(/`7._(/`7......Wha Gwaan in R.A.W......74/)_.74/) Friday July 02, 2004 ************************************************************************* *INDEX [1] Willamette Week Online Music COLUMN Dub Dive.htm [2] KNON 89.3 Irie FM Dallas -African Forum Give Thanks to Everton Blender [3] New RAW Web Forum Post-If You Live in the N.E. USA or do business here [4] Kansas City -- Annual International Arts & World Music Festival [5] The Ark Band/RAW 1414 headlines at Bricktown, OKC, Regae [6] Clinton Fearon News ~ June 26 through July 4 [7] Reggae Runnings [8] Mystic Vibrations /July 2004 [9] 4TH OF JULY Message From The Roots [10] Jah Jim Reggae and Ethiopian archive for sale ************************************************************************* [1] !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >From DJ Short Change (RAW #1561) Subject: Willamette Week Online Music COLUMN Dub Dive.htm Date: Thu, June 24, 2004 8:27 am From: "DANNY FALLON" Willamette Week Online | Music | COLUMN | Dub DiveRAW members, check this article bout one a our own... DJ ShortChange #1561 [2] !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >From: MOJAMAICA ( Raw#1667) Subject: KNON 89.3 Irie FM Dallas -African Forum Give Thanks to Everton Blender Date: Thursday, July 01, 2004 3:31 AM Always in fine form the Jamaican Rasta from Clarendon - Who brought to us, the all inspiring song "Lift up your Head - Everton Blender - We were really happy to speak you tonight, keep that Roots Reggae Flag Flying. Roots Reggae is era lasting. We apprecilove you for taking time out of your busy schedule to Big up our Audience on Wednesday night. Just like Freddie McGregor said, it's those little surprises that means so much! As always, we apprecilove all the support we are receiving from the Veteran Reggae Artists, because of all of your love and appreciation for Reggae, we continue to grow and grow! Spreading the message Worldwide that there is still - Love and Unity in Reggae! Also, give Thanks for the Artist support in June, special Big Up to our Favorite Jamaican son - Peter Tosh's heir apparent - Andrew Tosh, for your impromptu interview with Everton at KNON 89.3 Irie FM Dallas - Caribbean Show. Our 7ft Jamaican Mouse gone wild, Eek-A-Mouse on the African Forum with Ima and his Queen Mushiya. Soon come July 20th, Rasta to Rasta - Ras Ridi and Jah Larry - KNON 89.3 Irie FM reasoning with Burning Spear, July 28th - P'ta mon - what the Reggae Festival Call the newest Reggae Bad boy -African Forum and July 7- Tony Culture with - African Forum, Ima Uwagbai and Queen Mushiya ! Keep listening and supporting this thing we call Reggae. We are carrying our Jamaican flag high.. Oh yea Trini-man not forget the TRINI Flag! - One Love always to our international audience. Without you there would be know us. Irie FM Reggae Radio DJ Posse Dallas! 11 Strong. JAH blessings Mushiya Ima's Queen, DJ Ima Uwagbai, African Forum, KNON 89.3 Irie FM Dallas Mushiya Felecia Strickland Raw#1667 Jobe Enterprises P.O. Box 600542 Dallas, Texas 75360-0542 Mushiya Irie FM Dallas, Reggae DJ's PR http://www.mikeydread.com/ http://www.innervisionsreggae.com/ (214) 725-4191 tel: (469) 767-9730 Mojamaica@aol.com [3] !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >From Ras Adam (RAW #) Subject: New RAW Web Forum Post-If You Live in the N.E. USA or do business here From: webmaster@reggaeambassadors.org Date: Sun, June 20, 2004 12:28 am A new message, "If You Live in the N.E. USA or do business here," was posted on the RAW Web Forum by Ras Adam Simeon on Saturday, 19 June 2004, at 10:27 a.m. The message reads as follows: ------------------------- PLease join us! We are a regional sub group of RAW for the North Eastern United States: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/RAWnorthEastUSA/ If