will.illinois.edu/prairiefire/episode/pf2007-04-12 WILL, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Series Episode WILL takes to the seas to travel by boat around Cape Horn; we pay tribute to Paul Idleman and his career as rock and roll photographer. Abstract Segment Arts/Culture, Cinema/Theaters/Film, Music, Photography, WILL Custom Prairie Fire Subject Headings Paul Idleman by Alison Davis Wood Paul Idleman was a man who lived many lives during his short time with us. I first met Paul when he had recently taken the job as director of the Champaign County Historical Museum. Many times over the years he provided props and shooting locations for productions at WILL including “Gold Star Mothers: Pilgrimage of Remembrance” and “10 Sisters: A True Story.” As I got to know Paul, he shared some amazing stories from his years in Colorado. He had published a comedy newspaper and one of his writers was Roseanne Barr. One time he even assigned Roseanne to do an interview with then “almost famous” comedian Jay Leno. Paul was also a big music fan. Every year he would burn CDs for his friends that included his favorite songs. He used his graphic design talents to create hysterical covers for these treasured gifts. Paul’s love of music had led him to a career as a rock and roll photographer. He approached a Colorado radio station about publishing a newspaper for them and suggested he get photos of local concerts to include in the publication. The radio station bit and he had a backstage pass. Over the years he braved the crowds to get shots of The Who, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen and Stevie Ray Vaughn. But over the years he took other jobs and the photos were hidden away in boxes. Thankfully after he moved back to his hometown of Champaign, Carolyn Baxley of the Cinema Gallery in Urbana persuaded Paul to dig through his collection. The result was a showing of his work at the Gallery and an opening reception that drew friends from as far away as Colorado. Luckily, many got the chance to experience the talent of this wonderful man. He will be missed. Abstract Alison Davis Wood Producer Segment Hobbies, University of Illinois, WILL Custom Prairie Fire Subject Headings When I first heard about Quen Cultra, I was interested in doing a story about how he built a boat on his family’s farm in Onarga and sailed it around the world in the 1960s. We knew that he had recently returned from his trip around Cape Horn, but we didn’t realize that he would have as much video footage as he did (he gave me about 20 hours of footage of the trip to comb through) or that his trip itself would have been as exciting as it was (complete with exotic South American locations, dangerous seas, and even a man overboard!). I had originally envisioned making one segment featuring Quen’s 1960s trip that would just touch on his Cape Horn trip. But, after finishing our interview with Quen and his daughter Ashley, and seeing all of the great photos and videos they had, it was clear that both stories were worth telling in their own right. Prairie Fire segments are usually only around 5 minutes each, but given the epic nature of both of Quen’s voyages, these two turned into epic segments as well (the Sailing Around the World segment came out at 12-minutes and this Cape Horn segment is a whopping 16-minutes). Hopefully you agree with me that they’re worth the time. Abstract Steve Drake Producer WILL-TV, University of Illinois Copyright Holder Publisher ¬© 2008 University of Illinois 2007-04-12T13:25:00-06:00 2007-04-12T13:25:00-06:00 video/mp4 http://willmedia.atlas.uiuc.edu/mpeg4/pf2007-04-12.mp4 Moving Image MPEG video MPEG-4 00:28 eng pf2007-04-12.mp4 WILL Public Media, University of Illinois 2007-04-12T13:25:00-06:00 2007-04-12T13:25:00-06:00 video/x-flv http://willmedia.atlas.uiuc.edu/flash/pf2007-04-12.flv Moving Image Flash Video Flash Media 8 00:28 eng pf2007-04-12.flv WILL Public Media, University of Illinois 2007-04-12T13:25:00-06:00 2007-04-12T13:25:00-06:00 video/vnd.rn-realvideo http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/pf2007-04-12.rv Moving Image 00:28:00