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Brilliant Disguise

Jason stared at his reflection in the mirror. He didn't think it would work, but the Mylonas cousins were convinced. The disguise was brilliant and Cassadine would never suspect a thing.

"It is good, no?" Tyrone asked. Again. A wide smile lit up his dark, Greek features. He was especially proud since the disguise was his idea. He adjusted the fedora on top of Jason's head. "Ah, just right. Just like that guy… You know…the one with the whip…"

"Whip?" Jason frowned. He'd need more than a whip to get Dawn away from Cassadine. But the thought of whipping Nikolas Cassadine brought a faint smile to his face.

"Aiiyy!" Jeno grumbled. "Whip! Just because Morgan's an American doesn't mean he's that Indiana Jones."

Indiana Jones? Jason wondered. Who the hell was that?

"I know that," Tyrone argued with a frown. "But he will have to think like Indiana. He is in disguise, no? He cannot think like Jason Morgan tonight. He must be prepared for anything."

"I am," Jason assured them as well as himself. He pushed the hat back the way he had it before. It hung low across his eyes and worked with the fake beard and glasses to hide his face. Anatoli handed him his tuxedo jacket and Jason pulled it on. The jacket was heavier than the usual expensive coat. Jason became accustomed to the weight as Anatoli explained the jacket's numerous features.

"A small .22 is in the left sleeve, a switchblade is in the right. The jacket is fire proof, but we hope it will not come to that." Anatoli handed Jason a wallet filled with fake credentials: ID, password, etc. "We will call you Jayr Myron. Do not become confused."

"I won't. Is there anything else?" Jason asked.

"Nothing," Anatoli said. "We will go now."

They took a limo to the party, but several vans filled with the Mylonas' trusted men waited at the curb a short distance away. Jason believed that the cousins would do everything within their power to aid him, but the main goal of getting Dawn out would fall on his shoulders. And that was completely fine with him.

Jason passed the first check point without any problems. Tyrone nodded and smiled. The man's obvious happiness with his idea grew on Jason after awhile. He knew that Sonny's cousin meant well. They moved through the party in pairs. Jason with Anatoli and Jeno with Tyrone. The number of attendees increased. Jason figured that was good. With a large crowd of witnesses, he doubted if Nikolas would want to embarrass himself or his family's name. Not that it mattered what Nikolas wanted. Whatever happened, Dawn would leave with Jason that night.

The party dragged on without any sight of Dawn by any of them. Jason spotted Emily near a staircase. He almost went to her, but decided against it. If she didn't recognize his face, she would know his voice. Without meaning to, she could reveal him. He turned away. There had to be another way.

Later, Stefan appeared and lifted a toast to the young prince. Nikolas smiled and accepted the words with gracious aplomb. Jason had to fight the urge to rip the younger man's throat out.

"She should be at his side," Anatoli said quietly.

"She's here," Jason said with full certainty. "Maybe he doesn't want anyone to know what he's done. I know she's here. Somewhere."

Anatoli nodded once. "We will search the grounds."

They told the other cousins of their intentions. Jeno decided to stay with the party to keep an eye on Nikolas and Tyrone took off with Anatoli and Jason. Slipping in and around the large estate wasn't too difficult. They had a couple of near misses, but they were able to search the second floor without any problems.

"There is but one floor left," Tyrone said after the second floor provided them with no results.

Jason swallowed hard. If Dawn wasn't upstairs… He shook his head of the thought. Of course, she was there. He could feel her! Nikolas wouldn't kill Dawn. Keeping her as his possession would be too much of a thrill for him. No, Dawn was there. Jason just had to find her.

He wanted to split up when they reached the top floor, but Anatoli wouldn't allow it. Biting back an angry remark, Jason turned away and went through all the doors. Every one of them opened except for the last one.

This is it! He thought barely able to contain his excitement.

Tyrone picked the lock and had the door opened in seconds. The room was dark, but Jason rushed inside anyway. She was there!

"Dawn," he called out.

Muffled cries drifted from the open window. The sobs mingled with the sound of the band playing below and were almost impossible to hear. Jason moved toward them, certain that what he felt wasn't wrong.

"Dawn," he said again, walking faster.

"You bastard!" a voice cried. "Making yourself sound like him? You are such a sick sonavubitch! I hate you, Nikolas!"

Her hands balled into fists and attacked Jason's chest. He grabbed her upper arms and shook her.

"I'm not Nikolas!" he said in a fierce whisper. "It's Jason, baby. I'm here."

Her cries halted in a loud gasp. "Is it…?" She edged them toward the stream of moonlight that beamed into the room. Her mouth dropped open and the next thing Jason knew her arms were around him, crushing her to him.

