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Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Mar. 31, 2018 (Stream + Tracklist): At the Feast!

April 6, 2018 Robert Nelson 1 Comment

Greetings,

Let’s start of this week’s Smile Jamaica celebrating Easter and Passover through music!

<Happy Easter; 33 sec.>

As a Sumerian Fundamentalist, my New Year starts at the same time. April 1. 2018 is our year 6768

Kha b'Nissan (Happy #AssyrianNewYear 6768.) Happy #Akitu to our #Anunnaki watchers travelling from #Nibiru. #HappyEaster. Gotcha covered there too. #AncientAliens I put the "fun" in #Sumerian Fundamentalism pic.twitter.com/GTaSoZ2xsE

— Bobbylon (@SmileJ_KRCL) April 1, 2018

And while I’m celebrating. Go Giants!

Bobbylon’s 3 obsessions:

Reggae & Dub music
Green Bay Packers football
San Francisco Giants baseball

First song before we celebrate Easter/Passover/Assyrian New Year, American poet and City Lights Bookstore owner love his Giants. 60th year in SF.

<Lawrence Ferlinghetti poem “Baseball Canto”; 32 sec.>

Spent time in City Lights Bookstore looking for Jamaican dub poetry

Getting ready to do our Spring Fund Drive at KRCL. So I thought I would give you a sampler of the theme sets I have done over the years and decades. 50 sec.

The Whitman Sampler of Smile Jamaica:

Easter/Passover
4:20 herbtunes
Wailers Family Tree
Jamaican Jukebox 7″ – Roots Dawtas cover Bob Marley
Vinyl is Vital
Rockers do Reggae
Roots Dawta CDs
UFO-ria

bless, Bobbylon

Set 1: Easter/Passover

Lawrence Ferlinghetti – Baseball Canto; Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour – Baseball (Columbia)
Agrovators – None Shall Escape the Dub; Rasta Dub ’76 (Attack) ’76 JA dub album of the week
Bro. Marshall – Man From Galilee; Man From Galilee (Tabernacle) ’68
Gloria Bailey & the Joy Bells – I Have Paid the Price; 7″ (Henry’s) ’81 JA gospel
The Gospelettes – Sign My Name’ 7″ (Glad Tidings) JA gospel
Norma King – Good Friday; 7″ (Zion Love) ’89 Can.
Marcia Griffiths & Tyrone Taylor – He Shed His Blood; 7″ (High Note) JA ballad
The Congos – At the Feast; 12″ (99) ’81 – Passover

Smile Jamaica celebrates all the Sky Gods: Christian, Jewish and Sumerian

Set 2: 4:20 Cannabis Service

Ben Harper – Burn One Down; Voodoo Child (bootleg) 4/97 live in Bonn, Germ.
Soom T – Weed is Sweeter; Ode to a Carrot (Jahtari) 2008 Glasgow female weedstepper
Michael Rose – Draw the Weed; Never Give It Up (Heartbeat) 2001
Mikey Murka & Disrupt – Police; 12″ (Mahanee) 2009 Germ. cover of John Holt’s Police & Helicopter

Set 3: Wailers Family Tree

Peter Tosh – African; Dealing With the Shytstem (bootleg) 11/5/82 live at the Roxy in LA
Bunny Wailer – No More Trouble; Hall of Fame (RAS) ’95, 50 Bob covers on Bob’s 50th
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Is This Love; Kaya (Tuff Gong) ’78
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Is This Dub; CD Single (Tuff Gong) ’78
Scientist – Guava Road Dub; 11King of Dub (Kingdom) ’81: Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4: 7″ Jamaican Jukebox: Roots Dawtas cover Bob Marley

Cindy Breakespeare – Turn Your Lights Down Low; 7″ (Riverside)

<Damian Marley’s Mom; 32 sec.>

I Three – I Shot the Sheriff; 7″ (Rita Marley Music)
Anicia Banks – Thank You Lord; 7″ (Ashandan) Curtis Mayfield original, Bob cover
Sheila Hylton – Mellow Mood; 7″ (Harry J) ’77

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Prince Far I – Natty Champion; Jamaican Heroes (Trojan) ’80 UK
Jennifer Lara – Hand to Mouth; High Times All Star Explosion (Alligator) ’85 Chicago blues label does Reggae
New Age Steppers feat. Bim Sherman – Dreamers; Foundation Steppers (ON U Sound) ’83 UK Mutant Dub
Jackie Bernard – Economic Crisis; Lee “Scratch” Perry – Excaliburman (Seven Leaves) ’78 UK
Steel Pulse – Higher Than High; Caught You (Island) ’80 UK

Set 6: Rockers do Reggae

Johnny Clarke – Rebel Soldering; Don’t Trouble Trouble (Attack) ’75: (1) – Original

<Soldering = cocksman; 36 sec.>

Hall & Oates – Soldering; Hall & Oates (Buddha) ’75 (2) cover

<Hall & Oates on Smile Jamaica? WTF? 26 sec.>

Bob Dylan – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door; Live at Budokan (Columbia) ’78 Jah-pon

<2nd place to Cheap Trick; 14 sec.>

Linda McCartney – Sugartime; Wide Prairie (MPL) ’77 produced by Lee “Scratch” Perry

Set 7: Roots Dawtas

Aisha – Only Jah Works; True Roots (Ariwa) ’94: Roots Dawta CD set
Althea & Donna – Sorry; Uptown Top Ranking (Virgin Front Line) ’78
Rita Marley – Jah Jah Don’t Want; Who Feels It Knows It (Shanachie) ’80
Love Joys – Chances Are; Lovers Rock Showcase (Wackies) ’82 female duo

Aisha – Smile Jamaica’s favorite female singer

Set 8: UFO-ria

Anubian Lights – Outflight; Outflight CD Single (Crippled Dick Hot Wax) 2001 – The New Jerusalem

<The New Jerusalem mentioned in Revelation is about a gigantic spaceship; 50 sec.; <

U.F.O. feat. Deedee Bridgewater – Flying Saucer; Saint Germain des Pres Cafe IV (Wagram) 2004 Fr.
Creation Rebel – Starship Africa Part 1; 10″ EP (ON U Sound) 2015 UK
Dennis Alcapone – The Sky’s the Limit (Flying Machine); Guns Don’t Argue (Trojan) ’72
Tena Stelin – Flying Saucers; 7″ (River Bank) 2001 about the Anunnaki
Mighty Sparrow – Russian Sattelite; Bob Dylan Theme Time Radio Hour vol. 5 (Music Melon) ’59 about Laika the Soviet space dog, calypso

<Mighty Sparrow’s tribute to Laika, Soviet space dog who gave his life for space travel; 21 sec.>

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives Mar. 24, 2018 (Stream + Tracklist) – Plant the seeds to harvest the roots!

March 30, 2018 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

Winter in our rear view. Time to plant your garden! First pleasant Saturday in March I will lead off a Smile Jamaica with Monty Montgomery and his song Seeds. 13 sec.

For I ‘n’ I, Winter has been a harvest. I have spent my weekends in my Ark-ive sorting out several thousand 7″ 45’s . Pulling titles out for my theme sets: herb, Halloween, Roots Dawtas, Wailers Family Tree, Reggae covers, etc.

I collected baseball cards as a kid. Flipping 45’s took my back to my youth. I am up to letter O for Johnny Osbourne

I give you a serving of 7″‘s in this Ark-Ive edition: Reggae covers of Soul & Rock; 27 sec.

I also feature the second addition to the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives of tens of thousands of pieces: vinyl – LPs, 7″, 10″, 12″; cassettes and CDs.

Peter Tosh – Wanted Dread & Alive (Christmas ’81) – thanks Mom!
Musical Youth – Youths of Today (Spring ’83).

As a youth growing up in North Central Montana. I had to drive from my hometown, Fort Benton (1500 people) to Great Falls. 40 miles away.

