This film is comprised entirely of archival footage from a 3-day mega-music-festival of soul in Kinshasa, Zaire. It essentially documents the Soul “Woodstock,” all the more fascinating for taking place far across the ocean in Africa. The difficulties & commitment of a large group of significant artists including James Brown & Miriam Makeba creates a wonderful time [...]
Shrimp, marinated in Olive Oil & parsley. With Memorial Day Weekend upon us and an Italian family cohort in town, we dedicated a couple of days to grill all kinds of meat under the open sky. I’m blessed to have had space to create a fire-pit in the yard of the house I’m renting, and [...]
The film “Crude” by Joe Berlinger is brave and gut-wrenching documentary describing the lengthy legal battle between plaintiffs in the Amazon jungle and Chevron’s oil drilling operations. An ecological catastrophe 30 times larger than the Exxon Valdez spill in North America, it is affecting the lives of thousands of people. From the film’s website: “The [...]
As life continues here in the USA, I lose track of how often I “come out” as a gay man to someone new. Lately, it seems pretty rare. However, I realized how strong of an experience it can be by coming out to two groups of people this past week: My mother’s sisters (officially) and [...]