"Please, be real," she whispered against his ear. "I couldn't bear it if this was just another dream. I can't take this living nightmare."

"I'm real," he said, slowly pulling back to stare into her dark brown eyes. His hands held her face and searched her eyes. Other the pain of being away from her family, she hadn't been too damaged by Nikolas' cruelty. He'd made it in time. "I'm real and I love you."

"I love you, too," she choked, the tears coming again. "How's Faith? Is she okay? Is she safe?"

"She's perfect," he promised. "She's safe and you'll be with her soon."

And unable to withstand another moment of not tasting her, he bent forward and tenderly claimed her lips with his own.

I hold you in my arms
As the band plays…

So tell me what I see
When I look in your eyes
Is that you baby
Or just a brilliant disguise

(Song credit: "Brilliant Disguise" from Bruce Springsteen's Tunnel of Love CD)

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  • Asian Sesame Krab Salad
    • w/ Tempura Crunchies
  • Spinach Artichoke Wonton cups
  • Smoked Pork BBQ Sliders
    • w/ Bourbon Whiskey Sauce
    • w/ Eastern NC Vinegar Mustard Sauce
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Caprese Skewers
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  • Mozzarella Balls
  • Basil leaves (cinnamon)
  • Balsamic Vinegar
  • Olive Oil
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Garlic Pepper

Cut the tomatoes in half, add mozzarella, and marinate for at least 30 minutes in oil, vinegar, salt, pepper, and garlic.  Skewer tomato, basil, then tomato.  Can drizzle with reduced balsamic.

Asian Krab Salad
inspired by Umi Restaurant
(Makes a ton)
  • 4 lbs Krab
  • 3 heads iceberg lettuce
  • 6 tsp lemon juice
  • 8 tsp sesame oil
  • 2 tsp soy sauce
  • 2 tsp sesame seeds
  • 2-4 tsp Salt
  • 1-2 tsp Black Pepper
  • 1-2 Cups neutral oil (Canola)
  • ½ Box tempura batter
  • 2/3 cup water
  • 1 ice cube
Shred Krab in food processor using shred-plate blade, or by hand.  It should resemble ¼ to ½ inch threads.  Squirt lemon juice over lettuce to prevent browning and for flavor.  Place in colander to allow to drain while prepping the rest.  Cut lettuce down into ½ inch thin strips, trying to match the size of the Krab.  Combine lettuce and krab, then add sesame, soy, salt, pepper, and seeds.  Toss until thoroughly mixed.  Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Tempura Crunchies
In the meantime, place the oil in a small but deep sauce pan over medium-high heat, aiming for fry temperature of 375ºF.  Make the tempura batter as indicated: combine flour with 2/3 cup, whisk, add ice cube.  Drop batter into oil in small drops from either whisk or spoon, from 4-8 inches.  BE CAREFUL OF SPLASHING HOT OIL!!!

The height helps makes small individual fried crunchies.  Remove with spider to drying rack set on paper towels to wick oil.  Place tempura in pan in oven to stay warm
and crispy.  Can be flavored.  Toss with salad just before servings.

Spinach Artichoke Wonton Cups

Smoked Pork BBQ Sliders
  • 2 Boston butts (pork shoulder)
Brine the butts in a salt and water mixture for 1-2 hours.  Smoke in an (electric) smoker, with your choice of flavorant--I like hickory or applewood chips.  Make sure to keep moist, refilling the water reservoir.  Smoke for 8-10 hours, until the butt reaches an internal temperature of 140-145ºF.  Remove, wrap in aluminum foil, and rest for at least 30 minutes.

Bourbon Whiskey Sauce (makes 8oz)
Ingredients (amounts are approximate)
  • 2-3oz Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey (or Tennessee Whiskey)
  • 24oz Pale Ale or Lager
  • 2 Tbsp Tomato Paste
  • 2 tsp Molasses
  • 1 tsp Honey
  • 3-4 tsp Balsamic Vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp Smoked Hungarian Paprika
  • 1/2 tsp Onion Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
  • 2 Pinches Cinnamon
  • Pinch Nutmeg
  • Pinch 1/4 tsp Cayenne Pepper
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Pepper
  • Dash lemon juice
  • Pork Gelatin leavings
Combine all ingredients in small sauce pan over medium low heat, simmer until reduced, about 1-2 hours.

