Hypocrites

"Z-90 Skank" - Trinity - Shanty Town Determination [Blood and Fire]
"Coming In From The Cold" - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Uprising [Island]
"Love's Contagious" - Tarrus Riley - Contagious [VP]

"People So Evil" - Busy Signal - MP3
"The Village Of The Underpriviledged" - Gregory Isaacs - Reggae Legends III [Rohit]
"Speak No Evil" - the Uniques - Best of The Uniques 1967-69 [Trojan]
"Ghetto Defendant" - The Clash - Combat Rock [Epic]
"Love The Dread" - Mikey Dread - MP3
"Oromo Dub" - Tommy T - The Prester John Sessions [Easy Star]

"Really and Truly" - Don Carlos - Changes [DCC]
Jim Fox, mixdown
"Roughneck" - Gregory Isaacs - Red Rose For Gregory [RAS]
w/the Mighty Diamonds
"Cool & Collect" - 10FT Ganja Plant - Bush Rock [I-Town]
"Jazzbo's Mercy" - Prince Jazzbo - Mr. Funny [Pressure Sounds]
"Jah Is Mighty" - David Gould - Feast Of The Passover
w/ Leonard Dillon
"Too Late" - Augustus Pablo - The Rough Guide To Reggae [Rough Guide]

"Uptown Top Ranking" - Althea & Donna - Tougher Than Tough: The Story Of Jamaican Music [Mango]
"I'm Still In Love/Three Piece Suit" - Marcia Griffiths/Trinity - Trojan 12" Box Set [Trojan]
"Me And You" - Carlton & the Shoes - When Rhythm Was King [Heartbeat]
"Fixing A Hole" - Max Romeo/Easy Star All Stars - Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band [Easy Star]

"Ramble" - Rico - Countryman [Mango]
"Three O'Clock Roadblock/Rebel Music" - Bob Marley & The Wailers - Countryman

"Bongo Man" - JImmy Cliff - Reggae Greats [Mango]
"ROCKERS" - Bunny Wailers - Roots, Radics, Rockers, Reggae [Shanachie]
"Who The Cap Fit" - Bob Marley & The Wailers - Rastaman Vibrations [Island]
"Peeping Tom" - Toots & The Maytals - King Kong Collection [Mango]
"Happy Land" - Gaylads - Studio One 45
"Money Worries" - Maytones - Their Greatest Hits [Heartbeat]

Ras Rizla aka "Marcus Mosiah Garvey"

"Rizla" doesn't do online playlists... but his delivery is worth the omission.

Check the podcast for the Kenyan dread.

Bubbalon By Bass

This week is a trifecta of the advent of Spring, more daylight, and a tie between Formula One recommencing and St. Patrick's Day. It's a time of renewal. Revival.

It's also the anniversary of a sad passing in the central Virginia cosmos. Some years ago, Dave Grant, bass player and sound innovator left too soon, leaving behind a family, legions of musician/colleagues, Fellow DJs and bons vivants of all stripes... but not before exposing all of us to music from all corners of the globe (and especially Jamaican Rocksteady) and hand-molding it into seemingly impossible combinations with Old-Time and traditional east coast instrumentation and vehicles: taking music to a different-but-equal place. That's the responsibility of the creative mind... and that cat had it.

He's the rogue with the double bass at the front fender of the Checker Marathon wagon... a statement all by itself.





"Rock & Groove" - Bunny Wailer - Rock & Groove [Solomonic]
"Only" - Leroy Smart - Private Message [RAS]
"Stranger In Love" - Yabby You - Deliver Me From My Enemies [Blood and Fire]
"Undying Love" - Ernest Wilson - When Rhythm Was King [Heartbeat]
"Move Up/Only A Smile" - Lynn Taitt & The Jets - MP3

"Tribulation" - Jah Lewis - All Gone Astray [Shanachie]
"Everone Could Lose" - Groundation - Here I Am [Groundation]
"Strong Will" - Midnite - For All [Sacred Sounds]
Youssoupha Sidibe, vocals
"Nou La" - Boukman Eksperyans - Voudou Adjae [Mango]
"Blood A Go Run Down King Street" - Yabby You - Deliver Me From My Enemies [Blood and Fire]
"As Salaam Alaikum" - Monsoon - MP3
"Pain In My Belly" - Toots & the Maytals - MP3
"Jazzbo's Mercy" - Prince Jazzbo - Mr. Funny [Pressure Sounds]
"Eastern Standard Time" - Don Drummond - Ska's The Limit (Island Record 40th Anniv. Vol 1) [Island]

"Irish Irie" - Dennis Bovell/Rico Rodriguez - Peeni Walli [Shanachie]
"Grapevine Twist" - Dave Grant/Trishka - Bubbalon By Bass [Darlene Crawford]
"The Clip" - Kingstonians - Sufferer [ATTACK!]
"Hold Me Tight" - Johnny Nash/Lynn Taitt - Hold Me Tight [Trojan]
"Hold Me Tight" - Tim O'Brien/Dave Grant - Bubbalon By Bass [Darlene Crawford]
w/ the Late Johnny Gilmore
"Ramble" - Rico Rodriguez - Countryman Soundtrack [Mango]

"If I Follow My Heart" - Dennis Brown - Foul Play [A&M]
"Crying Over You" - Ken Boothe - Trojans Originals Box [Trojan]
"Go Tell Him" - Hugh Godfrey - Studio One [45]
"Sin & Shame" - Prince Jazzbo - Mr. Funny [Pressure Sounds]
"Got To Be A Soldier" - 10FT Ganja Plant - Bush Rock [I-Town]

"The Call" - Tommy T - The Prester John Sessions [Easy Star]
"Rockaman Dub" - LKJ/Bovell - Peeni Walli [Shanachie]

DJ Dave

(While I was off exhibiting my artwork in a Fredericksburg, VA., gallery, DJ Dave forwards the Roots and Culture).

