tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302594202012-04-12T17:24:27.530-05:00Random thoughts on music, cinema, books, cuisine, art, politics, ecology, ecomony and astronomy from Dallas, TXErich Scholzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06066364034335042520noreply@blogger.comBlogger192125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30259420.post-36708545425775052592011-10-26T09:44:00.000-05:002011-10-26T09:44:53.671-05:00

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I don't often rhapsodize about BBQ here in Dallas. I guess the fact is that I've never really supped at the table of any truly great BBQ joints in this burg. Oh yeah, there's always been a myth that Texas' greatest contribution to international cuisine is BBQ but despite the PR and the locally-based chains, most of the stuff in this city falls pretty flat. Let me eat my words. Or rather, let me

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PAPA MICHIGAN Empress By My Side 2011 - