Lifes 3x5s Episode Fun Facts and Galleries
S4 E9 Wet Your Hands & Push Right Here at Three Ravens Pottery
Season# 4 Episode # 9 – We’re always willing to try something new. Pottery was a great option. Some of the topics during the show…scan the room, casting spells on others and ourselves, Raku pottery, How mad have you been?, the most we’ve been dirty, mud themed birthday party, Ghost film and Claymation, lookup Janine Turner, witches, card counter or pick pocket?
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Recorded January 31, 2024.
S4 E8 A Full Load of Pinkies at Rockford Washer Laundromat
Season #4 Episode #8 – Who would’ve thought there could be so much to talk about while doing laundry? Here are a few of the topics: Advice From America, my lungs are frozen, laundry personalities, washing a mascot, cats in the dryers, Liz’s jokes, Disney uniforms and boycotting products. Also, underwear…again!
Recorded January 17, 2024.
S4 E7 Get Pickled Both Ways at Victory Pickleball Center
Season #4 Episode #7 – The Victory Pickleball Center in Rockford/ Loves Park, Illinois is a newly renovated 54,00 square feet. Owner Tim Ancona is our guest. Buckle up boys and girls, because this is the longest episode thus far. The segments are one week apart and with good reason. Hula hooping, Scottish trivia, giving babies away, sleigh bells, Air Force One, wheelchair softball, jobs we can’t do, bold face lies, sexy sunglasses, drinks on flights, Norman Lear, meteors, apps, throwing famous musicians under the bus, Fireside dinner theater, medicals records are overrated and…”What do the inside of our heads look like?”
Recorded December 4 & 12, 2023.
S4 E6 WGN Radio with John Landecker
Season# 4 Episode # 6 –
S4 E5 At the Intersection of K & F at Davis Park
Season# 4 Episode # 5 – Davis Park is in downtown Rockford, Illinois. We chose this location to celebrate 815 Day (Rockford’s original area code). Here are some of the topics we tossed around. Autumn, clothing layering, birthdays, going shopping together, celebrity deaths, game shows, attitude, Rewound Radio, “trust me”, Polaroids, Angry by The Rolling Stones, our listeners around the world, Muskie fishing, Liz’s blog, no Twitter for Tim, being annoying, Fred VanVleet, items into space, Sunshine on My shoulders, weather at Sturgis, Coronado Theater, Rockford Symphony Orchestra, and On-The-Waterfront festival.
Fact update for this episode –
Monty Hall was the host of Let’s Make A Deal, Belvedere Vodka (spelled differently than the city near Rockford) is from Poland, Susan St. James also appeared in Kate & Allie, McCloud, McMillan & Wife and SUITS, the Rockford Symphony Orchestra’s new Music Director Yaniv Attar is from Seattle, Washington and originally from Israel. Stellantis North America now owns the Belvidere Auto Assembly Plant.
S4 E4 Fighting Over Dessert at Lucha Cantina
Season# 4 Episode # 4 – Lucha Cantina at Edgebrook Shopping Center is the fastest growing Mexican restaurant in Rockford, Illinois. Josh Binning served us great food and drink for us to share with you. Just a few topics from this episode…Tim can’t even buy food correctly, Mariachi stamps, Tim raves about Liz’s buns, red-tailed hawk, epic dessert, painting murals, inside a diaper, gameshows, food trucks, going to Louisville, The ARC, the need for big hair, spending stupid money, radio in Mexico, speaking pig Latin, writing in code, non-exisiting office machines, and The Mouse Trap restaurant.
A link to LISTEN – Lifes 3x5s · July 20, 2023
Fact update for this episode –
A link to LISTEN – Lifes 3x5s · July 20, 2023
The three names for fox babies are pups, kits and cubs. The game show host for the reboot of Password is Keke Palmer.
The next day Josh, who owns Lucha Cantina, sent me this link.
He couldn’t believe we had a 3×5 about game shows. This is his mother on The Price is Right in 1972…before he was born. Enjoy.
S4 E3 The White Flag at the Rockford Speedway
Season# 4 Episode # 3 – The Rockford Speedway is waving the white flag during the 2023 season after 76 years. The memories are really revved up during their final season of stock car racing in northern Illinois. Just a few topics from this episode… custom sock monkey statue, why counter clockwise, Mr. Ford riding shotgun, the sheriff says “I know you!”, NASCAR in Chicago, demolition derby, Rick Nielsen’s puce jacket, first meeting Danica Patrick, seventy six years of pictures and videos of the speedway, “Was that a fart?”, he spent the weekend with David Letterman and Paul Newman, Googling Gone Wrong, and racing wearing flippers.
Fact update for this episode – The Jim Croce song was Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy). Giada De Laurentiis on the Food Network. ROBERT DUVALL in Days of Thunder…Tim will surely remember this fact to insure no need to Google it again.
