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JUNE 2019 PUBLISHER
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My father, my story. I OWE MY LOVE FOR STORYTELLING TO MY FATHER. In a way, he groomed me for such. Everything from his slacks to his boat shoes to his glasses to his clenched fists and cussing under his breath. The way his combover stood straight like the mast on a sailboat in fair winds, and the way he'd get to laughing in a breathless manner when
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something was downright, belly-aching funny. Even when things weren't light and airy, he'd always find a way because he always had the will. The days I spent with him as a young girl beckoned a certain lyricism that became the narration of our time together—something I'd hold close to when the fever of life was over for him. He'd inadvertently crafted my hand in cataloging these memories and characteristics of detail, despite his hopeful plan for me to be in law enforcement like he
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ing alley back when cigarettes were as common as his left-handed 300 game. He wore the name Southpaw Drake till his dying day. Moreover storytelling, he taught me how to be. And I realize now what a rare and special gift that is. When the world skips a beat or falters in step, I remain grounded with him overhead.
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INSIDE THE ISSUE JUNE 2019
FEATURES 12 Lost (and found) in the Details Ceramicist Ben Jordan gives his work perspective
16 Child’s Play Turned Reality Notable Missoula father invests in sons’ imagination.
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22 Man on Air Craig signs off on his career in radio.
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“WITH EACH SLAB OF CLAY, I ASK A QUESTION, AND I LEARN THROUGH SHAPING IT WITH MY HANDS, NAVIGATING THE CLAY TO FIND MY ANSWERS.”
L O S T ( A N D F O U N D) I N T H E D E TA I L S CERAMICIST BEN JORDAN GIVES HIS WORK PERSPECTIVE ARTICLE RYAN SIMÓN | PHOTOGRAPHY AMY DONOVAN PHOTOGRAPHY & BEN JORDAN
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LOCAL CLAY ARTIST BEN JORDAN BELIEVES THAT FINGERPRINTS ARE THE EVIDENCE OF CULTURE. They are our mark, our symbol that tells the tale, we were here. And they’re of equal value to our turbulent journey to self-discovery. From prehistoric red ochre caveman hand sketches to a child’s thumb smudge on a car window, we were here. Ben Jordan’s sculptures are his mark. His work starts to take shape at the Clay Studio of Missoula and if you look closely enough, you’ll notice the perfectly imperfect curve of clay to make, say, flower petals on a mug. And you might even catch the tiny grooves of a fingerprint. No two are the same. “Machine-manufactured pottery eliminates the human imprint,” Ben explained. “The handprints keep it real.” Ben refers to his handiwork as “hands-on learning.” “With each slab of clay, I ask a question,” Ben explained. “And I learn through shaping it with my hands, navigating the clay to find my answers.” And the questions Ben asks through his handiwork aren’t your everyday inquiries but rather a deep exploration into human history, into the intricate relationship between humankind and nature. Traditionally, ceramicists are more artisans than artists. Their work is hand-labor, meaning that they literally labor with their hands to mold formless clay into useful products, such as cups, bowls, bottles, and so on. It’s a tradition deeply ingrained in human history that has accumulated many meanings and various styles over the past millennia. Specifically, Ben Jordan is exploring the stylistic lineage of “Manifest Destiny,” or European westward expansion in his clay art, starting with the Moorish imports to Spain to the Spanish conquistadors’ influence on America. This continues all the way up to Western floral “Sheridan Style” that’s popular in the American Southwest, where Ben was raised. To translate this “Westward” aesthetic to his ceramics, Ben employs a technique called “sgraffito” to his work, which involves free-hand scratching the designs into the clay. For his more elaborate sculptures, such as the large, hefty bighorn sheep head he was kilning when I met with him, Ben’s creative process starts with a drawn sketch of the sculpture to a series of 3D “drafts,” the best of which he uses as a plaster mold model for the final art work. Regarding this final step, Ben betrayed a note of embarrassment. I asked why. “Because the plaster removes the fingerprints,” Ben explained. However, as if to make up for this crime against humanity, Ben raised the heavy bighorn sheep mold for a better look at the sheep head’s interior, and lo and behold: dents and grooves. Fingerprints for posterity. As river-folk, I imagine Missoulians to be particularly interested in the fluid-like passage between origins and destinations. After all, our Missoulian view on the Clark Fork is only a snippet of the stream’s grand scheme, leaving the water’s beginning and end on a map and never in our full view. We live in the details. It’s no coincidence that clay—a watery, earthly substance—lends to this sense of presence in passing history. And by asking the clay questions while manually molding it into new forms, Ben does something interesting: He finds answers while supplying questions for the next generation. June 2019 | Missoula Valley Lifestyle
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It’s All Child’s Play NOTABLE MISSOULA FATHER INVESTS IN SONS’ IMAGINATION
ANDREW HUNT IS KNOWN AROUND TOWN AS “COWBOY ANDY.” He’s the frontman for a fun-loving band called The Salamanders, whose songs, like “Pirate Santa” and “Matt Damon Magnetized Me,” have that special allure
ARTICLE ERIKA FREDRICKSON PHOTOGRAPHY OPEN LENS BY PAMELA
of simultaneously entertaining both kids and adults. One of the characteristics of the family-friendly songwriter is that he doesn’t dumb down his songs for kids. Hunt believes in children’s abilities to be creative and curious enough to enjoy new and often mysterious concepts. And he has a sense of how having fun and being goofy can be a perfect portal to tuning the mind, and vice versa.