Eastern NC Vinegar Mustard Sauce
Ingredients (amounts are approximate)
  • 1 tsp Dijon Mustard
  • 1 tsp Mustard Powder
  • 1/4 tsp Red Pepper flakes
  • 4-6oz White Wine
  • 1 tsp Honey
  • 1-2 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
  • 1/2 tsp Sage
  • 1/2 tsp Onion Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
  • 1/4 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Pepper
  • Dash lemon juice
  • Pork Gelatin leavings
Combine all ingredients in small sauce pan over medium low heat, simmer 30-60 minutes.  Will be liquid.
Serve pork, hot or cold, with sauce on mini-buns.

Flank Steak Skewers
Grill 2-4 flank steaks to medium-rare temp, 140 ºF.  Remove, wrap in aluminum foil, rest, refrigerate until chilled.  Slice perpendicular to the grain in 1 - 1 1/2 inch wide strips, and skewer in a wavy s-curve.

Horseradish Sauce
Adapted from Alton Brown
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1/4 1/2 cup grated fresh horseradish
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Place all of the ingredients, except horseradish, into a medium mixing bowl and whisk until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Peel fresh horseradish, grate with microplane over sauce bowl.  Stir to combine.  Place in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours or overnight to allow flavors to meld. Sauce can be stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container for 2 to 3 weeks.

Key Lime Tarts

Adapted from Athens Food

  • 1/2 cup room temp. cream cheese
  • 1/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
  • 1 teaspoon lime zest (1/2 for garnish)
  • 15 Athens® Mini Fillo Shells (1 box)
  • 2 thin slices of lime, cut into eighths, for garnish

In a small bowl, combine cream cheese and milk. Mix until light and fluffy. Add lime juice and lime zest. Mix thoroughly. Transfer to Ziploc bag, and chill for at least 1 hour. Snip the tip of a corner, and pipe ~2 teaspoons of filling into each Fillo Shell. Garnish with whipped cream, and sliced lime or zest. Serve immediately.  Makes 15 desserts

Mini Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake
Adapted from Smitten Kitchen, who got it from somebody else.

Instead of making a chocolate sour cream cake from scratch, I again used the (2) Arrowhead Mills Organic Chocolate cake mix(es).  I divided the batter into 2, 16x12 sheet pan, lined with parchment paper, sprayed with Canola Oil and lightly flowered.  I baked them at 350F, for about 28 minutes.  Cooled and cut into about 240 little squares.  I then made ~120, two layer mini-cakes (~2oz), with the peanut butter frosting between the cakes and on top, then covered with the chocolate peanut butter glaze.

Peanut Butter Frosting
Makes about 5 cups
  • 10 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
  • 1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature
  • 5 4 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted
  • 1 1/3 cup smooth peanut butter
In a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy. Gradually add the confectioners’ sugar 1 cup at a time, mixing thoroughly after each addition and scraping down the sides of the bowl often. Continue to beat on medium speed until light and fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes.  Add the peanut butter and beat until thoroughly blended.

Fit piping bag tip onto a gallon Ziploc bag; scoop frosting into a bag and pipe onto cakes.

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Glaze
Makes about 1 1/2 cups

  • 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped or morsels
  • 3 4 tablespoons smooth peanut butter
  • 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
  • 1/2 cup half-and-half
Half fill a small saucepan with water and place over medium to medium low heat, aim for a simmer.  Put a medium METAL mixing bowl on top of the pan.  Use one large enough to whisk in, and tall enough that the steam doesn't roll from the sauce pan to the chocolate.  Combine the chocolate, corn syrup, and peanut butter in the bowl.  Let melt, and gently whisk until thoroughly combined and smooth.  The chocolate will take on a matte finish until you add the half-and-half.

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Are you aware of the Banff Mountain Film Festival coming to Traverse City?

Fri, Mar  22, 2013 - By Judy Vajda

Are you aware of the?? Have you purchased your tickets?

On April 2nd at 6:00pm, witness a series of high energy, adrenalin filled short films at the State Theater. As a host organization, the Vasa Ski Club has curate a program that reflects the interests of local audiences from a selection of films on exploration and adventure, culture and environment, and mountain sports.

An afterglow gathering is taking place at Back Country North on Front Street, where we’ll raffle off items and reminisce about the films we just watched! Everyone is sure to leave the Theater with a great deal of excitement! As a bonus, Shorts Brewery is sponsoring the spirits!

Banff Mountain Film Festival coming to Traverse City. Sponsored by the Vasa Ski ClubWait!! There’s more! The world’s most revered free solo climber, Alex Honnold is attending and will be available during the afterglow for Q&A, Meet & Greet. To have Alex Honnold on hand to discuss the film that features his climbing is an incredible opportunity for our community! Did you see him featured on 60 Minutes? Thankfully, his palms weren’t as sweaty as mine!!

