tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post3332265669956060175..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: Play I Some MusicUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-68425255611588294592010-05-17T00:46:50.989-07:002010-05-17T00:46:50.989-07:00When I was working in Florida (before You Tube!) I...When I was working in Florida (before You Tube!) I lent the local black guys who I was working with, a load of imported, Jamaican Dub on tape, which they had never heard before, so they could copy it. All they had was soft Reggae on the radio. I like to think I was the first to play it in the Orlando area! We were brought up with imported Ska as kids, and - ironically - it became the music for all the neo-nazi skinheads too. I never worked out why. Maybe because they were just so stupid?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-23792024229782107862010-05-16T20:05:51.657-07:002010-05-16T20:05:51.657-07:00Sorry I haven't been around much. I'll gi...Sorry I haven't been around much. I'll give all of these a listen tomorrow. I haven't given ska much attention before, but always like to hear what a friend's favorite tunes are.Amy Saiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00346366018143891761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-22317986199664741132010-05-16T04:21:21.776-07:002010-05-16T04:21:21.776-07:00P.S. Welcome to Razmataz - an interior designer fr...P.S. Welcome to Razmataz - an interior designer from Canada. (I'm beginning to think that I'm being stalked by interior designers, and cannot imagine how this came about) I may put up a video of 'Ab Fab' soon, the one where they visit their designer friends with a bottle of wine...<br /><br />Thanks for the photo, Cro - I'm impressed. Don't worry, I've eaten it (turned it into a couscous).Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-27936962913868326242010-05-15T22:12:48.077-07:002010-05-15T22:12:48.077-07:00It's no secret that Cro is a Ska-nut. The Alph...It's no secret that Cro is a Ska-nut. The Alpha Boys School is still there. Shame about the violence; it should be a paradise island. I shall send you a picture!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-49578243183189731912010-05-15T17:39:02.916-07:002010-05-15T17:39:02.916-07:00I've been lucky enough to see all but one of t...I've been lucky enough to see all but one of these blokes in concert - I haven't yet seen Lee Perry, but he is playing in England this summer.<br /><br />Lee Perry is a mad genius, but I would not want to share a house with him. When Her Indoors saw him at the Reggae Sunsplash in Cornwall, he was 2 hours late, and went on stage covered in seaweed and shell, like some black Neptune.<br /><br />The Photo is of Eek A Mouse, in one of his many guises. He is about 7 feet tall, and as handsome as fuck. When I saw him, he was dressed as Ali Baba.<br /><br />Prince Fari was shot in Jamaica shortly after I saw him in Bristol, like so many other Jamaicans.<br /><br />Burning Spear is a legend, but when we saw him in Frome, there was only about 50 people in the audience, and most of them were white Brits - shame. Her Indoors wants 'We Are Going' played at her funeral - a good choice.<br /><br />How I LOVE these Jamaican musicians.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.com