1979 Concerts at the Rockford Speedway –
April 11 – REO Speedwagon, Head East, The Cars, The Rockets and Ian Hunter.
May 28 – Ted Nugent, Nazareth, Jay Ferguson, April Wine and Off Broadway.
S4 E2 Prime Time Picnic at Rock Cut State Park
Season# 4 Episode # 2 – Just a few topics from this episode… First time picnic ideas, walking barefoot in the grass, food that’s bad for dogs, car meets deer, move before the ice melts, cooking outdoors when it’s ninety degrees, cooler thieves, hummingbirds vs. turkey vultures, hammocks, dumpster diving, you made my day, hey Larry and Fabio, Tim googles an old girlfriend, artificial intelligence, speeding tickets and warning the police that you have to pee.
Fact update for this episode – Tim and Liz were both kinda sorta right about the movie showing an actor taking off his shoes and socks and working his toes in the grass to relieve stress. Bruce Willis in Die Hard and Richard Gere in Pretty Woman.
S4 E1 The Scents of Accomplishment at AR Workshop
Season# 4 Episode # 1 – Just a few topics from this episode… Pouring custom candles, gift giving rules, senior class pranks, 90th birthday, “that’s your porn name”, when Tim runs for office, slowest & fastest talkers, cold throw, the rich & the homeless, Disney ties and the Coronation party Bars have TIP JARS and so does Lifes3x5s podcast! Find it on our website and Buy Us A Coffee.
S3 E15 Deeper Than the Game of Baseball
Season# 3 Episode # 15 – Just a few topics from this episode… Old Fashion slushes, Billy Williams, baseball themed movies, triple party day coming up, superstitions, the Jeep wave, sports communities, big league announcers, John O’Leary & Jack Buck, fish slime or dog slobber and our new pets. Bars have TIP JARS and so does Lifes3x5s podcast! Find it on our website and Buy Us A Coffee.
Fact update for this episode – The John Goodman film was The Babe. The John Cusack film was Eight Men Out. The Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore film was Fever Pitch. Mike Rowe’s podcast is The Way I Heard It and episode 312 is about a baseball event in 1998. Darci Lynne is the young ventriloquist.
The final score for the May 3, 2023 game was the Beloit Sky Carp 4 and the West Michigan Whitecaps 1.
S3 E14 Vintage is Sexy for Antique
Season# 3 Episode # 14 – Just some of the topics in this episode – humping Liz’s leg, muscle cars, trains, cereal boxes, difficult names for specific collectors, coyotes, going through Liz’s purse, Tim’s new puppy, Airheads and “shoplifting.” And, many stories connected to what we saw and what we have at home. March 16, 2023 at Best of Beloit Vintage Mall 1019 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois. Bars have TIP JARS and so does Lifes3x5s podcast! Find it on our website and Buy Us A Coffee.
Fact update for this episode – Stamp collectors are called Philatelists. Elsie the cow, not Bessie, was the mascot icon for Borden brand products. The Banana Splits was the kids show Tim was referring to. Visit pickerestatesales.com or Best of Beloit Vintage Mall’s Facebook page for photos of their vendors and the everchanging product selection.
S3 E13 First Anniversary Recap
S3 E12 Mentally On Stage with the Legends
Season# 3 Episode # 12 – Bars have TIP JARS and so does Lifes3x5s podcast! Find it on our website and Buy Us A Coffee. A full blown two hour conversation with our lifelong radio friend Don Kronberg of Nitelite Promotions. We mentally and verbally rubbed shoulders with hundreds of rock stars and comedians spanning his 33 years. Drinking wine in the morning, love for comedians, nervous on stage, B.B. King’s Lucille guitar, showing off the lobby of the Rialto Theater in Joliet, Illinois, a banjo on the wall, The Walking Dead, they cuffed her, Mr. Warmth, they met backstage and are still married, and the Illinois Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66.
Fact update for this episode – Don Rickles was known as Mr. Warmth.
S3 E11 We Too Are Aged
Season# 3 Episode # 11 – Bars have TIP JARS and so does Lifes3x5s podcast! Find it on our website and Buy Us A Coffee. Whiskey Acres provided a great backdrop for many stories today…bourbon slushes, drunk stories from the 70’s, betting on Gatorade, the best bar slogan ever, “it tastes like booger”, “Who puked on me?”, the party backwash looked like it was drinkable, shipping corn to Kentucky, running moonshine, farm-crafted and approachable, Tim’s drinking ploy, bungholes galore, bourbon balls, the evilness of sisters, fishing trip vomit, if it could only be easier, if WD40 and Duct Tape had a baby, Foster Brooks, drink recipes, and wine on an overseas shipwreck.
