<Happy Birthday to the World’s First Hippie – Haile Selassie I> 68 sec.
Greetings,
Ras Tafari Makonnen: The Head Creator
Haile Selassie I: Power of the Trinity
<Power of Jah Trinity; 27 sec.>
Negusa Negast: King of Kings; 30 sec.
Lord of Lords, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah. Elect of God, Ever Living God, Earth’s Rightful Ruler
<Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah; 13 sec.>
Without this little short man (Selassie was 5 foot 2) Reggae consists of love songs, novelty records and pop and soul covers. This is the heart of Smile Jamaica.
Rastafari gospel love songs to His Imperial Majesty from the Rastas. In Jamaican, when Nationalist hero Marcus Garvey was recruiting blacks to return to Africa, he prophesized: “Look to the east where a black king will be crowned. That will be the signal to load up the Black Star Liner (as opposed to the Titanic passenger liner White Star Line) to go back to Africa
<Garvey’s prophecy; 63 sec.>
Marcus Garvey: Look to the East, where a king will be crowned leading all blacks back to Africa
From that moment the movement grew from the impoverished in Jamaica who wanted a black Jesus not a colonial white Jesus. Selassie was the reincarnation of Jahova (Jah).
He ruled in Ethiopia until the communists in the hinterlands took advantage of corrupt Selassie courtiers who refused to acknowledge famine in the provinces. Selassie was deposed and most likely murdered in the basement of his Imperial Palace in 1974.
<Selassie’s downfall; 30 sec.>
I call myself a Rasta enthusiast or empathizer and even a Sumerian Fundamentalist like myself, is powerfully moved by such beautiful musical devotion that we will hear on this Ark-Ive Podcast.
Haile Selassie – July 23, 1892.
bless, Bobbylon
Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: July 21, 2018: Happy Birthday His Imperial Majesty; 95 sec.
Smile Jamaica: 30 Years of Rastafari Gospel love songs
Set 1:
Naturalites – Picture on the Wall; Rub a Dubble vol. 1 (CSA) ’86 UK – 3 hours for Haile Selassie – July 23, 1892
Roots Radics/Bunny Wailer – Roots Raddics; Dub D’sco vol. 1 (Solomonic) ’77 JA vinyl Dub Album of the Hour
Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus – Ethiopian National Anthem; Movements (Dynamic) ’78 JA vinyl; nyahbinghi style drumming
<National Anthem of Ethiopia; 23 sec.>
Black Uhuru – I Love King Selassie; Tear It Up” Live (Mango) ’83
Chalawa – Jah Collie Weed; Capture Land (Green Weenie) ’78 Can. vinyl 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
African Princess – Jah Children Cry; 12″ (Jah Shaka) ’85 UK vinyl comp
Royal flag of Ethiopia
Set 2:
Keith Hudson – I Broke the Comb; Rasta Communication (Greensleeves) ’78
<The Old Testament Nazirite Vow and Dreadlocks; 84 sec.>
Sister Carol – Jah Is Mine; Black Cinderella (Jah Life) ’84 on McCartney/Jackson Girl is Mine
Peter “Roots” Lewis – Jah Is My Salvation; Wicked Roots (Reggae Retro) 2000
Hugh Mundell – That Little Short Man; 12″ (Rockers International) ’78; Selassie was 5 foot 2
Set 3:
Jacob Miller – False Rasta; Don’t Give Up Your Culture (Moll-Selekta) ’77
<Beware the Follow Fashion Dread; 47 sec.>
Judy Mowatt – Many Are Called; Black Woman (Shanachie) ’76
Aswad – He Gave the Sun to Shine; New Chapter (CBS) ’81 UK
Ranking Trevor – Give Thanks and Praise Unto Jah; 12″ (Greensleeves) ’78 UK to Heart & Soul
Augustus Pablo – Chant to Selassie I; East of the River Nile (Shanachie) ’78 Dub Album of the Hour
Set 4:
Cedric Myton & the Congos – Where He Leads; Face the Music (VP) ’81
Burning Spear – Jah Is My Driver; Farover (Heartbeat) ’83
