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*forehead Kiss as you enter the podcast* *Kiss Kiss* *kiss* 107 episodes in and the boys have time to still talk shit on topics ....this week Erik and Mojo are Joined by P and The one and only Slug and the boys got into some topics like -the Kanye rant -walmart theatre -the future of live performance -revisiting the podcast landscape -erik gets a card reading -Moon Energy -shroom stories -the boys -Apocolypto -Independence and a lot more look I tell y'all every week I get worse and worse at these descriptions .... I be trying tho I promise ... ill see y'all next week _____________ this weeks music -10 Crack Commandments -Notorious B.I.G -What is Love -Haddaway -Death around the corner - Tupac -No. 1 Party Anthem - Arctic Monkeys

At times throughout life, we find ourselves not where we thought we would be. Could this be because something or someone has gotten in between us and “The Real O.G”? What do you need to lay down? Key Bible verses: Ezekiel 14:4-5, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Galatians 4:8, and Exodus 20:3-6.

KQuick explains how to become a successful music producer, going from selling $20 an hour studio time in his dorm room to 2x Platinum/Grammy Nominated record producer, working with major artists like Chris Brown, Nelly, Jeremih.  KQuick's Bio: Kaleb “KQuick” Rollins is a Multi-Platinum Grammy-nominated songwriter/producer/engineer raised in the Roxbury section of Boston, Massachusetts who currently resides in New York City, USA. KQuick discovered his affinity for music at the young age of 14. Under the mentorship of renowned producer/artist Ryan Leslie, he honed his skills as a producer and a songwriter, landing placements on a Grammy Nominated album while in college. After graduating from New York University’s Clive Davis Institute Of Recorded Music, KQuick has worked with artists including Chris Brown, J Cole, Nelly, Jeremih, Alessia Cara, Queen Naija and Bas. He has also written and produced songs for numerous placements in film and television, including scoring a Sundance Film Festival short film selection. Now signed with Sony ATV as a writer and producer alongside his business partner Marc Soto as production-duo/band ClickNPress, KQuick is busy developing a sound for the current and next generation of music creatives. High Level Discussion Flow: K Quick’s Origin Story Making Music Your Career You’re “in” the Music Biz - Now What?  Behind The Music Biz - Major Labels + Technology Disruption Building a Brand (as a producer) Important Links: KQuick - Instagram KQuick - Twitter Musicians in Tech - Instagram Musicians in Tech - Twitter Musicians in Tech - LinkedIn KQuick's Baseball Card Stats: Singer/Songwriter/Producer/Engineer/Musician - how many instruments do you play?  Video Director / Producer Signed to Sony-ATV Publishing - writer/producer Credits: Chris Brown J Cole Ryan Leslie Nelly Jeremih TV / Film Gaetano's Music Jay Lex's Music Important Takeaways: KQuick started producing with Fruity Loops in high school and learned the basics of live sound engineering in church. This was when he knew he wanted to do music for the rest of his life. KQuick says that going to school for music gave him a leg up on the competition because it taught him the mechanics and technical skills. He says you don’t need a degree to make it in the music business, but if you can afford the risk, it’s definitely worth it. KQuick says he never had a real “9 to 5” When he was at NYU he started hustling by building a small little studio and selling studio time in his dorm room for $20 an hour. He was 17 when he stopped selling beats online. Even though his sound click was getting millions of streams (NO HACKS) but he didn’t know how to leverage that to make money. After moving out of the NYU dorms, KQuick started producing artists and selling studio time out of his apartment. From there KQuick saved enough money to rent an official studio space in Brooklyn for $900. In order to make enough money to get by, HE WOULD RUN 4-5 STUDIO SESSIONS A DAY to make revenue to sustain and pay back loans and become profitable. Should you quit your day job and do music full-time? KQuick says - you need multiple revenue sources outside of music that is giving you enough to sustain. But the key to unlocking revenue is a brand strategy. Everything around the music should bring you money. Shows, merchandising, etc.  KQuick says being a one trick pony will hurt you. Specialization is good, but you need diversity in order to succeed. When are you “in the music industry” ? As soon as you make music and put it out. Take ownership of that. KQuick's first placement - Chris Brown’s “Famous Girl” with Ryan Leslie in 2009. First royalty check was 1 cent. It was so low it didn’t even pass the threshold of cutting a check. ASCAP just sent him a notification. He then got a deal with VIACOM which gave him an “aha” moment.  KQuick says the relationships are the #1 key that enabled him to produce for Chris Brown, J Cole, Nelly and others. Keeping your network fresh and doing as many favors for people as possible is what enabled him to work with “major artists.” KQuick says that working with up and comers is critical to career success - because you never know who the next big star, or next big executive will be. “When you start skipping steps is when you land somewhere you’re not ready for,  and that’s when you get knocked down and it’s a lot harder to get back up.” Popularity vs Talent - Do A&R’s need to get back to finding real talent, versus scouring for “viral” singers / rappers on Instagram and YouTube? KQuick says - the A&R’ing is happening on the creative level now. It’s producers and songwriters finding talent. You don’t have to rely on labels to tell you what’s hot anymore. It’s the other way around. The culture tells the labels what’s hot. Your Instagram should be a highlight reel of your career. Consistent and focused. Biggest problems independent musicians make is that they’re too erratic on social media, which is a symptom of poor strategy. They post too much, too often, and about too many different things. On the flip side of that, not posting enough can hurt you as well. Dreamville is the poster child example of a brand that’s leveraging Instagram the way a label or brand should be. Creativity is the most important thing about the music industry. Without the creativity, there is no industry. Without the creatives, there’s nothing to sell and nothing to buy. Making music your career: Jay - You went to NYU Tisch School of Arts and got a degree in music - most of your peers in the game didn’t go that route. What do you feel were the benefits of going that route vs the school of hard knocks that most of your peers have taken? G - What was the point when you realized you didn’t need a “9 to 5” or “day job” to support yourself. How did you make that transition to where music became your passion + your bread winner?  What advice would you give to upcoming artists who want to quit their “day job” to do music full time?  G - Music business is such a grind - many people early on take a lot of L’s and call it quits. Did you ever have that moment where you thought maybe this business wasn’t for you? You’re “in” - Now What? Jay - What was the first moment where you felt like “OK - I’m really doing this” - was there an artist or producer you were working with, a placement, etc? G - What was the amount of your first royalty or publishing check?  G - How do you even get to work with artists like J Cole and Nelly? Was it a plug? Manager? This is the holy grail for music producers. This is what every single person is trying to do. How did you beat out the thousands if not millions of other people trying to do this?  Jay - You have spent a lot of time in the studio with some pretty big names. But you continue to work with a lot of independent artists like Gaetano and myself. You’re obviously at a point in your career where you can afford to be selective - why do you continue to work with indie artists and what are the things that you look for when deciding which ones to work with? Behind The Music Biz - Major Labels + Technology Disruption G - So Quick, you have a lot of experience working with artists who are signed to major labels with record deals. From your perspective, what is the common pattern among artists who are getting signed now, vs artists who are not? In other words, what are the big companies looking for when deciding on what types of artists to sign?  Jay - On the other end of the spectrum are indie artists who now enjoy a larger platform than ever before as a result of platforms like Spotify, Soundcloud and social media i.e. Instagram, that didn’t exist 10 years ago. Talk to us about the impact that technology has had on the industry and is it truly the great “equalizer” for unsigned artists to get exposure. G - Let’s talk about popularity vs talent for artists -  there’s a lot of debate of what it means to be an “A&R” today.  Is it just a bunch of interns sitting in a label office scavenging through YouTube looking for the next big viral thing?  Is it really just all about numbers?  Or is there still some element of - “this artist has star potential, works hard and has remarkable talent. I believe we have something here that’s worth taking a shot on, despite very low followers counts / views on social media.” Building a Brand (as a producer): Jay - Aside from all the accomplishments and accolades - there is something notable about the KQuick brand.  Visually, your instagram feed has an aesthetic.  Your Tweets have a distinct style and tone.  Is this something you intentionally think about, or does it come naturally?  G - What are some of the biggest mistakes you see upcoming artists, songwriters and producers make when it comes to building a brand for themselves?  Jay - How are you doing this for your group, Click n’ Press and are there any other examples of artists in the game who are doing it right, indie or otherwise?  What’s Next? G - Quick, you’ve already done sooooo much, but we know you don’t sleep!  What are some projects you’re working on right now that you’re excited about? What’s next for you? Where do you see yourself in the next 5-10 years.  Jay - Do you have any regrets? Anything you would have done differently?  Any situations with major fuck ups on your part?  Have you ever been burned by anyone in the industry? If so, what happened?  G - What’s the #1 piece of advice you have for business leaders or entrepreneurs today who are building a brand or company, or simply striving to achieve something great in their life or career?  Jay - What’s the #1 piece of advice you have for creatives / musicians that are seeking to take their career to the next level? 

