Normally, when summer comes,the mashup 'scene' slows waaaaaay down. I've experienced that year after year. In addition, the theory that mashups are dead continues to be repeated as if repetition alone will make it true. Now, in the year of 2012 the traditional slowness has reversed with an incredible burst of new mashups every day. I've even seen people making more comments. A nice change to be sure. I reckon there won't be so many people stating that mashups are dead. The quality of work is changing, too, with a large majority of tracks shining with appealing combinations of source artists. If you'll allow me, I'll offer you five swell new mixes to make my case.
04 - Reborn Identity is perking up many listeners with his 'Rumours Have It' (Adele vs Fleetwood Mac). Just in time for the renewed flood of F-Mac listeners their new box set will bring.
( soundcloud.com/rebornidentity/rumours )
05 - Beto Artistas' 'Baby I'm Yours' (Breakbot vs Daft Punk) got the attention of many bootleg fans with it's techno contrast. You'll love it.
( official.fm/tracks/8wJz )
With the links above you can easily stream or download the mashups & experience why mashups ain't going nowhere.
Mix Of The Week
The Hamburg duo Kollektiv Turmstrasse by Christian Hilscher and Nico Plageman have a wonderful new electronic house mix available. It has incredible tracks from themselves mixed expertly into 'Live Mix (2012-07-22)'. Such a joy to move to it.
( www.blastfm.ch/djsets/show/115 )
Mashup Tip : Avoid using overused tracks. It's the mashup kiss of death.
zEN mAN (observing the absolutely stunning victory of Barack Obama over Mitt Romney...announced by all major networks....except FOX....I happened to tune in just in time to see Karl Rove ...kill himself !!!!! not really...but just the look on that little pricks face made me sooooooooo fucking happy....the stunned FOX crew are still contending the election results ..particularly Ohio....with Karl Rove looking completely disgruntled and confused....does anybody out there know how much hidden hate money this bastard raised to defeat Obama and any and all Democrats running for office....Fuck all Republicans to hell...now i am waiting to see if Michelle Bachmann loses...that will make my day (and night))
One More Beer (Vimeo)
What does this Viking bar patron really want? Watch and find out in a very short film by by Brazilian 3D artist Pedro Conti.
Paul Krugman: Sandy Versus Katrina (New York Times)
As Sandy barreled toward New Jersey, there were hopeful mutters on the right to the effect that it might become President Obama's Katrina, with voters blaming him for the damage, and that this might matter on Tuesday. Sorry, guys: polls show overwhelming approval for Mr. Obama's handling of the storm, and a significant rise in his overall favorability ratings.
Dan Kois: Like, Not Brutally Tragic (Slate)
'Slate' readers demanded that Dan Kois review a 'Clueless' spin-off. In it he found a bittersweet reminder of how publishing used to be.
Phelim O'Neill: "Ray Harryhausen: the father of fantasy film-making" (Guardian)
"Everyone has their own right way of doing things," explains Harryhausen, now aged 92. "I'd probably call myself a film-maker rather than just a special effects man. I'd often come up with the story, advise on the script, scout locations, design and sculpt the models. I'd have to be on the set to make sure the effects sequences were shot properly which was a problem for some directors - that never really got easier. And I'd do all the animation myself. It was just simpler to do all that myself than try to delgate."
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There are sixteen pawns in a chess set and each player in a chess game starts with sixteen pieces
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Alan J was first, and correct, with:
Sixteen
Baron Dave ("If I could be any chess piece, I think I'd be the cow." -- Zoolander promotional spot) said:
I did extensive polling on this subject, and the result was: 16.1, with a margin of error ± .37.
Jim from CA, retired to ID, wrote:
Sixteen.....8 for each player
Maurice replied:
16
Charlie responded:
Let's see now. 8 + 8 = 16, last time I played.
Adam answered:
16.
