If Mixcloud link is blanked out: Here is the 3 hour show as an embedded .mp3: 2 hr. 56 min.
Greetings,
Smile Jamaica loves Halloween or as I say: Jah-loween! For going on 20 years now I have played all treats no tricks the last Saturday in Jah-tober;
Because my job is a sound editor, I created some sound art: 81 soundbytes or Horror movie trailers that I edited in my home studio. One after each song.
Dracula, Blackula, War of the Worlds. Nuff Vincent Price: Michael Jackson and Dr. Phibes and even Alice Cooper. Halloween and X-Files soundtrack. Nuff Blaxploitation Village of the Damned.
I get a call from a listener when I stitched in the Vincent Price interlude from Alice Cooper’s “Black Widow”. Listener goes, “I called two shows on KRCL requesting “Black Widow,” They didn’t play my request and then I heart it on Smile Jamaica.”
Boo-tiful
curse, robt
Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-tober 29, 2016 – Annotated Playlist – Jahloween: sets, soundbytes, Reggae History Lessons, photos and captions; 37 sec.
Set 1:
Ini Kamoze – Hole in the Pumpkin; Shocking Out (RAS) ’87
Scientist – Dance of the Vampires; Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires (Greensleeves) ’81: Dub Album of the Hour
The Toyes – Monster Hash; The Toyes (CD Tunes) ’96: 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Clint Eastwood & General Saint – Talk About Run; 12” (Greensleeves) ‘81 – don’t make out w/ your girlfriend in the boneyard! 20 sec.
Set 2:
Future Pigeon – Mummy Rock; Echodelic Sounds of Future Pigeon (Record Collection) 2006 roll a lickle spliff w/ di papyrus
<Smoke some Sensi-menia inna Mesopotamia; 12 sec.>
Easy Star All-Stars feat. Mikey General & Spragga Benz – Thriller; Thrillah! (Easy Star) 2012: Michael Jackson cover
GG All-Stars – Vampire Rock; 12” (Hit) ‘77
Set 3:
David Lindley & El Rayo-X; Werewolves of London; Very Greasy (Elektra) ’88 Warren Zevon cover
The Hooters – All You Zombies; Nervous Night (Columbia) ’85: pop hit
Barrington Levy – Murderer; 12” (Jah Life) ’84 Murder is a vampire
Set 4:
Max Romeo – Hotel California; Something is Wrong (Mediacom) Eagles cover re: Anton Lavey’s Church of Satan; 26 sec.
Humble Soul – Damn Vampire; Good Lord, Thank You (Kolcha Muzik) Jah-waiian artist
Set 5: Vinyl is V-ital
Laurel Aitken – Witchdoctor From Amsterdam; Eskapdade en France (Blue Moon) ’90 EP Fr.
Crucial Bee – Mark of the Beast; Just a Sting (All-Star) US Virgin Islands
Horace Andy – The Devil; Don’t Stop (Island in the Sun) ’85 NY
Amp-Ech – Living Dead + Version; Against Injustice (Amp-Ech); 4 sec.
Set 6:
Lee “Scratch” Perry – Judgment in a Babylon; 12” (One Drop) ‘81Chris Blackwell is a vampire sucking the blood of the sufferah’s; 54 sec.
Sky High & the Mau Mau – Cemetary Robbery; Origination (Sky High)
Willi Williams – The Dungeon; Messenger Man (Blood and Fire) ’80 about being in jail for herb
Clint Eastwood & General Saint – Two Bad D.J.’ 12” (Greensleeves) ’81: duppies in the cemetery
<All Treats! No Tricks! – Smile Jamaica Loves Halloween>
Greeetings,
It’s Fall and winter is coming. So that means October is Jah-loween Season on Smile Jamaica. The ghouls , witches and vampires doing rub a dub in the boneyard.
Half the set is devoted to instead of the usual’s King’s Music. Now it’s the Devil’s turn. Scratch. As in Lee “Scratch” Perry. Half the show devoted to the Witching Season: Best of 27 Years (the early discoveries in ’89-90), vinyl, 7″ Jamaican Jukebox and the undead and of course MUTANT dub
Don’t get stoned on my tombstone!
