When I was a kid, my parents would pack us into the car each summer and set-off down the I-75 towards Florida. Tennessee was easily the best part of the trip as fire crackers were not only legal but seemed to be the state’s main attraction. Massive firework warehouses peppered just about every interstate off-ramp and it seemed Tennesseans were more interested in blowing stuff up than feeding or lodging their visitors. All good for me because for a kid who’s fireworks were limited to birthday sparklers, I fantasized about handfuls of M-80′s, cherry bombs, and burning school houses.

We rarely stopped so I never lived that fantasy but now, years later, I’ve found this “band of creative misfits” for the Youth New Media Literacy Jam. An explosive group of unconventional people, compacted into a space in time, and lit with the challenge of creating something experimental in the youth content/media industry.

I’m proud to introduce the “more explosive than a Tennessee fireworks warehouse” Band of Creative Misfits.

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