Hivemind Times Issue #30

Welcome To The Hivemind Times!

Welcome to the 30th edition of the Hivemind Times. They said we could never do it and boy did we prove them wrong. 

This week has been nothing but completely normal, absolutely nothing weird or whacky to write about so I am gonna resort to my old tricks. Lies and deception. Maybe we’ll drum up something new and fresh like Tony’s fiery food reviews from last week. Cronk dog is in LA. Maybe we’ll get an update from him. But either way I hope y'all keep LOVING the fans favorite songs bracket that we worked so hard on, god the initial reactions have just been so sweet and kind. 

Also we shipped out the merch from last week's insane raffle winners and because we have completely lost it we will continue to give stuff away for no cost zero dollars down. Yipeeee more fun stuff to come so as always stay tuned, get faded, and spread love and joyx3.

- Riley & Graydon

WEEKLY PLAYLIST

We lost one of the absolute greats this week and it has broken my little heart but thankfully the music will live forever. 

Roy Ayers was essential for me in my journey into unorthodox jazz. The man was the greatest vibraphonist of all time and a composer of some of the most beautiful, tranquil and psychedelic tunes ever made. A subtle genius who just spoke straight into your soul. 

Acid Jazz is an awesome genre that has pushed boundaries from the start and continues to do so and forever will. Roy was instrumental in its conception as well as Neo Soul as we know it. If you’ve never engaged with his music directly you will feel a sense of familiarity due to the fact he has been sampled throughout rap and hip hop maybe more than any other artist. 

I will stop here and supply you with several of my favorite tracks he did and strongly encourage the deep dive into his catalogue. Rest in peace Mr. Ayers and I hope whatever God there is enjoys the jams as much as we did.

- Graydon

CRONK’S UPDATE

Hello, newsletter!

I’m phoning in from Los Angeles this week, where it just so happens to be cold and raining. But that’s okay, I totally wasn’t hoping to see the sunshine or warm weather after four months of grueling Michigan winter.

Rozey and I have been living it up. We went to the conservatory, walked around a Dave & Buster’s, and almost died on Lime scooters. Overall, a good trip so far.

- Cronk

MOVIE REVIEW

So I went and saw Osgood Perkins' new motion picture, The Monkey, last week.

What do you even say about an all around ridiculous film like this? I saw this trailer when I went and saw Nosferatu and I thought, hey now that looks like a root tootin’ good time - I was right, I am vindicated. 

This is essentially Final Destination meets Annabelle mixed with Dude Perfect trick shots but they are ways to kill people instead of basketball shots. If you haven’t seen the trailer basically a cursed drummer monkey kills people at random when you turn its key and it plays its little song of death. What ensues is, you guessed it, a bunch of whacky killshots that are unbiased to any type of character including CHILDREN - woohoo! 

Now I’m no Sean Baker but I strongly advocate for you to see this movie in the public theater setting (if it even stays in theaters much longer) because man the outbursts that usually drive me nutso were so welcomed during this, people were hooting and hollering and we all rejoiced in the shared laughter and fear. It was just a good fucking time and not self serious at all and that in itself was super refreshing. 

Definitely a palette cleanser after the let down of Long Legs (Perkins first film) and there’s a hidden trailer post credits to his upcoming movie, The Keeper, which looks totally different and very dark. It is cool to see an emerging horror director that is seemingly untied to a specific style and willing to try pretty much anything. Whether that results in a successful career or not, I think it is dope and slick.

Go watch handsome Theo James play two characters and some people get murked mercilessly.

- Graydon

ALBUM RECS

New one here titled “into a pretty room” by lots of hans. It’s a very pandering and desolate installation into an already very nice catalogue. Highly recommend for those into the likes of Fog Lake and Big Thief. 

fav tracks: barnyard, game of zeroes, the rain 

- Mr. Grant

QUINN’S CHEMISTRY CLASS

2 Fun things you can do with Hydrogen Peroxide

We all love hydrogen peroxide, everyone always says that. It's cool and all that it turns blood into bubbles when used to clean a wound, it can whiten your teeth, and can even be used as a general cleaning agent for many household items. All that stuff is BORING. Hydrogen peroxide can be used for way cooler, exciting, and extremely dangerous things that are also fun (and cool). 

The hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) you can buy at the store is 3% to 6% concentrated and is pretty safe. Higher concentrations of H2O2 are extremely reactive and very good oxidizers. Just concentrated H2O2 alone will bleach anything it touches and give you severe chemical burns. Now that's fun! 

1. Piranha Solution

You're gonna wanna get your hands on at least 30% concentrated H2O2 for this first fun thing. A 3:1 mixture of concentrated sulfuric acid and 30-50% H2O2 slowly added over time is known as "piranha solution". The mixing process is very exothermic and if done too quickly can explode, and the fumes given off are highly corrosive. Piranha solution itself is extremely corrosive and will dissolve almost any organic matter it touches. Now that you have some, toss a chicken wing in there and watch it turn into a black carbon based goo! Now imagine what would happen if you put your hand in it... That's WAY more fun than cleaning a cutting board (booooo!)

2. TATP

Would you like to accidentally blow two of your fingers off, permanently damage your hearing, and maybe die? Then this next activity is for you!

TATP, or Tri-acetone tri-peroxide, also known as "Mother of Satan", is a highly sensitive primary hypersonic explosive with a compressed detonation velocity of about 6000 m/s. 

TATP is synthesized by reacting acetone with concentrated H2O2 in the presence of an acidic catalyst (usually sulfuric acid). Make sure to store in pyrex in a cool area far away from literally anything. This stuff is so sensitive that just letting a hammer fall from 2 inches high and hit the crystals will result in an instant detonation. In fact, you can just scrape it against something and it will send you straight to hell, or jail if you survive somehow. Just a few grams of this stuff will end your life. Even searching for information about it will end you up in an NSA watchlist (it's so over for me). Now THAT is what I call fun!

Hydrogen peroxide has a few other cool uses such as propellant in rocket fuel, high intensity bleach, and a reactant in many other powerful explosives. I hope you have a new appreciation for that little brown bottle of peroxide sitting under the sink or that little shelf behind the bathroom mirror.

- Quinn

SPORTS

Guys Arsenal just broke a club record in the round of 16 fixture in the champions league by beating PSV 7-1 away from home.

7 GOALS!!!!! What’s wild is that this performance still is unconvincing in terms of our overall season. Obviously we can book our flights to Madrid, and the champions league is the last trophy that feels possible to win, but our injuries weigh heavy on our potential to go far in the tournament.

HOWEVER.

What this result says to me, is that Arteta is MY manager. This guy is elite, through all of our divide in social media, and news outlet discourse differences, we are still picking up huge results. As I spoke last time on Arsenal… what is football without a lil’ delusion?

- Grant

NEW HIRE FIT CHECK

Cheetah Print Hood - $5

Harlem Globetrotters Baseball Jersey - $40

Market "Born Again Christian Dior" Tee - $100

Camo Cargo Shorts from Goodwill - like $5 probably

CAT Construction boots with pink laces- $80

Steel Chain Link necklace - $5

MERCH