VAPE DEAL : 5$ ADVKEN RDA ..$5 for SMOK TFRTA G2&G4 w Premade/installed claptons..9$ for Itsuwa Rage 3 in 1 tank..9$ for MK Enigma high-watt, flavor switch tank

Advken Supra

CSVAPE.com has their 'deal of the day' set for the Supra RDA for $5!! Its a STEAL. These normally go for 20-30$ and are a good RDA with deep wells & adjustable amount air intake chimneys rising above the wells (so no juice dripping out the air holes in the bottom) , easy to use 'velocity'style build deck posts w 4 large holes, and very good current conductivity via a nice copper center post.  Made with legit materials like 304 stainless steel body, its worth every penny of 5$!!
https://csvape.com/shop/deal-of-the-day/deal-of-the-day/

 

smok tfrta g4

VaporRange is having a Prop56 Fire Sale that includes a Smok TFRTA (g2 or g4, black or stainless) for 5$ (normally 25-30$ tank almost anywhere), which includes prebuilt & installed clapton coils on dual deck or quad deck build
https://www.vaporrange.com/Prop-56-Fire-Sale-s/2093.htm

itsuwa rage 3 in 1

Also they have the AWESOME Itsuwa Rage 3 in 1 tank system (this is a personal favorite and has been for more than a year now)-which is hard to find, period and NEVER less than 20$, originally 30-40 I think, but definately MUCH MORE than 9$!! Its a KILLER setup-an excellent, large fluid reservoir subohm tank, which can also be changed into a rta or a small, solid RDA.  All are excellent tanks and easy to make with the provided parts being easily interchangeable.

Enigma Tank & packaging

ALSO they have the EXCELLENT MK Enigma tanks, in 3 colors, for 9$--now THIS tank is on SALE, a good sale mind you-one Ive bought them at more than once--for 16$ at ecig city..so 9$ is a STEAL.  These are built to be able to handle the big wattages things like the Maxo put out (315w for example), AND are made to be able to re-use the same coil while changing fluid flavors without any nastiness and completely offering the new flavor to the use a few fires in.  They also are super-cool looking with their 'all seeing eye' theme and they come in a really bad ass wooden cannister case every time!! all together SICK for 9$!  so check out the fire sale link above and youll see more than those nasty sick deals (like a hotcig 180w DNA200 device for 79$!! & a nice starter vape mini kit for 19$, with BUILT IN BATTERY!!) get em fast before theyre gone!!

THX 4 COMING OUT LAST NIGHT !!& NEW MUSIC!!- SOUTHERN HEX

 The majority of readers don't know this, so a quick list FYI regarding SOUTHERN HEX:

-Its my Black Metal (or Black/Death/Core

Me-'playing' guitar last nt

metal) band, or
- the one I started with a drummer named Nick who isn't in band currently for financial & controlling evil girlfriend reasons
-I play rhythm guitar (it's the easier one, the guitar that plays the chords, basic riffs, and
so forth) &
- am the main 'vocalist' .  The term seems more than a little pretentious when we're mainly talking about screaming, yelling, & growling..but, well, 'lead singer' is fucking absurd.
- we've recorded 7 songs so far. All are on
- "Daybreak " on which I
- played drums, keys, and most guitars in addition to doing most of the vocals.
- there are 3 others in SOUTHERN HEX now:
- Sonia Madson (bass, keys/synths, vocals)
- Ed Chain (drums, percussion, various things triggered w pads)
- Jeff Hyde (aka Unrepentant from AUTUMN REACH &  Mathias Eldertarnon (spelling?) from FUNERAL PATH) playing lead/main guitars and backing vocals.

Anyway, show last night was FUCKING FANTASTIC!! We DID SELL OUT THE VENUE..which, granted, didn't happen until right before our set as last band playing.  Also, I admit, a capacity of 200 isn't exactly Madison Square.  SO WHAT? It was a KILLER show with us feeding off the crowd's energy, and everyone sweating & raging!!
Also, PLEASE lay off people like the fat dude who accidentally knocked over the bass amp.  We've got backup stuff for EXACTLY that reason, and when we push a crowd to go bananas, come dive off the stage, and generally freak-thefuck-out, we KNOW were going to have to deal w stuff like that.  This time we only played 1 song w Jeff playing my guitar & were back to good.