Daweh Congo – Jah Is My Shepherd; Human Rights & Justice (Roots & Culture) 2000
Hortense Ellis – Jah Mysterious Works; Women in Reggae (Shanachie) ’75 extended
Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital
Leroy Smart – Jah Jah Forgive Them; Live Up Roots Children (Striker Lee) ’85 UK
Clint Eastwood – Whip Them Jah Jah; Step It in a Zion (Third World) ’78 UK
Michigan & Smily – Jah Ruled Over I; Step By Step (Hitbound) ’82 Brooklyn
Jah Malla – Jah Love; Jah Malla (Modern) ’81 US – children of Reggae players in JA
<Jah Malla: songs of Reggae players: Val Douglas, Roland Alphanso, Ernest Ranglin, Sylvan Morris; 30 sec.>
Zema – Selassie; Zema (Melchizedek) ’86 So Cal female singer
2nd gen Reggae group
Set 6: Wailers Family Tree
Peter Tosh – Iziabeher (Let Jah Be Praised); Legalize It (Columbia) ’76
Bunny Wailer – Rasta Dread (Natty Dread); Hall of Fame (RAS) ’95 50 tunes for Bob’s 50th Birthday
Rita Marley – Good Morning Jah; Who Feels It Knows It (Shanachie) ’80
<Rita encounters Haile Selassie; 81 sec.>
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Conquering Lion; One Love Peace Concert: Kingston, JA 4/22/78
Dub Specialist – Fire Coal Version; Version Dread (Studio One/Heartbeat) ’75 17 Dub Shots From Studio One
Set 7:
Cymande – Rastafarian Folk Song; Cymande (Sequel) ’74 UK – World’s first hippie
Aisha – One God, One Aim, One Destiny; True Roots (Ariwa) ’95
Winston Jarrett – Selassie Is the Chapel; By the Rivers of Babylo (Shanachie) ’95 comp: cover of the Orioles Crying in the Chapel
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Selassie Is the Chapel; Rebel Box Set (JAD) ’66
Set 8:
Alpha & Omega – Who Is the Ruler; Watch and Pray (A & O) ’89 UK vinyl trance dub
Doctor Alimantado – Chant to Jah; Born For a Purpose (Greensleeves) ’75
Johnny Osbourne – Jah Promise; Truths & Rights (Studio One/Heartbeat) ’80
Misty in Roots – How Long Jah; Live at the Euro Countervision (Kaz) ’79
Bim Sherman – Lamb of Judah; Bim Sherman Meets U Black and Horace Andy in a Rub a Dub Style (Original) ’79
Wailing Souls – Jah Gives Us Life; Very Best of (Greensleeves) ’78
The first song I played after being off air for six weeks with a blood infection/Sepsis that landed me in Intensive Care
Just say no to starving kids, eh Nancy? Thanks to your husband, Smile Jamaica was well stocked with fresh roots! Selah!
Greetings,
It was July 2, 1988. Late Sunday Night/early Monday Morning. I jumped in my car and drove from my apartment by the University of Utah campus downtown to community radio station KRCL 90.9FM.
Unloaded a suitcase full of CDs and a crate full of LPs. At 3 am on a hot summer night, I cued up Black Uhuru’s “What Is Life” from the album that made me a Reggae fanatic – Anthem.
Drop the needle pon the record and that began a 30 year legacy of Reggae Radio.
<Sunday Night/Monday Morning, July 2, 1988; 3-6AM, debut of 3 o’Clock Roadblock on KRCL; 30 sec.>
Not Bob Marley. Not Peter Tosh. Not Jimmy Cliff. Not UB40. Black Uhuru lit the Reggae fuse that led to Smile Jamaica
I had returned that Sunday afternoon from a massive cratedig in the Bay Area. Reno, Sacramento, San Francisco, Berkely, Mill Valley, El Cerrito, Oakland, Santa Cruz.
I was glad my car didn’t break down. It would be bad juju to be late for my debut radio show. Not to mention how would I keep two crates full of vinyl from melting on the side of the road somewhere.
Ronald. Wilson. Reggae. 666 as the Rastas might say. Not I ‘n’ I. I didn’t see eye to eye with Ronnie politically, but I am forever grateful to him as the benefactor of the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives, even if it was a misuse of funds.
