–Black & White Cafe, St. Pauls Race Riots Bristol, England, Dread inna April 1980
The St Pauls disturbances in England and general early 1980 UK politricks spark major dread as Maggie Thatcher first grips power. Midnight Dread responds with Ska, Rock Steady, Sexy Reggae & Jah Jah Power to provide a bit of an antidote as The Reggaeighties get going with class strife boosted by union busting, privatization of the public sphere, war mongering & austerity on acid voodoo economics from which I & I are still trying to survive & reverse. The Iron Lady’s funeral looms this week with the world resembling more of a global ghost town than ever. Music hits us so we feel less pain. Ding Dong Inglan Is A Bitch Is Dread. Hold tight to your internet feed as Jah Raver clock nears one thousand fe true with highlights like Dennis Brown live in Montreux doin’ the very first station-wide ‘All Killer No Filler Reggae Rocker of The Week’ plus an alternate fire-for-the-frustration version of LKJ’s “Five Nights Of Bleeding”, the smokin’ uptempo “Pee Pee Cluck Cluck” from The Maytals, rude mooders and spiritual lifters timeless & in time when Midnight goes there thirty three years a-dread without any apology. Crucial me lion. We are all sus-pects now. Spin tunes & weave lives.
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