I received a treat over the holidays from an old friend from my hometown who was looking for an artist for the next album by their band, Wiesinger. It’s nice to be remembered. It’s nice to have an art project.

The charging circuit blew on my W-King 220w Bluetooth Speaker and I couldn’t find any dismantling guides. After some false starts, apparently the grill is only glued in a couple spots and pops off relatively easily. Then the screws through the drivers are accessible which will give you access to the main board with amplifier/charge circuits, and the battery pack behind the other driver. I didn’t repair the charge circuit, but I pulled the battery out so it can be charged externally. If I’m feeling lucky I’ll try to power the speaker with a 12 volt battery pack. That’s not tooo far off from the 10.8v pack installed.

iacon released a guide to their 50 albums. I’ve been listening for a good 6 months now, and they release a full length album every 2 to 3 weeks on average. It’s hard to keep up with, but dang, each one is worth at least checking out.

YouTube introduced me when Sugarfree was released, and I have to agree with Iacon: it’s a favorite. Definitely my most played. I think the vaporfunk albums get the most plays from me, but I’m really enjoying the lyrics and tone switch in Epoch and Resonance, and you’d be selling yourself short if you don’t at least give the death metal album a full listen.

I don’t know what kind of magic keeps these albums rolling out, but I don’t want to miss any of them.

There’s a lot more to unpack, but as a priveledged median colonial person who doesn’t get much for direct negative consequences from the US election, I have to say the moral blow is crushing. RM Brown has a soundclip of Trump saying “I did everything right” that sticks in my head, but now, as far as human values go, he’s proven it true. Trump is 78 years old and became president for a second, nonconsecutive, term. He’s been sanctified as a rapist, democracy subverting felon and the majority of people in the most impactful country on earth said “We want him to shape our world”. He’s going to die soon, probably naturally (but even before July 13th I thought physical harm would be the best political move for him) and he’s going to die happy and satisfied after a life of lies, theft, assault, and who knows what else.

Morality has been officially confirmed worthless in this world.

That’s not me giving up and realigning my values, but it hurts.

Halloween cross over of Molly Moon and Bammy.

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