roachboy

so it'll be the 4th of july tomorrow and it seems that we are up to our ears in shit. so here is a 7/4 thread that's about dreaming of a different better world maybe. or maybe its mostly about just wanting to think about something other than the wreck we live in. or maybe it's just a collection of reggae and dub clips from youtube featuring artists or songs that i like.

mostly that.

historique:
reggae soundsystem footage (uk, late 1970s)


a supertreat
michael smith: give me likkle dub music (excerpt)


the lee perry block:

lee scratch perry: jungle safari (live)


lee perry & the soulettes: chiken scratch (ska)


lee perry horace andy gregory issacs luciano etc: fisherman megamix
(version of the congos "roll fisherman roll" rhythm)


lee perry mad professor and robotiks band: roast fish and cornbread



sister carol: dread natty congo


u roy: studio session, late 1970s


i roy: blackman time (live 1995)


i roy: waiting in vain


linton kwesi johnson: da great insurrekshun


every rebel just a rebel in a story....

gregory isaacs: night nurse (a classic)


black uhuru: general penitentary/guess who's coming to dinner


black uhuru: youth of egglington


black uhuru: solidarity


semi-nonsequitor ending.
who gets this far anyway?
anyone?

rockers hi fi:

transmission central


push push


a cheesy fan video for going under

__________________
a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear

it make you sick.

-kamau brathwaite