you live here, your band wants to play here, want to send music to DJs here, want to visit here and need contacts for clubs, shops, radio etc please join our yahoo club. We share tourdates, club dates, radio shows, etc..check us out. Hopefully we can have a mini RAW conference and report back to the international RAW massive on what we've accomplished so far. We have 63 members (not all RAW members) so far and growing fast. please grow with us and join today.bro ras adam simeon RAW#1530 ***Want to create a mini RAW for your region??? get a free yahoo club at http://groups.yahoo.com/start add club dates to the calendar, hold chats, post concert and radio and club dates for your region on the messqage board + meet great people to network + reason with about forwarding the reggae vibe. Link: RAW North Eastern USA Chapter URL: [4] !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >From Scotti B (#596) Subject: Kansas City -- Annual International Arts & World Music Festival Date: Wed, June 23, 2004 10:20 am From: "Scotti B" Great news, if you haven't already heard, there will be a 3 day International Arts and World Music Festival in the Kansas City area! I received the following press release from promoter Dave Clark. I haven't been given the complete line-up yet. The Marley family is on tour this summer and will be featured on Saturday of the festival. Just announced is the addition of Ky-Mani Marley, he will be joining Steven Marley, Ziggy Marley, Julian Marley, Damian Marley, Toots and The Maytals, Looner and Slightly Stoopid. I'll post further information as I get it. Dave always puts together a great line-up so you know Friday and Saturday promise to feature some major acts. Don't forget to come early, the local bands, African drumming and dancing are always awesome. I believe Black Roses will be performing, if you haven't seen them, now's your chance. Of course Sharon and Beverley of Island Spice will have wonderful Jamaican food on hand along with other vendors. See ya there! Scotti B ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PRESS RELEASE / PRESS RELEASE / PRESS RELEASE For release: May 13, 2004 Contact: Dave Clark or Dave Jackson (816) 743-0547 foriver35@hotmail.com Kansas City, Missouri ------------ The Annual International Arts & World Music Festival returns to the Kansas City area August 20, 21 & 22, 2004. The event will take place at the E.H. Young Riverfront Park in Riverside, MO, with the "Mighty Missouri River" as its backdrop. Gates are set to open on Friday, August 20th, at 3:00 P.M. and will close at Mid-night; Saturday, August 21st, Noon until Mid-night; and Sunday, August 22nd, Noon until 10:00 P.M. The festival is a musical extravaganza of fun in the sun and a vibrant marketplace of international and local arts, crafts, clothing, jewelry, artifacts, toys and literature. Food and beverages with an international flare will be available during the festival and mirror the rich diversity of the music from the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, Europe and Asia as well as the U.S. Each days entertainment is sure to touch people on a very personal level with lyrical themes of peace and harmony, struggle and growth, survival and pride---creating real feelings of joy and unity, strength and hope in the minds and hearts of the people. The International Arts & World Music Festival has provided family entertainment and cultural enlightenment to communities since 1991. [5] !