Letters from Grenada

Posted on February 1st, 2010 under Grenada. Tags: bob marley, fun with skitch, music, silly. Comments: None

When I was little I had a babysitter who was capital oh obsessed with Rick Springfield. She’d come over with her vinyl all carefully wrapped in a special case. She’d tell us how she was going to marry “her Rick”. And have his babies. Blah blah yucky yucky blah. I, the 6-year-old voice of reason [...]

Posted on January 25th, 2010 under Grenada. Tags: 80s nostalgia, childhood stories, music, rick springfield, songs I like. Comments: None

Back in December, when I heard that Buju Banton had been arrested on federal drugs charges (intent to distribute more than five kilos of cocaine) I thought to myself, Self? This is precisely the kind of incident I’d love to blog about, except I plain just don’t know enough. You see, Buju Banton is one [...]

Posted on January 25th, 2010 under Grenada. Tags: afrobella, bbc, boom boom bye, buju banton, caribbean, controversial, dancehall, homophobia, jamaica, miami herald, music, newsp, newspapers, other blogs, reggae, songs I like. Comments: None

Ziggy Marley’s Love is My Religion. The original version of this tune isn’t bad at all. But acoustic turns it to gold. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] I’m reminded of a conversation I had once had about Bob Marley. It was maybe two months after I first got to Grenada. I was with [...]

Posted on January 8th, 2010 under Grenada. Tags: acoustic, bob marley, early days, Grenada, love is my religion, maria being maria, music, reggae, stories, ziggy marley. Comments: None