"Get Ready to Ride the Lion to Zion" - Culture - 2 7's Clash
"Sound and Pressure" - Hopeton Lewis - Take it Easy
"Ali Baba" - John Holt - Tighten Up, Vol 2
"Baby Why" - The Cables - Best of Studio One
"All Gone" - Trinity - Well Charged
"Death in the Arena" - Soul Vendors - Downbeat the Ruler

"I'll Go Through" - Israel Vibrations - Sounds and Pressure Vol 2
"Roots Train Number One" - Junior Murvin
"Mr. Funny" - Prince Jazzbo - Mr. Funny
"Freedom Street" - Ken Boothe
"Thriller" - Don D Junior
"Johnny was a Baker" - Dr. Alimantado - Best Dressed Chicken in Town
"Tripe Girl" - The Heptones - Sweet Talking

"Sufferer's Heights" - Junior Dread
"Love Comes and Goes" - The Abyssinians - Life Goes in Circles
"Love Comes and Goes Version" - Bongo Herman - Life Goes in Circles
"Sound Education" - I Roy - Don't Check me with no Lightweight Stuff!
"Shepherd Rod" - The Upsetter

"Marcus Children Suffer" - Burning Spear - Social Living
"Downpressor Man" - Peter Tosh
"Who Have Eyes to See" - Prince Fari and Mike Brooks
"The Right Way" - Prince Fari and the Arabs
"Throw Me Corn" - Larry Marshall
"Fisherman" - The Congos - Heart of the Congos
"Pirate Days" - Culture - 2 7's Clash
"Slipping Into Darkness" - Carl Bradney - Darker than Blue
"Keep Cool Babylon" - Ras Michael and the Sons of Negus - Nyahbinghi
"Liquidator" - Harry J All-stars

"The Enemies" - Pinchers - 2 Bad Riddims [1996]
"Clean Race" - Scotty
"Brand New Second Hand" - Peter Tosh - Legalize It
"Tribal War" - John Holt
"I Man Time" - I Roy

Cool Runnings

Twenty-two years ago, the Jamaican Bobsled team demonstrated their pluck, determination and spirit at the 1988 Calgary Olympics. Pantomimed in the Disney film, Cool Runnings (a sad swan song for comedian/actor John Candy), it was still a feat to be reckoned with: a tropical island nation, daring to field a team to represent them in an improbable winter event. But, nothing is achieved without outrageous effort in outrageous circumstances, is there?

Bunny Wailer's song of the same name is a longtime favorite... from when he ruled a very different "dancehall".



"Cool Runnings" - Bunny Wailer - Rock & Groove [Solomonic]
"Black Star Dub/Roots Man Dub" - G.G. All Stars - Roots Man Dub [Heartbeat]

"Mr. Funny" - Prince Jazzbo - Mr. Funny [Pressure Sounds]
"Can't Buy Love" - Johhny Osbourne - Truths And Rights [Studio One]
"Peace And Love" - Lynval Thompson - Rebel Rocker [DUBmatix]
"As-Saalam Alaikum" - Monsoon - MP3
"Next Year Jerusalem" - David Gould - Feast Of The Passover [Adonai]
"Two Face" - Ticklah - Ticklah Vs Axelrod [Easy Star]

"Pick the Beam" - Yabby You - Deliver Me From My Enemies [Blood and Fire]
"The Call" - Tommy T - The Prester John Sessions [Easy Star]
"GolanTo Galilee" - Groundation - Here I Am [Groundation]
(Mixed at DCs Lion & Fox Studio)
"Nah Skin Up" - Johnny Osbourne - Truths And Rights [Heartbeat]
"Hold Me Baby Pt. II" - Basil Daley - Version Dread [Heartbeat]

"Human Nature" - Tarrus Riley - Contagious [VP]
"Joker Smoker" - Ziggi - MP3
"Soul Captives" - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Trenchtown Rock [Trojan]

"False Witness" - Kingstonians - ATTACK 45
"Black Power" - Prince Buster - Prince Buster 45
"Freedom Street" - Ken Boothe - Rocksteady: the Roots of Reggae [Moll-Selekta]
"Once Upon A Time" - Delroy Wilson - Best of: Once Upon A Time [Heartbeat]
"Free Dub" - Prince Jazzbo - Mr. Funny [Pressure Sounds]

"Hong Kong Flu" - the Ethiopians - MP3
"Pain In My Belly" - Toots & the Maytals - MP3
"Ramble" - Rico - Countryman Soundtrack [Mango]

"Lifers" - Tommy T/Eugene Hutz - The Prester John Sessions [Easy Star]
"Sin & Shame" - Prince Jazzbo - Mr. Funny [Pressure Sounds]
"Blood A Go Run Down King Street" - Yabby You - Deliver Me... [Blood and Fire]
"We Need Love" - Johnny Osbourne - Truths And Rights [Heartbeat]
("I'll Be Around"_Spinners)
"Why Oh Why Version" - Ernest Wilson/Sound Dimension - Version Dread [Heartbeat]
"Rude Boy Prayer" - Alton. Peter & Zoot - Studio One 45

One Love for Valentine's Day

Greetings from Mid-Atlantic USA... the Neo-Arctic.
A disaster area, last week... breaking the ice, today. With Love Power.


