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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 head Continue reading Big up yu batty, gyal II 8 comments to Big up yu batty, gyal IITech note Reload page if video thumbnail does not appear. From experimenting with various online video hosts, YouTube seems to be the most efficient. Blip.tv gave me some problems uploading and with playback, and as for Google video, I’m still waiting for their broadcast approval, three days after uploading the clip. My heart sank when I saw the Continue reading Video: Barbican Road 5 comments to Video: Barbican Road
Shopping from the comfort of your car in uptown Kingston. Although the resolution is too low to read here, I’ve changed the licence plate to [BUSHA 2]. For an explanation of the title Busha, read the following extract from Anthony C. Winkler’s hilarious novel, The Lunatic. The Busha was the richest man in the parish. His land splashed over Continue reading King Merc meets higglers uptown 4 comments to King Merc meets higglers uptown
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Sometimes curlers can qualify as hair ornaments, if you do it right.
I’m certainly not noticing the curlers.
delicious! With without curlers – here am I all myself jamming an’ ting. Thanks
How you mean, no one remembers what the tree was halfway between?
“Throughout Jamaican history, other cotton trees have given their names to places, including Spur Tree Hill and Half-Way-Tree (the latter named by the English for the tree’s location half way between Kingston Harbour and Spanish Town; the tree, which no longer stands, was used as a marker between the three plantations once owned by the wealthy Spaniards, Liguaney, de Yalis and Lizama. It was also used as a resting place by slaves and English soldiers on long marches.”
The above was taken from the Gleaners “Pieces of the Past” series, in particular, the story about Tom Cringle’s cotton Tree…
Bwoy, its been awhile since I last heard that song! Memories…. Re the picture, that girl needs to exercise that butt, man! It looks like it wants to take over her entire body! I wonder if theres and alien in there?
Poppin style, Ria. I too, did not notice the curlers. It aint possible for the weak.
I linked to a BBC archive clip of Althea and Donna singing Uptown Top Ranking and to a recording of the Canadian singer Scout Niblett singing a very odd cover version (check it out if you can find it online, otherwise I’ll mail you the mp3) almost two years ago – and I still get two or three people a week coming by on Google queries like “Althea Donna one hit wonders” or “Uptown Top Ranking what it mean?” – Now I know where to direct them. Thanks so much for posting the lyrics. Though I must admit the first time I read them I misunderstood the line “True you see me inna pants” and got lost in some very weird pseudo-philosophical conjecture about just what “inner pants” might be and why I wasn’t in touch with mine…
Mad Bull: If Half Way Tree was between Kingston harbour and Spanish Town, it would mean the harbour was somewhere near the peaks of the Blue Mountains! Think about it. So stet my statement about no one remembers what the tree was halfway between.
All that is known is that the tree marked an important crossroads, as it does today. “In its shade stood a tavern”, adds the Encyclopedia of Jamaican Heritage and continues: “The first written record that we have of Half Way Tree is dated 1696 and notes the behaviour of some men who were drinking in this tavern.”
Seventeenth century rudies!
later after she tek out har curler, ah murda