Tag Archives: Trinidad

Broken news: Safe Caribbean Home

24th
May. × ’10

The Caribbean has been on my mind lately. Fresh off my first trip down there, I’m interested in the politics of a region most Americans see as a place to vacation. (I wonder if the only people booking rooms in Kingston today are reporters.) The Caribbean is a border between the U.S. and South America–and [...]

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Fashion cues: Putting yourself in someone else’s Clarks

12th
May. × ’10

A guy stopped me on my last day in Trinidad to pay a compliment to my boots, which were, incidentally, Clark’s. I like Clark’s. They’re not fancy, but aren’t sneakers. And they can take a beating. Apparently, as my new acquaintance explained, they’re popular in the West Indies. So much so that a reggae artist [...]

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Interlude: A little pan music

8th
May. × ’10

Currently in Port of Spain. Met the legendary pan player, Earl Brooks. He was kind enough to play something.

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