Last year Radiohead – the Britsh band – offered its album ‘In Rainbows’ to fans. What was interesting about this particular release was that the album was offered under a ‘tip-jar’ style arrangement where people paid as much as they wanted to. Essentially this was free music downloads offered by a top-rated band.

This year the mantle has been taken by Trent Reznor and his band, the Nine Inch Nails. Trent has long been an outspoken advocate of, if not free music downloads, then of freedom for customers to choose. Nine Inch Nails have recently ended their contract with their publisher and have chosen to offer their latest album, “the slip” for absolutely nothing. This is the first time such a large group have offered free music downloads with absolutely no way for customers to pay for it. Even if they wanted to.

The recording industry is going through somewhat of a recession as free music downloads in its varying forms starts to bubble to the top of the pile.

Soul Rebels is the newest exciting release from Summit Side Productions. Featuring over a dozen extreme sports, it takes you from the mountains, to the rivers, to the seas, as you witness some of the top athletes throw down their moves and explain to you why they do it. Rider segments include interviews and rider perspective on why we risk our lives for extreme sports, and the rewards that this gives us.

Starring: Lorenzo Worster, Shannon Carrol, Jonas Green, Cory ‘Midget’ Walters, Ben Coleman, Bubba Henderson, Renee Hanks, Mario Solis, Max Mancini, Eric Haendle, Ross Baker, Josh Storrer, Noah Sipila, Jesse Bath, Joel Jutagir, Brian Bozack, Sam Baker, Stephane Riendeau, Erich Wagar, Ben Dolenc, Chip Wasson, and many more.

Sports include: BMX, Mountain Biking, MotoX, Tele Skiing, Snowboarding, Surfing, Skateboarding, Wakeboarding, Kiteboarding, Base Jumping, Kayaking, Insane Wheelchairing and more!

Video Shot On Location: Northern California, Tahoe Backcountry, Maui, Wyoming, Southern California, Nevada, Utah, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana.

I’m not one to hold back my curiosity very long, so when a friend advised me not to try smoking Salvia I simply had to buy some and find out for myself why.

First things first: don’t buy Salvia if you don’t like strong smells. Salvia really does smell like a week old dead animal in the sun. Well, it doesn’t smell like rotting flesh but it does smell really, really bad.

I got my Salvia from one of the many online retailers that specialize in the drug. It came in the form of crumbly black flakes which I was to put in my pipe. Smoking Salvia is not pleasant in itself and the taste is pretty bad (though nowhere near as bad as that smell…).

The high you get from smoking Salvia is pretty unique, and it hits you almost immediately. From a tingling sensation in your limbs to complete mess up, back to normality again, the trip takes around 8 minutes to run its course. Once you’ve finished you’ll notice that there are no ill effects associated with smoking Salvia.

At least there are no ill effects that we know of. Clearly scientists do not know for sure that there are no long term effects that may come back to haunt us. For now I’m satisfied that there are no short term effects!