The 80’s were a time you could get more student grants than student loans. Tuition was a fraction of what it is today. That left me about $2k left over to front load music for a Radio show. LPs and these recent creations called CDs. I was format agnostic. Good Reggae for the masses.
And I have Ronald Wilson Reagan to thank!
<Ronald Wilson Reagan – benefactor of the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives; 2 min.>
Ronald Wilson Reagan or as I call him – the Smile Jamaica financial enabler
So from July 2, 1988 to July 14, 2018 – 3 o’Clock Roadblock (July 1988-August 1989) to Smile Jamaica (Oct. ’89), let’s celebrate with the Sequel to my 30th Anniversary showcase (cd versions) from 2 weeks ago.
All vinyl this time out!
After 26 years, I might have to put Yammy down. Yammy is my Yamaha #Subwoofer. Blew a cone tonight listening to Prince Fari Dub Encounter Chapter IV. A moment of silence. Literally. My 1st night in a world without bass https://t.co/pJ664OhGbEpic.twitter.com/nUQCEvkye9
<Smile Jamaica: Ancient Astronaut Theory HQ; 21 sec.>
UFO by Tena Stelin (lyrics transcribed by Bobbylon)
Everywhere I stare, everywhere I go
Almost everyone is talking about UFOs
More and more each day I hear the people them say
Men and men are talking about UFOs
Aliens are coming
They say the time is now dawning
Sometimes if I wonder if the aliens are here already
Astronomers are debating
And their religions are arising
Jah what is to be if it is the will of He
Everywhere I stare, everywhere I go
Almost everyone is talking about UFOs
More and More each day I hear the people them say
Men and men are talking about UFOs
Elijah went up into a Chariot of Fire
Dragon objects were recorded in ancient America, Australia and Asia
So many paintings and drawings were found in many caves and mountains
Could this be the evidence that Spacemen came?
Everywhere I stare, Everywhere I go
Almost everyone is talking about UFOs
More and more each day I hear the people them say
Men and men are talking about UFOs
Greetings,
Ancient Astronaut Theory is: Were they Sky Gods or Ancient Astronauts?
The modern phenomena of UFOria: Euphoria + UFO started on July 2, 1947 with a crashed space ship on a ranch near Roswell, New Mexico.
Scoffers and the Deep State would call this a “weather balloon”
Why Smile Jamaica?
2 reasons
My brother in law told this story about coffins and Roswell
Happy #Roswell#UFO Anniversary. July 2, 1947, a UFO crashed down. My bro in law had a sales territory in Roswell. Locals said the undertaker was told to bring 3 child size coffins to the air base. Who u believe? My 3rd hand info or the Government? Weather ballon my ass! #laienspic.twitter.com/MWZY3V6FTB
2. After I retired from doing Radioactive interviews on KRCL, I needed a new time suck away from Progressive politics.
That led to my 10 year bromance with this guy and Ancient Aliens TV show on the History Channel.
Giorgio Tsoulakos. Head of Trump’s Space Force
As an Assyrian-American, I knew full well who Marduk, Ishtar and Anu were. In my benighted state, I just thought they were mythic gods of Assyria, Babylon and Sumer (Shinar in the Bible).
Oh, but no! They were Sky Gods and Space Travellers who invented mankind to mine gold, sleep with Earth women and then tried to get rid of us noisy humans, their creation, with a massive flood.
Ancient Astronaut Theory about these Sky Gods aka Anunnaki – Those whom came from the sky. All those stories of the Bible and quite a bit of Greek mythology derived from each Anunna (Anunna singular; Anunnaki plural).
Ishtar/Inanna – Goddess or Ancient Astronaut/Geneticist
Jacob’s Ladder, Ezekiel’s Wheel, Enoch’s disappearance, Stairway to Heaven, Burning Bush, Noah’s Ark, Elijah and his Chariots of Fire – all UFOs. Add in the Arabian 1001 Nights Tales of Magic Carpets and the Hindu Vimana fighting space ships.
