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NovemberNov 10 Tuesday 09
Quick Hits
It's November, which in the reggae world means a holiday rush of new music and...it means Sting, Jamaica's most anticipated yearly concert, is around the corner. But some have wondered, what's Sting without Ninja Man? Will there be a "surprise" dispensation for the king …
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NovemberNov 1 Sunday 09
Street Bullies Video
Another great Jamaica video by producer Jay Will -- certainly THE name in JA video and movie production for a minute.
The production takes us through Jamaican dancehall scenes, 1984 to the present day, emphasizing the good times.
More on the Jamaican video renaissance.
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OctoberOct 25 Sunday 09
Skip Is A Hit
Jamaica has a long tradition of excellent dancehall singer/DJ combinations: Wayne Wonder & Buju Banton "Don't Know Why." Chakademus & Pliers "Murder She Wrote." Tanto Metro & Devonte "Everybody Falls In Love." And the list goes on.
Add to that the infectious new single …
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OctoberOct 24 Saturday 09
Events & Ting
Just a quick blast about a few events of note...
A new movie, Holding on to Jah, from the band Groundation's production company is making the film festival rounds for the next few months before it's release.
Read an excellent review from an advance screening in SF.
SF DJs
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OctoberOct 11 Sunday 09
Links Up
(SF's dubstep master Sam Supa!)
A few choice links for your listening pleasure:
KUSF: WAKE THE TOWN
The streaming audio link for last Thursday night's Wake The Town program on KUSF. Featuring rocksteady, ska and early reggae from the likes of the Melodians, the Dynamites, …
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OctoberOct 7 Wednesday 09
UK Funky + Danchall Moves
UK artist Doctor tells you all about it...
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OctoberOct 5 Monday 09
Bristol Dubstep In SF
October 17 catch RSD a.k.a. Rob Smith from Bristol, UK at Surefire Sound at Triple Crown, Octavia St. at Market, in SF.
RSD (Smith & Mighty – Bristol, UK)
Bristol, UK’s Rob Smith is the veteran dub producer behind the RSD moniker. Smith has been at the center of UK …
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OctoberOct 4 Sunday 09
Mackerel Nearly Made Sushi: A Reggae Update
(DJ Major Mackerel was involved in a pointed argument...)
The lives of reggae music artists are known for their share of ups and downs, gossip and beefs. But a story from this weekend's New York Daily News certainly was one of the more unbelievable, but absolutely true.
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SeptemberSep 21 Monday 09
(Ras Penco -- making an impact in the reggae charts)
DJ Tomas / Double Identity / Dub I.D. San Francisco
Voltage Music • ForwardEver Media • Friday Night Session
SEPTEMBER 2009 CHARTS
TECHNO / HOUSE
Brendon Moeller–Escaping (Steadfast)
Nitin–Silent Scales - …
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SeptemberSep 7 Monday 09
Twilight In The Area
Ryan Moore, a.k.a. Twilight Circus Dub Soundsystem passed through SF this weekend, making a stop by KUSF, then DJing the following night at Dub Mission's 13-year anniversary bash.
Originally from Vancouver, Canada and now based permanently in The Netherlands, Moore has …
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SeptemberSep 2 Thursday 09
Catching Up
(Delroy Wilson is 'Living in the footsteps of another man...')
The warm 'Indian Summer' (i.e. late-season) weather has returned on schedule to San Francisco, a perfect time to reflect on recent reggae news and releases.
Pictured above is the cover for Delroy Wilson's …
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AugustAug 23 Sunday 09
Shannon Rowbury Claims Bronze In Berlin
Pushing, shoving, elbowing, tripping. What, you didn't know that track is a contact sport? If you didn't, then Sunday's women's 1500 meter finals in Berlin proved that middle distance running is often not a polite affair.
In the course of this finals race in the 1500, an …
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AugustAug 18 Wednesday 09
New Jamaica - Old Jamaica
No doubt most global track and field fans are currently caught up in "Bolt Mania" as the über-talented Jamaican gold medalist continues his quest for the 100M/200M double win in Berlin. Bolt broke his own world record on Sunday and competes in the 200M semi-finals …
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AugustAug 13 Friday 09
Diary of a Working Class DJ: Part 1
Welcome to the first installment of Diary of a Working Class DJ. True tales from the not-so-glamorous life of the average DJ: The one's rocking your local bars, lounges, small weekly events, house parties.
Paul Oakenfold on stage before 40, 000 mental punters this is …
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AugustAug 5 Thursday 09
Favorites
(Joy Jones on Future Soul, produced by Daz-I-Cue, fire!)
New albums and recent faves:
OUT NOW
ARTIST – TITLE – LABEL – COUNTRY – STYLE
Aybee – East Oakland Space – DeepBlak – US – electronic, house, IDM
Hypnotic Brass Ens Hypnotic Brass – Honest …
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JulyJul 31 Friday 09
Jeopardy Answers
Bryan from SF Vintage Reggae Society was the first to contribute Jamaica Jeopardy answers.
So here they are!
1. This famously Socialist Jamaican Prime Minister was first elected in 1972.
Michael Manley
2. This ‘crazy’ Jamaican dub pioneer produced The Congos song …
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JulyJul 27 Monday 09
Jamaica Jeopardy
ForwardEver has been teaching a class the past two weeks in SF called The Sociology of Jamaican Music. Over six sessions the class has covered the Jamaican music industry through the lens of race, class, politics and economics.
One of our overview activities was that …
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