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How to Go Home
Drive twelve hours with one of your very favorite people. You will not need music. You will not need podcasts. There will not be silence. When there is, it will mean something. Make countless coffee stops. Count six deer welcoming you back into Pennsylvania. You count in case your father asks if you’ve seen any.…
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Goals & Spontaneity: Can they coexist?
Sarah von Bargen, as she is wont to do, wrote something that got me thinking. At the time of her post, there were 99 days left in 2013. That is crazy. It feels like just weeks ago that Chad and I were planning our year, a very uncharacteristic thing for us to do. We’ve historically…
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STORY Chicago Part II: Highlights and Takeaways
One of the advantages of waiting so long after an event to share it here is that I get the chance to look back through photos and my notes and see what ideas or concepts are still compelling to me. There are phrases or sessions from STORY that are sticking with me more than others,…
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Weekend Pairing: Elizabeth and the Catapult & Kishi Bashi
We were first introduced to K. Ishibashi’s special brand of genius when we saw of Montreal at Union Transfer about a year and a half ago. I was blown away. He was the star of the show for me, even though he wasn’t who we’d come out to hear. He plays under the name Kishi…
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Interviews with Interesting People: Allison Vesterfelt
Welcome to the second edition of Interviews with Interesting People! It’s a new feature I started here, mainly so I’d have an excuse to meet, chat, or email people I am curious about. In 2010, Allison Vesterfelt quit her job, sold all her stuff, went on a road trip through the contiguous 48 states (and…
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STORY Chicago: Part I
I had the pleasure of attending STORY Chicago this week. I had never been before, and I wasn’t sure what to expect. The organizers worked hard to create an atmosphere of surprise and delight as we filtered in and registered. Things got more serious as the first session began. It was a screening of Blood Brother,…