Richie showed up at my house in his GMC (german master class) truck, which was one mighty sweet ride! He got a little accustomed to his surroundings as well as his host�he met my folks and then we were off to tek a midnight stroll in downtown TO. My gyaal Agatha and I took him down Queen St for a likkle food at TO's best pizza place, AMATO's, and then it was time to head back home for some musical nourishment as well as some banter. Den bunks wi res!

Satday was all about dancehall and JAMAICA! We had a big day ahead of us�which began with a trip to TREA-JAH ISLE RECORDS on Eglington W�where we took in some conscious vibes courtesy of natty owners Wade and Kim. We were deh in search of the lost riddim�which was the PROBLEM. Richie picked up some 45s�unfortunately PROBLEM dun�so all we had was our Profesor Nuts anthem SATAN STRONG! Then it was off to Keelesdale Park for some much needed bashment at TO's Jamaica Day celebration�marking JAMDUNG's independence on July 29th 1962. Nuff artists dehso�some nice vibes and nice food. FIYA FI DI PORK, man! During the day we checked out some of TO's up an coming talent�as well as established artists such as Major P and the pre-pubescent rasta singer- Sugar Prince! Much craziness erupt when the likkle yute rushed off the stage for the headliners of the show�AMBELIQUE, LEROY GIBBONS, INSPECTA LENNY, TINGA STEWART, GLEN "nuh disrespect" WASHINGTON and PROFESSOR NUTS!

Ambelique serenaded the crowd with his soulful set of chunes�i wasn't much into his set but Richie seemed to dig him�so high i-ses from di Doctor! Nex up was Leroy Gibbons�who DUN DI PLACE! I wasn't aware of his stuff til that night�but he was bashy! Much respeck to Mister Gibbons who got such a big forward that he even graced the stage for an encore! Then TO's own Inspecta Lenny did him ting and the dance mash up. Tinga was nex and he was pure niceness too�100 percent entertainer�from his dapper hat and locks�to his cris voice�nice vibes! He even welcomed up Sassa Frass to big up him ches which was much to di crowd's pleasure! Den Glen Washington played a overblown�MUCH TOO LONG SET! People were deh for a LONG TIME and weren't interested in waiting much longer for the man of di hour�PROFESSOR NUTS! Washington was making the massive bored and anxious�dem ready fi call di Fiyaman fi hang di singa up! He even had the audacity to shoo some likkle pickney away from the stage�seying "dis my time�nuh disrespect, yu know�" PURE FOCKERY DAT! But towards the close of his set, he grew on me�with ONE OF THESE DAYS and THANK YU LORD�two of my favourite songs�don't get me wrong�i love glen washington�big respeck to di man�but di massive nuh wan him�and if dem call fi him head�MC galong wit di show, seen? And so�with no further a due�and no further time�like 20 minutes�Professor Nuts took the stage. The wait was DEFINITELY worth it. HELLLLLOOOOOOO�Nuts was on fire! He wowed us with his amazing vocabulary and vernacular (eventho much of it was made-up�Torontorians and pregnacious?) He had a clean set�free of swearing�fi di pickney dem� F it up! But that didn't stop him from mashing up di dance wit his hit on di PROBLEM�SATAN STRONG�yu know? He even brought on a guest deejay�Chicken Chest�who did a nice job of incorporating most of dancehall's big names into his rhymes. Professor Nuts truly lived up to his name as a top notch deejay�intelligent, funny and skilled!

