(/`7._(/`7......Wha Gwaan in R.A.W......74/)_.74/) Thursday, September 29, 2005 _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ *INDEX [1] Reggae for World Peace Fri Sept 30 [2] Upcoming Shows for Big D Productions [3] 'REGGAE VIBES' #492 [4] Upcoming Shows for Big D Productions [5] LATE SO. FLORIDA RADIO DJ, CLINT?O [6] [UPDATE] ROSKINDS: RECENT HOPI & HAVASUPAI ONE LOVE CONCERTS [7] Reggae SunSplash / Car pool......... [8] Hurricane Benefit Press Release [9] KOKO MEETS OOKLAH THE MOC --- STRUGGLING SOLDIER [10] Reggae Vibes News Bulletin - September 28, 2005 _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ [1] *=*=*=*=*=*=*= *=*=*=*=*=*=*= *=*=*=*=*=*=*= >From: Sound Reasoning (R.A.W. #1900) Subject: Reggae for World Peace Fri Sept 30 Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 09:28:36 -0700 From: Sound Reasoning Greetings Reggae Massive, You are invited to Reggae for World Peace Fri Sept 30, 2005 Santa Cruz Vet's Hall 846 Front St, Santa Cruz. featuring Ras Midas & Root Awakening, Sound Reasoning, DJs Adam Twelve (KZSC) & Robert Rankin (KKUP), & MC Rocky Bailey. The event is a benefit for the Resource Center for Nonviolence & Second Harvest Food Bank. As well as donating all profits to these community orgainizations, we'll be collecting canned & dry food for the Food Bank to kick off the annual Holiday Food Drive. Also, a community artist has just donated paintings for a raffle. Doors & music at 8:30pm. Adv tix are available at Streetlight Records in downtown Santa Cruz. All ages (12 & under sliding scale donation), refreshments available. For more information, call (831)818-4748, email soundreasoning@skyhighway.com, or visit http://www.thesoundreasoningband.com One love, Sol-I NewTree The Sound Reasoning Band R.A.W. #1900 [2] *=*=*=*=*=*=*= *=*=*=*=*=*=*= *=*=*=*=*=*=*= >From: Anna Fisher (R.A.W. #1224) Subject: Upcoming Shows for Big D Productions Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 20:48:38 -0700 (PDT) From: anna fisher September 25, 2005 Jazz Club Cafe presents Evans Lamour and The Irie Lion Band 1166 W. 6th St. Ontario, CA $10 6pm - 10 pm http://www.thejazzcafe.com (909)391-9119 October 6, 2005 Steady Beat Presents LIVE REGGAE @ ZEN SUSHI Bar & Grill 2908 Hyperion Ave. Silver Lake, (Hollywood) CA LIVE IN CONCERT: Tradition, Shakaman, & Anna Fisher Door 9 pm Show 10pm - 2 am $5 Info: (323 805-0168 Big D Studio Productions:(323) 293-2226 October 22, 2005 Jazz Club Cafe presents New Rhythm Band 1166 W. 6th St. Ontario, CA $10 6pm - 10 pm http://www.thejazzcafe.com (909)391-9119 Posted for Big D (R.A.W. #1689) by Anna Fisher (R.A.W. #1224) [3] *=*=*=*=*=*=*= *=*=*=*=*=*=*= *=*=*=*=*=*=*= >From: Lance-O (R.A.W #904) Subject: 'REGGAE VIBES' #492 Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 21:38:37 -0400 From: lanceo@kulchashok.com Greetings! It's our weekly 'REGGAE VIBES' Newsletter and Audio link. First, here's your audio link: http://www.kulchashok.com/mp3/reggaevibes492.mp3 This newsletter is available for sponsorship and is produced by KULCHA SHOK MUZIK. KULCHA SHOK MUZIK produces music and has 3 cds out'KULCHARAL DANCEHALL' Vol 1 a various artists cd, the debut albums from both NATTY REMO & WOOKIE J called 'Babylon Fall' & 'Big Up The Children,'respectively and distributed by IDC for more http://www.independentdistro.com KULCHA SHOK MUZIK also produces music videos, radio programming, radio commercials,jingles, sweepers, and drops. We can also dj, host or promote your products. KULCHA SHOK MUZIK currently produces a weekly reggae, dancehall & soca music program on Miami's #1 radio station Power 96 on Sundays from 10pm-12mid called 'Dancehall Nice Again.' Here's an outline for 'REGGAE VIBES,' which is heard on over 120 radio stations around the world. For more: http://www.kulchashok.com/kulchashokreggaevibes.html This weeks top stories in reggae, dancehall & soca music feat on 'REGGAE VIBES' 1. INI KAMOZE 2. MOBOS 3. DAMIEN MARLEY 4. NEW RELEASES 5. TRIVIA: WHAT WAS YELLOWMAN'S FIRST HIT? 6. SELECTOR'S CHOICE: SEAN PAUL IF YOU WANT IT, COME & GET IT Each week we compile a top ten singles chart based on sales returns from the US leading record distributors of reggae & Caribbean music. 1. HOW COME MORGAN HERITAGE DON CORELEON 2. GANJA FARMER MARLON ASHER CARIBBEAN UNDERGROUND 3. WELCOME TO JAMROCK DAMIEN MARLEY GHETTO YOUTHS 4. TOUCH HER SOFTLY I WAYNE DREAMS ENT. 5. KHAKI SUIT DAMIEN MARLEY, BOUNTY KILLER, EEK A MOUSE GHETTO YOUTHS 6. IN I ARMS I WAYNE DON CORELEON 7. REFLECTIONS JAH CURE DOWNSOUTH 8. FOOTPRINTS TOK DON CORELEON 9. LOVE IS JAH CURE DON CORELEON 10.FREE UP SIZZLA REBEL MUZIC Bless, LANCE-O 'REGGAE VIBES' KULCHA SHOK MUZIK 305.534.6110 http://www.kulchashok.com [4] *=*=*=*=*=*=*= *=*=*=*=*=*=*= *=*=*=*=*=*=*= >From: Anna Fisher (R.A.W. #1224) Subject: Upcoming Shows for Big D Productions Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 20:48:38 -0700 (PDT) From: anna fisher September 25, 2005 Jazz Club Cafe presents Evans Lamour and The Irie Lion Band 1166 W. 6th St. Ontario, CA $10 6pm - 10 pm http://www.thejazzcafe.com (909)391-9119 October 6, 2005 Steady Beat Presents LIVE REGGAE @ ZEN SUSHI Bar & Grill 2908 Hyperion Ave. Silver Lake, (Hollywood) CA LIVE IN CONCERT: Tradition, Shakaman, & Anna Fisher Door 9 pm Show 10pm - 2 am $5 Info: (323 805-0168 Big D Studio Productions:(323) 293-2226 October 22, 2005 Jazz Club Cafe presents New Rhythm Band 1166 W. 6th St. Ontario, CA $10 6pm - 10 pm http://www.thejazzcafe.com (909)391-9119 Posted for Big D (R.A.W. #1689) by Anna Fisher (R.A.W. #1224) [5] *=*=*=*=*=*=*= *=*=*=*=*=*=*= *=*=*=*=*=*=*= >From Russell Gerlach (R.A.W. #19) Subject: LATE SO. FLORIDA RADIO DJ, CLINT?O Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 04:29:17 EDT From: ReggaeRuss@aol.com For Immediate Release LEGENDARY LATE SOUTH FLORIDA RADIO DJ, CLINT bO NEIL, TO RECEIVE REGGAE PIONEER AWARD ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30 AT THE COCONUT GROVE CONVENTION CENTER The late Clint ObNeil will be the inaugural recipient of the South Florida Reggae Pioneer Award as part of the 2005 South Florida