Our roundtable, “Global Voices, Caribbean Accents” has begun. At the moment we’re listening to our special podcast presentation — the audience seems transfixed!!! We were going to ask whether there were any bloggers in the audience, but before we could one blogger outed herself – Professor Zero. But let me get back to the panel…..
Nikipedia and I racked our brains to figure out a catchy way to open “Global Voices, Caribbean Accents”, the roundtable we’ll be leading in a few hours’ time at the National Library. The roundtable is part of the programme of the Caribbean Studies Assocation’s annual conference, which is taking place this year here in Trinidad, [...]
In honour of Indian Arrival Day, which we observe today in Trinidad & Tobago, my maternal grandfather’s West Indian Travel Permit. According to research conducted by my cousin Stephen Trent, my great-grandfather, Ganga Singh Bissau, was born in the village of Ghagiphur, “which could be in Northern Rajasthan, Punjab or modern Pakistan (who knows if [...]
Selwyn Henry, a member of the television crew covering the Trinidad & Tobago v. Bahrain World Cup qualifier match on November 12, contemplates the sea of red-clad T&T football fans in the stands. Photo by C*POP Radio Open Source is prepping a show about the 2006 World Cup, set to air on June 8, and [...]
Issues cannot hear. Why then do some people (e.g. academics, politicians, corporate operatives) talking about “speaking to issues”? How about speaking about issues, to people. If you keep on talking like this, we’re going to start believing you don’t really want us to understand.Plain English, please. Technorati Tags: plain english, language, jargon
It’s said in these here parts that, when it rains while it’s still sunny, it means the devil and his wife are fighting. Well, Mr. and Mrs. Devil seem to be having some kind of domestic dispute this afternoon, because, as I write, this is the scene just beyond the windowsill: Maybe this time it’s [...]
. . . but these World Cup-themed iPod hoodies sure ain’t. At least they had the decency to put the Trinidad & Tobago model in the middle of this shot, between Brasil (who we wish we could be), and the USA (who we wish we had beaten in that ill-fated 1989 qualifier). Via iLounge. Update [...]
Depending on the kind of CFR listener you are, the following may or may not constitute good news: Global Voices now has an “official” podcast, of which I am the host/producer (at least for now). On one hand, this could mean that CFR has become even more of a cobbler’s child. On the other, however, [...]
For those who may not have seen it, I posted the following at Caribbean Free Photo this past Friday. In St. Kitts I also happened to run into one of the developers of the project, whose understanding was that some of the Chinese construction workers are petty convicts: This rather quaint archway marks the entrance [...]
The spanking new Warner Park stadium in St. Kitts, viewed from the Media Centre Just in from the opening ceremony for St. Kitts’s impressive new Warner Park cricket stadium, and see that Ryan Naraine has linked to both Nikipedia‘s and my “coverage” of the situation in Montserrat, and wonders whether it will affect the One [...]
Posting again from the PDA & will soon be out of wi-fi range, but Nikipedia just emailed from Trinidad with this: ”….just rang both the observatory, where I spoke to the director, & the emergency office in MS, & got a full update. Will post details to my own blog, but the basics: dome collapse [...]
Here’s the Wikipedia link for the Soufriere Hills Volcano in Montserrat. Those who follow Caribbean news will certainly be aware of the eruptions which have rendered much of the island inhabitable. Technorati Tags: montserrat, soufriere hills volcano, volcano
I posted the previous entry from my PDA, so couldn’t do much hyperlinking or Googling about the Montserrat situation, but I’m back at the hotel on my laptop. Not finding anything about the dome of the Soufriere Hills Volcano collapsing on Google News, but the Monsterrat Volcano Observatory web site has a photo of the [...]
We’re sheltering from the rain in Bambu’s bar & restaurant in Basseterre, St. Kitts. Just struck up a conversation with a woman who said to me, “I hope you weren’t planning to fly out today.” She said the dome of the Soufriere volcano in neighbouring Montserrat has collapsed & the ash is causing visibility problems [...]
Basseterre, the capital of St. Kitts, viewed from Fortlands It’s a cool, drippy morning in St. Kitts, where I arrived yesterday afternoon. St. Kitts is one of the islands that has always managed to bypass me on my Caribbean travels, so I’m more than happy to be here. So far we haven’t seen much more [...]
Earlier this evening I popped over to JQ’s Supermarket in the Rodney Bay Mall and was standing in the checkout line when a woman in front of me nodded in the direction of the point-of-sale rack to my right and said something to the woman in front of her. They were speaking in Kweyol, so [...]
I hate smoking cigarettes with a passion, but for some reason I’ve always admired this sign. I love the combination of faded green and red; I love the sign’s rich patina. And yesterday, walking along the Carenage (waterfront area) in St. George’s, Grenada, I had a chance to photograph it for the first time. To [...]
Meant to post this earlier, but I’m on the road so haven’t had consistent internet access. Received this a couple of days ago from Brendan Greeley of Radio Open Source: Open Source is doing a show on remittances this week, and we’re looking for both perspective on the effects of remittances on on specific economies, [...]
Shirley, me & C*POP, back in the day Parenting is community service. Thank you for raising citizens of the world. Happy Mother’s Day! Technorati Tags: mother’s day
. . . the This American Life web site has seen the light and now streams shows using the MP3 playlist format (instead of godawful RealPlayer)? I’ve listened to so many back episodes today that I’m tempted to say I’m Ira Glass-ed out. As if that were even possible. . . . one of the [...]