Newman’s Own
“Me in this business is just part of life’s great folly. Stay loose, men, keep ‘em off balance.” - Paul Newman “There are three rules for running a business; fortunately we don’t know any of them.” -...
View ArticleImagine: How Creativity Works
“How do you teach grit?” “It’s a great question. We don’t have a good answer yet.” It was the only question remaining at the end of his hour-long reading, and he couldn’t answer it (though he still...
View ArticleWBEZ’s Sound Opinions
I was on WBEZ’s Sound Opinions last week. Listen here. Jim DeRogatis & Greg Kot, the hosts of Sound Opinions “There’s a young man in a t-shirt, listenin’ to a rock ‘n roll station. He’s got...
View ArticleWandawega Camp Store
Friends of mine, David Hernandez and Tereasa Surratt, husband and wife/father and mother/web developer/author/and superstar ad folks, have added a new slash to their already impressive list of titles:...
View ArticleAlex Beh’s New Short: Coffees
Alex Beh’s latest short film, Coffees made its debut today on Funny or Die, and it is the cat’s ass. He told me to say that.
View ArticleBike to Work Day
How a Bicycle is Made features the design and manufacture of Raleigh bicycles, as told by a designer to a father and son. Find out more information about this film at the British Council.
View ArticleYou Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere
On his 71st birthday, I thought I’d share one of my favorite covers of Bob Dylan’s classic song “You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere” which he wrote during the solitary period following his motorcycle accident in...
View ArticleThe May Man (is Back)
“Just like a morning in May like this….” I awoke one morning earlier this month to Van Morrison crooning those words, and I felt compelled to make a mix. Some new (see: Wild Belle, made up of siblings...
View ArticleThe Hill-Side & Co.
Emil and Sandy are up to no good once again. The brothers Corsillo have put together a stellar, very funny video series to promote the collaborations they’re calling The Hill-Side & Co. My...
View ArticleL.L. Bean: Made in USA
L.L. Bean has done quite a lot to celebrate their 100th Anniversary. In addition to putting out a new book and reissuing an old one, they’ve crafted a special Made in Maine Model A canoe with Old Town...
View ArticleSt. Louis Magazine is All Plaidout
One time contributor to All Plaidout, Cary Randolph Fuller interviewed me for St. Louis Magazine’s blog today. Thank you very much, Miss Fuller. And thank you, St. Louis.
View ArticleDadisms
“C’mon Sharks! Show ‘em your TEETH!” For many reasons, the summer of 1995 was one of my most memorable. Sitting in the stands of one of my brother’s baseball games, while likely debating the true...
View ArticleNora Ephron
Though the certificate says “English-Writing,” by eschewing my non-fiction professor’s urges to stick to a more common narrative form in my senior seminar class, I was effectively a screenwriting...
View ArticleA June Moon, Hotter Than July
Sometimes a mix tape begins with just a song or two. Sometimes, it starts with the desire to bottle a memory and surround it with a bouquet of songs for a complete experience. And sometimes, I just...
View ArticleHeritage Bicycles
“Precious and unique benefits accrue to those who regularly attend third places and who value those forms of social intercourse found there. The leveling, primacy of conversation, certainty of meeting...
View ArticleKickstarter: The American Craftsman Project
After posting about the photography of Tadd Myers a couple years ago, he reached out as thanks, and we began a dialogue that lead to my working with him. While working for an American manufacturer,...
View ArticleErnest Wilkins’ Spotify Playlist
Ernest Wilkins is All Plaidout When he’s not busy producing digital content for Chicago’s daily paper The RedEye or tumbling or tweeting with abandon, apparently, Ernest Wilkins makes Spotify...
View ArticleThe Make Anything Project: Winter Session
Can’t sew. Can’t really cut. Can barely draw. Before a few cold nights in December, I’d never made a bag. But I knew what I wanted to make: an oversized leather and canvas tote bag in black, a...
View ArticleThe Kamp Kit
Has this ever happened to you? That thing your mom gave you, that thing you took to summer camp with you, that thing your brother stole from you, that thing you found hiding behind a pile of rubber...
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