What month is it?

Today has been a nice day 8 degrees and sunny, you wouldn’t think it’s the first day of February.  Thanks to Debby H for getting in touch with a picture taken last week of a cherry tree which had already started to blossom in Southgate. The blossom is on the water sprouts at the bottom of the tree. As she said  “I never ever recall seeing cherry blossom in January before.” She’s right!
Even the Lldl bargain bulbs we bought in the autumn are starting to sprout at the moment. It certainly has been mild of late but you know what this weather is like, God only knows what’s around the corner. Here’s to good weather!

Dub on the buses

Here’s a tune for this sunny but cold Sunday. It’s from a good few years ago from Delhi 2 Dublin and it’s called Get on The Bus. The tune was found last week whilst researching a shortwave mix. It’s a wonderful tune and very dubwise.

Talking of On the buses, we’ve been alerted to a really good cafe by Waterloo Bus Garage called The Bus Cafe. We’ve never been ourselves as we’ve only found out about it but we will, you can be sure of it. It looks great, meals are cheap, you will be sharing a table with a bus driver and if you’re that way inclined you can even play a game of pool with one (winner stays on, of course). As it says on Trip Advisor “Good food and (a) nice no-frills experience”, well if that ain’t a good enough recomendation we don’t know what is. Big up all the bus driver (and conductor) lunchtime crew.

Culture – Two Sevens Clash
“I take a ride sometimesOn Pennoverland and BranxAnd sometimes I ride on bus X-82, say what?”

“The bus reference is especially important, as the album’s liner notes say that (Joseph) Hill got the idea for Two Sevens Clash while riding public transportation.”
https://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110529/ent/ent5.html

More about the Jamaica Omnibus Service (JOS) here.

 

 

More radio fun

This weekend the Imaginary Stations crew present another installment of WDWD – Off the Map Radio. Programme 2 in the series will be going out to Europe via the services of Shortwave Gold on Sunday 28th January 2024 at 1000/1400 hrs UTC on 6160 kHz and then at 2100 UTC on 3975 kHz (ionosphere permitting).

 

 

Enjoy more journey related tunes and some about locations and place names and the show also includes a mix from One Deck Pete called “You take the high road” including tunes by LJ SEB, Cornershop, Soul Sugar and Zeb The Spy from Cairo.

Then on early Monday 29th January 2024 there’s KPET for all pet lovers out there at 0300 UTC on 9395 kHz via WRMI. They’ll be songs for your cat, budgie and guinea pig alongside reviews of dry cat food, dog biscuits and hamster chews. It will be a great show so tune in.

(Imaginary) Radio is a (Electro) magnetic thing

Imaginary Stations takes to the internet airwaves from his Monday on Electromagnic Radio. It looks a great station with lots of great shows here.

Times are Mondays at 2pm and on a Saturday at 7pm both UK time. Tune in and enjoy the first show which is Radio Lavalamp but that’s after exploring all the other musical possibilities that are on the site. Enjoy the diverse range of musical enjoyment on Electromagnetic Radio.

On a cold and frosty morning

Another big thanks goes out to Rich R in the Lake District for sending us a pic of what the view was like from his front window earlier today. This picture was taken just after the morning snow stopped and he also told us minus 5 is on the cards for tonight. Brrrr, that’s all you need. Keep warm Rich!

By all accounts Forest Hill is supposedly having a couple of cold nights this week so BBC Weather reckons. Anyway here’s an apt named tune from Hoodish Recordings in Tokyo from an artist called MaL (PART2STYLE) and it’s called Powder Snow Dub and a nice tune it is!

We must remember this is a gardening blog (or is it?)

Another great tune found whilst researching a forthcoming shortwave radio mix, a very summery sounding tune from a little while back, complete with a backwards tracking part in it. Cornershop with England is a Garden. Wonderful!

And talking of backwards tracking, check the B side of this one which we’ve featured a few times here so why not again. Burt Walters on the vocals with Honey Love, the great upsetter on the mix.  Love the sound of the vocal track tape being rewound to start in the right place. Crazy!

Tunes for a Thursday

Through all of the researching of the Abedare Rockers cassette a few great gems have come to the surface like this excellent track from Debra Keese and Black Five with Travelling produced by Scratch The Upsetter. And you want the toast, here it is! Top tunes galore!

Aberdare Rockers revived!

A big thanks to Debby H for sticking the audio of the excellent Aberdare Rockers cassette tape online on Mixcloud. We haven’t heard it for many moons and it is sounding excellent! Cheers to Debby H, Rhyhm Doctor, Karl S and Pete R for their valuable help sussing these tunes out. Any amends or misnamed please let us know.

Massive thanks to Debby H again for finding this classic cassette and for transfering it and sticking it up on Mixcloud. This mix will be on play again at Weeds HQ for the rest of the week! The MP3 can be downloaded here.

Augustus Pablo – Mount of Olives Dub
Mickey Dread – Robbers Roost
Wailing Souls – Mr Firecoal Man
Jacob Miller – False Rasta
Rod Taylor – His Imperial Majesty
Mikey Dread – African Anthem
Aminatou & The Roots Underground – Runaway Dread
Lord Sassafrass & Deborah Keys – Green Bay Inquest
Wailing Souls – Joy within your heart
Wailing Souls – Very Well
Dr Alimantado – Poison Flour
Dr Alimantado – Gimme my gun
Ijahman Levi – I’m a Levi dub/
IllusionInkling Music – Reggae Fusion Odyssey Roots Rhythm
The Incrowd – Mango Walk
Lord Creator – Such is life dub
The Wailers – Guided Missle
The Shadows  – Brother Noah
Culture/Mighty Two – Two Sevens Clash (dub)
Prince Far I and the Arabs – Long Life
Errol Dunkley – A little way different
Junior Byles – Can you feel it (Sufferation Everyday)
The Observers & Niney –Tribulation Dub
Leroy Smart/I Roy – Jah is the Light/Wicked Eat Dirt