Marian wrote:
16
Sally said:
CHESS:
8 white pawns
8 black pawns
2 white rook
2 black rook
2 white bishop
2 black bishop
2 white knight
2 black knight
1 black queen
1 white queen
1 black king
1 white king
for a total of 32 chess pieces
16 on each side
One side white
One side black
PS: I know a lot about the game of chess because my precious grandson (hey, I haven't bragged about him in a long time) has played the game since he was 4 years old. His mom and I went to a particular shopping center in NY which had chess boards set up in the indoor mall area, with pieces on them (and hidden cameras, I'm sure). He loved to play with the pieces, and received a kids set for his 3rd birthday. Then, he started nagging us to play with him... He could beat me by age 5 (okay, I'm not a very good player) his dad by age 7 (he is a good player) and now (almost 13) plays in competitions and tournaments around the state. He is also the captain of his Chess Club at school. It's funny, his school is co-ed, but the team is all boys - by choice not rule. It must be a guy thing...
PPS: JoeS, I have 3 cans of beer set out for tonight. The kids will be here by 6 AM, so I hope the results are up fast. Somehow I doubt it... If you know who is elected, I shall need immediate help - as will you... Hang Tough Mr S...
Dale of Diamond Springs responded:
16 pawns in a chess set.
I can't believe that our local stations are still showing political ads. I heard some asshole on NPR's Marketplace (from the University of Spoiled Children) say that that the 4 billion dollars spent on the election cycle is no big deal when compared to the trillions spent annually in our economy!!!! Fuck him!!!!
BttbBob replied:
The same number of NFL regular season games... 16... Thought you could slip that one pass me unnoticed, eh? Not a chance. I've developed a keen sense, call it 'Mar-dar' if you will, that detects patterns, shenanigans, and mischief (perhaps ritualistic in nature) in what our newly rejoined E! pal, SallyP, calls the "question de jour"... Basically, I'm to ya , M... and welcome back Sally!
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Astounded moment - There's a Spade-toothed Beaked Whale? (The world's rarest!) Whoa! My world is made better today by this heretofore unknown fact!
Seriously...
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Cool Link Kudos - Yo, Bosko! The World Geography link? Coolness... Team Coco: My cynical side loved the 'Facebook Poetical Memes' thing...
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Memo to JoeS - I like my canned sliced beets hot with fresh squeezed lemon juice over 'em... Mmmm!
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Lastly, a great little 'Mary Bono Whatever' Op-ed piece, M...
I great appreciate sardonicism...
MAM wrote:
16 ~ Eight black, eight white: Each player begins the game with eight pawns.
Randall said:
16 pawns
8 white
8 black
64 squares on a chess board: 8 x 8
John K replied:
4 squared
And, Joe S answered:
16. Didn't look it up. Almost forgot the quiz. I'm so excited!
Hey! that reminds me of a song.
... out of the 152 VAMC's nationwide. Two are here in Michigan including mine, the Aleda E. Lutz VAMC in Saginaw (the only VAMC, incidentally, named for a woman. A true hero she was. WWII Army LT Flight Nurse from nearby Freeland, KIA and the first woman to be awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. I like to think it's her hospital) and the other is in Iron Mountain across the Mackinaw Bridge in 'Yooper-land' where veterans are taken very seriously. Both for the second year in a row. Long Beach, Cali, too, is on the list. The Erie VAMC is mistakenly listed as in Michigan, but it is in western PA. Another place where veterans are taken seriously... Great health care people = Great health care...
Looks like the yahoo e-mail account was hacked, so ignore anything from that addy for awhile.
Tonight, Wednesday:
CBS starts the night with a FRESH'Survivor', followed by a FRESH'Criminal Minds', then a FRESH'CSI: The Original One'.
Scheduled on a FRESHDave are Brian Williams and Ne-Yo.
Scheduled on a FRESHCraig are Carrie Fisher and RZA.
NBC opens the night with a FRESH'The Voice', followed by a FRESH'Chicago Fire'.
Scheduled on a FRESHLeno are Daniel Craig, Dave Salmoni, and Diamond Rings.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Fallon are Kristen Stewart, Pharrell, the Amazing Kreskin, and Now, Now.
Scheduled on a FRESHCarson 'The Scab' Daly are Eliza Coupe, "Axe Cop", and Shiny Toy Guns.
ABC begins the night with a FRESH'The Middle', followed by a FRESH'The Neighbors', then a FRESH'Modern Family', followed by a FRESH'Suburgatory', then a FRESH'Nashville'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJimmy Kimmel are John Goodman and Hayden Panettiere.
