After Tuff Gong Studios and lunch with Anthony Red Rose, I just dropped in to see Chinna Inna Di Yard. It’s pretty wild how much Bob Marley lives on in the memory of his friends here. Every old man here knew him. The man has been gone almost 40 years. He would have been 75 …
Once every trip to Jamaica I conform to the social norms of the island and eat KFC. I always regret it with a certain type of indifference and FOMA, knowing there was a dish I could have eaten which better reflects their society than this soggy ass chicken. The only people that should eat this …
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These are the eyes of guy who is hungry for hits. I am not going to play that game where I pretend to be indifferent and that this or that was beyond my wildest dreams. Bullsh☆t. My wildest dreams involve a really nice outdoor show on the moon. I want hits. I want to parlay …
Tomorrow, June 13th, Chicago White Sox will “commemorate” the 40th anniversary of Disco Demolition Night with a free T-shirt promotion. The announcement – during Pride month no less – has re-opened the discussion around the destruction of a Gay, Black, and Latinx art form at the hands of a primarily white mob led by white …
A producer peeling a grapefruit with a giant knife just told me the greatest story I have ever heard about how his father and his best friend were growing marijuana in mountains back when he was a child. They rigged a brilliant escape route where they made a hidden slide down the mountain that they …
You can learn a lot from another country’s text books. If you see the propaganda here, but it doesn’t trigger the alarms of propaganda we swallowed in 7th grade, then there might be a problem. It’s hard to find a leader without blood on their hands once they finally reach Head of State. The only …
Ital Sunday dinner with the squad by the ocean. Last natural food restaurant open in Port Antonio on a Sunday, and their last plates of food. Tomorrow I am going to likely mix my Dennis Brown cover with Uncle Mike, the man behind Shaggy’s Boombastic that is hosting me here. Then I meet up with …
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take…but TJ Porter is shooting to win. The Harlem native is taking his prowess from the basketball court—hunger, drive and hard work—into hip-hop. “This is a mental game,” he says. “I want to be the best.” Raised in the Robert F. Wagner Housing Projects, the 18-year-old (born …
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I am pretty excited about the risk we’re taking at my first show in Jamaica. We’re closing with a Mento song that we turned into a full on Rock Song. This band is two Jamaican cops and this Jamaican drummer that is the in the pocket reincarnation of Keith Moon. …and a Budtender from Seattle. …
Sometimes you find yourself at a Dancehall video shoot. Sometimes you end up in the video. Both of these things are true. This is enigma is pwile chile. His tale of British and Jamaican trade relations and the struggles of small business ownership in volatile free markets, is riveting. If you want to support these adventures …
Wanna see Rock reborn in East Jamaica? Something absolutely magic happened last night at rehearsal with Lenni I-Music and his Trail Blazer Band. We turned this little Mento song I wrote called, ‘Go Tell It To The Mystics’ into a genuine Arena Rock anthem. And the take after this was the most punk moment I have ever …
I am going to be as tan as I was back in high school in Summertime whether I like it or not. You can’t escape the sun. Jogging with your shirt on makes no sense. Miss 80’s, mid 70s humidity. The only thing I ate today are mangos and sweet cups, which are really passion …
We need to talk about mangoes. All we are eating in this Country is mangos. Here we are at famed reggae singer Mark Wonders house and he takes us to the Mango tree and says, “Take all you like.” Isachar changed the game and told me to just not even bother peeling eat the skin, …
I wrote some more cool songs with Ras Isachar this morning. Writing with a Selecta is like having a library of vibrations at your disposal. Isachar claims he’s not a singer, but that’s a pretty incredible vibrato you have there, Sir. If you dig that African medallion, Mamadou Diakite is your MAN in West Seattle. If you …
This was crazy to put together… 8 Elton John songs in under 1 minute pic.twitter.com/SMB1mLvkyx — Ali Spagnola (@alispagnola) June 3, 2019
LIVE SHOW AT BIRMINGHAM’S SATURN ON JULY 11TH TO BENEFIT PLANNED PARENTHOOD AND YELLOWHAMMER FUND WATCH: “I MADE AN ABORTION” HERE (99 jakes track “225” + zeitguised’s textures + edited by nadya pussy riot) ALABAMA SHOW VIDEO FLYER HERE Photo credit: Andrew Boyle – hi-res HERE Pussy Riot announce that they’ll bring their digital protest punk to Birmingham, Alabama’s Saturn on July 11th to protest …
Internet is limited on this Jamaica adventure Stay tuned. I have much to say. A lot has happened since I woke up 38 hours ago. This island is most inspiring… We rolled through the Papine neighborhood of Kingston blasting Jerry Lee Lewis’ Great Balls of Fire on the radio, and it sounded fantastic with the …
Lead vocalist with The Kills and The Dead Weather, Alison Mosshart has spent the last 26 years on the road performing and living a predominantly transitory life. The daughter of a used car salesman, Mosshart grew up with a vivid appreciation for classic cars; for being behind the wheel and in the passenger seat. In …
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The veterans are telling me some incredible stories this Memorial Day weekend. Old scarred Liberals who saw the worst of it in Vietnam. It was cinematic. The tale of the mad man O’Leary that went completely Apocalypse Now refusing to go home as the Americans pulled out. This trained killer knew that if he came …
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If I was a rapper, I would call myself Nobody. I love how Odysseus stabs the Cyclops in his big fat eye and when his friends come to his rescue they ask, “who did this to you Brother?” He says, “Nobody!!! Nobody did this!”. When I travel the world, people ask me who I am, …
On Tuesday afternoon May 21 approximately a thousand people gathered in front of Seattle’s City Hall to protest the unconstitutional attacks on women’s reproductive rights that have been recently signed into law in several states. Currently eight states have passed blatantly unconstitutional laws restricting when a woman can have an abortion. Some states are imprisoning …
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And Jesse Smith was there to record the commotion. Afterwards the celebration moved outside! BEDFA66E-ABAE-4896-AC1B-07A580CEFF56
Pussy Riot’s member Nika Nikulshina is arrested in Moscow – for no reason – and this is the second time in one month she’s been detained. This time it’s even worse: being detained already for 7 hours, she’s going to spend the night at the police department. Tomorrow starts a period of days-off in Russia, …
I am officially old. Over the years my love of attending live music has centered on the performer. What a concept, right? I attended the first and third Lollapalooza concerts because of the lineups as it traveled between cities. These days a ginormous Lolla stays in Chicago’s Grant Park for several days with throngs of …
Wrote my first porch song in Louisiana morning…I mean afternoon. At least it’s the first porch tune of this trip. The first visit here to see Justin in 2017 with Lewis Harding, many songs that came from ether and landed here. I am sending the video to my Patreons, because their support is making it possible …