What a great song, its almost better this way 25 years later.  Perspective is everything.  This song, written and sung by a 25 year old was an angry criticism of working class England.  When its performed by the same man 25 years later the meaning shifts from criticism to simple observation… or maybe its just me.

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I love this.

My friend Carlos tweeted this link.  

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m-dot Gangster Style

Ive been there.

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I picked this up off Gizmodo

Couple of things : first I love Bob Marley so Im sort of a sucker for most things Marley except for the new Jamaica Tourism TV spots and frat boys with dread wigs, second, speaking as an audio pro the scope and difficulty of this project is huge.  Its a bit cheezy, but check it out, and go to there site Playing for Change and read about the poject.

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Josh from Runner Runner hooked me up with this http://qrcode.kaywa.com/

QR Codes are bar codes you generate that represent information, like html, text etc.

Caleb and I were discussing a future art project, so Im trying to spread the word so when we begin this new project at least some people will know what a QR Code is and how to recognize one.

If you have an IPhone, the app you need for scanning/reading is called Bee Tag  Reader

Here is One for this Blog.

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If you are looking for reference material (manuals etc) and general geeky turntable stuff then check out vinyl engines.

Is this the Islamic version of The Wild One ?  The Marlon Brando movie from 1953, is a story about wilding youth that take over a small american town.  Sure seems that way.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The Taliban have advanced deeper into Pakistan by engineering a class revolt that exploits profound fissures between a small group of wealthy landlords and their landless tenants, according to government officials and analysts here.The strategy cleared a path to power for the Taliban in the Swat Valley, where the government allowed Islamic law to be imposed this week, and it carries broad dangers for the rest of Pakistan, particularly the militants’ main goal, the populous heartland of Punjab Province.

Quote taken from the NYT

Does most political/social action come down to economic imbalance ? …..hmmm who’s idea was that ….. ?

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I have a bunch of reggae 7″ records, some are released on cd’s etc, but some aren’t and the “versions”(instumental version)  on the b-sides are usually only available on the record.

So I’ve decided to start posting some of them in MP3 format.  

Todays offerings are not only one song and it’s version by Alborosie, but also a track by Collie Buddz  that uses the Alborosie track sample.

(I used the 7″ recording of “come around” so it would have that nice vinyl sound)

So if you’re a dj or a remixer …. here you go.  Start choppin’ 

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Download  rastafarian_anthem_version_alborosie

Download rastafarian_anthem_alborosie

Download come_around_collie_buddz