Dubs of Summer Mix

As a last tribute to summer here's an old mix of mine in two parts. It is mostly instrumental and dub reggae with a few vocal tracks thrown in. All classic stuff here. I am not sure if I have a track list written down anymore, if I do it is buried in an old notebook. I made it so I had something good to listen to in the car probably like three years or so ago. I can't really remember that now either, but I still listen to it fairly often. Hope you enjoy.

dubs of summer pt1
dubs of summer pt2

National Front Riddim

Another quick post. Still haven't been able to split up that mix. Big wind storm last night knocked power out for almost six hours. So to tide you over again here are some tracks on the national front riddim by two artists who were phenomenal at the Nortwest World Reggae Festival 2007.

Luciano-Traveling
Chezidek-Leggo Herbsman

Don't Know What Funky Is?

Quick post here for the day. I am working on getting some of my older mixes posted up here. The first one I am working on is still too big to use a free file host so I got to split it into two parts. I just haven't had time find the right spot to split it up. So to tide you over until I get to it is a video I came across yesterday. Sly Stone and the Family at the Ohio State Fair 1968. People just don't get down like this much anymore, and if you ask what it means to be funky, this is what I would show you.

NW World Reggae Festival

Well the underground has really been underground for more than a minute, but we are back now. Summers at it's end and Fall is in the air. Lots happened over the summer; some great festivals, a big move into my new place, a long trip back to visit family on the east coast. Through it all, and my biggest excuse for a lack of posts, I battled with my damaged laptop. Now I am in the process of moving over to a new one I got, though school and out of town dj gigs have been keeping me from getting things here going again. That is about to change. Just like the weather bringing a fresh dusting of snow to our ridgelines, I am going to be bringing some goods more often than in the past. So I will pick up close to where I left off...

This years Northwest World Reggae Festival was simply awesome in almost everyway. The new festival site outside of Marcola was a much better home than either of the previous locations. The music even with some absences was exceptional, and celebrity packed. The people, food, vending, etc...all fantastic. Even cool starry skies at night with an amazing meteor shower that lasted throughout the weekend. I encourage everyone to join the underground and come out to this great new annual northwest festival.

I had to create a web page for my web development class making a photo album. I borrowed some photos posted on the forum at the festival site to use in the assignment. I figured I would throw up a link to it as well as to the NWWRF site. I would like to give a big big up to all who worked in production to make this past years festival happen, as well as those who posted the photos on the forum. It made for a great close to an already awesome summer. So don't forget to come out and support this great crew next year!

NWWRF Photo's
www.nwworldreggae.com

Oregon Country Faire '07 Ready to Roll

Ok so I been pretty busy since I started this thing. But in time we got plenty to contribute to this little ditty. I finished class, found a new residence, and started my annual migration to the fair land to do my thing to get our shindig off the ground and ready for the big weekend. So many good folks put in to make this the oldest running hippie throwdown, those still with us and those who have moved on to greener pastures. Just an awesome feeling to be apart of, so much teaching, so much learning, and so much fun. And no matter what you dig about it, really its the people and the community we create that it is all about. So get off your lazy bones and come check it out. July 13 through the 15th. Just like the Grateful Dead, its not that they are good at what they do, they are the only ones that do what they do!
OCF 2007! Spirit World!
And as a liner note: the 4th Black Sheep Family Reunion coming up the last weekend of July- be there or you's def. square. Make it happen and do something good for your world. Live a little and thank your friends. Much Love!