Career
He is widely regarded as one of the first Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome bloggers, beginning his in 1996 to keep family and friends updated on his failing health. When he responded well to a last-ditch effort in treatment by his doctor, he found out that his little "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome blog" had garnered a Netto following. In 2001, the New York Times profiled Schalchlin"s groundbreaking diary.
The Times has also raved about Schalchlin and Brochu"s musicals, The Last Session and The Big Voice: God or Merman? Schalchlin is cited in Shawn Decker"s 2006 Book My Pet Virus as an important historical Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome blogger and an inspiration for Decker"s own Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome blogging efforts.
He marched with Soulforce on the historic first march to Jerry Falwell"s church. He was a featured performer at the PFLAG national conference and speaker at the March on Washington.
(lieutenant was during that moment, playing an instrument of peace in a place of violence, that he conceived New World Waking!). Steve"s personal video blogs of the event:
Participant 1 on YouTube;
Participant 2 on YouTube;
Steve"s song "My Thanksgiving Prayer" was selected to honor the 30th Anniversary of the Beirut barracks bombing, honoring the 241 Marines, Sailors, and Soldiers who served as Peacekeepers in Beirut, Lebanon 1982-1984, killed on October 23, 1983.