James Richard Lane blog

The Shaky Experience ( Radio Show ) I made a flyer couple of months ago that read "Hello reader, I am interested in work for you. I'm good at marketing, but my passion is entertainment. Email me, thank you". I hung them up around Denver. As I was hanging one at the Auraria campus, I noticed they were having a small fair. That is when I discovered MET Media. I showed them my flyer and they admired my ambition and offered me to have my own radio show. I accepted and now have my own live radio show every Monday 1-2pm MST at Metropolitan State University. I host  The Shaky Experience (Show) . I have completed 6 episodes and one teaser . I curate a list of bands that I want to play on my show every week. I do my best to make my show as interactive as possible by inviting listeners to let me know what they want to hear or if they have a topic they want covered and want to discuss on my show. I emailed The Underground Music Showcase Festival about potentially havin...

M A Y A trip to Grand Canyon was next on the bucket list for Kim and I. We planned out a trip and were ready to accomplish our next goal, but first I needed to finish up my duties as a little league coach for Denver Parks and Rec. It was the last game of the season for my 5-6 and 9-10 year old kids. It was truly an unexpected experience me working with kids. Who knew I would be capable of coaching kids? I certainly didn't, but it was fun and I'm glad I did it. We received medals for our participation in the league. We said our goodbyes and now had the green light of no responsibilities for weeks to come. After a 6 hour drive we made it to Santa Fe, New Mexico. We started off by checking into our Motel 6 to give Bailey (our dog) a place to relax. Beside our motel was an incredible medal and glass shop, that made cool figurines of sugar skulls, Mexican suns, and other mythical objects. We left the shop to go get food at Ying Yang Chinese Restaurant. We had their food la...

B A L T I M O R E!  A piece of artwork I spotted in Hampden neighborhood Light City's second annual festival was coming up and I didn't want to miss the opportunity to see all of my home town friends and family during such a jam packed week/end. I bought my tickets to Baltimore using money I earned by providing my opinion in a focus group about Gatorade a few weeks before. My trip was covered and my backpack was packed. I got on the flight and with a short layover in Chicago . I finally made it to Charm City . An instillation of Light City I left so much behind when I moved away from Baltimore. I was running monthly hostel shows, marketing a local currency, and having the best nights of my life with friends and family. Not to mention I was featured in 3 newspapers last year for the work I was accomplishing. That being said, it only felt appropriate for me to visit during such a special time. Photographs of my aunt and I when we were young. The first...

M A R C H Spring Break was the focal point of this month. Kim and I have been planning a Spring Break road trip to St. Petersburg to visit her family. I was recently "let go" at my job, which turned out to be the perfect situation. This gave me unlimited freedom and due the money I was making it allowed me to save up enough to pay off my lease early and have extra money to use on miscellaneous things. That being said, we planned out our trip and requested an Airbnb to stay in New Orleans. We were only a week away till we left for the sunshine state. The trip dates came out to be March 15th - 26th. It would be a very long trip, but we were prepared for this exciting ride. Once Kim got out of class Wednesday we hit the road. We started our drive at 7pm, which was much later than anticipated. The boarder line of New Mexico and Texas was the furthest we could make it, before we had to call it quits. We found a free campground with the ever so handy website  https://www.ca...