Episode 26: Lisa Hill
Lisa Hill is one of my favorite human beings.
I really mean that, and because this is true, it pains me to say that technical difficulties occurred during her interview; her camera wound up having its SD card go haywire.
So...the majority of her video was never accessible for upload. Not sure how the opening third of that content made it safely to the other side and the latter portions didn't, but what's done is done.
I'm pleased that we were able to capture her lovely mug whilst discussing family and life, and I also had the wild idea to drop a bunch of pertinent stills into the software where footage of her should be, so who knows. Maybe that's a new thing I try to incorporate for future episodes.
Anyway, getting Lisa's butt in the chair flirted with harassment, so I'm beyond grateful that she not only ultimately committed, but showed up, and -- I'm pretty sure -- had a pretty good time during our conversation.
Lisa and I logged a few hours under the same service-industry roof a half a lifetime ago, and she was one of my favorite people then, too. In fact, I'd posit most of our co-workers would agree.
Many are the times when I find myself blessed in affirmation of this notion that you should -- essentially -- be nice to people because you never know what they might have going on. Lisa has had a fascinating ride since we last collected a paycheck from the same employer, and the pandemic bubble that might be in all of our rearviews proved no different.
We talked a little bit about family and life and work and -- believe it or not -- we made our way down an alley of the musical avenue as well. She tabbed Beastie Boys's Paul's Boutique (1989) Depeche Mode's Violator (1990), Sinead O'Connor's (She now goes by Shuhada Sadaqat.) Universal Mother (1994), and Keep It Like a Secret (1997) by Built to Spill as her badass records.
It was a pleasure having her join me for episode #26, and maybe one day she'll join me again for another chat.
copyright disclaimer: I do not own the rights to the intro/outro audio clips. They come from the title track of Budapest Eskimos, a 2006 record (c/o Mole Listening Pearls) by The Lushlife Project