biography
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DREAMS OF A LIFE
Joyce Carol Vincent was an enigma. A 38 year old British woman of Grenadian & Indian descent who was found dead in her messy bed-sit in a Housing Estate (Projects) located above North London’s busiest Shopping Centre in 2003 by Bailiffs’ who had come to evict her for not paying her rent. She had been…
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Chasing Madoff
It’s just a sheer co-incidence that I sat and watched this documentary about the uncovering of the Bernie Madoff’s audacious Ponzi fraud scheme the day before that Peter his son is sentenced to 10 years in jail for his part in the conspiracy. A reminder nevertheless that even though Mr Madoff Snr. is already behind…
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SWIMMING TO CAMBODIA & AND EVERYTHING IS GOING FINE
I have always had a bucket list of movies that for some reason or enough I have never got around too yet but am determined to watch before I leave this earth. Swimming to Cambodia has been on that list for far too long, and when I finally saw it tonight with an over-excited Spalding Gray…
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Searching For Sugarman
Back in 1969 an unknown singer-songwriter called Rodriguez was discovered performing in a dive bar in Detroit and was immediately offered a deal to record two albums. His music bore more than a passing resemblance to that of Bob Dylan, but his first album ‘Cold Fact’ received critical acclaim but only zero sales, and when…
