Growing Up Aspen - A Joiners Table Chat

Growing Up Aspen - A Joiners Table Chat

by Andy Collen & Chris Pomeroy

Season 1

86 - Growing Up Aspen - Andy Mill – Aspen Then and Now

Andy Mill talks about the Aspen of his childhood vs now. Andy Mill (US Olympic Ski Team/ Salt Water Fly Fishing Champion/Aspen High Grad 71) (12 min) Image of Maroon Bells ©Mark Ronay Photography/ Music by Felix Plante. Produced by Twist and Turn Press. Book: Twist and Turn Press https://www.twistandturnpress.com/ T-Shirts: Threadless https://happytrailsanimation.threadless.com/ Happy Trails Animation https://www.happytrailsanimation.com/ Andy Mill Andy Mill’s plethoric career has had deep traction as an athlete, broadcaster, angler, and author. An elite alpine downhill ski racer, Mill was one of the best in the United States in that event from 1974-1981. For his 1976 Olympic heroics, where Mill placed 6th while skiing on a severely injured ankle, he was awarded the “Olympic Spirit Award”; in 1993, he was inducted into the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame. Mill enjoyed a 20 year broadcasting career, covering two Olympics and hundreds of network specials, including 81 fishing shows from around the world. Personally, Mill holds his fishing accomplishments close to his heart. His success is profound, winning more invitational fly tarpon tournaments than anyone, including 5 Gold Cups, and he is only one of two people to have won a tarpon, bonefish, and permit tournament on fly. In conjunction with his award winning book, A Passion for Tarpon, and a trustee of the International Game Fish Association (IGFA), he has found himself as one of our sports’ leading authorities. Mill House Podcast https://www.millhousepodcast.com/ #Aspen #GrowingUpAspen #skiracer #memoir #book #smalltown #community #goodtimes #highschool #changeyourlife #childhood #author #AndyMill #flyfishing #bonefish #Telluride #Podcast #posters #millhousepodcast

85 - Growing Up Aspen – Andy Mill - Your journey to Aspen

Andy Mill talks about when his family came to Aspen and the community of the time. Andy Mill (US Olympic Ski Team/ Salt Water Fly Fishing Champion/Aspen High Grad 71) (9 min) Image of Maroon Bells ©Mark Ronay Photography/ Music by Felix Plante. Produced by Twist and Turn Press. Book: Twist and Turn Press https://www.twistandturnpress.com/ T-Shirts: Threadless https://happytrailsanimation.threadless.com/ Happy Trails Animation https://www.happytrailsanimation.com/ Andy Mill Andy Mill’s plethoric career has had deep traction as an athlete, broadcaster, angler, and author. An elite alpine downhill ski racer, Mill was one of the best in the United States in that event from 1974-1981. For his 1976 Olympic heroics, where Mill placed 6th while skiing on a severely injured ankle, he was awarded the “Olympic Spirit Award”; in 1993, he was inducted into the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame. Mill enjoyed a 20 year broadcasting career, covering two Olympics and hundreds of network specials, including 81 fishing shows from around the world. Personally, Mill holds his fishing accomplishments close to his heart. His success is profound, winning more invitational fly tarpon tournaments than anyone, including 5 Gold Cups, and he is only one of two people to have won a tarpon, bonefish, and permit tournament on fly. In conjunction with his award winning book, A Passion for Tarpon, and a trustee of the International Game Fish Association (IGFA), he has found himself as one of our sports’ leading authorities. Mill House Podcast https://www.millhousepodcast.com/ #Aspen #GrowingUpAspen #skiracer #memoir #book #smalltown #community #goodtimes #highschool #changeyourlife #childhood #author #AndyMill #flyfishing #bonefish #Telluride #Podcast #posters #millhousepodcast

