Posts Tagged ‘kingston’

The Great Quake of 1907: Kingston destroyed

By First • Apr 17th, 2008 • Category: The Feed

A terrible earthquake occurred in Jamaica on Monday afternoon. Kingston was destroyed, and there was much loss of life.



A Beautiful Nerd

By Peter Dean Rickards • Apr 16th, 2008 • Category: Features

Remember that girl in grade 6 who’s head you used to pound with chalkbrush erasers?
The one with the funny name whose lunch smelled.
The geek who would sit alone in the corner of the cafeteria, eating fried bologna and chocolate milk; stopping every now and then to peer nervously over her thick Coca-Cola bottle eyeglasses as […]



Dodgy pants Rasta

By First • Apr 16th, 2008 • Category: Style

Hanging out by the pharmacy in Crossroads.

Contributed by Rochelle Morris



Face First

By First • Apr 13th, 2008 • Category: Technology & the Web

Special announcements, advanced warnings and and access above the radar.



Wooden tricycle drive-by at 2 am

By Peter Dean Rickards • Apr 11th, 2008 • Category: Features

Kingston, 2 am
Saw these lunatics on the way back from the fights on Friday morning after the champ sent Kong to the hospital.



David Houncheringer: Are you ready to die today?

By Peter Dean Rickards • Apr 11th, 2008 • Category: Features

Every now and then a photographer shows up on the radar that just makes you wonder what the hell he/she was thinking. This time around we can blame the Swiss. His name is David Houncheringer.



Our Darkest Hours

By Gabriel Holzner • Apr 11th, 2008 • Category: Features

Every city changes when darkness falls. At night, Kingston is as beautiful as it is foreboding.



Brasso, 1962

By First • Apr 10th, 2008 • Category: Art & Design

Great for brass (and your mother-in-law’s coffee).



Black Nerd Network

By First • Apr 10th, 2008 • Category: Technology & the Web

Real Blacks, real nerds, no jive…



The best Red Stripe ads you never saw

By First • Apr 9th, 2008 • Category: Video & Entertainment

This ad (one of several) was created by San Francisco Ad agency Plan B in 2005 having been filmed in Kingston over the course of a week. The ads never made it to air but soon after they were completed they were leaked to YouTube and Red Stripe got some of the best advertising they […]