Category Archives: Deep stuff

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ZEITOUN – Top Read!

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Paul Brad

It’s doesn’t seem that long ago that I read the glowing reviews of David Egger’s book, Zeitoun – a unique take on  the catastrophe that overtook the Crescent City following Hurricane Katrina. It was a book I needed to read! … Continue reading →

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‘MAMA AFRICA’ opens the 19th New York African Film Festival

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Paul Brad

In New York City, this  Wednesday – April 11th – African Film Festival, Inc. and the Film Society of Lincoln Center will present the opening of the 19th New York African Film Festival with a reception and a screening of … Continue reading →

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A LOVE SUPREME…

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Paul Brad

JUST BEEN LISTENING  to  ‘World Galaxy’ and Alice Coltrane’s rendition of Pt 1 – Acknowldgement  from ‘A Love Supreme’…  thought I’d just post this pic from 1965 of Alice and John Coltrane… DEEP LOVE!

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ONE YEAR ON…. AFTERSHOCKS OF THE TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Paul Brad

It’s one year on from the Tohoku tsunami and earthquake disaster and in the wake of the stirring images and stories that have reached us I am  more than hacked off with a bunch of pro nuclear power scribblers who are … Continue reading →

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Black Queens, White Lies, Red Herrings…. take a trip to the coast!

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Paul Brad

Go on & treat yourself… after all, Spring is in the air and it is the  Queen’s Jubilee! Head on down to the south coast in search another Queen –   The Queen Charlotte, the “liveliest new arts and entertainment … Continue reading →

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MORE DALSTON RUNNINGS… Dennis Morris’ ‘Growing Up Black’

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Paul Brad

Staying on a Dalston vibe…. fresh from Autograph ABP comes Dennis Morris’ ‘Growing Up Black’. Born in Jamaica but  growing up in Hackney Dennis was encouraged to pick up a camera by a patron of his local  church, Donald Paterson. … Continue reading →

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Just thought I’d post this: Gwo’ka à Pointe à Pitre

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Paul Brad

While writing the David Hockney piece I had saxophonist David Murray quietly firing on all cylinders in the background. I suppose it was a conversation I’d had with Gerry Lyseight about the New York Loft Scene and Val Wilmer’s book … Continue reading →

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The Paintings Of David Hockney: Still Smoking! From LA to The Yorkshire Dales

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Paul Brad

Saturday night… 9.30pm… Royal Academy in Picadilly… and it’s buzzing with people of all ages, nationalities and classes, all vibed at the prospect of viewing David Hockney’s A Bigger Picture. There’s been a rake of media publicity around Hockney’s work … Continue reading →

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Beyond Katrina…. Crescent City Mardi Gras 2012… We need to celebrate those Wild Wild Indians…the spirit is alive!

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Paul Brad

Loved that scene in HBO’s  Treme when Big Chief Lambreaux appears out of the dark having returned, post Katrina,  to the his devastated, old neighbourhood… and proving that spirit is allive and kicking is a pic (below), by my good … Continue reading →

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JOYOUS & DEEP! Samba De Chula De Sao Braz – tonight at MOMO’s

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Paul Brad

São Braz is a tiny community of fisherman, fieldworkers and Rastafarians, a place born as a quilombo, a refuge of runaway slaves in the past. It is located outside the town of Santo Amaro, in the Bahian Recôncavo, and buried … Continue reading →

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