I would shop at the local record hut (Eli’s or Budget Tapes & Records). Usually I would buy a piece or two of vinyl: Led Zeppelin, Ramones, Police, Rolling Stones. But I usually also bought a cassette for the hour drive home.

That was how I acquired the smash novelty hit of 1983. A group of ex-pat Jamaican kids living in the UK who turned the Mighty Diamonds herb tune, Pass the Kutchie into a song about going hungry: Pass the Dutchie.

<Musical Youth, #2 in the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives. Before I knew about Smile Jamaica; 84 sec.>

Among all the synth rock and New Wave of the early 80’s, a cute Reggae toasting jam ruled the airwaves.

Alas, in Great Falls now if you want to buy a CD or record your only hope is Wal-Mart or Target.

Ahh, the forlorn memories of a cratedigger who’s world of record shopping is fading away.

Forward ever, backwards never

bless, Bobbylon

Also where I purchased my first pot pipe

Smile Jamaica Annotated Playlist: March 24, 2018; 82 sec.

Set 1:

Monty Montgomery – Seeds; Seeds (Fusion) Atlanta vinyl
Dub Specialist – Luanda Dub; African Rub a Dub (Studio One) ’80 JA vinyl dub album of the hour
Freedom Singers – Train Is Coming; Denzil Dennis – Me Nah Worry (Trojan)
Junior Byles – Fever; Curly Locks (Heartbeat) ’72 cover of Little Willie John/Peggy Lee
Lorna Asher – Leave Them; Straight to Your Heart (Twinkle) ’99
Black Uhuru – Satan Army Band; Love Crisis (Greensleeves) ’77
Barrington Levy – Under Me Sensi (Ganjaman Mix); 10″ (MCA) ’93 green vinyl 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

Time to plant your seeds for your Roots harvest to grow!

Set 2:

Yellowman – Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt; Nobody Move Nobody Gets Hurt (Shanachie) ’83 Request
Tchiya Amet – Natural; Rise Again Truth (Milky Way) ’99 Chicago female African-American/Native American
Bunny Wailer – Want More; Hall of Fame (RAS) ’95 Bob covers for 50th birthday
I Roy – Rootsman; 10″ (Observer Gold) ’75 JA

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 28 1/2 years

Musical Youth – Pass the Dutchie; Youths of Today (MCA) ’82

<No Kutchie pipe for 10 year olds: Dutchie = Dutch pot; 31 sec.>

Marcia Griffiths – Peaceful Woman; Steppin’ (Shanachie) ’79
Wailing Souls – Stop Red Eye; Very Best of (Greensleeves) ’83
Gayladds – Peculiar Man; Understanding (Tamoki Wambesi) ’79
Sly & Robbie – Plastic Dub; Overdrive in Overdub (Sonic) Dub comp of the hour

Dis generation rules the nation, wif VERSION!

Set 4:

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Punky Reggae Party; CD Single (Tuff Gong) ’77 Lee “Scratch” Perry prod’n

<Bob hails the punkers who played Reggae before they took the stage; 93 sec.>

Groundation – Young Tree; Crucial Reggae From Outside Jamaica vol. 3 (Skank) ’99 comp.
J.C. Lodge – Hurricane; Lunatic Soundtrack (Mango) ’91
Omar Perry & Carlton Livingston – Daily Bread + No Answer; 10″ EP (Deep Root) 2008 UK militant steppers

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Peter Tosh – Pick Myself Up; Dealing With the Shytstem (bootleg) Roxy, Los Angeles – 11/5/82: Vinyl is Vital Set
Urban Jazz Ritual – Ear Crazy; Zulu Compilation (Zulu) ’84 UK – dub poetry
Dub Syndicate w/ Lee “Scratch” Perry & Akabu – Dubaddisababa; Echomania (ON U Sound) ’93 UK; Akabu is female harmonies
Ethiopians – Obeah Book; Slave Call (Rohit) ’77 Franklin Lakes, NJ – Obeah is Jamaican folk magic

Set 6: 7″ Jamaican Jukebox 45s – Reggae does Rock & Soul

Paul Davidson – Midnight Rider; 7″ (Hometown) ’75 Can. (Gregg Allman)
Big Youth – Dock of the Bay; 7″ (Move & Groove) ’73 JA (Otis Redding)
Bruce Ruffin – Ooh Child; 7″ (Beverley’s) ’71 JA (Five Stairsteps)
Donovan Carless – Be Thankful For What You’ve Got; 7″ (Giant) US (William De Vaughn)
Mikey Dread – Dread at the Controls (Dread at the Controls) ’79 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7:

The Wailers – Pass It On; Burnin’ (Tuff Gong) ’73 livication to a listener who passed away
Dry & Heavy feat. Likkle Mai – New Creation; New Creation (Green Tea) 2002 Jah-pon mutant dub w/ female vox
Equators – Feelin’ High; Hot (Stiff) ’81 UK ska, herb tune
Dubble – South Side Dub (Dub Tunnel) 2012 UK mutant dub

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Hollie Cook – Angel Fire; Vessel of Love (Merge) 2008 UK dubstress
Thievery Corporation – One; Lebanese Blonde CD Single (4ad) ’98 Fr. EP
Beat Pharmacy – Cape Town; Earthly Delights (Deep Space) 2005 South African
G.T. Moore – King David’s Dub; 10″ (Jah Works) ’95 UK

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: March 17, 2018 (Stream + Tracklist) – False Flag, Fake News or World War III

March 23, 2018 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

<Cold War 2.0 via Reggae Music; 20 sec.>

I’m worried. Truly. The recent poisoning attack of a Russian double agent in Britain has the world ready to send ambassadors home and fire up the war machine.

“Highly probable.” “Overwhelmingly likely” is what I have seen about this issue. I think before it leads to nuclear confrontation, we need to see Vlad’s fingerprints all over the toxin.

We’ve been down this road before: yellowcake, (phantom) weapons of mass destruction, aluminum tubes. I don’t trust the Deep State warmongers on any they say through their Presstitutes pushing war for ratings.

These political cartoons aren’t helping the matter. War is in the air.

<Britain vs. Russia; Saudi Arabia vs. Iran; Turkey vs. United States = World War III; 30 sec.>

So, I do what I always with the only pulpit I have: Reggae music and prophecy about Wars and Rumours of war from the original Cold War.

Oh, and if you think I’m being a nervous nelly. I predicted the whole Facebook scandal as well back in 2008 when I was covering politics for KRCL.

Vindication for why I 'n' I are not on #Facebook. Been predicting this outcome for a decade now. Back when I did political interviews on KRCL. Who's wearing the tinfoil hat now? pic.twitter.com/XNkGBHbhsm

— Bobbylon (@SmileJ_KRCL) March 22, 2018

bless, Bobbylon

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: March 17, 2018 Annotated Playlist

Set 1:

Byron Lee & the Dragonaires w/ The Mighty Sparrow – Dragon Dance; Sparrow Dragon Again! (Dynamic) ’75 JA vinyl – soca
Agrovators – Kaya Dub; Kaya Dub (Attack) ’77 JA vinyl dub album of the hour
Bunny Wailer – Johnny Was a Good Man (Johnny Was); Hall of Fame (RAS) ’95 dubble disk of Bob Marley covers
Rita Marley – Who Feels It Knows It; By the Rivers of Babylon (Shanachie) ’97 Rasta comp
Al Brown – Here I Am Baby; 300% Dynamite (Soul Jazz) ‘73
Capital Letters – Smoking My Ganja: Headline News (Greensleeves) ’79 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Black Uhuru – Youth of Eglington; Lunatic Soundtrack (Island) ’91 – riddim shower (1): vox
Sly & Robbie – Dub of Eglington; 10” (Island) ’82 UK picture sleeve

Set 2:

Hollie Cook – Ghostly Fading; Vessel of Love (Mr. Bongo) 2018 UK mutant dubstress
Dennis Bovell’s Dub Band – School Skanking; Babylon Soundtrack (EMI) ’80 UK
Trinity – Healing the Nation; 12” (Burning Vibrations) UK herb tune
Daweh Congo – Jah Disciple; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2001 UK

Brand new from Mutant Dubstress, dawta of a Sex Pistol

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica – 28+ Years

Judy Mowatt – Ethiopia Salaam; Working Wonders (Shanachie) ’85
Gregory Isaacs – Storm; Mr. Isaacs (Shanachie) ‘77
I Kong – They Talk About; Africa Calling (Rohit) ’77 Chinese-Jamaican song of producer Leslie Kong
Mikey Dread – Everybody Needs a Proper Education; Dread at the Control (Dread at the Control) ‘79
E.T. & Randy’s All-Stars – Ordinary Version Chapter 3 – Rough Guide to Dub (Rough Guide) 2005 comp.: Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

Peter Tosh – Stepping Razor; Dealing With the Shytstem (bootleg) Nov. 5, 1982 – Roxy in Los Angeles
Toots & the Maytals – Hey Jude; Best of Reggae (Sonoma) 2014 Beatles cover
Abassi All-Stars feat. Minoo – December; 10” EP (Deep Root) 2008 UK mutant dub w/ female vox

Set 5: Vinyl World War III

The Clash – Ivan Meets G.I. Joe; Sandinista! (Epic) ’80 US – Vinyl is Vital: World War III Set
The Specials – The Man at C & A; More Specials (2 Tone) ’80 UK ska – warning nuclear attack!
Ken Boothe – Jah Is My Nuclear Bomb; 12” (Black Solidarity) ’92 Brooklyn3
Pablo Moses – Bomb the Nation; Tension (Alligator) ’84 Chicago blues label
Ruffy & Tuffy – If the World War Is a Must; Climax (Black Star) ’88 Finland – youth twins

Cold War 2.0 is the prelude to World War III when Ivan Meets G.I. Joe

Set 6: 7″ Jamaican Jukebox

Edi Fitzroy – Dreadlocks Robinson; 7” (Nura): 7” ’83 JA
Daughter Cherry – Babylon You Guilty; 7” (High Note) ’77 JA
Eek a Mouse – Sensimeina (sic); 7” (Thompson Sound) ’82 JA herb tune
Monty Alexander – Runnin’ Away; 7” (Telarc) ’99 Jamaican jazz pianist covers Bob Marley

Set 7:

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Exodus; Exodus 40 (Tuff Gong) Live at the Rainbow Theatre, London June 1977

<Exodus from Exodus about Bob’s Exodus; 27 sec.>

Version feat. Sista Widey – Put On (Webcam Hi Fi) 2007 Fr. w/ female vox

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Version feat. Sista Widey – Put On (Webcam Hi Fi) 2007 Fr. w/ female vox
Thievery Corporation – Lebanese Blonde; CD Single (4ad) ’98 herb tune w/ female vox: Mutant Dub Set
The Disciples – Dub Revolution; Lead With the Bass II (Universal Egg) ’96 UK
Cosmic Revenge – Drift; Bay Area Dubstep Volume 03 (Full Melt) 2011
Dubxanne – Walking on the Moon; King Size Dub Chapter 69 (Echo Beach) 2009 Police cover
Dub Syndicate – Can’t Take It Easy; 10” (ON U Sound) UK picture sleeve. Gregory Issacs cover

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: March 10, 2018 (Stream + Tracklist): Vinylicious!

March 16, 2018 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

After 2 weekends of snow storms, last Saturday in Salt Lake City was shorts weather. Time for Spring Cleaning.

First spring in my newly renovated Smile-Jamaica Ark-Ive.

So nice to have all my black wax neatly organized by category:

LP’s (Reggae separated from other formats)
10″
12″
7″
Themes:
- Christmas
- Dub
- Roots Dawtas
- Halloween
- Herb
- Mutant Dub
- Marley Tributes
- Wailers Family Tree
- UFOria

So I decided to celebrate Spring with one of my patented Vinyl rarities for sure-ty editions, Saturday March 10th

Run the tables!

From this:

To this:

bless, Bobbylon

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives March 10, 2018 Annotated Playlist: 70 sec.

Set 1:

Roots Uprising – Beautiful Music; Beautiful Music (Top Ranking) ’81 Miami – 3 hours of Vinyl
Augustus Pablo – Chanto King Selassie I; East of the River Nile (Shanachie) ’78 Dub Album of the Hour
Judy Mowatt – Rasta Woman Chant; Mellow Mood (Ashandan) ’75 JA
Horace Andy – Take It Easy; Exclusively (Solid Groove) ’82 UK
K.C. White – Slipping and Sliding; Try a Little Happiness (Zola & Zola) ’96 Neth.
Freddie McGregor – Strange Things; High Times All-Star Explosion (Alligator) ’85 Chicago
Tinga Stewart – Give Me a Puff; Key to Your Heart (Calabash) ’83 Miami; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

Set 2:

Bankie Banx – Livin’ It Up; Soothe Your Soul (Redemption) ’82 Anguilla
Tony Tuff – Jam It Again; Wha We a Go Do (Top Rank) ’84 JA
Papa Finnigan & Junior Ranking – Put the Heathen Back ‘Pon the Wall; Two the Hard Way (Heartbeat) ’83 US – Bob Marley cover
Lucy Clark – Hidin’ Away; 12” (Bullet) US

Set 3:

Upsetters – Curly Dub; Super Ape (Mango) ’76 US
Flick Wilson – Slave Master; School Days (Jah Life) ’80 Brooklyn
Jackie Edwards – I Am Still Waiting; Ravers Rock vol. 2 (Vista Sounds) ’84 UK; Bob Marley cover
Carol Cole & David Madden – Settle Down/Settle; 12” (Kingston Connexion) ’85 Fr.
Lee Perry – Jah; Black Ark Dub (Esoldun) ’80 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

Prince Far I – Deck of Cards; Jamaican Heroes (Trojan) ’80 UK
The Specials – Stereotype Pt. 1 & 2; More Specials (2 Tone) ’80 UK 2 Tone Ska
Cornell Campbell – Educate the Children; Stalowatt (Third World) ’76 UK
Eek a Mouse & Lui Lepki – Virgin Girl + Lovers Take Over; 12” (Joe Gibbs) ’81 Opa Locka FL

Set 5:

Peter Tosh – 400 Years; Dealing With the Shytstem (bootleg) live at the Roxy, Los Angeles 11/5/82
Sister Carol – Black Cinderella; Black Cinderella (Jah Life) ’84 Brooklyn
Peter Metro – Fisherman Connection; Yellowman, Fat Head and the One Peter Metro (Absissa) ’82 JA
Bob Marley & the Wailers & Wong Chu – Keep On Moving (Upsetter) ’77 JA Lee “Scratch” Perry prod’n

Set 6:

Jah Thomas – Midnight Blues; Tribute to the Reggae King (Gorgon) ’81 JA
I Three – Jealousy; Beginning (EMI America) ’86 US – Judy, Rita and Marcia – Bob Marley’s songbirds

<The I Three after Bunny & Peter left the Wailers; 14 sec.>

Twinkle Brothers – Everybody Needs Somebody; Age of Reggae (Twinkle) Solomon Burke cover
Winston Reedy & Tim Hain – Everyday I Write the Book; 12” (Priority) ’87 UK picture sleeve – Elvis Costell Cover
Dry & Heavy – Do Dub Up Your Fight; King Jammy Presents Dry & Heavy in the Jaws of the Tiger (BSI) 2001 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7:

Millie Small – My Boy Lollipop + Oh, Henry; My Boy Lollipop (Smash) ’64 US ska novelty hit
Mighty Invaders feat. Michelle Cole – Ku Klux Klan; Invasion! (Rave) ’83 Syracuse, NY
Carl McDonald – Satan Soldiers on the Run; 12” (Makdon) ’87 US

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Bim Sherman & the Voluntary – Yes, We Will; Century (Century) ’84 UK
New Age Steppers feat. Bim Sherman – Misplaced Love; Foundation Steppers (ON U Sound) ’83 UK Adrian Sherwood prod’n
G.T. Moore & the Outsider – Turn Israel; 10” (Jah Works) ’95 UK
Soweto Gospel Choir – Forever Young; Happy Birthday Bob (Uncut) 2001

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: March 3, 2018 (Stream + Tracklist): Lemonhead vs. The Cheetolini!

