Both Russ and Gary are insane and for some reason, think it’s a good idea to take part in ultra-runs, which is basically any distance longer than a marathon, which is 26.2 miles.
Carl doesn’t run (nor jog) but he’s a mailman, so he walks a lot. I believe he pounds out seven miles a day on his route.
A few months ago, they Tweeted that they had a special guest on the show named Jason Lytle. This caught my attention because Jason Lytle is the creator / multi-instrumentalist / singer for the band Grandaddy – a band that I really used to enjoy listening to.
I was introduced to Grandaddy by my friend and former band mate, Joe around 1998. I remember listening to a few of the songs on one of Joe’s crazy multiple-speaker stereo set ups and being sold instantly. I picked up the CD the next day.
From that point on, there was a Grandaddy album within reach of my car stereo, home stereo or Discman at all times. Eventually, all of the albums made it onto my iPod too.
After I saw the blurb about Jason guesting on the 3NJ show, I confessed to Carl that I was a really big fan of Grandaddy and asked him a few silly fanboy-esque questions about Jason. Fortunately, Carl confessed that he was actually a bit star-struck during the recording, because he too, was a pretty big fan of the band.
I told Jennifer about the episode so she listened to it and said:
“Oh man, it’s really good, I wish you could hear it…. you know what? I’ll transcribe it for you.”
A few weeks later I received an email with about half of the show transcribed. Which I imagine involved a lot of stopping and ‘rewinding’ on her part. I read through it and was entertained, as expected.
Somewhere along the line, she told the 3NJ guys that she had transcribed most of the episode and she could email it to them, if they wanted it for any reason. They accepted the offer and she sent it over.
Fast-forward to tonight. I came home from work to find a package in the mail from 3 Non-Joggers. I wasn’t expecting anything from them, so the contents were a bit of a mystery to me.
Inside the envelope, I find a black folder with the some printouts and a CD. The printouts appear to be the entire transcription of the show, the CD is Jason Lytle’s new solo album (Grandaddy broke up a few years ago)
Upon further inspection, I notice a hand-written note from Jason, which talks about how Carl asked him to include his signature on this great thing that Jennifer had started for me. The second part of the note explains how he’d be ‘honored’ to be a part of this special gift and then lastly tops it off with his ‘dumb little signature” (his words).
WHOA! What an insanely cool gift to receive.
Thank you Jennifer.
Thank you Carl.
Thank you Russ.
And thank you Jason.
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Jason Lytle
http://jasonlytle.com/
Recommended Grandaddy albums:
- Under the Western Freeway
- The Sophtware Slump
- Sumday
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