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M Is FOR MASHUP - July 21st, 2010
More Mashup Albums Than You Can Shake A Stick At
By DJ Useo
Howdy again, everybody. If you read last weeks' M IS FOR MASHUP column then hopefully you've had a full week to sample the SUMMER BOOTY 2010 collection with it's 3 full discs of all-new mashups by over 30 producers. I don't want you to quit listening to it yet, but here's some other GREAT new mashup collections for you. The summer has barely started so expect more fine mashup albums soon. In the meantime, here's some must-not-miss compilations for you to enjoy during this heated season.
First up is the amazing volume 4 from Mashup-Germany, called '
RECYCLING REVOLUTION' (
www.mashup-germany.com/2010/mashup-germany-vol-4-recycling-revolution-out-now/ ).
Mashup-Germany is a talented,prolific producer with great mashup concepts. I literally can't keep up with all his posts, & I wish I could. It's essential bootleg listening. Just imagine mashups with all the best recent artists mixed with purposeful skill, & that's what this sounds like.
Next up is 'Defected Rock' by Sugamotor and friends. A well-honed collection of rock instrumentals attached to acapellas from Defected Records artists, the record contains finestkind tracks mixed by such folk as 10000 Spoons, Fissunix, G3rst, Pomdeter & more! Look for mixes featuring artists like Queens Of The Stone Age, Blink 182, Julie McKnight, Pat Benatar, Jewel & many more. Grab it
here
( sugamotor.blogspot.com/2010/06/defected-rock-by-sugamotor-and-friends.html )
& have lots of guitar-based mashup fun!
Rillen Rudi is red hot at mixing mashups, so it's no surprise he has another fine collection released. 'the rillen rudi collection IV (tracks 31-40)' is a surefire pleaser of a collection with the latest ten killer tracks from RR. Turn this set on & you'll enjoy tracks mixing artists like The Darkness, System Of A Down, Elvis Presley, Lily Allen, Helmut, Steppenwolf & mucho more-o! This comes hot on the heels of volumes 1-3 which are all still available & in demand. See for yourself why Rillen Rudi has amassed such ardent fans by looking
here - (
rillenrudi.blogspot.com/2010/07/rillen-rudi-collection-31-40.html )
You may not have heard of Elocnep yet, but you'll want to hear his new collection of hot dance-floor mashups. 'Elocnep - Smash The Dancefloor (20 Mashups)' not only is plenty of inspired mixes from Elocnep, but also a few more from Mighty Mike, ToTom and SUYT. You won't be able to refrain from shaking your hinder to tracks like 'Mr Oizo In Da House' (Mr Oizo vs Jurassic 5) & 'The Roots Of Aeroflex' (Asian Trash Boy vs Electrosound vs Dizzee Rascal). If you like mashups, you'll love these.See why I say that by going
here - (
www.elocnep.com/index.php?option=com_muscol&view=album&id=16 )
Lastly, we reach an entire album of mashups from the Netherlands. 'PINKpOp MashUP bOOtleg 2010' features mashups utilizing artists appearing at the annual Dutch Pinkpop Music Festival. Popular mashup producers like MadMixMustang, Pheugoo, Roaxx J,Martinn, & more give you memorable mixes using The Eagles, Yeasayer, The Prodigy, The Editors, Pink& Procol Harum as just the starters. See why so much mashup talent flows from the Netherlands by checking out '
PINKpOp MashUP bOOtleg 2010' here - (
mashupfacts.wordpress.com/2010/05/27/pinkpop-2010-mashup-bootleg/ )
Wot an assortment,eh? & yet I still find time to play regular artists' records, too. Write & tell me what you thought. I'm happy to post your letters.
Mix Of The Week
'Summer Breeze' by Lenodd is such great summer chill enjoyment you may melt from happiness. It has great tunes from artists like Max Sedgely, Alankara and Jazzy D, & Underground Resistance, all joined & mixed thoroughly by proven mixer, Lenodd. Don't miss this one!