Long story short Doug talks about the recent protests that's happening across the country. And he does that by breaking down Meek Mill's What's Free. Songs Played: N.W.A: Fuck Tha Police Prodigy: Keep It Thoro Gangstarr: Full Clip Breakdown: Meek Mill: What's Free (Feat. Rick Ross & Jay-Z) Samples: Notorious B.I.G: What's Beef Biz Markie: Biz Is Goin' Off Richard Evans: Close To You Al Green: I'm Glad You're Mine Rotation: Lupe Fiasco: American Terrorists Kendrick Lamar: HiiiPower Nas: War Remix (Feat. Saigon) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/88ec2/message

059 Step 4 & prioritiesPlease review and rate your priorities of the following items:1) Abstinence from gambling2)To myself & my higher power3) Family4) Job/profession5) Goals, dreams and aspirations6) FRIENDS, COMMUNITY, & NEIGHBORS7) to special interestsQuestions from tonights priorityA- Make a list of your closest friends and write a short description on your feelings toward themB-Is your action or behavior toward them consistent with your feelings?C- Can you accept them for what they are, or do you find yourself critical of their shortcomings?D- Are you there when they need you?E- How would you describe your relationship with your neighbors?F-What do they think of you?G- What is your role in your community?H- Do you take part in any community activity, such as Little League, Chamber of Commerce, local school activities etc.I- What do you do as an individual to make your community a better place to live?WHEW!! Lot of typing there. I hope you can do some good soul searching too!Self care and staying positive are two of the pillars of Bobbie's beliefs surrounding successful recovery and that will be the underlying focus each day or share. Enjoy Beautiful People!

057 Step 4 & prioritiesPlease review and rate your priorities of the following items:1) Abstinence from gambling2)Te myself & my higher power3) Family4) Job/profession5) GOALS, DREAMS & ASPIRATIOS6) Friends, neighbors and community7) to special interestsQuestions from tonights prioritya- What are your goals? List and describeb-Which of these are realistic, achievable and are worthy of your time and effort?c-Would the pursuit of these goals interfere with your other responsibilities? How?d-Are you doing anything positive to achieve these goals or are you just wishing they happen?e-Do you have a definite plan to achieve these goals? What is your plan?f- What actions are you taking on a daily basis to achieve these goals?G-What price are you willing to pay to make these goals a reality? Will it be worth the price?Self care and staying positive are two of the pillars of Bobbie's beliefs surrounding successful recovery and that will be the underlying focus each day or share. Enjoy Beautiful People!

Welcome back family! Lindsay is back form the dust of Burning Man and we are very grateful today! What are you grateful for? Today we discuss something that Juliet and Lindsay both knew nothing about until a recent tragedy in Lindsay's world. Ella, Lindsay's dog, suffered heart failure due to feeding her dog a grain free diet. Listen in to hear more, its heartbreaking but Ella is on the mend. We just want everyone to know what happened because it CAN be avoided! Now.... on to the actual content of the episode... The GLAD Method. Do you get looping unstoppable thoughts? Do you have one bad thought and it turns into a whirlwind of things that could or may go wrong? Well, we suffer from this a lot. We are so happy to have found the GLAD method to help combat these looping and negative thoughts. G: What are you grateful for today ( ooooh our favorite) L: What did you learn today? A:What is one thing you accomplished today D: What has delighted you today. The G.L.A.D. technique helps you focus on what's going right, not what's wrong or disappointing. This techniques is an acronym for ways of finding joy and balance by paying attention to the life around you in a more positive and self-aware way. By asking yourself these questions you are able to remove those looping negative thoughts and replace them with something good. Let us know if you have other methods for looping or negative thoughts! We are always looking for more ways to combat negativity! As always, we love you and thank you for supporting us and this podcast! Please check out Red Bear Roastery and use code OFFTOPIC for 20% OFF your order! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Ever wondered why you say you’re going to do something, “I really should do this” and still don’t do it? Why some things are a real struggle and you have to force yourself to get it done? Have you also noticed there are certain things nobody has to remind you or motivate you to do? This episode will give you the answer...   Here are some of the awesome things you will hear in this episode: Find out what your REAL values that drive you everyday and own them. Find out how to remove the roadblocks that stops you from focusing on the right things, Learn how to take things that so easily can leave us feeling guilty because we’re not doing what everyone else wants or demand from us and turn it around. So listen here to find out how Satori coaches the best and how you can have an opportunity to apply and talk directly to Satori about creating badass results in your life and business. Boom! Hey what’s up my friends, welcome to a new BONUS episode of Halfass to Badass. In today’s episode you’ll hear me teach a very important section from a 4-hour training I did for a live audience on New Year’s Day 2019. It’s part two of this training so if you didn’t hear part one go back to episode 14 so you can get the big picture. Part two here is about removing the roadblocks that stops people from focusing on the right things, the things that so easily can leave us feeling guilty because we’re not doing what everyone else wants or demand from us. In this training I help you identify your core values. I use a series of questions I learned from my friend and mentor Dr.John Demartini. It’s a great set of questions to give you clarity. I have removed the live Q&A and coaching, I did a lot of hot seats with the participants but I want to protect their privacy so what you will hear is the training component. My suggestion is that you listen and  go through the training and actively do the work. You may want to stop and take notes after I ask the question. There are some natural pauses in this training. But this is a workshop so let’s get to it…. Before we do… here’s the intro Values are the things you've learned to make important. Values are also the voids in your life. In other words, the areas where you feel things are missing, something it's missing and you feel compelled, you feel driven to fill that void. If I go back to my personal story to you give you a little background, I was not supposed to be here, technically. You may have heard the story, my mom was going to do an abortion, when my grandma walks in and tells her to go home and not do it. Literally, she's on the abortion table. A decision from my grandma and, a decision for my mom changed the trajectory of everything. Right? I'm here, but throughout my life, my mom told me many times  that her life would've been so different, her life would’ve been so much better if she wouldn't have had me. Better education, better job, whatever. Right? I grew up thinking that I shouldn't be here, thinking and feeling guilt, shame, all kinds of things, which led me to minimize and hide and literally undervalue myself and walking on eggshells. I don't know if you know what I mean by that, but you know, walking on eggshells is like you're walking and you're being careful, right? You're trying to not piss people off. You're trying to not disappoint people try and not do things that's going to rock the boat. So I grew up that way in many ways. Even though I also have the other side, which was very unlike this, that inner part of me that was, that was growing stronger, which is like the part of me who wanted to be rebellious, right? A part of me just wanted to do the opposite. I didn't want to tippy-toe. I just wanted to be loud, right? I just wanted to do things to challenge people. I had this great epiphany where I literally saw this stuff. The void was the feeling of not being good enough. The void was this feeling of not feeling that I was worth enough. And that became part of my mission; to help other people own their worth, right? Which