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“ I l ik e t o c r e at e a n d I l ik e t o m a k e m u s ic a n d v id eo s , bu t i t ’ s ta k en m e a lo n g t im e t o u n d er s ta n d t h e pr oces s , o r g a n i z at io n a n d a ppr o a ch ,” A n d r e w s a id . “ Bu t t h en , I ’ v e a ls o l e a r n ed t h at if you u n d er s ta n d t h o s e t h in g s , you c a n do a n y t hin g . I t ’ s l ik e a r ecipe . You ge t t h e in g r e d ie n t s a n d you pu t i t t oge t h er . S o I t o l d t h em , ‘ O k ay: H er e ’ s s o m e o f t h e b a s ic t hin g s you n eed .’ Bu t t h e r es t o f i t is u p t o t h em .”
Outside his persona of “Cowboy Andy,” Andrew
“Basically it’s a trivia game show and whoever
is a dad, and his sensibility for what makes good
hits their buzzer can answer questions and get
all-ages music seeps deeply into his approach to
points,” said Oscar. “Whoever has the most points
fatherhood. Andrew’s 12-year-old son, Oscar, and
at the end of all three rounds gets to win a prize.”
8-year-old son, Gus, are homeschooled by both
Kids come up with ideas like this all the time,
he and his wife, Stacy. And one of the things the
but adults don’t always jump on board or take
parents strive to do is let the boys’ curiosity about
them seriously. After all, some ideas aren’t meant
the world guide the learning process.
for anything beyond a lazy afternoon. But Andrew
“We have done cheese making, pottery, and
and Stacy thought a game show could be the
toured different factories and farms,” Andrew
kind of project the kids could invest themselves
said. “We let the kids lead. When they were
in in a meaningful way. Andrew helped them put
younger we would go into almost every kitchen
together a binder to organize their plan and he
of a restaurant and just be like, ‘Hey! Whatcha
charged them with creating a script so they could
doin’?’ so they could get a feel for how things
make the show come alive in a compelling way.
worked there.” Gus and Oscar are also encouraged to pursue all kinds of projects, and their most recent one is—of all things—a game show. Last year, during an MCT summer camp, Gus and Oscar set up a trivia game as part of a talent
“Dad’s been very, very supportive in the process of helping us,” Oscar said. “We couldn’t have done it without him.” “We practice almost every morning,” added Gus. “He helps us get the idea of what to do during practice.”
show. It was a rough-cut effort, but it ended up
For Andrew, it’s partly just a matter of teaching
being a big hit. Afterward, Gus wanted to develop
his kids how to be practical. In order to bring a
the idea into a real game show that would be shot
project to fruition you have to design the steps
in a studio and aired on television with the help of
to get there or it’s not going to happen. But he
Missoula Community Access Television (MCAT).
also understands that knowing how to take an
Gus would host and Oscar would write the ques-
idea and execute it well, provides confidence and
tions and direct and their friends would be con-
practice that pays dividends for future projects—
testants. They decided to call it “Gus’s Amazing
something that will be valuable when his kids
Game Show.”
become adults.
