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I was recently asked by a business mind to write a post reflecting on how I found my technical co-founders. It's a question I've been asked a few times now so I figured I'd do my best to answer based on discussions across both the business and technical fronts. I'm hoping my thoughts help both business and technical find each other just a little easier.
How did you meet your co-founders?
My particular story is probably not applicable to most. It relies on a whole bunch of serendipity and blind luck. I so happen to be the co-chair of LAUNCH – UC Berkeley's Startup Competition. It has been traditionally organised solely by MBAs though this made no sense to me. As part of that role we wanted to include more engineers and undergraduates to the fold. My other co-chair found a friend through her connections and so I was introduced to a young gentleman who had won awards for his academic efforts. One day he approached me to discuss some ideas and we set up the time to brainstorm. We hit it off and now are working several ideas together. He has since introduced me to a couple of his mates and so the network builds.
Another founder I met through a chase. I had heard stories about a guy who had won a hackathon, was a great bloke and interested in bitcoin. I hunted a little until a mutual MBA friend introduced us and we set up a meeting. Turns out my first co-founder had actually traveled with him and the organizer of that trip was another mutual friend. We through around a couple of ideas and started working together.
The rest is history.
General principles
"Chance favors the prepared" Louis Pasteur – inventor of pasteurization
I suspect most people's stories on finding co-founders relies on chance or some serendipity. In my efforts to cultivate such fortune I did several things which I can recommend to others. Below is a consolidated list based on my experiences and discussions with both sides of the table.
- Go to events that interests engineers. Events held at the business school probably aren't attracting engineers in droves. General entrepreneurship events, pitch nights or topic specific events e.g. bitcoin probably will.
- Be an extrovert – sounds dumb but I go to events and see all the business kids talking to each other, and all the engineering kids hanging together. Now in this case the engineers are the hot girls at the party, so the business kids need to go over and start the conversation
- Be friendly – my mum always said "If you want friends be friendly" Often I hear the anecdote that a business guy will come by and ask "Can you code" and then pitch their idea. The plain audacity of this stupidity confounds me. My rule in life is always ask questions – another Chinese idiom I remember is "You learn a lot more by listening than by speaking" so I will try to engage whoever I'm talking to be an interested in them. I've seen business peeps do this soliloquy time and time again to no avail
- Prove yourself – to business minds coding is some black box. To engineers, the business side seems almost pointless – build a great product and they'll come. Both are true and false. I never believe I deserve the respect of someone, I'll always work to earn it. That means busting my ass and proving to others (business or engineers) the value I can add. This work ethic and results build trust and an appreciation of value
I think finding founders is like dating. I think with a bit of work and humility one can find their better half. I don't think any of the above is groundbreaking insight. I suspect this is common sense. What is clear though is that it's much harder to execute. Go execute!


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Cookbook Challenge: PPK Blog
Ok, so the PPK Blog isn't really a cookbook, but this was a part of the Isa/Terry free weeks. I'm forever pinning Isa's blog recipes to my Pinterest and then never making them. Except this one time that I made the pumpkin chocolate chip loaf into muffins, which was wonderful. Anyway, I figured that since I spend a lot of time drooling over those blog recipes, I should make a few! The main reason that I don't cook from blog/internet recipes often is because I don't have a tablet. My iPod touch works, but the screen is small and cracked and I really don't want to risk setting my laptop up in the kitchen because I'm messy. So I dealt with the iPod touch this past week. It was fine, but I will always prefer a book to a screen (thus, no Kindle for me). Worth it!
My friends came over for dinner last week, and they eat (and like!) tofu, so I used my tofu day on them. This is the Blackened Tofu Scramble with Garlicky Grits. I also sautéed up some collard greens that I doused in Frank's hot sauce. They were the perfect compliment to this southern style meal! I usually crumble my tofu up for my scrambles a bit more, but I really liked having this in big, juicy chunks. I'm not saying I'm a cube person, but maybe I lie somewhere in between, ok?
The scramble was great though. All the flavors of blackened tofu without the smoke alarms going off. Win-win.
I know that on the package for Bob's Red Mill polenta it says 'polenta corn grits', but grits are white, ya'll. They're made from hominy. So this was really soft polenta. Technicality aside, these were great! The addition of the garlic at the very end made the flavor very prominent. Next time I would make this with hominy grits for a more authentic texture and look, but overall they were great!
