About Craig Hodgkins

Writer and ruminator, conference and event speaker, reader and movie buff (they’re not mutually exclusive), satirist and musician, outdoorsman, pastor, former athlete and native Californian.

As you may have gleaned from this blog’s subtitle, I enjoy writing about music, movies, television & literature, as well as whatever else strikes my fancy. Since I began this in July 2007, my blogging MO has largely been to identify gaps in the historical record in my areas of interest, and then attempt to fill them (with varying degrees of success).

There’s so much info available online that I try to avoid rehashing what’s already out there in a million places. That’s why you’ll find me posting about under-appreciated or forgotten writers (such as Frank Fenton, Van Reid, Walter Brooks, Palmer Brown and George Stewart), and gifted and influential artists, musicians and performers of bygone eras (Bud Dashiell and Travis Edmonson aka Bud & Travis, MFQ, The Chad Mitchell Trio & John Stewart). I also write about events I’ve hosted which may be of interest to others (such as some of my work with The Walt Disney Company).

A little about me? Well, I have a great day job, and also travel frequently to speak at conferences and host live events and shows. My most recent taped program project is a show titled, “One and a Half Italians” that I’m co-producing with Antonio Soave and Capistrano Films.

Need an alarming level of detail? Well, since you asked, I’m the Craig Hodgkins who attended Tahoe Lake Elementary, Parkview Elementary (Chico, CA), Hemlock and Pope Avenue Elementary (Sacramento, CA), Tara Hills Elementary (Pinole, CA), Browns Valley Elementary and Ridgeview Junior High (Napa, CA), Napa High School, Pepperdine University, BIOLA University, Cal State Fullerton and USC…who lived/lives in Napa, California; Aspen, Colorado; Nashua, New Hampshire and — for the past several years — all over Southern California…who worked/works at Disneyland, The Walt Disney Studios, The Disney Store, Disney Art Editions, Walt Disney Art Classics, HBRA, Flashcom, Mariners and Saddleback, and — perhaps most importantly — who is the husband of Diane and father of Emily, Erin and Eric.

If you know any of the Craig Hodgkins‘ listed above, I’d love to hear from you.

You can email me at craig@craighodgkins.com.

Also, for those who asked if all I did was sit around my library writing in workout gear (see photo at bottom), here’s a shot of me and my oldest daughter Emily visiting an Amish farm during a recent trip back east.

And here’s the whole brood last winter at Mammoth Mountain: Emily, Erin, Craig, Diane and Eric

Here’s the old photo above. Nothing wrong with hanging out in the library, especially if you don’t have to leave home to do it.

Craig