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(CON TI N U ED)
“I LIKE TO CREATE AND I LIKE TO MAKE MUSIC AND VIDEOS, BUT IT’S TAKEN ME A LONG TIME TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS, ORGANIZATION AND APPROACH.” ANDREW SAID.
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“I like to create and I like to make music
tie, and tan cowboy boots stands behind
“Oh I like that, that was perfect,”
and videos, but it’s taken me a long time
a table facing the camera saying in his
Andrew said. “Let’s do it one more time.
to understand the process, organization
best, most enthusiastic game-show
That was great.”
and approach,” Andrew said. “But then,
voice, “The one to have the most points
One of the ways Andrew prepared the
I’ve also learned that if you understand
at the end of all three rounds gets to win
boys for making a quiz show was having
those things, you can do anything. It’s
a fabulous prize!” Oscar, in a full-on white
them do homework. And that meant
like a recipe. You get the ingredients
suit and black cowboy boots, sits off to
watching old game shows to see how
and you put it together. So I told them,
the side holding the script. He’s helping
they work. Streaming services like Netflix
‘Okay: Here’s some of the basic things
Gus get through his lines, but also figur-
and Amazon now offer access to current
you need.’ But the rest of it is up to them.”
ing out what kind of camera angles are
game shows such as “Jeopardy,” but they
necessary for shooting the scenes.
also cater to the nostalgia of original game
On a recent Tuesday afternoon, the boys set up in the MCAT studio to shoot the game show introduction, along with
“Okay, ready?” Andrew said, standing behind the camera. “And…action!”
shows like “You Bet Your Life,” “Family Feud,” and “The $25,000 Pyramid.”
their theme song, which Oscar wrote.
“Now let’s introduce the contestants!”
“It was really weird to be like, ‘Okay, you
They look a lot like their dad, with the
Gus said, turning toward the entrance of
guys can watch some TV,’” Andrew said,
same long brown hair and charming
the room where the contestants will be
laughing. “And they’re in there watching reruns
grins. Gus, in a dark blue suit, maroon
once they shoot the actual game show.
of these ’70s game shows.”
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IT’S ALL CHILD’S PLAY
(CON TI N U ED)
The kids write down what they notice about the game shows: What the camera angles are. How many cameras they think they’ll need. How the game show host introduces the contestants. “And we just sort of figured out the practical nature of how you film this,” Andrew said. At MCAT, Gus practices his lines. “Here’s how it works,” he says theatrically into the camera. “If you think you know the answer, you ring the bell!” He decides he wants the buzzer to look like it appears out of thin air on the table next to him, so Hunt helps him figure out how to make that happen. “That means when you say that line you’ll have to freeze,” Andrew told Gus. “You absolutely can’t move.” After Gus freezes, Hunt places the buzzer next to him and then cues him to keep talking. “We’ll make the bell appear when we edit it,” Andrew said. “We’re totally doing that.” It’s interesting to watch Andrew take the boys’ ideas and help them problem-solve. They’re having fun, but still they’re learning to use new equipment and they’re learning to create a vision and follow through on it. Andrew said the plan is to film a pilot and then see how it goes. They may end up making more episodes and try to turn it into a season that could air on MCAT. But they’re taking it one step at a time. After the game show they have other plans. The boys were recently looking through a book called Boy Mechanics that was released in 1913 by Popular Mechanics. Inside they found blueprints for a glider, and they’re hoping to build that together with their dad this summer. Hunt admits he’s personally less enthusiastic about that project, but he’s up for it. The boys’ enthusiasm is kind of hard to resist. “For me, it doesn’t matter what you want to do,” Andrew said. “Build a fort, or go fishing, or plan a game show. It’s about big-picture organizing and breaking the project down.” No matter what happens, it’s easy to see that the collaborative process is building confidence and creativity in these boys—and maintaining a bond between father and sons that they’ll remember forever.
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man on air CRAIG SIGNS OFF ON HIS CAREER IN RADIO FOR TWENTY-TWO YEARS, THE CRAIG AND AL MORNING
South Dakota, he worked everywhere from L.A. to Florida before
SHOW WAS AS RELIABLE AS TAP WATER. Then, in 2009, the
settling in Missoula for good in 1992.