Family Reggae Festival scheduled to take place Sunday, October 30th at the Coconut Grove Convention Center in Miami, FL. The festival will be headlined by Reggae music legends, the Grammy Award-winning band, Third World, and bThe First Lady of Reggae,b Marcia Griffiths (I-Threes / Bob Marley and The Wailers). Festival organizers released this official statement; "The purpose of the South Florida Reggae Pioneersb Award is to recognize those who have played a vital role in the development of the Reggae industry here in South Florida. The reggae landscape in South Florida would be drastically different today if there had been no Clint O'Neil, or others like him, 25 years ago. It is an honor, a privilege, but also an obligation to acknowledge them.b The festival will also present the South Florida Reggae Showcase featuring up and coming artists from the area in tribute to Clint ObNeil. During his twenty-plus years on the air hosting WLRNbs Sounds of the Caribbean, the late disc jockey was the true champion of rising talent. "For any up and coming member of the reggae fraternity, Clint O'Neil was inarguably your first stop on the Miami leg of your journey. He basically had an open-door policy, which is unheard of in the music business. Many, many artists, producers, and radio personalities have Clint O'Neil to thank for their first break in Miami." Other key features of the festival will be a Caribbean Marketplace (for general vendors) and the official Reggae Music Row which will highlight the history of reggae in South Florida and the many musicians and reggae related businesses that are now based here. According to the festival organizers "This is just the first step in piecing together the story of reggae in this region. We need to document the stories of Reggae Report Magazine, Winsome Charlton, Jamusa, and so many others before we get too far away from them. Family Reggae Festival, Inc. hopes that this award helps to bring us closer to our foundation and make us stronger in the years to come." This event is being produced by Family Reggae Festivals, Inc. and Jamaica Awareness Inc. in association with various sponsors. General admission to the festival is free of charge. Interested vendors should call 305 891-2944 for more information. Mission Statement: The primary purpose of the Family Reggae Festival is to promote reggae as an expression of Caribbean culture. Our goal is support the industrial development of reggae music, and then to use its resources to assist in the musical education of youth and improve the overall quality of life for the Caribbean people who have been both the impetus and the inspiration for reggae music. Media Contact Russell Gerlach (R.A.W. #19) b Foundation Media Phone - (562) 948-3008 E-mail - reggaeruss@aol.com B)2005 Family Reggae Festival, Inc. All rights reserved. [6] *=*=*=*=*=*=*= *=*=*=*=*=*=*= *=*=*=*=*=*=*= >From: Robert Roskind (R.A.W. #) Subject: [UPDATE] ROSKINDS: RECENT HOPI & HAVASUPAI ONE LOVE CONCERTS Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:01:03 -0400 From: robert roskind LABOR DAY CONCERTS & JOURNEY TO HAVASUPAI & HOPI RESERVATIONS RETURN TO THE GRAND CANYON We have returned from a weeklong journey to the Havasupai and Hopi Indian Reservations in Arizona. Joining on us on this trip was conscious Jamaican recording artist, Abijah, Elaine Wint, our friend and co-worker from Jamaica, and Carol Narcisse, both radio talk show hosts on the island. Also joining us was John Fray, a Jamaican-raised professor at the University of Mass Medical School. John is in the process of returning to his native island to train teachers to get the best from their students. We returned to the Havasupai Reservation on the floor of the Grand Canyon to do our second concert there. Our first was last summer featuring Uproot reggae band, Raquel Barnett from the Leonard Peletier Defense Committee and Hopi Elders, Radford Quamahongnewa, and his daughter, Dawn Quamahongnewa-Mapatis, who together defeated casino gambling on their reservation. Carol Narcisse, Julia Roskind, John Fray, Elaine Wint, Abijah preparing to go to Supai Village http://www.rastaheart.com A NEW VIBE IN THE CANYON We could sense the vibes had changed in the last year. With the new environmentally- and traditionally-oriented tribal council, everyone, especially Damon Watahomigie and Roland Manakaja, both Havasupai elders and healers, were much more optimistic. We arrived at Hulapai Hilltop on the Friday before Labor Day and helicoptered into the village and joined Roland, Damon Watahomigie and a few Havasupai and other friends for a sweat lodge by the cold blue waters of Cataract Creek. That night, under the beautiful canyon sky, Abijah performed and Roland, Damon, Elaine, John, Julia and I spoke to the tribe, strengthening their commitment to be the "Guardians of the Heart of Mother Earth." Above: Abijah and friends in Cataract Creek after sweat lodge http://www.rastaheart.com LOCAL HEALERS TALK WITH THEIR PEOPLE During my talk, I reminded them that because of their extreme isolation, no tribe lived closer to the pre-contact Native American reality as the Havasupai - that no other tribe was as removed from the frenzy of the modern world as they. "Your vibration of Native American wisdom, of Native American life, is very important to the planet at this time," I said in closing. "Part of our mission is to bring this wisdom out to the world. This tribe and the Hopis are more rooted to the planet Earth than perhaps any other. So we are here to say thank you for keeping your Covenant to guard this Canyon and to say thank you for electing a pro-environmental tribal council." "We come together to solve and resolve issues that we cannot do when we war with each other," Damon said to his people, coming and going between English and his native tongue. "Our Indian-ness, our identity, who we are as a people - we've lost that. You are not supposed to be imperceptible of what's going on on the outside. I hope you understand what we are trying to put together here. We are trying to teach you conscious strategies. Abijah's