(
www.bmbx.org/2010/07/summer-breeze-2/ )
Mashup Tip
Karaoke instrumentals only make good karaoke mashups.
New Useo Thing
Here's another fairly mellow track, except I've danced it up a bit. Loreena McKennitt's 'the mummer's dance'
vs Patric La Funk & Timo Becker's 'overdrive'. 'The Mummers Overdrive' (Loreena McKennit vs Patric La Funk & Timo Becker) can be heard
here - (
groovytimewithdjuseo.blogspot.com/2010/07/loreena-mckennit-vs-patric-la-funk-timo.html )
Recommended Reading
from Bruce
SUSAN FEINSTEIN: On Facebook, Telling Teachers How Much They Meant (nytimes.com)
People who have been out of school for decades are expressing sentiments they dared not express in their youth
FRANK RICH: The Good News About Mel Gibson (nytimes.com)
The reckoning has arrived for the creator of "The Passion," whose self-destruction parallels the decline of the Christian right.
Daniel Gross: Poor Little CEOs (slate.com)
The government's giving them everything they want, yet still they whine.
"The Passage" by Justin Cronin: A review by Nathan Weatherford
I can highly recommend "The Passage" as a summer read. What elevates it above many other exercises in horror are the relationships that lie at the heart of all the characters' actions and decisions. ... But, don't let my focus on the familial threads of the plot put you off; these hundreds of pages fly by. This is a thriller, after all, and you're going to want to read another chapter before you try to fall asleep.
Susanna Daniel: What Took You So Long? (slate.com)
The quiet hell of 10 years of novel writing.
John Hind: "Interview: Benjamin Zephaniah" (guardian.co.uk)
The vegan poet reveals his passion for chocolate cake and butter bean stew.
Elizabeth Day: "Sheryl Crow: 'I was a people-pleaser and I had to unlearn that'"(guardian.co.uk)
Award-winning singer Sheryl Crow on Michael Jackson, surviving cancer and why her kids hate her singing.
DAVE STEINFELD: The Slits' 'Animal' Instinct (curvemag.com)
Singer Ari Up talks inspiration, three decades of music and the revolutionary band's return, with their first album in 28 years.
JAMIE ANDERSON: Kickin' It With Fanny (curvemag.com)
The women of the groundbreaking all-female '70s band take us backstage and back in time.
Oliver Stone and the politics of film-making (guardian.co.uk)
Oliver Stone, Hollywood's most controversial director, talks to Carole Cadwalladr about his new movies, including a sequel to "Wall Street."
Decca Aitkenhead: "Andy Garcia: 'The problem with producing movies? You get paid last'" (guardian.co.uk/)
The Oscar-nominated actor on fame, family and what keeps him going in the Hollywood rat race.
roger ebert's journal: Whole lotta cantin' going on
Can a film be great without question? Is it demented to find fault with "Inception?" Or "Citizen Kane?" Not at all. Scolds have emerged in recent days to smack at those critics who disapproved of "Inception," but as a fervent admirer of the film I can understand why others might not agree. In fact, the reasons cited by David Edelstein in his much-attacked negative review seem reasonable. I don't agree with him, but that's another matter.
David Bruce: "The Kindest People who Do Good Deeds, Volume 2"
250 Good Deeds. A Kindle Book: $1.
Michael Dare
Colbert Your Soul
The Weekly Poll
New Question
The 'Mad Mel' Edition...
Mel Gibson has been called a religiously insane, anti-Semitic, misogynistic, racist by a great many people. His actions and words certainly point to that as being the case. However, he has made movies that have been very popular and, in some instances, awarded and/or critically acclaimed...
So...
What is your view of Gibson as an actor and are there any of his movies that you have enjoyed?
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Art Contest
CoolClimate
LOS ANGELES -- The Gulf oil disaster is but one example of the ways in which our fossil fuel economy is impacting the planet we call home. But as bad as this catastrophe is, the specter of global climate change looms even larger as a threat to sustaining life on Earth. Despite overwhelming evidence -- species extinction and dwindling water supplies to mass migrations and mega-storms -- the public is still unclear what climate really means for them.
