This story was recounted most memorably by Ray Mungo in his book Famous Long Ago that is soon to be a major Hollywood motion picture. View the profiles of people named Steve Diamond. Diamond became a coach of the Sharks in 2001 with former teammate Jim Mallinder. The book was widely translated and while out of print still has a devoted following. More than three decades later, after it had been out of print for some time, a resurgence of interest in the book and in the way of life it portrays seems strong enough to justify making it available again. His later novel Panama Red describes the fictional events that take place when Panama decides to legalize marijuana. His stories about the strike and subsequent police riot received nation wide exposure. During his career he was an editor at the Valley Advocate and Boston Phoenix; a reporter and contributing editor for the national magazine New Times and Miami's magazine, New Times. A brief introduction has been added, a list of illustrations, and an afterword. [3] Diamond returned to Sale Sharks in January 2011 as Director of Sport[4] before taking over as Director of Rugby in 2012. (Star Trek Generations Special Edition DVD audio commentary). https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Steve_Diamond?oldid=2532642. Unlike Gold Steve, Diamond Steve is a bit more physical and active. He had just completed writing a book for Jack Kirby, a Santa Barbara icon. Diamond also worked as a writer and consultant for many years with Green Mountain Post Films, a Montague based company. Steve Diamond; Birth name: Stephen Diamond: Place of birth: Partington, Lancashire: Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Weight: 217 lb (15 st 7 lb) School: Broad Oak Secondary School Diamond played for his local club Trafford MV before joining Sale Sharks as a player in 1989. Steve wrote What the Trees Said, which described the first year of life on the farm for the group of transplanted urbanites. a journal celebrating literary and fine arts in a metaphysical world. Steve was born on December 7, 1946 in the Republic of Panama where he spent his early years. Some of the award winning documentary films to which he contributed were: Voices of Spirit, a look at Elwood Babbitt, a local trance medium; Lovejoy's Nuclear War, an examination of Sam Lovejoy's anti-nuclear act of civil disobedience in toppling a utility meteorological tower; The Last Resort, about the fight over the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant; Save the Planet, which was shown at Madison Square Garden for five nights during the Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE) Concerts which featured Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, and many other artists; Cannabis Rising, a look at the Dutch experiment in quasi legalization of marijuana; and Peace Trip, about the 1999 Hague Peace Conference. Diamond Steve is yet another Steve character added to the collection of Steve legends. He said that if he had been born a girl his mother would have named him Pearl to commemorate the attack at Pearl Harbor, which had taken place five years earlier on his birth date. He was also called up to the senior England squad as cover for the 1997 England rugby union tour of Argentina and Australia,[1] however he was ultimately not capped at that level. [5], Last edited on 25 September 2020, at 09:07, 1997 England rugby union tour of Argentina and Australia, "England's `second string' trounce Argentina", "Sale Sharks bring back ex-player & coach Steve Diamond", "Bryan Redpath demoted from Sale director of rugby role as Steve Diamond takes control of team for rest of season", https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/news-comment/steve-diamond-is-forever-telling-it-straight-8219020.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steve_Diamond_(rugby_union)&oldid=980226091, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 25 September 2020, at 09:07. The material is presented here in much the same way as the original edition in order to preserve the energy, the youthful voice, and the directness and conversational tone that have made it a classic piece of writing on the New Age. Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page. Who is Diamond Steve? Steve Diamond is an actor, known for Time of Your Life (1988), Bosom Buddies (1980) and Vivement dimanche (1998). Steve Diamond Realtor CalDRE#: 01489159 840 Newport Center Dr Ste 100 Newport Beach, CA 92660-6398 Office Phone: (949) 644-1600 Cell Phone: (949) 677-0603 Steve Diamond, Actor: Time of Your Life. Rick Berman, along with Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga were upset with Diamond during the scene in Generations in which he can be seen pumping his fist and saying "Yes" shortly before Brent Spiner as Data in front of him does the same. Explore Color Wheel: And he tells of a commune's response to the most shocking disaster possible; the unexplained suicide of the brilliant young founder of the commune.". What the Trees Said (Beech River Books, 2006) was originally published by Delacorte Press as a Seymour Lawrence book in 1971. Steve actively worked with the United Nations and non- governmental organizations affiliated with the UN to establish a One Day in Peace Holiday. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Kurt Vonnegut called What the Trees Said "the most honest account of life on a commune that we have had to date. He covered the student strike at Columbia University in 1968 and as a LNS reporter he was allowed into the student occupied buildings. Steve was born on December 7, 1946 in the Republic of Panama where he spent his early years. He was 59 years old. In August 1968, in the midst of a faction fight at the news service, Diamond, along with other members of the LNS group, bought the old Ripley Farm on Chestnut Hill in Montague, now the site of the Zen Peacemakers Conference Center. He wrote for The Atlantic Monthly, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, L.A. Weekly, International Times of London, The Austin Sun, the Village Voice, the New Orleans Times/Picayune and the New Orleans Courier. [2] In 2007 he teamed up again with Jim Mallinder to head up Northampton Saints recruitment process before accepting the Director of Rugby role for the Russian national team. He attended secondary school at Blair Academy in New Jersey and college at Columbia University, where he was actively involved in the college newspaper and was one of the first editors to be fluent in Spanish. The farm version of the news service did not survive the first winter, but Steve and the other members of the commune pursued their journalistic, artistic and activist interests. Much of this can accessed directly or through links by going to , including, of course, more information about Steve Diamond who I counted among my close friends and one of the great forces for good on this planet. At the time, he also started working for Liberation News Service (LNS), a news service, like an alternative Associated Press, for the rapidly expanding underground and college newspapers that were springing up during the late 1960s. I am indebted to Fred Moe and Nansea Griggs for introducing me to the book and putting me in touch with the author. There isn't much to say about him other than he's a Steve made of diamonds.