The CW offers a FRESH'Arrow', followed by a FRESH'Supernatural'.
Faux fills the night with a FRESH'The X Factor'.
MY recycles an old 'Numb3rs', followed by another old 'Numb3rs'.
A&E has 'Storage Wars', another 'Storage Wars', still another 'Storage Wars', yet another 'Storage Wars', 'Storage Wars Texas', another 'Storage Wars Texas', followed by a FRESH'Duck Dynasty', then another FRESH'Duck Dynasty'.
AMC offers 'CSI: The 2nd One', followed by the movie 'Behind Enemy Lines', then the movie 'Top Gun'.
BBC -
[6:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[7:00AM] BBC WORLD NEWS
[8:00AM] THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW - Season 7 - Ep 9 - Usher, Jack Whitehall, Miley Cyrus
[9:00AM] MERLIN - Season 2 - Ep 13 - The Last Dragonlord
[10:00AM] DOCTOR WHO: BEST OF THE COMPANIONS
[11:00AM] BATTLESTAR GALACTICA - Season 2 - Ep 9 - Flight of the Phoenix
[12:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 2 - Ep 4 - Black Pearl
[1:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES US - Season 4 - Ep 5 - DownCity
[2:00PM] RAMSAY'S KITCHEN NIGHTMARES UK - Season 2 - Ep 7 - Oscars
[3:00PM] LAW & ORDER: UK - Season 3 - Ep 10 - Trial
[4:00PM] LAW & ORDER: UK - Season 3 - Ep 11 - Line Up
[5:00PM] LAW & ORDER: UK - Season 3 - Ep 12 - Dawn Till Dusk
[6:00PM] LAW & ORDER: UK - Season 3 - Ep 13 - Fault Lines
[7:00PM] LAW & ORDER: UK - Season 1 - Ep 1 - Care
[8:00PM] LAW & ORDER: UK - Season 1 - Ep 2 - Unloved
[9:00PM] DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
[11:30PM] DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
[2:00AM] LAW & ORDER: UK - Season 3 - Ep 10 - Trial
[3:00AM] LAW & ORDER: UK - Season 3 - Ep 11 - Line Up
[4:00AM] LAW & ORDER: UK - Season 3 - Ep 12 - Dawn Till Dusk
[5:00AM] LAW & ORDER: UK - Season 3 - Ep 13 - Fault Lines (ALL TIMES EST)
Bravo has 'Start-Ups: Silicon Valley', 'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills', followed by a FRESH'Life After Top Chef', then a FRESH'Top Chef'.
Comedy Central has last night's 'Colbert Report', last night's 'Jon Stewart', 'Chappelle's Show', 'Key & Peele', 'South Park', another 'South Park', followed by a FRESH'South Park', then a FRESH'Key & Peele'.
Scheduled on a FRESHJon Stewart is Nate Silver.
Scheduled on a FRESHColbert Report is Doris Kearns Goodwin.
FX has '2½ Men', another '2½ Men', followed by the movie 'Predators', then a FRESH'American Horror Story'.
History has 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', 'American Pickers', 'Pawn Stars', another 'Pawn Stars', 'Invention USA', followed by a FRESH'Invention USA'.
IFC -
[6:00AM] American Venus
[7:45AM] Layer Cake
[10:00AM] Fierce People
[12:30PM] Antwone Fisher
[3:00PM] Layer Cake
[5:15PM] Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
[8:00PM] Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
[10:15PM] The Beach
[12:45AM] Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
[3:00AM] Breakdown
[5:00AM] The Larry Sanders Show-The Promise
[5:35AM] The Three Stooges-An Ache in Every Stake (ALL TIMES EST)
Sundance -
[6:00A] MY SO-CALLED LIFE - The Substitute (Episode 6, Season 1)
[7:00A] The Shock Doctrine
[8:30A] Disengagement
[10:30A] Made in China
[12:00P] The Shock Doctrine
[1:30P] Rains
[1:45P] Disengagement
[4:15P] Love and Other Catastrophes
[5:45P] Brideshead Revisited
[8:00P] Sleeping Beauty
[9:45P] Sleeping Beauty
[11:30P] Weekend
[1:15A] Leaving
[2:45A] Brideshead Revisited
[5:00A] THE DAY BEFORE - Proenza Schouler (Season 1, Episode 2) (ALL TIMES EST)
SyFy has 'Ghost Hunters', another 'Ghost Hunters', still another 'Ghost Hunters', 'Deals From The Darkside', and another 'Deals From The Darkside'.
