EVALUATING 2008 (20)

Dubroom Online - December 30, 2008


"EVALUATING 2008 (20)" (WEBMASTER'S COLUMN)

WWW, December 30 2008 - Next to JAH and all those who contribute(d) to the Dubroom in some way, this Website and it's contributors owe a big thank you to you, dear reader/visitors of the Dubroom!

Whether you come for the music, or for any other material that we release, we would not have been there if you would not be reading this.

We get feedback, positive and negative, and it is communication like this, or at the comments on the blogs or on the Dubroom Message Boards that we see what happens.

Freedom of Speech is a lovely thing, freedom of gathering information and communication too. We celebrate these freedoms by using them!


More Tomorrow...

One Love, Give Thanks,
Messian Dread (Dubroom Webmaster)

The above column is the personal opinnion of the Webmaster and does not neccesarily reflect the contents of the Dubroom Website and/or Message Boards and/or Weblogs.

ITEMS FOR THIS EDITION:

MESSIAN DREAD - DUB IS NOT A JOKE
DUBROOM STAR SELECTIONS RELEASE



Not a laughing matter, even though some may do. Seven minutes, two DUB mixes of what can only be a serious riddim.

So serious, that the first mix has several sound clips of George W. Bush making fun of the fact that no WMD's were found in Iraq, where he talks down on what he calls "conspiracy theories" in another clip.

Serious, as the DUB Effects in the second mix show to the ear. Especially with some subwoofer able to produce really low sound, this DUB will come to it's full power.

DOWNLOAD TRACK:

1. WAR IS NOT A JOKE
320Kbit MP3 - 44.100 Khz 16 Bit Wave Audio

DUBBIN' IS NOT A JOKE
320Kbit MP3 - 44.100 Khz 16 Bit Wave Audio

THE HARDER THEY COME(DUBROOM (DUB) REGGAE VIDEO REVIEW)



WWW, December 2008 - Starring Jimmy Cliff as Rhygin, The Harder They Come tells the story of Jamaica's Robin Hood (or Al Capone) as he comes to Kingston and grows out to be the talk of the town.

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MESSIAN DREAD - DUB IS NOT A JOKE (DUBROOM STAR SELECTIONS RELEASE )

MESSIAN DREAD - DUB IS NOT A JOKE
DUBROOM STAR SELECTIONS RELEASE



Not a laughing matter, even though some may do. Seven minutes, two DUB mixes of what can only be a serious riddim.

So serious, that the first mix has several sound clips of George W. Bush making fun of the fact that no WMD's were found in Iraq, where he talks down on what he calls "conspiracy theories" in another clip.

Serious, as the DUB Effects in the second mix show to the ear. Especially with some subwoofer able to produce really low sound, this DUB will come to it's full power.

DOWNLOAD TRACK:

1. WAR IS NOT A JOKE
320Kbit MP3 - 44.100 Khz 16 Bit Wave Audio

DUBBIN' IS NOT A JOKE
320Kbit MP3 - 44.100 Khz 16 Bit Wave Audio

THE HARDER THEY COME

THE HARDER THEY COME
DUBROOM VIDEO REVIEW



WWW, December 2008 - Starring Jimmy Cliff as Rhygin, The Harder They Come tells the story of Jamaica's Robin Hood (or Al Capone) as he comes to Kingston and grows out to be the talk of the town.

This movie was shot in the 1970's, not quite the time where Rhygin troubled the police on Jamaica. But that doesn't matter, especially not since this movie does more than "just" telling Rhygin's story.

The Harder They Come gives a pretty good insight in Jamaica during the mid 1970's, even though the economical situation hasn't changed much throughout the decades.

Young Jimmy Cliff enters Kingston as his mother died, and get confronted with the high cost of living and huge unemployment. Music, often seen as the other way out of the ghetto, turns out to be inaccessible for talented people due to corruption.

After a long, long attempt to basically get a life, Jimmy Cliff becomes one of Jamaica's legends. Rhygin, seen by one as Robin Hood and by the other as Al Capone, was a pain in the neck for Jamaica's police until they shot him to death.

This great movie tells Rhygin's story, while giving a picture of Jamaica during the 1970's. Essential!

CLICK HERE TO WATCH