David Licata | April 16, 2012
I met Jim Robbins when I followed David Milarch around a grove of Redwoods in Northern California in the fall of 2007. It was a tense shoot (you can read about it here), and Jim’s cool presence did a lot to settle my nerves. We’ve kept in touch, and when he comes to NYC, we [...]
David Licata | December 21, 2011
This is as timely this year as it was in 2010, so with that in mind, here it is again. I asked Robert Darden of the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project for a list of some of his favorite gospel Christmas songs, and true to form, Robert delivered the goods and then some. The songs [...]
David Licata | December 13, 2011
Bob Marovich is a gospel music historian, radio announcer, and journalist. Since 2001, he has hosted “Gospel Memories,” a weekly radio program featuring classic gospel on WLUW Chicago. He is currently at work on a book-length history of gospel music in Chicago, to be published in 2013, and is the editor of The Black Gospel [...]
David Licata | December 10, 2011
I am always awed by how cinematographers see so much more than I do. We can be looking at exactly the same thing, the same angle, the same frame, and they’ll register all sorts of details, big and small, on an initial viewing that I won’t see until I’ve viewed the footage they shot several [...]
David Licata | April 1, 2011
Robert Darden, journalism professor at Baylor University, author of People Get Ready: A New History of Black Gospel Music, founder of the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project, subject of A Life’s Work, was recently on a panel at SXSW. Below is his report on the proceedings. Thanks, Robert. As usual, you went above and beyond. [...]
David Licata | December 31, 2010
What were the most viewed posts on the A Life’s Work blog? Glad you asked. The list is a little misleading, because some posts have been up for a lot longer than others, and so naturally will have more views. Still, a few posts are telling, like 2 and 13, which lit up the stats [...]
David Licata | October 5, 2010
My Google alerts for “Arcosanti” brought to my attention a stunning photograph by Niall David. I left a comment on his site and a correspondence began. Eventually I asked him if he would like to contribute some photos to this blog. He was game and then went above and beyond, writing an excellent post about [...]
David Licata | September 14, 2010
Haroon Butt is a frequent commenter on the A Life’s Work blog, so I asked him to write something about why he keeps coming back to this blog. Here was his response. Why do I keep coming back here? David Licata is a friend of mine, yes, and yes I come back here because I [...]
David Licata | September 7, 2010
Today’s guest blogger is Robert Darden, journalism professor at Baylor University, author of People Get Ready: A New History of Black Gospel Music, founder of the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project, subject of A Life’s Work, and all around great guy. Make sure to read and subscribe to Bob’s blog, Rural Free Delivery. It’s worth [...]
David Licata | August 15, 2010
Laura Bittman Ward submitted this e-mail written by her father. Laura explains: My dad sends out an email every Thursday to a group of his old high school friends who he reconnected with at their 50th reunion a few years back. My uncle Peter died last summer, he was only in his early 50s. He’d [...]