I just feel like no southern meal is complete without greens. Collards are my favorite. I based this loosely off the basic recipe for garlicky greens in Wild About Greens, and then just smothered them in hot sauce, which covered the acidity aspect. Also, my friends totally loved all of this! I didn't get a photo of it all together on my plate except for a crappy iPod pic because I was so ready to eat, and then there weren't enough leftovers to take one the next day! I'm not complaining, though. I love it when people love the food I make, and this was easy enough that I could totally make it again in a flash.
I had heard good things about the Ancho Lentil Tacos, and was in the mood for Mexican food, so I gave them a go. I'd never had lentils in a burrito before (yeah, I went with burritos because I like them better than tacos), but it sort of made sense. The flavor was spot on, and like Isa says, the ancho chile powder (which I bought on accident last year and am happy to finally have a use for) gives it a subtly sweet flavor. I did find them a little dry, so maybe next time I would add extra water or a little tomato sauce or something. I made them with the Mexican Millet from Veganomicon, which is an old favorite of mine. I always tweak it to just make it in my rice cooker though, because I am lazy.
It went really well with the lentils, and then I topped it all off with the fixin's: lettuce, black olives, avocado, salsa, cilantro, and a squeeze of lime. I had loads of leftover lentils, millet, and tortillas, and managed to make seven freezer burritos out of the leftovers! I love me some frozen burritos, but never buy them because they're expensive and probably not very good for you, so I'm always happy when I get to make my own. It's amazing what a little extra prep time can do for your happy tummy in the future!
But so worth it. Pesto Risotto with Roasted Zucchini (and asparagus, red peppers, and onions, because…vegetables are awesome). What's not to love? Basil-y delicious pesto? Check! Creamy rice? Check! Tons of stirring time…? Check. Well, I don't love that part, but the result was fabulous, so I'm not complaining.
I roasted up the extra veggies because I just wanted to. Asparagus is in season, and I love it. Red peppers add color, and onions are a no-brainer when roasted. It all worked very well with the risotto. My one issue was that the pesto, on its own, was mighty salty. I had accidentally bought low sodium broth for the risotto, though, so it worked out in the end. If I were making the pesto to just put on pasta, I would reduce the salt by half and then add it to taste at the end.
Seriously, though! So creamy! And it made tons. I had plenty of leftovers, which I enjoyed to the maximum. The pesto is probably the best I've ever had (hence, Best-o Pesto). I didn't think I would like the addition of the cilantro, but it just made it a lot brighter. The thyme added a depth of flavor that I never thought pesto even needed. Isa is such a genius.
There are so many more PPK Blog recipes that look great to me, but they'll have to wait! This week the challengers are cooking from Vegan Diner, which I do not own. There are very few savory online recipes, and I'm not really in a big sweets mood this week. So instead, I'm doing an asparagus cookbook challenge! Asparagus is in season for such a short amount of time, and it's really only good when it's in season (and it's cheap then, too), so I'm making the most out of it. I have three recipes using it lined up for this week, all from my under utilized cookbooks. Well, two of the three. Anyway, you'll just have to wait to see!
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I have starred so many recipes from PPK on my reader but never made them. Like you, I much prefer working from a cookbook. I shall have to print some off at some point!
I really like your plates with the blue pattern, pretty!
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Montréal, 25 September 2017 – Aviation is essential to the economic development of cities, countries and regions everywhere, but governments can only optimize its benefits by addressing the sector's critical infrastructure and resource needs in their national development strategies.
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United States District Court, D. Vermont
September 4, 2015
DAMIAN J. RENZELLO, Plaintiff,v.MICHAEL E. NELSON, Defendant.
ORDER ON MOTIONS TO HOLD DEFENDANT IN CONTEMPT AND IMPOSE DAMAGES AND TO ENFORCE THE CONSENT JUDGMENT (Docs. 169, 175, 184, 186, 187)
J. GARVAN MURTHA, District Judge.
I. Introduction
On May 16, 2007, Plaintiff Damian Renzello and Defendant Michael Nelson entered an Agreement and Consent Judgment (the "Consent Judgment") prohibiting them from interfering with each other's businesses and from contacting each other, among other things. (Doc. 167.)
