2013 Burning Elf

 It burned well. Laurie lit the elf this year. The fireworks did not set anyone's hair on fire.

The head count was about 75

It's a strange thing we do.

Long Slow Spiral Downwards Towards The Elf

More things I do.

Shoots. At the capitol. At medical equipment factories and elsewhere.

The Boot helps improve life on planet Earth

My pal John is in Africa doing audio/second camera for a Gates Foundation shoot on micro-loans. My cynicism is briefly brushed aside by this photo he sent. Goodness still happens.

As beautiful as a bird in flight….

True to form: my family finds the year's elf head "creepy." It was ordained that this was the year of the female elf. So it is written; so it shall be done. The elf will have hair, because a bald elf woman would be creepy.

Soon

Post Game at the Imperial Court of Caligula

A boondoggle of epic proportions: I did audio for a post game analysis of the Monday Night Football Seahawks beat down of the of the New Orleans Saints on Dec. 2nd 2013. We arrived at 2:30 PM and did not actually work until the end of the 4th quarter- about 9:00PM. My awesome all access pass, (which bore the pseudonym "Warren Pope" for unknown and unnecessary reasons) gave me entree to the strange, semi-forbidden world of pro football, that can only be likened to royal courts of the middle ages. Being both a fan and a fairly nihilistic armchair anarchist it was a dizzying experience of being on the field and hearing the sounds and smelling the smells of the real thing and seeing the 1%'s calloused view of the unwashed madness of professional sports. I saw almost every other sound guy in Seattle, and worked with the incredible and decent Mr. Hudson (pictured above)