S3 E10 Cold Enough to Carve
Season# 3 Episode # 10 – Remember to tell your friends and review rate us on Apple! Visit lifes3x5s.com for each episode’s photo gallery, a way to contribute ideas to our podcast and the Buy Us A Coffee Tip Jar. Here’s a some of the topics from this episode. The National Snow Sculpting Competition, dueling toasts, ice maze, sand sculpting, lending your home to charities, banana peels for your plants, city versus country, creative team names, Tim’s new dog is coming, “Here eat this”, snow ice cream, the Snow Weasels, Braille Playboy magazine, Groundhog Day film celebration, and chocolate covered meat.
Fact update for this episode – Jon Foreman uses beaches as his canvas for rock art near the ocean. Find him on Facebook to enjoy his work.
The all woman team was from Minnesota not Alaska.
S3 E9 Birds of a Feather Do a Podcast
Season# 3 Episode # 9 – Here are some of the topics from this episode. The Rockford Photo Club shoot, turkey feathers on Tim’s dashboard, eagles right over our heads, turkey vultures within reach, see freeze frames when they put a chip in our heads, bird banding, lorikeets, I hit a goose with my van, some bird migrations have been disrupted, eagles in the Bible, deep sea fishing, a cat frozen to a tree, foxes near us, what makes us smile, writing a note at three in the morning, talking to animals, making people out of acorns, and juicer samples.
S3 E8 Our First Anniversary On-The-Rocks
Season# 3 Episode # 8 – It was a nice way to spend the afternoon. Several talented figure skaters practiced their programs for us. Our first episode of January 2023 was also Lifes3x5s podcast first year anniversary! We celebrated by chatting about Mittens versus Gloves, Tim is NOT a trendsetter, childhood skating, Tim’s grandfather’s advice, Olympic skater Janet Lynn, “Google that!”, fake skating, think like a criminal, our favorite toys, dog breeds and naming a pet, hidden hobbies, and a vivid middle school memory. .
Fact update for this episode – Tinker Toys was the other building toy.
Ice Follies offered Janet Lynn a three year contract for $1,455,00.00, which made her the highest paid female professional athlete of the time. Their rival was the Ice Capades. In 1974, Janet became the World Professional Champion in an event created by promoter Dick Button to showcase her.
The fancy breed of dog Tim referred to at The Great American Dog Show was GBGV…Grand Basset Griffon Vendeens.
S3 E7 This Show Requires Huge Balls
Season# 3 Episode # 7 – It was a really fun day at Park Lanes Bowling in Loves Park, Illinois. Here are some of the topics we covered after our three games wearing those fancy colored shoes. Dumb asses on two lanes, Tim’s early birthday gifts, Christine McVie died and how Mick Fleetwood entered the room, thirty-two weeks with three four year old kids, not lasting until midnight on New Year’s Eve, betting on bowling, Death Pool, the last time you’ve written a letter to someone, your socially unacceptable plan, Alan Alda’s meaningful question, as an “extra” without a speaking part, there’s something wrong with my baseball bat, scars versus wounds, and Black Guys versus Black Ice. Remember to tell your friends and review rate us on Apple! Visit lifes3x5s.com for each episode’s photo gallery, a way to contribute ideas to our podcast and the Tip Jar.
Fact update for this episode – Carrie Underwood injured her face by falling off a step while taking her dog outside. Tim was thinking about Gloria Estefan of Miami Sound Machine fame when referring to the tour bus accident.
S3 E6 Is Somebody Watching Us?
Season #3 Episode #6 – Tim and Liz are within a rumored to be haunted house. This episode’s stories are like no other. “Someone” moved our wine glasses and my towel in that hotel, it was as cold as a fridge in mid-July, an orb appeared in Liz’s photos, ghosts at the White House, WYBR radio in the CherryVale Mall, and true stories from Tim’s relatives. “Did you hear that buzz?” Our stones went through those two pale white bulldogs, Tim’s phone rings while on silent mode, the little boy in the basement of the mansion, “Ghosts” on CBS television, the dust is gone on just one piano key, and the chair that moved to avoid the sun.
S3 E5 - Riding the Waves of Radio
Season #3 Episode #5 – Tim and Liz were pleasantly surprised to be offered to do this episode in the Paul and Angel Harvey Studio at the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, Illinois. So many radio stories were shared within the former WGN Showcase Studio once on Michigan Avenue. It was donated to the museum in 2012. Midwest temperatures unexpectedly plunged into the upper thirties the week of October 20, 2022 therefore we kept our coats on during the show and held back their chattering teeth and sniffles.
S3 E4 - Driving a Clutch in the Pouring Rain
Season #3 Episode #4 – So much was planned in advance for the Rock Valley Mustang Club’s car show on September 11, 2022, Mother Nature had other plans. It poured buckets of rain all night, all day and then all night again. A record for that date. We still an episode in our “mobile studio” and reminisced about those stories connected to cars.