music says 'no' to drugs, 'no' to guns. We must get a better education, intellectual ideas, at universities and colleges. We need to get the young people to become the system. We are not supposed to be afraid of the changes. The changes are the opportunities our children are going to have to face. So we must teach and educate the youths and act wisely and respect the elders." Above: Roland reasoning with us on our way to the sweat lodge http://www.rastaheart.com RESPECT IS DUE HAVASUPAI CONCERT "There was a time," Roland said, "that I was embarrassed because we did not have cars or toilets or electricity like the other tribes but now I am proud. Other tribes come here and say it is good that our children speak our native tongue very fluently. We must protect that. We must never lose that. That is the connection to the fire and to the elements here. That is the only way we can communicate with the elders here. We speak to our sacred sites this way to assist us in the healing to mend the wounds that we have. Be strong my relatives. I wish you a safe journey." "Havasupai! Greetings!" Elaine exclaimed, into the star-studded night. "I bring you greetings from Jamaica. We understand that you are 800 strong. We are two million on a tiny island but we find that our size has never limited our capacity to reach across the world. And today we find ourselves in the Grand Canyon. You have been given charge of a particular wonderful heart of the planet. We want to encourage you to do that and to keep your own sacred rituals and your own sacred practices - your lanuguage, your culture, your stories - so that your culture will shine its own light as the only light of its kind on the planet, to show us a way - the way that all great masters have taught us. This way is that when we love and we respect each other, we create the harmony that we were designed for. So we bring you greetings from Jamaica and we say, Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" Click here for Abijah's CD http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/exchange-glance/Y04Y0901766Y3506904/104-0631360-4201566 ABIJAH DANCING WITH HAVASUPAI CHILDREN "I am from a very small community in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica," John said. "When I came along in the forties, the community was totally illiterate. No one could read or write. But some teachers saw to it that some of us learned. We had some extraordinary teachers who inspired us that we could do anything. So for the past twelve years we have been training teachers and then send them back to the classroom. We did this at five schools where we trained teachers to go into the classroom and inspire students to want to learn not only about themselves but who they can be in any world. And as you know down here, your reality is very rich with worlds. So we will contemplate the possibility of returning to make a bond with our way of training our teachers to inspire our students with your ways. Supai, I am grateful. I am honored." Abijah invited the youths to join him on stage. With fifteen children surrounding him, he reminded them that they were the future of this ancient tribe - a future that was important to the entire planet. At the end of the concert, we all joined him on stage to sing "One Love." Click here for Abijah's CD http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/exchange-glance/Y04Y0901766Y3506904/104-0631360-4201566 THE FUTURE IS WITH THE HAVASUPAI YOUTHS "It's a circle within a circle that I focus on," Roland told us as we reasoned together after the concert. "The outer circle is the past and the inner circle is the youths. But there's also the present there. When you make your decision, you always look at the past. Never disrespect the past and always try to benefit from the present, the people that are here now. Not for yourself but as a tribe, as a whole, and establish a foundation for those that will come, for thirty, forty years, so that they can fall back on it and say this is what our elders taught." "The children you saw on stage tonight are not like us," Damon said. "They have not gone off yet to Indian School where they learned to hate themselves. This is the first group in over one hundred years. They may never because those schools have changed. They are the future of Havasupai. All that we are doing here is part of The Old Lady that is weaving the world and the little dog that constantly unwinds it so that she must weave it again. This now completes it. You're here to save a generation. To stop that unraveling. We are now revitalizing these kids in traditional ways. The old people sang songs to keep that going. I was brought in to bring those songs. I was taught those lessons through the songs from my grandparents. Some of those songs were about beings from other planets that had visited this Canyon and would one day come back. That is why I brought Bob Marley's songs here. I knew it could teach the youths. It was prophecized that Crazy Horse would return as a black man. He came back as Bob Marley." Above: The One Love Team http://www.rastaheart.com A VISIT TO THE WHITE BUFFALOS The next day, we helicoptered out of the canyon and headed for the Hopi Reservation where Abijah was to perform at a reggae festival organized by reggae DJ Sister Parrot. On the way we stopped at the Spirit Mountain Ranch in Flagstaff, home of 8 sacred white buffalos. Much like the Hopi prophecies, the Sioux prophecies said that we are at a crossroads, indicated by the birth, in 1994, of the foretold white buffalo, a sign of both warning and of deliverance. The Lakota believe that over a thousand years ago, they were visited by The White Buffalo Calf Woman, a Holy Woman sent as an emissary from "Those Above." During a ten day period, she declared the laws and ethics upon which the Lakota people founded their society. Among other instructions including the use of certain herbs and roots for healing and rules for clean living, she gave them four most important moral commandments, which she shouted in a loud voice: "You shall not kill! You shall not