Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville Has a Lost Verse.

So Jimmy’s record company made him cut out a verse from Margaritaville to make it more radio friendly. Wow. With all the crap out there in the radio, this verse was bad? Old men in tank tops/ cruisin’ the gift shops/ Checkin’ out chiquitas, down by the shore/ They dream about weight loss/ Wish they [...]

Posted on June 25, 2007 Filed Under Beach Bums, Music | Leave a Comment

Reggae Festival Concert in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

A giant two day concert is coming to Montego Bay, Jamaica in July. From the 19th to the 20th, the 15th Red Stripe Reggae Sumfest will celebrate Jamaica and reggae music. Sounds like a lot of fun, although I’m not sure I really care to see all of the groups playing. But hey, who cares [...]

Posted on June 25, 2007 Filed Under Jamaica Vacation, Jamaica, Beaches, and the Caribbean, Jamaican News, Music | 11 Comments

Exodus by Bob Marley. Album of the Century. The Music of Bob Marley

Exodus is celebrating it’s 30th year anniversary this summer. The Album of the Century by Time Magazine is going to be re-released this year, and is even available on Bob Marley’s website. I was just reading an article from about 2 years ago, and I got a big kick out of what Peter Tosh (a [...]

Posted on June 25, 2007 Filed Under Jamaican News, Music | 1 Comment

Jamaica, Reggae and the Rastafarian. The Music of Bob Marley

I’m sitting here listening to some Bob Marley and I started to think about what Reggae is about. It basically originated as religious music, or the main musical vehicle of Rastafarian beliefs. What is so funny to me is that the Rastas believe that the Caribbean is Hell. They identify with the ancient Israelites in [...]

Posted on May 30, 2007 Filed Under Jamaica, Beaches, and the Caribbean, Jamaican News, Music | Leave a Comment