a singer / songwriter wails at boulder's dairy center for the arts mad cow festival with harley davidson motorcycle acompaniment.

boulder high school football team scrimmages before the start of school while the high school cheerleaders practice the cheers.

honestly, it's just a leaf blower. i was cruising by a bank on my bicycle one day and stopped to snag the sound of these guys cleaning up. the rest of the crew (the ones who were standing around watching the leaf blower guy) eyed me and my recorder suspiciously, as though I were going to steal their colleague's soul.

these elementary school kids do weaving, pottery, gardening, and feeding the farm animals as part of this farm-based day camp. we caught them while they were building a scarecrow.

the angry guitar / recorder guy accosts passers-by repeatedly. "care to decorate the old box?" it's a cross between begging and playing for money, and it's hard to say which he's worse at. when one woman claims a song she is owed by an earlier contribution, we get the most creative rendering of "Sweet Caroline" ever played. this is wonderfully sandwiched in the middle of "Poncho and Lefty" and truly stretches our man's skills on both recorder and guitar. (2:34)

this is more like an interview, but it sure has a lot of interesting stuff about the Amish and how they and the Menonites are being tapped into by the furniture industry.

Outside of a health food store, I couldn't help overhearing (and recording) the driving directions given by a Japanese college student on the pay phone. (2:24)

when gramps sold the farm, he and gramma packed up their birkenstocks and their wool socks, split for Australia, and immersed themselves in the didgeridoo. listen as they show their stuff. (2:23)

ah, the grocery store. how many times per day can you parrot the same phrases before you go mad? how many beeps do we hear each day? (1:20)

two three-year old boys spoon-battle for ultimate control of the dinner table. (4:51)

outside of Amsterdam lies the quaint historical village of Zanse Schanse, where live these rather vocal sheep. Accompanied by two American bicycle tourists egging them on. (0:38)

part of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains directly behind Boulder, CO is a small mountain by the name of Mt. Sanitas. great hiking! that's where this stream was recorded. true - it's only 45 seconds, but I left the intro off, making it suitable for looping. (0:45)

wheatgrass - is it wheat or is it grass? today we follow French tourists at the farmer's market. (2:13)

a hot saturday afternoon and the kids swarm the water fountain. (2:17)

a conversation at the bar of a Denver art lounge and pizzeria. she's going to be the marketing person for a sensuality spa website. it's all very interesting, it's tantric, AND there's pizza! (3:42)