also has to do with owning my worth. So it's a void. It's something missing. We work really hard to fill that void, right? Freedom is extremely important to me. Something that I value highly. Freedom to be able to do what I want, when I want with whomever I want, and not having anybody telling me what I can and cannot do. And that's really strong in me because that's a void. There's a perception of something not being fulfilled. So we chase that void to fulfill our values. That's one way of looking at it. So for that point, I want you to think about your values, right? Because values is what you've learned to make important. Like I said, usually based on your voids, and things you believe to be important and that may be missing. So you work to fulfill on those voids. Sometimes that may come from someone telling you, “This is right, this is wrong”. And you learned that if I do what they want me to do, they'll be happy with me. Right? If I please them, they'll be happy with me. They will smile at me. They will tell me, “I love you. I love you son. I love your daughter.” You'll learn to value something because someone else values something. Someone that you respect, someone you admire. Okay? If you admire and, respect someone, you may adopt their values because you believe it will buy you love and attention, respect, safety, all kinds of stuff, right? Therefore, I want you to identify, what are your values? And sometimes, it's not so easy to identify them because we lived for so long with our own values, being dominated by other people's values. Once you remove the guilt and shame, you start realizing, “Oh, I like this. Oh, I want that”. And you start seeing things and experiencing things that you may have denied yourself a long time because you believe, “I can’t”. I can't behave this way because then people won't like me. Or at least they will, they won’t respect me or they may not want to spend time with me”. Right? Anything that's going to try to pull you away from your tribe. But if you believe, and if you think that your tribe, really cares about you, I will like rethink that a little bit because, and I'm not in a bad way. I'm saying they care and think about themselves just like you think and care about yourself. We all have our values, that people live according to their values. Don't ever think for a moment that people try intentionally to live into your values. People live into their own values. And some of them will meet somewhere, right? They’ll be able to coexist, which is great because that way you can contribute to each other. But people try to fulfill their own values, not yours. And that's sometimes, it’s like taking a cold shower, right? It really wakes you up when you start seeing that, and it's not a bad thing, right? It's not a good or a bad thing. It's just a way for you to realize that you're going to want to fulfill on your values, on your voids, on your desired targets. While others are going to try to fulfill on their desire, their voids, desire and targets, right? So just get connected to what that is for you. So here's what I'm gonna do. I'm going to ask you a few questions and I want you to go grab a pen and paper, quickly. Or write on your phone, or computer. Capture this. I'm going to ask you a few questions and I just want to do, to be as present and as as honest as you possibly can. Before we, get started with the questions, I want you to just stand up for a moment. Stand up wherever you are right now, stand up and shake your body. Shake your body out. And what I want to do for a moment, really quickly, and if you don't know how to do this, just trust yourself. Listen to your body and just go with it. So we’re here right now. We're going to stand up and you can stand right now like you feel complete certainty in your body. Complete certainty. Stand like when you're complete conviction in your body and you don’t question anything. Stand the way you stand, when you feel complete conviction, when you own your body breathing, the way you breathe, when you have complete conviction, when you feel unshakeable, when you're standing strong, breeding tall, and put the look on your face like when you have certainty, when you have conviction, when you feel guided. Stand they way you stand  when you know you are unshakable, where nothing can stop you. I want you to breathe the way you breathe, when you can feel it. I want you to stand that way right now. Breathe it and feel it. Put the look on your face when you have that and if you need to just put a smile on your face. Put a smile on your face like when you own it, when you know, when you have conviction, when you have certainty, when you have zero question in your body. Just own yourself right now. Own yourself at this very moment. And what I want you to do, and we just going to take a few seconds on each one. About 30 seconds in each one. Just so you get to yourself to think and just write them down, right? And this is not meant to be the only time you do this. I want you to go deeper with this stuff but for the sake of our training and you being able to do this. I just want you to go for it. Okay? So grab a pen and paper or your computer or your phone. And what I want you to do right now is to stand up or sit down with energy, and I want you to answer the question... How do you fill your space? And what I mean by that is the things that really matter to you, you don't hide, right? The things that matter to you, you keep around you, right? Like I have medals from when I became a world champion in karate from all of my years of competing, right? I have all these medals. I don't have them, in sight. I don't have them on my desk. They’re somewhere in some box, somewhere. Because they're not relevant. They don't really matter to me right now. The things that really matter to you, you have around you. Because if I look around my space, what matters to me are my books, my computer, my phone. I have things on my wall, that I've written down so I can serve you. Things that help me create frameworks and stuff like that with sticky notes. Books. Not any kind of books. There are a certain kind of books. Certain things you have around you….it may be pictures, maybe memorabilia. And maybe moments of travel, maybe something that you have. And I want you to write down the three items you fill your space with most. Think about that. What are the three items you fill your space with most? And if you've done this before, go deeper. Get more clarity around this. Okay, don’t, just don't sit there and think, “Oh, you know, I've done this”. Just get more clearly. What do you have around you? What dominates your space? Get more clarity on it. What are the three items you fill your space with most. Okay? Second question. How do you spend your time? The question really is, what three actions do you spend your time on most? People say all the time, “I don't have time to do what I really want to”. The truth is, they're too busy doing what is really most important to them, right? And what they think they ought to be doing isn’t really what's most important. This is a key thing to really look at. I want you to shift your mind around this, right? You find time for things that are really, really important to you. Somehow you figure it out. That's the thing sometimes we may not see it, right? We may not see it because we are hypnotized to think, well, “I really want to do that”. No, you don't. If you really want to do that, you will be doing that. You are not doing that. Therefore, it's not that important to you. Don't lie to yourself thinking that that thing is important to you when it isn't. Now you may show it in different ways and let me give you an example of that, right? So I spent a lot of time doing work, right? I love doing work. It’s not for the sake of doing work. I was asking myself this question the other day. “What was the market insight or incident as to why I started doing what I do?” And these words came to mind; because I saw a solution to human suffering. I saw a solution to human suffering. That's why I'm doing what I'm doing today. I'm trying to fill that void. I'm trying to fill the thing that's missing. I'm not saying that people don't have problems and challenges. That's not what I'm talking about here, right? Cause I don't believe we live in a world that doesn't have challenges. But there's a big difference between suffering, right? And having to