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Greetings,

No matter where you come down on the election: from Blue Wave to Purple Puddle, cannabis did well at the polls. Took 3 out of 4.

Green Wave at the ballot box:

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1. Michigan legalized the Seven  Leaf
2. Utah medical marijuana
3. Missouri medical marijuana
4. 10 legal + DC + all of Canada
5. 33 states medical marijuana

<Without seeds; 23 sec.>

Had a great conversation with my window installer this summer. He was a young Mormon man with a family. We got to talking based on my Reggae/cannabis menagerie of posters up in the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives.

He has excruciating pain in his back. None of the official pain meds were tolerable: gave him terrible constipation and nightmares. His wife was offered pharmaceutical anti-nausea medication while pregnant. Later the drug was found to cause birth defects.

Both of them relied on cannabis for pain and nausea relief. Not CBD. Cannabis. Smoked not eaten. My Dad uses it for neuropathy and carpal tunnel in Arizona. It’s a medicine. Congrats to Utahans for exercising their free agency.

So what will 2020 bring?

I’m predicting these states go for it:

1. Wisconsin
2. Ohio
3. Illinois
4. New Jersey
5. Florida
6. Montana (my homeland!)
7. New Mexico
8. Arizona (second try)
9. Hawaii? (they should be  no brainer)

10 down, 40 to go! Maybe Pres. 45 will legalize it nationally if he wants to get re-elected?

bless, Bobbylon

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-vember 10, 2018 – Annotated Playlist: 57 sec.

 

Set 1: 420 Victory Set

• Clint Eastwood – Jah Lights Shining; Jah Lights Shining (Vista Sounds) ’79 UK vinyl
• Mad Professor – Mind Jungle Dub; Bob Andy’s Dub Book (I-Anka) ’89 UK vinyl dub album of the hour
• Pato Banton – Legalize It (Acapella) + Don’t Sniff Coke; Live at Maritime Hall San Francisco (2B1) 2001 live: 4:20 Victory Set
• Easy Star All-Stars feat. Junior Jazz & Daddy Lion – One Likkle Draw; First Light (Easy Star) 2011
• Sugar Minott  – Herbman Hustling; Herbman Hustling (Heartbeat) ’84
• Jacob Miller – Take a Lift; Mixed Up Moods (Top Ranking) ’80

Set 2:

• Carlene Davis – Brother Bob; No Bias (Silveredge) ’91 Bob Marley tribute
• Massive Dread – Vamps on the Corner; This Is Massive (Nyam Up) ’82
• Ken Boothe – Can’t You See; 10″ EP (Trojan) ’71 deejay intromix
• Leroy Smart – Love Me Tonight; 10″ (Hitbound) ’83 JA

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 29+ Years

• Greyhound – Black & White; Three Dog Night covered this (Trojan) ’71

<Black & White: Greyhound reggae before Three Dog Night rock; 48 sec.

• Keith Hudson – No Compromise; Rasta Communication (Greensleeves) ’78
• Mighty Diamonds – No Opportunity For the Youth; Tell Me What’s Wrong (Hitbound) ’78
• Sister Carol – My Children; Black Cinderella (Heartbeat/Jah Life) ’84
• Hi Fi Killers – Hieronymous; Turf War Dub (Contra Coup) 2007 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4: Wailers Family Tree

• Wailing Wailers – It Hurts to Be Alone; Wailing Wailers (Studio One) ’65 JA vinyl feat. Junior Braithwaite on lead vox

<It Hurts to Be Alone; 89 sec.>

• Peter Tosh – Stepping Razor; Live at My Father’s House (Rock) Summer ’78 live in Roslyn, NY
• Bunny Wailer – Man to Man (Who the Cap Fit); Hall of Fame (RAS) ’95: 50 Bob covers for his 50th birthday
• The Wailers – Burnin’ & Lootin’; Live 1973-1975 (Starbucks) 11/23/73 live at Leeds Polytechnic in UK

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

• Jimmy Riley – Sweet Sensimilla; Put the People First (Shanachie) ’82 Ho Ho Kus, NJ vinyl herb tune
• The Ethiopians – Best of 5 (Medley); No Baptism (Crystal) ’71 JA
• Errol T, Bingy Bunny and General Echo – Extra-ordinary Dub; Java Java Dub (Impact!) ’74
• Annette Brissette – Rise Again; Get Up and Dance (Zodiac) ’91 US
• Jah Malla – Bad Moon Rising; Jah Malla (Modern) ’81 US  – CCR cover

<Jah Malla – kids from Reggae stalwarts; 29 sec.>

Set 6: Rockers do Reggae

• Doctor Dread – I For an Eye; Theremin in Dub (Tsosume) 2013 Hungary – Rockers do Reggae Set: Bob Dylan’s I and I w/ Sly & Robbie

<Theremin; 33 sec.>

• Flo & Eddie (Prince Flo & Jah Edward) – Moving Away; Rock Steady (Epiphany) ’81 of The Turtles
• Corey Harris – Got to Be a Better Way; Daily Bread (Rounder) 2005 blues
• Sade – By Your Side (Reggae Mix); CD Single (Sony) 2000 Sly & Robbie rmx
• Creation Rebel/New Age Steppers – Chemical Specialist; Threat to Creation (Cherry Red) ’81 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7: Jamaican Jukebox 7″

• Dawn & Christine – Free Marijuana; 7″ (Thompson Sound)  ’79 herbtune
• Freddie McGregor – Mark of the Beast; 7″ (Soul Syndicate) ’78
• Danny Ray – Revolution Rock; 7′ (High Note) ’76 (riddim shower – Clash covered this)
• Jackie Edwrds – African Language; 7″ (Golden Age) ’76 (riddim shower 2)
• Jackie Edwards – Get Up; 7″ (High Note) ’76 (riddim shower 3)

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Set 8: Mutant Dub

• Thievery Corporation – Richest Man in Babylon + Acoustic; CD Single (ESL) 2002
• Bim Sherman – Heaven (Underwolves rmx); King Size Dub Chapter 5 (Echo Beach) ’99
• Sevendub feat. Angelique – Rock With Me (Rockers Delight Mix); Dub Club Edition (Collision) 2006 Fr.
• Jah Mason – Ganja For Life; 10″ (Calabash) 2010 UK
• Natacha Atlas – Moustaqil; Halim (Mantra) ’97 North African dubstress