That is why we are calling on artists worldwide to participate in the CoolClimate Art Contest - the first online art contest exploring climate change in its many forms - how it is impacting our lives and what can be done to ensure a sustainable future for all of Earth's inhabitants.
Artist brief: submit a work of art that explores our relationship with the climate - from clean energy jobs to pollution-free oceans - the subject choice is yours. You can submit a piece you've already made, or pass this email along and get an artist friend involved. Post your art on
www.coolclimate.deviantart.com and you will be eligible to win prizes, be featured on the Planet Green Planet100 show and be displayed at key leader events nationwide on 10/10/10.
A panel of esteemed judges will select 20 finalists from hundreds of submissions. The finalists will then move to Huffington Post for public voting utilizing the Huffington Post's innovative online social voting tool. Judges include:
ˇ Mel Chin (artist)
ˇ Philippe Cousteau (ecologist)
ˇ Agnes Gund (collector & philanthropist)
ˇ Van Jones (environmental activist)
ˇ David Ross (curator)
ˇ Carrie Mae Weems (artist)
ˇ Jackson Browne (musician) and Dianna Cohen (artist)
ˇ Chevy Chase (Comedian) and Jayni Chase (philanthropist)
Submissions are now open and will close on August 23, 2010. You can read the Official Contest Rules on the
CoolClimate Group Page.
Historically the creative community has always helped to create new and expanded visions of possibility during difficult times and we look forward to the artist's vision for a cool and sustainable future.
#CoolClimate on deviantART
Reader Suggestions
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Selected Readings
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Last Night
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$35K Settlement
Constance McMillen
A rural school district that canceled its prom rather than allow a lesbian student to attend with her girlfriend has agreed to pay $35,000 to settle a discrimination lawsuit the ACLU filed on her behalf.
The district also agreed to follow a non-discrimination policy as part of the settlement, though it argues such a policy was already in place.
Constance McMillen, 18, said the victory came at the price of her being shunned in her small hometown of Fulton.
"I knew it was a good cause, but sometimes it really got to me. I knew it would change things for others in the future and I kept going and I kept pushing," McMillen said in an interview Tuesday.
Constance McMillen
Plugging Arizona Boycott
Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine will push for artists and musicians to boycott Arizona because of its new and restrictive immigration law.
The politically outspoken rap-rock band's lead singer, Zach de la Rocha, plans to announce Wednesday that proceeds from a concert in Los Angeles on Friday will go to organizations fighting against Arizona's law.
De la Rocha, guitarist Tom Morello, singer-songwriter Conor Oberst and United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta will also throw their support behind Sound Strike, an artists' boycott of Arizona.
Norteno superstars Los Tigres del Norte, Colombian rock singer Juanes, salsa-ska band Ozomatli and Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Calle 13 have signed on, along with veteran alternative rockers Sonic Youth, rapper Kanye West and the English electronica collaborative Massive Attack.
Rage Against the Machine
Caught Photoshopping
BP
John Aravosis of AMERICAblog made an interesting find Monday night: A high-resolution image on BP's website of the troubled company's Houston-based Deepwater Horizon response command center had been altered.
The altered image was later removed by BP and replaced with what they say is the original (the altered image is above and the original is below). You'll notice that three underwater images were inserted onto screens to the right on a wall of video feeds in the altered image, where blank images exist on the screens in the original.
The photo flap inspired the usually staid Washington Post to quip, "Apparently BP is no more adept at doctoring photos than it is at plugging deep-sea oil leaks."
BP spokesman Scott Dean told the Post's Steven Mufson that there was no diabolical plot to photographically beef up the company's command center. Rather, he said, a BP photographer with completely benign intentions just slipped the images in.
