The House of 1817 has been posting strong for awhile now so here is a little insight into the mind of its creator and resident of the House itself, John Hodge.

Is this working?

John Hodge: Is what working?

Never mind, lets start this, whats happening?

John: Nothing, eating candy, just got back from the lake. Lemon Zours kinda suck.

Awesome, Whats Minneapolis like today?

John: Soooooo effin humid. It’s hard to be outside. 92 and super humid

Dang, La is mellow today

John: LA is always mellow

Can you explain House of 1817 to everyone in 5 words.

John: Homies, Skateboarding, Snowboarding, Good Times

What about Babes, beers, and blog. Do those fit in too?

John: of course, i guess i would change it to… Let the good times roll

Haha, how did 1817 start up?

John: me and (Joe)sexton moved into a place numbered 1817 where dan dan and riley(Erickson) were already living. few days later I saw a building called House of Sewing and was like… dope, ill make a site called House of 1817. Plus the house of blues is cool too.

Dang, thats pretty sweet. Give me the big list of people who come in and out of the House of 1817.

John: a lot, so sorry if i forget your name….. Dan Mueller, Justin Hovde, Jeffy, Austin Young, Ethan Diess, Scarbuckle, sexton, OE, Ricky Tucker, Jamie, Jake Durham, Carlisle, you, riley, dan dan. People stopping through town.

Pretty big list, Whats the main inspiration for your posts?

John: good times, ahhhh, parties, skateboarding, homies that snowboard, future parties or art shows, demos, music related stuff, just like raw photos of shit, people smiling, try to stay away from the negative shit ya know.

For sure, some of your biggest fans are right here in the Emporium, Nima wants more videos and lance wants to know what happened to the friday night party?

John: haha, ya we got more videos coming, were not to professional, but we got joe joes interview going down on this wednesday. friday night parties always went down, just didnt wanna take photos of the same shit. no one wants to look at endless photos of OE’s double chins! ha, jk, ya i forget the camera a lot…. sorry lance.

Whats in the future for House of 1817?

John: beanies, demos, posters, hoodies and tank tops, more videos (for nima) and more photos (for lance) haha. Oh, and there might be a little surprise colab with a company…………

Things are coming up, give me 4 reasons why people should hit up 1817 for their daily entertainment and world news?

John: you just should, haha

Ok I think we are done. Anything else you want to say?

John: Someone said i look like Val Kilmer the other day. You should find a pic.

Haha!

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