Sorry for the unintentional Vaguebook-ing last week - everything was still in the process of getting signed, sealed, and delivered.

Although I don't talk about what I do very often, I've spent the last decade in special events. At the end of the week, I will transition from managing corporate meetings and events at Raising Cane's to planning festival experiences in Mexico for Pollen!

Ready to party with Justin Bieber in Vegas? How about Diplo and Kygo in Cabo? I'll your guy - herding drunk cats. Specializing in experiences, Pollen partners directly with artists to create multi-day immersions. Interested in upcoming lineups? Of course you are.

I will be managing the Mexico market which will keep me traveling pretty often...therefore the question of how often I'll still be able to push out The Collective. In the meantime, enjoy this THICC issue.

For your random delight, Shania Twain's fourth studio album Up! was a commercial success in the U.S., debuting at #1 upon its 2002 release. The album came packaged with two discs: a red disc with poppier versions of each song and a green disc with country versions. But a third version was recorded, too — a blue disc with each song done up in the style of Indian film music (aka filmi). That version was only distributed in overseas markets; the U.S. never got to experience its charms. The blue version of Up! is on Spotify, though, and I can't stop listening to it. Thank you, oh mighty Internet, for bringing Shania’s Filmi explorations to the masses.