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >From Roots-ee (RAW #214) Subject: The Ark Band/RAW 1414 headlines at Bricktown, OKC, Regae Festival on July 30 ( a two day fest ) Date: Sat, July 3, 2004 12:16 am From: "rlam" 9 th Annual Bricktown Reggae Fest, Bricktown, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma http://www.bricktownokc.com/reggae.html Friday, July 30 - Saturday, July 31 This groovin event will be held outdoors on the corner of Sheridan & Oklahoma Ave. in the heart of Bricktown. Continuous Live Music on The Oklahoman Stage featuring: Friday, July 30 5:00 - 6:20 Kinky Slinky 6:45 - 8:15 One Love Uprising 8:40 - 10:05 Watusi 10:30 - Midnight The Ark Band http://thearkband.com Saturday, July 31 3:00 - 4:00 Kinky Slinky 4:20 - 5:35 Tribal Nation 6:00 - 7:15 Jahruba & the Street People 7:35 - 8:50 Local Hero 9:10 - 10:10 Reggae Angels 10:30 - Midnight Andrew Tosh Gates open at 4pm Friday and at 2pm on Saturday  all ages are welcome. Admission is ABSOLUTELY FREE BOTH DAYS. The celebration will have Caribbean food, beer served in souvenir pitchers, soft drinks, tie-dye T-shirts, hats, and much more. No food, drinks, coolers, video, cameras, or pets allowed. Sponsored by: Dr. Pepper, The Oklahoman, Budweiser, Southwest Airlines, Cox Communications, Sprint, & Lamar Outdoor Participating Sponsors: McClain's RV, USA Screenprinting, & USA Design Studios one, peace, roots-ee raw 214 http://thearkband.com raw 1414 [6] !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >From Clinton Fearon (RAW #372) Subject: Clinton Fearon News ~ June 26 through July 4 Date: Fri, June 25, 2004 3:58 pm From: "Boogie Brown" Greetings All, We've had an incredible few weeks - first of all - many thanks to all of you who showed up for our sold-out CD release party. And our apologies to all of you who didn't get in...Anyone still wishing to purchase Give and Take, can get it at any of our shows or on our website, www.boogiebrown.com. "Give and Take" has also been released on French label, Sankofa Blackstar Music, and we will be touring France in September to support the release. Below are two reviews of the CD and a link to the French version. Sierra Nevada World Music Festival - another amazingly incredible event! So good to see familiar faces in the audience and meet new fans. We performed on a beautiful stage surrounded by sunshine, trees, good vibes and dancing people! Clinton Fearon gave an interview in the press tent which was moderated by Seattle's own, Jah Breeze (big up Jah Breeze!!!), recorded station ID's for many radio djs and signed many an autograph. Read comments and reviews: http://www.snwmf.com/phorum/read.php?f=1&i=9855&t=9306#reply_9855 ******************* Our calendar for the next week - hope to see you all out enjoying the vibes: SATURDAY / JUNE 26 / 2004 @ JUAN O'REILLY'S :: Pioneer Square :: SUNDAY / JUNE 27 / 2004 @ RAINIER MALL :: Address: 4208 Rainier Avenue South :: :: Adwa Productions presents "Ethiopian Soccer Week" :: ::: Doors open @ 9PM ::: 21 and over ::: Full bar and food available ::: Tickets $15 ::: For more info call 206.709.9522, 206.709.9522 or 206.551.7057 ::: WEDNESDAY / JUNE 30 / 2004 @ RAINIER MALL :: Address: 4208 Rainier Avenue South :: :: Adwa Productions presents "Ethiopian Soccer Week" :: ::: Doors open @ 9PM ::: 21 and over ::: Full bar and food available ::: Tickets $20 ::: For more info call 206.709.9522, 206.709.9522 or 206.551.7057 ::: FRIDAY / JULY 2 / 2004 @ RAINIER MALL :: Address: 4208 Rainier Avenue South :: :: Adwa Productions presents "Ethiopian Soccer Week" :: ::: Doors open @ 9PM ::: 21 and over ::: Full bar and food available ::: Tickets $20 ::: For more info call 206.709.9522, 206.709.9522 or 206.551.7057 ::: SATURDAY / JULY 3 / 2004 @ THE WILD BUFFALO :: Bellingham, WA :: SUNDAY / JULY 4 / 2004 @ FOURTH OF JUL-IVAR'S :: 6:30 - 8 PM @ Myrtle Edwards Park, Seattle, WA :: ****************** Give And Take by Clinton Fearon & Boogie Brown Band Former Gladiator Clinton Fearon has in recent years made his home in Seattle, but he hasn't left his roots behind. This album follows "What A System" and "Soon