A long time ago, my dad used to publish a newspaper in Long Beach called UNCLE JAM.
This article from the Long Beach Post states "In 1971, local cartoonist Phil Yeh started Uncle Jam, Long Beach’s largest and longest running counterculture newspaper. " Someone found that article randomly a few months ago and emailed it to me asking if I was indeed the son of Long Beach's 'counterculture' publishing hero. I forwarded the link to my brothers and we all got a kick out of it.
Anyway, it's been like 20 years or so since the last issue, but apparently my dad decided it was time to bring the paper back (seeing as how popular and profitable printed newspapers are these days). So I had to head out to the printer this morning and help pick up a few boxes of the newest issue.
Then this afternoon I met with Patrick and Nicole from Transcendental Media. They make films; including their latest, The Philospher Kings, which is a documentary that focuses on life lessons and wisdom from janitors at elite colleges. Very compelling concept. I have yet to see the full film but I'm definitely looking forward to it.
Anyway, it was a cool meeting. Matt and I have been thinking about making a feature length documentary so we needed to get some insight into exactly what we'd be getting ourselves into.