March 9, 2018 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Bad Vlad Putin or as I call him affectionately – Lemonhead

<World War III – soon come? 54 sec.>

Greetings,

My first semester at college – Montana State, Fall 1983:

Soviet Union shot down a Korean jet liner
Beirut bombing of US army barracks killing hundreds
America invaded Grenada

It looked like the Cold War was getting “thawed”. Yet, by the time I graduated from the University of Utah in 1989, the wall had fallen and the Cold War was over.

Not so fast….

Wheel it forward to 2016. Trump defeats Hillary. How could that have happened? Let’s blame the Russians. Add in Syria and Ukraine, the recent aggressive update of our Nuclear Response Review. And 1 Trillion in nuclear “improvements.” Mueller’s investigation and innuendo against Russian “hacking”.

Rachel Maddow might call me Ivan, but the reality is:

Rachel Maddow – peddling war for higher ratings

Russia, no longer the Soviet Union, is feeling the strain of a new Cold War. Their incumbent President, Vladimir Putin, has an election of his own next week. His State of the Nation was a warning to America and its allies.

I no longer do Radioactive political interviews on KRCL but I still follow the news. I am worried a confrontation in the Syrian Panhandle could lead to World War III.

See that splotch of Green in the Northeast. That is where World War III could start

Of course, my antennae is attuned to Reggae as prophecy. I played a Justin Hinds song on this Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive edition that brought me right back to Sept. 1983.

So until the bombs drop, enjoy this March edition of Smile Jamaica. Forward ever, backwards never. War Time is over!

bless, Bobbylon

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: March , 2018 Annotated Playlist; 100 sec.

Set 1:

Devon Russell – Homebound Train; High Times All-Star Explosion (Alligator) ’85 vinyl Chicago blues label
Scientist – Hail HIM Dub; High Priest of Dub (Tamoki Wambesi) ’82 UK vinyl dub album of the hour
Mikey Dread – Positive Reality; SWALK (Heartbeat) ’82
Cassandra – Thank You For the Many Things You’ve Done; Babylon Soundtrack (EMI) ’80 UK
Dennis Brown – If I Had the World; Reggae Sunsplash ’81 – Tribute to Bob Marley (Elektra) Aug. 1981, Jarrett Park Montego Bay, JA
Jah T – Lick the Pipe Peter; Jr. Byles – Curly Locks (Heartbeat) ’75 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement; dj to “Fever” riddim
Bushman & Alton Ellis – Back Weh Vampire + Jah Make Me Stronger; 10″ (Sting Ray) 2012 UK

Set 2:

Bunny Wailer – Roots Rock Reggae; Hall of Fame (RAS) ’95 dubble disk of Bob Marley cover
The Emotions – There Are More Questions Than Answers; Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles (Stax) ’74 female soul group in Jamaica
Eric Donaldson – Drug Addict; Oh What a Feeling (Rhino UK) ’97
Dub Syndicate – ’93 Struggle; 10″ (ON U Sound) ’93 UK Mutant Dub picture sleeve. Prince Far I cover

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 28+ Years

Judy Mowatt – Screwface; Sing Our Own Song (Shanachie) ’86 Bob Marley cover

<Don’t give me your Screwface; 12 sec.>

Keith Hudson – Bloody Eyes; Rasta Communication (Greensleeves) ’78
Gideon Jah Rubbaal – Free Us Now; Free Us Now (ACL) ’77
Justin Hinds – War Time + Dub; Know Jah Better (Nighthawk) ’90
Mad Professor – Black Heroes; Afrocentric Dub – Black Liberation Dub Chapter 5 (Ariwa) ’99 UK Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4: 7″ Jamaican Jukebox – Tributes to Bob Marley

<Extending Black History Month w/ Bob tributes; 37 sec.>

Prince Ital Joe – I Miss Bob Marley; 7″ (Royal Safari) Hollywood, CA
Lone Ranger – Tribute to Bob Marley; 7″ (Studio One)
Errol Scorcher – Sounds of Hon. Marley (Dance Hall) ’81
Lui Lepke – Tribute to Bob Marley; 7″ (Joe Gibbs Ultra Sound) ’81
Stevie Wonder – Master Blaster (Jammin) (Dub); 7″ (Motown) ’80

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Eugene Paul – Blowin’ in the Wind; Sentimental Reasons (World) ’84 UK Bob Dylan cover:
Mighty Invaders – Evil Spirits; Invasion! (Rave) ’83 Syracuse, NY
Ranking Joe – One Draw; Rebel DJ (Jam Rock) ’82 Miami herbtune dj to Doret Myers cover of Rita Marley
Singers & Players feat. Prince Far I – Thing Called Love (Don’t Fight); Revenge of the Underdog (ON U Sound) ’82 UK Mutant Dub
Marcia Griffiths – Everywhere; Marcia (RAS) ’89 DC Fleetwood Mac cover

Set 6: Rockers do Reggae

Bob Dylan – Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door; No More Trouble (Columbia) 6/27/81 London

<Bob Dylan – The Christian Era: 1979-1981; 87 sec.>

Eric Clapton – Swing Low Swing Chariot; Timepieces (RSO) ’82 Best of; Negro Spiritual
Prince Flo & Jah Edward – Happy Together; Rock Steady With Flo and Eddie (Epiphany) ’87
Bananarama – Tell Tale Signs; Deep Sea Skiving (London) ’83 UK female trio New Wave
UB40 – Present Arms in Dub; Present Arms in Dub (DEP) ’81 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7:

Chris Hinze feat. Peter Tosh – Puss and Dog; Kings of Reggae (Keytone) ’83 Dutch jazz flautist w/ Peter’s band – Word, Sound and Power
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Jamming; Exodus 40 (Tuff Gong) Live in London – June 1977
Ayo – Down on My Knees; Ayo (Wrasse) 2008 Nigerian-German female singer
Max Romeo & Dennis Brown – African + I am the Conqueror; 10″ (Observer Gold) ’75

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Thievery Corporation – Passing Stars; It Takes a Thief (ESL) 2010 DC dubbers best of: Mutant Dub Set
Alpha & Omega – Moving Out of Babylon Dub; Legend of A & O (Dopic) 2006 UK trance dub
Bush Chemists – This Souond; Dub Fire Blazing (Dubhead) ’99 UK herbtune
Heavyweight Dub Champion – We Will Conquer; Rise of the Champion Nation (Champion Nation) 2009 Dub-hop out of Boulder, CO
Little Annie – Going For Gold; 10″ (ON U Sound)
Samia Farah – Personne; Many Moods of Samia Farah (SAM) 2008 Fr.Tunisian female

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-bruary 17, 2018 (Stream + Tracklist: Every Sat. is Black History Month!

February 23, 2018 Robert Nelson 1 Comment

<When every Saturday is Black History Month>

Greetings,

Have time for one quick update. My Pops’ 76th birthday was last Saturday. They are Snowbirds from North Central Montana living in the land of the Sun. Sun City West AZ that is.

Where next to the doggy hotel is a Medical Marijuana Dispensary. I helped my Dad go through the process of getting his medical card.