Come" with all new material that sees Clinton's songwriting skills at their peak and the Boogie Brown Band's sound at its tighest. Those who recall the few tracks that Clinton was allowed to sing lead for with the Gladiators such as "Can You Imagine How I Feel" will love this album, which generally features the smoky, bass-driven roots sound he tantalized us with years ago. The crucial live instruments (especially Jeff DeMelle on bass, Clinton himself on guitar, Sergio Cuevas on drums, Barbara Kennedy's organ, and a sweet horn section) lend the perfect vibe. Among the crucial tracks here is "Blood For Blood" with its commentary on violence and war in today's world, reminding the listener to "have a little faith." The title track warns us against being judgemental, and "Rise Up" exhorts us to overcome the system. My fa! vorite tracks include "See Dem Deh," "Whose Game Is It" and "Stop The Hate," which really takes me back to the Gladiators' sound. As you can tell from the track titles, there's no pulling punches with the social commentary here, all of it pertinent in this time. But the solid roots sound beneath the words is what takes this album to another level. With nearly an hour's worth of music, you're certainly not cheated either. This album perfectly bridges the past and present in roots reggae, and I recommend it very highly. Reviewd by Bahilman, Creation-steppin.com, Internet radio ********************** Give and Take, Clinton Fearon and the Boogie Brown Band ReggaeMovement Rating : 4 out of 5 Clinton Fearon and the Boogie Brown hails out of Seattle, Washington nowadays, but the music he produces and offers comes straight from Jamaica. Give and Take, Mr. Fearons latest release from the northwest, gives a modern day flavor from a recipe from yesteryear. Notable is the variety of styles that Mr. Fearon, a former member of The Gladiators band, offers, from the beautiful rocksteady inspired Parable Sound, which makes one smile and remember The Ethiopians sweet melodies, to the playful and crying Feel the Spirit which gives the classical reggae beat that everyone seeks to find. Infused throughout the album are sweet musical instrumentals that captivate the reggae mind and imagination. The Boogie Brown band has evolved into a sweet reggae machine with Clinton Fearon as the Captain commanding the way over snaky, twisting bass rhythms. Mr. Fearon states in the repetitively hypnotic Movin Up, In this world of competition, there is no recognition. Where this may speak some truth in our current societal system, it is just due to give him the recognition he deserves for putting out a great album. A very fine addition to any respectful reggae collection. Reviewed by Larry Leiber, Reggae Movement ****************************************************** French review: http://www.liberation.fr/page.php?Article=216289 ****************************************************** BOOGIE BROWN PRODUCTIONS 1412 S.W. 102nd #239 Seattle WA USA 98146 boogie@boogiebrown.com www.boogiebrown.com [7] !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >From Ambassador David (RAW #5) Subject: Reggae Runnings Date: Mon, June 28, 2004 12:29 am From: Davidbauma@aol.com Full Summer Festival List Below! Ambassador David's Pick July 3 -Zion Lion Tiki Bar behind main stage at the Muskegon Summer Fest. Noon to 3 PM & 6 PM to 10 PM Ambassador David's Productions 616-665-7483 "Your Caribbean Connection" Reggae Music "Special Music for Special People" Boomerang's inside Up & Under 711 West Michigan, Kzoo 269-373-2705 9:30 PM to 2:00 AM Cover $3.00 Every Thursday Blue Jam with the Out of Favor Boys Tello's 269-639-9898 7379 North Lake Shore Dr. South Haven July 2 - Selecta Hazey Reggae / Dancehall July 3 - Ambassador David Top 40 - Hip Hop - Reggae July 9 - Latin / Salsa