"Listen To DJs" - Long Beach Dub All Stars - Wonders Of The World [Skunk]
"Love In Zimba" - Yabby You - Deliver Me From My Enemies [Blood and Fire]
"Zion Gate" - Yabby You - Deliver Me From My Enemies

"Pirate's Anthem" - Cocoa Tea
"To Much Gun A Bust" - 10 FT Ganja Plant - Bush Rock [I-Town]
"Strong For Them" - Soldiers Of Jah Army - Get Wiser [Innerloop]
"Ganja Farmer" - Marlon Asher
"Freedom Street" - Ken Boothe - The King Kong Collection [Mango]
"Set Me Free" - 10FT Ganja Plant

"Soul Rebel" - Bob Marley & The Wailers - Soul Revolution I & II [Trojan]
"Natty Rebel" - U-Roy - Original DJ [Caroline]
"Conquering Lion" - Corey Harris - Blu.Black [Telarc]
"Follow Marcus Garvey" - Burning Spear - Hail H.I.M. [Heartbeat]
"Standing Firm" - Jacob MIller - ...Meets The Fatman Riddim Section [EKO]
"Take Five" - Val Bennett & The Aggrovators - Reggae Legends III [Rohit]
"Head Shrinker" - 10 FT Ganja Plant

"Peace In A Time Of War" - SOJA - Peace In A Time Of War
"Everyone Could Lose" - Groundation - Here I Am [Groundation]
"Black Candle" - Lee PerryLeo Graham - A Live Injection [Trojan]
"Cool & Collect" - 10 FT Ganja Plant

"Undying Love" - Ernest Wilson - When Rhythm Was King [Heartbeat]
"Woman's Gotta Have It" - Jimmy Riley - A Live Injection [Trojan]
(Bobby Womack)
"A Love I Can Feel" - John Holt - Best Of Studio One [Heartbeat]
"A Version I Can Feel With Love" - Tommy McCook & The Aggrovators - Trojan Dub Box Set
"If You Should Lose Me" - Yellowman - King Yellowman [Columbia]

"Queen Majesty" - The Techniques - Tougher Than Tough [Mango]
(Curtis Mayfield)
"Chalice In The Palace" - U-Roy - Original DJ
"Can I Change My Mind" - Alton Ellis - The Best Of Studio One
(Tyrone Davis, originator)
"Don't Look Back" - Keith & Tex - Riding The Musical Chariot [Heartbeat]
(Temptations)
"Jah Promise" - Johnny Osbourne - Best Of Studio One

Lightning-Earthquake-Thunder

After the celebrities have gone, the struggle for survival goes on in Haiti. Now is not the time to forget, once the cameras focus elsewhere, on the next attention-grabbing catastrophe. Giving aid to those in need is what humans do. One day, that person in need may be you.

The Caribbean is a volatile region... socially, politically, geologically. Port-au-Prince. Montserrat in 1995. Martinique in 1906. The den of iniquity, Port Royal, in 1692... when the sea swallowed "the Most Evil Place In The World".

Evil or benign... plate tectonics is indiscriminate.

We are our "brother's" keepers, when all is lost.

"Magnificent Seven" - the Clash - Sandinista! [Epic]
"S-90 Skank" - Big Youth - Ride Like Lightning [Trojan]
"Dub Creation" - Burning Spear - Living Dub Vol 3 [Heartbeat]

"Two Sevens Clash" - Culture - Two Sevens Clash [Joe Gibbs] (vinyl)
"Riot" - Wyclef Jean - Carnival II: Memoirs Of An Immigrant w/ Serge Tankian & Sizzla
"Elements" - Black Uhuru - Anthem [Island] (vinyl)
"Hard Times" - Duane Stephenson - Joyful Noise [I Grade]
"Freedom Transmission" - Mossman - Mossman VS. the World Bank [Dispensation]

"Eve Of Destruction" - Luciano - Reggae Pulse 5 [Trojan]
"Judgement In Measurement" - MIdnite I-Grade - Joyful Noise [I Grade]
"Joker Smoker" - Ziggi - MP3
"Rumors" - Gregory Isaacs - Tougher Than Tough [Mango]
"Pirate's Anthem" - Cocoa Tea - MP3
w/ Home T & Shabba Ranks
"Conquering Lion" - Yabby You - One Love, One Heart [Shanachie]
(vinyl)
"Lightning Flash, Weak Heart Drop" - Big Youth - Beyond The Front Line [Caroline]
"Smart Dub" - Burning Spear - Living Dub Vol 3 [Heartbeat]

"International Year Of The Child" - Ras Michael - Rally Round [Shanachie]
"Once We Were Slaves" - "Sleepy" Cole/David Gould - Feast Of The Passover [Tzadik]
"Ganja Farmer" - Marlon Asher - MP3
"I Sight" - Tarrus Riley - Contagious [VP]
"Thunder And Lightning Dub" - Scientist - MP3
"Ramble" - Rico - Countryman [Mango]

"Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" - Alton & Hortense Ellis - Alton & Hortense Ellis [Heartbeat]
"Shirley" - Larry Marshall - I Admire You [Heartbeat]
"Homely Girl" - Jackie Robinson - Trojan Originals Box Set [Trojan]
"Long Story" - Rudy Mills - Riding The Musical Chariot [Heartbeat]
"Long Story" - Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Hold Me Tight [Trojan]

"The Call" - The Prester John Sessions - Tommy T [Easy Star]
"Time Has Come" - Slim Smith - This Is Reggae Music: The Golden Era [Trojan]

Welcome to the United Corporate States of America

The US Supreme Court decided that corporations, dubiously allowed "personhood" nearly one hundred years ago, can now spend unlimited billions of their profits to contribute to political campaigns.

Ah, Freedom. That's why people used to come to America.

When Presidents and the rest of Congress are placed by their Corporate masters, that concept is "out" the proverbial "window". It's the return of the Robber Barons.

Corrupt banking. Bat-Shit crazy political nominees. Insurance companies that write their own legislation. A Party of NO. Another party of airheads.

"Only The Fittest Of The Fittest Shall Survive":

That would be the people that have to work for their daily bread.


"Happy Reggae" - Prince Buster - The Outlaw [Prince Buster]
"Sounds And Pressure" - Hopeton Lewis - Roots Of Reggae:Rock Steady [Rhino]

"Justice To The People" - the Upsetters - This Is Reggae Music: The Golden Era [Trojan]
"Poor Man" - Henry Turner Jr and Flavor - Hit City
"Slave Master" - Gregory Isaacs - Mr. Isaacs [Blood and Fire]
"Rock And A Hard Place" - Pinchers/Dubmatix - Reber Rocker [Dubmatix]
"Why Oh Why" - Ernest Wilson - When Rhythm Was King [Heartbeat]
"(Version)" - Ernest Wilson - Version Dread [Heartbeat]

"The Heathen" - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Exodus [Island]
"Human Nature" - Tarrus Riley - Contagious [VP]
"Creatures Of The Night" - Bushman - Most Wanted [Greensleeves]
"The Warlock" - Desmond Dekker - Rockin' Steady [Rhino]
"Dance Of The Vampires" - Scientist - Scientist Rids The World Of The Curse Of The Evil Vampires [MP3]

"Babylon Walls" - Corey Harris - Blu.Black [Telarc]
"Knockin' On Heaven's Door" - Arthur Lewis - This Is Reggae Music [Mango (1975)]
"Top Rankin'" - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Survival [Island]
"Every Man Ought To Know" - Max Romeo - Open The Iron Gate [Blood and Fire]
"He Who Laughs Last" - the Clarendonians - Best of... [Studio One (vinyl)]
"Fu Manchu" - Desmond Dekker - Rockin' Steady [Rhino]

"International Farmer" - Peter Broggs - Rastafari Liveth [RAS]
"Jah Glory" - Third World - Mango Greats [Mango]
"King Of Kings" - Ras Michael - Zion Train [SST]
"None Shall Escape The Judgment" - Johnny Clark - Trojan Explosion [MOJO]
"Everything Crash" - the Ethiopians - This Is Reggae Music: The Golden Era [Trojan]
"We've Got Love" - Freddie McGregor - Zion Chant [Heartbeat]

In Heaven... Vivian Jackson, aka Yabby You:

"Deliver Me From My Enemies" - Yabby You - One Love One Heart [Shanachie]
"Sat Up In The Gully" - Yabby You - Fleeing From The City [Shanachie]
"One Love One Heart" - Yabby You - One Love One Heart [Shanachie]

Ride The Lion to Zion... with DJ Dave (Fri 8th)

"Get Ready to Ride the Lion to Zion" - Culture - Two Sevens Clash
"Sound and Pressure" - Hopeton Lewis - Take it Easy

"People Funny Boy" - Lee "Scratch" Perry
"Small Axe" - Bob Marley and the Wailers
"Back Biter" - Lee "Scratch" Perry and Dennis Alcapone - I am the Upsetter
"Shocks 71" - Lee "Scratch" Perry feat. Charlie Ace and Dave Barker
"Three in One" - Lee "Scratch" Perry and the Heptones - Ape-ology
"Station Underground News" - Lee "Scratch" Perry

"Sweet Feelings" - Love Joys - Reggae Vibes
"First Cut is the Deepest" - Norma Fraser
"Dreamland" - Marcia Griffiths - Naturally
"Jah Light" - Love Joys - Reggae Vibes
"True Confession" - Little John - George Phang: Power House Selector V. 2
"Rudie Say Him Bad" - Wailing Souls - Wailing
"Babylon System" - Bob Marley - Survival
"Jah Rastafari" - Culture - International Herb
"Blood and Fire" - Niney the Observer
"Dubbin & Wailin" - Velvet Shadows - Trojan Dub Box Set

"Murder She Wrote" - Chaka Demus and Pliers
"Lean With It" - Mr. Vegas
"Can't Stop Now" - Major Lazer feat. Mr. Vegas and Jovi Rockwell
"Watcha Gonna Do" - Peter Tosh - Legalize It
"Got to be a Soldier" - 10 ft. Ganja Plant - Bush Rock
"Sweet Jamaica" - Luciano - Love is my Navigator

"Bedroom Mazurka Version" - Augustus Pablo
"Just Another Girl" - Ken Boothe
"Much Smarter" - The Meditations
"Book of Rules" - The Heptones
"Lonely Girl" - Gregory Isaacs - Soon Forward
"Pride and Joy Rock" - Big Youth - Screaming Target

"Rocking Time" - Burning Spear - Creation Rebel
>"Fire Down Below" - Burning Spear
"Creation Rebel" - Burning Spear
"I W.I.N." - Burning Spear - Dry and Heavy
"Resting Place" - Burning Spear - Marcus Garvey

010110

This date looks like computer binary code. Let's hope the times ahead are more humane.

