I have been reading articles on reggae, Rastafari, and Ethiopia that the BBC has reported since at least 1998. Time and time again, I have been...
I have thought that too, but still it is hard to let your (younger) kids run around the city with all of the cars, trains, etc. But there are nice...
I wanted to see that BBC documentary. There was a funny article about how they tried to "interview Bob Marely" for the piece. Check it out:...
Just Curious. If money were not necessarily an issue, where do you think the best place to raise children would be and why? I liked Grass...
I met Timothy Leary at a book signing in SF in 1994. I gave him a bunk sheet of steel your face blotter (I can't even remember where I got it, and...
I am with headymoechick. I love smoking, but I can never feel the effects, and it doesn't improve/alter my high. Just feels good in the lungs....
Haile Selasie's abdication in 1974 effectively ended the Solomonic Dynasty in Ethiopia. Ethiopian politics has been in shambles ever since....
I read somewhere that he was against the use of psycedelics (even though he had never tried them). Anyone have info with sources on this. It's too...
I think this is true to up to a point. Old school rasta was much more rooted in, yes, racist, ideology. This was something that Bob especially had...
Libra. Smokey, what are your views on Astrology? Seems like there are many differing views on how to interpret the stars within rastafari.
I like Donovan too, but he sounds soooo much like Dylan. Who came first with that style? Someone needed a new act.
Democracies are the best possible system we can have. Collective decision making IS NOT MOB RULE as long as there are safegaurds, esp. protection...
I just found out today that Justin Hinds, one of the original reggae/ska/rocksteady performers passed away this March 18th. In addition to...
All I know is for a linguist, Chompsky certainly doesn't know how to use language. His books, while informative, ramble. I saw him give a lecture,...
I am sorry. It is early here. What I have heard, from my family (jack mormons [ex-mormons]), was either that the mormon church both did not...
This isn't the case anymore. In fact, the Church of Lader Day Saints is the fastest growning church on the African continent. scary. They did not...
There used to be this stuff to CURE POISON OAK from a company in Willits called "Manzanita Magic". I swear to god this stuff worked like nothing...
Ok, if I am understanding this correctly, you are trying to interpret the lyrics to "No Woman, No Cry"? I believe he is remembering the good and...
Hallo jeder! Ich entschuldige mich, ist mein Deutsch schlecht, also muß ich auf englisch schreiben: There is a great website for jamband concerts...
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