The young lady with eyeglasses and the cat seems so sweet.

These are wonderful, Ryan! Thank you for taking the time to put them together and upload them. Wonderful memories. 🙏🏻

This was great to watch, I just wish the audio was a little louder...

This was awesome, thanks for your great work and documenting such a rich culture. My wife family is from Trinidad and practice the Orisha tradition. It was refreshing seeing other west African ethnic groups traditions survive

Great times in America. Born in 71 and reminds me of being a kid.

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around the time devo was coming on strong -74-84 families were bigger almost like gangs sometimes i recall being the youngest of 5 and we were considered a sm/med size fam people were thinner and worked harder lol

So grateful for this!! Now the whole world can watch the lives of a boring, depressing family nobody ever gave one miserable crap about. Pathetic pointless garbage.

I remember those videp cameras. My father had one with like 4 bright bulbs across. You could hardly adjust to that bright light.

Where is this place tho

My great great grandmother use to keep Rada otherwise known as nation dance. This is something I am familiar with. We are from South Trinidad, La Brea to be exact. I love the documentary please make another one this is my culture.

Adupe lopolopo to all who sacrificed to ensure the passing of these traditions to the current generation of Alkebu-lanese that arrived in the Americas either captured or free. The Rada/Dangbe Comme community of Belmont is a heritage of a free people that entered the Caribbean and maintained their traditions. Thanks Ryan for your investment in documenting these precious moments and time. Thanks to all the custodians who have shared their family traditions freely with the world.

Very nice, I've not owned a Sota before, I may give one a try.

The moonbeam is a GREAT table. I have the Dark Oak version with the I-Clamp and I LOVE it!!! AT150MLx and the I-Clamp make the Moonbeam an amazing entry Hi-Fi deck...

@ZauberGuitarre Hey John! Yes indeed. I particularly like the military-inspired cadence around 3:45.

polytonal, polyrhythmic, and poly-vocal! applied ethnomusicology in action thanks Ryan

Thanks ryan !! old fashion 45 !!!!!!!!

@hiphopapotomas Thanks for the interest, but not a chance! I'd been looking for something like this for quite awhile... Good luck finding your table.

@ryanjamesbazinet would you want to sell this bad boy? hard to find them for sale these days and im looking for a decent turntable.

@ryanjamesbazinet Wow! What amazingly good luck you have. US-made 'tables are such a rarity, especially in this day & age.

Thanks, I like it! $200, and it had a brand new Goldring cartridge. It was being sold right on the sidewalk in front of my apartment, and I was looking for a decent turntable, so I couldn't pass it up.

Very very nice!!! How much was it??