Dance Party July 16 - Selecta Hazey Reggae / Dancehall July 17 - Latin / Salsa Dance Party July 23 - Latin / Salsa Dance Party July 30 - Selecta Hazey Reggae / Dancehall July 31 - Ambassador David Top 40 - Hip Hop - Reggae The Radio Tavern 616-235-0531 661 Bridge NW, Grand Rapids Sunday Nights Reggae Night with Selector Hazey June 27 The Bridge (Funk / Reggae) July 4th - DJ Clash Lockdown System versa XXX Sound System July 11th - Zion Lion July 18th - Fada Wayne & Guest July 25th - Dub is a Weapon Featuring Easy Star All - Stars & Peter Tosh's / Bob Marley drummer Larry McDonald. Boathouse 10 PM 449 Water St. Saugatuck, 269-857-2888 July 9 - DJ Hazey July 23 - DJ Hazey July 11 - Rene Meave August 1 - TBA August 13 - DJ Hazey August. 14 - Yoroka September 10 DJ Hazey Czars 505 Pleasant St. St. Joseph 269-983-1166 - 10 PM September 17 - Roots Vibration Kirby Grill 2 Washington St. Grand Haven, MI. 616-846-3299 10 PM July 10 - Gypsi Fari August 21 - Gypsi Fari Champs 140 East Grand River, Brighton, MI 810-227-4443 9 PM July - 23 & 24 Upful Sound August - 6 & 7 Reggae Boyz August - 13 Women of R& B August 14 - Tom Varga (Immunity) August - 20 & 21 Upful Sound September - 3 & 4 Reggae Boyz Summer Festivals July 18 Benton Harbor / St. Joseph Latin / Reggae SunSplash Silver Beach - Amtrak Station - 410 Vine St. 1 PM to 9 PM Indika Reggae Band - The Process - Contrabando Caribbean / African Food/ Craft September 18 Albion Festival of the Forks Lloyd Park on the banks of the Kalamazoo River "Day in the Caribbean" Bring a Blanket / Lawn Chair Noon to 8 PM - FREE Youth Music Workshop - Roots Rock Society - Los Bandits - Xpression Steel Band Universal Xpression More TBA Food / Craft Vendors www.festivaloftheforks.org June 27 Gypsi Fari - Grand Rapids African American Fest. Calder Plaza Downtown - 3 PM July 1 Indika Reggae Band - Owosso Concert - 7 PM 3 Roots Vibration - Ann Arbor Summer Fest. - 9:45 PM 3 Zion Lion - Muskegon Summer Fest. Tiki Bar - 12 to 3 PM & 6 to 10 PM NEW>>>> 9 Gypsi Fari - Lakeshore Soul Music Festival - Muskegon - 6 PM 9 Rene Meave Trio Plymouth Art in The Park - 1 PM 10 Uprizin Steel Band Trio - Plymouth Art in The Park - 1 PM 10 Tropical Mix Steel Band - Port Huron Summer Fest. 8 PM 11 Blackman / Arnold - Plymouth Art in The Park - 1 PM 21 Zion Lion - Charlevoix Venetian Festival - 6 PM 23 Gypsy Dudes - Fenn Valley, Fennville 6:30 PM BBQ Cookout 24 Atlantez - Taste of Kazoo - 8 PM Location change>>>>30 - Roots Rock Society - South Bend, Meet me on the Island - 5:30 PM NEW>>>>>30 - Zion Lion - Kazoo Black Art Festival - Time TBA August 5 Reggae Boyz - Mill Park, Spring Lake - 7 PM 11 Gypsi Fari - Mixer on the Mall - Kazoo - 6 PM ? 12 Reggae Boyz - Lowell Show Boat - 8 PM 13 Gypsi Fari - Milford Memories Fest. - 1 PM 14 Roots Vibration - Milford Memories Fest. - 10:30 AM 15 Xpression Steel Band - Milford Memories Fest - 10:30 AM 22 - Xpression Steel Band - Ypsilanti Heritage Fest. - 2 PM 24 - Zion Lion - Central Park, Grand Haven - 7 PM 28 - Gypsi Fari - St. John Lutheran, Three Rivers 7 PM NEW>>>>29 Rene Meave - Taste of Saugatuck - Noon 29 Los Bandits - Taste of Saugatuck Time 2PM September NEW>>>>> 5 - Zion Lion - Harmony Three River - Time TBA 24 Orquesta Ranura - Tulipanes Fest. Holland - 8 PM 25 Orquesta Ranura - Tulipanes Fest. Holland - 11 AM 30 Rene Meave Trio Tulipanes Fest - Holland 7 PM October 3 - Rene Meave Trio - Tulipanes Fest. - Holland - 3 PM T.C. Speakeasy 207 East Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti Reggae Sundays DJ Joshua OZ 210 S. Fifth Ave. Ann Arbor Every Thursday Night 10 PM - 4 AM Reggae Dancehall with DJ Billy the Kid Ital Shack Record & Music, Clothing, Culture Store and Much Moreb&b&b&. 