About me: Food Not Bombs Syracuse has been active since November, 2006. We share food every Saturday at 3:00 p.m. next to the State Tower building on Warren Street. Food prep begins at 12:00 p.m. every Saturday at Castle Rockmoore, 113 W. Borden Ave.
Who I'd like to meet: People interested in helping Food Not Bombs, the City of Syracuse, and hungry people. Gleaners, pickers, dumpster divers, squatters, activists, dedicated volunteers...
In early October I wrote one of my latest songs called, “Wall Street Bail Out Blues.” Within four days of writing it, a video crew captured me playing it on the street at Seattle’s Pike Place Market and posted their video on YouTube. That video has now reached the attention of a writer for The Wall Street Journal who is writing an article about those who have written songs about our tough economic times. His article will be published this week and I’m excited to read it.
Who knows where this might lead? Call me an optimist but I have a feeling that this could mean that a few more seconds of that elusive fifteen minutes of fame might be coming my way.
It ain’t the cover of the Rolling Stone but it’s not every day that a writer from a major worldwide news outlet seeks me out to talk to me about my songwriting. That’s a huge validation of my efforts at staying true to my vision. I must be doing something right.
This is an edited clip from the documentary "Slippage" by Ali Cherri and the Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts, Ashkal Alwan.
This clip shows the destruction of war on Lebanon from Israel in 2006 and how many left over unexploded bombs exist in Lebanon after the Israeli attack.
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