Even Howard Wolowitz has one.....
 

I've heard, true hard-core vintage gurus prefer real fire, while hipsters just use tesla lamps.
 

I just spray painted my base and cap gold metallic. It looks really classy now...sort of like a gold top Les Paul...

Schwintone
I find the USB 3 Lava lamps to have lower latency. I have 2 , also a Disco Mirror Ball for mixing dance tunes.

Wow, you're fortunate to have a Lava Lamp with USB3. How much did they cost you?
 
I don't have a disco ball as I never mix dance tunes. I do mix a lot of jazz, however, so I've retro-fitted an old incense burner to hold cigarettes so I can burn them there. Generally, I use Winstons or Camels for straight-up jazz, but Lucky Strikes for bluesier stuff. I find electronic vapor cigarettes work well for fusion and hip-hop. I'm still playing with flavors, though.
 
I'm kind of a traditionalist as far as the Lava Lamps go; mine are so old they still have Midi In, Out, and Thru. I run them on midi channels 11 and 12 to keep out of the way of the TR808. The sub Lava Lamp runs on channel 13.
 
I know what you're thinking, but I run my studio's toaster on channel 14 from the midi thru of one of the Lava Lamps. As long as I only daisy-chain them this deep, there's no midi latency and things remain "snappy" (at least as "snappy" as Lava Lamps and toasters are capable of). I am a bit confused as to how/where to plug in the Mr. Coffee and on what midi channel to run that.
 
Thoughts?

I bought a new camera..it's a Kodak PixPro FZ53. It takes much better pictures. Much better color, very realistic compared to the old Cannon Power Shot.
Here's a pic with the new camera...
 

 
 

Maybe I should give that a try, in connection with some retro and vintage sounds.
But I'll have to keep it out of reach of my cats ;-)
But that's really worth considering, lava, or Tesla?

The lava lamp seems to be most popular with studio owners. It's relaxing. You can watch that while listening to your mixes. It helps to let you concentrate on the details of the music. Now that I have one, I won't give it up.

Well here's an example on how the lava lamp works. I was looking at it and took a picture of it with my old camera. I posted it but I didn't like the colors. The lava lamp brought this to my attention, and I decided I needed a new camera. The pictures from the new camera look much better than the old camera.
 
This is how it works with music too, while watching the lamp and listening to my recordings, I detected a tiny but annoying click on my tracks. I thought Sonar was acting up, then I listened to music in Audition, same thing, I thought my Focusrite USB 18i8 was acting up...no dice. Then I played some music thru the Windows Media Player,,,clicks again....then I thought maybe there's something in my computer. I checked the Window's Control Panel, and found an Icon for "Troubleshooting" It had a section in it that would scan the audio section of the computer, I ran a couple of scans, and it said it made a few corrections and I needed to restart my computer. After doing this, I ran a few tests and guess what ?? No more clicks in any of the programs !!!! All because of the lava lamp, I could concentrate on listening very closely to my music.
 
I know it may sound like snake oil, but I swear by it. It's a wonderful tool.

I use mine as a compressor.
It's a LA-VA