bless, I mean curse, robt
Set 1:
Lord Creator – Such Is Life; Heart of the Ark vol. 2 (Seven Leaf) ’78 UK vinyl: Lee Perry/Black Ark prod’n
Chalawa – Exodus Dub; (Micron) ’77 Can. Dub Album of the Hour to Marley’s Exodus
Peter Broggs – Pick Up the Reggae; Rastafari Liveth! (RAS) ‘82
Lee Perry – Jungle Lion; 300% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) ’73 instrumental
Dennis Bovell – Living in Babylon; Babylon Soundtrack (EMI) ‘80
Bushman – Backweh Vampire; 10” EP (Stingray) 2012 UK EP Jah-loween tune
Lovejoys – One Draw; Lovers Rock Showcase (Wackies) ’83 female duo on Rita Marley’s herbtune: 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
An A+ grade doesn’t do justice. Lee “Scratch” Perrry and his mythic Black Ark. Such is Life indeed
Set 2:
Peter Tosh – Black Dignity; Honorary Citizens: Jamaican Singles (Columbia) ’69 rarity
Trinity – Vampire; Dancehall 2 (Soul Jazz) ‘79
Jennifer Gad – Babylon Must Fall; Solid Foundation (Flag) ‘92
Dennis Brown & the Observers – Live After You; 10” (Observer Gold) ’75 Niney prod’n
Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 27 Years – Jah-loween Set; 11 sec.
<Neocon Margaret Thatcher – Middle finger from UB40; 37 sec>.
The Iron Lady: Britain’s Margaret Thatcher. Showed that women could be Neoliberal/Neoconservative too
Set 5: Jah-loween Vinyl is Vital set
Inner Circle – Duppy or Gunman; Rock the Boat (Trojan) ’74 UK: duppy = J’can ghost
Clint Eastwood and General Saint – Talk About Run; Two Bad D.J. (Greensleeves) ’81 UK: update of calypso tune about making out w/ your girl in the boneyard
Cultural Roots – Devil-ites; Drift Away from Evil (Revolutionary Sounds) ’82 UK
Prince Alla – Evil Forces; Evil Forces (Calabash) ’84 Opa-Locka, FL
Chalice – Back Way Evil Forces; Stand Up! (CSA) ’85 UK
Set 6:
Bob Andy & Marcia Griffiths – United We Stand; Just My Imagination (Trojan) ’70 update of soul cover by Brotherhood of Man
<Dracula gets diabetes sucking High Fructose blood out of kiddies; 20 sec.>
Greetings,
Smile Jamaica loves Halloween. Or as I call it Jah-loween. Lots of black arts and superstition in Reggae music. I’ve tracked those Dark Arts for more than 20 years of 3 hour shows.
So this show is Deadicated not Livicated!
<20 plus years of Jah-loween; 32 sec.>
Doin’ the boneyard skank
Here is the road-map through the Boneyard: Witches, werewolves, vampires, duppies and ghosts, And all menagerie of Vampires.
Voodoo that you do!
Plus nuff sound bytes, Horror movie trailers: Blacula, The Thing With Two Head, Village of the Damned, Dr. Phibes, Halloween, X-Files, Twilight Zone.
Listen with the lights out.
curse, robt
<Welcome to Hell!>
Smile Jamaica Zombie Jamboree Playlist:
Set 1:
<All Treats no Tricks; 8 sec.>
Ini Kamoze – Hole in the Pumpkin; Shocking Out (Greensleeves) ‘87
<For 20 years I have led off each Jah-loween Showcase with Ini Kamoze; 12 sec.>
Scientist – Voodoo Curse; Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires (Greensleeves) ’81 dub to Michael Prophet
<Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires; 11 sec.>
Lee “Scratch” Perry & Dub Syndicate – Train to Doomsville; Pay It All Back vol. 2 (ON U Sound) ‘88
<Scratch: Pick up your Cross and follow me! 23 sec.>
Black Uhuru – Vampire; Sinsemilla (Mango) ‘80
The Toyes – Monster Hash; The Toyes (CD Tunes) ’96 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement; Boris Pickett cover
GG All Stars – Haunted House; 12” (Hit Disco) ‘79
Scratch – Pick up your Cross and follow me!