lie! You shall not steal! You shall not commit adultery!" Click here for White Buffalo Website http://www.sacredwhitebuffalo.org THE HOPI BUTTERFLY DANCE On Sunday we arrived at Hopiland where Dawn and Radford had invited us to their traditional Butterfly Dance. What we saw there truly amazed me and caused me to totally change my view of the present condition of the tribe. It is hard to describe in words (and no pictures are allowed) but let me try. The dance is held in the village plaza of the cliffside village. The plaza is surrounded on all four sides by small stone and plaster two-story homes with flat roofs. The houses are all connected to each other and except for the metal windows, they could be centuries old. On the roofs and standing around the perimeter of the plaza were hundreds of Hopis and a handful of outsiders. We took our place at the entrance to the plaza where the dance groups entered. The Butterfly Dance went on for six hours. Every twenty or thirty minutes a new group of dancers would move in to the plaza while the present group moved out to a feast table that was prepared for them behind the houses. Each group was made up of thirty to fifty dancers, both male and female, of all ages from young children to elders. Many where wearing elaborate costumes with intricate headdresses. They were not like any other Native American garments I had ever seen - looking more like they were from another time, another place, perhaps another planet. For hours, one group after another performed. Usually a group of men would be huddled to one side singing and drumming while the dancers were in the middle dancing in methodical, usually slow, fashion - a very peaceful, almost meditative vibration. There were no "stars," no celebrities, no one on stage. It was all equal, all tribal, all together as one. From our vantage point near the entrance, we could sense their excitement and energy as each group prepared to go on. They took there performance very seriously but with excited anticipation. You could sense this was important to them. This Butterfly Dance was just one of many that occured over the year during their ceremonial cycles. In fact, there was a similiar dance being held the same day in another nearby village. This was not a rare or isolated event, nor was it token or staged for tourists. This was their way of life - as it has been since time long ago. As I watched the performances, I realized that the Hopi spirit and ceremonial cycle was much more intact that I had previously concluded - perhaps more intact than anyone outside the tribe understands. Here were Hopis of all ages dancing sacred dances that their ancestors had danced for generations on this tribal land. Each dance and song carried a message, a moral teaching that confirmed that their living the Hopi Way kept not only themselves and their tribe in balance, but the entire planet and all people as well. It did not matter what the outside world thought of them - that they were viewed as poor and unsophisticated in modern terms, remnants of a former age. They knew who they were and the power of what they were doing. They knew that the outside world was not yet ready to understand who they truly were and the incredible service and gift they were offering the world. And yet they danced - confident in their reality and in their ancient Covenant. Above: Julia, Elaine, Carol & John http://www.rastaheart.com FROM TRADITIONAL TO REGGAE We left the dance, all moved by the power of what we had witnessed. Later that night we joined Abijah at the reggae concert at the nearby Hopi Veterans Hall. In many ways, the concert that night was as powerful as the ceremonial dances. Many of the same people attended both. Before Abijah came on, a very conscious Hopi reggae recording artist, Casper, performed, with his backing group, the 602 Band. Casper was very powerful, singing a message of love and justice to his tribe. Abijah's performance was perhaps the best I've ever seen. It was almost as if the energy was seemless, flowing from the ancient Butterfly Dance of love to the reggae music of One Love. By the time it was over at almost three in the morning, I felt as if that day I had truly witnessed the full power of Hopi life. The next morning, Damon, Elaine, John, Carol, Julia and I went over to Radford's house in Hotevilla where he lived with his wife, Lorna, Dawn, her husband, Duane, and their son, Rad. After brief introductions and updating them on what we had been doing since we saw them last, we all settled in their comfortable living room for a reasoning. "Watching the Butterfly Dance was very moving. I am beginning to realize the Hopi religion is still intact. What percent has of the tribe has converted to Christianity?" I asked. "Not very much, maybe ten or twenty percent. Most of them that have converted, would leave the reservation" Radford replied. "So eighty or ninety percent of Hopis still practice your traditional religion? That's very powerful." I asked, incredulous that their religion remained so intact. "That is why many converts leave the reservation," Radford answered. "Because of that power. In my village, Sipaulovi, the village leaders made provisions. If you want to convert, that's fine but don't do it here and don't change my way of living in this village. We will allow you to go in this direction and when you leave Hopiland, you remain there and don't ever come back. There is a place that we have for people that, we always say, 'get tired of our way of living.' Our religion is still intact. Not one hundred percent but ninety seven, ninety-eight percent intact. "Yet now it seems that you have never been as close to being Hopi, to being the People of Peace, as you are now," I said. "Even though ceremonial cycles have been disrupted, altars have been burnt, even though the ceremonies are not fully intact, you have done well keeping the traditions going given what has occured around year in the last century. Some dilution was certain. On the level of being Hopi, you've never been closer because what you just described is not leading to