Sunday was far more laid back than the previous day, this time it was off to see singer man LORD TANAMO. Richie and I hopped into his chuck and we took a drive down to see Tanamo during which we listened to SHINEHEAD's PRAISES�which included our other anthem, MY LOVE, sweet chune! Anyway�after a little bit of getting lost�we finally found Tanamo. The night was nice�hearing stories and anecdotes from a legend in Jamaican music. Tanamo was very animated, charismaitc, humourous and spiritual. He spoke of his days with the Skatalites and how he was responsible for their name as well as bringing them back together in 83�with his OWN money no less! He also spoke of his trip through Germany and Europe with Richie and the Senior Allstars�he had much love for the European people, saying they treated him like a king! The vibes at Tanamo's home were very nice�a proud man but also a very gracious one. Before we left him, he prepared a NICE dinner of beef and rice and peas�GOOD FOOD DAT! I'm still tasting those rice and peas! A truly amazing experience with TWO great ska musicians!

It was all about rekkids on Monday�Richie, Tim , Ed and I went for a rekkid run through TO. We must of checked EVERY single record shop from Yonge to Queen�at least all the good ones. It all started at PLAY DE RECORD where Richie cleaned out di place of all dem riddim rekkids�and i found some nice 45s. We then checked a shit load of stores lookin for Busta Rhymes' new album�USED and CHEAP of course. Unfortunately it could not be found�so oure search was in vein. Well, almost�Richie found himself quite a lot of cds (including a BRUCE WILLIS album for Ines) and really helped boost our economy�that's what Canada really needs�MORE GERMAN MONEY! After our rekkid run, we went to check out the CN TOWER�the tallest free standing structure in the world. The entire thing was pure shit disturbing�with Richie buggin the elevator operator as to why the tower was built and so on. Tim had some fun with a new mutant baby he had purchased at Toys R Us�the moral that we all learned from this excursion was "It is fun to fock with people!" We then headed back to my place where I began celebrating my birthday early by watching FIGHT CLUB for the umpteenth time!

Tuesday was another laid back day�we spent most of the day just watching TV and listening to music. I introduced Richie to THE FAMILY GUY which he enjoyed very much. We also caught episodes of FUTURAMA and THE SIMPSONS as well as various reggae videos. The Doctor got to see quite a lot of stuff that he previously had not been able to in Germany. In turn, he let me hear his NEW album�which we had actually been listening to for quite some time. The new album is AMAZING�don't want to give away too much�but expect the same great chunes that the Senior Allstars are famous for! OH SHIT�dangling preposition " FOR WHICH the Senior Allstars are famous". That's our grammar lesson for today kids! The night brought us to the Bamboo to celebrate my 19th birthday. Unfortunately, it was HOUSE night�so the music wasn't much to my liking�plus most of my frens were NO SHOWS�so i guess they weren't really frens. But we did have some company in the form of Agatha and Katherine. So, much love to dem�afterwards we planned to catch a LATE movie. Unfortunately, we forgot that it was a Tuesday and there were no late shows. Oh yeah�and I neeeded to PISS real BAD! Luckily there was port-a-potty left from construction on Queen! All in all�still a nice birthday!

Wednesday was Ring Ding's last day with us in TO�so we ended things with some nice company and mellow vibes. Again we spent a couple of hours with Tanamo and his crazy fren Lloyd�who had no problem singing over Tanamo's classic chunes- "I called yu momma an she sed yu weren't home�I called yu daddy and he sed "yu got to go'"! Unfortunately�as we had very little time, the visit had to be cut short! Nex ting on our list was to hang out wit some frens of mine and check out a movie. So we drove downtown again wit Tim and Jodi where we saw SCARY MOVIE�which was more funny than scary�hehehehe. Afterwards, Richie, Tim and I spent a good hour sippin coffee, eating LOTS of donuts and telling jokes at TIM HORTON'S.

So Dr RING DING took his leave of me on Thursday after a very exciting five days. Our parting was emotional and we both held back the tears! But later we'd chat it up again over the phone as the Doctor got terribly bored in his hotel room�he only had three channels�one of which was PORN�hehehehe. So all in all it was an interesting visit. Furthermore, during his trip to TORONTO, he had NOTHING stolen from his person� NYC Hopefully this winter I'll mek my trip to Germany where Ring Ding and I will cut a wikkid dancehall chune! Much love.