A luta continua.

"Sounds And Pressure" - Hopeton Lewis - Roots Of Reggae [Rhino]
"Memories By The Score" - John Holt - Trojan Lovers Box Set [Trojan]

"Under Mi Sleng Teng" - Wayne Smith - Tougher Than Tough [Mango]
"Pumpkin Belly" - Tenor Saw - Hey, Punk... Get Riddim! [Victory World]
"Is This Love?" - Bob Marley/Dubmatix - Kaya Re-Versioned [DUBMATIX]
"Until We Burn In The Sun" - Bedouin Soundclash
"Machete Strike" - 10 Foot Ganja Plant - Bush Rock [ROIR]

We acknowledge the passing over, and musical gifts of David Isaacs, member of the Itals vocal threesome:

"In A Dis Yah Time" - Itals - In A Dis Yah Time [VP]
"Walk With Jah" - Culture - Trust Me [RAS]
"Peace Be Unto Thee" - Bad Brains - Build A Nation [Oscillo-scope]
"As-Salaam Alaikum" - Monsoon [MP3]
"Sufferer" - The Tennors - Rock Steady Classics [Nighthawk]
"Soon Come" - 10 Foot Ganja Plant - Bush Rock [ROIR]

Hey, fellow Americans... here's how you can give the finger to the "Banks Too Big To Fail":
Transfer your accounts to a local bank, where the staff is more approachable, the benefits go to your community, and the corruption is easier to spot.

Since the strategy seems to be bleeding the middle class dry, just cut off the source.

Us.


"Bankrobber" - the Clash - Black Market Clash-10" [Epic]
"Bonnie & Clyde" - Papa Levi - 12" [Island]
"Double Barrel" - Dave & Ansel - Tougher Than Tough [Mango]
"Call The Hearse" - Bushman - Most Wanted [Greensleeves]
"Gun The Man Down" - Prince Buster - The Outlaw
"The Baddest" - Prince Buster - The Outlaw

"Ramble" - Rico Rodriguez - Countryman [Mango]

"Lifers" - Tommy T/Eugene Hutz - The Prester John Sessions [Easy Star]
"Make A Move" - Black Seeds - Solid Ground [Easy Star]
"The Gold" - Dubmatix./John Brown's Body - Re-Amplify [Easy Star]
"Fixing A Hole" - Max Romeo - Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band [Easy Star]

"Stick By Me" - John Holt - Trojan Originals Box Set [Trojan]
"Joy In The Morning" - Gaylads - Hold Me Tight [Trojan]
"Long Story" - Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Hold Me Tight [Trojan]
"Float On" - Derrick Harriott - Reggae Chartbusters, Seventies Style [Crystal (LP)]

Peace, Perfect Peace

And, whatever your religious persuasion... a safe and serene Holiday, recalling the Reason For The Season.


"We Wish You A Merry Christmas" {RAS} - RAS Posse - A Reggae Christmas
"Santa Claus In Ska-in To Town" {Rhino} - Granville Williams Orchestra - Natty & Nice

"Deck The Halls" {RAS} - Jacob Miller - Natty Christmas
"...Dub" - Ray-I - Natty Christmas
"Materialist" {Trojan} - Horace Andy - Trojan 12" Box
"Silent Night" {(Self)} - Elevated Sound - Our Christmas

"Bling Bling Christmas" {Heartbeat} - The Silvertones - Christmas At Studio One
"Love Child" {Rhino} - Kiddus-I - Natty & Nice
"Book Of Rules" {Hip-O/Island} - the Heptones - The Reggae Box
"The Call" {Easy Star} - Tommy T - The Prester John Sessions
"Real Christmas Rock" {Heartbeat} - Tennessee Brown & The Silvertones - Reggae Christmas From Studio One
"Created By The Father" {Heartbeat} - Dennis Brown - When Rhythm Was King

"Christmas In Jamaica" {Heartbeat} - Brent Dowe - Reggae Christmas At Studio One
>"My Day" {Greensleeves} - Bushman - Most Wanted
"As-Salaam Alaikum" {MP3} - Monsoon
"The Beatitude" {Trojan} - The Uniques - Best Of...1967-1969
"Earthquake" {Sequel} - Prince Buster - FABulous Greatest Hits

"O, Holy Night" {Blue Mountain} - Delroy Wilson - Blue Mountain Christmas
"Twelve Days Of Christmas" {RAS} - Peter Broggs - A Reggae Christmas
"I Saw My Mommy Kiss A Dreadlocks" {EKO} - Barrington Levy - Yard Style Christmas
"Gee Whiz It's Coming" {Rhino} - Frankie Paul - Natty & Nice
"Go Tell It" - Elevated Sound - Our Christmas
"Be Thankful" {ATTACK!} - Bunny Clark - Shocks Of Mighty

"Crying In The Chapel" {MP3} - Elvis/Wailers Mashup
"Time Has Come" {Trojan} - Slim Smith - This Is Reggae Music
"Peace, Perfect Peace" {Mango} - Toots & The Maytals - Mango Greats

White "I"s-mas

Last Friday, the heavens dropped two feet of snow on Charlottesville. Maybe ice, tomorrow.

Jah willing, I'll be on the air as usual at 2PM (eastern/USA) for a special Holiday edition of Reggae Vibrations, barring any automotive calamity. When the gift-giving and the frenzy's all done, tune in... or the podcast will be up, as usual.

I'll also be doing the noon rock show, for Something Completely Different.

To all that listen in or reference this site... make the Season Irie. Do something good for someone less fortunate.

For the Scrooges of Wall Street... Some Marley's Ghost.

I'm sure plenty of people are jaded about Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", in its literary and film versions... but, in cruel times like these, the message still cuts to the quick: the self-absorbed "Priviledged", focused only on the dope of personal gain, trod their paths on the sacrifice of others. If you wanted to push the thematic envelope a little further, "Tiny Tim" is a perfect allegory for Health Care.

That speculation aside... the part about The Guilty's visitation by ghosts, overnight, is appealingly just.

Jacob... or Bob Marley... think about it, CEOs.

"Ramble" - Rico Rodrigues - Countryman [Mango]
"Three O'Clock Road Block" - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Countryman
"Wake Up And Live" - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Survival [Island]
"Crazy World" - Lucky Dube - Retrospective [RYKO]
"Wicked Man" - Ben Harper - Reggae Sampler [Virgin]
"The Call" - Tommy T - the Prester John Sessions [Easy Star]
"African Roots" - King Tubby - Dub From The Roots [Moll-Selekta]

"I'm Worried" - Culture - Culture At Work [Shanachie]
"Living The Life Of A Gun" - Tarrus Riley - Contagious [VP]
"Poor Man" - Henry Turner & Flavor - Facing The Millenium [Hit City]
"King Son" - the African Brothers - Want Some Freedom [Easy Star]
"Oil In My Lamp" - The Ska Kings - Roots Of Reggae: Ska [Rhino]
"Lead Us Dub" - African Bros. - Want Some Freedom [Easy Star]

"Grow Your Natty" - Bushman - Most Wanted [Greensleeves]
"Industrial Spy" - Mikey Dread - Best Sellers [RYKO]

"Jah Is Mighty" - Leonard Dillon/David Gould - Feast Of The Passover [Adonai]

"Machete Strike" - Ten Foot Ganja Plant - Bush Rock [I-Town]

"East-West Express" - Tommy T - the Prester John Sessions [Easy Star]
"Love Is A Radiation" - The Black Seeds - Solid Ground [Easy Star]
"Jah Love" - Bad Brains - Build A Nation [Oscill-O-Scope]
"Oromo Dub" - Tommy T - the Prester John Sessions [Easy Star]

"I Am The Upsetter Version" - Lynn Taitt & the Jets - Hold Me Tight [Trojan]

"All I Want For Christmas" - Jacob MIller - Natty Christmas [RAS]
"This World Makes Me Wonder" - Delroy Wilson - Once Upon A Time [Heartbeat]
"Silent River Runs Deep" - Judy Mowatt - Rocksteady: The Roots Of Reggae [Moll-Selekta]
"Talking Love" - the Paragons - Hold Me Tight [Trojan]
"Winsome" - Half Pint - Half Pint Classics [Hightone]
"Winsome Version" - Half Pint - Half Pint Classics In Dub [Hightone]
"HIgh Tide Or Low Tide" - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Catch A Fire [Island]
"Moving Away" - Ken Boothe - A Man And His Hits [Studio One]
vinyl!

DJ Dave Battles The Evil Of Black Friday

"Get Ready to Ride the Lion to Zion" - Culture - Two Sevens Clash
"Train to Zion" - Linval Thompson and U Brown
"Can't Enter Zion with your Big Checkbook" - Niney the Observer - Headshot
"Careless Ethiopians" - Toots and the Maytals
"Conscious Man" - Dr. Alimantado - Kings Bread

"Sodom and Gomorrow" - The Congos - Heart of the Congos
"Pirate Days" - Culture - Two Sevens Clash
"Sufferer's Heights" - The Heptones
"Marcus Children Suffer" - Burning Spear - Social Living
"400 Years" - Bob Marley and the Wailers
"Place Called Africa" - Junior Byles
"Soul Rebel" - Bob Marley and the Wailers
"Love Again" - Jackie Mittoo

"Got to be a Soldier" - 10 Ft. Ganga Plant - Bush Rock
"Slipping into Darkness" - Carl Bradney - Darker than Blue
"This Life Makes Me Wonder" - Delroy Wilson
"Lucky Man" - Courtney John - Made in Jamaica
"Popcorn Reggae" - Soul Agent and the Soul Defenders

"Know Fari" - Bongo Herman and Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont - Tighten Up vol. 5 and 6
"Baby Why" - The Cables - Best of Studio One
"Kingly Character" - Garnett Silk
"Double Barrel" - Dave and Ansel Collins
"Flash Gordon Meets Luke Skywalker" - Scientist and the Roots Radic Band

"Time" - Corey Harris, Ranking Joe and the Easy Star All-Stars - Dub Side of the Moon
"Lovely Rita" - Bunny Rugs and U-Roy and the Easy Star All Stars - Easy Star Lonely Hearts Dub Band
"No Surprises" - The Meditations - Radiodread
"Storm Warning" - Lynn Taitt and the Jets - Hold Me Tight
"Smokey Places" - Lynn Taitt and the Jets - Hold Me Tight

"Iron Sharpen Iron" - Culture - Harder than the Rest
"To be a Lover" - George Faith
"Roots Train Number One" - Junior Murvin

Giving Thanks

To be standing atop the ground, instead of under it. Unemployed, but not destitute. Allowed to broadcast conscious sounds without restrictions. The Bush years, in the rear-view (though, with "centrist" Democrats, who needs Republicans?).

It's a short list for Thanksgiving... but, there are things for which to be thankful.

Jah Provide.


"S-90 Skank" - Big Youth - Ride Like Lightning [Trojan]
"Z-90" - Trinity - Shanty Town Determination [blood And Fire]

"Giving Thanks" - Beres Hammond - In Control [Elektra]
"Crisis" - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Kaya [Island]
"Crisis" - Culure - Culture At Work [Shanachie]
"Poor Man" - Henry Turner and Flavor - Facing The Millenium [Hit City]
"The Beatitudes" - Techniques - Slim Smith & The Uniques [Trojan]
"Walking To Jerusalem" - The Corporation - Solid Gold From The Vaults [Trojan]

"The Call" - Tommy T - The Prester John Sessions [Easy Star]
"Columbus" - Corey Harris - blu.black [Telarc]
"Jah Is Mighty" - David Gould - Feast Of The Passover [Adonai]
written and voiced by Leonard "Sparrow" Dillon
"Food Clothes And Shelter" - Misty In Roots - Jah Sees, Jah Knows [ReCall]
"Move Up" - Lynn Taitt & the Jets

"My Day" - Bushman - Most Wanted [Greensleeves]
"Tell Me Something Good" - Lee "Scratch" Perry - Return Of The Super Ape [VP]
"I Sight" - Tarrus Riley - Contagious [VP]
"Solid As A Rock" - Twinkle Brothers - Free Africa [Caroline]
"Bush Rock" - Ten Foot Ganja Plant - Bush Rock [ROIR]

"Moodorama" - Roland Alphono - Solid Gold From The Vault [Trojan]


"Lifers" - Tommy T - The Prester John Sessions [Easy Star]... w/ Eugene Hutz of Golgol Bordello
"As-Salaam Alaikum" - MONSOON
"Mama Africa" - Chico Cesar - Chico Cesar [Putumayo]
"Congo Natty" - Bingui Jaa Jammy - African Reggae [Putumayo]
"Oromo Dub" - Tommy T - The Prester John Sessions [Easy Star]

"Make A Move" - Black Seeds - Solid Ground [Easy Star]
"Robber Dub" - The Clash - Super Black Market Clash [Legacy]
"Come Home" - Twinkle Brothers - Free Africa [Caroline]

Ill Winds

Like our DJ for Danza Latina just said, "Un Hurricán Frío!"

Yeah. For three days, the soggy remains of "Ida" sat atop the Mid-Atlantic.
In November.
No Global Warming, here!


"Sounds And Pressure" - Hopeton Lewis - Roots Of Reggae: Rock Steady [Rhino]

"Rain All Night" - Don Carlos & Gold - Them Never Know Natty Dread Have Him Credential [JJs]
"It's Raining" - The Three Tops - Duke Reid's Treasure Chest [Heartbeat]
"Rain From The Skies" - Delroy Wilson - Best Of [Heartbeat]
"Fixing A Hole" - Max Romeo - Easy Star's Lonely Hearts Dub Band [Easy Star]
"Black Star" - GGs All Stars - Roots Man Dub [Heartbeat]
"Roots Man Dub" - GGs All Stars - Roots Man Dub

"Revolution" - Soldiers Of Jah Amry - Peace In A Time Of War [SOJA]
"Zimbabwe" - Bob Marley & theWailers - Survival [Island]
"Since I Throw The Comb Away" - Twinkle Brothers - Since I Throw The Comb Away [Sunsplash Records]
1982 Mo Bay

"Jah Is Mighty" - David Gould - Feast Of The Passover [Tzadik]
"King And Queen" - Corey Harris/Davina Jackson - Blu.Black [Telarc]
"Thanks And Praise" - Cool Riddims and Sistah Teedy - Pledge To My People [NYNO]

...and, from this point on, we Dedicate the show to Goldmine Sacks: they're "doing God's work'" as they tell us. He wants to make sure they don't get the flu, too.

"It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than a rich man to enter Heaven".

Selah.

