Sweltering weather here in the County of Queens, but can’t let it make a bother—gotta pass through what John McPhee termed “the membrane” and get to thinking only about writing. So signing off ’til early next week—might not circle back to y’all ’til Tuesday, when I’ll return with tales of Kenyan anti-corruption efforts, anti-psychic laws […]
Entries Tagged as 'reggae'
Passing Through the Membrane
July 22nd, 2011 · Comments Off on Passing Through the Membrane
Tags:Mary McCreary·music·reggae
Spinning in Molasses
November 16th, 2010 · Comments Off on Spinning in Molasses
Too sick to offer anything halfway intelligible this morning—to cop a line from Killing Zoe, I feel as if the rest of the world is in a bubble of glass and that I’m rubbing up against it like a bad windshield wiper. As I recuperate, please enjoy the classic Jamaican rocksteady cut above, later made […]
Tags:Jamaica·music·reggae·Sugar Minott
Slack, Please
September 24th, 2009 · 8 Comments
Though we recently vowed to avoid apologizing for light posting, we can’t help ourselves today. Sorry, just swamped with prepping for our East Africa trip—gotta pick up our doxycycline, along with a host of other odds and ends. For the moment, though, we’ll leave you with sonic stylings of the late Joe Higgs. And we’ll […]