Ticket holders will be eligible for the raffle prizes made available by international, local presenting and supporting sponsors. What? All of this for $10.00 per ticket? You’ve got that right!!

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Need one more reason to attend? The program benefits the Youth Nordic Ski Program!!

Tell everyone you know and get your tickets before seats are filled!

See you there!
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Cabs for hire?

While not quite being in the same league as John Mortimer of Rumpole of the Bailey fame, Aussie barrister Stuart Littlemore has shown he's more than just a pretty face with a clever way with the spoken word.

The third in Littlemore's Harry Curry series, Harry Curry: Rats and Mice, is as good as the first two instalments, The Harry Curry Collection and Harry Curry: The Murder Book.

However, readers must be disappointed with publisher Harper Collins declaring Rats and Mice is Littlemore's final instalment in the Harry Curry series.

This reader was hoping Harry Curry's partner and mother of their child, Arabella Engineer, who has made exceptional progress in her career inthe legal profession was part of the legal team at the NSW ICAC when former, and disgraced, NSW MP Eddie Obeid and his associates were making their many appearances. That, especially the behind-the-scenes bits, sure would have made for interesting reading

A few of this reader's favourite snippets from Rats and Mice are:

(Harry's) mood when he got off the plane was not good. He clipped another car's mudguard backing the Landcruiser out of its parking space, but pretended he hadn't noticed.

David Surrey (Harry's instructing solicitor): I've volunteered to take the Legal Aid list ... A week or so of rats and mice, probably mostly guilty pleas. You just have to roll your arm over.  ...

... running inferior cases for inferior suburban solicitors who have yet to learn the fundamental rule of litigation: never believe your client.

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Ohio for Obama, Rock Star Volunteer, Episode II

Special note: I'm struggling a little bit with getting pics and video up. You will have to use your imagination a little bit. It will probably hurt!...on to the blog...

One of the tasks I quickly dominated was phone banking. Basically, you call people to determine if they are Obama supporters and if they can volunteer. After a few good hours of this, it became like shooting fish in a barrel. I even remarked to handsome Obama staffer, Luke, who I was actually starting to like after our shaky introduction from Episode I, "Putting me on phone banking is a little bit like having Pele play foosball. Of course, he could do it, but what a waste of his talents!"

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I should be running the phonebanking operation. Soon, I was, with a little help from volunteer Dave. One of my most important tasks was making sure that Dave knew his place, which was beneath me. For instance, I made nametags for us. Mine said, "Phonebank Captain" and his said "Phonebank Co-Captain" or mine said "Phonebank CEO" and his said "Phonebank Middle Management".

One of my favorite stories was, after a long night of phonebanking, I talked to super dedicated volunteer Diane Durham. I asked her how her night had gone, and she said she had had some really negative calls right in a row at the end of the night. I could tell she was discouraged, so I said, "Maybe we should just quit!" :)

I was looking for more and more leadership roles, and I was promised by my field organizer, Carrianna, that I could run the canvassing (door to door) operation the next day. I could just see myself training people so well that I was essentially cloning myself, so there would be about 50 Fulchers out there dominating the doors, and I could sit inside where it was warm, yuck it up and drink hot chocolate. When I got there, Carrianna sent me to the other office to pick up computers. Since it was assigned to me, I was pretty sure this was the most important task ever and critical to our canvassing operation. I went to the downtown office expecting to be treated like royalty. Instead, I was ignored while all of the important people were on some conference call. They even made me answer phones while I waited. I remember a call from a father from Virginia that said he, his wife and four kids were going to drive to Dayton for a day, just to volunteer and go to church there. He said he never does anything like this, but was just so inspired. I told him not to come and that we'd probably lose by about 10 points no matter what. ;) Many of the calls I got were people looking for information about the Dayton office, which did not have a phone yet; I funneled them all to my friend from Iowa, Girish. Good guy, great mustache.

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I decided I need a really bad chicken sandwich to brighten my mood, so I stopped off at a dive bar that was openly defying the Ohio smoking ban. The barflies were even trained to hide their cigarettes when anyone walked in. Good thing carbon monoxide is odorless.

I contemplated turning this place in for its civil disobedience, but, once I listened to the regulars, I couldn't help but like them. Two were discussing why Congress was investigating steroids while they should be ending the war in Iraq. Another leaned towards me and said, "how do you spell arbitrarily?" You can't make this kind of stuff up...and, of course, I just had to start smoking to fit in, and I've never really looked back.

My rock star volunteer status really started popping when I appeared in my first video of the campaign season.