"Stealin'" - Max Romeo - War Inna Babylon [Island]
"Everything Crash" - the Ethiopians - Trojan Explosion [MOJO]
"Vanity" - Sugar Minott - Respect To Studio One [Heartbeat]

"GP" - Gregory Isaacs - 12" [Full House]
"Big Shot" - Noiseshaper - CD-EP [Cat N' Roof]
"Lost Penny" - The Maytals - Rough Guide To Ska [Rough Guide]
"None Shall Escape the Judgment" - Johnny Clarke - Trojan Explosion [MOJO]
"Storm Warning" - Lynn Taitt & The Jets - Hold Me Tight [Trojan]

"Rico Farewell" - Rico Rodrigues - Rough Guide To Ska

"Earth Rightful Ruler" - Augustus Pablo - Earth Rightful Ruler [Message]
"Until We Burn In The Sun" - Bedouin Soundclash - MP3
"I'm Still In Love" - Marcia Aitken/Trinity - Trojan 12" Box Set

Ras Rizla At The Controls: A Tribute To Johnny Gilmore

I don't have Rizla's playlist, but this show is a special Live-I-Cation to the musical talents of Johnny Gilmore, veteran journeyman drummer for too many Charlottesville bands to count. Jazz, Blues, Reggae, whatever you could imagine was within grasp of his sticks. Tragically, gone. But, Remembered.

Ras Rizla, At The Controls

We've been pre-empted for two weeks for the Fall Classical/Jazz Marathon, but back, live-and-direct, tomorrow afternoon. Ras Rilza rewinds the Vibe.

Soon, archived broadcasts from the WTJU.net website will be available for two weeks after airing. For those of you who don't have access to our 2PM Friday broadcasts, and have trouble with the Podcast, this is another way to spread the message. Appropriate links will be posted when it's up-and-running.

Nuff RASpec'.

Watching The Wheels

I'm still pissed about the arrogant resistance to health care in the US.

Hmmm... "pissed". That isn't the word I want to use... right, England?

It's easy to "resist" when you're a politico, having your strings pulled by medical/corporate/insurance interests... who wring money from the sick and powerless and call them "campaign contributions". To keep their influence. To feed their egos. To keep their puppets in office.

While people die, because of it.


It's a small act, in the scheme of things, but it's time to embarrass the Blue Dog Democrats, bound, like their Republican counterparts, to deny basic, affordable health care to Americans. If nothing else, sick people will get what they need. And for those who oppose, the after life will be a very lonely place. Idiots.

Oh, and today was John Lennon's birthday. One can scarcely imagine what his opinion of present conditions might be... but those who call themselves fans might have some idea.

The Message Is In The Music.



"Listen to DJS" - Long Beach Dub Allstars - Wonders Of The World [Dreamworks]
"Nice Time" - Lynn Taitt & the Jets - Hold Me Tight [Trojan]

"Thank You Lord" - Bob Marley & the Wailers - Songs Of Freedom [Island]
"Come To Me" - The Black Seeds - Solid Ground [Easy Star]
"Walk And Talk" - Tony Tuff - Say Something [Minor 7/Flat 5]
"Better Must Come" - Delroy Wilson - The Outernational Sound [ESR]

"Tougher Than Tough" - Derrick Morgan - Rocksteady: The Roots Of Reggae [Moll-Selekta]
"No, No, No (You Don'tLove Me)" - Dawn Penn - Rocksteady: The Roots Of Reggae [Moll-Selekta]
"Live It Up" - The Natives - Trojan Rock Steady Box
"The Upsetter" - Lee Perry - Trojan Rock Steady Box
"He Who Laughs Last Laughs Best" - the Clarendonians - Best Of [Studio One]
"Upsetter Version" - Lynn Taitt & the Jets

"Why So Much Wickedness" - Tarrus Riley - Contagious [VP]
"Golan to Galilee" - Groundation - Here I Come [Groundation]
"My Day" - Bushman - Most Wanted [Greensleeves]
"Bulletproof" - the Black Seeds - Solid Ground [Easy Star]
"Watching The Wheels" - Matisyahu - Instant Karma/Save Darfur
"Cool & Collect" - Ten Foot Ganja Plant - Bush Rock [ROIR]

"Bongo Red" - the Gladiators - Full Time [NIghthawk]
"What A System" - Clinton Fearon & the Boogie Brown Band - What A System [Kool You Foot]
"One More River To Cross" - Clinton Fearon & the Boogie Brown Band - Me An Mi Guitar [Kool You Foot]
"You Never Know" - Corey Harris - Zion Crossroads
"Jubilee" - Zema - Jubilee
...with the Gladiators Band

"Talking Love" - John Holt - Hold Me Tight [Melchizedek Music]
"Feeling Fine" - Don Drummond - Greatist Hits [Jet Set]
"Stream Of Life" - Lynn Taitt/Roland Alphonso - Hold Me Tight

Richmond Folk Festival

Throughout this weekend (Oct 9-11th), the City of Richmond is hosting its yearly free festival at Brown's Island, with virtually something for everyone... particularly lovers of Roots Reggae.

Clinton Fearon and the Boogie Brown Band will be performing thrice over Saturday and Sunday: Clinton Fearon being one of the founding members of the foundation reggae band, Albert Griffiths and the Gladiators. With many quality solo recordings to his credit, there is no lack of upful sound possible from he Boogie Brown Band.

In addition, there are also scheduled performances by Corey Harris & Phil Wiggins/Swamp Dogg/Jorge Negron's Master Bomba Ensemble/Trouble Funk/Jerry Douglas Band/Paul Williams & Victory Trio/Masters of Slide Guitar... and too many more to mention.

Check out the festival schedule for times and stages (there are many).

We'll be playing lots of Clinton Fearon, today on "Reggae Vibrations".