Lot’s wife was turned into a pillar of smoke, not salt. From a nuclear attack on the Sinai when the Anunakki unleashed a hellish civil war that destroyed Sumer/Shinar in a “bitter wind”.
Back to UFOria…..
So I start to do what I always do: comb through the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives looking for Reggae and other songs devoted to UFOs.
And last year, near the Roswell crash anniversary in early July, I lead off with the theme from 2001 Space Odyssey, the Kubrick film, and juggled about 40 Space Oddities. Most Reggae/Dubbish. Some not. Today as well.
Joe Cocker, Nina Hagen, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Elton John and the bad ass Vulcan, Leonard Nimoy
Mr. Spock always had a good ear for the drum & bass
Last year, my bredrin Mike was in a coffee shop. He over heard the baristas talking: “I don’t know what Robert was doing on Smile Jamaica. It was more about UFOs than Reggae.”
Is that good? Is that bad? Yes!
Either way, it makes you think about radio. You don’t get stories from Pandora or Itunes.
And that is why I do it for 30 years. To make you think even if it is out there on the perimeter where are there are no stars. And we is Stoned Immaculate……
<What Aliens are “probing” for…>
bless, Bobbylon
Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-ly 7, 2018: UFOria; 1 min. 51 sec.
Set 1:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra – Also Sprach Zarathustra; 2001: A Space Odyssey Soundtrack (CBS) ’68
Tena Stelin & Jah Warrior – UFO + Unidentified Flying Dub; Lion Symbol (Jah Warrior) ‘99
Michael Franti & Spearhead feat. K’naan – Earth From Outer Space; All People (Boo Boo Wax) 2013
Lee “Scratch” Perry – African Hitchhiker; From the Secret Laboratory (Island) ’90 Alien from outer space living in your brief case
Laurel Aitken – Apollo 12; Legendary Godfather of Ska (Grover) ‘69 2nd Moon landing
Nicky Thomas – Doing the Moonwalk; Love of the Common People (Trojan) ‘71
Bam Bam – Star Wars; Power of a Woman (Bam BamInternational) ’87 LA vinyl; female singer
Run for your life Reagan’s/Ray Guns gonna get you!
Set 2:
Jimi Hendrix Experience – EXP; Axis Bold as Love (Polydor) ’67
Anjali – Space Lust in the Space Dust; Anjali 2000
Space Monkeyz vs. Gorillaz – Star Shine; Laika Come Home (Virgin) 2002
Audio Active – Return of the Space Ape; Apollo Choco (ON U Sound) ’97 Jah-pon; song about Albert, the first monkey in space
<Help me celebrate 30 years of Reggae Radio; 7 sec.>
Greetings,
After six weeks of Radio training, I ‘n’ I made my radio debut (most likely) July 2, 1988. KRCL 90.9FM was the station. 3 o’clock Roadblock was the show. Hot summer night I cruised down to the station located at 800 S. 200 W. in SLC and dropped the needle pon the record for the very first time.
Well stocked with tunes funded by the Student Loan Program….
<Special thanx to Ronald Wilson Reagan; 39 sec.>
Ronald Wilson Reagan – Rastas called him 666. But he gave me student loan cash to build the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive
3-6 AM Sunday nights/Morning morning. Named after the Bob Marley tune, but I always led off with a Black Uhuru tune – the group that got me into Reggae. Hook, line and sinker.
<July 88 to Aug 89: 3 o’Clock Roadblock on KRCL; 24 sec.>
3 o’clock Roadblock from July 1988 to Aug. 1989 on KRCL
The first time I guest hosted Smile Jamaica, I was so nervous I couldn’t cue up a record!; 20 sec.
But I got the hang of it and after 30 years, (56% of my entire life). And spinning tunes on Saturdays is my favorite thing on earth to do. 23 sec.
So on today’s Ark-Ive let us celebrate that legacy with 40 tracks that I might have played that first Summer night at 3 in the morning to Night owls, insomniacs and graveyard shifters. Thank you for listening along the way
bless, Bobbylon
Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives – 30 Years of Reggae Radio Playlist: June 30, 2018; 96 sec.
The very first song of a 30 year Reggae Radio legacy. Selah!