I saw some of the treatment the guy got during the coupleinutes we were getting shit back upright etc before we started playing w the 1 guitar.  It was UNQUESTIONABLY what I would call BULLYING & that is TOTAL COmPLETE BULLSHIT.
I really DO appreciate people who are so into a band this new that theure truly upset when someone causes an accident that affects their performance.  HOWEVER, I REALLY REALLY DO --NOT--APPRECIATE people using our band or the minor hiccup as an excuse to be truly ugly, insulting, and physically intimidate another person.  Bullies are COWARDS & SHITBAGS who never seem to have much to say UNLESS they have a crowd at their back.
I understand getting pissed off about stuff like that especially when u pay to be there, but hassling someone until they take off isn't an acceptable response in my book.

AND 2 NEW MUSIC RELEASES FROM SOUTHERN HEX COMING UP SOON!!:

Me ',vocalizing' (singing?) 

-'EVENING PYRE' : 6 tracks which should be available mid/late November (appx 3.5-4weeks away)

-SPLIT VINYL 'ELECTRIC HEX' W ELECTRO.REVO CONTAINING 4 MORE NEW SONGS which should be available in roughly early to mid December.

All 10 SONGS FROM BOTH ARE TOTALLY NEW & BOTH AUDIO DOWNLOADS & VIDEOS WILL BE APPEARING INDIVIDUALLY AS THEY ARE FINISHED.  THE FIRST AIDIO DOWNLOAD WILL BE AVAILABLE IN 2 WEEKS.

SO STICK WITH US, WERE JUST GETTING STARTED!!!!!!?????!!!!!?!?!?!?!!!!

COP KILLINGS : Jury selection today in Tensing Trial for Murdering of DuBose

Today jury selection begins in one of the most CLEARLY delineated, cut-and-dry racially divided police shootings of an unarmed man in the recent year.

On July 19 of last year a University of Cincinatti "Police" "Officer", Ray Tensing, oulled over a car for a traffic violation. 
--> NOTE: Im going to forego my normal commentary on the QUESTIONABLE legality of an educational business (nonprofit or not, state funded or not, they provide services in exchange for a LOT of funds)actually HAVING a Police force when they are NOT a municipality and NOONE whom was voted into ANY OFFICE WHATSOEVER is in overall charge of them, they dont have a "jurisdiction" defined by the boundaries of that municipality or polity, etc.<--
Anyway, Tensing was wearing a body camera and the unedited footage has been released (I'd like to point out that whomever IS in charge, perhaps the Mayor or DA in Cincinatti has done the best they can with this shite.  They did release the footage, and did move against the POLICE officer, not the victim, etc).

Tensing says about 4 words to the man he's pulled over, Samuel Dubose (unfortunately for him in this situation, he was a black man while the "police officer" was white).  When he finds out Dubose has no license, which he admits without displaying any aggression at any time until Tensing demands he get out of the car.  Then,when Tensing jerks the door open, Tensing (who, surprise, may have felt threatened) pulls it closed again.  When Tensing subsequently leans into the car on Dubose's side, Dubose moves his right hand forward (what hes doing & where it was going are open and debated questions).
Then, WITHOUT BEING THREATENED IN ANY WAY, WITHOUT ANY WARNING WHATSOEVER, WITHOUT ANY WEAPON OR THREAT OF SAME, AND WITHOUT ANY APPARENT REASON, TENSING TOOK OUT HIS FIREARM AND SHOT DUBOSE IN THE HEAD, KILLING HIM IMMEDIATELY.

I encourage anyone reading this to take a moment to think about the completely unnecessary death of a human being who had aspirations (he was an amateur rapper among other things), a mother and other family, and every reason to expect NOT to die that day.  Just take a moment please.

I personally think DuBose would still be alive had he been a white girl with a sorority hoodie on or somesuch.  He certainly would at least have gotten A WARNING BEFORE HE WAS SHOT if he was.
Fortunately for my belief in my fellow man, the local prosecutor subsequently charged Tensing with a REAL crime-not 'dereliction of duty' etc--in a REAL court--not a "tribunal of fellow officers"--with the chance for REAL punishment --life life in prison, not "paid mandatory leave", etc

So, this time at least, there is a SLIM CHANCE THAT ONE OF THESE SCUMBAGS WHO USE SHORTCUTS LIKE RACE INSTEAD OF THINKING ABOUT EACH INDIVIDUAL they are "enforcing the law" on, will get the actual punishment they DESERVE FOR MURDERING A FELLOW HUMAN.
In FEW OTHER cases does the DA charge the Cop with MURDER, as the DA in this case DID.

