Monthly Archives: May 2006
Featured Album: The Aggrolites by The Aggrolites
THE AGGROLITES: THE AGGROLITES (Hellcat) WHO: The month that ska-reggae pioneer Desmond Dekker kicks the bucket, a group of white Southern Californians revive that late 60s Jamaican sound with admirable...
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May 31, 2006
The Curse of the Caterpillar
That chk-chk-chk you can hear all over the Catskills right now is not New York City’s funkiest white boys come to play in the woods. Nor is it the sound...
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May 29, 2006
The death of Desmond
Shona writes in The Pub of Desmond Dekker’s untimely death from a sudden heart attack at the age of 64. Dekker was the vital link between Sixties ska and Seventies...
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May 26, 2006
Bugger Off
The following conversation would be funny if it wasn’t… well, if the people caught on tape weren’t serious about their end goal. What’s the likelihood that the terrorists who attacked...
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May 25, 2006
Uncork New York
Something of a surprise when the new Wine Spectator came through the mail: New York wines are on the front cover. Has our uncelebrated State finally won over the wine...
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May 25, 2006
Featured Album: The Bells Of 1 2 by Sol Seppy
SOL SEPPY: THE BELLS OF 1 2 (Grönland ) (This post goes out to iJamming! Pubbers Snotty Moore and Po1ntman, for recommending this album.) WHO: A South London native now...
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May 23, 2006
Monday Muses
(This post goes out to my mother, who fulfilled a life dream by being invited up the twin towers of the Beverley Minster last week, where the bells date back...
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May 22, 2006
Copy This Post!
When iJamming went online in 2000, the debate around the ethical and financial issues of downloading, sharing, ripping and burning of music had only just got going. I jumped into...
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May 19, 2006