1479 Lake Drive, Grand Rapids - 616-774-4825 Jamaican Dave's Take Out "The Real Taste Of Jamaica" 1059 Wealthy, Grand Rapids 616-458-7875 11 AM - 10 PM Tuesday - Saturday Reggae Revolution WIDR 89.1 FM DJ - I.B. Tuesday 10 PM - Midnight Request line 269-387-6303 Reggae Sunsplash Sundays 2pm-6pm. WDBM, 88.9, www.impact89fm.org Natty Dreadlock Rock - Rootsmon Bird Sundays 5pm-9pm, WLNZ, 89.7, www.wlnz.org or webradio.com Reggae on WCBN, 88.3 www.wcbn.org Saturdays from 6-9pm Train to Skaville "Strictly Vintage Jamaican Music" 7pm-9pm Saturday REGGAE STREET WSND 88.9 FM The African Teacher & Jah Dave @ the Controls Saturday 10 PM - Midnight Rastaman Vibrations Monday from 9-10pm on WXOU 88.3FM - Detroit Slyof - The Ska Show WIDR 89.1 FM DJ Funk Noka & Timothius Rex Saturdays 3 PM - 5 PM O.C Roberts & Reggae Sound Blast WDTR 90.9 FM SAT.1:00 PM to 4:30 PM Please Forward This Email to All Your Friends Turn Them On To Jah's Music - Reggae Music - [8] !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >From Mystic Vibrtions (RAW #) Subject: Mystic Vibrations /July 2004 Date: Thu, July 1, 2004 5:00 pm From: "Charlton Williams" Mystic Vibrations Schedule /July 2004 Fri 2 - Club IQ (Charleston, SC) Sat 3 - Kefi (Wrightsville Beach, NC) Sun 4 - Coconut Joes (Isle of Palms, SC) Tues 6 - Coconut Joes Fri 9 - Stone Ridge Amphitheater (Leesburg, VA) Sat 10 - Kemet School (Florence, SC) Sun 11 - Coconut Joes Tues 13 - Coconut Joes Fri 16 - Tentative Sat 17 - Buffalo Billiards (Gaithersburg, MD) Sun 18 - Coconut Joes Tues 20 - Coconut Joes Fri 23 - Bele Chere - 9:45pm (Asheville, NC) Sat 24 - Sand Grille (Buxton, NC) Sun 25 - Coconut Joes Tues 27 - Coconut Joes Wed 28 - Tentative Thurs 29 - Tentative Fri 30 - Royal Oak (Murrells Inlet, SC) Sat 31 - Tentative Mystik Muzik Mystic Vibrations Reggae Band PO Box 5821 Columbia, SC 29250 (803) 926-8994 [9] !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >From: "Yasmin Solomon" (RAW #1418) Subject: 4TH OF JULY Message From The Roots Date: Friday, July 02, 2004 12:58 AM >From DJ SISTER YASMIN, RAW #56 "It's a terrible, inexorable law that one cannot deny the humanity of another without diminishing one's own." ---James Baldwin Dear Friends and Family, I share with you some words from a speech given by the famous Abolitionist Freedom Fighter FREDERICK DOUGLASS, on July 4, 1852 in Rochester, New York. Mr. Douglass, one of the most powerful voices of the Abolitionist Movement in America, was born a slave in Maryland in 1818, was taught to read (illegally) by his mistress, escaped from slavery and went North, started a newspaper, the North Star, and spent the rest of his life fighting against slavery, injustice and cruelty to Africans in America, and for their freedom and liberation. Read and enjoy. Shalom/Salaam, DJ Sister Yasmin ---------------------------- The words of FREDERICK DOUGLASS, July 4, 1852: At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. O! Had I the ability, and could I reach the nation's ear, I would, today pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke. For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed: And its crimes against God and man must be proclaimed and denounced. What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all the other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciations of tyrants, brassfronted impudence. To the slave your shouts of liberty and equality are hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, are, to him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety and hypocrisy--a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices, more shocking and bloody, than are the people of these United States, at this very hour. ------------------------------------------------------- O, let America be America again The land that never has been yet And yet must be. ---Langston Hughes [10] !