84 - Growing Up Aspen – Judy Haas – Books And Final Thoughts

Judy Haas talks about some Aspen classic books and final thoughts. Judy Haas (Artist /Gallery Owner/ Aspen High Grad 71) (17 min) Images © Nick DeWolf Flickr Images (Maroon Bells ©Mark Ronay Photography) Music by Felix Plante. Produced by Twist and Turn Press. This is the crazy circle that is my Aspen and Portland lives. They have both inspired me in so many ways. This book Growing Up Aspen - Adventures of the Unsupervised is my thank you to one of those two cities. Book: Twist and Turn Press https://www.twistandturnpress.com/ T-Shirts: Threadless https://happytrailsanimation.threadless.com/ Happy Trails Animation https://www.happytrailsanimation.com/ Judy Haas Since the sixties, I have always been inspired by the “Art of Rock”. The images and artists are unique. Originally intended for inexpensive promotional devices, rock posters evolved into extraordinary visual equivalents of the music they advertise. The posters themselves are created by many different artists. Some of them are silk-screens and signed by the artist. Some of them are “show editions”, rare and no longer in print. Vintage movie and stone lithograph posters are unique and produced from 1900-1960. All of the posters are embellished with imported Swarovski crystals, diamond dust, and/or hand cut paper. Judy Haas lives and works in Telluride. She has been a professional artist since 1985, showing her work nationally and internationally. She is well known for her colorful handmade pastel drawings of trout. Her mediums include pastel on paper, ceramics, computer generated fractals, mixed media prints and projects. She has illustrated two books, Being a Mother & The Grace of Mary. She participated in the Art in the Embassies program and many companies including Patagonia, The Nature Company and Andrews McMeel have used her images. She has shown her work at Alexander Gallery in New York, Beadleston Gallery in New York and London, Meredith Long Gallery in Houston, American Museum of Flyfishing in New Hampshire, and many galleries in Sun Valley, Vail, Aspen and Telluride. South Fir Street Gallery (Telluride CO.) https://southfirstreet.com/ #Aspen #GrowingUpAspen #artist #memoir #book #smalltown #community #goodtimes #highschool #changeyourlife #childhood #author #JudyHaas #Galleries #art #Telluride #Podcast #posters #collectables

83 - Growing Up Aspen – Judy Haas – Places In The Heart

Judy Haas talks about the Aspen she remembers as a kid. Judy Haas (Artist /Gallery Owner/ Aspen High Grad 71) (13 min) Image of Maroon Bells ©Mark Ronay Photography) Music by Felix Plante. Produced by Twist and Turn Press. Book: Twist and Turn Press https://www.twistandturnpress.com/ T-Shirts: Threadless https://happytrailsanimation.threadless.com/ Happy Trails Animation https://www.happytrailsanimation.com/ Judy Haas Since the sixties, I have always been inspired by the “Art of Rock”. The images and artists are unique. Originally intended for inexpensive promotional devices, rock posters evolved into extraordinary visual equivalents of the music they advertise. The posters themselves are created by many different artists. Some of them are silk-screens and signed by the artist. Some of them are “show editions”, rare and no longer in print. Vintage movie and stone lithograph posters are unique and produced from 1900-1960. All of the posters are embellished with imported Swarovski crystals, diamond dust, and/or hand cut paper. Judy Haas lives and works in Telluride. She has been a professional artist since 1985, showing her work nationally and internationally. She is well known for her colorful handmade pastel drawings of trout. Her mediums include pastel on paper, ceramics, computer generated fractals, mixed media prints and projects. She has illustrated two books, Being a Mother & The Grace of Mary. She participated in the Art in the Embassies program and many companies including Patagonia, The Nature Company and Andrews McMeel have used her images. She has shown her work at Alexander Gallery in New York, Beadleston Gallery in New York and London, Meredith Long Gallery in Houston, American Museum of Flyfishing in New Hampshire, and many galleries in Sun Valley, Vail, Aspen and Telluride. South Fir Street Gallery (Telluride CO.) https://southfirstreet.com/ #Aspen #GrowingUpAspen #artist #memoir #book #smalltown #community #goodtimes #highschool #changeyourlife #childhood #author #JudyHaas #Galleries #art #Telluride #Podcast #posters #collectables