Set 1:
Black Uhuru – Party Next Door; Anthem (Island) ’83: 30 years of Reggae Radio
❤ o’clock Roadblock used to start every show with Black Uhuru; 16 sec.>
Augustus Pablo – Roadblock; Ital Dub (Trojan) ’75 UK vinyl dub album of the hour – 3 O’clock Roadblock 1988-89
Naturalites – Picture on the Wall; Rub-a-Dubble vol. 1 (CSA) ’86
<The best Reggae song of all time; 65 sec.>
Culture – Down in Jamaica; Cumbolo (Shanachie) ’79
Sister Carol – Black Cinderealla; Black Cinderella (Heartbeat/Jah Life) ’84
Ethiopians – Well Red; Original Reggae Hit Sound (Trojan) early 70’s 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Don Carlos – Prophecy; Prophecy (Blue Moon) ’84
This LP made me a Reggae fanatic Fall 1986
Set 2:
Burning Spear – Distant Drums; People of the World (Blue Moon) ’88
Aswad – Bubbling; To the Top (Simba) ’86 UK
Carol Kalphat & Clint Eastwood – African Land/African Melody; ON U Sounds Presents the Reggae Archives vol. 1 (ON U Sound) ’79 Hit Run 12″
Tower Records, Las Vegas
Set 3:
Eddy Grant – Electric Avenue; Killer on the Rampage (Ice) ’83
Pablo Moses – Dubbing Is a Must; A Song (Mango) ’80
Smile Jamaica is a Roots Reggae radio program. Other than the Mutant Dub I spin in the last half hour, I would venture that 80% plus of what I have played for nearly 30 years comes from around 1970-1985. The Wailers, Burning Spear, Culture and their Rasta co-horts.
Turn off your Wolf Blitzers, Sean Hannity and Rachel Maddow and get your news from this guy: Burning Spear
So much great heartical music about peace and love, socialism (small s), the plight of the poor and the 400 year legacy of slavery in Jamaica.
Songs from that era chanting down Babylon. Still have resonance and prophecy today. So when the outrage of immigrant children in cages hit the news cycle, I knew the perfect song to play.
o t Same thing for breakfast: 2014 under Obama’s Presidency
On community radio Deejays are not allowed to espouse political support for any cause, candidate or party. I don’t need to do that. I can let the music do the talking.
Jimmy Riley – Have mercy upon poor immigrants. When Occupy Wall Street went hot, it was so easy and enjoyable to string a whole 3 hour Ark-ive backing the 99%ers.
Theme song: Peter Tosh – The Day the Dollar Died (1978)
That is why Reggae music from 40 plus years ago still has relevance. The Dreads and Dawtas warned us it would come to this. That is why you should listen to Smile Jamaica and ignore the Fake News Media
1979 Reggae. Fire bun the CIA News Network
bless, Bobbylon
Smile Jamaica Annotated Playlist: June 23, 2018; 52 sec.
Set 1:
Jimmy Riley – Summer Time; 12″ (DEB) 70’s cover of Porgy & Bess Broadway tune
Jimmy Riley – Poor Immigrant; Put the People First (Shanachie) ’82
Black Uhuru – Chill Out; Liberation Anthology (Island) 2 disk best of ’83
Gladiators – Dub ina Babylon; Singles Collection (Heartbeat/Studio One)
Gracy & Herbman Band – Forward Up; See Mi Yah (Funfundvierzig) ’91 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement; female singer
<Canada legalizes cannabis; 12 sec.>
Eek a Mouse – Wild Like Tiger; 10″ (Hit Bound) ’83 JA
Crystalites – Rasta Is Love; Scrub a Dub (Crystal) ’74 JA vinyl dub album of the Hour
9 down plus Canada, 41 to go!
Set 2:
Bunny Wailer – Wake Up and Live; Hall of Fame (RAS) ’95; 50 Bob covers
Belle Stars – Miss World; 80’s Romance (Salvo) ’81 UK New Wave female group
Daweh Congo – Herb Tree; Human Rights & Justice (Roots & Culture) 2000 herb tune
And Happy Father’s Day to my Pops in Fort Benton Montana; 50 sec.
