Image taken from Visor Down website

 

It's safe to say that the recent volcano eruption that shut down Heathrow and quite a few other airports has had a major impact on world events.  One event that particularly affected Team Elledge was the cancellation of the Japan MotoGP race - a sad occurrence indeed.  This was especially frustrating considering that Japan was only the second race of the season!  

 

Paul is of course supporting Ducati team members Nicky Hayden and Casey Stoner, while Leasha is cheering on her favorite - Valentino Rossi (who happened to win at Qatar).  In a surprising decision, James has chosen to follow GP rookie Marco Somoncelli.  This is James' first year of following MotoGP, and his reason for picking Marco was that, "Marco has the best hair in MotoGP - hands down."  We'll see if that hair helps Marco land any podiums this year...

 

Looking towards the summer, Team Elledge is super excited about another year of racing, and barring any unfortunate events (such as another volcano eruption) members of our team anticipate attending both the Laguna Seca and Indy GP races.  Perhaps we'll see you there? 

  The most exclusive club in Detroit...

 

This past week Team Elledge had an amazing road trip to Detroit!  Although we were working hard (as usual!) we managed to find time to eat at some great restaurants in the Detroit area (in particular, Slow's BBQ and Red Knapp's Dairy Bar) and hang out with some amazing people (our host, Tom, was fascinating).

 

Like any good road trip, ours involved a lot of music, much of which was DJ'd in the Team Elledge Sprinter by our Art Director John Bufalino (new favorite albums include the latest Jakob Dylan album, the latest Four Tet album, and the new Yeasayer album).

 

Thanks to all of the people who wrote us through the "contact" section to suggest listening material for our trip!  We love life on the road and all of the new experiences that it brings (like the Unicorn Lover's Club!).  Working with amazing people makes this type of job even better.  If you get a chance to get to the Detroit area soon, let us know and we'll give you some great recommendations of things to check out! 

  Tammy Wynette and George Jones

 

Well, it's been another week of living on the road for Team Elledge as we started off in Chicago, headed south to Dallas, hopped over to Washington D.C. and finally found ourselves back in Chicago this afternoon.  Dallas and D.C . were both filled with great food and even better people, and we couldn't be happier with the way this project is turning out.

 

While traveling for work doesn't always allow for much time to catch up on reading, occasionally a flight or two will let us make a tiny dent in our reading lists.  James is currently reading Kurt Vonnegut's Welcome To The Monkey House, Leasha is enjoying Paulo Coelho's Brida, and Paul has been totally wrapped up in Jimmy McDonough's biography of Tammy Wynette, Tragic Country Queen.

 

We here at Team Elledge love classic country music, and Tammy Wynette is easily one of the greatest country singers who ever lived.  Her incredible voice is accompanied by an incredible story that literally has to be read to be believed.  If you are a fan of music, or even just a fan of a really good (real!) story, you should check it out.  

 

Next week will see us heading to Detroit, and Tammy will definitely be providing some of our soundtrack on the way over to visit our Michigan neighbors.  If you have some road reading (or listening) to recommend, feel free to drop us a line via our "Contact" link up at the top of this page. 

  Ryan Heshka Rapture 

 

Paul's friend, Monte Beauchamp, has a retrospective of work drawn from his periodical, Blab, showing at the Society of Illustrators.  If you are a fan of illustration, odds are that you are familiar with Monte's publication (at the very least, you will be familiar with the artists that he has featured over the years).  

 

Blab has been a consistent showcase for extraordinarily talented visual artists, and every year Monte invites 25 or more artists to display their work in the publication.  Chris Ware, Sue Coe, Gary Baseman and Ron English are just a few of the notable artists who contribute to Blab's pages.  

 

The show will be running until May, so make sure you take the time to check it out - you won't be disappointed.