S3 E3 - Straight Off the Vine at Thyme and Again Farm
Season #3 Episode #3 – Surrounded by thousands of pumpkins, gourds and squash, we chatted at a picnic table on a beautiful September day. Our podcast, as usual, covered many unpredictable topics – choking on apples, a wet ghost story, “What’s on your lip?”, the wise words of Rod Kramer, pumpkin spice is in bed with everything, Foley sound effects, pie versus cake, “How’s your dog’s poop?”, Dr. Doolizzle, Queen Elizabeth II dies, team sports, 120 mph, and a VW Bug full of squash.
S3 E2 - We’re Painted Into a Corner in Loves Park, Illinois
Season #3 Episode #2 – Admiring the new city murals, bird seed, color blind artist, Jim Carey, free t-shirts, senior discounts, crying over a book, pet rock, “It’s good for you!”, nickels, Tim’s painting, not reading labels, latest dumbass moves, raking river rocks and filthy rich. An easy way to contribute to our podcast is to Buy Me a Coffee through our Tip Jar tab. Thanks in advance.
S3 E1 - Giggles and Moonshine on the river in Liz’s backyard
Season #3 Episode #1 – This is the first episode of our third season. What a free-for-all of topics! Mt. Rushmore, dinner with former WLS radio folks, bison, rescuing wildlife, time-waster, going to Prince’s Paisley Park, horrible joke telling, fading fads, not shopping together, people our age, regifting, bourbon cookies, plastic surgery, moonshine shots, Foster Brooks idea and swimming with Liz’s dog. An easy way to contribute to our podcast is to Buy Me a Coffee through our Tip Jar tab. Thanks in advance.
S2 E15 - When Nature Pulls You in and Keeps You For the Day at Canyon Camp
Season #2 Episode #15 – This is the last episode of our second season. Thanks you for joining us at thirty very different locations. Today we’re at the Boy Scouts and Blackhawk Area Council’s Canyon Camp just outside Stockton, Illinois. Conversations about National Park ranger training, the Merlin Bird app, glamping, “a spider crawled across my lips”, and winter camping tips. Eagle projects, cooking over a fire, great movie soundtracks, the hardest lesson learned, and berry picking on a hike. Using the EDGE method, when floods hit the canyon, and unique memories and fun conversations with Directors Seth Kannarr and Lee Binkley. An easy way to contribute to our podcast is to Buy Me a Coffee through our Tip Jar tab. Thanks in advance.
S2 E14 - Funny How Everyone Smells the Same in a Barn near Byron, Illinois
Season# 2 Episode # 14 – We hoisted our equipment up into a hay loft and began to chat. Why is there a kitten in the Tupperware? Animal Stories on WLS radio in Chicago. Parting gifts from the farm, Going down the rabbit hole, seeing UFOs, Think about it and IT will happen, watermelon seeds and Tom Sawyer & Becky Thatcher weekend. What’s your weakness? Reassembling a barn, close up photos at the fair, bull scrotum for sale, hot air balloons, and Princess was a nice horse. Remember to tell your friends and review rate us on Apple!
S2 E13 - Punch Air Holes For Us Before You Ship from Chicago Rockford International Airport
Season #2 Episode #13 – While sitting on the tarmac of the airport’s cargo terminal at high noon! We chat about flying first class, the UPS plane that spun and swept everything off our table, and answer the question, “Are your nuts still warm?” Shipping false teeth, getting packages from Dick Clark and George Lucas, football cards, meeting Naomi Judd and seeing Whitney Houston and Jerry West and training dogs. The unpredictability of this podcast is exciting. Enjoy. Remember to tell your friends and review rate us on Apple! Visit lifes3x5s.com for each episode’s photo gallery, a way to contribute ideas to our podcast and the Tip Jar.
S2 E12 - It’s Time to Blow Your Own Horn at the Sinnissippi Music Shell in Rockford, Illinois.
Season# 2 Episode # 12 – The world renowned Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps played the Sinnissippi Park Music Shell in Rockford, Illinois. Illinois is truly in the middle of everything! Listen as our conversation drifts into favorite flowers, a lightning round of Family Feud, who can keep a secret, Utter Tuggers baseball, and the guy who Beat Bobby Flay. A moving performance of Taps by Brandon Colmark. And how Tim’s cousins got 350+ people cross country so the Dobyns-Bennett High School band could play in the Rose Parade. Visit www.regiment.org and see them compete July 9, 2022 in the Tour of Champions at Northern Illinois University and July 15, 2022 in The Show of Shows at Boylan Central Catholic High School. Remember to tell your friends and review rate us on Apple! Visit our Tip Jar.
Answers to questions within this episode –
David Sandusky indeed Beat Bobby Flay! David owns Beast Craft BBQ & Company, Beast Butcher & Block and a Beast food truck in the St. Louis area. It’s wonderful according to Tim.
Illinois’ new tourism campaign is In the Middle of Everything! Liz and Tim are ahead of the curve on this one.