Not my best work, but solid video making by Bexley High School student Jake Beech. Although it could have used more of me and less of everyone else. :)

I met the person with the best job in the world. Her name is Caitlin Harvey. The first time I met her she was leaving the downtown office to go and see Teddy Kennedy speak in Youngstown. I gave her my card and told her to slip it to Teddy. On 2-22, she shows up to interview me. She conveniently forgot the one task I had trusted her with. I soon forgave her, and the reason I say she has the best job in the world is that she is paid to listen to my stories. She's a blogger for the campaign and knows a rock star volunteer when she sees one. It wasn't long before she was eating out of my hand. A few hours later, my sister called me. She had been browsing http://www.barackobama.com/ and came across my profile. Thanks to Caitlin Harvey, my good looks and enthusiasm, I had made the main page. Woo hoo! Obama himself has been trying to make the main page for over a year. Keep trying, buddy!

Lastly, I weaseled my way in front of yet another camera to talk about canvassing. I hadn't planned on going canvassing that day (that's for people that I boss around). 10TV was doing some lame story about the campaign until I sat down and made the story about ME!!! If you look on Obama's website, it says "This campaign is about YOU!" I take that quite literally.
I know that if you look at the site from your computer it says "This campaign is about FULCH!" :)

As the interviewer guy throws me softballs, I'm knocking them out of the park with lines like "this is the center of the political universe" and "friends don't let friends vote for hillary" (the latter I actually didn't say...it came from my brother...you can tell we are close!) Soon, the interview guy is asking me if I would go canvassing, and he could film me. I just happened to wear my OSU jersey with my name on the back (marketing, baby!).

It was very neat for students to come up to me the next day and say, "I saw you on the news!" My first thought was, "kids watch the news? I hate the news! It's so boring." Of course when I am on it, it is slightly less boring.

Thus ends the tale of Fulcher, the rock star. There's still a lot left to tell, but my 15 minutes of fame was pretty much over. I'm actually pretty famous now, but not rich. So, please send me money, so I can quit my job and be a full time celebrity.

A few questions remain:

Would Carrianna be able to work her way back into my good graces after the canvassing betrayal? Would I be able to make any national news services? Would I be able to encourage any out of state volunteers to join me? What role would DC play in our big win on March 4th?

In case you are wondering about my apparent bombastic claims and attitude, keep in mind I am working through many of these issues with my psychologist, and I didn't even include how I think I can box like Muhammad Ali, dance like Michael Jackson, and sing like...well, if you saw my South Carolina blog, you know I can't really sing...

Until Episode III...

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Start your Valentine's weekend right with the best new music from the last seven(ish) days.

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Love was in the air for a lot of this week’s new releases; from D.R.A.M to Thundercat, no-one has been safe from the Valentine’s Day spirit. Fear not, though, because if Valentine’s isn’t your bag, or if you left a bag with a present for your valentine on the train on your way to work, there’s plenty of exciting new releases that are perfectly loveless. Get stuck in.

Big Baby D.R.A.M – ‘Cute’

It’s a great time to be a puppeteer in hip hop. First Chance came through with his puppet production team on ‘Same Drugs’, and now D.R.A.M has enlisted a felt alter-ego for his insanely catchy Big Baby… cut, ‘Cute.’

DJ Khaled – ‘Shining’ ft Beyoncé and Jay Z

The celebration track for what should have been Beyoncé’s Album of the Year win at the Grammy’s, ‘Shining’ may not the victory lap it was intended to be, but it’s still a jam. Rapping Beyoncé is the best Beyoncé; Jay Z’s verse is okay too, we guess.

Jesca Hoop – ‘Memories Are Now’

Fans of St.Vincent pay attention to this one. Jesca Hoop is Sub Pop’s guitar-wielding, abstract pop maestro and she’s got a real knack for breaking a song down to its simplest parts. The video is a surrealist joy of collage and visual effects as well.

Thundercat – ‘Friend Zone’

Process is out and everything I wanted it to be, which means that Drunk is the album I’m now officially ‘most hype’ for. Just listen to those oscillating synth and basslines and tell me that everything Thundercat touches isn’t gold.

Animal Collective – ‘Kind of Bonkers’

From one psychedelic animal to a whole group of them now and Animal Collective have returned with a new EP. Compared to tracks like ‘FloriDada’, ‘Kind of Bonkers’ is pretty tame, which is I guess why they called it that. It’s still exactly the kind of bizarro groove-laden indie you’d expect from Avey, Panda and co. though.

Dedekind Cut – ‘Lil Puffy Coat’

Fair warning: I know the title of this track sounds like an irreverent bubblegum trap song about your new favourite rapper’s new favourite coat, but it’s actually a mildly terrifying, incredibly dark ambient cut that will haunt your dreams for the next week. If ambient music can ‘bang’ then this bangs.

