John Carruthers

John Carruthers has dedicated his life to pizza: Making it. Talking about it. Writing about it. Using it as a force for social justice. From his Crust Fund Pizza initiative to the just-released “Pizza for Everyone” book, John’s efforts are inspired, engaging and delicious.   He returned to Car Con Carne today to talk about the overly-successful crowdfunding of the second pressing for “Pizza for Everyone” (the overflow of which is going straight to charity). He also freshly baked one of his Crust Fund Pizzas for the recording: A sausage pizza that, without exaggeration, is one of the best pizzas I ever had. No joke.   John’s turned his obsession with mastering the art of pizza making into a legit life calling, and we’re here for it. Car Con Carne is sponsored by Siren Records McHenry.

John Carruthers has dedicated his life to pizza: Making it. Talking about it. Writing about it. Using it as a force for social justice. From his Crust Fund Pizza initiative to the just-released “Pizza for Everyone” book, John’s efforts are inspired, engaging and delicious. He returned to Car Con Carne today to talk about the overly-successful crowdfunding of the second pressing for “Pizza for Everyone” (the overflow of which is going straight to charity). He also freshly baked one of his Crust Fund Pizzas for the recording: A sausage pizza that, without exaggeration, is one of the best pizzas I ever had. No joke. John’s turned his obsession with mastering the art of pizza making into a legit life calling, and we’re here for it. Car Con Carne is sponsored by Siren Records McHenry.

In this episode my friend John Carruthers shares five insights or principles he’s distilled during five years of developing a 70-acre property in Central Victoria, Australia. It was an honour to act for a part of the journey as what John describes as a ‘robust river guide,’ and I am so thrilled to see John and his partner Rosie in full stewardship of their own process and the beautiful forms that are emerging from it.Here is the video we mention several times in the chat – thanks to John for permission to share it here.https://vimeo.com/576929584/2f23122b41 https://vimeo.com/576929584/2f23122b41John also sent these further notes:a) the deep ripping across the southern half of the property begun this year is an “option value” decision because it’s an excellent BNS (Best Next Step) for almost any other activity thereafter, be it cover-crop pre-pasture, shelter belt tree planting, or agroforestry or silvopasture. It’s a valuable precursor step.b) The widely-spaced keylined beds in one paddock is where we’ve begun planting oaks, silky oaks, cedar and native pines as a long-term (inter-generational) agroforestry / silvopasture trial. We have planted several hundred this year and forecast planting three times that over a few years. The oaks are being planted from acorns we collected and germinated. This first planting is our BNS before switching focus to the house site early next year.Also the quote I cited “I count him braver who overcomes his desires, than who conquers his enemies – for the hardest victory is over self” is by Aristotle NOT Socrates – as I may have suggested :-)If anyone is interested in connecting with John or in the services of drone pilot and film maker Peter Watts send me a message and I can connect you.I also tracked down this video of my first visit to Limestone road, which we talk about in the chat too.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESvvzbEOwjkand I found this one also:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sprRI18xYwFinally I am excited to announce that today is the first day of our in-house six week crowd funding campaign for the Reading Landscape Documentary Film project. Come get amongst!https://vimeo.com/575191911

John Carruthers is the Communications Manager of Revolution Brewing, working on social media, packaging development, public relations, and more. He shares a unique perspective on the brewing industry and specifically on creating and branding new products.Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/dpuhospitalityFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/depaul.hospitalityInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/hospitalityspirit/

On this episode (with some technical difficulties) we're joined by John Carruthers of Revolution Brewing and our old friend Afro Beer Chick to discuss the Deep Wood series from Rev that include Deth Tar, Cafe Deth and Maple Deth.Theme music provided by Myke Kelli (@mykekelli)Break music provided by Ellis D (https://soundcloud.com/ellis-d-988465683)Outro provided by Fluid Minds (@fluidminds)Check out all our episodes at www.themaltinghour.com

Sunday, February 3, 2019 Sermon, Revelation "Strength in Armor, Not Self" - John Carruthers

Sunday, September 23, 2018 Sermon, Influence - John Carruthers

John Carruthers has established himself as a leading expert on guitars and amplifiers as a designer, builder and repairman. Working along side Leo Fender at Music Man, John helped improve the quality of the product line and years later helped establish a series of instruments for Yamaha including their electric bass and acoustic guitar line. John’s reputation grew in part due to a decade long column he wrote for Guitar Player Magazine, and his dedication to teaching.Over the years John has worked on instruments for artists including the Rolling Stones, Byrds, Doors, Eagles, CSNY, Fleetwood Mac, REO Speedwagon, Survivor, Peter Frampton, Foreigner, Lee Sklar, Chuck Rainey, Jimmy Johnson, Alphonso Johnson, Bob Weir, Tommy Tedesco, Joe Pass, Barney Kessel, Lee Ritenour, Larry Coryel, Kenny Loggins, Frank Zappa, Eric Clapton, Steely Dan, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Emmylou Harris, Merle Haggard, Elvis Presley, James Burton, Heart, Rick Springfield, Tom Petty, James Taylor, Devo and many more. John’s amazing career as a master luthier has spanned nearly 50 plus years.