I got back from the DC rally today, and I’ll just write bluntly, tonight…

SCREW THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA. The AP reported 100,000 showed up. The Baltimore Sun reported “Tens of Thousands.” The only network I saw with cameras on the csene were from the Hispanic “Univsion” channel. Read the rest of this entry »

BOSTON-DAY 6

I awake with a start at 7:30 AM, when one of my roomies begins banging the door with a ferocity that would raise the dead. Good job- I had asked him to do precisely that. I’m groggy from the few hours of sleep I got, but manage to haul myself down to the bathroom, douse my head in cold water, change clothes, and down another quickie breakfast of fruit-yogurt thingies. Read the rest of this entry »

BOSTON-DAY 5

Today was a day on which I felt it necessary to catch up on lost sleep. I wasn’t scheduled to do any shoots for the campaign, until around one PM, so after staying up until around 5 the previous night, I took the liberty of sleeping until noon. Read the rest of this entry »

BOSTON-DAY 4

I awake, take the first decent shower I’ve had in days, order some more chinese food, and am ready for a BIG day of shooting.

However, much to my chagrin, I find out that in my fatigue, I forgot to hook up my battery, meaning that I only had 30 minutes of machine life, and hence, could only shoot 30 minutes of video- DAMN!

I arrive at the free speech zone, to discover that it’s still pretty much the same horrific sewer/public works project it was the day before. Read the rest of this entry »

BOSTON-DAY 3

I awoke with the sickness and the hunger. Both were alleviated with orange juice and a fruit smoothie (I’m having to live out of a supermarket, for the most part.) I had been up until 5:30 in the morning, the previous night, and was due to do some video shoot at an ACLU event at a cathedral in the heart of Boston at 11:00. Read the rest of this entry »

BOSTON-DAY 2

The big event today was the International ANSWER march on the DNC. Before I get into the details, I must say- my respect for Answer went down a few notches, today. The march was dominated by extremist organizations that did little to improve the image of the anti-war movement- in fact- it hurt it. Read the rest of this entry »