My Pops is pretty much the typical Dad. Stoic and serious but prone to the usual tried and true way of American Child Rearing:
<Do as I say. Not as I do! 17 sec.>
Love the guy.
So I spent last Saturday in the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives harvesting Father’s Day tunes Had enough for 2 and 1/2 hour. (More Mother’s Day for some reason? Considering Jah the Father, that was surprising.)
All time favorite Father’s Day song is one that still brings a tear to my eye. Charlie Ace – Father and Dreadlocks
<Preacher’s son goes to college, returns a Rastaman 76 sec.>
Father and Dread Locks – Charlie Ace (lyrics transcribed by Bobbylon)
Hail Daddy-man!
Wha’ppen when him come for the Holidays
Yes-I! Whap’n rate up a draw of herb fi I place y’know!
Son – who dat? No Parson’s son turn Rastaman!
Yes-I! Man sight the fullness y’know?
Parson send him one son fi (to) college for the study of religious knowledge
Some day the boy decides to come home for Holiday
But when he enter him home something strange happen
He wasn’t wearing slicker suit
He wasn’t wearing big heel boots
He was wearing dungarees and sandals
And when he moved his tam from his head
Parson frightened til him was drop down dead
When him natty dreadlocks drop to the ground
So, his Dad looked at him and said:
My son, my son what comes over you? What happened?
You pass your GCE and sit upon University. What happened?
I work morning, noon and night to get you there. What happened?
He said, Daddy you don’t understand like I do
But Jah has called upon I
I have sight of the Promised Land
Daddy, I know the way you feel but one day you will understand
My son, what is the plan for the future?
He said: Daddy, I plan to use my education to defend human rights, equality and justice throughout the Universe
This time the Mother is in the kitchen cooking the best dressed chicken
So she run when she realize her one son was home to greet her one son
When she sight Natty Dreadlocks she nearly drop down dead
She said: My son, my son. What are we going to tell the people of the neighborhood?
He said: Mom, tell them that the power of Jah is moving on-ya!
Charlie Ace and his mobile record store selling 7″ 45’s
The power of Jah is moving on indeed. Enjoy these tributes to the Dads with some Aliencon UFOria in the last half hour
<Aliencon plus Smile Jamaica UFOria in July for Roswell; 1 min. 40 sec.>
bless, Bobbylon
Smile Jamaica Annotated Playlist: June 16, 2018; 106 sec.
Set 1:
Prince Alla – In My Father’s House; Evil Forces (Calabash) ’84
<John 14:2; 9 sec.>
Miami vinyl: Happy Father’s Day: John 14:2 In my father’s house there are many mansions
King Tubby – Many Moods of the King; I Am the King 3 (Sprint) Dub Album of the Hour
Charlie Ace & Scorcher – Father and Dread Locks; 7” (Studio One) JA
David Isaacs – Good Father; Complete UK Upsetter Singles Collection vol. 1 (Trojan) ‘69
Yellowman & Fathead – Baby Father; The Yellow, The Purple and The Nancy (Greensleeves) ’82 UK
Errol Dunkley – Created By the Father; Darling Ooh (Attack) ‘72
Israel Vibration – Universal Father; Why You So Craven (Arrival) ’81 JA vinyl
Alton Ellis – Papa; 7” (Clintones) ’75 US
Set 2:
Ky-Mani Marley – Dear Dad; CD Single (Gee Street) ’98, Bob’s son
<Ky-Mani born 1976, Bob passed May 1981; 28 sec.>
Gregory Isaacs – Created By the Father; Cool Ruler (Virgin Front Line) ’78 UK vinyl
Simple Simon – Obey Your Mother & Father; Reggae Move (Vista Sounds) ’85 UK
Desmond Dekker – Honor Your Father & Mother; Israelites (Trojan) ska
Dillinger – Daddy Joseph; 12” (A & M) ’81 US Biblical Prophet Joseph
Daddy Joseph from the Old Testament
Set 3:
Black Roots – The Father; On the Frontline (Makasound) ‘83
Freddy McKay – Father Will Cut You Off; 7” (Money Disc) ‘83
Capital Letters – Daddy is No Murderer; Headline News (Greensleeves) ’79 UK youth group w/ male & female vox
Cedric ‘Im Brooks – Song For My Father; Light of Saba (Honest Jon’s) ’75 horns instrumental
Scientist – 11 Guava Road Dub; King of Dub (Kingdom) ’81 Dub Album of the Hour
Set 4:
Derrick Morgan – Don’t Call Me Daddy; The Legend of Derrick Morgan (Imperial) ’80 Can. – Chinese baby to a dreadlock
Johnny Clarke – Don’t Call I Daddy; Don’t Trouble Trouble (Attack) ’75; cover of Derrick Morgan
Mighty Maytones – Father & Mother; Madness (Burning Sounds) ’76 UK
Big Youth – Mommy Hot, Daddy Cool; Reggae Phenomenon (Trojan) ’75 to Some Like It Hot
Dennis Brown – Created by the Father; Best of – The Niney Years (Heartbeat) ‘79
Jackie Mittoo – Dad Is Home; Macka Fat (Studio One) ’71 organ take on Shep & the Limelites Daddy’s Home doowoop
Set 5: Vinyl is Vital
Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus – Don’t Sell Daddy No Whiskey; Love Thy Neighbour (Jah Life) ’79 Brooklyn; Black Ark/Lee “Scratch” Perry mix
Utah Medical Marijuana in 2018? Life elevated indeed!
Greetings,
Congratulation to the hard workers who want to add Utah (Utah!?) to the list of states with Medical Marijuana. If successful, Utah would be the 30th state with either Medical or legal status for cannabis.
154,000 (including I ‘n’ I) voted for this initiative to make the ballot. It’s about time. Especially in Utah under the crushing weight of opioid deaths and over medication of anti-depressants.
It’s not about kickin’ the bong around. This plant has been with us for 10,000 years of mankind. We have cannabinoid receptors in our brain! The Sumerians called it the Tree of Life. It wasn’t an apple Eve partook of in the Garden of Eden.
Hey Marduk, don’t bogart that Tree of Life. Puff, puss pass it pon the left hand side!
And for any Blble enthusiasts. It wasn’t an Apple that gave Eve knowledge in the Garden of Eden. It was Cannabis. Unless they used an apple bong
2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”
4 “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman.5 “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
****
Fruit of the Tree? Buds off the Cannabis plant. Nothing about apples. Biblical “fake news”
Hey Adam, let’s twist up a spliff. We can eat apples when we get the munchies
All I ‘n’ I can say is:
Get registered to vote
On election day 2018, wake ‘n bake
Get in your car, bike, pony, walk or skank to the polls
Vote yes for cannabis compassion
Don’t let governments, cops nor religions dissuade you
Maureen Thomas and Jim Nastic(?) – Wicked Intention; Untitled (Studio One) JA
A++ record out of Canada
Wailers Family Tree
Bob Marley & the Wailers – I Need You; Wailing Wailers (Studio One) ’65 JA vinyl
<Wailers at Studio One 1 min.;>
Bunny Wailer – Ambush; Hall of Fame (RAS) ’95 50 Bob tunes for his 50th birthday
Peter Tosh – I’m the Toughest; Dealing With the Shytstem (bootleg) 11/5/82 Live at the Roxy, LA CA
The Melody Makers feat. Stephen Marley – Sugar PIe; Reggae Sunsplash 1981 Tribute to Bob Marley (Elektra) ’81 live in Montego Bay, JA
King Tubby – Natty Dub; Roots of Dub (Moll-Selekta) ’75 Dub Album of the Hour
The Wailers first LP in 1965
Set 7:
Iration – The End; Time Bomb (Law) 2010 Isla Vista, Collie-fornya
Dubblestandart feat. Gudrun – Summerrain; Are You Experienced (Collision) 2006 Germany w/ female vox
Pama International – Evening Time; Float Like a Butterfly (Asian Man) 2005 UK ska/dance supergroup, herbtune
Matic Horns – Yanga!; 10″ (Sip a Cup) UK militant steppers instrumental
Isla Vista, Collie-fornya
Set 8: Mutant Dub
Thievery Corporation feat. Pamela Bricker – Lebanese Blonde (French Version); Lebanese Blonde CD Single (4ad) ’98 female vox, herbtune: Mutant Dub Set Noiseshaper Daemons; Rough Out There (Echo Beach) 2005 Jah-stria Sandeeno – Put Down the Guns; Universal Roots UK Reggae Stars (Universal Roots) Ripple & Taso – Gimme the Fiya; Bay Area Dub Step volume 3 (Full Melt) 2011
Now that we hit June, it’s Reggae Season as I ‘n’ I celebrate the last month on 2 decades of Reggae Radio before I celebrate 30 years in July; 1988-2018. From Reagan to the Cheetolini. All killer, no filler
I tried to warn you. Earlier in 2018, KRCL ran a station ID that touted the ability to listen to the station stream via personal electronic devices like Alexa from Amazon.