S2 E11 - Running Through the Most Perfect Meadow of Music at Toad Hall in Rockford, Illinois
Season# 2 Episode # 11 – Toad Hall is a vintage music and book store. You name it they have it…somewhere in the building. Tim has been going there since high school. Somehow Liz and Tim covered these topics. Chicken farts, the diameter of the table, being a Duran Duran misfit, thousands of albums, hauling equipment to dances, epic quotes about music, clothes that will make Liz vomit, and someone gets means when SHE drinks. And, let’s not forget, “Tim is not anyone’s secretary!” Remember to tell your friends and review rate us on Apple! Visit lifes3x5s.com for each episode’s photo gallery, a way to contribute ideas to our podcast and the Tip Jar.
Answers to questions within this episode –
As Tim was trying to guess the top hit by Nicolette Larson, he first said Whole Lotta Love (Led Zeppelin). It later came to him…Lotta Love. Bill Veck was the owner of the White Sox when WLUP radio’s shock jock Steve Dahl led the Disco Demolition in centerfield.
Our buddy Neal Angell, who is still in the radio industry as a commercial continuity and production director, explains the shift in advertising stop sets like this – “Studies have shown that audiences respond better to the perception of fewer music interruptions regardless of the length or number of commercials in the set.” Frankly, I trust Neal wholeheartedly, but I believe the study’s results are bullshit!
S2 E10 - When It Comes to the Potato Shak, the I’s Have It! in Loves Park, Illinois.
Season# 2 Episode # 10 – Diners are the very best places for genuine conversation. Tim and Liz talked about their individual trips to Disney World, a reason to get up in the morning, K-mart cassettes, and wise men sitting at the counter. They think they are due for an aircheck session, old weird apartments, lightning rods, disrobing in a diner and major shit about birthdays. Don’t just ask yourself about how Liz and Tim ended up on all of these topics. Join them for more unpredictable conversation! Remember to tell your friends and review rate us on Apple! Visit lifes3x5s.com for each episode’s photo gallery, a way to contribute ideas to our podcast and the Tip Jar.
S2 E9 - We Found a Distinctive Bean in Chicago and it Only Took a Millennium
Season# 2 Episode # 9 – A beautiful day in the Windy City. They arrived early for this episode before recording yet another show for their side project The Storytellers Studio at Newsradio 780 WBBM just a block away. It felt to be a stone’s throw from Cloud Gate in Millennium Park in Chicago, Illinois. Tim and Liz met folks from El Paso, Texas; Turkey; Austria; Naperville, Illinois and England. They became impromptu tour agents and chatted about unexpected items in the mail, a haunted house tour, being grateful, a cartoon book with pigeons on the cover and Tim’s (not Liz’s) favorite relative. They became part of a high school video project inspired by the book Humans. Also, would you rather write for Hallmark cards or fortune cookies? Remember to tell your friends and review rate us on Apple!
Answers to questions within this episode –
Tim told a story about a book by comedian Steve Martin and cartoonist Harry Bliss of The New Yorker. It’s entitled A Wealth of Pigeons.
S2 E8 - Our Heads Were in the Clouds at WGN Radio in Chicago
Season#2 Episode #8 – Tim and Liz spent an amazing day at WGN Radio in Chicago with our longtime colleague Lisa Dent. They met Bob Sirott, John Williams and Steve Bertrand. Their unpredictable conversation covered Ken Burns’ Benjamin Franklin documentary, Grammy winners Emily Bear and Abigale Barlow, “her father fixed my middle finger”, transistor radios in a horse pasture, and many personal memories from WGN radio’s 100 year history. On the day prior, they meet the #200 mark co-authoring the upcoming book “Behind the Mic But Never On-The-Air.” At one point, Liz and Tim both looked at each other and said, “They are watching us aren’t they?” Please tell a friend, rate and review us on Apple Podcasts. Thank you!
S2 E7 - Over the Road...Literally at the Belvidere, Illinois Oasis
Season#2 Episode #7 – We were inspired by the interstate traffic under our feet. We talked about family car vacations, motorcycle trips, outrunning a tornado, kid car games, the epic sneeze, a true back-and-forth, state-by-state ping pong match of trip stories, and cruises. Today’s conversation once again proved it’s not always the giant vacations that have the most lasting memories. Visit lifes3x5s.com for each episode’s photo gallery, the Contact tab to offer ideas to our shows and contribute to our Tip Jar.
Answers to questions within this episode –
Tim told a story about a candy manufacturer in Frankfort, Kentucky that made bourbon balls for the Kentucky Derby – Rebecca/Ruth Candy Factory.
Ana Gasteyer stars as the CEO of Payne Motors on the NBC sitcom American Auto.
Tim’s Garbage Plate was ordered from Nick Tahou Hots in Rochester, New York. It was fries topped with noodles, hamburger patties, braised beef, onions and cheese. French bread and cups of whipped butter on the side. Nothing like.
The roadside attraction like Dog Patch USA was Silver Dollar City.
