A few months ago I got an email from a producer working on a series of short videos on “authenticity,” wanting to come and shoot some video here. It was for Sailor Jerry Rum. Hmmmm. OK, can I get a bottle of the rum? Well yes, and it arrived a week later. It was a spiced rum -oh oh – but I was surprised that it was pretty good. Reasonably priced and I made a great version of rum and coke, with the rum, spicy ginger beer, and lime juice. OK, I said, and 4 v. cool guys from Hold Fast Video (SoCal) showed up and we had a great 2-3 hours. Fun. Here’s the result; I like the snappy editing:
About Lloyd Kahn
Lloyd Kahn started building his own home in the early '60s and went on to publish books showing homeowners how they could build their own homes with their own hands. He got his start in publishing by working as the shelter editor of the
Whole Earth Catalog with Stewart Brand in the late '60s. He has since authored six highly-graphic books on homemade building, all of which are interrelated. The books, "The Shelter Library Of Building Books," include
Shelter,
Shelter II (1978),
Home Work (2004),
Builders of the Pacific Coast (2008),
Tiny Homes (2012), and
Tiny Homes on the Move (2014). Lloyd operates from Northern California studio built of recycled lumber, set in the midst of a vegetable garden, and hooked into the world via five Mac computers. You can check out videos (one with over 450,000 views) on Lloyd by doing a search on YouTube:
Wow, great little films and very effective, now I want to buy some of that rum and one of those Hammerhead motorcycles. I've already got your books:)
"Respect the Legacy" … did you see that at the very end of the vid on the logo? Awesome, Lloyd … you are definitely a legend to me. Awesome vibe you put out, in just under 2 minutes. I want some of that rum, too, but I won't wait 20 years to start skateboarding … I'm 46, I suppose it's time …
Khan?
Fabulous!
don't you mean khaaaaan!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRnSnfiUI54