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Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-pril 20, 2019 – 420 on 4/20!

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Greetings,

April 20th. 4/20. Smokers in San Rafael code for getting together for a toke. Grew from there to what we know now. The Smoker’s Holiday in 10 down, 40 to go.

Even my Mom sent me a Happy 420 meme

Vaping with my parents last Xmas is one of my fondest memories of the past few years. Especially now that my Dad is deathly ill.

So, every April I start looking for new soundbytes to “rip.” This year I “harvested” about 15 new ones

  • Blues Brothers:
  • Dub Side of the Moon:
  • Queen Elizabeth

And how about some Biblical affirmation of the Seven Leaf….

<Revelation 22:2 – Healing of the Nations; 22 sec.>

<Psalm 18:8 – Fire out of his nostrils; 20 sec.>

…from the Holy Land to Egypt and Mesopotamia

As we roll a lickle spliff w/ di papyrus and smoke sensimenia inna Mesopotamia

<Mummy Rock; 11 sec.>

Then back to America for jazz chanteuse Billie Holiday’s Seven Leaf motivation…

<Whenever I get low, I get high…Billie Holiday; 12 sec.>

I wonder if there is anyone out there in terrestrial radio land that did 3 hours of all marijuana music in the middle of a Saturday afternoon. And even if they did, who stitches in 420 soundclips, movie dialog and musical bong rips? (The advantages of being a sound editor by trade.)

I ‘n’ I that’s who! Let’s celebrate some free speech while it is still allowed.

<Sensi…ng a theme?; 13 sec.>

So enjoy the 25th (or so) annual 420 on Smile Jamaica. Until it’s 50 down, none to go….

bless, Bobbylon

The only shotgunning that should be allowed between these two nuclear leaders

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-pril 20 – 420 on 4/20 Annotated Playlist: ( 1 min. 55 sec.)

Set 1:

  • Jah Woosh – Mariguana World Tour; Marijuana World Tour (Original) ’79 UK vinyl: 420 Cannabis Service Show
  • Sly & the Revolutionaries – Rizla; Black Ash Dub (Trojan) ’80 UK vinyl dub album of the hour
  • Capital Letters – Smoking My Ganja; Headline News (Greensleeves) ’79 UK
  • The Equators – Feelin’ High; Hot (Stiff) ’81 UK ska
  • Glen Judah – Mr. Collie Man; 12″ (Atlantean) ’83 Houston

<Collie = Kali; 29 sec.>

Set 2:

  • Melodians – Irie Feeling; Irie Feeling (RAS) ’83
  • Leroy Smart – Collie Give Me Wisdom; Let Everyman Survive (Jamaican Gold) ’78
  • Natural Beauty – Nice Up Dancee; 12″ (Must Dance) ’86 UK Roots Dawta trio
  • Soul Syndicate – Mariwana; Harvest Uptown, Famine Downtown (Epiphany) ’77    
Two spliff ‘n’ two Heineken

Set 3:

  • Eek a Mouse – Ganja Smuggling; Hi Grade Ganja Anthems 1 (Greensleeves) ‘81
  • Michael Palmer – Don’t Smoke the Seed; Hi Grade Ganja Anthems 2 (Greensleeves) ‘83
  • Rita Marley – One Draw; Who Feels It Knows It (Shanachie) ’80
  • Jay McGee – One Draw; 12″ (Scorpio) ’81 Can. Rita Marley cover
  • Chariot Riders – Sensimilla Dub; Sensimilla Dub (Crystal) ’80 JA vinyl dub album of  the hour

Set 4:

  • Snoop Lion & Collie Budz – Smoke the Weed; Reincarnation (Berhane Sound System) 2013 Michael Palmer cover

<Snoop Lion vs. Bunny Wailer; 26 sec.>

  • Jacob Miller – Healing of the Nation; Classics Collection
  • Lone Ranger – Ganja Man; 12″ (Satta Rock) JA

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital 420

  • Peter Tosh – Wanted Dread & Alive; Wanted Dread & Alive (Rolling Stone) ’81 UK 

<Wanted Dread & Alive – I ‘n’ I first Reggae LP: 1981; 38 sec.>

  • Tinga Stewart – Give Me a Puff; Key to Your Heart (Calabash) ’83 Miami
  • Earl 16 – Herb Man Corner; Super Duper (Jam Rock) ’82 Miami
  • Soom T – Boom Shiva; 12″ (Scotch Bonnet) 2013 EP: female weedstepper
  • Reggae on Top All-Stars – Cutting Dub; Chalice Dub Part I (Reggae on Top) ’95 420 dub album of the hour

Set 6: 7″ Jamaican Jukebox 420

  • Black Uhuru Meets Black Sabbath – Guess Who’s Coming For Sweet Leaf (blank) 
  • Lighty of Saba – Lambsbread Collie; 7″ (Uhuru) ’75
  • Winston Jarrett & the Righteous Flames – Kaya; 7″ (Tony Shabazz) ’78 Bob Marley herbtune
  • Horace Ferguson – Sensi Addick; 7″ (Prince Jazzbo Music) ’87

Set 7:

  • The Toyes – Smoke Two Joints; The Toyes (CD Tunes) ’96
  • Future Pigeon – Mummy Rock; Echodelic Sounds of Future Pigeon (Record Collect) 2006 LA “roll a lickle spliff w/ di papyrus”
  • Bobby Melody – Low the Sensie Man; 12″ (Vibes & Vibes) ’85 UK
  • Jah Power Band – Sticky Sticky Weed Dub; Sensi Dub Part 7 (Original) 420 Dub Album of the Hour

Set 8: Mutant Dub 420

  • Thievery Corporation feat. Pam Bricker – Lebanese Blonde; Mirror Conspiracy (ESL) 2002 DC 
  • Bob Marley & the Wailers – African Herbsman (Kooba Rmx); Roots, Rock, Remixed (Quango) 2007
  • Dry & Heavy – Kick the Bong Around feat. Likkle Mai ; 12″ UK (Green Tea)  ’99 Jah-pon w/ female vox
  • The Toyes – Monster Hash; The Toyes (CD Tunes) ’96 Boris Pickett cover

 

Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist): March 5, 2016: Hayfever Season!

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Greetings,

Two tings signal Spring for I ‘n’ I. Daylight Savings Time (this weekend) and Hayfever. Not from my favorite hay either. 4 down, 46 to go!

Spun tunes in a nice little Flonase Allegra-/D cocktail to keep the serial sneezing at bay. How does it affect the snow?

Tune in and find out!

bless, robt

Woman sneezing with tissue in meadow
Whole heap of this for the next month

<High-lights: Smile Jamaica Ark-Ive: March 5, 2016 Edition; 56 sec.>

  • You’ve got Roots Dawtas inna my Wailers Family Tree
  • Bob live in the studio, Peter’s last album debuts on Smile J, Bunny Roots
  • Rockers do Reggae
  • Vinyl Is Vital
  • Mutant Dub

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Set 1:

  • Matumbi – Reggae Stuff; Hit Me With Music (Trojan) ’77 UK vinyl
  • Ronnie Davis – Raining Dub; (Jamaican Recordings) Dub Album of the Hour
  • Devon Russell – Jah Will See; Prison Life (Tamoki Wambesi) ‘83
  • Della Humphrey – Dreamland; Studio One Women (Soul Jazz/Studio One) ’66 Bunny Wailer
  • Capital Letters – Rejoice; Headline News (Greensleeves) ’79 UK youth group
  • Inner Circle – Mary, Mary; Best of Inner Circle (Mango) ’79 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement
  • Wayne Jarrett – Youth Man; 12” (Wackies) ‘79
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Jacob Miller of Inner Circle. Tragically killed in car accident

Set 2: Best of 26 Years – Smile Jamaica: Wailers Dawtas/Sistas/Mamas: 17 sec.

  • Marcia Griffiths – Give and You Get; Steppin’ (Shanachie) ’79:
  • Rita Marley – Beauty of God’s Plan; Harambe (Shanachie) ‘82
  • Judy Mowatt – Sing Our Own Song; Love Is Overdue (Shanachie) ’87 UB40 cover
  • Cedella Marley Booker – Goodnight (Just One More Time); Awake Zion (Rykodisc) ‘84

<I-Three + Bob’s mom; 22 sec.>

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Judy, Rita, Marcia – The I-Three. Not I Threes

Set 3:

  • Peter Tosh – No Nuclear War; No Nuclear (EMI America) ‘87; 28 sec.
  • John Brown’s Body – Tell Me Something I Don’t Know; Among Them (Shanachie) ’99 Upstate NY instrumental
  • Ranking Ann – Liberated Woman; A Slice of English Toast (Ariwa) ’81 UK singjay
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After a 4 year hiatus, murdered a month after its release. Livicate, nevah deadicate

Set 4: Rockers do Reggae 

  • Robert Palmer – Love Can Run Faster; Double Fun (Island) ’78 Lee Perry/Black Ark mix
  • Taj Mahal – Johnny Too Bad; Mo’ Roots (Columbia) ’74 Slickers cover
  • Bananarama – Tell Tale Signs; Deep Sea Skiving (London); ’83 single
  • Blues Brothers – Groove Me; Briefcase Full of Blues (Atlantic) ’78 King Floyd cover; 20 sec.
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John & Dan flying back from Jamaica with 75 pounds of lambsbread!

Set 5: Vinyl Is Vital

  • Sugar Minott – International Herb; Jamming in the Streets (Wackies) ’83 NY: Vinyl is Vital Set
  • Aura Lewis – Full Experience; Aura Lewis Meets Lee “Scratch” Perry at Black Ark Studio (Blue Moon) Fr. EP w/ female vox
  • Michigan & Smiley – Thank You Jah; All on the Same Rhythm (Studio One/RAS) ’79 DC
  • Jah Woosh – Get Together; Rebellion (Freedom of Reggae Music) Ireland
  • Pluto & Trinity?– Vampire Year; Ire Mass Rockers (Top Ranking) ’79 FL
  • Bullwackies All-Stars – Free For All; Free For All (Wackies) Dub Album of the Hour
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International Herb – 4 down, 46 to go!

Set 6:

  • The Wailers – I Shot the Sheriff; Talkin’ Blues (Tuff Gong) live on KSAN Radio, San Francisco: Oct. ‘73; 50 sec.
  • New Age Steppers feat. Ari Up – Conquer; King Size Dub: ON U Sound 30 Year (Echo Beach) 2011 mutant dub w/ female vox
  • Sip a Cup Family – Zulu’s Attack; 10” (Sip a Cup) 2005 militant steppers instrumental
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Inventors of free form FM radio – hosted the Wailers ’73

Set 7:

  • Bunny Wailer – Free Jah Jah Children; Crucial! (Shanachie) ‘79
  • Leroy Smart – Ballistic Affair; Strictly For Rockers (Mango) ’85 comp.
  • Aisha – Carnal Mind + dub; True Roots (Ariwa) ’94 Yabby You cover
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Smile Jamaica favorite Roots Dawta

Set 8: Mutant Dub

  • Burial – Ghost Hardware; Untrue (Hyperdub) 2007 UK Mutant Dub Set
  • Samia Farah – Gratuit; Many Mood of Samia Farah (SAM) 2008 Fr.
  • Word Sound I-Powa; Bass Flight; Live From Planet Crooklyn (ROIR) ’96 NY
  • DJ Nut Nut feat. Top Cat  & Frankie Paul – Special Dedication; Jungle Massive vol. 1 (Payday) ’95 UK
  • Dan-I & King Kietu – Ababjanhoy Dubplate; Rastafari Judgement Fire (Imperial Roots) 2009 It.
  • Snoop Lion – Tired of Running; Reincarnated (Berhane Selassie) 2013

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Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives (Stream + Tracklist): Jah-nuary 3, 2015: Mutant Dub New Year!

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The Mutants have taken over on Smile Jamaica: New Year’s Bass-gasm of Modern Dub: A-Zed

Greetings,

 <10th Annual: Mutant Dub New Year: 3 hours of A-Zed; 30 sec.>

Happy New Year! Let’s start it off with all dub and bass. Neo-Dub, Modern Dub, Mutant Dub.

Gonna give the Orthodox Roots stalwarts the week off to explore my fascination with the crossover dub sound: drum & bass, electronica, downtro, lounge, dubstep, militant steppers, techno, ambient, etc. etc.

I listen to Roots Reggae at home and Mutant Dub in my car. Knives to the treble!

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“Knives to the treble”…Joe Strummer, The Clash

Let’s see how it sounds stretched out to 3 hours instead of the usual last set on the weekly Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives.

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Mutant Dub Kingpins

Mutant Dub: Where Jamaican echo meets Modern Dance music’s wobble

bless, robt

<What is Mutant Dub? 14 sec.>

Set 1: A-F

  • Alpha & Omega – City of Dub; Dub Magic (Zion Gate) ‘99
  • UK trance dubbers w/ female vox
  • Burning Babylon – Dub Tragic; Garden of Dub (I-Tones) 2006 Jah-suchusetts; Dub Album of the Week
  • Hollie Cook – Twice; Twice (Mr. Bongo) 2014 UK; mutant dubstress/lovers rock
  • Dubblestandart feat. Devon D – We All Have to Get High; Immigration Dub (Groove Attack) 2007 Jah-stria; 4:20 Cannabis Service Announcement; quotes The Doors “Out here on the perimeter,there are no stars  we is stoned immaculate”

<Jim Morrison Lyric; 30 sec.>

  • Easy Star All Stars feat. Sluggy Ranks – Speak to me + Breathe (In the Air); Dub Side of the Moon (Easy Star) 2003; Pink Floyd cover with bong rip effects
  • Future Pigeon – Mummy Rock; Echodelic Sounds of Future Pigeon (Record Collection) 2006 Los Jah-ngeles, Collie-fornya; herbtune

<Mutant Dub Cannabliss: Smoking sensimena inna Mesopotamia; 14 sec.>

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Roll a lickle spliff wif di papyrus. Seshat, Egyptian Goddess of Wisdom & Writing. Under the banner of the Seven Leaf

<Roll a lickle spliff, wif di papyrus>

 Set 2: G-J

  • Gorillaz feat. Earl 16 & U Brown – M1 A1; Spacemonkeyz vs. Gorillaz: Laika Come Home (Virgin) 2002 UK

<Laika: Original Space Pioneer; 33 sec.>

  • Heavyweight Dub Champion feat. Lady K – Trouble; Rise of the Champion Nation (Champion Nation) 2009 Boulder, Collie-rado; old spiritual dubwize
  • I-Shen Sound – Deep in Deep Purple; King Size Dub (Hypoxia) ’95 Uk herb tune; 2 sec.
  • Jah Shaka – Giver of Life; 12” (Jah Shaka) ’87 UK

<Holy Trinity of Mutant Dub: Jah Shaka, Adrian Sherwood, Mad Professor; 25 sec.>

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Laika sacrificed her life so man could t ravel in space

 Set 3: K-L

  • Kenny Knots – Good Sensi; 10” (Conscious Sounds) 2012; Horace Ferguson herb cover; Sleng Teng riddim
  • Little Axe – Long Way to Go; Hard Grind (Fat Possum)  2002 blues-dub; Skip McDonald of Tackhead side project
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You’ve got Blues in my Mutant Dub!

 Set 4: M-O

  • Major Lazer feat. Flux Pavilion – Jah No Partial; Free the Universe (Mad Decent) 2013 dubstep update on Johnny Osbourne classic
  • Noiseshaper feat. Juggla – All a Dem a Do; The Signal (Different Drummer) 2003 Jah-stria
  • Overproof Sound System – Kunta Kinte; Nothing to Proove (Different Drummer) UK 2004; dub to Creole’s – Beware reggae riddim

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Set 5: Q-S

  • Pama International – Evening Time; Float Like a Butterfly (Asian Man) 2005 UK herbtune
  • Qaballah Steppers – Is This the End? Young Sand vs. Dub Gabe; Imaginatrix (Baraka Foundation) 2001 Middle Eastern dubjazz
  • Rockers Hi-Fi: Callacop – Deep Space Network; DJ-Kicks: The Black Album (!K7) ‘97
  • Snoop Lion feat. Angela Hunte – Get Away; Reincarnated (Berhane Sound System) 2013; Major Lazer prod’n
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You’ve got Hip Hop in my Dubstep

Set 6: T-W

  • Thievery Corporation feat. Pamela Bricker – Lebanese Blonde (French Version); CD Single (ESL); herb tune; Seven Leaf flavor

<Lebanese Blonde; 9 sec.>

  • Universe Crew – Stranger in the Pentagon; What’s Inside Your Afro (Green Tea) ’97 UK trip hop; UFO conspiracy theory
  • Vibronics feat. High Tone – Glowing Fire; The French Connection (Hammerbass) 2012 Fr.
  • Weeding Dub feat. Humble-I – Sound of Reality; 10” (Control Tower) 2009 Fr. Herbtune

<France’s war against the Seven Leaf; 23 sec.>

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You should see her sister Panama Red

<8 Track CD single: Most I ever paid for a piece of music on ebay; 15 sec.>

 Set 7: X-#

  • X-O-Dus – See Them a Come; 12” (Factory) ’79 UK; Dennis Bovell prod’n
  • Yabby You & Mad Professor – Blowing in the Wind; Yabby You Meets Mad Professor & Black Steel in Ariwa Studios (Ariwa) ’93 UK
  • Zion Train feat. Rob Smith – Boxes and Amps; Live as One (Remixed) (Universal Egg) 2009 UK
  • 2 Bad Card feat. Prince Far I – Chatty People; Hustling Ability (ON U Sound) ‘95
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Mutant Dub Godfather: Adrian Sherwood ON U Sound. Mixcloud link to Smile Jamaica Tribute

 Set 8: Wailers Family Tree Mutant Dub Rmx

  • Bob Marley & the Wailers – Exodus (Kindred Spirit Dub Mix); Marley Soundtrack (Tuff Gong)  2012

<Marley Biography Review>

  • Peter Tosh feat. Ranking Joe – Legalize It (Dub Club Remix) + Dub Club Version; 10” (Delicious Vinyl); 2011 picture sleeve herb tune
  • Afro Omega – Musical Revolution; CD Single (Afro Omega) SLC mutant dubbers w/ female vox
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