The national park in Minnesota Tim was trying to think of was Voyageurs.
S2 E6 -Radio and Root Beer Ratings at the Storytellers Studio
Season#2 Episode #6 – A thorough explanation of our new project aimed at capturing audio history from former and current employees of WROK radio in Rockford, Illinois. The station’s 100th anniversary is in 2023! Also, unpredictable conversations about favorite albums, comic books, a root beer taste off, a bath in mashed potatoes and gravy, “here it’s good for you”, a recap of the Beloit International Film Festival, mending burns, comedian Foster Brooks and the compelling question, “Why are Tim and Liz drawn to be behind the microphone?”
Answers to questions within this episode –
During the recap of the 2022 Beloit International Film Festival, Liz mentioned The Six…winner of the Golden Laurels Award.
The short films Tim referenced were – Manasanamaha (India), Synthetic Love (France), Kafkas (Brooklyn, New York), A Father’s Job (Germany) and The Daughter (Korea).
S2 E5 - Lights, Camera, ACTION! at the Beloit International Film Festival
Season#2 Episode #5 – This very same kick off reception to the Beloit International Film Festival in 2020 is where Tim and Liz reconnected and was where the very first domino fell for their many projects. Learn of their story, famous lines from films, being a critic, an international creative mentor, details of the 2022 festival, the exciting behind-the-scenes stories, Tim saw a tear drop during the film Ghost, and the magical feelings created in the movies.
Answers to questions within this episode –
Tim is thrilled to have found the title of the film he loved at the festival last year. The story involved blood stains over some of the actors’ hearts. It’s “Eat Your Heart Out” directed by Abby Pierce.
GOOD NEWS! The documentary Tim so enjoyed last summer in the BIFF 1/2 is playing again in the 2022 schedule. It’s all about songwriters and the creative process. Enjoy “It All Begins with a Song.”
Tim remembers the eighty seven year old smooth vocalist in New Orleans performing at Preservation Hall.
Liz mentioned seeing actress Kathrine Heigl as a pharmaceutical rep in a film at BIFF years ago. The movie was Side Effects.
Tim has a correction for the line he quoted from the movie Enemy of the State. Gene Hackman said to Will Smith, “You’re either incredibly smart or incredibly stupid.”
S2 E4 - The One Two Punch at The Storytellers Studio
Season#2 Episode #4 – The phrase “once in a lifetime” often gets tossed around haphazardly, but today it’s rock solid. Twosday, February 22, 2022 at 2:22 pm! Liz celebrates and Tim learns its significance. Also…glaciers, angel numbers, conversation starters, Swedish meatballs, Paczki, palindromes, being derailed, birthdays, divine intervention, and everyone got overheated.
S2 E3 - This Show Went Right Down the Tubes at Alpine Hills Snow Park
Season#2 Episode #3 – We bundled up and headed down the hills on frigid tubes. Crazy winter fun in the Midwest. Once we warmed up by the fire with our hot chocolate, the conversation shot out of the gates again. From our underwear and childhood cartoons to ziplines and the Kubb lawn game. From surfing hawks and voicing a cartoon to tossing trash and drawing Goofy over twenty thousand times. We filled up a bag with Americana and alerted the media. Please remember to support our podcast through our Tip Jar.
Answers to questions within this episode –
Tim’s ziplining adventure took place in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in 2012.
S2 E2 - What You Paint is What You Get at 317 Art Collective
Season#2 Episode #2 – It was time for us to step out of our comfort zones and do some abstract painting. As usual the conversation “leaped off of the brush” into mistaken suspects, stick a fork in the grave, taboo on display, Babe Ruth’s bathtub, your QR Code when you’re dead, two parking tickets, our ties to the Olympics, board game competition, dressed to the nines and Tim is not a good Googler.
Answers to questions within this episode –
Liz’s aunt Judy Wilmarth was nominated to carry the torch for the Olympics because of her volunteerism with the Byron Food Pantry and the local Salvation Army. She walked the torch in South Chicago for a couple of city blocks before handing it off.
The 1993 World University Games (Summer Universiade) was July 14-18 hosted by Buffalo, New York. Participants were university athletes worldwide. Buffalo was the first and only US city to host the event. As a side note, USA is scheduled to host the Winter Games in 2023 in Lake Placid, New York and has launched a bid for the 2027 Summer Games. If awarded, the 2027 games would mark the year right before the United States hosts the Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
S2 E1 - As Rehearsal Snuck Up On Us at the Coronado Performing Art Center
Season #2 Episode #1 – SPECIAL NOTE: A sampling of the Rockford Symphony Orchestra’s show from February 12, 2022 can be heard immediately following our exit music.