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >From: Subject: Jah Jim Reggae and Ethiopian archive for sale Date: Friday, July 02, 2004 2:52 AM Greetings all. As one of the initial founders of RAW, (I talked to Papa Pilgrim about it at Jamaica's Sunsplash 1987 and perhaps 1986) I thought you all should know the following: I and my entire reggae and Ethiopian archive are being illegally evicted from our home of 14 3/4 years, putting 23 years of work, effort and collecting at grave risk. The only archive to equally treat the inspirations of reggae, Ethiopia and Selassie I, and the results of that Devine inspiration, reggae itself, my archive is at risk and seeking another, more permanent home, a museum and cultural center. Comprised of approximately 100,000 reggae, African and backstage photos, audio tapes, 3 formats of video tapes, (all shot with permission), and another approximately 50,000 artifacts, signed albums, et al of reggae and Rasta and Ethiopian history covering ALL aspects and times back to 1746 (Jamaica), my archive is now available for an appropriate person or organization to step forward to keep the vision alive and the vast collections intact. If you saw the Ethiopia and Selassie section of the World of Reggae exhibition open for eight months of 2001 at the Queen Mary in Long Beach, you saw the tip of the iceberg. In Los Angeles, we are cursed with a Housing Department that declares the following in no uncertain terms: You can't save boxes (like the box your stereo came in) because "it makes a house burn up. You can't save books, because they make a house fall down, and the U.S. Constitution doesn't apply to them!" Because all of my assets are tied up in the archive itself, I must ask that someone, somewhere step forward and take the lead in it's acquisition, and permanent housing for research and safe display in respectable museum, truthbrary and cultural center and though I'm negotiating with individuals in Hawaii, Jamaica, Florida and Germany, my first love is RAW and the singers and players themselves that make it a viable organization, so you must have first choice whether it is to remain one collection under Jah, as it was intended. When Justin Hinds saw it in person with our good friend and the Godfather of reggae, Joe Higgs, he offered me his home in Steertown, Jamaica to house it. I replied, but don't you have 12 or so people living there with you? He counted up and said 14, but it doesn't matter! If you want, I'll stay, if you want, I'll leave too! Justin has no current phone number. That's the kind of love and respect I have personally experienced from all of the performers, from the first to "big me up", saying I was the world's greatest photographer (Freddie MacGregor), through the rest. Special respect to Leroy Sibbles who once told a promoter and her goon that if Jim was forced to leave despite his full credentials, he, the headliner, would too. As I said in my ad in the current Reggae Festival Guide, all serious inquiries to Rastafarilives@excite.com will be responded to. One love and thanks for your concern, prayers and efforts, Jim Marshall RAW 57 Hollywood, CA, USA *********************************************************************** In the abundance of water, the fool is thirsty Forward the Reggae Vibe...Every Time ! Reggae Ambassadors Worldwide Tom Pearson R.A.W.#33 http://www.reggaeambassadors.org ************************************************************************* < R.A.W. Disclaimer > "Any and all statements, views, and opinions expressed in the 'Wha' Gwaan in R.A.W?' newsletter are those of individual members of Reggae Ambassadors Worldwide, Inc. (R.A.W.). R.A.W. is not responsible for the veracity, or for the content, of any R.A.W. member's statement, views, and/or opinions included in this newsletter."