Missoula radio institution that had called three different stations
“I was going to live in L.A. for ten years. I was going save all my
home finished its run at KYSS-FM. Allen K was retiring, but Craig
money and come back to Missoula and open a biker bar. I made it six
had no plans to hang up his headphones any time soon. He’d just
months. Just too many people,” said Craig.
inked a five-year extension with the pop country station.
Craig’s easy laugh and curious mind make him an ideal inter-
When that five years was up, he was immediately hired by Trail
viewee, and he quickly put his studio guests at ease when they
103.3, where he was given relatively free rein to indulge his musical
came in on weekday mornings to promote their event or cause.
tastes on weekday mornings while entertaining listeners with the
Music is clearly his favorite subject, and he keeps a warehouse of
same trivia games, rock ‘n roll history lessons, and wry, self-depre-
rock ‘n roll history inside his smooth-shaved head. He’s a stalwart
cating humor that led to several “Best Radio Personality” awards for
devotee of sixties and seventies rock, which he and Al played for
himself and Al from the Missoula media over the years.
ten years on Z100. His email signature reads, “Never trust a band
Craig has been such a constant presence in the fabric of Missoula that people feel like they know him. We’ll soon have to find a new radio BFF, though. After spending two-thirds of his life behind a microphone, Craig is retiring this month. “Forty-six years, never out of work. I never even got fired,” he says. After starting his career at age 21 at an a.m. station in Lemmon,
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without a guitar." When the pair moved to KYSS, most of their fans followed them. But not all. “When I went from Z100 to country, some people said ‘[screw] you.’” He was relieved, but not that surprised, when his audience followed him to the Trail five years ago.
“I was always worried, being on the radio, people would pretend that I was cooler than them, but in many cases I was dorkier than them. People like what I do for the most part. Or they hate me, because that’s an emotion too. At some point I kind of figured out that if nobody dislikes you, probably nobody likes you either because you’re not doing anything that affects anybody in a meaningful way.” While Craig was holding down the morning fort by himself for the last ten years, the music business was being turned on its head. The relationship between record labels and radio had changed fundamentally, and now he found himself playing songs by artists who’d recorded worldwide hit songs on a laptop in their bedroom. The way people consume music has also changed, and the bottom has dropped out of the record industry. How has all of this affected the radio landscape? “Ten years ago,” he said, “had somebody asked me what’s the best way to get into radio, if I were going to be really honest with him, I’d say find some work. Get a good honest job because I don’t know if [broadcast radio] is going to make it.” He points out that, especially before the download era, people bought their music based on what they heard on the radio. Although the entertainment pie has been sliced thinner with the advent of satellite radio, streaming, podcast and other choices, he’s more optimistic about radio’s future now.
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MAN ON AIR
(CON TI N U ED)
Craig and his granddaughter Pearl Defiance “Fireball” Rogalski
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“Radio’s going to survive,” he said. “I don’t know what it’s going to look like, but I’m just thrilled that there are young people who care as much about the business as much as I did. They’ll figure it out and make it succeed. They’re smart. They’ve grown up on tech, they’re absolutely unintimidated it by it.” He added, with a laugh, “A bunch of dinosaurs like me are going to die and they won’t have to listen to our [bull] anymore.” As for retirement, Craig looks forward to traveling with his wife, Patty, and spending time in his newly-built backyard shop, putting a wrench to his collection of old motorcycles. Surely there will be a shop radio on a shelf, tuned to a rock ‘n roll station, feeding his jones for British Invasion bands like the Kinks and the Stones. At some point he’ll probably hear the song, “For Real,” by Tom Petty, one of his favorite artists. He feels a connection with the lyrics, and quotes them. “‘I did it for you, I did it for me. I did it for real, would've done it for free.’”
