Friday, May 13, 2005  

Culture
"Garvey" 12-Inch Extended Mix
Production Something: The 12-Inch Mixes
(Heartbeat, 1995)

Culture
"Two Sevens Clash"
Two Sevens Clash
(Shanachie, 1978)

A few weeks ago Kingston-based journo-photographer Michael Williams sent me the above photo of Culture's Joseph Hill getting an award. The timing was tite because I'd been meaning to write something about Culture for the longest time, and I had been listening to the group's Production Something album almost every day on the bus ride to work---helps to block out the kooks. Also, Culture was about to perform a couple of shows in the VA/MD/DC area and I planned on going to one of them.

Alas, I never blogged about Culture and I never made it to either concert because I've been in lockdown watching the NBA playoffs. Sometimes life slows down into nothingness and there's nothing you can do but follow the ennui straight to the couch.

But this weekend I'm gonna shake off the dust and get-get-get-get up & get-get-get-get down with a trip to NYC and then a brief stop in NJ on Sunday for the first area concert by trumpeter Dizzy Reece in more than a decade. If you've read this blog for some time, you know how I feel about Dizzy's music. The show's free and it starts at 2 p.m. It's at the library in Manalaplan, NJ, which is about an hour outside of Manhattan. Click here for directions and more info.

The amazing history of "Two Sevens Clash."

Buy Production Something and Two Sevens Clash from Ernie B's Reggae.

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