violence. And the tribe is at peace with the neighboring tribes and the white establishment as well as between clans and villages. It seems like you are getting more successful every year in keeping your Covenant." "That's one of our goals at Sipaulovi," Radford answered "that we are the village to maintain the unity of the Hopi religion. Sipaulovi is a mother village of Hopi and from that village, other villages have been established." Above: Reasoning with Radford, Dawn, Lorna & Duane http://www.rastaheart.com REASONING AT HOPILAND "Are you also holding some of the ceremonies for the Havasupai?" I asked. "Roland said you were perserving fifty songs for them." "More than songs," he answered, after some silent thought, perhaps considering exactly how much to reveal. "So you're holding this information for the Havasupai, too?" I asked. "Almost all the nations. That's how we feel," he answered. "Not only certain tribes but for the whole world." "So your whole life, you five here, have had in your consciousness that what you are doing you're doing for the whole planet? No matter how you were overlooked or degraded or ignored by the dominant culture, you knew the work you are doing here is for the whole world?" "Yes," they answered, slowly, but proudly and firmly shaking their heads in affirmation. "And all those people in the square yesterday were raised to know that the work that you do, you do for all and that one day, the outer world will understand?" I asked, amazed at the power of what was being revealed. "The whole idea," Radford answered. "It's always been in their hearts, especially the leaders of different religious societies, it's in their thoughts always." "How much of this a public thought, a thought for publication," Carol asked, "and how much of this is an internal thought, a protected thought. In other words, does the publication of that view put it at risk." "It used to be with the older people we should keep it to ourselves and not have it contaminated with different information from the outside because it may disrupt our way. But now this time. We're thinking that we need to go out to the people and say, 'Hey, we are still here and we are doing all this work for the universe.' And maybe that will give us a little bit more respect from the government and other agencies. All we need is respect." "I feel that your information is really needed now by the outside world," I said. "Given what has happened this week with the hurricane in New Orleans. In many ways, many of the problems were created because we did not listen to the advice of the Native Americans who told us we cannot abuse the planet like we have been. And as Native Americans have been telling us, in the end we just have each other, the leaders do not really care for the people. It seems as if this hurricane was part of the prophecies." "That's my feeling," Radford replied. "Things happen out there in the world because of who they are. In our ways, we are supposed to be in tune with nature. For some reason people get greedy and that's when they begin to diverge from the Creator's way. They believe they are a free person. We don't believe that. We are always part of our clan, our village, our tribe, all people. But because of their thoughts they tend to dwell on themselves and try to make an emperor of themselves, forgetting about other people. In Hopi, we believe don't dwell on yourself, you have other people to work with. You can never work by yourself to create glory. You always depend on other people. When we see someone doing something in the other fashion, we feel they are getting out of line. That's where we have the problems. In Hopi we do not have anything called wealth. In other societies, they have wealth that they dwell on. And there's also power that they dwell on. So when we say these things are happening because they are not acting in the Hopi Way. They are just developing things for themselves. When you do that, there are some drastic things that will happen if you continue in that way." Click here for Abijah's CD http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/exchange-glance/Y04Y0901766Y3506904/104-0631360-4201566 HOPI VIBRATION INTACT "So you see this as part of those prophecies?" I repeated. "I was telling my wife that in Sipaulovi, we have all of these prophecies but we are not talking about these prophecies. We know that the prophecies are made for us. We don't want to see those prophecies happen. That's why we don't talk about them instead of trying to do something about it." "What I'm hearing you say," Elaine said, "is that you prefer to give enery to the opposing possibility of creating what you want." "Yes," Radford said. "Don't talk about it. Don't let it happen. We don't want to energize that prophecy." "I'd love to hear your words about freedom," Julia said, "because it's really the key to peace. I'd like to hear you say more on no one is free." "In our society, we have the highest priest," Radford said, "and we look at him as the leader, the head of the Hopi society as well as the religion. Our way of life is intertwined with civil practices and religious practices. We don't separate religion and society. It's all connected. Everything that happens, using of land, we have to ask the proper authority. We have lands that are giving to different clans. With permission, everything can be given. So to say that you want to be something on your own and just be by yourself and have no ties whatever, in Hopi you cannot do that. We are always helping each other. If there's a person in poor health, we go and talk to them to get them out of their misery. If people are short-of-hand in building a home or building a field or cleaning out the spring, then we go in and help them. Those are the things we do as a people, as members of the village. There is always a tie back to the village, the leadership, the religion. When the split happened in Oraibi, those that converted to Christianity thought that they would have more freedom there. They would have more access to different things that the government offers to