Thank you, Tokyo Weekender for profiling The Micro Giant. I got to be featured with some great company. Rhyming Gaijin is a beast on the mic and the drum machine. Filmmaker Darryl Wharton-Rigby is a master storyteller and writer. I’ve written about both of these talented artists. Tokyo Speaks podcaster Terrence Holden has been interviewing a lot of local figures that are informative and with unique life experiences. Read the TW article here. …
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“The number one thing is to have your camera with you all the time, and have photography on your mind all the time, then let life just happen. And don’t forget to use the camera when that’s all going on,” said photographer Shaun Roberts. Originally from Thailand, Bangkok, Roberts has lived and worked in San Francisco since 1999, back when he was studying New Media at The Academy of Art. He’s photographed and profiled artists Doze Green, Mars 1, Brett …
Here’s an article I wrote for Tokyo Weekender (April 2018). The piece is about the short feature film, Born With It. The movie follows Keisuke, an African-Japanese boy growing up in a small Japanese town. He’s the new kid and the only black one. I talked to director Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour. He made the film in 2015, but its still getting recognized. Next month Born will air on PBS and later streamed online. Watch the trailer below. Sorry for the long absence. …
Standing on Mt. Fuji with a mega phone as big as The Titanic. It’s sound has the power of a whale making clicking sounds to talk to its fam from across the globe, “I got my first cover story!” It’s with Tokyo Weekender and it’s about the amazing photographer Lukasz Palka. If you’re in Tokyo, the issue is out now. Here‘s some spots to pick it up. It’s free. Man, I’ve been waiting a minute to announce this. …
“I need another blanket please,” Kyoko said. With blanket in hand Black nods at me like “here we go” and walks her upstairs behind her. Late night, after a blunt and a 40, I asked him about Kyoko. “Hell yeah I smashed that bitch. She’s only 19, nine years older than my daughter, but she said she wanted to have fun. Dawgs…dawgs,” he said, pacing in a circle and clapping his hands. “You know her friend that kept following her …
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