So, with Jury Selection starting today on this trial, lets ALL TAKE NOTE AND BE A BIT HEARTENED THAT THE IDEAL OF JUSTICE AND EQUAL APPLICATION OF THE LAW IS NOT ENTIRELY DEAD..yet.

Eciggity code 50OFF good for 24 HOURS ONLY

on select items, tanks mostly, but they have deals like :
-All 3 CRIUS for 12$
-Indulgence RTA for 9$
-multiple tanks for LESS THAN 10$!!
-its worth checking out for SURE

RECENT RELEASES THAT COMPLETELY FAIL TO SUCK: if yr only into 1 genre/style of music just move on..U won't dig these

Logic's new release Bobby Tarantino :   tracks I dug most : Flexolution, Studio Ambience at Night: ..

Borns Dopamine : check out American Money, Holy Ghost

Darkthrone Arctic Thunder:  check Tundra Leech, Throw me through the marshes

Phantogram Three check You Don't Get Me High Anymore, Run Run Blood

As usual, it's a small list . So NO EXCUSE FOR NOT TRYING A SONG FROM EACH AT LEAST. Also as usual - NO DESCRIPTION OR CRITIQUE, I want you to give it as much of an open ear as is possible.
Besides, no matter what I say it boils down to: "in my opinion, these are good artists and good songs".
So trust me or don't.
If you DO and listen to em on YouTube while checking ur FB or email. What're you out?
And if you find something that makes you dance, or feel just a bit more like getting moving or going to work that day...well that's pretty valuable right?

2 -- TWO!! -- 2 DIFF VAPE/VAPOR TANKS $5 EACH !! nothing EVER that low& it's LEGIT!

For those of you who don't vape, this doesn't matter, so just go to the next post or whatever.
But for those, like myself, for whom it's replaced smoking & improved their LIVES ..or just been something they got into that they enjoy, you all know it's part of the deal to have at least some interest in the gear & devices available.
For example, that kit you're using now --is it doing everything you want? Or do you see other 'vapers' blowing ginormo clouds w flavor so wonderful you can get a hint of it just walking by?..or maybe it's occurred to you that what you're using now might be cheaper, less expensive, or even outdated when comparing current products?

Anyway, for those reasons & others, were producing a NEW type of vaping 'cast/video we've named "Vapor4Vapers : blowing clouds now & how". Part of that will be updating the associated sites, pages, groups, and blogs with "SHIT YOU NEED TO KNOW RIGHT NOW".  Things like product recalls, problems/defects with newly released products, cool shit about to be available, and DEALS SO GOOD YOU GOTTA GET THEM ASAP BECAUSE THEY'LL BE GONE by lunch or whenever you'd normally put things off until.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF THOSE KIND OF KILLER DEALS WE WILL BE LETTING YOU IN ON:
-->ECIG.COM has 2 FreeMax Tanks that are BOTH on sale for 5$-(yes, I'm not shitting you,nor is it 5.99&fee, 5$ w 25$ shipping, etc) -which is THE LEAST I HAVE EVER SEEN ANY STORE OR SITE ANYWHERE SELL ANY MODERN TANK FOR!!
One is the Scylla Ceramic coil tank (yes , not only is a ceramic tank reasonable..it's dirt cheap!) And the other is one of the recent versions of the Starre sub ohm. Both are the FULL PACKAGE/KIT versions, corners are not being cut by sending you a tank by itself-there are extra coils, rebuilding gear & tools, extra glass, and all the rest.
Oh, and $75 or more & ecig gives you FREE SHIPPING!!
Its pretty fucking bananas right? The only nod to reality is their "10 per order" limit!
HURRY & CHECK THESE OUT BECAUSE IN THE TIME IT TOOK TO GET BOTH IN MY CART, THEY'D SOLD 100 OR SO!!
Here are the two links:
CERAMIC SCYLLA TANK. http://www.ecig.com/freemax-scylla-sv-tank.html?___SID=U
STARRE PR SUBOHM TANK http://www.ecig.com/freemax-starre-pro-2028.html?___SID=U

And as always:
WE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGE ANY IDEAS CONCERNING THIS PROJECT OR VOLUNTEERS WILLING TO HELP WITH THE SAME.

thanks for taking the time to read this & good luck in all your endeavors.

-jim.

DEALS-STEALS-SUPER CRAZY CHEAP -,GO IF YR IN RICHMOND

711 on Sheppard st btw Park & Patterson in the fan is having-I kid u not, this is what the sign on the front door reads- a "$.49 cents inventory clearance sale."

