This Sea Stallion helicopter, attached to the United States Marines, currently on a visit to Trinidad and Tobago, scouts out the area over Barataria yesterday. From one of Trinidad’s news dailies, Newsday , this very disappointing piece from Sunday, 26 October, 2008: US Marines in TT Sunday, October 26 2008 Members of the public in Laventille, Curepe, certain parts of the East and Central were jolted out of their beds early yesterday by the roaring sounds of two marine helicopters flying... Read Full Story
U.S. Marine Sea Stallion flies low over Barataria on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2008 The Mayor of Arima, Adrian Cabralis, and presumably the Deputy Mayor as well (Ricardo Bharath, who is also the head of the Santa Rosa Carib Community) played host to a contingent of U.S. Marines who are in Trinidad for "Operation Continuing Promise" (CP 2008). This mission comes with little in the way of an advance public announcement, most Trinidadians being very surprised to see two U.S. Marine Sea Stallions flying... Read Full Story
Performed by Joanne Foster (2004) Composed by Christophe Grant Dem is patriots [patriots] De soca warriors dey back See dem wave dey red, white and black All dem patriots [patriots] Some does even paint up dey face Like de cascadou dey done taste. If you probe past de superficial Dey bound to leave you amazed Shocked, bewildered and in a daze Cause de same ones who are so vocal Time to put their heads on a block Long ago abandoned dis rock 'Cause when it down to the nitty gritty [Trini to we... Read Full Story
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. The name of my song is "Odorous Woman." Now it's not a woman bashing song. It's about one particular woman who, my Prime Minister say, going to come before the end of the year so I trust and hope that you all listen to it and come together at the end of the song and we could stop her from coming. OK? OK? My name is Trinidad, I have real money to spend And when you have money, yuh doesn't want it to end So I seek some advice on how I should invest So when... Read Full Story
I have been working and thinking about this particular project, featured below, for a while now. It is my newest “open source music video” featuring a Trinidadian calypso by King Austin (Austin Lewis), from 1980. I owe King Austin an enormous debt. I first heard this song in the pub of the University of the West Indies in St. Augustine, Trinidad, one afternoon in mid-August of 1990. It sucked the wind out of me from the very first time, and the song has stayed in my head ever since then. It... Read Full Story
I have been working and thinking about this particular project, featured below, for a while now. It is my newest "open source music video" featuring a Trinidadian calypso by King Austin (Austin Lewis), from 1980. I owe King Austin an enormous debt. I first heard this song in the pub of the University of the West Indies in St. Augustine, Trinidad, one afternoon in mid-August of 1990. It sucked the wind out of me from the very first time, and the song has stayed in my head ever since then. It... Read Full Story
ROI KWABENA
Today is the first anniversary of the death of Dr. Roi Kwabena , someone whose presence in my own work and evolution was fundamental, a mentor and guide, a great example of a publicly engaged anthropologist — completely public, in the sense of not being tied to any academic position, and inspiring some to call themselves and see themselves as “cultural anthropologists” even without the formal “disciplining” meted out by a university program. I will not write another... Read Full Story
A Joke: Boudreaux and Thibodeaux from Louisiana are visitin' a relative at da Huntsville, Texas prison. Walkin' along Sam Houston Street, dey see a sign which reads: 'Suits $5.00 each, shirts $2.00 each, trousers $2.50 per pair. Boudreaux says to his pal, "Hey Thib, LOOK! We could buy a whole lot of dat, and when we get back to Lafayette, we could make a fortune. Now Thib, you be quiet, okay? Jus' let me do all da talkin' cause if dey hear our Cajun accent dey might not serve us. I'll... Read Full Story
While working on my own posts this morning, I was very happy to read a very good piece of research and critique by my comrade, Guanaguanare . My impression is that, thus far, the Trinidadian “blogosphere” has been relatively quiet about the arrival of U.S. Marines in Trinidad, as mentioned here earlier, and here , and here . Guanaguanare has instead covered a lot of the background logic and intentions of the USS Kearsarge, and even found a blog with daily updates authored by its Captain... Read Full Story