On September 18, 2014, Renzello moved pro se to enforce the Consent Judgment. (Doc. 169.) He alleged Nelson had posted defamatory statements online about him and his company, Porta-Rinx. Renzello also requested the Court hold Nelson in contempt and award damages. The Court instructed Renzello to serve notice to Nelson and allow Nelson thirty days to cure any non-compliance, as required by the Consent Judgment. (Doc. 174.) On November 21, 2014, Renzello filed a Certificate of Service attesting that he had served a copy of his motion on Nelson by first-class mail at the address Renzello provided in the underlying action, P.O. Box 761, Wakefield, RI XXXXX-XXXX. (Doc. 173.) That mail was not returned at that time.
At the May 7, 2015 hearing, Renzello testified Nelson has continued to post defamatory comments about Renzello and Porta-Rinx on the internet following the Consent Judgment. Renzello also alleges Nelson has defamed him in the comments section of an online "Popular Science" article devoted to his products and on numerous other websites, including a website titled "Ripoff Report." Renzello testified that he has lost business due to Nelson's comments. Customers have contacted him about his products, and often seek explanation for Nelson's online postings. Based on Renzello's testimony, the Court found Nelson, who failed to appear, had violated the Consent Judgment by posting defamatory comments concerning Renzello online. (Doc. 179.)
On July 23, 2015, all written communications and notices mailed by the Clerk's Office to Nelson between November 2014 and May 2015 were simultaneously returned as undeliverable. (Docs. 180-83.) On August 19, 2015, Renzello alleged Nelson has posted additional defamatory comments on the internet, and moved the Court to hold Nelson in contempt and to award damages. (Doc. 184.) Renzello mailed copies of his motion not to Nelson, as he had all previous notices, but to Leslie M. and Peter E. Nelson of Rhode Island (Doc. 184, at 9), presumably Defendant's relatives. On August 31, 2015, Nelson opposed Renzello's motion (Doc. 188) and filed his own motions to enforce the Consent Judgment against Renzello on the basis that Renzello contacted and defamed him (Docs. 186, 187).
II. Discussion
A. Renzello's Motion for Contempt Sanctions (Doc. 184)
The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure require motions be served on "every party." Fed.R.Civ.P. 5(a)(1)(D). Renzello served his motion for contempt sanctions on apparent relatives of Nelson, not on Nelson himself, and therefore service was invalid. Accordingly, the Court dismisses Renzello's motion (Doc. 184) without prejudice to renew for improper service.
B. Vacating the Order Enforcing the Consent Judgment (Docs. 175, 179)
Nelson's filing indicates he received neither notice that Renzello believed he had violated the Consent Agreement nor notice of the hearing before the Court. (Doc. 188.) This is consistent with the return of his mail to the Clerk's Office as undeliverable. The Court takes notice Nelson no longer receives mail at the address listed in Court records, P.O. Box 761, Wakefield, RI XXXXX-XXXX.
In opposition to Renzello's motion for contempt, Nelson contends the judgment against him (Doc. 179) is void because he never received notice of the May 7, 2015 hearing.[1] Rule 60(b)(4) allows for the vacatur of a judgment where "the judgment is void." Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b)(4). In assessing whether to vacate a default judgment, a "court must consider (1) whether the default was willful, (2) whether setting aside the default would prejudice the plaintiff, and (3) whether the defendant has presented a meritorious defense to the action." I.L.G.W.U. Nat. Ret. Fund v. Meredith Grey, Inc., 986 F.Supp. 816, 823 (S.D.N.Y. 1997). Here, the Court concludes Nelson did not willfully refuse to respond because the record indicates he never received notice, Renzello will not be prejudiced if the Court sets aside the judgment because he may still seek a hearing, and that Nelson may argue he did not post the content in question. The Court may vacate its judgment (Doc. 179) sua sponte, see Int'l Controls Corp. v. Vesco, 556 F.2d 665, 668 n.2 (2d Cir. 1977) (finding "the district court... had power to decide sua sponte whether its judgment should be vacated, provided all parties had notice, as they did here."), and now does so. The Court also denies Renzello's motion for hearing on enforcement (Doc. 175) without prejudice.
