on my stereo...

fuck it man...the news gets me so down. and i 've been reading about reagan and ollie north and pappy bush. television has wiped out our memory. i need to chill out and get my head around how i'm going to build an art collective for change in this town. so in the meantime, i'd rather rock some:

1. baby i love you so - jacob miller
i dig that old '70s reggae, when it was all dirty soundin' and rough. augustus pablo on the mix...but this is just a prelude for...

2. king tubby meets the rockers uptown - king tubby and pablo
the dub version of baby...widely regarded as the finest example of dub music. the cut that you would play if someone wanted to know what dub is about...yeah, i'll go with that...top five at least.

3. in the ghetto - big joe
if dj was your trade around jamaica back in the '70s, you were laying tracks at king tubby's studio. at least that's what i heard.

4. welcome to jamrock - damian marley
still rockin' it homeboy!

5. world in trouble - ranking joe
motherfucker, ain't it though...and nobody seems to give a fuck.

6. no no no - dawn penn
i thought i heard this was recorded back in the '60s. the beat and the bass line are so badass, they'd hit your mom with a forty bottle when she wasn't looking.

7. rain all night - don carlos
i like this shit you know...raining all night, no lights at the house, no bed in your room...but keep on keepin' on brother...it'll all work out.

8. dolly my baby - supercat
takes me back to my youf.

9. no holding back - wayne wonder
have you noticed? i've been real careful with punctuation marks. especially those at the ends of sentences. WOW! did you notice? i hope you did. it's all for you, you know. it all is.

10. hey girl - damian marley
it sounds good cuz it's got that 'slick' sound to it. it's just the kind of shit i like to hear when i'm wrapping presents or breakdancing naked.

11. got it twisted [marley remix] - mobb deep
a 'could you be loved' remix...it's fun sounding, like a party's goin' on...but then i realize it's mobb deep and the lyrics are probably about killin' some motherfuckers.

12. shook ones, pt.2 [marley remix] - mobb deep
'i shot the sheriff' and then i shot EVERY motherfucker in the place!

13. the corner [remix] - common, scarface, mos def
remember the geto boys? of course you do. hey, i just noticed...this playlist is really heavy on the reggae and rap. forgive me. it's a direct reaction to the steve miller / eagles overload i was on last week.

14. pocket full of stones [chopped and screwed remix] - u.g.k.
listen...i ain't mad at you for not tryin' my drink. i'm tellin' you...it works and works well. but if you are too scared, or have to work or something, this song's sound approximates what you'd feel like. also similar to the angel dust buzz in a way, i suppose.

15. lucifer - jay-z
yeah man...i wanted to put that max romeo song on, but i'm making a concerted effort to throw on some more american music. you know what i mean. i don't want my neighbors gettin' too complacent. you know...they can handle the reggae, cuz when it talks about revolution, at least it's in another country...but when i throw the rap records on, and they hear "fuck the police," well, then that's a different story. fuck it man...i'm about to get my black flag records out!

16. the stopper - cutty ranks
whew! that was a close one. back to my youf again...

17. untold stories - buju banton
i'm a sucker for the acoustic guitar. and i edited out that stupid gospel breakdown / talking thing in the middle of the song.

18. thank you - louque
see...i did the right thing and bought his record after i downloaded the tracks off the internet and then i happened upon this song - a live jawn and acoustic to boot - just the type of thing that i would tack on to the end of a burned CD and tell all my friends it was the rare australian pressing. wait a minute, no one i know would give a fuck...

19. badfish / boss dj - jack johnson
jack covers sublime with mostly his guitar, and a little bit of the drums and bass.

20. greatest hits - g love and special sauce
"hey everyone, look! it's that dude from the fuckin' lame ass coke commercial covering sublime. what a loser! let's got to a&f and buy a sweet trucker hat." fuck it g...you gotta pay the bills somehow.

21. 420 - part one tribe
these guys are gettin' there. this song is so good, it makes you forgive the band for calling it '420.'

so there you have it...whatever it is...get a doctor to take a look at it. maybe you can get a prescription for whatever it is. and if you get a chance, expose it to some sunlight. nine times outta ten it'll clear it up.

take my word for it.