This is likely going to be one of our most unique shows. In the background, you will progressively hear the individual rehearsals begin for the Rockford Symphony Orchestra. The Coronado Theater has a rich history and provided conversation about John F. Kennedy, music cheat sheets, Liberace, the color of lies, tunnel vision, woodwinds, acts of every kind, a fortune cookie the size of a volleyball and the reason Liz and Tim began taking off their clothes the minute they stepped into the auditorium. Don’t miss each episode’s photo gallery at lifes3x5s.com, a way to contribute ideas to our podcast and the Tip Jar.
Answers to questions within this episode –
Liz played “I’ve Got No Strings”, “The Bare Necessities” and ” Whistle While You Work” in her Disney piano montage for her talent portion in the preliminaries for the Miss Missouri pageant.
A piece by Rachmaninoff was what Liz played for her talent portion of the Miss Missouri pageant.
Liberace died two weeks after his appearance on Hour Magazine with Gary Collins. Tim was in the audience.
About twenty five percent of the Rockford Symphony Orchestra musicians are Rockford residents.
Shen Yun was the name of the Chinese dance company.
Tim is currently reading “Reaching Beyond the Clouds” by Cindy Abbott. He met her near Talkeetna, Alaska in September of 2021 at a training camp for Iditarod Trail Race dogs.
S1 E15 - Nothing Left on the Cutting Room Floor at Sounds Classic & Video Lab
Episode #15 – SPECIAL NOTE: Several bonus audio segments mentioned in this show follow the exit music.
Tim and Liz were surrounded by vintage audio equipment of every kind and brand at Sounds Classic in Rockford, Illinois. From renting to Hollywood and old radio airchecks to giant speakers in dorm rooms and outstanding concerts memories. From smelling musty socks and albums with an extra hole to Beatles trivia and “pants on fire.” Visit lifes3x5s.com for each episode’s photo gallery, a way to contribute ideas to our podcast and the Tip Jar.
S1 E14 - Yellow Snow is Not Allowed at the Illinois Snow Sculpting Competition
Episode #14 – Frigid temperatures and huge blocks of snow result in amazing works of art in three days. Liz and Tim have set up a makeshift studio in a minivan to bring you the Illinois Snow Sculpting Competition for this show. From tools of the trade and NFL football twins to cars sinking in the lake and sculpting the impossible. From dirty snow and sand sculpting to “I can’t feel my thighs” and the Kilted Snow Weasels. Visit lifes3x5s.com for each episode’s photo gallery, a way to contribute ideas to our podcast and the Tip Jar.
S1 E13 - How Far Back Do You Wanna Go? at Midway Museum
Episode #13 – Liz and Tim were so inspired by the Midway Museum in Rockford, Illinois. The stories flowed faster than any other episode. From Estwing hammers and Amerock hardware to the Aldeen Golf Club barn and the Rockford Peaches. Tim bought new jeans and Liz needed socks from Nelson Knitting. Tim pointed out his family heirlooms on display in the museum and news about the Camp Grant display coming soon. Visit lifes3x5s.com for each episode’s photo gallery, a way to contribute ideas to our podcast and the Tip Jar.
Answers to the questions within this episode –
Spelled out – R*I*G*M*A*R*O*L*E.
The true winner of the root beer challenge between Dog n Suds and A & W remains a mystery…for now.
S1 E12 - Over Our Dead Bodies at the Nicholas Conservatory
Episode #12 – Among palm trees and everything green and within a gigantic glass box in northern Illinois, Liz and Tim talked about the smell of death, grubby kids in the dirt, ice skating, models trains, first jobs, plant kaleidoscopes, allergies, koi fish up to your elbow, dead animals, traveling abroad, and dressing in layers. Visit lifes3x5s.com for each episode’s photo gallery, a way to contribute ideas to our podcast and the Tip Jar.
S1 E11 - We're in Our Own Big Bubble at Riverfront Museum Park
Episode #11 – We were within the recording studios at the Rockford Symphony Orchestra offices. It was a day of giggles over the dumbest things. Surrounded by fun and creativity in the Riverfront Museum Park in Rockford, Illinois. From piano lessons and haunted hotels to birthday adventures and hoarding. Going to Liz Camp and inventing golf according to Robin Williams. Remembering reading for the blind and applying temporary tattoos to your toes in Vegas. Visit lifes3x5s.com for each episode’s photo gallery, a way to contribute ideas to our podcast and toss a little something in our Tip Jar.
S1 E10 - A Scoreboard Full of Celebrities at the Hoffman House
Episode #10 – A very cold and windy January day next to a restaurant’s fireplace surrounded by great sharable food. From wildlife and Betty White to fantasy camp and Harrison Ford. How do our conversations go so many places in thirty minutes or so? From being compared to someone and Dan Marino to recognizing someone from years ago in a split second and the successful folks named Lisa we know. Visit lifes3x5s.com for each episode’s photo gallery, a way to contribute ideas to our podcast and the Tip Jar.
