I was called a “tin foil hatter” when I told my Liberal friends that Donald Trump would thump Hillary Clinton. And he did. (I voted for Stein btw)
“Vladimir Putin cost Hillary Clinton the election”
Because of the cross over of fake news*, conspiracy theories – Bin Laden on the grassy knoll! and the belief in Ancient Aliens….
*I only read news sources that the corporate media like Wa Poo and the Clinton News Network call fake news. I have called the hairy eyeball on the past 8 years as a Progressive. So I do not trust print media nor cable news.
The Smile Jamaica 420report in 2016? 5 for 5
Yes: Collie-fornya, Jah-vada, Jah-suchusetts, Maine
No: Jah-rizona
The Space Dust was never illegal on Nibiru, you earthbums!
Now my UFOria fixation has proven to be well placed in similar ways to my prediction of the impossible – Trump beating Clinton.
Just like I knew that Hillary wasn’t 12 points ahead of The Donald in October, neither is this UFO swamp gas, weather balloons or ball lightning that scoffers use to deny the existence of UFO’s
Maybe Trump in the White House is gonna bring Aliens into world view. Why not,
<How to deal with the Trump-o-calypse: Let’s Go Out With a Bang!>
Greetings,
Hope everyone had a nice Holiday. I spent the first week at my sister’s in Albuquerque. My parents just became Snowbirds, so my second week was in Phoenix.
Phoenix is a great town for vinyl. CDs are becoming irrelevant, but the racks are full of black wax and lots of people doing what I do for 30 years: cratedig. So I will be visting often in the months of Dec-March. Otherwise, vinyl melts from the store to the car!
Found some nice gems to play in 2017. For over a decade now, the first show of the year on Smile Jamaica is devoted to what I call Mutant Dub: Jamaican drum and bass with modern electronic sounds and textures awash in echodelia.
The 3 hour Mutant Dub World Tour!
As Joe Strummer sang, “Knives to the trebel!”
Crank the volume!
Set bass phasers to stun!
Happy New Year. Forward ever, backwards never!
bless, robt
“Shit good this is”
Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 7, 2017: Annotated Playlist – photos, soundbytes captions, Reggae History Lessons; 56 sec.
Set 1:
African Head Charge – Gospel Train; Songs of Praise (ON U Sound) ’90
The Vision – Dub Start; Dub Vision (Funfundvierig) ’88 Green Germ. Vinyl: Dub Album of the Hour
Afro Omega – Pick Up the Pieces; Pick Up the Pieces (Afro Omega) SLC dubbers w/ female vox
Jah Woosh – Woodpecker Sound; ON U Sound Celebration (Trance) ’88 West German comp
Doctor Pablo & the Dub Syndicate – Doctor Who?; ON U Journey Through Time & Space; 10” Dubplate (ON U Sound) 2015 UFO-ria
ON U Sound Record Store Day, 2015
Set 6: Space Dust 420; 21 sec.
2 Bad Card – Weed Specialist; Hustling Ability (ON U Sound) ’95
Dr. Israel & Dreadtone International – Sensimilla; Patterns of War (ROIR) Brooklyn 2005
Soom T – I Need Weed; Ode to a Carrot (Jahtari) 2008 female weedstepper out of Glasgow, Scotland
Dry & Heavy – Kick the Bong Around + Dub; One Punch (Green Tea) Jah-pon ’98
<“Whenever I get low, I get high!> 9 sec.
Ancient Astronaut Theorist, Giorgio Tsoukalos. Ancient Aliens Friday Nights on Viceland
Set 7:
The Slits – Man Next Door; In the Beginning (Jungle) ’80 – live version of The Paragons reggae classic
Rasheda & Mystikal Heights – I Love Jah + Jah Love (Discomix); 12″ (Zion Gate) 2007 Fr.: Don Carlos cover
The Outsider Meets High Tech Roots Dynamic – Alfa; At Channel One UK (Jah Works) ’91 UK vinyl: Dub Album of the Hour
Ari Up Rest in Peace. The Slits: rudegirls do punkdub & roots reggae
Set 8: UFO-ria
Ancient Astronauts feat. Akua Naru – Last Night (I Fell in Love with an Ancient Astronaut); Into Time and Bass (ESL) 2011 Germ. w/ female vox
Spiritual Rez – March of the Reptoids + Let’s Go Out With a Bang; Apocalypse Whenever (Spiritual Rez) 2014 US
Thievery Corporation – Stargazer; Culture of Fear (ESL) 2011
Soko – I Thought I Was an Alien; I Thought I Was an Alien (Because Music) 2012 French female
Tena Stelin & Jah Warrior – UFO + Unidentified Flying Dub; Lion Symbol (Jah Warrior) ’99 UK
Flock of Seagulls – Space Age Love Song; Flock of Seagulls (Jive) ’82 UK New Wave
Words of Wisdom:
Smile Jamaica is hosted by Robert Nelson on 90.9 FM KRCL in Salt Lake City, Utah (Saturdays, 4-7 p.m. MT). Ark-ives available weekly here at the Smile Jamaica blog.
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