Set 2:
<Tribute to the Undead>
Keith Hudson – Darkest Night; Flesh of My Skin, Blood of My Blood (Atra) ’75
Michael Prophet – Satan; Rootsman (Ariwa) ‘99
Garland Jeffreys & Big Youth – Graveyard Rock; Escape Artist (Epic) ’81 black NY rocker
<Garland Jeffreys – NYC Rocker; 17 sec.>
Barrington Levy – Murderer; 12” (Jah Life); ’84 Vampires dem suck your blood
Graveyard Rock – don’t get stoned on my tombstone
Set 3:
Max Romeo – I Chase the Devil; War in a Babylon (Mango) ’76 Lee “Scratch” Perry/Black Ark
Milton Henry – Them a Devil; Who Do You Think I Am? (Wackies) ’85
Devon Irons – Ketch Vampire; Baffling Smoke Signal (Heartbeat) ’76 Lee “Scratch” Perry/Black Ark
Early B – Ghost Busters; Ghost Busters (Black Solidarity) ‘85
Barnabas Collins + Graveyard Skank – Lone Ranger; On the Other Side of Dub (Studio One) ’77 Soap Opera vampire
<Barnabas Collins – Dark Shadows vampire; 14 sec.>
Barnabas Collins – he’ll chew your neck like Wrigley’s
Set 4: Vinyl Halloween
Gladiators – Duppy Conqueror; Gladiators (Virgin Front Line) ’80 Bob Marley cover; Duppy = Jamaican Ghost
Guided by moonlight in my Secret Dub-ratory. Cookin’ up some Halloween rock gems mixed in with the usual Smile Jamaica soundbytes, movie trailers and other ghoulish delights.
Something to steam at your parties or to chase Tricksters off your porch.
bless, I mean curse, robt
The Unholy Trinity of Musical Halloween Shows
<Nine hours of Jah-loween Stylee!>
Mixcloud: Digital Dubplate – Rock Halloween (today)
Mixcloud Digital Dubplate – Reggae Jah-loween (12:01 AM Oct. 31)
Live Smile Jamaica: 4-7 PM, Sat. Oct. 31
8 year old in Fort Benton Montana. Bought this comic from money earned raking dog poop. Mom tore it up when she found it. Happy Halloween!
From the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Best of Halloween Rockers:
Hour 1
Bobby “Boris” Pickett – Monster Mash
Blue Oyster Cult – Don’t Fear the Reaper
She – Satan’s Angel
Five Man Electrical Band – Werewolf
Grateful Dead – Friend of the Devil
Rolling Stones – Sympathy For the Devil
Nellie McKay – Zombie
Warren Zevon – Werewolves of London
David Lindley & El Rayo-X – Werewolves of London
Roky Erickson – If You Have Ghosts
Blue Oyster Cult – Joan Crawford
Psycho mom Joan Crawford. Paid tribute by Blue Oyster Cult “Joan Crawford has risen from the grave.”
Hour 2:
Donovan – Season of the Witch
Michael Jackson – Thriller
Charlie Daniels Band – Devil Went Down to Georgia
Hooters – All You Zombies
Creepsville 666- Adonis of the Dead
Manfred Mann’s Earth Band – Spirits in the Night
X-Files Theme
Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy
Jimi Hendrix – Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – I Put a Spell on You
Natacha Atlas – I Put a Spell on You
Meat Puppets – Attacked By Monsters
Blondie – Bermuda Triangle Blues (Flight 45)
Roky Erickson – Bermuda (1:59)
Excitable Boy or Serial Killer?
Hour 3:
Black Sabbath – War Pigs
Frank Sinatra – Witchcraft
Dusty Springfield – Spooky
Stevie Wonder – Superstition
Jeff Beck Group – Superstition
Jeff Beck Group – I Ain’t Superstitious
Bellrays – Voodoo Train
Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi’s Dead
Serpent Power – Lucifer’s Dreambox
Creepsville 666 – Undead Rebels of the Night
Maggots – Sideshow
Billy Green – Stone in a Trip
Generals gathered in their masses Just like witches at black masses Evil minds that plot destruction Sorcerers of death’s construction In the fields the bodies burning As the war machine keeps turning
The Parliament of the World Religions was in Salt Lake City. My bredrin Mahan Khalsa, a local Sikh leader and anti-war activist called me as I went on air and asked I wold like to chat with Reggae singer and toaster Pato Banton who was in town with his musical ministry. I said bring him over.
