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Rafe Ellis July 25, 2011 at 09:37 pm
Congrats Tyler!!
I'll never forget the day I applied for a job where you were working in…Read More operations and the look of shock on your face when you learned I had transitioned from female to male; I categorize my transition as a gender correction. It's great to see your movie project coming to fruition and to hear you and Keri took the plunge into marriage. Prejudice and bigotry remain an unfortunate manifestation of narrow mindedness and fear based belief systems; I believe that guys life you and me, along with our wives are an incredible force of positive change.
In terms of privilege - it is rampant in our world and in our local communities here in Sonoma County – white privilege, male privilege and especially white male privilege. There are also downsides that I never saw coming: being rejected by many members of the gay and lesbian community and the most painful of all, for me personally, is related to men and children. Often, especially in public venues such as grocery stores and shopping malls, I am painfully aware that women are more protective of their children in my presence simply because I am male and smiled at their child in a completely benign friendly manner. Sadly, at least statistically speaking, I understand the necessity of this protective behavior.
There are far too many issues to address in one article AND it’s great to see the conversation opened yet again!!!
Be well brother!!
Rafe
cheryl cobb July 26, 2011 at 02:55 am
Amazing story. What courage this man has. Best of wishes to he and his wife.
Tyler Erlendson December 2, 2012 at 08:05 pm
Thank you everyone for your comments. You can gain access to this film by visiting our website at:…Read More www.straightwhitemalefilm.com. Copies are available for purchase.
CTone Latin-Jazz June 6, 2011 at 11:08 pm
John Santos was talking about this last night: www. GrammyWatch .org
Brian Whistler June 7, 2011 at 11:06 pm
wasn't bad? It was an awesome concert made all the better by superior acoustics as opposed to the…Read More outside venue. The choices of tunes was superb as was the playing. Complex Brazilian tunes? Nor that complex but yes , the good stuff. What makes Brazilian jazz so great is precisely because it does combine rhythm and melody with relative harmonic complexity, at least for popular music-even a typical Jobim tune has more changes than most american pop music...add a good dose of sensuality and you get great music. I don't know if everybody came for the Cuban stuff but it was great too. A wonderful afternoon of great music and good vibes. The Healdsburg Jazz Festival deserves to be around for many years to come.
Lara Apodaca May 29, 2013 at 12:09 pm
Chris could you mention who the sponsor were for last night fabulous concert?
Christian Kallen May 29, 2013 at 01:37 pm
Hi Lar, as mentioned in the earlier article sponsors were Susan Graf Ltd & Scharffen Berger…Read More Chocolate. And Colby Red, of course!
Carol (Kiki) Noack May 13, 2013 at 08:00 pm
This amazing production continues to expand - there are now 100 or so people involved (cast &…Read More crew). And even many more, if you count the audience members who won't be able to resist singing along from their seats.
Harold Edwards May 6, 2013 at 02:17 pm
You guys will be by the river fishing for carp and dancing with the mariachi.
wiseone May 7, 2013 at 12:19 am
Nice try at a press release published as a news story. But if the Press Democrat reporter had done…Read More even a cursory search of the promotion company,WillPowerLLC, they would have found that this limited liability company is related to Joe Peatman. And-in terms of making things happen-Joe Peatman.essentially means Joe Peatman Sr. And it's no secret that Joe Peatman (the daddy) and Gabe Myers' father David Myers, are both affiliated with the law firm Dickenson,Peatman and Fogarty,
Given that it takes both money and connections to make a concert like this happen,my guess is that it's daddy's money and connections that are behind this "Field of Dreams" event. Only, given the reputation of said principals in the law firm, (Joe Peatman,retired) and David Myers (active), I would label this probably more of a probable "Field of Schemes" rather than "Field of Dreams."
Regardless, we the citizens need to see a contract that states just what the liability requirements (bonds,insurance,etc.) are for the promoters,whether they have met those requirements and if there were any exceptions made by the CA state fair board in exempting the promoters from any standard contractual liability obligations when they agreed to this event. That's all.
Bonnie Bowers May 2, 2013 at 11:05 pm
Did all these celebrators or The Great Gatsby read the end of the book?
Christian Kallen April 17, 2013 at 07:27 pm
As a fan of the blues and related music, I was pretty impressed with some of the newcomers -…Read More Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes certainly made an impression! As did Cindy Lauper - where has she been the last 20 years?
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