TBS:
Scheduled on a FRESHConan are Russell Brand, Dave Attell, and Cat Power.
From L-R, Spanish actor Javier Bardem, actress Berenice Marlohe and actor Daniel Craig pose for photographers during a photocall for the film "Skyfall" in Paris October 24, 2012.
Photo by Gonzalo Fuentes
That led the liberal news site Think Progress to suggest that Hannity may have violated New York State law, which says a voter may be charged with a misdemeanor if he or she publicly displays a completed ballot. Specifically, New York Election Law 17-130 - Misdemeanor in relation to elections.
Hannity acknowledged the incident live during his radio program on Tuesday, telling his audience: "I learned a big civics lesson today … I took a picture of my vote and I tweeted it out and then I heard it's not allowed," Hannity said. "So I had to. I deleted it. Whoops! I didn't know, I really didn't, honestly."
Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts arrive at the "Rust and Bone" AFI Screening at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Monday November 5, 2012 in Hollywood, California.
Photo by Todd Williamson
ABC says its national "Day of Giving" raised nearly $17 million for Superstorm Sandy relief.
Throughout its programming Monday, the network urged viewers to contribute to the American Red Cross to help victims of the storm, which affected several Northeastern states, but hit New Jersey and the New York metropolitan area particularly hard.
Appeals were aired all day on ABC programming, on Disney's syndicated shows and across other Disney-owned networks.
NBC held a telethon Friday for storm victims that raised nearly $23 million.
Climate change likely made Hurricane Sandy much worse than it otherwise would have been, scientists said here yesterday at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America.
For one thing, rising sea levels set the stage for a more damaging storm surge, as Hurricane Sandy broke records with a 13.2-foot (4 meters) storm surge in New York City's Battery Park, said Pennsylvania State University climatologist Michael Mann.
"At least 1 foot of those 13.2 feet was arguably due to sea-level rise," he said. That's because sea levels are 1 foot (30 centimeters) higher than they were a century ago, he continued.
Sea surface temperatures off the East Coast also contributed to the flooding. Giving rise to above-average levels of water vapor, they helped intensify the storm and produce more rain, he said.
Warmer-than-usual temperatures over Greenland also played a role, said George Stone, a researcher at Milwaukee Area Technical College.
Candidates of the Miss Earth beauty contest, holding pinwheels to promote sustainable energy, dance during a media presentation at a hotel in Taguig City, Metro Manila November 6, 2012.
Photo by Cheryl Ravelo
The expansion of European settlement in Australia triggered a massive coral collapse at the Great Barrier Reef more than 50 years ago, according to a new study.
The study, published Nov. 6 in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B, found that runoff from farms clouded the pristine waters off the Queensland coast and killed the natural branching coral species, leaving a stunted, weedy type of coral in its place. The findings suggest that decades before climate change and reef tourism, humans were disrupting the ecology of the Great Barrier Reef.
"There was a very significant shift in the coral community composition that was associated with the colonization of Queensland," said study co-author John Pandolfi, a marine biologist at the University of Queensland Australia.
Europeans began to colonize Queensland, Australia, in the 1860s, cutting down forests to make way for sheep grazing and sugar plantations. By the 1930s, large amounts of fertilizer and pesticide-laden runoff poured from rivers into the nearby ocean.
Several recent studies have shown that snorkelers and climate change kill coral, and one study found that half of the majestic Great Barrier Reef has vanished over the last 30 years.
Director John Singleton and Paramount Pictures Corp. have settled a lawsuit over his claim that the studio broke an agreement to let him produce two films in exchange for the rights to distribute the Oscar-nominated movie "Hustle & Flow."
