Mike and I met in “art school” in Texas. He was pushing the limits of what kind of media could be used to get a graduate degree in painting and I was just trying keep my welds from falling apart.

After art school we both went into graphic design, eventually working togther on a series of album covers for Trance Syndicate Records, then later he generously shared his home office and DSL connection with me while I freelanced for a while.

We’ve stayed in touch since we both left Texas, and he recently invited me to come with him and some friends to Burning Man, which turned out to be even better than I had hoped.

He is a good egg.