It's literally A PILE OF BOXES FULL OF NEW STUFF, all of which is 49 cents or LESS !! I dunno about you, dear hypothetical reader, but I can always find SOMETHING at 7-11 that I want (** especially if someone who owes me money says something like 'hey I'm going to the store if anyone needs anything").  I mean, there's a little there from every category of commercially produced garbage available..and it's finally affordable!!

Some of the things I saw in the boxes ten minutes ago: various brands of sunglasses, headphones, in ear headphones, Bluetooth ear things ( kind that embarrass you by making u think someone's talking to you, chargers of various types, Reese's, large/premium brand bags of lemon drops, saltwater taffy, gummy things varied types, sour gummy things, buttercream drops, boxes of candy, bags of various gums, protein and meal bars, nice pens, markers, pencils, pop rocks, breakfast biscuits, etc.

I'll attach a photo of the stuff I got, which was a shit ton of stuff, for a TOTAL OF $2.33!!-SO GO CHECK IT OUT IF YR IN FAN TODAY R TOMMOROW!

Stuff on left on flier was 49 cents..on R is 25 cent stuff. AND-THANKYOU to whomever for leaving some broads tattoo shop flier on kitchen table like my home is a bar.

TRUERVA BEGINS FILMING FOR THIS YEARS DOCS TODAY!

Please-PLEASE-Contact us ASAP if you have an idea that will fit within the 'documentary short'

format!

It only has to:

-Have something substantial to do with Richmond (Be about the city, happen in the city, involve something happening that is also happening in the city, etc..and, yes, I mean the 'greater richmond area' including anything from  Petersburg, Williamsburg, Fredericksburg, and Charlottesville to Richmond)

-Be a current issue/concept/idea about which there is some contention (if everyone thinks its awesome, then whats the point?) or interest at large

-Be an issue that needs or would benefit from public exposure (we will NEVER film juveniles without being ASKED by the parents, will NEVER benefit from or otherwise further injure
 victims of violent crimes like rape, etfc)

If we think its worthwhile and our team agrees with us (so they will actually spend the hours and HOURS necessary to edit these few minute docs), then we WILL cover the topic.
Topics already in the works for full episodes this year:

-Local Hip Hop community & Rap music : How does a talented artist get exposure when live venues are scarce ?(most are DJ-oriented clubs where Djs or whomever program/play current popular/hit singles from major artists like Drake & Lil Wayne, etc-and seldom have actual live artists)  
         -->subtopic:  Music Industry/Surviving as a 'professional' in an age of virtually free &
                                overwhelmingly numerous/available material.  How do you get heard, earn
                                an income, or interest a significant audience when youre just 1 link among
                                 millions --and not even on the first page--returned by a search engine?

-Cool and Worthwhile locations in Richmond to visit and how to actually get to them:  How & 
         Where to go to get to the best places on the River, a list of locations that still have real grit
         and haven't been 'gentrified' or given to a developer by the government.
         --->subtopic: the OPEN CORRUPTION of the relationship between wealthy developers &
                                   campaign contributors & the city council/govt (FOCUS ON: the real screw
                                   job the public got w/the bus barn property at Cary & Robinson that ended
                                   w/a developer painting OVER HUNDREDS of incredible, original artworks
                                    LEGALLY put there-some by award winning artists and ALL pos4area)

-WHERE TO BUY LEGIT HEALTHY FOOD FOR  REASONABLE PRICES (no thanks to Whole Foods and Elwood Thompson & their 10$ boxes of 'organic, GMO, Gluten, and Pesticide-Free, Cheerios', etc) AND WHERE YOU CAN SHOP
FOR EVERYTHING ELSE TO SUPPORT LOCAL, ORIGINAL & UNIQUE BUSINESSES WITHOUT
PAYING A 'HIPSTER PREMIUM'
       -Where and When and What's there for Farmer's Markets in the area
       -  "   for Flea Markets
       - local Shops, Galleries, and Boutiques where work of artists, artisans, and designers from the

Me answering chat questions during live show

         area can be purchased

       -Which shops in the area are TRULY local and what can be found at each, organized by
          primary types of items (ie. " Toy shops: we took a look at ___ and ___ and were glad to find
         that....bla blah")




-Metal Getting Big From Richmond, and How did it happen without any devoted clubs & a widely varied scene? (Sub: LOG, IR, MW, etc ALL have WORLDWIDE audiences, freak of fate?)

