Category Archives: music & audio

Song #20: “Shaved Head”

Posted on Sep. 28, 2011 by Phillip

I nominate Rheostatics as the best band to come out of Canada in the past 25 years, and seeing how my vote is the only one that counts, they win. I don’t listen to much generic white rock these days, … Continue reading →

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Song #19: “You Must Be Born Again”

Posted on Sep. 27, 2011 by Phillip

Following the tradition of good Christian mothers everywhere, my mother forced me to go to church when I was kid. I got out as soon as I was big enough to physically resist being dragged there. Years later I dug … Continue reading →

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Song #18: “Jah Rastafari”

Posted on Sep. 26, 2011 by Phillip

I think it was Tom Waits who said the best thing to come from religion is the music. That means reggae music for me, because once you get into reggae, it doesn’t take long to notice certain religious themes all … Continue reading →

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Song #17: “Black Wa Da Da”

Posted on Sep. 25, 2011 by Phillip

I could load up half this song list with reggae music. Artists like The Congos, The Gladiators, Joe Higgs, Toots and The Maytals, Lee Scratch Perry, Peter Tosh — I got into all of them in a big way for … Continue reading →

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Song #16: “Prophet Has Arise”

Posted on Sep. 24, 2011 by Phillip

A friend of mine once came back from Jamaica with a suitcase full of poorly pressed reggae albums neither of us had ever heard of. One of them was The Same Song by Israel Vibration. We listened to that scratchy … Continue reading →

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