S1 E9 - We’re Hungry for Another Hike at Starved Rock State Park
Episode #9 began with a three mile hike back to a falls on a beautiful December day in Starved Rock State Park. Kathy Casstevens was our docent host for the day. A comfort food lunch provided the perfect backdrop for great conversation about the park’s history and plans for the future. From an impromptu birthday song in the bar and snowshoes to twins and a dog named Woody. From boys who seemingly worked for a dollar a day to music via a canyon harp and funeral bagpipes. Buckle up for this one.
S1 E8 - Not the Brightest Bulbs in the Park at Festival of Lights at Sinnissippi Park in Rockford, Illinois
We knew it would be a little risker doing our shows on-the-road. Weather is the biggest culprit. Our conversation took place in a makeshift studio in a mini van in the middle of a December holiday light festival in the pouring rain. So much fun. From mouth scolding cider and the invention of White-Out to Pentatonix and Santa Claus’ footprints. What to do with things “broken down” and the memorable gifts from our childhoods. We stopped talking when the windows fogged over and we couldn’t feel our feet any longer.
S1 E7 - No Matter How You Slice It at Beef-a-Roo
Our location for our 7th episode is inside the fire house location of Beef-a-Roo restaurant in Loves Park, Illinois. They are a local fast food chain of 50+ years. The stories piled up very quickly. From a radio station bumper sticker to fifth grade field trip bag lunches. From The Love Boat trip to a jingle singing bartender in Las Vegas. From Tim’s French fries nubbins to a shore lunch of fresh mahi-mahi.
S1 E6 - Everything Feels Familiar to Us in a Radio Studio at WLUV
Our 6th episode takes place in the WLUV radio studio in Loves Park, Illinois. This is personally close to their hearts because of the live shows they did there in 2021. Shortly after the owner died at the age of ninety-eight, the format changed and the building was renovated. Tim worked in the same studio when he was sixteen years old. Today’s episode is twice as long for obvious reasons.
S1 E5 - The Show That Never Got Off the Ground from Poplar Grove Airport
Being at a different remote location for each episode keeps it exciting, but today was thrilling. Three years ago twelve friends dug up some blueprints for a hundred year old airplane called the Jenny and decided to build one. Thirty seconds before we were to begin our podcast, they arrived to fly it for only the second time. Our conversation went from our first flight to skydiving, from Oshkosh Air Show to butter beer and Harry Potter, and The Blue Angels to “Drink up Shriner!” Episode #5 of Lifes 3x5s ready for take off.
Answers to the questions within this episode –
Drew Hess was a pilot with the Blue Angels flight team. He and Tim were members of the Ski Broncs Water Ski Show Team together in the late 80’s.
Poplar Grove Airport owner Steve Thomas said it’s the largest community airport in the state of Illinois with 400 “based aircraft” on property.
EAA’s AirVenture festival in Oshkosh, Wisconsin is set for July 25-31, 2022.
Kyle Ludwig worked for the EAA and flew the newly AirVenture built plane into the Poplar Grove Airport for the fundraiser breakfast we mentioned on the show.
S1 E4 - Technically Inside a Shipping Container and Ready to Ship from Irontek Business Community
Our episodes take us places not normally thought of for a talk show. We learn so much and meet great people. Today’s conversation took us from company logos to binge movies to musicals and creamsicles. And then from shipping containers to old photo slides to bedside items and giant cars in tiny garages. It’s a roller coaster of gabbing. Our 4th episode takes place inside a real storage container at Irontek Business Community in Beloit, Wisconsin.
Answers to the questions within this episode –
Liz and Tim reconnected at the Beloit International Film Festival kickoff reception in February 2020.
We are still awaiting the origin of the phrase, “Drink up Shriner!”
S1 E3 - I'll Take One of Everything from Edgebrook Farmers Market
Episode #3 of Lifes 3x5s took place in the middle of a farmer’s market in the Midwest. Never bored of our locations and it helps kickstart conversations. The farmers dressed up for Halloween and we talked about snoot, baseball caps memories, honey, gorging ourselves without throwing up, the National Restaurant Association and seeing President George W. Bush. Following the snake trail through our conversation is non-stop and nearly impossible to retrace.
S1 E2 - A Dollar for the Land with Priceless Sunsets from Olson Forrest Preserve
If you kick a can far enough down the road you’ll run into Roland Olson Forest Preserve. We surrounded ourselves with dogwalkers and prairie fields and chatted until sunset. From foods you dip to questions about plants. From dogs on lame leashes to frog eye salad and the weird items on a McDonald’s menu elsewhere. They could never script it so they don’t because it’s more fun that way for everyone.
S1 E1 - Two Colonels in a Cornfield
Our episodes take place at different remote locations. This personally keeps Tim and Liz off the bored grid and helps kickstart conversations. Hear how detasseling corn can lead to the band Cheap Trick, motorcycling to Sturgis, drinking moonshine, riding horses in the winter and a famous Japanese gardens. None of these topics were scripted or intended except for the very first one written on a 3×5 index card.