I came on air and said, “You know those gadgets report your conversations to the NSA.” I even ran in to a listener at the University of Utah campus who thanked me for the heads up.
I tired to warn you about Facebook a decade ago as well
If you ever listened to my political interviews on KRCL’s Radioactive you would know my world view is a tad askew: 9/11, JFK, Roswell and Skygods/Ancient Astronauts travelling from the outer galaxy. (Hint, it was Bin Laden on the Grassy Knoll.)
All those bongrips in your living room and recorded and sent to Bluffdale Utah.
NSA Spyhub in Bluffdale, Utah
I was correct about Obama beating Hillary in 2008 and Trump beating Hillary in 2016. How was I rewarded for my prognostication? My brother now calls me “Alex Jones.”
Haters can hate. Maybe you shouldn’t scoff when I say look to the skies.
Black Uhuru – Stalk of Sensimilla; Tear It Up: Live (Mango) ’82
Peter Broggs – International Farmer; Rastafari Liveth! (RAS) ’82
Equators – Feelin’ High; Hot (Stiff) ’80 UK ska
Peter Tosh – Bush Doctor; Dealing With the Shytstem (bootleg) 11/5/82 Live at the Roxy, LA
Set 6: Jamaican Jukebox 45s
Jah Blue – Charles Manson; 7″ (Roots International) ’85
Alton Ellis – Sun of Man; 7″ (Clintones) ’70’s
Earth & Stone – In Time to Come; 7″ (Well Charge) ’76
Larry Marshall – Duppyman Skank (Moodisc) ’96 tribute to the fallen Reggae singers
New Flower All Stars – Peace Chalice Dub; 7″ (New Flower) ’77
Blackbeard – Cut After Cut; Strictly Dub Wize (EMI) ’78 Dub Album of the Hour
Set 7:
Sister Carol – Jah Is Mine; Black Cinderella (Jah Life) ’84 Brooklyn version of Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney’s Girl Is Mine
Crucial Bee – Cocaine; Just a Sting (All-Star) US Virgin Island; same riddim as the Sister Carol
Twinkle Brothers – I’m No Robot; Age of Reggae (Twinkle) ’84 UK
Johnny Clarke – Cry Tough; Authorized Version (Virgin Front Line) ’76 UK Bob Marley cover
Prince Malachi – Jah Love; 10″ (Backyard Movements) 2003 UK
Set 8: Mutant Dub
Singers & Players – Merchant Ship/Dungeon feat. Prince Far I – Revenge of the Underdog (ON U Sound) ’82 UK Middle Passage tune
<The Middle Passage>
Kwame – Family Affair; Follow I (Polydor) ’80 US Sly & the Family Stone cover
Soom T & Mungo’s Hi-Fi – 31st Century Song; 12″ EP (Scotch Bonnet) 2013 UK female vox
Upsetters – Dread Lion; Super Ape (Mango) ’76 Lee “Scratch” Perry/Black Ark prod’n
Armagideon – Spiral Galaxy; 12″ EP (Dubhead) ’98 UK
Tayo Meets Acid Rockers Uptown feat. Pupa Jim – Vampaya; 12″ (Scrub a Dub) 2010 UK
The Middle Passage: Packed like sardines in a tin. When the boat overload, they threw some of us overboard
Words of Weeds-dom
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