BP
US Should Nationalize Oil Resources
Oliver Stone
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill shows that the United States should follow the example of South American socialists in nationalizing its energy industry, filmmaker Oliver Stone said Tuesday.
The Academy Award-winning director of "Born on the Fourth of July" and "JFK" said that America's country's natural wealth was too important to be left in private hands, telling journalists in central London that oil and other natural resources "belong to the people."
"This BP oil spill is typical" of what happens when private industry is allowed to draw revenue on what should be a public good, Stone said.
"We shouldn't make this kind of profit on oil or on health or on war or on prisons. All these industries should be public industries."
Oliver Stone
$chwarzenegger Names To CA Panel
Geena Davis
Gov. Arnold $chwarzenegger has appointed actress Geena Davis to a California commission established to promote women's equality.
$chwarzenegger on Tuesday named the 54-year-old actress to the Commission on the Status of Women. The nonpartisan panel advocates for women and girls in areas such as education and access to health care.
Davis, a Democrat, has worked off screen to reduce gender stereotyping. She is the founder of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in the Media and is a partner with United Nations Development Fund for Women.
The appointment lasts four years and requires Senate confirmation. The 17 commissioners receive a $100 per diem.
Geena Davis
Launches Work-Safe Website
Playboy
Finally, something for those guys who say they read Playboy for the articles: a chance to prove it.
Playboy Enterprises Inc. launched a website Tuesday that it swears will be safe to browse while at work, eliminating the need for men to throw themselves over their computer screen when the boss walks by.
TheSmokingJacket.com will contain none of the nudity that makes Playboy.com NSFW - not suitable for work. Instead, it'll rely on humor to reach Playboy's target audience, men 25 to 34 years old, when they are most likely to be in front of a computer screen.
The site, named after one of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner's favorite pieces of clothing (silkpajamas.com was taken), won't include the long interviews or in-depth articles found in Playboy.
Playboy
Countersue Frankie Valli
"Jersey Boys"
With more than $1 billion in ticket sales, the Broadway musical "Jersey Boys" has spawned many recent attempts to transform pop music to the stage.
But here's a good legal question: Can former cast members publicly perform covers of the original pop music that inspired the show? Or is that tantamount to creating a competing, unauthorized musical?
In April, Frankie Valli sued former original cast members of "Jersey Boys" for stealing songs, stage elements and copyrighted logos in the creation of their own musical tour. Valli asked a court to issue an injunction preventing further touring by the ex-cast members.
Now comes the countersuit, which alleges that Valli's claims are "motivated by petty vindictiveness and malice" and that he is "using bully tactics better suited for the schoolyard."
The original cast members -- Christian Hoff, Michael Longoria, Daniel Reichard and J. Robert Spencer -- claim they are entitled to continue participating in "The Boys in Concert," a traveling road show where the group performs hits from Valli and the Four Seasons, among other songs.
"Jersey Boys"
NYC PD Problem
Ice-T
New York City police say they have arrested rapper-actor Ice-T on accusations of driving with a suspended license.
Police say the entertainer was driving a 2009 Cadillac near West 40th Street and 11th Avenue on Tuesday when officers stopped him for not wearing a seat belt. They said they ran a check and discovered his license was suspended.
The NYPD said he would be given a ticket and released.
Ice-T has played Detective Fin Tutuola on the TV drama "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" since 2000.
Ice-T
Red Herring
Glenn Beck
Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck says he's been diagnosed with an eye disease that could eventually blind him.
The conservative commentator told an audience attending his "American Revival" tour over the weekend in Salt Lake City that a doctor told him he has the degenerative disease macular dystrophy.
Beck says he went to a doctor for testing because he had trouble focusing with his eyes. "He said, `You have macular dystrophy. ... You could go blind in the next year. Or, you might not."
Beck said he replied: "Did you just charge me a thousand dollars for knowing what I knew my whole life?"
Glenn Beck
Estate For Sale
Dennis Hopper
Dennis Hopper's sprawling estate in Venice, Calif., is going on sale this Friday for about $6.2 million.
