02:17 AM CST on Sunday, December 6, 2009 By DEBBIE FETTERMAN / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News Scott Robinson of Santa Fe, N.M., didn’t aspire to be a sports agent. The AmeriKenyan Running Club founder sought to fill a need. Now he’s doing both. He’s bringing three Kenyan athletes to compete at nextContinue reading “Dallas Morning News. 6 Dec 2009.”
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Opening Night, chasing KEINO. 6 Dec 2009.
The Kenyan woman sitting to my right, Caroline Rotich, won the 2009 Las Vegas Marathon a few weeks ago and took home with her $25,000 USD. Way to go, Caroline!
Arlds. 5 Dec 2009.
Peckinpah. 5 Dec 2009.
While I was in Santa Fe – I was told this Sam Peckinpah story. The narrator said on one of Peckinpah’s later film sets – the cast and crew had been waiting for Peckinpah to show up to begin filming… One hour goes by… Then two… Then three… The phone rings and it’s Peckinpah. HeContinue reading “Peckinpah. 5 Dec 2009.”
From Sun Valley, Idaho. 28 Nov 2009.
For Farley.
Farewell, Fairness. 26 Nov 2009.
I’ve always heard that Einstein could never remember to take the biscuits out of the oven. And if Vincent van Gogh came to your house – he would stand on your couch in his muddy boots and take a piss on the floor. Farley couldn’t bake – but the van Gogh couch thing…
Bill McHenry, NYC. 21 Nov 2009.
I caught Bill McHenry playing with Paul Motian at Village Vanguard. It was described as an octet+1. That’s what I said. What?? The band and Motian were incredible. They played re-Be-Bop from the ‘Garden of Eden’ album. Bill McHenry played with this quiet fire. He held his horn out and growled out notes – likeContinue reading “Bill McHenry, NYC. 21 Nov 2009.”
Mark Lombardi. Drawings. 17 Nov 2009.
Just a note to myself. Myself from today. For a change.
Austin, the New LA? 16 Nov 2009.
I always wondered why Austin ex-city leaders would have pointed Austin towards LA as a model city. Last week’s Financial Times Weekend had Lunch with Eli Broad. In which, Mr Broad stated he aimed to make LA a cultural capital. His most forthright notion was linking the stars to cultural events. But isn’t that aContinue reading “Austin, the New LA? 16 Nov 2009.”
Joseph Mutinda. AKRC. 15 Nov 2009.
Gilbert Koech 2:14:39 Laban Moiben 2:15:21 James Bolt 2:15:43 Joseph Mutinda 2:16:00 Noah Talam 2:17:43 My friend, Joseph Mutinda, finished the San Antonio RnR Marathon in fourth place. I stopped by to see the AKRC crew yesterday in San Antonio and sat in on the technical meeting for the elite runners. There was a fieldContinue reading “Joseph Mutinda. AKRC. 15 Nov 2009.”