Clipping. – ‘Back Up’ ft. Antwon, Sir Benedick The Moor

Keeping things industrial, scary and just, well, noisy, Clipping dropped their horrifying new video for Wiggle cut ‘Back Up’ this week. Antwon comes through with a brutal opening verse before main man Daveed Diggs takes on the hook, striking terror into the hearts of everyone that stumbled across Clipping. while looking for clips of Hamilton online.

Joey Bada$$ – ‘Victory’

I mean, yeah, this song is technically for a campaign that Mountain Dew are doing with the NBA, which, let’s be real, is kinda whack from a guy who once claimed to be ‘Christ Conscious’ but, it’s the first new Joey Bada$$ we’ve had in a while, and this beat really does knock, so we’ll let it slide.

The Rhythm Method – ‘Cruel’ ft. Zoee

The first glimmer of hope that spring will soon come, this new track from rock-steady rockers Rhythm Method is an ironically sunny ode to drug dependency released on valentines day, tied together with sober spoken word and produced by none other than ‘king of this shit’ Mike Skinner.

Cosmo Pyke – ‘Chronic Sunshine’

Cosmo Pyke has been bubbling away for a lil while now and now, fresh from modelling in Notion 74 he’s dropped a brand new track that has us longing for summer days and ‘Chronic Sunshine.’ The winter’s nearly over lads.

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I never really thought meditation could help me deal with life in general. But the more research I have done with my problems with sleeping as a shift worker and the stresses of life, work and family, it just seemed something that I should try out.

Muse Brain Sensing Headband Review

I have been using the newer Muse generation 2 headset for around 6 months now, paired to a Samsung Galaxy S7. This meditation training device has really helped improved my reflection routine to be able to quickly get into that deep meditative state. With regular practice you can quickly get into that Goldie locks zone in as little as 3 minutes a day, any time, anywhere. Although I usually do a 12 minute session, this is best for me.

With 2 colors currently available white and black, you can choose either the light or the dark side. You can adjust the size as it’s a one size fits all. Even my children who are all under 13 years old, have had a go with some interesting results. It comes in a nice storage case which will protect your biofeedback headband. I actually have taken mine to work, and use it during my lunch break at times. Let those creative ideas flow.

  • Quickly gets you in the deep meditative state, even with no experience.
  • Tracking of your progress on each session.
  • Range of 3rd party apps and games that can be used with the Muse Headband.
  • Can help with treating problems such as depression, stress and anxiety.
  • Easy to use, and can be shared with the whole family with multiple accounts.
  • Fantastic official app to show your progress in real time.

  • Slightly expensive but its a one off cost with amazing features. Well worth the money in my opinion.
  • Needs to have contact to clean skin for it to work well.

Why we need to meditate

Over time your brain will begin to get overloaded with the trials of life. Sometime we can get a little overloaded and require a time out. This is when an electronic meditation device can help with resetting your mind.muse headset band

The Muse bio-metric headset is a fantastic tool that gives you accurate, real-time feedback on what’s happening in your brain when you meditate. If you don’t know how to meditate or are having trouble staying focused  then this is the one for you.

I had been wanting to use deep meditation to help me sleep. As a shift worker sleeping at odd hours of the day and night, I was starting to make me have really bad mood swings. Waking up without enough sleep was beginning to take its toll.

I tried the Philips wake up alarm clock, and while that has helped a great deal for waking up feeling positive, I was still getting stressed at work. Learning about all the benefits of meditation – such as relaxation, improved mood and reduced stress, made we want to learn more.

One of the top rated products that I came across to assist me in learning to meditate, was the generation 2 Muse brain sensing headband. This is a product that has been fully tested and reviewed positively by thousands of people young and old.

Research has shown that by using the Muse app, and starting with a short 3-5 minute meditation session will dramatically help you build a strong mind. This is a routine that will greatly improve your stress and anxiety levels. The measurements Muse takes are totally harmless to people and only provide information and details about your general meditation state.muse headband review meditation bio feedback case

This gen 2 biofeedback headset will measure your brain waves, it does this using EEG. (also know as electroencephalogram.) The Muse headband is a small band that sit easily on your head and measures your brain activity through its special sensors. There are 7 EEG sensors capable of reading 4 channels of data. Two on the forehead and two at the top of the ears. With the remaining reference sensors on the forehead.

Because your brain cells communicate via electrical impulses and are active all the time, the muse can measure and interpret some of these signals.