C. Nelson's Motions to Enforce the Consent Judgment and Cease Contact (Docs. 186, 187)
Nelson also moves the Court to find Renzello violated the Consent Judgment and to order Renzello to cease contact.[2] He fails to follow the procedures required to seek relief through the Consent Judgment, however, because he has not provided Renzello with notice and thirty days to cure any defect. He has in fact provided Renzello no ...
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Go Set A Watchman - Harper Lee (Novel)
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i love reading your thoughts. please keep sharing and keep writing. cheers!
- July 22, 2015 at 10:15 PM
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Thank you! That made my day.
- July 23, 2015 at 6:46 AM
Great review! Stumbled on it looking to see if I was losing my mind with the Mr. Tuffet/Ms. Muffet thing.
One thing I'd say is in response to your saying Lee set aside Watchman of her own accord. From what I understand she actually submitted Watchmen, that this is actually her "first draft" of what would become Mockingbird. I think, therefore Watchman is somewhat a testament to the editor that saw the classic in Watchman, in Lee as Watchman was rejected by the company that went on to publish Mockingbird. It seems the editor was the one who saw Watchman as too fevered and knee-jerk.
With that in mind, I do agree, but for a slightly different reason, that Lee did not truly want to ever publish Watchman following Mockingbird; that reason being any sane author wouldn't want anyone reading their rejected first draft.
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- August 1, 2015 at 6:06 AM
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Hi and thanx.
I remember the feeling of utter confusion on the Tuffet/Muffet part, so I am happy I was able to confirm your sanity. :-)
I was aware of Lee's original submission of "Watchman" to an editor and its rejection. I don't know that I'd say the editor saw "Mockingbird" within its pages. It is possible. The editor probably gave her solid feedback on the flaws.
My take is that Lee did set it aside, but had its essence in mind when she went a "different direction" and wrote 20 years earlier. Once "Mockingbird" was done, there was no way she could put out "Watchman" without significant re-working. I believe she simply decided not to do so.
- August 1, 2015 at 8:20 AM
- Unknown said...
I actually just read that the editor advised Lee to focus on the flashbacks, so I'd give the editor more credit than I previously stated. I would still say "Watchman" could be a part of "Mockingbird" if Lee had gone back and done an enormous amount of editing. I don't know if that would be possible because she'd have to re-frame Atticus's views significantly to be aligned with "Mockingbird." Perhaps he might become less tolerant as he aged, or the focus could be again on the south in general.
- August 4, 2015 at 11:21 AM
I agree with all of your thoughts. It was heartbreaking for me reading this, but I feel that Lee wrote this book based on what was going on in her own life, as a way to let out anger of what she felt was right and wrong. "Watchman" moves away from the perspective as a child, as shown in "Mockingbird", and is written in the third person simply for the reason to have a more general feel as to what is going on. This book shows the more true aspects than what the readers would generally want to read. Despite the many grammatical errors that I've noticed, this book, to me, shows that Lee wrote it for her own purposes, and should of been left unpublished.
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Excellent points! I won't add to them further.
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This week's offering is a counterpoint to Larry's previous blog, A Tale of Two Photo Londons.
Larry's blog alerted us to an exhibition curated by Hans P. Kraus Jr. which was soon to be unveiled at this year's Photo London (not to be confused, of course, with the other photoLondon covered in the same blog). The self-explanatory title of the exhibition, Sun Pictures Then and Now: Talbot and His Legacy Today, along with a promotional leaflet for the exhibition inspired the format of Larry's introductory blog to highlight the upcoming show, which of course no one had seen at the time the blog was written. The exhibition's layout and juxtapositions were a mystery at that point. I'll come back to that, but first I'd like to remind you of Larry's important observation, that the venue for the exhibition was to be Somerset House, the very same venue where Talbot read his first paper on photography to the Royal Society. That was in January 1839, but knowing that fact made the exhibition even more thrilling than it already was, if such a thing is possible.
But I digress. Back to Larry's introductory blog and how it relates to the finished exhibition. To illustrate the basic premise of the show (that Talbot continues to influence contemporary photographers in the twenty-first century) Larry made a sequence of comparisons between works by Talbot showing them alongside works by contemporary artists. Often the two images had something in common, whether they were both of the same subject, such as Lacock Abbey, or they may have had some formal quality in common. These pairings neatly and succinctly summed up the idea upon which the exhibition was built: that photographs taken by Talbot some time ago were to be displayed together with photographs taken recently with Talbot's oeuvre in mind.
