekend on Jan. 18 and 19 respectively to avoid the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and the Super Bowl at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., which is set for Feb. 2.
Dates for next year's Grammys and Golden Globes shows, as well as ceremonies for the Directors Guild and Writers Guild, have yet to be announced. There could be a month-long gap between the 86th annual Academy Awards and all other awards season ceremonies, if those shows are scheduled for January and the Oscars end up in March. This raises concerns for Oscar organizers about potential loss of interest and momentum for nominees, which ultimately could dampen the show's all-important TV ratings.
Oscars
Inching Up
Music Revenues
More than a decade after online file swapping tipped the music industry into turmoil, record executives may finally be getting a sliver of good news.
Industry revenue is up. A measly 0.3 percent, but it's still up.
"We're on the path to recovery," said Frances Moore, whose International Federation of the Phonographic Industry put together the figures released in a report Tuesday. "There's a palpable buzz in the air."
That change has been a long time coming. Online song sharing popularized by services such as Napster at the turn of the millennium seriously destabilized the industry, which reacted with a barrage of lawsuits and lobbying. But the war on piracy failed to stem the tide of free music, and by the time executives finally began making legal music available through download services such as Apple Inc.'s iTunes, the industry was in a free fall.
Music Revenues
Utah Liquor Bill
'Zion Curtains'
Wine spritzers are a favorite at Rovali's near Salt Lake City. Behind the bar, in full view of patrons, waiters siphon soda and syrup into glasses of ice - then they duck behind a fake olive tree and a barricade to add the chardonnay.
Utah's famously strict liquor laws forbid the restaurant from pouring alcohol in front of customers. The ban is based on the idea that the state should shield the mixing of cocktails and pouring of drinks from children. "Zion curtains" went up around the state as part of a compromise after lawmakers lifted a mandate in 2010 requiring bars to operate as members-only social clubs.
Utah lawmakers are considering whether to repeal the requirement, a move that would ease restrictions and encourage new business. Right now, the requirement applies to restaurants that are less than 3 years old.
Lawmakers have introduced a handful of pending bills this year that would ease Utah liquor regulations, including a measure allowing customers to order a drink before they order food and another to make more liquor licenses available to restaurants.
'Zion Curtains'
Letter About DNA Discovery To Auction
Francis Crick
A letter by Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of DNA, outlining the Nobel Prize-winning achievement to his young son is expected to fetch as much as $2 million when it is sold at auction in April, Christie's said on Tuesday.
Crick and James Watson unraveled the double-helix structure and function of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) while working together in Cambridge, England, in 1953. They received the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1962 for their ground-breaking work.
In the seven-page, handwritten letter, Crick, who was 33 years old at the time, described the discovery to his 12-year-old son Michael, who was away at a British boarding school.
Crick went on to say he believed DNA is a code and that the order of the bases (the letters) makes one gene different from another gene.
"In other words we think we have found the basic copying mechanism by which life comes from life. You can understand that we are very excited," Crick added, before signing the letter, "Lots of love, Daddy."
Francis Crick
Prime-Time Nielsens
Ratings
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Feb. 18-24. Listings include the week's ranking and viewership.
1. "The Oscars," ABC, 40.38 million.
2. "Oscars Red Carpet Live" (Sunday, 8 p.m.), ABC, 25.53 million.
3. "NCIS," CBS, 21.08 million.
4. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 17.62 million.
5. "Oscars Red Carpet Live" (Sunday, 7:30 p.m.), ABC, 16.5 million.
6. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 16.27 million.
7. "American Idol" (Wednesday), Fox, 14.37 million.
8. "Person of Interest," CBS, 14.23 million.
9. "American Idol" (Thursday), Fox, 13.66 million.
10. "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 13.41 million.
11. "Oscars Red Carpet Live" (Sunday, 7 p.m.), ABC, 12.44 million.
12. "Blue Bloods," CBS, 11.21 million.
13. "Elementary," CBS, 11.19 million.
14. "Criminal Minds," CBS, 10.69 million.
15. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 10.65 million.
16. "Modern Family," ABC, 10.62 million.
17. "Mike & Molly," CBS, 10.33 million.
18. "2 Broke Girls," CBS, 10.25 million.
19. "Castle," ABC, 9.85 million.
20. "Vegas," CBS, 9.52 million.
Ratings
In Memory
Dan Toler
Guitarist Dan Toler, who played in the Allman Brothers Band in the late 1970s and 1980s, has died of Lou Gehrig's disease at his home in Sarasota, Florida, his manager said.
Toler died on Monday and was in his early 60s, the manager, Glen Halverson, said.
Toler and his late brother, drummer David "Frankie" Toler, played in several groups, including Dickey Betts & Great Southern.
Dan Toler was part of the Allman Brothers Band from 1979 to 1982 and was featured on the group's albums "Enlightened Rogues," "Reach for the Sky" and "Brothers of the Road."
Toler announced in 2011 that he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a degenerative nerve diseased better known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Dan Toler
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