“In Cuba and specifically in Havana there’s a sort of energy that turns every situation into something unexpected.”Fernando Perez I have been to Cuba three times and plan on going again. I fell in love with Cuba when I first went with my son in 2012. It was like stepping back in time with the […]
Creative Journeys
Wrestling With Her Spirit
“If any of you happen to see an injustice, you are no longer a spectator, you are a participant and you have an obligation to do something.” – June Callwood My ultimate goal is to get my screenplay Wrestling With Her Spirit produced. Whether that involves selling it to interested buyers or gathering a collective […]
Ska Music
“I don’t stand for the black man’s side; I don’t stand for the white man’s side. I stand for God’s side.” – Bob Marley In the mid-90s, I played keyboards and sometimes sax in a ska band in Vancouver, BC. Our bandleader, Andy, got us gigs at most of the popular clubs of the time […]
Pinetop Perkins
“The blues will always be because the blues are the roots of all American music” Willie Dixon Pinetop Perkins played piano with Muddy Waters after Otis Span left the band. I used to go see him at the Yale, at the time (mid-90s) it was a blues institution on Granville Street. One time, I invited […]
Crossing the Line
“All good ideas start out as bad ideas, that’s why it takes so long.” Steven Spielberg The purpose of this post is to show the process and progress of my short film – Crossing the Line. Borders are currently a hot topic. Patriotism and protecting one’s own country are on the rise. Right now Americans […]