These pairs worked perfectly for the blog. But a blog is not the same thing as a gallery experience where the viewer can move around freely, going between the works on display as and how they like. Hans Kraus clearly knows this because he didn't use the same approach for the gallery hang as Larry used in his blog. Instead Hans looked at the layout of the gallery, which is essentially a single space divided into two halves by an enormous glass staircase, and devoted the first half of the gallery to Talbot while giving the second half over to those modern artists who had been influenced by Talbot. It was an inspired decision, because it encouraged the viewer to constantly move backwards and forwards, over and over, time and again, to look at the Talbot material after being informed by a contemporary work, and vice versa. The result was an intriguing dialogue. I'm told they have a fitting expression in football circles when they say, it's a game of two halves (a good title for an exhibition, maybe).
There were inklings in other previous posts by Larry of what was in store, such as the incredibly beautiful 'Iotypes' by Grant Romer, which Larry had highlighted at the foot of another recent blog. Oh, and before I forget, it's worth saying that the exhibition was also simply beautiful. Not an easy feat in a room which when empty probably has the look and feel of a concrete bunker, but on this occasion the brute of a space was tamed.
There were also important items on loan from the our very own Bodleian Library's Talbot collection. Talbot's personal electrostatic 'wand', which he used for experiments in electricity, was on display. The Bodleian had previously allowed Hiroshi Sugimoto to borrow the very same wand. Incredibly, the Bodleian gave permission for the wand to be used as originally intended, to carry electrical charges which were discharged in the creation of Sugimoto's, Talbotized series of photographs. Some of these electrical field photographs by Sugimoto were also on display.
The Bodleian's generosity fostered a second direct link between Talbot and a living artist when they allowed Cornelia Parker to borrow some of the original glassware Talbot had photographed in his now famous, 'Articles of Glass' of 1844. Parker cleverly used the Bodleian's articles of glass to make a sequence of photograms. Glassware, Talbot's photograph of the glassware, and Parkers photographs from the glassware were all on display. To find yourself in a gallery full of tangible links between Talbot and his personal effects which either appear in, or were used to create the photographs on display (or both) is a rare and special event.
For those of you who couldn't make it to Somerset House, you missed a trick. However, you can get a good sense of what the Talbot exhibition was like as Photo London have taken the time and trouble to create a virtual 360-degree walk-through tour of the exhibition. Click here then go to the window labelled 'Embankment' to experience it.
It truly is a shame that the exhibition was only on show in London for a few days. Its brevity was perhaps another layered meaning, or passing reference to the fact that photographic images are essentially fugitive and do fade. I would urge any museum or gallery that has a gap in their programme contact Mr Kraus to discuss the possibility of recreating the exhibition so that it can be enjoyed by a wider audience. There would probably have to be a new selection of Talbot images made for any revival of the exhibition, but that wouldn't affect the idea at the heart of the show, which is to prove that even in this digital age Henry Talbot remains an important influence on contemporary photographic practice.
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A theatre historian has claimed to have located the home where William Shakespeare lived while writing Romeo and Juliet.
Research has previously suggested the legendary playwright lived near to what has now become Liverpool Street tube station for around three years.
But Geoffrey Marsh said he has 'pinpointed' the exact location and claimed the Bard lived at what is now 35 Great St Helen's, which has since been turned into an office block.
He thinks the mixture of people Shakespeare may have encountered during his time there may have influenced many of his characters in other classics such as Macbeth and King Lear.
Mr Marsh told the Telegraph: 'He was living in one of the wealthiest parishes in the city, alongside powerful public figures, wealthy international merchants, society doctors and expert musicians.
'The merchants had connections across Europe and doctors were linked to the latest progressive thinking in universities in Italy and Germany.
'Mixing with these kinds of people had a profound effect on him.'
It took the historian, who is also the director of the Victoria and Albert Museum's department of theatre and performance, a decade of research to discover the location.
Through his efforts, he discovered that Shakespeare was a tenant of the guild which organised the leather trade during the Elizabethan era.
It is theorised that he lived next door to two influential doctors, Edward Jorden and Peter Turner, who are believed to have spent some time living in Germany and Italy.
Although it cannot be proven they certainly met and conversed, Mr Marsh thinks it is highly likely they would have met at church on Sundays.