Had a real nice chat with him in the first hour of the show. Here are the interviews:
Afrikan Simba + Echo & Prince Livijah – Free Up the Herb + Here Comes the Herbsman; 10″ EP (Reality Shock) 2007 UK; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcment
“Mother don’t cry. I’ll be alright. I’m going to a better place”
Set 2: Best of 25 Years of Smile Jamaica
Naturalites – Picture on the Wall; Rub-a-Dubble vol. 1 (CSA) ’85 UK
<How Smile Jamaica made this song International: 1; 64 sec.>
<Smile Jamaica and the Oral Tradition; 29 sec.>
Althea & Donna – Sorry; Uptown Top Ranking (Virgin Front Line) ’78 female dj duo
Dennis Brown – So Jah Say; Words of Wisdom (Shanachie) ’79
African Head Charge – Gospel Train; Songs of Praise (ON U Sound) ’90 Mutant Dub/African music hybrid
Not to be confused with the cheap beer. Storytelling: Listen to the bytes above to hear how Smile Jamaica made Picture on the Wall a big Reissue Hit in the SoCal Island community
Set 3: Tribute to Bob Marley
Sister Carol – Dedicated to Bob Marley; Black Cinderella (Heartbeat/Jah Life) ’84
<Rastas would prefer livicate to dead-icate; 16 sec.>
Lone Ranger – Tribute to Bob Marley; On the Other Side of Dub (Heartbeat/Studio One) ’81 bonus track
<No Reggae without Coxsone Dodd’s Studio One Label; 22 sec.>
Culture – Psalm of Bob Marley + Dub of Bob Marley; Good Things (RAS) ’89
Coxsone Dodd – founder of Reggae Music with his Studio One record label; 1932-2004. Thank you!
Set 4: Jamaican Jukebox – 7″ 45 RPM
Jah Blue – Charles Manson; 7″ (Roots International) ’79 JA, not a tribute!
<Charles Manson – Helter Skelter “black people beware”; 56 sec.>
Mutant Dub World Tour: France, Los Jah-ngeles, Jah-pon, UK
<Praise Jah for Daylight Savings: UFO watching soundtrack>
Roots Dawtas: Pacific Islander duo, Soom T from Scotland; Aisha UK; Canadian dub poetess; Los Jah-ngeles, Collie-fornya, French dubstress
Vinyl is Vital …. rhymes with Ital: Canadiandub poetry, herbage, JA harmony trio, JA deejay; Marley tribute
Wailers Family Tree: Bob last live ’80; Peter at the One Love Peace Concert ’78; Bunny Wailer digital ’86; Johnny Clarke covers Bob inna herbal stylee.
Slaying the Drug War with riddim!
Below is the Annotated Playlist: photos, captions, Reggae History Lessons, soundbytes: Jah-vember 1, 2014 Smile Jamaica
Set 1: Vinyl Seven Leaf Election Celebration Set
<4 down, 46 to go!: Smile Jamaica’s Pot Prediction 75% success rate; 85 sec.>
Aisha – His Imperial Majesty; Daughters of Zion (Twinkle) ’93 UK vinyl
Bush Chemists – Raw Raw Dub (ROIR) 2005, Dub Album of the Week; UK mutant dubbers
Azeem & Session – Big Head Spliff; Dreadfly (Joe Gibbs) ’82 FL vinyl: 4:20 Vinyl Set. 4 down, 46 to go!
Insomniacs hate Daylights Savings Extra Hour bull flop like I hate April 15, Tax Day!
<Daylight Savings Time and Insomnia; 9 sec.>
Jump straight to the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive: Jah-vember 1, 2014
Greetings,
Jah-loween Recap 2014
Everyone have a good time getting innocent children hooked on High Fructose Corn Syrup? Tsk, tsk. Definitely NOT Ital or Vital
Did any of you folks stream the 12 hours of Jah-loween tunes I gave you? Mutant Dub and Roots Reggae Mixcloud Only shows without me talking. Spooky tunes, horror bytes and movie trailers. Plus 2013 and 2014 KRCL Live Smile Jamaica Monster Hash. Good any time of year!
So check it! I had zero trick or treaters Friday. I must be that house on the block. Too many voodoo sounds and smells emanating from the bowels of the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives.
<That House on the Block: The Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives; 14 sec.>
Trick or Treaters never approach the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives on Jah-tober 31st.
When I was a youth in Montana, Halloween was definitely not as ideal as it is in Utah. Usually you had to walk on snow or have your winter jacket on over your costume.
And you better not give me and my hoodlum friends candy corn or raisins. If you gave out crap candy, you could expect an egg splat on your picture window! Fiya bun candy corn! Fiya bun raisins or nickels! Gimme the fructose corn poison. Droooollllll…..
<Fiya bun Candy Corn and Raisins in my Treat Bag; 18 sec.>
I would rather get a razor blade apple in my Trick or Treat Schwag than ras klaaat candy corn! Fiya bun di candy corn! Reeses, Hershey and Snickers. The Holy Trinity of Early Onset Diabetes!
Vote Tuesday Nov. 4: Tweedle Dum Versus Tweedle Dee.