82 - Growing Up Aspen – Judy Haas – Aspen’s Old Music Community

Judy Haas talks about the music community the Aspen kids grew up around. Judy Haas (Artist /Gallery Owner/ Aspen High Grad 71) (12 min) Image of Maroon Bells ©Mark Ronay Photography/ Music by Felix Plante. Produced by Twist and Turn Press. Author's Note: My Aspen exposures pretty much matched my Portland ones. I used to play out side pick up basket ball games with Mark Gustafson at Will Vinton Studios when I moved to Portland. A few years back he won the Animated Feature Oscar with Guillermo del Toro... Pinocchio. His buddy Hal Hickel who usually was my opponent in those basket ball games... When he went to pick up his Oscar for Special Effect on Pirates of the Caribbean ... on the screens behind him were effects done by Aspen's... Ivan DeWolf. Our just before COVID motion comic sound track for a Universal franchise was completely all... Tai Vare! This is the crazy circle that is my Aspen and Portland lives. They have both inspired me in so many ways. This book Growing Up Aspen - Adventures of the Unsupervised is my thank you to one of those two cities. Book: Twist and Turn Press https://www.twistandturnpress.com/ T-Shirts: Threadless https://happytrailsanimation.threadless.com/ Happy Trails Animation https://www.happytrailsanimation.com/ Judy Haas Since the sixties, I have always been inspired by the “Art of Rock”. The images and artists are unique. Originally intended for inexpensive promotional devices, rock posters evolved into extraordinary visual equivalents of the music they advertise. The posters themselves are created by many different artists. Some of them are silk-screens and signed by the artist. Some of them are “show editions”, rare and no longer in print. Vintage movie and stone lithograph posters are unique and produced from 1900-1960. All of the posters are embellished with imported Swarovski crystals, diamond dust, and/or hand cut paper. Judy Haas lives and works in Telluride. She has been a professional artist since 1985, showing her work nationally and internationally. She is well known for her colorful handmade pastel drawings of trout. Her mediums include pastel on paper, ceramics, computer generated fractals, mixed media prints and projects. She has illustrated two books, Being a Mother & The Grace of Mary. She participated in the Art in the Embassies program and many companies including Patagonia, The Nature Company and Andrews McMeel have used her images. She has shown her work at Alexander Gallery in New York, Beadleston Gallery in New York and London, Meredith Long Gallery in Houston, American Museum of Flyfishing in New Hampshire, and many galleries in Sun Valley, Vail, Aspen and Telluride. South Fir Street Gallery (Telluride CO.) https://southfirstreet.com/ #Aspen #GrowingUpAspen #artist #memoir #book #smalltown #community #goodtimes #highschool #changeyourlife #childhood #author #JudyHaas #Galleries #art #Telluride #Podcast #posters #collectables

81 - Growing Up Aspen – Judy Haas – Aspen’s Old Art Community

Judy Haas talks about the art community the Aspen kids grew up around. Judy Haas (Artist /Gallery Owner/ Aspen High Grad 71) (14 min) Image of Maroon Bells ©Mark Ronay Photography) Music by Felix Plante. Produced by Twist and Turn Press. Author's Note: My Aspen exposures pretty much matched my Portland ones. I used to play out side pick up basket ball games with Mark Gustafson at Will Vinton Studios when I moved to Portland. A few years back he won the Animated Feature Oscar with Guillermo del Toro... Pinocchio. His buddy Hal Hickel who usually was my opponent in those basket ball games... When he went to pick up his Oscar for Special Effect on Pirates of the Caribbean ... on the screens behind him were effects done by Aspen's... Ivan DeWolf. Our just before COVID motion comic sound track for a Universal franchise was completely all... Tai Vare! This is the crazy circle that is my Aspen and Portland lives. They have both inspired me in so many ways. This book Growing Up Aspen - Adventures of the Unsupervised is my thank you to one of those two cities. Book: Twist and Turn Press https://www.twistandturnpress.com/ T-Shirts: Threadless https://happytrailsanimation.threadless.com/ Happy Trails Animation https://www.happytrailsanimation.com/ Judy Haas Since the sixties, I have always been inspired by the “Art of Rock”. The images and artists are unique. Originally intended for inexpensive promotional devices, rock posters evolved into extraordinary visual equivalents of the music they advertise. The posters themselves are created by many different artists. Some of them are silk-screens and signed by the artist. Some of them are “show editions”, rare and no longer in print. Vintage movie and stone lithograph posters are unique and produced from 1900-1960. All of the posters are embellished with imported Swarovski crystals, diamond dust, and/or hand cut paper. Judy Haas lives and works in Telluride. She has been a professional artist since 1985, showing her work nationally and internationally. She is well known for her colorful handmade pastel drawings of trout. Her mediums include pastel on paper, ceramics, computer generated fractals, mixed media prints and projects. She has illustrated two books, Being a Mother & The Grace of Mary. She participated in the Art in the Embassies program and many companies including Patagonia, The Nature Company and Andrews McMeel have used her images. She has shown her work at Alexander Gallery in New York, Beadleston Gallery in New York and London, Meredith Long Gallery in Houston, American Museum of Flyfishing in New Hampshire, and many galleries in Sun Valley, Vail, Aspen and Telluride. South Fir Street Gallery (Telluride CO.) https://southfirstreet.com/ #Aspen #GrowingUpAspen #artist #memoir #book #smalltown #community #goodtimes #highschool #changeyourlife #childhood #author #JudyHaas #Galleries #art #Telluride #Podcast #posters #collectables