Court records show the deal was reached late Thursday in Los Angeles, just days before a trial was scheduled to begin.
Attorneys for Singleton and Paramount said the settlement terms are confidential, but the matter was amicably resolved.
Singleton produced "Hustle & Flow" and claimed he agreed to work with Paramount on distribution rights because of the opportunity to make two films for the studio.
A judge had previously ruled Singleton was not entitled to re-acquire rights to 2005's "Hustle & Flow," which earned a best actor nomination for Terrence Howard and won for best song.
Thai oarsmen row a royal barge during a dress rehearsal for Royal Barge Procession, on the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok November 6, 2012. The Royal Barge Procession, the 700 year-old Thai traditional ceremony, will be held on November 9 to mark the end of Buddhist lent day and to celebrate the 85th Birthday of King Bhumibol.
Photo by Chaiwat Subprasom
Following a scuffle at an Atlanta club on Saturday and a subsequent arrest for disorderly conduct, charges against "Avatar" star Sam Worthington have been dropped, Access Hollywood has confirmed.
According to an Atlanta Police Department spokesperson, the incident occurred at Atlanta's Vortex club, when the actor allegedly pushed a club security guard twice after not being allowed to enter the club.
According to the police report, the 36-year-old was then pepper-sprayed and handcuffed by club security.
The report also stated that he did not have the proper identification needed to enter the club. The actor allegedly appeared intoxicated during the incident.
On Monday, charges against the actor were dismissed when the security guard was a no-show in court.
A British lawmaker was suspended by her party Tuesday after she swapped the political jungle for the Australian rainforest and became a contestant on a reality TV show.
Conservative legislator Nadine Dorries was under fire for taking part in "I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here." The show strands C-list celebrities in the Australian wilderness, subjects them to trials involving assorted creepy-crawlies and lets viewers vote them off one by one.
The Conservatives, who lead Britain's coalition government, said Dorries was being suspended from the party's parliamentary caucus until she could return and meet with Chief Whip George Young, who is responsible for party discipline.
Dorries was criticized by fellow Conservatives for taking up to a month off from her duties to appear on the show. Former Conservative member of Parliament Harry Greenway called the decision "outrageous," and Home Secretary Theresa May said a lawmaker's job "is in their constituency and in the House of Commons."
Dorries is an outspoken backbencher, best known for her prolific blogging and attempt to restrict access to late-term abortions.
A dancer performs during the second Pole World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, November 2, 2012. Dancers from 25 different countries took part in the competition. Picture taken November 2, 2012.
Photo by Pilar Olivares
A hoard of jewelry, figurines and other objects crafted by early farmers in Serbia nearly 8,000 years ago is set to go on public display for the first time at a German museum.
Archaeologists dug up the largely undisturbed stash of artifacts during excavations this summer at the site of a Neolithic settlement in Belica, Serbia, about 90 miles (140 kilometers) south of Belgrade.
The collection consists of some 80 objects fashioned from clay, bone and stone, including abstract figures, piece of jewelry and miniature axes. The excavations notably uncovered several rotund female figurines carved from serpentinite, a type of rock that was worn smooth by rivers and streams before being picked up by Neolithic artists. Researchers say they are not sure whether these tiny stylized sculptures of full-figured ladies served as idols, lucky charms or fertility symbols .
"This collection from Belica, in all its completeness, provides a unique glimpse into the symbols of the earliest farmers and herdsmen in Europe," said Raiko Krauss, an archaeologist from the University of Tübingen in Germany.
Teri Shields, who launched daughter Brooke's on-camera career when she was a baby and managed the young star into her 20s, sometimes with controversy, has died. She was 79.
Jill Fritzo, a spokeswoman for Brooke Shields, confirmed Tuesday that Teri Shields died last week in New York City. The New York Times reports that the elder Shields died following a long illness related to dementia.
Brooke Shields parted ways professionally with her mother in 1995, describing the move as "the hardest thing."
Teri Shields started promoting her daughter as an actress and model when she was still a baby and allowed her to be cast as a child prostitute in 1978's "Pretty Baby" when she was just 11, sparking an outcry over the decision.
Shields is survived by a sister and two granddaughters.
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