And for his birthday, as a good son interested in the health of aging parents, I sent him $50 to stock up on the Seven Leaf Relief.

Got Mom convinced to go 3/1 CBD to THC up to half and half. Stay tuned!

Free joint on his birthday? How come the Utah Liquor store doesn’t give me a mini bottle of bourbon on MY birthday

bless, Bobbylon

<Happy birthday Pops! 25 sec.>

Dad’s bounty for his pain. Notice free joint for his birthday

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-bruary 17, 2018 – Annotated Playlist; 56 sec.

Set 1:

Prince Far I – Read a Chapter; Jamaican Heroes (Trojan) ’82 UK vinyl

<Why I Read a Chapter a Day – UFOs in the Bible; 20 sec.>

Roots Radics – Conspiracy on Neptune; Scientist and Jammy Strike Back (Greensleeves) ’82 UK vinyl dub album of the hour
Cedella Marley Booker – He’s a Rastaman; Awake Zion (Rykodisc) ’84 tribute to her son Bob
Big Youth – Johnny Reggae; Reggae Classics (DCC) ’77
Groundation – Praising; Crucial Reggae From Outside of Jamaica vol. 2 (Skank) 2005 Sonoma, CA
UB40 – Mi Spliff; Credit to the Nation (bootleg) ’86 European Tour – 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Clint Eastwood & General Saint – Healing in the Balmyard; 12″ (Greensleeves) ’81 UK

Set 2:

Dennis Brown – Slave Driver; Promised Land (DEB) ’79 Bob Marley cover
The Selecter – Deep Water; Celebrate the Bullet (Chrysalis) ’81 UK 2 Tone ska
Michael Rose – Short Temper; Happiness (Heartbeat) ’95 Best of
Barrington Levy – Tell Them Already; 12″ (Jah Life) ’84 Brooklyn

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 28+ Years

Jimmy Cliff – No Woman No Cry; Follow My Mind ’75 Bob Marley cover
Sophia George – Honestly I Do; For Everyone (Pow Wow) ’86
Cultural Roots – His Majesty Reign; Running Back to Me (Mango) ’88
Bad Brains – Rally Round Jah Throne; Rock For Light (Caroline) ’83 DC punk dubbers
Chalawa – Natural Mystic Dub; Exodus Dub (Micron) ’77 Can. Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4: 7″ Jamaican Jukebox

The Lions – This Generation; 7″ (Lions Bread) 2010 LA

<This generation; 9 sec. >

Debra Keese – Travelling; 7″ (Orchid) ’79 UK – Lee “Scratch” Perry/Black Ark
Horace Andy – My Soul; 7″ (Clintones)
Alton Ellis – Confusion; 7″ (Venture) ’77
Cedric ‘Im Brooks – Theme From Shaft (Studio One) Isaac Hayes cover

<Talking about John Shaft! 13 sec.>

Set 5: Vinyl Tributes to Bob Marley

Toots & the Maytals – (Marley’s Gone) HIs Songs Live On; Live at Reggae Sunsplash (Genes) Aug. 4, 1982, Montego, Bay JA
Culture – Psalms of Bob Marley; Good Things (RAS) ’89 DC
Ranking Joe – Tribute to Bob Marley; Rebel DJ (Jam Rock) ’82 Miami
Sister Carol – Dedicated to Bob Marley; Black Cinderella (Jah Life) ’84 Brooklyn

<Livicated not Dedicate; 19 sec.>

Session feat. Azeem – Tribute to Marley; Tribute to Bob Marley (M. Al’s) ’81 Oakland

Set 6: Wailers Family Tree

Bob Marley & the Wailers – The Heathen; Exodus 40 (Tuff Gong) Live at the Rainbow Theatre, London June 1977

<From Smile Jamaica to Exodus; 54 sec.>

Peter Tosh – Brand New Second Hand (Version 2); Peter Tosh & Friends (Upsetter) ’70ish
Bunny Wailer – Trench Town; Hall of Fame (RAS) ’95 dubble disk of Bob covers
Anthony B – Memories of Bob; Universal Struggle (VP) ’97 Bob Marley Tribute
Burning Spear – The Ghost; Garvey’s Ghost (Mango) ’76 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 7:

Hollie Cook – Lunar Addiction; Vessel of Love (Mr. Bongo) 2018 UK dubstress
Joel Zoss – Bob Marley International; Back to the Island: Reggae From Martha’s Vinyard (Rounder) 2001
Lee “Scratch” Perry – One Drop; 12″ (Lion of Judah) ’81 JA Bob Marley cover, picture sleeve

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Morcheeba – Small Town; Who Can You Trust? (Indochina) ’96 trip hope w/ female vox: Mutant Dub set
Dr. Israel & Dreadtone International – Sensimilla; Patterns of War (ROIR) 2005 Brooklyn herbtune
Alpha & Omega – Lion’s Den; King & Queen (A & O) ’89 UK trance dub
Dry & Heavy – Reverse Again; From Creation (Beat) 2002 Jah-pon
Gorillaz -19/2000 – G-Sides (Virgin) 2001 UK cartoon

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 27, 2018 (Stream + Tracklist) – 9 down, 41 to go!

February 2, 2018 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Vermont – the GREEN STATE makes it 9 down, 41 to go!; 90 sec.

Collie-rado
Washington
Jah-laska
Jah-regon
Collie-fornya
Jah-vada
Jah-suchusetts
Maine
Vermont
DC* not a state

Smile Jamaica Annotated Playlist: Jah-nuary 27, 2018; 80 sec.

Set 1:

Blue Riddim Band – One Love, One Heart; Restless Spirit (Flying Fish) ’81 St Louis band, vinyl
Peter Tosh – Brand New Second Hand; Peter Tosh and Friends (Upsetter) ’70 Lee “Scratch” Perry prod’n
Desmond Dekker – Reggae Recipe; Israelites (Trojan) ’73 dubble disk Best of
Hollie Cook – Superfast; Twice (Mr. Bongo) 2014 UK dawta of Sex Pistol
Thievery Corporation – Passing Stars; It Takes a Thief (ESL) 2010 best of w/ female vox
Dubblestandart feat. Devon D – We All Have to Get High; Immigration Dub (Collision) 2007 Jah-strian: 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
Leroy Smart- Love Me Tonight; 12″ (Channel One) ’83
Earl Chinna Smith & High Times Players – Selassie Dub; Musicians & Friends (Corner Stone) JA vinyl dub album of the hour

Set 2:

Bob Marley & the Wailers – Guiltiness; Exodus 40 (Tuff Gong) ’77 June: live in London at the Rainbow Theatre
UB40 feat. Sister V – V’s Version; Baggariddim (Virgin) ’85 female dj to Version Girl
Tapper Zukie – Stop the Gun Shooting; MPLA (Virgin Front Line) ’76 dj to Horace Andy’s Skylarking
Joe Axumite – Simple Little Woman; 10″ (Wackies) ’79 Brooklyn

Set 3:

Bunny Wailer – Three Little Birds; Hall of Fame (RAS) dubble disk of Bob Marley covers
Etana – By Your Side; I Rise (VP) 2014 JA female singer
Black Uhuru – Boof’n’Baff’n’Biff (Filla Brazilia rmx 2); Dancehall Queen (Island Jamaica)
Chalawa – Natural Mystic Dub; Exodus Dub (Micron) ’77 Can. dub album of the hour

Set 4:

Samia Farah – Du Signe du Lion; Many Moods of (SAM) 2008 Fr.-Tunisian dubstress
Michael Rose – Ganja Bonanza; Happiness (Heartbeat) 2004 Best of; Herbtune
Dub Syndicate – 93 Struggle; 10″ (ON U Sound) ’93 UK picture sleeve update of Prince Far I tune

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Bankie Banx – Remember Bob; Sooth Your Soul (Redemption) ’82 Anguilla Bob Marley tribute
John Clarke – Wasn’t It You; Visions of John Clarke (Wackies) ’79 Brooklyn
Jimmy Cliff – Satan’s Kingdom; I Am the Living (MCA) ’80 US
ILive – Build I Up; Jah Guide (Out of Many, One) ’90 Oakland – female vox
Junior Brown – Warriors; Hits From the House of Shaka (Jah Shaka) ’85 UK best of 12″ mixes

Sat. Feb. 3 from 4-7 PM Mtn. Time – Smile Jamaica’s Annual Livication to Bob Marley. KRCL.org; 90.9FM SLC

Set 6: Best of Smile Jamaica 28+ Years

Judy Mowatt – Joseph; Black Woman (Shanachie) ’76 Bob Marley tribute; Joseph the Biblical Prophet; 18 sec.