overcome obstacles and challenges in life. But that's what I saw. I saw a solution to human suffering. So I spend a lot of time, energy and focus on that. And so somebody who walks in into my home would say, “You don’t spend a lot of time with your kids”. I do spend time with them. And the time that I spend is focused on connecting with them and giving them the love that I want to give them. But if you compare me to my wife, you'll be seeing completely different patterns, right? What truly are her values? What she demonstrates is the kids are most important, right? And we show that in different ways. So the vehicle that you use to, to demonstrate your values is not a sign of what you don't value, or what you do value. Right? But what I'm saying is this, if you say you want to, lose 10 pounds, 20 pounds, 30 pounds, I don't care what it is, right? You say you will lose weight. Right? But you're not taking walks. You're not caring about what you put in your mouth. You're not moving in any way. You don't have any activities. What you're saying is that I have a fantasy about losing weight, but I'm not really that interested in it. I actually do value comfort more than moving values, eating whatever eating means, comfort, security, whatever that is, right? I may enjoy connecting with my wife on the couch more than I like going, let's say rock climbing. Look at it and see, where do you spend your time? What are the three actions you spend your time on most? So here's a time to be brutally honest with yourself. It's not about judgment. So let me give you this little idea here... Don't look at this as a judgment. Be Curious, curious about this. Come from complete curiosity. Go like, “Huh? Interesting. Yeah. I just spent a lot of time over here. I say I want to spend time over there, but I'm spending time over here”. What are you actually spending time on? Okay, not what you think you should be spending time on, but what you actually spend time on. Question number three. How do you spend your energy, and what gives you energy? So which three actions do you spend energy on, right? And that also gives you energy. And the reason I'm saying that is because a lot of times we, we know that when we doing something that we love doing is fuels us with energy, right? When we're doing some that we hate, we can be completely drained and exhausted. That's a sign, a very clear sign. Because the things that you value bring you energy. The things you don't value, drain your energy. That's something you really want to take into account. Really be clear on that. In fact, when you do something you value highly, you have more energy afterwards then when you started, because you're doing something you love and you're inspired by it. So which are the three actions you spend your energy on and where do you get your energy? Write down the top three. Next. How do you spend your money? Same thing here. You find money for things that are valuable to you, but you don't want to spend money on things that really are not important to you. So your choice about spending money, tells you a great deal about what you value most. So think about that because there are no victims here, right? There are no victims here. And we always pay things in the order of priority on how we actually value things. We may not think about that, but we do. For me, for the last, 20 plus years, I've always had money for books. I've always had money for education, for trainings, courses. I always find money for that. If I’m going to travel, I find money for that, right? People that smoke always find money for cigarettes. If you think about it, people that say they're broke, always find money for cigarettes, right? People that drink always find money for alcohol. We always find money for what really matters. When I say what really matters, what you believe or you perceive matters, right? So what are three items you spend most of your money on and always find money for? Don’t write what you wish or hope the answer to be, I want you to think of what you actually spend your money on. Not what you think it should be or according to someone external authority or social idealism. The keys identify where or how you truly spend your money. Be honest about it. This is just about being curious, Huh? Hm. That's what I do. Huh? Interesting and curious. Be Interested. No judgment, no criticism here. Just be completely curious because this will start to show you a pattern of where your values really are as opposed to what you think they should be. Okay. Next question. Where are you most organized? Okay, where are you most organized? Think about that. So we bring order in organizations and things that are important to us and we have chaos and disorder with things that are low on our values. So think about where do you have the greatest order? What do you have the greatest organization right in your life, in your business? Because that will give you a true sense of what matters to you. Whether that's how you eat, with you're clothing, right? Your wardrobe, your business, your finances, your spiritual rituals, your cooking area, your home. Where do you have most order? What are the three areas? All right. What are the three areas or three items, where you're most organized? Key, very important. Look at that. Okay, next one. Where are you most reliable, disciplined and focused. Okay, so here, this is one is critical. This is really important, one. Again, these are all these questions I'm giving you all just triggers to be on for you to see where the value is, right? This is not about social idealism and we're not talking about, integrity, honesty, being nice. We're not talking about that stuff. We're talking about the real stuff here. The real stuff that is asking you that your life is already demonstrating, not what you've been trained like a good dog wagging your tail and being a good puppy. No, no. We're talking about where you actually are honest and truthful about what you value, right? So where you are the most reliable, most disciplined, and most focused,  are the things where nobody has to remind you or, push you or cajole you or in any way be, “Hey, go do this”. You don't need that. You have an internal discipline, your internal reliability, you're doing it right because you love those activities. Which three activities are you most reliable or disciplined at doing? What are you, where do you put your focus? Nobody has to remind me to have this conversation with you as this very moment, right? Other people, probably millions of people right now are lying somewhere with a hangover right now. You are not because you are here. You may be hungover, I don't know, but you're still here. So it demonstrates what you value. You're getting this? That make sense? You're here because of your values and I wish, believe me, I wish we could have millions of people in this conversation, right this very moment? Because millions of people would really get a lot of value from this conversation. You agree? All right. Unfortunately, most chose something else, but not everybody wants to be the best and everybody wants to, I mean, they may want, again, values, they may want to be a pro, they may want to be elite. They may want to be amazing, but they're settling for many different reasons, right? So you're here for reason, right? You're showing up here for something. For me, teaching, training, reading, and again, not reading about anything, reading about these kinds of things, neuroscience, personal productivity, behavior, right? All this kinda stuff that makes performance go to the next level. I love that. Therefore, I'm here on this conversation right now with you and, not laying in the bed with a hangover. Okay? So what are the things that nobody has to remind you of? Nobody has to push you. Things you do naturally. Write those three things down. Okay, next one. What dominates your thoughts? Think about that. What three things do you think about most? And when I'm saying this, I'm not talking about negative self talk. I'm not talking about, you know, judgment and criticism, beating yourself up. I'm not talking about fantasies either. I’m not talking about the things that you should do or ought to do, I'm talking about what dominates your thoughts. What three things do you think about most? This what we're talking about today, this dominates my thoughts. I think about this in some way, shape, or form all the