80 - Growing Up Aspen – Judy Haas – School Kids & Aspen Heritage

Judy Haas talks about her school friends and Aspen heritage. Judy Haas (Artist /Gallery Owner/ Aspen High Grad 71) (7 min) Image of Maroon Bells ©Mark Ronay Photography) Music by Felix Plante. Produced by Twist and Turn Press. Book: Twist and Turn Press https://www.twistandturnpress.com/ T-Shirts: Threadless https://happytrailsanimation.threadless.com/ Happy Trails Animation https://www.happytrailsanimation.com/ Judy Haas Since the sixties, I have always been inspired by the “Art of Rock”. The images and artists are unique. Originally intended for inexpensive promotional devices, rock posters evolved into extraordinary visual equivalents of the music they advertise. The posters themselves are created by many different artists. Some of them are silk-screens and signed by the artist. Some of them are “show editions”, rare and no longer in print. Vintage movie and stone lithograph posters are unique and produced from 1900-1960. All of the posters are embellished with imported Swarovski crystals, diamond dust, and/or hand cut paper. Judy Haas lives and works in Telluride. She has been a professional artist since 1985, showing her work nationally and internationally. She is well known for her colorful handmade pastel drawings of trout. Her mediums include pastel on paper, ceramics, computer generated fractals, mixed media prints and projects. She has illustrated two books, Being a Mother & The Grace of Mary. She participated in the Art in the Embassies program and many companies including Patagonia, The Nature Company and Andrews McMeel have used her images. She has shown her work at Alexander Gallery in New York, Beadleston Gallery in New York and London, Meredith Long Gallery in Houston, American Museum of Flyfishing in New Hampshire, and many galleries in Sun Valley, Vail, Aspen and Telluride. South Fir Street Gallery (Telluride CO.) https://southfirstreet.com/ #Aspen #GrowingUpAspen #artist #memoir #book #smalltown #community #goodtimes #highschool #changeyourlife #childhood #author #JudyHaas #Galleries #art #Telluride #Podcast #posters #collectables

79 - Growing Up Aspen – Judy Haas – Journey to Aspen & Growing Up On Skis

Judy Haas talks about her family entrance into Aspen and growing up on skis. Judy Haas (Artist /Gallery Owner/ Aspen High Grad 71) (8 min) Image of Maroon Bells ©Mark Ronay Photography/ Music by Felix Plante. Produced by Twist and Turn Press. Book: Twist and Turn Press https://www.twistandturnpress.com/ T-Shirts: Threadless https://happytrailsanimation.threadless.com/ Happy Trails Animation https://www.happytrailsanimation.com/ Judy Haas Since the sixties, I have always been inspired by the “Art of Rock”. The images and artists are unique. Originally intended for inexpensive promotional devices, rock posters evolved into extraordinary visual equivalents of the music they advertise. The posters themselves are created by many different artists. Some of them are silk-screens and signed by the artist. Some of them are “show editions”, rare and no longer in print. Vintage movie and stone lithograph posters are unique and produced from 1900-1960. All of the posters are embellished with imported Swarovski crystals, diamond dust, and/or hand cut paper. Judy Haas lives and works in Telluride. She has been a professional artist since 1985, showing her work nationally and internationally. She is well known for her colorful handmade pastel drawings of trout. Her mediums include pastel on paper, ceramics, computer generated fractals, mixed media prints and projects. She has illustrated two books, Being a Mother & The Grace of Mary. She participated in the Art in the Embassies program and many companies including Patagonia, The Nature Company and Andrews McMeel have used her images. She has shown her work at Alexander Gallery in New York, Beadleston Gallery in New York and London, Meredith Long Gallery in Houston, American Museum of Flyfishing in New Hampshire, and many galleries in Sun Valley, Vail, Aspen and Telluride. South Fir Street Gallery (Telluride CO.) https://southfirstreet.com/ #Aspen #GrowingUpAspen #artist #memoir #book #smalltown #community #goodtimes #highschool #changeyourlife #childhood #author #JudyHaas #Galleries #art #Telluride #Podcast #posters #collectables

