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Emmitt Owens

Chill N’Fill

  • The Long Habit of Making Things: A Profile of Emmitt Owens

    The Long Habit of Making Things: A Profile of Emmitt Owens In 1999, Emmitt Owens was recording songs on a five-dollar microphone connected to a Windows 98 computer, using FruityLoops to build tracks in whatever room of the house happened to be free. He released the material under a home operation he called Plizaya Productions,… Read more

  • Chill n’Fill Episode #68: Thankful at Pump #3

    Chill n’Fill: Thankful at Pump #3By: Emmitt OwensEpisode #68(Index #11252025)    Thanksgiving at the Chill n’Fill doesn’t come with tablecloths.     It comes with salt stains on the floor mats and people swearing under their breath at Pump #3.   The bear—twenty feet of winking plastic optimism—stood over the lot in a knit scarf and a beanie… Read more

  • Chill n’Fill: Book 3, Episode 4

    Chill n’FillBook 3: Episode 4Dating Disasters and Hard-Won WisdomWritten by: Emmitt Owens(Index #07222025)    Friday night at the Chill n’Fill buzzed with the usual weekend split—half the crowd revved up for adventure, the other half limping in like survivors of labor forced workweek. I was halfway through cramming neon cans of energy drinks into the… Read more