             -WE WILL NEED HELP CONTACTING LAMB OF GOD AND SOME IRON REAGAN 
                MEMBERS PARTICULARLY (but NEED to, as they are 2 of the obvious subjects-especially
                LOG.  ANY OTHER METAL ACTS FROM HERE, EVEN LOCALS WE DONT KNOW,
                WOULD ALSO BE WELCOMED (always, ALWAYS, need more material per topic)
                Neither us, nor anyone on our crew personally knows them and the numerous people
                who CLAIMED they knew them..DID NOT..or were bullshitting about the extent of the
                friendship.  Since they are both, particularly LOG, famous and doing well, there are
                no easy ways to simply ask them and influence them to prioritize few mins w us over
               other things in their likely busy schedule.  PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN!!


-What is going ON with the HUGE MISMANAGEMENT of public funds/tax dollars in Petersburg & Richmond as well as other smaller localities?

SHORTS:  WE WILL ALSO BE DOING A NUMBER OF SHORT TOPICS, LESS THAN TEN MINUTES IN LENGTH-MOST WILL BE 5 MINUTES OR LESS (some were shot last year but we didn't get them done --& I admit this-- MOSTLY due to the huge amount of other projects competing for MY time-so MY fault)
-where to sneak into the river (may be incorporated into 'cool places' larger topic)
-where to get materials for artwork in Richmond and do it on the CHEAP
-The 30-person Richmond mayoral race with 8 large legitimate candidates

WERE GOING TO GO TO THE POORER PART OF TOWN AND HAND OUT CASH! FOR REAL. NO KIDDING. REALLY.

Yunus -'Social Entrepreneur'-get idea

I'm working on a new plan along the lines of the Mission Fund (recent Macarthur 'genius' Grant recipient), and similar to 'Social Entrepreneur' & Nobel prize winner  Muhammed Yunus in India, simply starting a network of volunteer-comprised 'lending circles' that will get together monthly, pool their ubiquitously uniform contributions, and give them out as a single loan to a low-income individual they decide merits it.

So, looking for volunteers to lead, organize, and participate in said Lending Circles.
How it works:
-meet once a month,  (no requirement for physical attendance, just donate and participate)
-donate 100$ each
-circle makes a decision with total amt (at least $1000), and loans it to
 an individual in need for little or no interest.
-only 4-7% default
-Mission services the loan and reports payments to credit bureaus (so
 little or no work/time required outside of meetings of any volunteers or
 participants in circle)

Im going to host the first meeting of my circle, which will also have a secondary
purpose and portion of the meeting.  After the primary meeting adjourns, some
of us will reconvene and discuss/deal with any business of the larger area
with the 'leadership circle', small set of rules/guidelines for operation, and
any other order of business that comes up and is agreed upon as appropriate to
the purview of that group. For example- the last time I formed a group to do this,
we focused on/gave preference to individuals seeking the loan as part of an
entrepreneurial effort or to otherwise assist them in beginning or improving a
commercial enterprise (starting or running a business).  That was what we as a group thought
was most important to assist in the community we were working in at the time.
However, each group will have the ability to determine their own course and
decide their own priorities and preferences.

What do YOU(POTENTIAL VOLUNTEER) GET OUT OF IT?
-YOU GET TO KNOW YOUVE REALLY TRULY HELPED SOMEONE OUT WHO NEEDED IT AND
WAS WILLING TO PUT HONESTY, HARD WORK, AND EFFORT INTO IT. 
-YOU'LL KNOW YOUVE HELPED THEM< INDIVIDUALLY, AND THE COMMUNITY, IN THE LONG
 RUN AS WELL AS RIGHT NOW.  By helping individuals living in low income
 communities establish credit, you will clearly be helping that person out for
  years to come.  That is not all.  Additionally, you'll be giving the entire
 community they live in help that is direly needed.  Better credit ratings
 have been proven to help individuals in communities establish local
 enterprises that in turn contribute to the community as well by providing
 jobs, filling empty commercial properties, infusing liquid wealth into
 neighborhoods dying of thirst, and eventually improving the standard of
 living in those neighborhoods.
 Once that process begins to move forward and takes hold in a neighborhood
 that needs it as badly as some do in Richmond, all of Richmond will benefit
 as well.  It's just simple, common sense: If one person gets a hand from
 another in their community, they will be more likely to help others there
 in turn.  So the circle will turn around and around- slowly at first, but
 gaining speed every time, so that soon it will be carrying its passengers
 to the goal.

