Arts blogs
Over Global Voices, I’ve posted a short piece on how artists and arts organisations in Trinidad are using blogs.
And the Piggy goes to. . . .
Some real cloak and dagger business going on over at Barbados Free Press. A mysterious donor called “Mr. O” has given BFP US$1,000, which they’re offering as a prize in the 1st annual Barbados Piggies at the Trough Awards. “The “Piggy” as the award is affectionately known, is presented annually to the Barbados politician or civil servant who best exemplifies the “chow down and climb right into the trough” spirit of Bajan corruption.” Apparently BFR already has the cash in hand, so if you’re up on your Bajan politicos, why not give this one a shot?
It takes more than a village
Carifesta IX. What can I say. If you do happen to visit the “village” at at the National Stadium, however, and don’t wish to be completely dismayed at the fossilised, déjà vu quality of most of what is on display under those awful white tents (with the exception of the Guyanese wigs, which were a genuine revelation. Real human hair, the woman said. For TT$200!), pay a visit to the Belize booth, and particularly to the table in the corner with the display from Stonetree Records.
There, in addition to a number of CDs featuring an array of music from Belizean and other artists from the Caribbean coast of Central America, you’ll see a pair of ingenious portable listening posts. They’re about the size of a large laptop computer, with a touchpad bearing thumbnail images of various CDs. Put on the provided headphones, press a thumbnail, and you’re listening to full-length samples of the tracks on each CD. It was the sole example of innovation, technological or otherwise, I came across in my (admittedly rapid) tour of the village. Every small music label should have a couple of these in its arsenal.
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