Screen buzz (Jan/Feb 2004)
Back in the gayelle Ask any television station operative in the Caribbean about local programming and they’ll tell you one thing: it’s...
Angostura Sail Week 2003
Peter is a mild-mannered management consultant, and while I’ve never witnessed the transformation, I suspect that once he sets foot on...
Peter Noel: the Baron of Baj
Peter Noel and I had first spoken in New York back in June 1998. I was in town for a few days; I’d got his number from a friend of a...
Tobago
Most people who know me think I’m either a workaholic or a lazy so-and-so: the ones who know me really well know that I’m in fact both....
New music from the Caribbean (July/August 2002)
SOCA A Thread of Hope Chalkdust (Juba) Chalkdust (real name: Hollis Liverpool, Ph.D.) and Black Stalin (real name: Leroy Calliste, no Ph.D....
New music from the Caribbean (May/June 2002)
PICK OF THE MONTH The Soca Switch 8: The Stars of Soca Various Artists (JW Productions, jwcl238 ) Soca Colours 4 Various Artists (JW...
Screen Buzz (September/October 2004)
Drawing from the life Foreign content dominates Caribbean TV and visual media. Local stories, accents, and images are drowned out by a...
Ah, Patagonia!
I’m halfway through my calafate berry cheesecake when the cry goes up in the dining dome: “Puma-aaaa!” My fellow campmates spring...
