2nd February 2010
In case you missed it: Sauni’s Big Jump made a Christmas EP
Nick Tempel, guitarist extraordinaire is also really good at drawing cartoons.
Nick drew the wiseman in front, but I drew everything else, and then we colored together!
And sure it isn’t Christmas anymore, but if you’re interested in listening to some of our Christmas music, go to www.myspace.com/saunisbigjump
Or to purchase First Christmas, go to www.saunisbigjump.com
20th December 2009
We’re playing at the Mandolin Cafe in Loveland tomorrow, Monday the 21st from 7-9pm!
The title is pretty much self explanatory. You should come!
Also, we just finished recording some Christmas music, so you should listen to a couple of the songs on our myspace - www.myspace.com/saunisbigjump - or buy the CD at www.saunisbigjump.com!
9th September 2009
Sauni’s Big Jump in Fort Collins at Everyday Joe’s this Friday, September 11, 7pm!
Hey I know I don’t write on here very often, so I’m sure I don’t get much traffic anymore, but it’s always in the back of my mind to start using it more. One of these days I really will start writing more again. I miss writing.
Anyway, the point of this post is really just to inform anyone who might stumble upon it that we’re playing music Friday night at Everyday Joe’s in Fort Collins (more info on Everyday Joe’s).
The show starts at 7pm, and I think we’re playing first, so if you come at 8, we’ll be done.
There is a $5 cover charge, but it’s going to be well worth the money because we’re also playing with two bands from out of state: The Red River, from Long Beach, California; and Congratulations from Portland, Oregon.
Check out The Red River’s myspace page to listen to a few of their songs.
If you can’t make it this Friday, a few of us will also play music at the Drake Road Farmers’ Market on Saturday morning, 10am-1pm. The market is in a parking lot northeast of the intersection of Drake and Shields in Fort Collins. Come pick up some produce and hear us do some street performing!
Hope to see you out this weekend!!!
25th July 2009
A few pics from Japan (from back in May)…
Mike eating breakfast - really, it's breakfast.
Hmmm... accessible?
Asahi Beer Headquarters
Fake cherry blossoms
Yokohama skyline
We did a lot of train riding and sitting on train platforms
Yep.
Woody McKnight, Loveland High School graduate, now runs a hostel/temple in Takayama: http://www.geocities.jp/zenkojitakayama/
Hiroshima
Hiroshima
Hiroshima
Hiroshima
Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Tokyo
9th May 2009
So this one time in Japan…
All these people were staring at me and my brother Mike… Oh wait, that’s all the time when we’re in Japan. Mike’s been living in Tokyo since September doing an exchange program with a university here, Nihon U. He’s 6′6″, blonde hair, blue eyes - looks like he could be some sort of European athlete - and kids here… no, everyone here stares at him, compares themselves to him, asks him how tall he is, etc.
I have brown hair, browish eyes, sit 4′5″ in a wheelchair most of the time, and am just visiting Mike for a week and a half. Turns out I can also be a spectacle of sorts, like when I’m getting on or off trains, wheelieing down curbs, riding up or down escalators, going across skinny bridges (think 28″ wide - my wheelbase is 27 1/2″), going up large hills (or down steep, rock covered hills)… Apparently there aren’t too many folks in wheelchairs here who can do what I can do. Heck, I guess I’m a bit of a spectacle at home, too.
Ok, well, I’ll write more about the trip - and post a few pictures - when I get back in a few days!
13th April 2009
Hey guys, check it out…
31st March 2009
“Welcome to Denver, Josh McDaniels…”
At this point, the Denver Broncos new coach needs his team to make it to the Super Bowl this year, or he’s in danger of going down in the lore of Broncos fans as “the coach who wrecked our team”…
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4031893
30th March 2009
A song you should listen to…
Ok, one of my favorite things to do when I’m procrastinating is listen to music online, and there is one song in particular that I think people should listen to. It might not be the type of music you would expect me to rave about, but it’s incredible. Chick Corea (who made his name playing with Miles Davis) and Gary Burton (perhaps the best vibraphonist in the world) won the 2000 Grammy for Best Instrumental solo for their song Rhumbata. Check it out.
22nd March 2009
The one thing I did right this week…
So this week was spring break for the schools that I substitute teach for in Loveland and Fort Collins. I was planning on working on my paper a lot this week - and I did try, but much of that trying ended up with me staring at my computer screen trying to decide how I should say what I want to say… and procrastinating. I kept saying that I would go to sleep early so I could wake up early, because I know that would be a better schedule for me to work from - but I would stay up late and then turn off my alarm when it went off in the morning. I even missed church this morning because I would have been 30+ minutes late, so I just stayed home, intending to work on my paper… but instead watched the ‘Cuse basketball game (they beat Arizona State, woo!).
But this evening I did something that totally redeemed my whole week. What was that, you ask? I grilled a cheeseburger that my mom really, really liked. And she’s definately not a huge burger eater, but she had to admit that it was just really great. I enjoyed the one that I ate quite a bit, too, of course. My technique? Simple, classic burger creation: I mixed in some Lawry’s and made the patties pretty flat so they cooked evenly, and then only flipped them only once (and once more time onto the upper rack to melt some cheese on ‘em) - oh, and toasted buns.
Anyway I feel a lot better now - and now I should probably go back to, uh, writing my paper… or at least trying.
7th March 2009
So…
We're playing at a roller skating party in Fort Collins on Sunday evening!