I know it has been awhile but I'm starting to see the "light at the end of the tunnel," so to speak, and will be able to post a little more frequently. To be honest with you all, I just haven't been able to find the motivation to get things rolling again and I hope this post will be the sign of better things to come.I've been planning on doing a couple mixes to highlight two of Jamaican music's...
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Happy New Year everyone!
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Just like Santa Claus, I've pulled through the frigid winds, drifting snow and near blizzard like conditions and pulled off the seemingly impossible! I honestly didn't think I would be able to do it this year with the bullshit I've got going on outside this blog and I definitely didn't want anyone to think I was terminally ill or anything so I did it anyway! Distinctly Jamaican Sounds has becom...
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Just like Santa Claus, I've pulled through the frigid winds, drifting snow and near blizzard like conditions and pulled off the seemingly impossible! I honestly didn't think I would be able to do it this year with the bullshit I've got going on outside this blog and I definitely didn't want anyone to think I was terminally ill or anything so I did it anyway! Distinctly Jamaican Sounds has becom...
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Just like Santa Claus, I've pulled through the frigid winds, drifting snow and near blizzard like conditions and pulled off the seemingly impossible! I honestly didn't think I would be able to do it this year with the bullshit I've got going on outside this blog and I definitely didn't want anyone to think I was terminally ill or anything so I did it anyway! Distinctly Jamaican Sounds has becom...
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I hate to have to go here with the blog but being that tomorrow is election day I figured I'd put together a mini-mix for this day. I'm not going to discuss my politics because I believe my viewpoints have evolved so much in the last 4 years that they are far outside conventional thinking and therefore possibly considered extreme. I don't want to alienate any of those readers who come her...
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Happy Halloween everyone! Below you'll find links to the final Halloween treats from Distinctly Jamaican Sounds this year... The Complete Jamaican Halloween Spooktacular 2008 And for those of you who haven't taken the leap with an Ipod... The Jamaican Halloween Spooktacular 2008 - CD Size! But wait! There's more! My 2008 distinctively non-Jamaican Halloween Mix that I've entitled,...
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Holy shit! We've reached the end of the road and here it is... the final track of the Jamaican Halloween Spooktacular 2008! This one is called "Vampire Initiative" by Scientist, with the Roots Radics providing the drum and bass of course, and comes from the excellent 1983 Greensleeves LP Scientist Encounters Pac-Man that you see pictured on the right. Now this cover may not be as Hallow...
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Leonidas Frank Chaney, better known to cinema fans simply as Lon Chaney, was born on April 1, 1883. Nicknamed "The Man Of A Thousand Faces" and one of the silver screen's first actors synonymous with special effects make-up and for playing grotesque monsters, he was a truly a horror film groundbreaker. Between 1912 and 1917, Chaney worked under contract for Universal Studios where his previou...
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In an effort to eat a little more of your brains, in a good way of course, I've uploaded both the 2006 and 2007 Halloween Spooktaculars! Tracklists are available by checking out the Distinctly Jamaican Sounds archives for October 2006 and October 2007 because I'm feeling particularly lazy this afternoon! Be sure to listen with the lights out... it tends to add to the macabre mood! If you pla...
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Let me preface this comment with a foreword... I sincerely appreciate all of those who have left kind comments regarding the Halloween mix but... judging by the lack of response this week it seems that it isn't being received as well as I had hoped. So instead of wasting time writing long-winded posts I'm just going to keep it simple from now on out and get this over with for those of you have...
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Welcome back to the Halloween Spooktacular! We're starting off our second complete week of creepy tunes in this year's Halloween Countdown with another Lone Ranger track. But... this track is unique because unlike any of the previous year's mixes this one touches on a genre that is even rarer than the tunes of duppies and vampires in Jamaican music... yes, we're gonna go Sci-Fi! Taken fr...
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After yesterday's epic I'm going to go short and sweet today... I hope you don't mind. The eleventh track in our Halloween Spooktacular, "Two Bad DJ" is from the two guys you see on the right... don't mind the ghost. I'll now go the lazy route and quote from this very blog from October 27th 2005..."Jamaican born Clint Eastwood had a few solo successes with British reggae fans in the late 70’s w.
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"Have you got the latest bill about the duppy 'pon Font Hill?"I remember when I first heard a snippet of Count Lasher's "Font Hill Duppy" a few years ago and thought to myself, "Damn I wish I could find out more about this song!" For one, I couldn't figure out if the song was recounting a real life ghost story or just spinning a fictitious yarn and two, the website that featured the clip had cl...
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I hate to interrupt the Spooktacular with sad reality but I just heard the news this morning about the passing of Alton Ellis and I was deeply saddened... "LONDON (AFP) — Jamaican reggae star Alton Ellis, known as the "Godfather of Rocksteady", died overnight of cancer in London, a hospital spokeswoman said Saturday. He was 70 years old.Ellis passed away peacefully at Hammersmith Hospital, the .
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Good evening...welcome back to the 2008 Jamaican Halloween Spooktacular... this is your ghost host Reggaexx and again I've got another great Jamaican sweet for your trick-or-treat!Alfred Hitchcock, born August 13, 1899 and died April 29, 1980, was probably one of the most enigmatic and recognizable figures of the 20th Century. Not withstanding his pioneering talents in the director's chair, he ...
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I hate to interrupt the Spooktacular with sad reality but I just heard the news this morning about the passing of Alton Ellis and I was deeply saddened..."LONDON (AFP) — Jamaican reggae star Alton Ellis, known as the "Godfather of Rocksteady", died overnight of cancer in London, a hospital spokeswoman said Saturday. He was 70 years old.Ellis passed away peacefully at Hammersmith Hospital, the s.
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Run for your life!! It's the 8th track in our 2008 Jamaican Halloween Spooktacular and it's coming your way!! The tune is called "Run For Your Life" by the Jamaican reggae artist Jackie Paris, not the American jazz singer and guitarist of the same name. Track 8 is lifted from a 1978 7" on the very Halloween appropriate Mummy label and produced by Winston Riley. Though it's not mentioning any...
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Before I begin talking about today's tune I want to thank Jason at Scar Stuff for providing an important component to what you're about to hear. If you look over to the left, you'll see an add that has been stuck in my subconcious for nearly 30 years. You see, this ad from a company by the name of Gayle House, encouraging you to "Invite your friends over for a haunting," appeared in countl...
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Before I begin talking about today's tune I want to thank Jason at Scar Stuff for providing an important component to what you're about to hear. If you look over to the left, you'll see an add that has been stuck in my subconcious for nearly 30 years. You see, this ad from a company by the name of Gayle House, encouraging you to "Invite your friends over for a haunting," appeared in countless ...
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