time. All time. When I see an interaction with people, I look at what they're doing, how they're interacting. I'm making evaluations based upon performance, based upon values, based upon, you know, things that are going to make things better. Okay. So what's dominating your thoughts? Which three things are you thinking about most? And a good way to think about this is also what are some of the thinks you think about most? That dominates your thoughts that also, somehow, doesn't have to be fast, but slowly being brought into reality, right? It's not a fantasy. If I wanted to become, a tennis pro, but I don't take lessons and I don't, take any action towards becoming a tennis pro, it's probably more of a fantasy, right? My thoughts are not dominated by it to the degree that I actually take action on it. I read about business growth, business strategies. I read about personal development. I don't read as much personal development anymore, because most of the stuff that is out there is unfortunately crap. But I do spend a lot of time researching and finding studies, things that have been proving the things that I've been teaching for years. But I'm looking for the edge. And when I see, I look for messaging, marketing messages because I believe that if I can influence the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of people in a way that's going to serve them, that's gonna make my work so much more powerful. So I always find ways of, how can I say this in a more powerful way? How can I say this in a more efficient way. That's how I think. Okay, next question. What do you visualize most? Again, I'm not talking about fantasies. I'm talking about what you visualize for your life, right? For your life, your Business, for your family, for your body that is slowly but surely coming and true. Okay? In my case, I visualize myself teaching this kind of stuff and what am I doing? I'm teaching this kind of stuff, cool, huh? So think about it. What do you visualize most? What do you actually visualizing that you're moving towards? I'm not talking about you laying down in your bed visualizing Unicorns and money raining from the sky and it's materializing, right? You're swimming in cash in your bed. That's not what I'm talking about here. I'm talking about what what kind of things am I doing consistently that is actually demonstrating that it’s  happening. So I'm not just visualizing. What are you visualizing and, surely making real. What are the three outcomes? Three outcomes, three dreams, three goals, three targets that you’re most visualizing and realizing. It can be anything. It can be eating healthy. You see yourself being full of energy, right? It can be running your business smoothly. I don't know what you visualize, what do you visualize most? The next one, what do you most often talk to yourself about? What do you most often talk to yourself about? What are the internal conversations you have with yourself? And this may require a little bit more focus. What are you most often talking to yourself about? And I'm not talking about negative, self talk, I'm not talking about, fantasizing, making yourself, something you’re not. What do you talk to yourself about most? What are the three outcomes about your life, about you? How you love your life to be, What do you talk to yourself about most? Write it down. Okay. Here's another question. This question is a great trigger because in demonstrates a lot, think about it. What do you talk to others about most? I picture this in a couple of different ways. One, I noticed when I'm in a group of people and I'm just zoning out when I'm not there, that's a good sign that whatever they're talking about really is not in my value. It's not an interest to me. I'm not curious to know more about it. And then there's other people conversations that I lean in and you physically lean in and you want to engage, you want to participate in the conversation, and notice what that is about. Another way of looking at it as that. What are conversations that are so boring that if you can cut in, if you could jump in and cut in with something else, what would that something else be about? What's the one thing that you would want to talk about instead? Which three topics do you keep wanting to talk to others about most? Write that down. Like, what are you talking about in social settings? What do you like? Notice when you get bored and notice we can get engaged and know what those topics are that you want to talk to people about. Write it down. Okay. Next question. What inspires you? Think about what inspired you in the past, who inspires you? Think about maybe a person who inspires you? What is common to the people that inspire you? What does it reveal about what you value most? Which three people or maybe three actions or outcomes that inspire you most? What is common to them? We're looking for your values. We're looking to see what is important to you? So what inspires you? What are the top three things that inspire you? Again, not what you have learned or think should inspire you. What actually inspires you? What is your life demonstrating inspires you? I'm not looking for idealism here. I'm looking for real. I'm looking for authentic. I'm looking for raw. I'm looking for the truth. When you listen to you and not to your environment, what inspires you? Next question. What are the most consistent long term goals, that you also realize? Think about a long term goal, a long term dream, a long term vision, a long term thing that you want, that you're also consistently moving towards. To do what I do today. I've been doing this for over 20 years. I mean I've been doing this since 1994 and in different forms, right? Whether as a martial arts teacher or doing what I'm doing today, it's all about training, moving towards things that's gonna help me become physically, mentally, emotionally, stronger, faster, sharper. It doesn't mean that that's has to be you. I'm saying what is it for you? What's a goal? What’s the most consistent long term goals that you’re also realizing. Write down the top three. Okay, next one. Last one. What do you love to learn about most? What topics do you study? What things inspire you the most when you read about them? Learn about them. Like I know exactly. If I would go into a bookstore, Barnes and Noble, any bookstore around the world, I know where I want to go first. I go to history books. Just kidding. I won't, right? I go to the areas that are psychology, personal growth business. Something about it and just I guess I'm just drawn there and I just look at the covers and I like to smell the books. That's how weird I am. I just think books smell good. The paper smells good. Opening a new book. Think about what is it that you love to learn most about? What is it about? What section in the bookstore? If you go online and you're searching for something, what don't you search for? Is there a certain kind of TV show or documentary you subscribe to? What’s something the top three answers to these questions will help you reveal your highest values? You look into my library books, you'll see business, personal development, health, relationships. You won't see romantic novel. You won’t see, cookbooks, well there some, but they are not mine. You won't see books about knitting or you won't see books about how to fix a car. You won't see books about politics, but in someone else's library you would, and we don't care about other people right now. We care about you. What do you love to learn about most? The top three things write it down. How’d you like that? Did you answer the questions. If you didn’t go back and do it. Remember change is not going to happen by listening to me passively. Actively get engaged and you will change how you think, feel, act and massively impact the success and fulfillment you’ll have in your life. Next week… We’re going to get into part 3 where we get super clear on why you may have set a financial goal, business, health or relationship goal, and not achieved it and how do you change that? How do you set goals in alignment with your values so you move in one direction, and don’t get stuck in taking one step forward and two steps back? How do we stop feeling like a failure? How do you accelerate and create goals or targets you can depend on? I’m also going to reveal the big G? What’s that? You got tune in to next weeks episode of Halfass to Badass! Talk to you soon!