Cocoa Tea – Jah Made Them That Way; Rocking Dolly (RAS) ’83; take on Michael Jackson’s “Human Nature”
Burning Spear – Fittest of the Fittest; Fittest of the Fittest (Heartbeat) ’83
Don Carlos – Living in Harmony; Prophecy (Blue Moon) ’84
Lincoln Thompson – Love the Way It Should Be; Vortex Dub (Orange Street) ’89 Dub Album of the Hour

The Prophet Joseph leading his people out of bondange. As Bob Marley did the Rastas out of Babylon – Judy MowattSet 7:

Toots & the Maytals – Beautiful Woman; Lunatic Soundtrack (Mango) ’81 country reggae/’91 film
Fathead – Gi Mi de Music; Live at Aces (Joe Frasier) ’82 live in the club herbtune
Mighty Diamonds – Stoned Out of My Mind; Stand Up to Your Judgement (Hitbound) ’78 Chi-lites soul cover
Webcam Hi-Fi feat. Naima – Jah Jah Love; 10″ (Tube Dub) 2007 Fr. mutant dub w/ female vox

Set 8: UFOria – New Jerusalem

<Revelation 21 – the New Jerusalem spaceship; 81 sec.>

Brentford Road All-Stars – Moon Ride; Downbeat the Ruler (Heartbeat/Studio One) instrumental
Derrick Morgan – Moon Hop; Original Reggae Recordings (Trybute) ’69
Nina Hagen – UFO; Nunsexmonkrock (CBS) ’82 Germ.
Kingman + Jonah feat. Claudius Linton – Star Wars; Sign of the Time (Sunking) 2008
Roots Radics – Flash Gordon Meets Luke Skywalker; Scientist & Jammy Strike Back! (Greensleeves) ’82 dub
Audio Active – Space Children; We Are Tokyo Space Cowboys (ON U Sound) ’94 Jah-pon
Tena Stelin – Sun + Moon; Sun + Moon (Dub Venture) ’92 UK

1,440,000,000 acre size spaceship – New Jerusalem. Revelation 21

Words of Wisdom:

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 20, 2018 (Stream + Tracklist) – Vitamin D for Dubwize!

January 26, 2018 Robert Nelson 1 Comment

<Ma and Pa – Medical MJ weekly? report; 34 sec.>

Greetings,

Quick update on Bob & Rita* Nelson’s medical mj progress from Sun City West, Jah-rizona

Dad’s neuropathy treatment allowed him to hit a bucket of golf balls. But the Carpal Tunnel pain isn’t any better
Mom toying with the idea of vaping a 1/2 CBD, 1/2 THC oil rather than 4/1 CBD. She’s hit a mental block about becoming a “junkie” but she wants better sleep.

*Jeannette actually

Stay tuned!

Real quick.

Winter. January. Or Jah-nuary. Nuff respect to the skiers. We need the snowpack. But ugh.

How do we get our Vitamin D when the sun ain’t shining? If you have cabin fever get your Vitamin D for Dubwize. Enjoy last week’s showcase of Smile Jamaica

bless, Bobbylon

Annotated Playlist: Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives – Jah’nuary 20, 2018; 49 sec.

Set1:

Eddy Grandyson – Jah Garden; Rite Sound Reggae Story (Jah Live) ’78 Fr. vinyl
Chariot Riders – Sensimilla Dub; Sensimilla Dub (Crystal) ’80 JA vinyl dub album of the hour
Half Pint – Greetings; Dancehall (Soul Jazz) ’85
Phyllis Dillon – Woman of the Ghetto; Midnight Confessions (Westside) ’72 cover of Marlena Shaw
Augustus Pablo – East of the River Nile (Original); East of the River Nile (Dexlue Edition) (Shanachie) ’78
Dubskin – Heavy Load; No End in Time () Boulder, Collie-rado
Dillinger – Cokane in My Brain; 12″ (Island blank) ’76 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

<Dillinger – powder vs. herb?; 37 sec.>

A knife, a fork, a bottle & a cork – that’s the way we spell New York!

Set 2:

Bob Marley & the Wailers – So Much Things to Say; Exodus 40 (Tuff Gong) Live at the Rainbow Theatre, London: June 1977

<Exodus 40 – 3 disk reissue: original, Ziggy’s rmx, Live in London; 53 sec.>

Hi Fi Killers feat. Clinton Fearon – Tell Dem; Jamaica (Loose Groove) ’98. Seattle roots w/ Gladiators bassie
Rhoda Dakar – Easy Life; Cleaning in Another Woman’s Kitchen (Moon Ska World) 2007 acoustic update of 2 Tone Ska Bodysnatchers tune
Black Uhuru – Darkness/Dubness; 10″ (Island) ’82 UK picture sleeve

Set 3: Best of Smile Jamaica 28+ Years

Johnny Clarke – Tribal War; Don’t Trouble Trouble (Attack) ’76

<State of Emergency in JA, Jan. 18 2018; 1 min.>

Jamaican State of Emergency

Burning Spear – O’Jah; Farover (Heartbeat) ’83
Lacksley Castell – Cold Winter Night; Morning Glory (Negus Roots) ’82
Lovejoys – All I Can Say; Lovers Rock Showcase (Wackies) ’83 female duo
Bullwackies All Stars – Black World (Wackies) ’79 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 4:

Peter Tosh & the Wailers – No Sympathy; Peter Tosh & Friends (Upsetters) ’70
UB40 – Reefer Madness; Signing Off (DEP) ’80 dub
Lone Ranger – Jamaican Weed; Big Blunts vol. 1 (Tommy Boy) ’79
Omar Perry & Minoo – Ain’t So Fine + Jah Is Here; Humble Lion 10″ EP (Deep Root) 2008 UK militant steppers; Minoo is female singer

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

Jennifer Lara – Hand to Mouth; High Times All-Star Explosion (Alligator) ’85 Chicago blues label
Kwame – Hell Hounds; Follow I (Polydor) ’80 US
Brown, Eagle & Spear – Draw the Challace (sic); Brown, Eagle & Spear (New Name) ’88 JA herbtune
Dub Syndicate – Roots Commandment; Echomania (ON U Sound) ’93 UK

Set 6:

Bunny Wailer – Chant Down Babylon; Hall of Fame (RAS) ’95 dubble disk of Bob Marley covers
Ayo – Lonely; Gravity at Last (Polydor) 2008 Nigerian-German singer
Peter Broggs – Rastafari Liveth; Rejoice (RAS) ’97 – riddim shower (update)
Peter Broggs – Rastafar Liveth (extended); Never Forget Jah (Nocturne) ’82 riddim shower
Martin Campbell vs. Alien Dread – Rebel Salute; Cosmic Dub Clash (Log On) 2007 Mutant Dub album of the Hour

Nigerian-German chanteuse singing reggae, soul and pop

Set 7:

Mad Professor – Studio 54 Dub; Black Liberation Dub Chapter 5 – Afrocentric Dub (Ariwa) ’98 female vox on Blondie’s Rapture
Jimmy London – Suspicion; All Shook Up (Trojan) ’73
Vivian Weathers; Hip Dub; Frontline in Dub (Virgin Front Line) compilation ’78
TenaStelin – Mother’s Song; 10″ (Roots Hi-Tek) ‘ 2006 UK mutant dub

Set 8: Mutant Dubstresses

Dry & Heavy feat. Liklle Mai – Bright Shining Star; From Creation (Beat) 2002 Jah-pon
Massive Attack feat. Shara Nelson – Daydreaming; Blue Lines (Virgin) ’91
Waldeck – Defenceless; Abductions and Reconstructions (ESL) ’99 Thievery Corporation fmx
Bush Chemists feat. Talawah – Dub Up Nations; Light Up Your Chalice (Conscious Sounds) ’99 UK
Andrea – Breathe (Dubmatix Re-Rub); CD Single (Version Xcursion) 2006 Canadian.
Dubblestandart & Lee “Scratch” Perry feat. Ari Up – Idiots Dub; Reutnr From Planet Dub (Collision) 2009; Jah-strian feat. female vox from The Slits

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 13, 2018 (Stream + Tracklist) – The Good Son!

January 19, 2018 Robert Nelson Leave a comment

Greetings,

<Digital story on my parents’ excursion into Medical Marijuana; 1 min. 46 sec.>

As an amateur missionary for the benefits of medical marijuana, I had been relaying the story of my parents’ excursions into Seven Leaf pain relief on the past two episodes of Smile Jamaica.

My parents just became snowbirds from Northern Montana to Sun City West, Arizona

My Mom has knee pain, anxiety and sleep issues and my dad: neuropathy, back pain and carpal tunnel issues. Last week I told the story about taking my Dad in to get a Medical MJ card.

<Medical Marijuana for Ma and Pa; 90 sec.>

Took a week to get the card, and I was back in Utah. So they went to the dispensary and had a little shopping spree

pain relief pills
topical CBD ointment
pain patch

Because they bought so much and were first time customers, they got a free vape pen. And bought a 4 to 1; CBD to THC cartridge.

Long story short: they call me for guidance on how to work the vape pen. Trial and error and voila! My parents are vaping like Bob & Rita Marley.

And hour later I get another call….”We’re not feeling anything.” I said, you got the stuff that doesn’t “feel”. Oh. Ok.

Last Sunday I call and looks like Mom wants to try a little more kick to her healing regimen. Why not? It’s medicinal and legal.

Last Friday my sister texts me: Mom and Dad just had a toke!

Me: Cheech & Chong!

Sis:

Me:

I had a listener call me after I told this story and we got into a discussion about having parents who are sick of the pills, cost and side effects of the Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex

Once the (recent) stigma of weed is overcome through the relief of daily pain and social anxiety, cannabis reclaims its rightful place in our 10,000 year history of the Seven Leaf plant.

Revelation 22:2King James Version (KJV)

In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

As I concluded my reasoning with the caller on the benefits of cannabis for our parents, he said, “You know Robert? You’re a good son.”

And I said, I really want my parents to enjoy their retirement pain free and unencumbered by the daily pill regimen they are currently under. However, I am definitely taking my vape pen with me on my next visit to Sun City West.

Bless, Bobbylon

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 13, 2018 – Annotated Playlist; 1 min. 20 sec.

Set 1:

Soul Syndicate – King’s Highway; High Times All-Star Explosion (Alligator) ’85 Chicago blues label
Winston Edwards – Natty Dub; Natty Locks Dub (Studio 16) ’74 UK vinyl dub album of the hour
Bad Brains – I and I Survive; Rock For Light (Caroline) ’83
Rupie Dan and Jennifer Gad – Blazing Fire; Solid Foundation (Flag) ’92
Carlene Davis – The Harder They Come; Reggae Sunsplash ’81 – Tribute to Bob Marley (Elektra) ’81 Jimmy Cliff cover
Dub Syndicate – Higher Than High; 10″ (Lion & Roots) ’98 UK 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement

Set 2: Wailers Family Tree

Peter Tosh & the Wailers – 400 Years; Peter Tosh & Friends (Upsetter0 ’70 Lee “Scratch” Perry prod’n

<400 Years – The Middle Passage; 35 sec.>

Bunny Wailer – Forever Loving Jah; Hall of Fame (RAS) ’95 Bob Marley covers
Bob Marley & the Wailers – Natural Mystic; Exodus 40 (Tuff Gong) Live at the Rainbow Theatre, London; June 1977

<Exodus Live inna London June 1977; 46 sec.>

Rita Marley – That’s The Way; 12″ (Shanachie) ’80 US picture sleeve

Set 3:

Wingless Angels – Inviting You + Shady Tree; Wingless Angels II (Mindless) ’96 Keith Richards, Justin Hinds; nyah drums

<Keith Richards on Smile Jamaica? WTF?; 32 sec.>

UB40 – Don’t Break My Heart; LIttle Baggariddim (A & M) ’85 EP
King Kong – Unity; Rumble Jumble Life (Massive B) 2005
Grace Nelson – Jah Is Real; Ire Hi Fi – Play de Music (Plant Music) 2007 Germ.
Lee Perry & the Upsetters – Jah; Black Ark in Dub (Upsetter) ’77 Dub Album of the hour

Set 4:

Black Uhuru – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner; Black Uhuru
Bush Chemists feat. Ras I – Borderline; Light Up Your Chalice (Conscious Sounds) ’99 UK mutant dub
Super Chick – Bees Man; 10″ (Channel One) ’83

Michael Rose, Puma Jones and Duckie Simpson – The group that got me into Reggae

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Sister Carol – International Style; Black Cinderella (Jah Life) ’84 Brooklyn
Laurel Aitken – Je t’aimerai toujours ( I Love You, Yes I Do!) ; Eskapade en France (Unicorn) ’90 Fr. ska EP
The Specials – Sock it to ’em J.B.!; More Specials (2 Tone) ’80 UK tribute to neoliberal hitman, James Bond
Chalice; Dangerous Disturbances; Stand Up! (CSA) ’85 UK
Amp-Ech – Living Dead + Version; Against Injustice (Amp-Ech) ’87 JA

Ska praise to neoliberal hitman, James Bond

Set 6″ Roots Dawtas Rockers – Best of Smile Jamaica 28+ years

Patti Smith Group – Ain’t It Strange; Radio Ethiopia (Arista) ’76
Joan Armatrading – I Can’t Lie to Myself; Walking Under Ladders (A & M) ’81; feat. Sly & Robbie
Tom Tom Club – Bamboo Town; Close to the Bone (Sire) ’83; Tina & Chris from Talking Heads
Martha Velez – Bend Down Low; Escape from Babylon (Sire) ’76: Bob cover, Bob production, Wailers & I-Three. Lee Perry engineer

Set 7:

Tapper Zukie – Chalice to Chalice; MPLA (Virgin Front Line) ’78 herbtune
Jimmy Cliff – I Can See Clearly Now; Cool Runnings Soundtrack (Chaos) ’93 cover of Johnny Nash
Don Evans & the Paragons – Danger in Your Eyes; Full Up – More Hits From Studio One (Heartbeat/Studio One) ’76
Sis Aesha (sic) & Robbie Valentine – King Selassie I + Conditions; 10″ (Sip a Cup) 2001 UK

Set 8: Mutant Dub

Luciano & Sis Sanae – What You Gonna Do Now + Free Jah Children; Abassi All-Stars Showcase (Universal Egg) 2006 UK
Alpha & Omega – Solomon and Sheba; Overstanding (A & O) ’92 UK trance dub
Dr. Israel & the Brooklyn Jungle Sound System – Afrika Youth; Black Rose Liberation (Baraka Foundation) 2001 Brooklyn
Dry & Heavy – Night Flight dub; Meet King Jammy in the Jaws of the Tiger (BSI) 2000 Jah-pon
Charlie P & the Dubateers – Lock Me Up + Dub; Hustle (Dubateers) 2011 UK

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 6, 2018 (Stream + Tracklist) Mutant Dub New Year!

