let’s stop wagging the dog
The year is 2015. During last night’s Saturday Night Live “Weekend Update” co-anchor Michael Che suggested that the only black life that matters to white America is Kendrick Lamar’s (why else would…
Month: December 2015
climate change is real and fictional
A couple of days ago my dear and long-time friend, Caroline Mair, wrote a critical piece for the Trinidad Guardian titled “Climate Change, Refugees, and Migration.” Written from her outpost…
rabbit hole of bass
I decided to follow a rabbit down… deep down… taking the path of deep bass. Started with lsaac Hayes’ “Walk on by.” Hayes led me to Portisheads’ “All Mine.” Tried to come up for…
a relationship of so much more
“[M]ove on from that painful legacy,” encouraged British Prime Minister David Cameron on September 25, 2015 as he spoke not just to a joint sitting of Jamaica’s Parliament, but to Jamaicans…
"write pon di riddim" 