As part of my current employment I find myself interviewing folks in some pretty odd places. This week for example I started out talking to people in Compton and South Central L.A., and then found myself in a few very special locations in Bakersfield.

For most Californians, Bakersfield is a stop off...

I just got back from two weeks in St. Lucia (I didn't know where it was either) where I was conducting a small workshop at the Folk Research Centre (FRC) in the capitol, Castries. St. Lucia is a beatiful little country with extremely polite people, a relatively high standard of living (compared to...

Just thought that i'd jot down some recollections of cool things to do in Belize while the memories aren't entirely foggy.
Corozol Town- Fuck this place. Nice cab ride in from the border and the bus rockin the reggae out of town was awesome but overall a bad experience. Nothing to do, crackheads to...