Jason meets my wife via FaceTime (:07), talks about getting the Texas A&M Kingsville job (:09), growing up all over the country (:26), mutually dodging the Pre-Med track (:42), surviving the Red River flood of 1997 (:52), taking middle-school and high-school jobs in Arizona and Colorado (1:04), finding his way to Northern Colorado for grad school (1:23), and the state of percussion literature (1:36). Also, Jason drives me nuts by constantly referring to Northern Colorado as "UNC". Like I'm not supposed to have an allergic reaction to that acronym.

Links:

Jason Kihle's homepage

Jason Kihle's Texas A&M-Kingsville homepage

David Lang's "Anvil Chorus"

Art Pepper's Plus Eleven

Andrew Thomas's "Merlin"

Matthias Schmitt's "Ghanaia"

1985 St. Louis Cardinals roster

Don Denkinger's blown call in 1985 World Series (2:20 mark)

Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher"

Dave Samuels' "Footpath"

Mark Ford's "Head Talk"