Their experiences could have provided material and inspiration for Macbeth, he said.
Dr Jorden was involved in a prominent witch trial which may have given Shakespeare the idea of the characters of the three witches.
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Dialogues on Awakening Beyond Thought – NonDual Improv With Gary Weber.
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Nia Barge's stageplay "Last Call" Review by Michael Poandl 5 Stars ***** !
by Michael Poandl on May 30, 2014
In Washington, D.C., there is probably no more sensitive and emotionally laden topic than gentrification.
So it is refreshingly relevant that the new company Nameless chose to premiere the first show in its "Happy Hour Theatre" series, Last Call, which directly confronts gentrification in D.C., in a club in the heart of Adams Morgan. Heaven and Hell, located on 18th Street NW, is smack dab in the middle of a part of the city where gentrification is on the tip of everyone's tongue. After all, Adams Morgan was one of the first epicenters of the Great Neighborhood Redevelopment of Washington, D.C. Since joined by Columbia Heights, H Street Northeast, Petworth, Navy Yard and so many other neighborhoods, Adams Morgan is practically a monument to what comprehensive and large-scale redevelopment looks like.
This is critical to the core of Last Call, because although the subject of gentrification has been explored before on D.C. stages (see Bruce Norris' groundbreaking Clybourne Park) Nameless asks the audience to go a step further in actually travelling to a gentrified neighborhood to see the show. In a way, Director Nia M. Barge has made the entire neighborhood the setting of Last Call. The play itself, written by A'Leighsha C. Butler, is staged in one half of Heaven and Hell's upper level (Heaven, presumably…) using an actual bar and a few tables and chairs as its set. This too is pertinent because the play takes place – where else? – in a bar in a rapidly changing neighborhood in Washington, D.C.
(left to right) – Sierra Edwards (Dottie), Alexis Graves (Joceyln, Dominque Spencer (Jordan), Tia Da (Ms. V), Adiyb Muhammad (Mike,) Samantha Sheahan (Jenna), Katherine Jessup (Molly), Donta Hensley (Todd), and Darren Rabinowitz (Tod). Photo by Travis Riddick.
(left to right) – Sierra Edwards (Dottie), Alexis Graves (Joceyln), Dominque Spencer (Jordan), Tia Da (Ms. V), Adiyb Muhammad (Mike,) Samantha Sheahan (Jenna), Katherine Jessup (Molly), Donta Hensley (Todd), and Darren Rabinowitz (Tod). Photo by Travis Riddick.
The fictional bar is called "Mike's Place," a staple of "the neighborhood" (meant, of course, to stand in for any of the numerous gentrified D.C. neighborhoods), run by Mike (Adiyb Muhammad). His restaurant has adapted in recent years, however, due to pressure from the influx of younger, wealthier, and whiter residents. Folks like Molly (Katherine Jessup), a sarcastic yoga instructor who wears the mandatory thick-rimmed glasses, and Tod (Darren Rabinowitz) and Todd (Donta Hensley), a well-educated gay couple, have convinced Mike to make certain changes to the bar, like replacing his father's traditional fried fish sandwich with a hummus platter. Even Mike's daughter, Jocelyn (Alexis Graves), who grew up in the neighborhood, is sympathetic to the redevelopment happening around her. But when Jordan (Dominique Antonio Spenser), a troublemaking young man who grew up with Jocelyn but only recently returned to D.C. arrives as Mike's new employee, he objects to the changes he sees in both the neighborhood and his once-girlfriend, Jocelyn. It is clear Jordan and Jocelyn have their own personal baggage, and the chemistry between Ms. Graves and Mr. Spenser crackles from the start. Their Sam-and-Diane relationship parallels the larger story about neighborhood redevelopment. Just as Joceyln has changed, so has the neighborhood, and Jordan (like so many of the original residents) feels confused, resentful, and left behind.
If Jordan represents the disaffected neighborhood Old Guard, then the aggressive agents of change are epitomized by Jenna (Samantha Sheahan), a blaringly Caucasian new resident who storms into the bar, demanding answers about the whereabouts of her lost Chihuahua, Petunia. In short order she accuses "homeboy" Jordan of kidnapping her beloved pet, and strong-arms Mike into holding a mock trial right there in the bar, with Jordan as the indignant defendant.