78 - Growing Up Aspen - Pete DeGregorio – The Change

Coach D talks about when he noticed the change in Aspen. Pete DeGregorio (Aspen high school PE Coach /Original Aspen Gentlemen) (23 min) Images © Nick DeWolf Flickr Images (Maroon Bells ©Mark Ronay Photography) Music by Felix Plante. Produced by Twist and Turn Press. Book: Twist and Turn Press https://www.twistandturnpress.com/ T-Shirts: Threadless https://happytrailsanimation.threadless.com/ Happy Trails Animation https://www.happytrailsanimation.com/ Pete DeGregorio Coach Pete DeGregorio, the patriarch of modern-era football in Aspen, directs the Skiers through the then-Northwestern League with the help of assistant coach Willard Clapper, a graduate of Western State College. “Pete … was amazing,” Clapper reiterated. “And he was one of the first rugby players here.” DeGregorio helped establish the original Gentlemen of Aspen rugby club. A quotable favorite in the Denver and Grand Junction newspapers back then, DeGregorio revered his role as the coach of an underdog, undersized football team in an awakening resort town. He often underplayed his team’s chances by building up the opponent and falling back on an Aspen resort stereotype. “We have too many cake-eaters,” DeGregoria said, more than once or twice. Cake-eaters who created a legacy Aspen football history. Aspen Skiers Football https://www.maxpreps.com/co/aspen/aspen-skiers/football/schedule/ #Aspen #GrowingUpAspen #coaching #memoir #book #smalltown #community #goodtimes #community #changeyourlife #childhood #author #PeteDeGregorio #coach #journalism #football #Podcast #sports #gridiron

77 - Growing Up Aspen - Pete DeGregorio – Culture

Coach D talks about the old Aspen hangouts and culture. Pete DeGregorio (Aspen high school PE Coach /Original Aspen Gentlemen) (8 min) Image of Maroon Bells ©Mark Ronay Photography/ Music by Felix Plante. Produced by Twist and Turn Press. Book: Twist and Turn Press https://www.twistandturnpress.com/ T-Shirts: Threadless https://happytrailsanimation.threadless.com/ Happy Trails Animation https://www.happytrailsanimation.com/ Pete DeGregorio Coach Pete DeGregorio, the patriarch of modern-era football in Aspen, directs the Skiers through the then-Northwestern League with the help of assistant coach Willard Clapper, a graduate of Western State College. “Pete … was amazing,” Clapper reiterated. “And he was one of the first rugby players here.” DeGregorio helped establish the original Gentlemen of Aspen rugby club. A quotable favorite in the Denver and Grand Junction newspapers back then, DeGregorio revered his role as the coach of an underdog, undersized football team in an awakening resort town. He often underplayed his team’s chances by building up the opponent and falling back on an Aspen resort stereotype. “We have too many cake-eaters,” DeGregoria said, more than once or twice. Cake-eaters who created a legacy Aspen football history. Aspen Skiers Football https://www.maxpreps.com/co/aspen/aspen-skiers/football/schedule/ #Aspen #GrowingUpAspen #coaching #memoir #book #smalltown #community #goodtimes #community #changeyourlife #childhood #author #PeteDeGregorio #coach #journalism #football #Podcast #sports #gridiron

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