A Very BIMMY Christmas Year 2 Not your father's NBA podcast... 0:00 Cold open: Island of Misfit Toys0:48 Bump music: Poliopolis Bump0:59 Regular open/intro2:13 What are you drinking?5:58 What's goin' on, G? What are we doing this Christmas10:09 A Visit from St.Vicolas13:20 The Family Ties Christmas Episode Parody16:11 Listener Mail16:36 Tom Thibadeau as mall Santa skit19:06 A special visitor: Fake Mixdorf!20:34 12 Days of BIMMY Christmas musical number24:14 Laughter24:43 Lexus 2018 holiday commercial skit26:21 Pre-Christmas team check-in; Celtics, Pacers, Timberwolves39:42 Santa pays a visit44:52 Close46:06 Bump music: Poliopolis Bump

Is it foolish to let your boyfriend ejaculate inside of you? How do you go about telling guys you are thinking about hooking up with that you contracted an STD from a sexual assault? What do you do if you can’t have an orgasm from P in va-G? What do you do if you think your friend has an eating disorder but she is sensitive about the conversation? FMK: CAST OF FRIENDS - Chandler, Ross, Joey - Monica, Rachel, Phoebe. Email us @secretkeepersclub@gmail.com

For over a year now, much of the world has been watching the United States. With Donald Trump becoming the 45th president of the United States, and an investigation being opened into his campaign shortly after his inauguration, many of us, including all of us here at Majority Villain, have been watching with a healthy mix of shock and curiosity to see what will REALLY come of the allegations of collusion with Russia. Every day, we open our preferred 'fake news' branded site to see what car accident we get to watch in slow motion today. From an outside perspective, it seems as if Robert Mueller, the former head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is producing results and untangling the interwoven threads that make up the 2016 Trump Pence campaign. To date, criminal proceedings have been initiated against 19 people. Out of the 19, five of them are United States citizens, and four of them worked for the Trump Campaign itself. Robert Mueller and his team are on a mission, and they are producing results. But, this begs the question: Who are these people that have been charged? How did they get themselves into such a predicament? Let's go ahead and start with number one. The first man to be indicted: George Papadopoulos. The man that started it all. But… I think that I may be ill equipped to launch into this by myself. I think we need a little help from some of my better known friends… The Obstruction of Justice League of America! Aggregate! (RING RING) Greg: Oh, hold on I gotta take this… Hello? Ethan: Dude, I was just listening to the intro - and uh, yeah you can’t say that. G: Oh hi Ethan. What do you mean? You’re too late. I just said it. Everybody literally just heard me do it. E: Yeah, but Stephen Colbert did this already. G: What are you talking about? E: On the Late Show, Stephen Colbert did the Justice League thing. Back in July. G: I don’t understand the words that you’re using. E: He made the same joke. G: A joke like our joke? E: The SAME joke. G: But that’s our thing. We made the Obstruction of Justice League. E: HE USED THE SAME NAME, DUDE!!!! G: What? No, that’s not possible… E: See what I mean? You gotta change it. G: Yeah, I mean, yeah. I see what you mean. I’m glad you said something before... E: Ok good. I just didn’t want to see you make an ass out of yourself or anything. G: Yeah, sure sure. Just let me, real quick. E: I’m glad we could see eye to eye on this one. It would have been a real shame if we— G: Uh, hey Ethan. E: Yeah? G: JUSTICE LEAGUE, AMALGAMATE! E: That’s not even how it goes… The Justice League Starring... Robert Mueller's All-Star Team with Longest serving FBI director since J Edgar Hoover and former vietnam marine, Robert “Superman” Mueller…. As Muellerman! Former FBI director James “Martian Manhunter” Comey…. As Martian Manhunter Comey! Trump Campaign pawn, and federally prosecuted, George “Brainiac” Papadopoulos…. As the Legion of Doom’s Brainiopoulos! with... Hillary “Giganta” Clinton as Hilganta Sam Clovis as Himself Paul “Toyman” Manafort…. As Toymanafort Rick “Gorilla Grodd” Gates…. As Gorilla Gates Vladmir “Bizarro” Putin…. As Vladmirro Olga “The Cheetah” Polonskaya…. As The Cheetah And Starring Professor Joseph Mifsud as Professor Joseph Mifsud AND Donald J. Trump as Lex Luthor…. As LEXALD J. LUTHOR!   Join our band of heroes as they work together for good against the tyranny of treason as the Obstruction of Justice League of America!!! BACK AT THE LEGION OF DOOM’S HQ - THE HALL OF DOOM Lexald J. Luthor plans his attack on Giganta Hillary Clinton. Campaign staffer Sam Clovis sends recruit George Brainiopoulos on a secret mission to improve relations between the United States and Russia. While in his secret London lair, the Brainiopoulos is approached by Professor Joseph Mifsud - a man with known connections to Russia and Vladmirro himself. Brainiopoulos and Professor Mifsud meet on numerous occasions between mid-March, 2016 under the pretense that Russia has "dirt" on “Hilganta” from her private communications and on March 24th, Professor Mifsud is joined by Olga “The Cheetah” Polonskaya, in disguise as the beloved niece of Vladmirro. Clovis encourages Brainiopoulos to travel to Russia to meet with agents of Russia’s Foreign Ministry after learning of Hilganta secret email weakness and on return boasts of alleged intel regarding Hilganta’s feculent digital trail. BUT NOT SO FAST! The Obstruction of Justice League’s James “Martian Manhunter” Comey is keen to the rouse, and delves deeper into the doings of the Legion of Doom’s dubious developments. After numerous requests for Lexald J. Luthor to meet with Russian representatives, Brainiopoulos is told by the Toymanafort and Gorilla Gates that Lexald J. Luthor will not make the journey - but rather, a minion in his stead. Upon learning of Brainiopoulos’ ongoings - the Martian Manhunter Comey catches the scent of wrongdoing afoot and sends emissaries, spooking Brainiopoulos who in sensing the danger of his pursuers purges the records of his personal book of faces. He creates a new book in its place. Luthor, sensing the unending pressure upon him, looks to banish the Martian Manhunter Comey back to Mars, lest he never be heard from again. But Lexald J. Luthor has underestimated the Justice League’s bureaucratic power as the Manhunter’s power orb is absorbed into Muellerman (HERO MUSIC), making the Justice League and Muellerman more knowledgeable than ever before. With all of the information in his possession, Muellerman springs to action, closes his decisive grip of justice around Brainiopoulos, bringing the young Luthor pawn and his actions to a screeching halt. Smelling the scent of defeat, being captured for his deceptions, Brainipolous pleads guilty to all charges. The world is safer for another day, and the work of Justice League of America has just begun.   Tune in next time… Upon learning of his betrayal of his once beloved compatriot, Luthor does everything in his power to disavow Brainiopoulos, minimizing and obscuring his actions as a low-level minion fraught with/plagued by delusions of grandeur. Greg: So, what do you think? Ethan: Dude, I told you like 10 minutes ago, Colbert already made this joke. Greg: I don’t recall that information whatsoever. Ethan: Somebody is gonna sue us. Greg: We don’t have any assets anyway. You’ve been listening to the Majority Villain podcast. Today’s show was written by Ethan Braine and Gregory Haddock. To redeem your superfriend points for this episode visit the website at majorityvillain.com and Facebook and Twitter @majorityvillain. Show music via the Free Music Archive, and show images via Flickr. All media used under Fair Use and Creative Commons Licensing. Episode image by Tom Woodward.   Want to be a superfriend or a villain? Please click on the iTunes link in the show notes and leave a review for Majority Villain. https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/majority-villain/id877298705?mt=2 A five star review is single handedly the most heroic thing you can do to get the bad guys. The villains. Like, the real villains. Thank you in advance for taking action.   UNTIL NEXT TIME… Status quos are for suckers.