the people. That's what the whole fight was about." "So that was the real disconnect there?" Julia said. "Yes. In our ways, we always have to find out who we are and why we are here. And that brings us back to the kids," Radford said pointing to his young grandson Rad, who had been playing happily around us. "You are Hopi and this is why you are here. We want to be here and we want to maintain this world. And that's why we are here on this land. And that is why at home you do things for the family, then you do things for the relatives, then you do things for the village, then you do things for the whole tribe." "And that's the way eighty or ninety percent of your people view the world?" I asked. "Yes," Radford answered. "I think so." Above: Hopiland http://www.rastaheart.com HOPIS SAY "NO" TO GAMBLING "And you understood that if casino gambling came on the reservation, this would push back an effort towards sovereignity," I said. "How hard was it to defeat the initiative." "We put out flyers." Dawn said. "One of them said 'Gambling is kaHopi,' meaning 'not Hopi,' but if you don't go and vote, they'll build a casino in the name of Hopi. We had to convince them to vote, which is also kaHopi. In our way, the consensus rules. But out there the majority rules. Fifty one percent can impose their rules on forty-nine percent. In Hopi, if an issue comes up, all the leaders have to talk it out. And it may take a day, a week, a month, or several years to come to a conclusion but that conclusion is a consensus. Everybody has their say. In voting, no body gets to say anything - only the people that put the rules out there. So we said that gambling and voting is not Hopi but if you don't vote they're going to make the casino the 'Hopi Casino.' In the past, if you didn't agree, you just didn't vote. That was what we were afraid of." "What about the people that said they need this gambling money to educate their children, fix your roads and get good health care?" I asked. "I told them I don't think I would want any of that money," Dawn continued, "knowing that some soul, somewhere, is so addicted to gambling that she just has to go all the time to play bingo or slots. I had my students telling me, 'My grandma and my mom go Thursday night to gamble at casinos near Flagstaff and we come back Friday and I'm all tired because we've been all over the place and we're sleeping in the car.' They all had stories. It blew me away. They told their parents not to vote for the casino. I want to teach the young people that there is a reason that we stay here. There is a reason for us being here in the first place. And show them you can go away and learn but you don't have to live that way because that's not our way. Whatever they do out there, that's not for us. We already have a way to live. We already know what's good and what's bad. We are a communal society, always giving to each other. We have thousands of years of experience. There was a reason that we were brought here. And this is where we are supposed to be. And that's what I was telling Robert and Julia when they first came to the school with Abijah. They were telling us, 'Keep your Covenants. Remember why you are here.' And I told them I think that's the best thing to do for us because we've become clouded. Our minds have become contaminated with Babylon. Sometimes we have to hear from somebody else. You guys have something that's important. That we need to remember. When someone from the outside recognizes what's special about us, it's more powerful." Above: A visit to their garden http://www.rastaheart.com THE JAMAICAN-HOPI-HAVASUPAI CROSS FERTILIZATION "What is occuring now," Carol said, "and I know it needs to occur more, is the cross-cultural exchange, so that there is that clarity that the worldview occurred in different parts of the world and that that world view has served to protect important practices, knowledge, etc., in different parts of the world. And that in this time as the universe is cycling into a period where the risk is there of self-destruction, that these different places where the knowledge has been kept, that it's important now for those places to encounter each other and to realize that there are these very similar, very, very similar, worldviews occurring." "We have much to share with world leaders," Radford relied, "but it doesn't ring a bell with these people. Once we get those people to understand where we are coming from and what we know about the world that the leaders must work with the people, make your people richer and more healthful. That's what we say." "We need to talk to people like Robert, like Julia, like all of you," Dawn said. "When we can all come and sit here and think about how we can make it better for all of our people. That's what we all want." "What I am leaving here with," Elaine said, "is that your work is to keep the sacred laws aflame and alive because everybody needs them and all teachings of the sacred laws say the same thing. There is no difference of opinion as to what those laws are. People are dying because they haven't heard in a way that has them make a connection to transform their lives. The other gift I leave with is reminding us of the beauty of giving and receiving - which we know - but to practice it with such consistancy is so absolutely beautiful. I really just want to thank you. We are here for a Divine reason. We know that you will come to Jamaica. We declare it right now. That we will be learning from you; that you will be learning from us, because Jamaica is to do something for the world. In the same way that you are keeping energy for the planet, there is something that Jamaica has to birth." Click here for our books & website http://www.rastaheart.com OUR NEXT MOVEMENTS In the months to come, we will be completing this book, The Beauty Path: A Native American Journey Into One Love. We will also continue to work with the Havasupai Tribe, especially the youths. We are proposing bringing the Mohawk elder, Rainbow Weaver, to the village to share with the children her Peacemaker Dream Catcher Course. We also hope to organize a Hopi-Havasupai Youth Exchange Program to linkup youths from both tribes to share their strengths, land and culture. Also we will be speaking at a Native American gathering at The Valley of the Vapors (Hot Springs, Arkansas) on Oct. 15 & 16. Check out their website at www.manataka.org. Click here for our books & website http://www.rastaheart.com Julia & Robert Roskind Co-authors of Rasta Heart and The Gathering of the Healers PO Box 2142 Blowing Rock, NC 28605 roskind@boone.net www.onelovepress.com one love press 7 po box 2142 7 blowing rock 7 NC 7 28605 [7] *=*=*=*=*=*=*= *=*=*=*=*=*=*= *=*=*=*=*=*=*= >From Ambassador David (R.A..W. #5) Subject: Reggae SunSplash / Car pool......... Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 11:23:04 EDT From: Davidbauma@aol.com Ambassador David's Productions 269-665-7483 "Your Caribbean Music Connection" Reggae Music "Special Music for Special People" Rastaman Nane Ambassador David's Pick Biggest SW Michigan Show until Marley B-Bash at the State Theatre 1/28/06 Doors open 7 PM- Live at 8 PM sharp! Food by Co Co Tropical COME HUNGRY - African/Caribbean art & craft vendors INTERSECTION TICKET ON SALE NOW $10 in advance - $13 day of www.sectionlive.com or www.ticketmaster.com 616-453-3333 133 Grandville Ave. SW Grand Rapids, 616-459-0931 17 + September 30th "Ambassador David's Reggae SunSplash" Sister Kelly - King Mellowman - Richie B. - Bunny Jackson - Doggie Ranks U-Roy Jr. - King Jazzy - Sister Myra - Indika - Universal Xpression - Selecta Hazey @ I have been asked to coordinate a car pool from different areas of Michigan. I think this is a great ideal since there are over 500 members of Reggae Runnings mostly in out state Michigan. With the price of gasoline this just makes sense. It up to you to make this happen so here goes. If you contact me needing a ride or willing to share a ride to any events I will post your email address in my next Reggae Runnings. This way they can contact you. Including your phone number is your choice. So let make this happen and thank to Lauren for her suggestion! The Club Soda 17 + 10 PM 340 East Michigan Ave. Kazoo 269-342-8067 "We Be Jammin" Every Third Saturday October 15th - Universal Xpression November 19th - Aswah Greggori & the Enforcers December 17th - Roots Vibration Czar's 505 - http://www.czars.com 505 Pleasant St. St. Joseph 269-983-1166 - 10 PM Jamaica Me Crazy Fridays REGGAE BANDS EVERY 1ST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH October 7th Yabba Grifftn & Traxx November 4th - Ark Band December 2nd - Flex Crew Cheeseburger in Paradise 5609 West Main St. 269-342-0825 9:30 PM September 24th - Gypsi Fari October 7th - Roots Rock Society October 14th - Yoroka November 18th - Zion Lion November 26th - Gypsi Fari December 3rd - Roots Rock Society December 16th - Yoroka December 31th - Zion Lion Stage Coach Barn (Behind the Black Hawk Restaurants) Corner of M-43 & M-89 Richland 269-629-9460 9 PM October 7th & 8th -Zion Lion BEST REGGAEdancehall / Latin Party Papa Pete's 18+ 9 PM 502 South Burdick St. Ph 269-388-2196 October 28th DJ Assane & DJ S.Montero Starting November 25th Reggae / Reggaeton with DJ Assane on odd numbered Fridays Latin / Salsa on even numbered Friday with DJ S. Montero from Club Soda Boathouse 269-857-2888 10 PM 449 Water St. Saugatuck , MI. October 8th Out of Favor Boys (Blues) October 15th Pura Vida Reggae DJ Clubs Infinity Sounds & Spector Entertainment 2nd Saturdays at WIAA Hall 2015 E. 7 Mile Rd Detroit Reggae Dancehall featuring Strictly Roots Sound Trenchtown- 3919 Woodward @ Selden PH 313-205-5726] Friday & Saturday .11pm - 5am Reggae Jamdown DJ Billy the Kid & Zuma Hi-Fi Thursday Nights Good Time Charley's 1140 South.University Ann Arbor 21+ 10pm - 2am - Ladies free until 11 PM Reggae Web Sites Caribbeanconnection2002.com (for your Live and DJ Reggae needs) Jaman Reggae DVDs www.jamanreggaedvd.com www.myccco.com (Caribbean Cultural Carnival Origination) Reggaeambassadors.org Detroitreggae.com Chicago_Reggae.com Islandfestkalamazoo.com/ Niceup.com Chicagoreggae.com Welcome the newest energy drink and sponsor of Reggae events in SW Michigan - http://www.drinkjazz.com Caribbean Foods Jamaican Dave's Take Out "The Real Taste Of Jamaica" 1059 Wealthy, Grand Rapids 616-458-7875 Co Co Tropical 517-485-2894 East Grand River Ave., Lansing Hot Spot 269-927-1303 Island Cuisine 76 West Wall Street, Benton Harbor Reggae Radio Dancehall/Reggae WCBN 88.3 FM - Ann Arbor Saturday 7:00p-8:00p Host: Brian Tomsic Ghetto Vibez CJAM 91.5 FM - Windsor, On. Saturday 3:00p-5:00p Hosts: Ghetto Vibez Sound Crew The Michael Julien Show WDET 101.9 FM - Detroit Saturday 12:00p-5:00a Host: Michael Julien Reggae Revolution WIDR 89.1 FM DJ - I.B. - Kazoo Tuesday 10 PM - Midnight Request line 269-387-6303 Natty Dreadlock Rock - Rootsmon Bird- Lansing Sundays 5pm-9pm, WLNZ, 89.7, www.wlnz.org or webradio.com WCBN, 88.3 FM Train to Skaville "Strictly Vintage Jamaican Music" 7PM-8PM Tuesday REGGAE STREET WSND 88.9 FM - South Bend The African Teacher & Jah Dave @ the Controls Saturday 10 PM - Midnight Rastaman Vibrations Monday from 9-10pm on WXOU 88.3FM - Detroit O.C. Roberts WHPR 88.1 FM - Detroit Fridays 9 PM to 2 AM Live from Gibson's Lounge 12924 Puritan, Detroit. Simulcast on TV 33 or Comcast TV 71. Please Forward This Email to All Your Friends Turn Them On To Jah's Music - Reggae Music To Be Added To Ambassador David's Reggae Mailing List Please Reply To Davidbauma@aol.com SUMMER EVENT . >From Ambassador David More soon come.. Please print and save. Sacred Music Festival November 12 - Zion Lion & Roots Rock Society 9 PM - Downtown kazoo www.michfest-sacredmusic.org To Be Added To Ambassador David's Weekly Reggae Mailing List Please Email him at Davidbauma@aol.com [8] *=*=*=*=*=*=*= *=*=*=*=*=*=*= *=*=*=*=*=*=*= >From: Sister Yasmin (R.A.W. #) Subject: Hurricane Benefit Press Release Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:54:49 -0700 From: Yasmin Solomon Press Release - For immediate release September 27, 2005 Contact: Michael Thomas and Mary Horton, 884-1188, gwest@mcn.org