Archive for September, 2006

What’s that sound? The answers

Friday, September 29th, 2006

Setting a musical quiz was a mixed experience. I enjoyed making it up, then worried that it was too obscure. The first response proved me wrong, however, scoring hits on six out of the eight samples. Sadly, that was the first and last serious attempt! Sure, I forgot the [dot] in my e-mail address, but […]

Woman time is over

Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

I wondered whether it would happen, that the two morning papers publish the same letter, when lo!: here in the Observer and here in the Gleaner.
It’s interesting to note the difference between the texts in the last sentence. My bet is she wrote the Gleaner letter first, then edited it for the Observer. In both […]

Ye have not because ye ask not

Monday, September 25th, 2006

Last week’s news in Jamaica was dominated by the wage negotiations between the police and government. As with public sector workers elsewhere, the police did not actually go out on strike; instead they used a tactic, and a term, I have not heard of before: the “sick-out”. In effect, over fifty percent of the police […]

What’s that sound?

Friday, September 22nd, 2006

Inspired by the quizz chez Dr Dave, and using the same excellent plugin by Martin Laine, I’ve put together a little test of your musical knowledge. The goal is to identify the original tracks below as well as the song & artist that sampled it. To avoid duplications and to allow everyone a fair crack, […]

Mi fadda dead (Part II)

Sunday, September 17th, 2006

Mi fadda ‘im dead from diabetes. Is it what dem say but mi tink it ‘im gyal fren Gloria do ‘im someting wicked. Ya lawd! Why ‘im can die from diabetes when ‘im right as rain lars year heaster time. Ee stuff ‘isself sick wit dozen bun dem. White as a sheet was it! Haal […]