Infected Worldmind

Politics and Culture. A Tonic.

Who am I?

I'm general counsel for a medium-sized tax-exempt organization that helps court-involved and other at-risk populations clear barriers to success in the community.

I'm also a development/fundraising professional and provide legal advice and guidance to start-up entertainment firms.

I'm a contributor to Funnybook Babylon and my ever-expanding bookshelf is here. I infrequently write about food and take pictures.

I'm also the happiest newlywed in the world.

That's everything.
Recent Tweets @jamaal30

Happy Belated 70th Birthday to the great Werner Herzog. Clip from Les Blank’s classic Burden of Dreams, a doc about the making of Fitzcarraldo.

via David Hudson/Fandor, who wrote a great tribute (w/ great links) to Herzog’s legacy as a filmmaker in search of so-called ecstatic truth.

Can’t wait to see Hate in America, On Death Row, and Queen of the Desert. Hell, I’ll probably even watch Jack Reacher to see Herzog as an evil Russian gang leader.

More links:

Herzog on the Absolute, Sublime and Ecstatic Truth

Stefano Odorico (Offscreen) on Herzog and the line between documentary and fiction narratives

David Church (Senses of Cinema) with a straightforward (and great) mini biography