But of course, it is not just Jordan who is on trial here. It is the whole huge subject of Who Owns The Neighborhood that is really at stake. As the farce of who stole Petunia unfolds, the real drama is between the old residents and the new. Dottie (Sierra Edwards) is the former Advisory Neighborhood Commission chair, ousted by Jenna in the previous election. As Jenna agitates for butterfly gardens and Whole Foods in the neighborhood, Dottie reminds her about what is lost in "redevelopment". The so-called "empty spaces" where neighborhood residents would hang out, play chess, and get to know each other are now expensive condos and frozen yogurt shops. People like Dottie, Mike and Ms. V. (Tia Dae) are outraged that their community seems to be being invaded by people who see their neighborhood as an eyesore that needs to be torn down and renovated.
To her credit, Ms. Butler did not write Last Call as a one-sided polemic against gentrification. Jenna, Molly, and the gay Tod(d)s may be outsized caricatures of The New D.C., but they do fight back against the accusations that they are insensitive invaders. During one particularly powerful moment, Todd, who is black, eviscerates Jordan for telling him that this is not his home. Todd fires back that as a gay man, he can't go home to West Virginia, and that this neighborhood, where he and his fiancée are building a life, is their home. Todd and Tod are not usurpers or colonialists; they are residents, and just because they are new and have a penchant for organic food and a beefed up police presence doesn't make them evil or racist.
The layers of complexity surrounding gentrification, and the heavy emotional baggage that goes with it, is told elegantly and with great humor by Ms. Butler and Ms. Barge. I was impressed again and again by how these deeply serious issues were woven invisibly into a story that moved quickly and with razor-sharp comedy.
The entire ten person ensemble did an exemplary job of communicating both the comedy and the drama of Last Call, and they deftly avoided the trap of becoming caricatures. I was watching real people on stage, and it was this authenticity that made the show so funny and so touching. I must single out Ms. Dae (Ms. V.) and Ms. Edwards (Dottie) for their particularly endearing and hilarious performances.
I also commend the director, Ms. Barge, for her smart and creative staging choices. Although most of the action occurred on the L-shaped "stage" in front of the audience, the actors walked amongst the audience when it suited them, and often broke the fourth wall. In effect, the audience became a part of the show, and this effect was even sharper given the site-specific nature of the performance.
I must say, as a new resident of D.C. who enjoys Fro-Yo and Whole Foods, there were some uncomfortable moments of white guilt for this reporter. But, strange as it sounds, I enjoyed those self-conscious moments as much as any other in the show. At one point in the show, an "Old Resident" (James Wingfield) emerges from his covert position in the audience to launch a diatribe against gentrification. As the rest of the cast looks on in shock, Mr. Wingfield repeats again and again, "No spaces… no places" before he is escorted out of the theatre by the director herself. This bit of Brechtian staging was inspiring, depressing, and provocative all at once. Theatre should make people uncomfortable; it should make them think. I commend Nameless Theatre Company for presenting a show that is innovative, in-your-face, and funny as hell. Residents of neighborhoods all over D.C., old and new, need to hear the story that Nia Barge and A'Leighsha Butler is telling. Maybe then we can learn to get along a little bit better.
Running Time: It runs 90 minutes, with one 15-minute intermission.
Last Call has its second and final performance on June 5, 2014 at Heaven and Hell -2327 18th Street NW, in Washington, DC. For tickets, purchase them online.
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About Michael Poandl
Michael Poandl graduated American University as a Theatre: Performance major in 2013. He is currently an intern in the Grants Department at the Arts Council of Fairfax County.
(Michael Parsons) DC Filmdom review on Anthony Greene's Crime-Thriller "THICK" 3.5/5 Stars
3 ½ out of 5 stars
"The only thing that ever got in crime's way were the criminals".
Stone-faced crime boss Theresa James (R & B artist/actress Tia Dae) delivers a lengthy allocution on criminal behavior to Marcell (Dominique Spencer), an underling who has unknowingly been caught with his hand in the proverbial cookie jar. Her words are wise, even poetic, though it seems like an awful lot of wisdom (and creativity) to waste on someone who's about to get waxed. "Welcome to your future," she says as he meets his demise.
thickIt's to be expected, I suppose. These guys never seem to pick up on insinuation, even when they know they've messed up (an exception would be the guy from "Lethal Weapon 2" who wanted to make sure he wasn't standing on plastic when summoned into the boss's office). And almost invariably, the turgid speech that precedes their punishment serves only to emphasize the unhealthy ego of the speaker – often an overblown or cartoonish villain with little substance to their words.