A scrape through some of my dusty crates provides something a bit different from my normal sets ... Looking back to the late 80's into early 90's when there were some amazing turntable technicians that inspired me to take up the challenge of mixing tracks on vinyl. Beyond the 4/4.. this session rolls with a jazzy, gospel Hammond, string and flute infused journey from 101 to 120 through Soul, Acid-Jazz, New Jack Swing, early Garage, Deep and Detroit House[]:[][][]: the dionne track is so raw and the messages from Billy, Mel ( you rocked live at Fylde in 95) and the Colonel are as apt and poignant today as They were back then !! 01 - Intro - JT - Interlude (MonoEcho Dub) 02 - Higher Ground - Somebody (EXtended Mix) 03 - Billy Griffin - Technicolour (Instrumental) 04 - Mantra - Vibes Alive 05 - Keith Sweat - Keep it coming (12" Mix) 06 - Karyn White - The Way you love me (Simpson House Dub) 07 - Hi Five - Playing hard to get (Hula & Fingers Extended Mix) 08 - Jazz Not Jazz - Trip and Flip (Flip Mix) 09 - Tammy Payne - Take me now (Take me dub) 10 - Melanie Williams - Not enough love (23B Soul Mix) 11 - Black Machine - How Gee 12 - George Duke - Thief in the night (Instrumental) 13 - O'Chi Brown - 100% Pure Pain (Dub) 14 - Colonel Abrams - Somebody tell me (Colonel's Mix) 15 - REP - Got me Delirious 16 - D-Note - Now's the time 17 - Joe Smooth - Rejoice (Album Mix) 18 - White Label 19 - Soho - Hot Music (Jazz Mix) 20 - REDD - There for you 21 - Skarlet & Black - Hot Sauce 22 - Blaze - So Special (So So Mix) 23 - Bora Bora - Jealousy (Instrumental) 24 - F.O.G - What you like - (Deeper Dub) 25 - Degrees of Motion - Soul Freedom (Full Flavour Mix) 26 - O-Zone - White Label - Falling In Love with you 27 - Dionne - Kisses (ALF Soul Dub) 28 - Outro - Red Light - And Then

Using imperatives to tell people to do something Hi and welcome to another great lesson from New English Academy. I’m Giles Parker and I’m your guide for this course. Today we’re going to look at some really useful phrasal verbs. Phrasal verbs are verbs that have two words to them, always a verb and either a preposition or a particle. You hear them all the time in spoken English so it is a good idea to start learning them. We’re also going look at how to tell people what to do. This is called the imperative form and it is very useful for giving instructions and giving directions or orders. Our comprehension text today is called ‘Pass the paint pot’ and features a dialogue between yours truly and a friend of mine, Marian, who helped me paint my house recently. He is just starting to learn English, so please forgive some of his pronunciation. I think he does very well. As ever, you can download the free transcript and the free guidebook with 25 different activities on how to improve your English using these podcasts from the website, www.newenglishacademy.com. Don’t forget to check out the catalogue of free online English courses too. This podcast is aimed at beginner level students but there is something useful here for everyone. Grammar explanation: Here in the Green Heart of Italy, I have made lots of new friends. Some friends are local people and other friends come from foreign countries to find work here. My friend Marian comes from Slovakia. He is a stone-mason, which means he knows how to build things with stone. Marian speaks pretty good Italian, but many of the people he works for don't come from Italy and they don't speak much Italian. So, he has to speak to them in English. Often, they want to help him do his job. This means Marian has to speak to them in a mixture of Italian and English. He has to give them instructions and directions and tell them what to do and how to do it. When Marian tells someone to do something, he uses a very useful bit of grammar - the imperative form of a verb. The imperative is the verb when you tell someone to do something, when you give directions or instructions or give an order. It's very easy to use. It is also very direct and straight so it is a good idea to be polite with it.  To tell someone to do something with the imperative just use the base form of the verb - that is, the verb without to. You don't have to change it or add anything to it.  So for example: Give me that nail gun. Start the compressor. If you want to tell someone not to do something, I mean, if you want to use the imperative in the negative, that is really easy too. Just add Do not before the verb. To make it friendlier, or politer add Please and make a contraction from Do not to Don't... So for example: Don't stand there. Please don't do that. Marian always tries to be polite so he doesn't always use imperatives. Instead, he makes them into requests. This means, he asks you to do something. It is very easy to take an imperative and change it into a request. All you need is a simple modal auxiliary, such as Can or could and make it into a question.  For example: Could you pass me that hammer, please? Can you put away the tools, please? When someone uses imperatives or requests, you can answer in a couple of ways. If you want to do it, you can say Sure! or OK! For example: · Put that hammer in the box there. Sure! · Don’t throw out that newspaper. OK. But…if you don't want to do it then you have to find a polite way to refuse. Refusing or saying no to anything in English is not as simple as just saying No! We’ll look at how to refuse things in more detail in another lesson. Lastly, a quick word about some of the verbs in today’s lesson. We’re going to look at phrasal verbs, or two-word verbs. This means they have a preposition or a particle after the verb.  They are very common and you’ll hear them all the time in spoken English.  And like everything in any language, there are some rules. Some phrasal verbs need an object. This means they need a something or someone to receive the action of the verb. For example: · You should put away the tools  – put away is the phrasal verb and tools is the object. You can put the object either after the verb and the particle OR between the verb and the particle. So, for example; · Don’t turn on the radio. · Don’t turn the radio on. Did you see where the object is? The object of both these sentences is the radio. In the first sentence it is after the phrasal verb, in the second it is between the verb and the particle. Lastly, one important rule: When the object is a pronoun, it has to go between the verb and the particle. So for example; · Turn the radio off. · Turn it off. Some phrasal verbs don’t take an object so there is no problem with where to put the pronoun. As I said, phrasal verbs are really common in spoken English. There is no easy way to learn them other than by reading and listening and remembering them. You can get a list of which phrasal verbs in the vocabulary lesson in the online course on imperatives and phrasal verbs on the website. Now for some reading and listening comprehension. With the right imperatives to tell his friends and helpers what to do, Marian can build and fix houses. Last week Marian and I worked together. He is the boss so he asked or told me to do lots of different things. While you listen to the dialog try to find all the imperatives. Then, listen again and find all the requests. You can check them on the transcript. Also, check what phrases we use to say yes! when we give an order or make a request. On the transcript, use a highlighter to show the imperative and the answer. Enjoy! That’s an imperative! Comprehension text A couple of weeks ago, Marian and I worked together to paint my house. It was a lot easier with two guys doing the work. I had painted