The science behind the Muse headband

Your brain waves are completely different depending on your environment and state of mind. If you are in love or feel anxiety your brain waves will look different through the EEG. The signal your brain outputs look much like a sine wave, such as fast and slow, low and high frequency. As we experience different emotions our waves change.Muse Brain Sensing Headband review meditation made easy

Brain Waves frequency explained

  • INFRA-LOW (<.5HZ)  — Infra-Low brainwaves are also known as Slow Cortical Potentials. They are thought to be the basic cortical rhythms that underline our higher brain functions.
  • Delta Waves – (0.5 – 3 Hz) — Delta brainwaves are a slow and wide frequency.  They happen when you are in a deep, dreamless sleep. Newborns sleep in this stage, adults less so. But are super important for the brain to repair its self. It’s the main source of empathy.
  • Theta Waves – (4 – 7.9 Hz) — Theta brainwaves occur most often in deep dreaming sleep like REM sleep. Theta Waves are also more dominant in deep meditation. This is a state we would all like to achieve.
  • Alpha Waves – (8 – 12 Hz) — Alpha brainwaves are dominant during relaxed quietly flowing thoughts, and in some meditative states. This is the mode your mind is in when daydreaming and watching TV. It’s why we enjoy watching TV so much.
  • Beta Waves – (13– 38 Hz) — The awake state. Beta brainwaves dominate our normal every day waking state. This is when we engage in activities and conversation.
  • Gamma Waves – (38 Hz+) — Gamma brainwaves are the fastest of brain waves. Hyper alert, good for insights and higher learning. It passes information rapidly, but the mind must be relaxed to process thoughts. Love and Spirituality excel in this state.

No Drugs Required

Any process that changes your perception to life will change your brainwaves.
But we can also use not so natural chemical interventions, such as medications and recreational drugs. Whenever we alter our brain waves we may feel a boost of euphoria. This is why we can get hooked on some drugs to alter our brain function. Saying that, brainwaves training such as meditation, is another method of playing around with our brain waves to modify it into making us feel great, and to reset our mind.
Keeping away from drugs and returning to a proven using natural therapy like deep meditation, must surly be better for us on a whole.

Amazing meditation made easy technology

Your brain is constantly generating electrical signals like the Delta, Beta, Theta, and Gamma waves we talked about earlier on. So when you’re thinking, sleeping or even relaxing. These signals or waves can be detected from outside your head, via special sensitive sensors.

The Muse head-gear uses the same brain sensing neuro-feedback technology that doctors and scientists have used for over a century to detect and measure your brain signals. This is very similar to how a heart monitor can measure and record your pulse.

Muse headband has 7 finely calibrated sensors – Two on the forehead, Two behind the ears and three reference sensors. These are all used to detect and measure the activity of your brain.

  • Muse is your personal meditation assistant to keep you on track.
  • Sometimes your mind is calm and sometimes it’s wandering. Muse will guide you to a calm mind with neurofeedback training with sound.
  • Easy to use just put on the Muse headset, plug-in your ear buds, start the app, and close your eyes. Fully immerse yourself within the sounds of a beach, rain-forest, desert and others.
  • While you meditate, Muse will measures whether your mind is calm or active, and gives you biofeedback which it will translate that data, into weather noise sounds.
  • When you’re calm, you’ll hear peaceful weather sounds. When your mind wonders, the weather will intensify like a storm. This will guide you back to a calm state. Just concentrate on your breathing. It’s simply an amazing piece of technology.
  • After each session, your data is stored on your phone enabling you to review your data, set goals, and build a deeply rewarding meditation practice that will get better every time.
  • Charge via micro-USB jack, just like most cell phones.

How to tell what version Muse Headband you have

 muse black brainwave monitor Model Number printed inside left earpiece Color of “muse” text outside left earpiece Power Button inside right earpiece Number of USB ports
Muse Released 2014 MU-01 Grey Blank button with no symbol 2
New Muse Released 2016 MU-02 Blue Power symbol appears on the button 1
Where to buy Muse   Get the new Muse from Amazon

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Muse Meditation Biofeedback Device Training FAQ

  • Can I have multiple accounts on Muse app?

You sure can just log out of the app and re log in with another registered user. All your stats will be recorded and updated.

  • I want to record my brain waves without the background music is this possible?

Yes just head over to the Muse developers page and download the SDK this will give you more raw interesting features. There are also some 3rd party apps for the Muse. You can check out all your brain waves like the Alpha. Beta, Delta waves etc with Muse Monitor

  • How can I check the battery life on the Muse Headband

You can check the battery level of your Muse headgear by powering on the Muse and quickly be tapping the power button on your Muse. The LED lights will glow on your headband and will indicate the battery level. The more LED lights that illuminate, the more charge your Muse has.