If "Thick" starts off looking a touch self-important, it quickly finds its equilibrium within the stage-worthy performances and a script that has something to say. Dae's monotone Theresa is less sinister than pragmatic, possibly a metaphor for the country's pre-occupation with work and financial stress, among other things. She fits the bill as the steely-eyed crime boss, virtually disconnected from anything that might distract her or expose a weakness. Her position, as we see, is a precarious one, and somewhere beneath the virtually expressionless demeanor lies a deep-seated paranoia, which bubbles over when her wife Roni (Pascale Piquion) shows even the slightest hint of independence.
The film is part "The L Word", part "King of New York", and Dae's character, who is both protagonist and antagonist, owes a little something to Christopher Walken's Frank White, who occasionally liked to unload his intellectual side on a disloyal employee or two before burying them with their betrayal money. But this ain't the '80s, and a relatively meager $500,000 in "get out" money stashed in Theresa's house suggests that times are tough, even for less legitimate business enterprises.
Scheming employees, dirty cops, and a deteriorating personal life are part of this nasty equation. Trusted advisor "Lefty" Eggleston (Ronald Benson-El) plots to take over the empire while assassin Nina (Chaseedaw Giles) plans to run off with Roni , with whom she's been having an affair. And the crooked detectives in Theresa's pocket (Caleb Jackson and Mick McGuire) are looking for an early out, and a hefty retirement package to boot.
It might sound like it's gearing up for a finale like "True Romance", but "Thick" is definitely more chess match than bloodbath. The characters, though, are no less cut-throat than in more violent contemporary urban crime dramas. Save a few requisite executions, which are carried out in shadowy Washington, DC area settings like a sewer tunnel or in the back seat of a car, we mostly watch our characters manipulating their way to what they want. Local writer/directors Cheryl Brown and Anthony M. Greene ("The Henchman's War") have crafted something that looks like a CliffsNotes for an HBO drama series, tightly cinched in a 70-minute package. The micro-budgeted "Thick" covers a lot of ground while never appearing overly ambitious, with fine editing by Omar Juarez (who is also the cinematographer) and Manuel Santos. There are many earmarks of a great crime saga here, and it will be interesting to see if Brown and Greene revisit the material.
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Husband. Father. Ex-salesperson. Movie nut. After pestering my parents for their commentary on "Star Wars" when I was four years old, my mind went into a creative frenzy. I'd imagined something entirely different than the actual film, which I didn't end up seeing until its 1979 re-release at the Uptown Theater in Washington, DC. This was my formal introduction to the cinema. During that long wait, which felt like an eternity to a child, my mind was being molded by more corrosive stuff like "Trilogy of Terror" and "Rosemary's Baby", most of which I'd conned various babysitters into letting me watch on television ( I convinced one poor lady that "Jaws" was actually "Moby Dick"). The folks were pretty strict in that regard, so the less appropriate it was for a kid to watch, the more I was fascinated by it. Horror staples like "Halloween" and "Friday the 13th", as well as lesser-known low-budget fare like "Madman", "Sleepaway Camp" and "Pieces" all ended up sneaking their way into the VHS on a regular basis. Since then, I've developed an obsession with the entire film industry. Even though I watch and review a wide breadth of films these days, my appreciation for the campy, poorly lit micro-budgeters still lends itself to my evolving perspective on movies just as much as the summer blockbusters and Oscar contenders. As I recall my trips to the movie theater, I realize that this stuff is about much more than just a fleeting piece of entertainment. A couple years ago, I was finally given the opportunity to lend my opinion on films to a publication, The Rogers Revue, with a subsequent run at Reel Film News. It's been both a privilege and a gateway to what we're doing now. Most of my experience has come from interviewing independent filmmakers, who consistently promote innovation. The filmmaking process is grueling and relatively unforgiving. Fellow film enthusiast Eddie Pasa and I have created DC Filmdom as a medium for film reviews, discussion, and (inevitably) some debate. And so, the creative frenzy continues. (Michael is a member of the Washington, DC Area Film Critics Association).