The saying applies from Jamaica: Same thing for breakfast
<Smile Jamaica’s Pot Vote Election Prediction; 46 sec.>
1. Jah-laska: Ballot Measure 2. Legalization a la Collie-rado and Washington State. Smile Jamaica says: Most likely not going to win
I have seen too many negative polls and only one outlier pro pot result that seemed too good to be true, so it seems suspect. 52% No to 48% Yes, but if millennials don’t show up for the midterm vote it will fall short. Should have waited until 2016 with more robust youth and libertarian turn out. Hope I’m wrong!
2. Jah-regon: Measure 91. Legalization a la Collie-rado and Washington State. Smile Jamaica says: Most likely going to win. Latest polls are encouraging because of the gap between Yes (52%) and No (41%). Could be hurt if disaffected millennials don’t turn up for the midterm vote. Looks promising but not a lock per DC.
3. Washington DC: Not full legalization as in #1 and #2 but you can possess up to 2 ounces of cured bud and be able to grow six plants. Huge YES. Will probably cross over 60% yes. But it’s gonna be a nightmare.
So much of surrounding DC is federal jurisdiction. You don’t want to get busted with a stalk of sensi on Fedland. You’re gonna be under Heavy Manners. Plus in a likely ascendant Republican Congress, DC is going to probably face Congressional roadblocks to any semi-legal implementation.
4. Guam: Joaquin (KC) Concepcion II Compassionate Cannabis Use Act of 2013. Medical Marijuana and the creation of legal dispensaries. Vote would ratify the legislation. Smile Jamaica says: I can’t find any reliable polls but its dependency to Federal jurisdiction makes any implementation difficult.
5. Florida. Amendment 2. Medical Marijuana. Smile Jamaica says: No Chance. Needs 60% to pass. Peaked at 57% and has been trending further down.
Non-statewide, local/county jurisdiction votes Tuesday: Michigan (12 cities), Maine (2 cites), New Mexico (2 counties). Plus something a gwaan in Jah-suchusetts district which I was too foggy to understand.
<Pot Election II; 21 sec.>
Jah-regon Yes on LegalizationJah-laska. Better luck in 2016
<Halloween Holdovers, Never Leftovers: 3 hoursl 62 sec.>
Here is how I wanted to program/select the annual Smile Jamaica Jah-loween Ark-Ives. Reggae and Dubwize celebrating Vampires, Witches, Frankenstein and the rest of the Undead Menagerie. Without me talking. Without any station Ids or advertising.
(Reggae very superstitious, very concerned with good vanquishing evil.) Evil is real and takes a non-human form.
In between the boomshots will be Horror movie clips and other Jah-loween Special effects. Definitely minor key mood music. On these Mixcloud only shows, I want to let the music do the talking.
I cooked this up in my Secret Dubratory and imported tunes from my CD Suitcase of Jah-loween Disks using ProTools. Multi tracked recording with the sound bytes and movie trailers “stitched” into the segues. Then I ran it through a sound app called Smart Gain which was suggested to me to normalize sound across the tunes and bytes for the 3 hours. Just like Dr. Frankenstein put together his creature from hunks of flesh!
Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Since Apr. 2013 I have started to Archive Smile Jamaica shows on Mixcloud. Smile Jamaica Webpage/blog Apr. 2014
My favorite theme shows are the 4:20 Cannabis Service Show and the Jah-loween Show. Probably a thousand Seven Leaf odes and 666Reggae Dubwize Halloween or Jah-loween.
<Wolfman Jack’s garlic advice for your Jah-loween Reggae Jah-mboree; 11 sec.
Radio Deejay Wolfman Jack: Hang some green onions to keep the Vampires away!
I figure you can have some seasonal Roots Reggae and/or Mutant Dub Halloween jams while you have your house party or passing out High Fructose Corn Bombs to the tykes.
Run a speaker from your Hi Fi to your porch. Keep the kids from flaming dogshit or toilet papering your house for giving out stale candy corn and raisins
To keep hooligans from lighting dogshit on your porch, run a speaker feed of the Smile Jamaica Jah-loween Ark-Ives to scare them off
3. Smile Jamaica Mutant Dub Jah-loween; Mixcloud only show. Chopped up in the tomb of my Secret Dubratory: Living Dead Dubwize with horror bytes and movie trailers.
That Online only Dub-loween Horror collage was so much fun I have dug my grave to skin up 3 hours of what I wasn’t able to play last week on Smile Jamaica: Monster Hash.
I will post that Mixcloud Spooktacular: Oct. 30th at the Witching Hour of All Hallow’s Eve at Midnight so you have 24 hours to spin 12 hours of Smile Jamaica Jah-loween; Oct. 31st! Bootiful 15 sec.
curse, robt
Don’t show your eyeteeth, your plastic smile nah work…Michael Rose, Black Uhuru
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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