This is a REAL thing that we as individual human beings can do to change the
world around us for the better.  This is something that is within our power
to do for the world that surrounds us and for the future that our children
will live in.
As I'm certain many feel, I feel responsible for the world I pass to my son. 
In a decade, when he is in High School and preparing for college (hopefully)-
I ask myself: "What kind of environment will all of us have handed these
children to deal with?"  and "Will we give them any guidance for dealing with
the violence, environmental disaster, disease, and basic human suffering that
they will face?  Or "Will they have to figure it out all on their own?"
Or much worse: "Will it all be so overwhelmingly bad that no one will be ABLE
to deal with it?"

Well, I know I personally do not have the resources to change the Earth this
morning. 
BUT I DO know that I can have $100 in a month. 
I can do that, and I can CLEARLY see how it will help someone out.
I can just as clearly see how they will be able to help others out
as a result.
I KNOW that is real, positive 'Change' with a capital 'C'.

Honestly, I'm telling you (whoever is reading this), that makes me feel like
I'm a better person because it makes me feel like Im doing somethiing to
change the world that my generation & those before are saddling my son's
generation with.

Is that worth $100?  Absolutely.
Is that worth the TEMPORARY lack of $100? DEFINATELY.

PLEASE CONSIDER JOINING AS A VOLUNTEER OR AS A VOLUNTEER/HOST FOR A CIRCLE
IN YOUR AREA.
Contact me to do so or for any questions at:
newvoodoocustoms@gmail.com
(I WILL respond, and if you prefer to talk via tele, text, skype, etc--simply
 send me an email telling me and I will reply with my number-its just ssilly
 to publish anything but an email account you have prepared to accept spam)

THANK YOU FOR READING THIS AND I HOPE YOU DECIDE TO GET INVOLVED!!


Sincerely-
Jim.

Calling it: I predict commercial success for BORNS (BRNS) b/c of song "American Money" off new Dopamine album

Clearly I cannot figure out how to do the "O with a line thru the middle like I'm a Viking O" deal, as I keep spelling the musician's name 'Borns'..but whatever.  The name of the song is "AMERICAN" money, so he'll just have to live with "American spelling".
Anyway, either the musician-who is a elderly 23 or somesuch, and obviously takes some pains to pursue the somewhat overdone (especially after the recent passing) Bowie 'Ambi-sexual-sometimes-I-get-confused-for-a-lady' look or his management/PR have decided to market his music as "psychadelic" similar to MGMT.

Borns, looking appropo & androgenous (personally, 

I think tying yr shirt above yr belly is trying a bit hard)

Don't worry if this idea turns you off though.  Like many pop acts ("punk" ones like Paramore or "american folk" ones like certain 100% European bands, etc), its really only image-deep.  The 'psychadelia' is pretty much limited to bringing a few echo/delay effects on vocals that would normally be in the background, to the fore so that they are audible...and to (as usual and as in other acts referenced above) the hairdo and costuming of musicians.  In Borns, for the most part, you basically have a young, androgenously attractive & slim, man singing pop songs about love, breaking up, and love.  There is HEAVY use of pitch correction, vocal doubling/backing, and keybed pads matching melody underneath chorus vocals.  There are catchy, foreground, 70-100bpm, simple drum beats/loops and tried-and-true intro/chorus/verse/chorus/break/verse/chorus pop song structure.  There are few, if any, bad words, and NO challenging subject matter.  There is trendy designer clothing, fashionable 'NOW' style in everything from the fonts used to the video directors employed.  Pretty much par for the 'pop' course right?
Well...here's the thing:  There are 3 or so songs that not only partially diverge from that formula, but that are actually GREAT.
Still undeniably Pop, but I'd feel comfortable saying that they are Pop-electronic..w/a touch of psychadelic.  The problem with the psychadelic is that it is VERY hard to be truly psychadelic AND have discernable lyrics that people can sing along to.  As a result, the two genres essentially oppose each other and have a VERY hard time coexisting.  Hence acts like MGMT tend to either have some pop success and continue in the mainsteam direction or veer off in the psychadelic direction.  Seldom do they have more than an album's worth of material that successfully straddles the two.