DJ Sister Yasmin, 884-4703, sisteryasmin@hotmail.com HURRICANE RELIEF MARDI GRAS PARTY A Benefit for survivors of Katrina and Rita and their pets On SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2005, BONES ROADHOUSE in Gualala presents a Hurricane Relief MARDI GRAS PARTY to benefit Hurricane Katrina and Rita survivors and their pets. The party takes place from 5:30pm until 11pm. Mardi Gras costumes are highly encouraged and all donations are welcome. Enjoy a full buffet of Southern foods and smoked specialties and wonderful music. Entertainment for the evening will feature Southern, New Orleans and Louisiana music by DJ SISTER YASMIN and her CRUCIAL DANCE RIDDIMS, BARRY BASTIAN THE BOOGIEMAN, and direct from New Orleans, NELSON LUNDING. A donation of $25.00 includes the delicious Southern Buffet and a night of great music and dancing. Food is available from 5:30pm - 7pm. A donation of $15.00, after 7pm is for musical entertainment only, without the Buffet. Advance tickets are available at Bones Roadhouse, 38920 South Highway One in Gualala. Off-site parking is available. Proceeds from this event will be donated to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, a group of volunteers who are building new homes for folks who lost theirs in the hurricanes; some of the proceeds will also be dontated to the SPCA for animal rescue work in the devatated regions. For more information call 884-1188, or 884-4703. Join us for an evening of hot, spicy food and hotter music! Shine up your dancing shoes and get out your best Mardi Gras finery! And as they say in New Orleans, "LAISSEZ LE BON TON ROULE, Y'ALL!" Let the Good Times Roll for a great cause. [9] *=*=*=*=*=*=*= *=*=*=*=*=*=*= *=*=*=*=*=*=*= >From: Ooklah The Moc (R.A.W. #) Subject: KOKO MEETS OOKLAH THE MOC --- STRUGGLING SOLDIER Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 19:55:40 -0700 (PDT) From: abush@ooklahthemoc.com OOKLAH THE MOC, roots dub reggae from O`ahu, teams up with KOKO, talented vocalist from Maui for this crazy album: KOKO MEETS OOKLAH THE MOC: STRUGGLING SOLDIER Please email abush@ooklahthemoc.com to reserve a copy from the first order. Release date in OCTOBER, t.b.a. Cost is $10 plus $2 shipping/postage/envelope/wrap. Or in stores near you, soon after that! And of course we have promos for our favorite DJ's so if you are one of them (the favorite djs) please email me back so I know you are interested. Mahalo a bush (10] *=*=*=*=*=*=*= *=*=*=*=*=*=*= *=*=*=*=*=*=*= >From Reggae Vibes Prods NL (R.A.W. #1050) Subject: Reggae Vibes News Bulletin - September 28, 2005 Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:41:10 +0200 From: Reggae Vibes Productions NL -*- http://www.reggae-vibes.com -*- -*- News Bulletin (September 28, 2005) -*- Playlist for Thursday, September 29, 2005. Visit our online shopping mall where you can buy cd's, dvd's, used cd's, Bob Marley merchandise, ringtones, posters and much more. Attention promoters and anyone who is looking for artists/bands/soundsystems to book them for their planned festivals and shows!! On our bookings page you'll find : BB Seaton, Luciano, Mikey General, Yami Bolo, Panache Culture, Panach' Inna Dub, Bob Marley Tribute Band, and Reggae Vibes Sound. "Jamaica's Weekly Top 20 (Singles) Hit List" - plus soundclips - is featured on our site. Also check Teacher & Mr. T's "Hot'n'Fresh Top 10". Listen to soundclips taken from Sean Paul's brand new album "The Trinity". Sean Paul's new album "The Trinity" is a straight hardcore dancehall and reggae album, which certainly keeps him in front with his grassroots fans. "The Truth" is a very satifying second riddim album on Kingstone Records. "Rhythm Streetz Series ~ No Man's An Island" contains a very nicely produced Mafia & Fluxy relick of a brilliant riddim, and some very entertaining tunes. Jet Star's second instalment in their "Young Lions" series once again features four up and coming reggae artists. Matumbi's retrospective compilation "Music In The Air" covers the period from 1970 to 1979. Earl Sixteen hooked up with Dubcreator which led to the release of the worthwhile '2 vocal 4 dub' 12" single. Digidub & Fairshare Unity Soundsystem's 12inch "I Scream/No Way" features contributions from Julian Fairshare & David Katz. London based Real Eyes family have released a double A-side 10" Discomix featuring Sister Gloria and Pocci. The brand new 10inch from Perch's "Deep Root" label shouldn't be overlooked by any fan of modern UK roots. "Reggae's Sculptor"... Interview with Ras Karbi... by Peter I. **** Last week's updates at http://www.reggae-vibes.com **** "Riddim Driven ~ My Swing" is excellent stuff if you can stand this strange hybrid of dancehall, gospel and soca. Horace Andy's "Exclusively" is yet another great rerelease in the string of classic Wackies albums. Junior Delgado's compilation album "Sons Of Slaves" is worth buying for completists, particularly for the first ten songs. Some of the tracks featured on Trojan's "Lovers Rock Box Set" may surprise you and soften your cynicism about the lover's rock genre. The 2003 released Bambz Station album "One Day" is an excellent and entertaining collection of tunes. All dub lovers who aren't faint at heart should listen to "Deutsche Grammophon Recomposed by Matthias Arfmann". Jah Warrior's brand new "Creation" riddim has been voiced by Anthony John, Lutan Fyah and Ranking Joe. New photos have been added to our Picture Gallery: Linval Thompson and Stacious. THIS AND MUCH MORE AT : http://www.reggae-vibes.com (c) 2005 Reggae Vibes Productions Respect & one love.... Teacher & Mr. T (R.A.W. #1050) Reggae Vibes Productions NL Reggae Vibes Website : http://www.reggae-vibes.com <>email addresses : info@reggae-vibes.com teacher@reggae-vibes.com mr.t@reggae-vibes.com <>snail mail : Reggae Vibes Productions NL Pieter Brueghelstraat 5 6181 DJ Elsloo The Netherlands phone : +31 46 4373228 (Teacher aka Jo) phone : +31 43 3615318 (Mr.T aka Theo) fax : +31 46 4376427 *********************************************************************** 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."