January 12, 2018 Robert Nelson 5 Comments

Greetings,

Happy 2018! By tradition for the past decade or so, I have devoted the first Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive of the year to Mutant Dub. What I tend to end the shows with in the last half hour, showcased 3 hours of drum and bass glory.

Not everyone is a fan of the “wobble” as much as the Orthodox Roots Reggae “echo.” I can expect at least one listener to call in that it is all too much. (2018 complaint received around 6:15 this year.)

Yet, I was also encouraged by people calling in to say how unexpectedly refreshing it is to hear a classic Massive Attack tune on a Roots Reggae show. (I cast the Reggae net far and wide.) Much love shown to the ON U Sound massive. Creation Rebel, Dry & Heavy, New Age Steppers and Singers & Players. Adrian Sherwood – the Godfather of Mutant Dub

Adrian Sherwood – the Godfather of Mutant Dub

And this year a listener checked in to say that he was unhappy with the flat sound of his Klipsch speakers. (I also fire up Klipsch at the Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives.) Until he flipped on Smile Jamaica and the bass woke-up on his Hi-Fi.

<Smile Jamaica brings out the bass in your speaker array; 24 sec.>

After two weeks showing love to my family from Albuquerque to Sun City West, AZ – it felt good to get back on the decks and juggle bassadelica for all who love and loathe the modern sound of downtro, dubstep, lounge, jungle, electronica, post-punk, 420 dubbers, Roots Dawtas and Disco Mix vinyl.

Lo-fi for I ‘n’ I

I took up the show right in the middle of a personal crisis. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, committed enemy to the Seven Leaf, waited until Collie-fornya legalized the collie weed on New Year’s Day 2018 and sicc’d his Justice Department attorneys to stop the people’s will.

I just set my parents up with medical marijuana in Arizona and literally the day after my Pops get his card, Sessions lowered the boom.

Jeff Sessions war on legal/medical weed

My Dad has neuropathy in his feet, sciatica and still has pain from a recent carpal tunnel surgery. Mom’s has knee pain and wants to get off anxiety meds and sleep aids.

Marijuana and its CBD/THC concoctions are the way. 28k die per year of opioid overdose. In the 10k history of mankind and the Seven Leaf, zero fatalities.

So in the first set of Smile Jamaica Mutant Dub New Year I fight back as best I know how. Through music and riddim.

<Medical MJ in Arizona vs. Jeff Sessions; 89 sec.>

States rights for Marijuana just like abortion laws, voting requirements and gun laws. Nuff hypocrisy

Even in conservative Utah, our governor believes that Utah Medical Marijuana is an inevitablity.

And why shouldn’t he? His name is Gary HERBert; 78 sec.

Utah governor and Utah Medical Marijuana

I know I have nuff aches and pains myself to qualify!

bless, Bobbylon

Seven Leaf relief soon come to the Beehive State. Selah!

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-nuary 6, 2018 – Mutant Dub New Year: Annotated Playlist; 73 sec.

Set 1: Mutant Dub 4:20

Dub Syndicate – Dubbing Is a Must; Fear of a Green Planet (Shanachie) ’98
Creation Rebel/New Age Steppers – Chemical Specialist; Threat to Creation (Cherry Red/ON U Sound) ’81 Dub Album of the Hour
Dry & Heavy – Kick the Bong Around; One Punch (Green Tea) ’99 Jah-pon
Future Pigeon – The Mummy; Echodelic Sounds of Future Pigeon (Record Collect) 2005 LA – roll a lickle spliff w/ di papyrus!

<Getting high in the sarcophagi; 11 sec.>

Martha Cinadar – Living It; Cannabis Café (Ministry) 2002
Bob Marley – Easy Skanking; Legend Remixed (Tuff Gong) 2013 Stephen Marley dubstep rmx
Ganja Tree – Medicine Man; 10” (I-Grow) 2006 Fr

Set 2:

Ari Up – Kill Em With Love; More Dread Dan Dead (Collision) 2005 former lead singer of The Slits punk-female group
Thievery Corporation – In Pursuit; .38 .45 (a Thievery Number); CD Single (4ad) ’98 DC dubbers
Sizzla – Rain Showers (Bronx Dogs Mix); Dub Selector (Quango) 2001
Tayo Meets Acid Rockers feat. PupaJim – Vampayaa; 12” (Scrub a Dub) 2010 UK

The late, great Ari Up. Member of The Slits punk/reggae; New Age Steppers and dawta in law to Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten

Set 3: Roots Dawtas

Hollie Cook – Milk and Honey; Hollie Cookc (Mr. Bongo) 2011 Roots Dawta set
Massive Attack – Five Man Army; Blue Lines (Virgin) ‘91
Alpha & Omega feat. Dandylion – Because I Love You; Daniel In the Lion’s Den (A & O) ’90 UK trance dub
Afro Omega – Watcha Need; Pick Up the Pieces (Afro Omega) 2006 SLC E

Set 4:

Stick Figure – Fire on the Horizon; Set In Stone (Stick Figure) 2015 Duxbury, MA
Little Annie – Bless Those; 10” (ON U Sound) ’93 UK pic sleeve

Dubby recommendation from a youth man co-worker

Set 5: Vinyl is Vital

Singers & Players – Thing Called Love; Revenge of the Underdog (ON U Sound) ’82 UK vinyl set
Soom T & Mungo’s Hi-Fi – Boom Shiva; 12” EP (Scotch Bonnet) 2013 UK picture sleeve; female weedstepper on herbtune
New Age Steppers feat. Bim Sherman – Vice of My Enemies; Foundation Steppers (ON U Sound) ’82 UK
Omar Perry & Carlton Livingston – Daily Bread + No Answer; No Answer EP (Deep Root) 2008 UK

Set 6:

Pama International – Evening Time; Float Like a Butterfly (Asian Man) 2005 UKherb tune
Dub Pistols – New Skank; Worshipping the Dollar (Sunday Best) 2012 UK
Jah Shaka – Jah Jah Dub; 12” (Jah Shaka) ’81 dub to African Princess

Members of The Specials, Special Beat, Pop Will Eat Itself and Bentley Rhythm Ace

Set 7:

Kode9 & the Spaceape feat. Cha Cha – Love Is the Drug; Black Sun (Hyperdub) 2011 dubpoet w/ female vox
Bush Chemists – Light Up Your Spliff; Light Up Your Spliff (Conscious Sounds) ’96 UK herbtune
Tenastelin – Cosmic Session; 10” (Roots Hi-Tek) 2006 UK UFOria

Set 8: UFOria

<Cratedigging for Ancient Aliens books as well as vinyl; 42 sec.>

Ancient Astronauts feat. Akua Naru – Last Night; Into Bass & Time (ESL) 2009 German. Dub w/ female vox. UFOria
The Elegants – Little Star (Static Revenger Mix); Destroy All Humans! (Lakeshore) 2005 video gam soundtrack: 50’s doo wop remixed
Flock of Seagulls – Space Age Love Song; Flock of Seagulls (Zomba) ’81 UK New Wave
Starkey – Spacecraft; Ear Drums and Black Holes (Planet Mu) 2010 UK
Dubadelic – Thuds Lke Skuds; Bass Invaders (WordSound) ’96: Are Aliens real?
Alpha & Omega – The Dub Is Out There; Serious Joke (A & O) X-Files Theme
Spiritual Rez – Let’s Go Out With a Bang; Spiritual Rez (Spiritual Rez

I’m probably the only guy who is reading the Bible for Alien visitation stories

Words of Wisdom:

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