In this case, I would argue that, truly, Borns doesn't do any of those things.    He has about 8 pop album filler/potential volkswagon commercial type tunes, and then he's written or recorded 3 other tunes which are extremely good and are each some alternate subgenre of commerical music.  For instance, "American Money", the clear monster success on Dopamine, is a Art-Electronic-Pop song very much along the lines of many predecessors like The Eels most notably. Then there is the catchy, sped-up R&B beat-focused pop of "Holy Ghost" that has its most clear contemporary in Grimes work on Art Angels.  The last of the three songs I am referring to is "10,000 Emerald Pools".  Im not going to go into it because my fingers are getting tired from typing and I think ive made my point.

What I think is really the best thing about acts like Borns becoming popular and getting listened to by many, many, young kids is that in the long run Pop garbage like 'Electric Love' lead them to better things like 'Holy Ghost' which leads them to art that has had less penetration into the popular genre and hence less exposure to the average teen demographic.  I can even imagine a world in which some disaffected teen listens to Borns and ends up surfing links, message boards, and youtube, to end up at Skinny Puppy! (No, Really! I checked out a Borns vid on youtube and one of the links of like vids was for a Skinny Puppy vid off their last full album!)

So, go ahead, check out Borns.  The above-mentioned songs are good and catchy, and you can use my reasoning to feel good about it!  Hell, even if you steal it off the net or whatever, you can use his youth and the fact that he is the wealthy son of a wealthy northwestern european diplomat ,to justify that as well.  Cuz its not like he needs the money, right?

Just remember when you hear it later that day at the 7-11 or someone walking by your car comments on it..that I called it first!

Im kidding of course. 

WANTED: Volunteers and Donations for NEW Campaign & Foundation to DECREASE HUMAN BREEDING/OVERPOPULATION:

Here's the concept- Myself and a few others are going to form a nonprofit foundation or other type of nonprofit entity that will be focused on having some effect on the ever-exponentially-increasing human population of our ONLY inhabited planet. 
I think its become quite GLARINGLY CLEAR that the sheer number of human beings on this planet is having deleterious effect on the livability of the entire planet.  In other words:  The huge amount of people here are making it impossible for ANY people to live here.
Something has to be done.
I, and many others, have children now.  So I can no longer simply say "well, i'll probably be gone by the time its so bad that ____" (which is probably untrue anyway).  So I feel like I absolutely MUST do something that affects this GIGANTIC, OBVIOUS problem of a deteriorating environment.  By the time its undeniable and apparent to anyone, it will definately be too late...even if that time is only a decade or two away.
Clearly, we can't leave it to politicians.  Even if there was ONE we could trust, she or he would not be able to individually go against the current of the rest and accomplish anything impactful.
So here's our idea:
This foundation will (and we are still open to submission on methodology & implementation of same) encourage people to STOP HAVING MORE KIDS.
-We are NOT talking about discouraging the continuation of the human race period, but talking about encouraging every couple to have ONE child rather than EIGHT or even TWO.  IF we can accomplish this, even in a few cases, then there will be a DECREASE in the end accounting.  For example, if a couple (meaning 2) people has 1 child only...and that one child in turn has only one child with another individual..and so forth..then in a few generations we will begin to see an exponential DECREASE in overall population, WITHOUT barring anyone's inherent right to reproduce.

The first plan we have come up with and attendant notes follows:
(after another week or two encouraging comment, we will look at whether to go to a crowdfunding site or explore other options for initial funding)

 PAY PPL TO STOP BREEDING
-1 level for 'Promise' or 'Pledge'-where essentially give ppl a ring or somesuch
that is fairly nice but not so nice as to be pawnable..perhaps real silver
w 1 of 12 'birthstones'?
--here, we DO NOT expect 100% compliance with 'pledge' BUT their wearing
the ring or bracelet, etc (tshirt?) functions as marketing & social
incentive

-2 Second Level for getting 'tubes tied' or whatever.  In other words, a PERmaNENT
or as much as can be, solution.
--ALSO should function as HUGE marketing campaign, without even havng to pay
anything for it.  Once we send out press releases detailing foundation's
2nd level..or even the first..then are SURE to be ppl 'outraged'.

THE POINT: 3.5 million people in the next decade will lose their jobs to
'automation' like automated stores, online retailing, robotic manufacturing,
or even autonomous cars!
           1/3rd of the population of Africa-an ENTIRE CONTINENT-is both malnourished
           and undernourished. This is, of course, not a perfect number, and indications
           are it is LOWER than reality..but even so-it represents MILLIONS SUFFERING
           ON A DAILY BASIS
           Gobal warming, carbon waste, coral bleaching, deforestation, melting
           ice caps, acid rain, etc are ALL a result of TOO MANY PEOPLE in some
           fashion, to some degree.  For example, would there be deforestation
           if the total population of, say, Brazil, was 1 million instead of
           MANY TIMES that?  No, almost surely not.