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CHELSEA: NIC, IT'S EASY PEASY TO BUILD A DREAM HOME, RIGHT? We close our eyes, we sketch it out in our mind's eye—white farm house, wraparound porch, yellow door, horse fencing in the background that fades into a grandiose view of steep mountains. I've got it done, right? Well, maybe it's a start! Nic: Absolutely, just plant a magical seed and wait for the house to grow! Actually, conveniently, many people looking to build a dream home tend to come with a binder full of ideas and design goals, which is important. I call their vision “The Program.” Does the customer want four bedrooms, three baths, a guest room with its own bathroom? Really, though, our best projects are the ones that the customer just tells us to “make it cool.” Sort of like, “Here’s the Program, now do what you think best fits the site.” This is fun as it gives us creative license to do some genuinely cool things with their home. Chelsea: What are five things to have in mind when thinking about having your dream home built? Nic: Okay, so, five things, the first thing is the view: what do and don’t you want to see from your home. The second is how does the house fit into the surrounding landscape? We prefer to “shoulder” the houses into the landscapes, meaning that we make them wider rather than taller, which touches on the third thing: how many levels do you want? Likewise, the fourth thing: how does the interior engage the exterior? For example, do you want easy access to the outdoor patio from the living room? Of course, all of the above depends on one of the most important things to keep in mind: budget, which we help navigate. Chelsea: Now that we have our ducks in a row, what are some outliers that people may not consider when wanting to build their dream home? Can we warn them or educate them in advance on anything? Nic: Part of our job is to prevent people from making a mistake in their design decisions, and part of that involves showing a visual model of their dream home before moving forward. When it comes to building the house, we help find the contractors, but in general it’s smart for buyers to research contractors before hiring one. CONTINUED >
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NC DESIGN STUDIOS LAYS THE FRAMEWORK FOR YOUR DREAM HOME ARTICLE CHELSEA LYN AGRO
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Chelsea: I assume this is most always a forever-home situation, but let's say we're building a dream home to sell. Any factors to take into consideration when building? Perhaps different materials, appliances, features? In other words, what are some good investments for home-building? Nic: Beauty sells. If you’re building a house looking to sell, a beautiful house will sell a lot easier than an ugly house. The factors involved in “beauty” here are many, namely having a simply good architectural design that fits the neighborhood, meshing with the local, natural environment, having natural lighting, supporting a modern lifestyle. And in addition to beauty, healthy homes are important, meaning homes that are energy efficient. Chelsea: This is more of a self-indulgent question but I want to know—what's your favorite thing about building in the Missoula or surrounding areas? Why Western Montana? NC DESIGN STUDIOS
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IT IS IN THE MOST MUNDANE, MOST SIMPLISTIC, MOST HUMDRUM OF DAYS THAT A FATHER SHOWS HIS SUPERHERO CAPE. Happy Father's Day to Missoula father, Ryan from his two loving sons, Mason and Colter. CONTINUED >
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ENDS ON JUN 29
A RACE OUT OF THE DARKNESS
SELF DEFENSE FOR MOMS AND DAUGHTERS
SUDDEN VICTORY WRESTLING CAMP
and sand drags on Sunday. This
Bring your daughter in for a self
Learn high-level wrestling tech-
year's event will donate funds to "Out
defense workout with Fit Pro, per-
niques from clinicians Kyle Dake and
of the Darkness Suicide Prevention."
sonal trainer and Muay Thai Fighter
Kyven Gadson as well as counselors
Races start at noon, $5 to watch, $30
Kate Sholy! This hour-long class
who have been successful at all lev-
to race. Camping is available!
is meant to be fun and informative
els of wrestling.
Muralt's Travel Plaza
Mud bog and tough truck on Saturday
Athleta, within the Southgate Mall
Big Sky High School
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MISSOULA MARATHON & HALF MARATHON
OVER THE EDGE 2019 FOR UNITED WAY OF MISSOULA
This course is flat, fast, USATF-
United Way of Missoula County
maybe there's one big hill at the half-
ers. Based on the Museum of Modern
Get yourself downtown to watch
way point, but you can do it! Those
Art's MEET ME program, Art in the
participants fundraise for the oppor-
participating must pick up your race
Moment creates a dementia-friendly
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learning community. Limited to six
Interstate Bank downtown building!
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participants and sponsored by The
Fundraisers raising $1,000 will have
p.m. We'll see you on race day, cheer-
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the chance of a lifetime, rappelling
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and Dementia Friendly Missoula.
down the side of the building. Money
Missoula Art Museum
This MAM program provides a comforting art-viewing and art-making experience for those in the early stages of dementia and their caregiv-
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The Barn on Mullan
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SUMMER MADE FAIR Caras Park
live and silent auctions, drawings
Treat yourself to an open-air market
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of handmade goods from local and
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Missoula band Tophouse and more.
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