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The Sexual Schizophrenia of Celebrity Culture

I interviewed hip-hop artist Michael Franti. Download the MP3

Dub Revolution - Finding a Musical Home: Through The German-UK Looking Glass

Forever Milking Bob, Continued (book reviews)

Concert review of Ziggy Marley & Michael Franti - The Father's Place

Luciano - A Retrospective

Yami Bolo Interview

Tri-Coastal American Dub

“A Culture of Intolerance: Insights on the Chi Chi Man Craze and Jamaican Gender Relations with Julius Powell of JFLAG,”

“A Reasoning with Sister Carol about Gender Equality”

"The 'Real Revolutionary's' Guide to Bob Marley's Star"

“Real Revolutionaries: Rasta’s Revolution in Consciousness”

"The Fire Burn Controversy: On the Uses of Fire in a Culture of Love and Rebellion"

La Controversia del "Fiya Burn":Sobre los Usos del Fuego en una Cultura de Amor y Rebelión

“Jeremy Marre’s Rebel Music: Bob Marley in His Times”

Rasta "Prophet as Sound Boy Murderer: Garnett Silk Inna de Dance”

"Bob Marley: Artist Of The Century?"

“Learning a New Language of Love” (review of Juan Luis Guerra and autobiographical bilingual essay)

BOOK REVIEWS:

Two New Views of Bob Marley and the Wailers

Forever Milking Bob

LINKS TO RADIO SHOWS AND INTERVIEWS:

I did a show with DJ-RJ called Honoring Creation on KAZI in Austin. We featured lots of cutting-edge music and samples of political commentary. The last hour has been subtitled: A Dub Massacre on The American Way of Life (Resisting The Regime of Oil)

“Expanding the Culture of Equal Rights and Justice,” a radio special about gender relations in Jamaica, with special attention to anti-homosexual rhetoric and violence.

"Love and Rebellion: The Fire Burn Controversy” (2001)

"'White Boy a Follower'? From Black Supremacy to 'One Love' in Rasta Reggae" --DJ-RJ & M.C. Gregory, aired on KAZI, Austin, New Years 1998/99

“The Conquest of Culture: The Best of 1990s Reggae”

"Rethinking Race" aired on December 12, 2000 To The Best of Our Knowledge from Wisconsin Public Radio

"Top 25 Conscious Reggae Dancehall Tunes" and "Nyabinghi: Roots and Fruits" of 1997 Playlist. (PDF)

Conscious Dancehall Reggae Top 20 for 1996 Playlist (PDF)

ON-LINE PRINT INTERVIEWS

Interview with Laura Gardner (about race relations and the Marley chapter).

Interview with Island Life BobMarley.com

 
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