[cont.] Colin Campbell resigned.
I am not going to say that there is no corruption taking place; I would be crazy and stupid to say that.
- Colin Campbell, 1993 Gleaner Editors’ Forum
Here comes the conman
Coming with his con plan
We won’t take no bribe, we got to stay alive
We gonna chase those crazy
Chase those crazy baldheads
Chase [...]
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After a disappointing visit to the National Gallery of Jamaica (the best pieces are overseas), I was chuffed to see this beautiful mural of Augustus Pablo on the wall of Shaggy’s Big Yard studio on Slipe Road, downtown Kingston.
Artist: Philip A… Henry
Music to match: Augustus Pablo’s classic King Tubby Meets Rockers Uptown, mixed by King [...]
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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 [...]
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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, [...]
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Constant Spring Road runs north-south, from green-leaved uptown to Halfway Tree. No one knows what the tree was halfway between, and there is no longer a tree to be seen amid the exhaust fumes from the bus terminal and the chronic traffic congestion as the uptowners stream towards their offices in New Kingston and others [...]
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Linguist with wanderlust,
From the hills of New Guinea to the halls of the Sorbonne,
From the beaches of Bassam to the fields of Friesland,
From the catacombs of Rome to the Blue Mountains of Jamaica.
Currently resident in Dakar, Senegal.
Stet means "Let it stand" and is used by editors to indicate that the original text should be left untouched.
...in Arcadia ego is a pun on a painting by Poussin.
Ria[dot]Bacon[at]gmail.com
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