Talking to Cooley…
One undisclosed day in an undisclosed location I met Attorney Robert Cooley, formerly of Chicago. I interviewed Cooley after reading his account of his friendship with Count Dante in the book he authored, When Corruption was King. Cooley is the man who took down Pat Marcy and the rest of the 1st Ward Oufit guys. […]
John Keehan at large….still looking
I guess I have come to the conclusion that I should not try to figure John Keehan out. I have been relistening to interviews. He is forgiven much by many of his friends of 40 years ago. They do not forgive him for his recklessness, they celebrate him for his contributions. I cannot get that […]
Fair Use and the attempt to copyright bodily movement…
Fair Use is the right, in some circumstances, to quote copyrighted material without asking permission or paying for it. It is a crucial feature of copyright law. In fact, it is what keeps copyright from being censorship. You can invoke fair use when the value to the public of what you are saying outweighs the […]
Karate is not for the squemish or the weak of heart….
Thus begins the introduction of Ashida Kim to his demonstration of the Dante originated, Kata Dante, Dance of Death. I actually recieved a copy of the Ashida Kim piece in the mail. He has become sort of my marketing hero. There is no more infamous a name on the internet. The name of Ashida Kim […]
Intellectual Copyright
Got a call from the lawyers for the Fall River, MA “heirs” to the Count Dante image, name and trademarks for the “Black Dragon Fighting Society.” Images used in a film have to be paid for. Distribution of a dramatic film or doc is contingent upon how diligent you have been at clearing rights of […]
Back on Track
I have been away from the blog for a few weeks. Time flies…In the midst of working on the film I have become partner in a new media company, 3to1 Studios, here in Chicago, while trying to maintain my duties as a part time staff member of the Jazz Institute of Chicago and doing programming […]
Reconciling memory…
John Keehan had a lot of identities and interests as a young man. As I prepare this film, I find I have delved deep into my own changes through his story. I am amazed at how quickly my own ideals and focus changed in a short timespan during this volatile historic period from 1960-1975. The […]
How far do we fall?
1970 was the year of the Dojo War and the year I left High School. I went back to my old high school. I was thinking about how we change from who we are. I looked for evidence of myself in the year book and the school papers. 1968 is a pivotal year. This film […]
Three Weeks since last post….
Much has happened and continues…I have been getting losts of offers of aid from people from as far away as Australia, Dallas and the UK. A student of Doug Dwyer’s contacted me. His name is Jim Quattrocki. He is a video producer. Great guy, and not because he offered me assistance right away. He is […]
Ken Knudson Memorial
See video of Jimmy Jones, Bob Wall, Doug Dwyer and Fred Degerberg talking about John Keehan here: Quicktime™ |Windows Media I arrived at the memorial for Ken Knudson about 6:00 pm at Ridgewood Cemetary in Des Plaines, IL. The place was packed as I expected. There were family, friends, Sybaris staff, and a lot of […]