The property, where Hopper lived for more than 20 years, is located a few blocks from the Pacific and spans 15,550 square feet over five land parcels.
It is comprised of several structures, including the late actor's 4,900 square-foot corrugated-steel house designed by architect Brian Murphy and three townhouses designed by Frank Gehry that Hopper used as office space and family residences.
Listing agent Jane Gavens of Coldwell Banker Previews says buyers also have the option to separately purchase the main residence, which was designed to be a showcase for the actor's art and photography.
Dennis Hopper
'Soup Nazi' Reopens
Al Yeganeh
The soup stand that inspired the Soup Nazi episode on "Seinfeld" reopened in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday, six years after its famously brusque owner, Al Yeganeh, shut it down and licensed his recipes to a franchising company.
More than 100 people were waiting in line for the noon reopening of the tiny storefront, including a few regulars who remembered the days when Yeganeh ladled broth and imposed discipline from behind the cramped counter.
Much about the shop was the same as in the days before "Seinfeld" made the place famous, including its strict ordering rules, now posted in nine languages.
But some things are different. Yeganeh neither owns nor operates the store now. Like other Original SoupMan stores around the country, it is a franchise, although company President Robert Bertrand said Yeganeh remains involved in the business.
Al Yeganeh
Prime-Time Nielsens
Ratings
Top 20 prime-time TV programs for July 12-18
1. Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Fox, 12.12 million.
2. "America's Got Talent" (Tuesday), NBC, 11.63 million.
3. "America's Got Talent" (Wednesday), NBC, 11.44 million.
4. "NCIS," CBS, 10.21 million.
5. "The Bachelorette," ABC, 9.64 million.
6. "All-Star Game Pregame Show," Fox, 9.18 million.
7. "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 8.15 million.
8. "60 Minutes," CBS, 7.84 million.
9. "Wipeout" (Thursday), ABC, 7.83 million.
10. "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 7.825 million.
11. "Wipeout" (Tuesday), ABC, 7.82 million.
12. "Two and a Half Men," CBS, 7.78 million.
13. "The Mentalist," CBS, 7.46 million.
14. "Big Brother 12" (Thursday), CBS, 7.1 million.
15. "Big Brother 12" (Sunday), CBS, 6.92 million.
16. "20/20," ABC, 6.9 million.
17. "Minute to Win It" (Wednesday), NBC, 6.73 million.
18. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," CBS, 6.66 million.
19. "CSI: Miami," CBS, 6.46 million.
20. "Rookie Blue," ABC, 6.38 million.
Ratings
In Memory
Cécile Aubry
Cecile Aubry, a French film star turned author and writer of the popular 60s TV series "Belle and Sebastian", has died aged 81 after a long battle against lung cancer, her family said Tuesday.
Aubry, who in a fairy-tale life was signed up by 20th Century Fox at 20 before marrying a Moroccan prince, died in the Paris suburbs late Monday, relative Virginia Stevenoot told AFP.
Her first film, as the star of Henri-Georges Clouzot's "Manon" in 1949, won the prestigious Golden Lion at the Venice Mostra and landed her a leading role alongside Tyrone Power and Orson Welles in US director Henry Hathaway's 1950 feature "The Black Rose".
But Aubry's film career was short-lived, interrupted by a secret six-year marriage to the eldest son of the pasha of Marrakesh, Si Brahim El Glaoui.
Their son Mehdi plays young Sebastian in the black-and-white TV show she wrote that was broadcast in France from the mid-1960s before being picked up by BBC1 and turned into a Japanese anime version in 1981 titled "Meiken Jolie".
Mehdi also sings the final song in the adventure series.
"Belle and Sebastian", which spawned two sequels in France, also gave its name to the Scottish indie pop band.
Set in the French Alps, the holiday classic recounts the adventures of an orphaned boy of six and a huge white dog that roams the mountains. It has also been turned into a book.
Cécile Aubry
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