houses before but Marian has more experience than me so he told me what to do sometimes. It all started when I asked him to help me. G: Marian, could you take a look at the paint in my house sometime soon? Some of it is old and needs fixing. M: Sure! When is a good time for you? G: How about tomorrow morning? M: OK. Phone me when you are ready. G: OK. Can you give me an estimate tomorrow too? M: Probably. Let me look at it and we'll see. I have to measure the walls. G: Oh, and could you let me know tomorrow what things we need? M: Sure. It depends on the house, you know? Do I have to prepare an invoice too? G: What? An invoice? So the next day I phoned him and he came over. Here is how it went. G: OK, this is the living room... M: Hmm... look at that damp patch in the corner. We will have to fix that. G: OK, what else? M: Could you help me move the sofa? Thanks. OK - come here a minute. G: What's up? M: There is something wrong with the skirting board here. G: OK, I see. Can you fix it too? M: Sure. No problems. I'll do it later. Now, pass me the ladder, will you? G: Here you go. M: OK, we need to put masking tape all around the doors and windows. G: Sure. Give me the tape and I'll get started over here. M: Pick up the tool box - I think the tape is under it. G: OK, I got it. M: Right. Let's get started. You finish putting up the tape; I'll take a look at the damp patch. G: OK... We worked together and put up the masking tape. The damp patch was difficult to fix, however.  M: OK we have a small problem here. Could you hand me that trowel? I want to dig out some of the old plaster here in this corner. G: Here you go. Can I do anything to help? M: Sure. Get the new plaster for me, please. Then put some of it on this float and pass it up to me when I'm ready. G: Right. Watch out for the old plaster here. Don't let it get in your eyes. It isn't good for you. M: No worries. Here we go. I finished. Now, could you hand me the float with the new plaster? Thanks. G: Sure. Be careful around the edges there. M: It's OK - I know what I'm doing. G: Great - that looks better already. What next? M: Well, we have to wait for it to dry before we can paint it. But we can tidy up the room and get ready for the first coat.... So we started tidying up the place and moving the furniture. M: OK, could you give me a hand with this cabinet? I want to put it into the middle of the room, under the light. It will be safer there. G: Got it. Gee, it's heavy - difficult to move... M: Don't worry - just use koshi mawashi... G: Ha ha, funny guy. What about the tools? They are everywhere... M: OK - put them away. The brushes, mixer and the float go in the bucket. Put the trowel and the tape back in the toolbox. Don’t throw out that paint thinner – it will be useful later. G: Sure. Anything else? M: Hmm... could you turn on the light and turn off the radio? I need perfect light and peace when I'm painting a room. G: OK, Picasso. Lights on, radio off. Right. Let's go have a coffee before we start painting. M: Good idea! After the coffee we mixed up the paint, climbed up the ladders and started painting. The first coat went on the ceiling and walls nice and smoothly and after a couple of hours we were ready to stop for the day and let the paint dry. M: OK, I think we can quit now. Let’s stop here, clean up, and start again tomorrow morning. G: Alright. I’ll wash the rollers and brushes. M: OK, but don’t wash them in hot water, just use cold water. And when you have finished, don’t let them stay wet. Dry them on the tree outside. G: Got it. How about pay? M: Don’t pay me today. Pay me tomorrow when we finish the job. G: Fine – see you tomorrow, then. M: Ciao.   G: Ciao.

43-G - What is Truth

For a limited time only*, you can check out this week's episode IN SMELL-O-VISION as we talk about fans of fad foods! Plus, we've got a special guest: Nick H of the Epic Film Guys and RestauRant podcast! Next week, we're closing out the season with a callback to the first episode. We'll be getting our D-4 classification to learn about the world of the SCP Foundation! * Only at participating locations ## Where can I learn more about EFG Nick and the Epic Film Guys? > **Epic Film Guy Nick** has been in love with film and filming for as long as he can remember. When he's not listening to Justin's lisp, he is focused on his two sons, fiancee, and working on his own screenplays. Other interests include beer and playing music. > > — [Epic Film Guys - About Us](https://epicfilmguys.wordpress.com/about-us/) To find out more, check out: - The [Epic Film Guys podcast](http://www.epicfilmguys.com/) - The [RestauRant podcast](http://restaurantpod.podbean.com/) - The Epic Film Guys on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/epicfilmguys) and [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/epicfilmguys) - Nick H on Twitter: [@thedraylives](http://www.twitter.com/theredraylives) ## Episode outline ### Fandom Facts **Search Data:** We had no idea how to even broach this topic; what is the search term for fad food? What we learned is that [interest in the McRib](https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=all&q=hipster%20food,fad%20food,mcrib), for example, dwarfs interest in search terms like 'fad food' or 'hipster food'. If you remove that, there is a noted increase in interest in 'hipster food' and decrease in interest in 'fad food' since 2004 (though overall, fad food is the more popular search). The vast majority of results come from countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. ### [Last Episode's](http://fanthropological.com/e/breakfast-cereals-part-of-a-fanss-complete-breakfast/) Famous Last Words **Z** Is there a fad food fan out there who collects wrappers (or similar)? **G** What was the first fast food restaurant to have a secret menu? **T** Are there people who collect and preserve fad foods? If so, how do they do it? ### The Verdict **T is out.** Fad food fans are not a thing. **G is out.** Not tailgatin' in a McDonald's parking lot. **Z is out.** Not chasing down fad foods. **EFG Nick is out.** Can't... no. Just eat something else. McRib is garbage. ### This week's spotlight **[Ronald McDonald House Charities](https://www.rmhccanada.ca/) or [in the US](https://www.rmhc.org/)** > Ronald McDonald Houses provide families of sick children with a home to stay at while their child is being treated at a nearby hospital. Ronald McDonald Family Rooms also provide a comfortable place for families to rest and recharge, right inside hospitals. And through Ronald McDonald Care Mobiles, we help to bring basic medical care to vulnerable communities. So families can stay together and kids can heal better. ### Famous Last Words This week's famous last words around *next week's* fandom, SCP Foundation! **Z** Is there a writer who is at least internet famous who got their start with the SCP foundation? **G** How influenced is it by pop culture? **T** Are they supposed to be creepy? **EFG Nick** Time travel creepypasta. ## Where can you find us online? We are everywhere! Most notably though, we like to hang out in a few places on social media: - If you want to be part of our podcast (or just want to check us out), we record our podcast LIVE on [twitch.tv](http://twitch.tv/thenickscast) every Monday at 20:00 Eastern Time! - For all the latest updates, check us out on [Facebook](https://facebook.com/thenickscast) or [Twitter](https://twitter.com/thenickscast) - To see the latest hijinx from our conventions or even our daily lives and adventures, check us out on [Instagram](https://instagram.com/thenickscast) - For our lat