2 New & Unique Pedals: Robot Assassin v2 Tube Drive/Modulation/Octave-Pitch & Psycho-Delic Delay/Vintage FET/Si Buzz&Germanium Fuzz

Robot Assassin Tube Overdrive/modulation/pitch&octave

Finished a couple of new guitar pedals-

Robot Assassin from above

Both are COMPLETELY ORIGINAL & UNIQUE (as far as I know, anyway).
One is the 'Robot Assassin v.2', a tube overdrive w pitch & modulation-which can be used for vocals as well as for guitar.  I'll be making a version for each, with the Vocal version having a slightly different tone stack (the 'normal' sound before changing tone via a control will have different frequencies emphasized/dropped, and the tone controls will affect different frequencies more suited to voice than guitar) from the guitar version, and the tone controls & switches will be different for both as well.

Psycho-Delic - 1st prototype.  Could BARELY fit all the controls !

Second, the 'Psycho-Delic', a analog-type delay, LFO, Looper, and Vintage type Germanium/Silicon dual channel Fuzz.  Its pretty insane and I may not make a lot of this version since it has so MANY knobs and switches and so forth.  There are just TOO many controls and the prototypes Ive made that have gone to musicians who have been using them live & in the studio have come back with the number of controls and their interaction as the primary problem.  So there will be a more stripped-down version -perhaps a 'Naked Psycho-Delic'   or Pschyo-delic Mini, etc
The original has a delay which can be set to almost infinite delay (basically set to loop), with the amount of feedback and the on/off of the feedback potentially controlled by the second footswitch-which is a momentary off/on one.  Meaning you can send the feedback control to the switch, and if you have the feedback control turned up, it will simply loop the entire time your foot is on the switch..alternately you can set the feedback to turn on itself and use the footswitch to control how crazy it gets.  The other option with the second footswitch is to set it so that you can modify the pitch of the delay with it-so that the slapback or echo, etc pttch dives down or squeels up.
The pedal also has a LFO with shrpness, shape, frequency, speed, and depth controls which can be switched from directly intersecting the delay circuit to replacing the original delay depth pot (knob).  The power switch of the LFO also activates a LED (red in the 2 prototypes) which flashes in sync with the lfo's cycling frequency.
All of the sound coming from the Delay AND LFO (if its powered up) can be sent straight out, or shunted to the Fuzz section of the circuit.  That switch also powers on the Fuzz at the same time, activating a differently colored LFO (white in the prototypes).  The Fuzz has two channels- a FET buzz/fuzz, which can be set to be either generally fairly clean and not heavily distort the sound..or can be set to so heavily garble the sound that the guitar will sound more like a buzzing scitar or metal sawblade, and a Silicon/Germanium Fuzz which can go from lightly adding some dirt to a throwing the delayed sound into a screaming dust devil  of insanity.  Both channels have individual gains and the S/G fuzz has multiple other controls that : turn the diode clipping off/on, alter the eq-boosting the high or low end, change the fuzz from Silicon to Germanium, and change the amount of fuzz as well as its thickness.  The other FET fuzz channel has two subchannels/substages- a buzz and a fuzz, both of which have various standard controls with one overall main gain as well as a low-end boost switch.  Both Fuzz (FET and Vint S/G) channels have a 'Mix' control that precedes them so that the sound out from the delay can be sent from 0-100% to either channel, allowing the user to choose to balance both or use either primarily with just a touch of the other to color the sound.
As you can see i n the photos-all this leaves the pedal with perhaps too many knobs, controls, switches, and lights.  Unless you're like a lot of Synth-heads (like me) can be-who like tweeking the sound of something and enjoy having a HUGE amount of possibility to MANGLE your sound into a Hellstorm of Insanity-you might want to wait for the light version.
Either way, check out the short & sweet video of it in action in the lab:

finished painting : See previous posts for more

I'll post a couple of pics here, but just ahead

Recent finished portrait-similar but diff -like subjects

of time (been asked last times I posted pics of paintings)-its already been passed along to the subject and her guy-
For whatever reason, people seem to like the various styles of portraiture I spit out more than other things, maybe because a lot of the others have more disturbing subjects and scenery.