Remembering 9/11

I spent this morning mowing my grass and avoiding the blog. I couldn’t figure out what to say about today. I didn’t want to watch the news today either. I didn’t want to watch what they had to say about today. I know I feel so much about 9/11 but I don’t care to hear [...]

Repubs don’t hold a candle to Denver

Well the party’s over…actually from what I hear it wasn’t such a party in St Paul/Minniapolis as it was in Denver. Denver was electric. There were Celebrities everywhere, progressive leaders in panel discussions all over downtown. free food and drink for the bloggers in the Big Tent
and that wasn’t even counting the “official” DNC events…and [...]

Final Post: I’m Back in Nashville

By Marisa Richmond
I have finally returned home from the 2008 Democratic National Convention.  There was much speculation in the media, and among many private citizens, over what would happen at this year’s convention.  I think it is safe to say that we far exceeded everyone’s expectations for success.  I do need to tell you little [...]

Day Four: Yes We Can

By Marisa Richmond
First, I have to start, once again, with one major correction & a couple of comments I neglected to make yesterday.  When I was discussing that fiery Clinton caucus meeting, I said it was Sylvia Woods who caused some consternation.  It was actually Betsy Reid of West Tennessee.  With all that has been [...]

HRC Rock To Win Part3: Backstage Press Conference

This was my first experience rubbing elbows with the paparazzi and it was an experience…
I had a very good shot of the action until this backstage guy jumped in front of me at the last minute. I had to practice my assertive gorilla shooting techniques to bring you this. It’s a jungle out there kids.
BTW, [...]

Rock to Win Part2: Melissa Ethridge

This the second in a series of videos I shot at the Filmore Auditorium for the HRC Rock to Win concert. This was the premier event for the GLBT community during the Democratic Convention in Denver and it was a fundraising event for HRC. Producer of the show Elizabeth Birch told me in an interview [...]

Rock to Win Part 1: Cyndi Lauper

Here’s my first in a series of videos I shot at the HRC premier GLBT event: Rock to Win
Also, coming up on my next podcast is an interview with the former president of HRC Elizabeth Birch. I ran in to her out front before the show and she was gracious to offer me time for [...]

Inside a geek world: The New Independent Media

This so surreal. The Governor of Massachusetts is sitting at the next table right now. He wondered into The BIG TENT for who knows what.

Seems there’s more happening around here than up the street in the “official” convention. I overheard a main stream media reporter complaining to her coworker that “these bloggers are getting [...]

Wed. Morning Denver Update

I just sat down at a little outdoor cafe off the 16th st. mall to read some emails & eat. There was an early glbt session that I taped for youtube. Great info for activists including how Arizona succeeded in beating back the anti-gay marriage amendment and how to frame the argument. (any of them…how [...]

Rachel Maddow sighting!

Today I spent most of the afternoon listening to panal discussions upstairs in the big tent. Air America sponsored 3 of the sessions with even a quick visit from Rachel Maddow.

She introduced the first group before scurrying off to her new digs at MSNBC. She will, by the way, be keeping the radio gig [...]