Successive administrations have mismanaged, misappropriated and now this administration has finally sold Air Jamaica. I am disappointed but I understand the need to get rid of the national airline. It has been such a financial drain on Jamaica for so long. Why should we be angry now?

Photographed in Stony Hill, Jamaica. March 23, 2010

Superficially, Jamaicans and Germany are an unlikely combination. But then the Germans could do with a bit of colour and unpredictability and we just need to buy things that work… like BMWs (that test the very limits of vehicle suspension), or free t-shirts from our good German friends at seen.

Talked about but rarely seen (last time thanks to a bizarre power outage), DiMaggio: The Last Don will be screened again this Saturday at Moving Mountains, a three day music showcase featuring local and international dance deejays, high up in the Blue Mountains at Strawberry Hill Hotel.

On balancing sound, types of kings, and dancing on a US$600 microphone.

Previously on First People
March 11: Marlon ‘Biggy Bigz’ Reid and A Picture Called Death
February 23: Rosina Casserly (on Jamaica)
February 16: Devon Gordon’s Art of Extreme Patience