It should around 3 hours to fully charge the Muse meditation device. A fully charged Muse will give you around 4+ hours run time. This is due to the internal battery being high quality 552030 Lithium Polymer 250mAh 0.925Wh 3.7V Shown in this Muse tear-down.

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You can also see the battery level of your headband during a meditation session – you will find the battery icon at the bottom of the app screen.

  • Does the Muse Headgear require the internet on a smartphone or tablet?

Yes the Muse app will require the internet first off to download the app from the Android or Apple stores and to originally login and sync your data. After that, it will work without the internet. Bluetooth is all that is required. To re-sync your brainwave history you will need to connect to the muse internet servers.

  • My Muse headband has a bad signal contact connection.

Sometimes the muse headgear will have trouble sensing your brain waves. Even if it’s already comfortable, try pulling or pushing the earpieces in and out. This will give you a better tighter fit for the sensors. Very similar to adjusting a pair of over the ear headphones. Find where you can feel the headband sensors putting a comfortable amount of pressure against your skin, but not too much pressure. As you won’t be able to meditate with your brain being squeezed. The headband shouldn’t be so tight as to be squeezing your ears forward.

If you still don’t have a good enough return signal, try wiping the sensors with a damp rag, this can help establish a connection.

Make sure your skin is clean. Make-up, sunscreen and the heavy buildup of natural oils from your skin, can form an electrical barrier that blocks the brain signals from reaching the sensors. Try wiping off any makeup and natural oils, with a damp cloth.

  • How to pair the Gen 1 and Gen 2 Muse headband with Bluetooth

Muse released the newer meditation headset in 2016 it uses Bluetooth with Low Energy technology to broadcast its availability to nearby devices. As such, pairing the headband with the mobile device is not required. All you need to do is turn the headband on and wait for the device to detect it.

To pair a first gen Muse headband, which was released in 2014 you have to pair the headset with a device using the device’s Bluetooth settings.  This is done by following the steps below.

  1. In the Settings menu of your device, either IOS or Android tap/select Bluetooth.
  2. Put the Muse meditation headband into pairing mode by holding the button down for five to 6 seconds until all five LEDs begin to flash on and off at the same time. Release the button.
  3. Press search for available devices.
  4. After a few seconds Muse will appear in the list of Available Bluetooth devices. Select it.
  5. You may be prompted to accept a pairing request from Muse, select OK..

Wait a few seconds for the pairing handshake process to complete. When it is done, Muse will be added to the list of approved paired devices. It will now auto connect every-time you use your Muse.

  • Can you post the Muse meditation headband to Australia?

Yes, they post to all over the world, to buy and post to Australia check out the link below.

Check out the official Muse headband meditation help video

How to use the Muse Headband?

First connect to the app

Begin by connecting your Muse headgear to the app on your mobile phone or tablet via Bluetooth. You will only need to do this the first time. After that your Muse headset will automatically try to link to the last device it was paired or connected to.muse headband connect to the app android

Make sure to do the tutorial

The very first time you use Muse electronic meditation device, you’ll be led through an easy tutorial. This demo will teach you how to adjust the headband for a perfect fit. This ensures that the Muse can correctly read your brain wave signals.

Always calibrate the Muse Brain Sensing Headband

Your brain, and everyone other brain in the world are very different. Your day-to-day activities and the environment you are in, will also affect the calibration each day. This is why it is important to calibrate the Muse meditation device before each session. The Muse will take a snapshot of your brain in a natural state. It then uses this snapshot image as a reference to understand your brain signals as you meditate.

Lets go and meditate

The Muse biofeedback headband will constantly give you feedback about your meditation state in real-time. It does this by translating your brain signals into the sounds of a familiar relaxing tones like wind or waves.

As your mind becomes calm and settled, you  will hear calm and settled winds or waves. But as your mind is becoming more active the winds will pick up and blow harder. This is a cue to start to relax again and think of nothing but drift off to within yourself.

After a few weeks, you will have trained your body to be able to enter a deep thought meditation state with minimal effort. I found that this device has helped me sleep better and wake up feeling more refreshed. It’s all about reconditioning your brain, and meditation helps to reset all the stresses in life.

For more information check out the Muse brain sensing headband reviews on Amazon. I’m sure it will change your life for the better, just as it has mine. Not many devices can have a positive effect on your life, but this headset has truly helped me have a whole new outlook on my life in this wonderful huge world.

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This is an excellent fair and accurate review of the Muse device. I have learned to meditate by using the Muse. I ended up buying them for nearly everyone in the family and they have all raved about how they love it and how it started their meditation practice.