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OREGON S LGBTO NEWSMAGAZINE pridefiles JUNE 3. 2011 Leningtonfinancial “You can cali it being an artist, but I BUILDING WEALTH call it being yourself and being really expressive, letting everything th at’s within you show. I think if more people did that, the world would be a lot more interesting place.” - C A R M IN E E V IL L E think there’s gonna be something that ev erybody will like on it.” Evillé toured the West Coast after the release of Edge and is planning on a similar trek upon the new album’s debut. W ith in fluences such as Tori Amos and Lords of Acid in tow, Evillé’s largely instrumental pieces are heavy on the industrial side of electrónica, exposing anti-jam sentiments you’re unlikely to hear during a typical Sat urday night club-hop. “I don’t like just heavy, repetitive beats. I get bored with that,” Evillé says. “I like very sexual undertones in music, I’m really drawn to that. I’m not terribly thrilled with the new Lady Gaga.” In anticipation of the new album, Evillé plans on releasing what he calls a “nasty” single, “Club Killer,” to tide over eager fans. In the meantime, his kaleidoscope of cre ative interests are sure to keep him busy. “You can call it being an artist, but I call it being yourself and being really expres sive, letting everything that’s within you show,” Evillé says. “I think if more people did that, the world would be a lot more interesting place.” For more information on Carmine Evillé, visit reverbnation.com/carmineeville, myspace.com/ carmineeville, or check him out on Facebook. • — R yan J. P r ad o Solitary Man Stober helps raise Clark County’s stake in Wash ington state politics P 23 J Ä enough as a gastro neurologist at the Van couver Clinic. Stober’s efforts have proven less immediate. “I’ve been trying different entrepreneur ial ventures,” Stober says. “I put together a package to buy my former employer here in Vancouver—that fell through. I worked for a voiceover IP startup company that fell apart.” For the past two years, Stober’s been trying to create his own business—a web service called My Home Details, conceived to help people who are building or remod eling their homes to organize their design and decorative ideas. The website is under Stober’s larger company, nLiven Media. Currently, the business is in the design stages, and Stober hopes to have some thing more tangible to give programmers by the end of summer. In the meantime, and arguably more importantly, Stober has not so quietly helped steer three major LGBTQ_equality laws into passage in the last legislative ses sion through his work as vice chair on the board of Equal Rights Washington. Sto ber’s residency outside of Puget Sound— where a majority of progressive advocacy groups base their operations—has made his contributions to ERW, and to Clark County, invaluable. “My involvement in ERW has led to me becoming much more involved in LGBT community here in Clark County,” explains Stober, who’s also a member of the plan ning committee to build a queer youth center in Vancouver. “By living in Clark County, part of that is saying, ‘I want to make an impact in building this commu nity and improving this community.’ There’s a lot of opportunity with that, as we struggle to create our own identity that can stand within the Portland metro area. T hat’s the passion here." For more information on Equal Rights Washington, visit equalrightswashington.org. — R y a n J. P r a d o AND W E L L BEING Providing fee-only advice* to the LGBTQ community. We receive no commissions. We sell no products. We require no minimums. 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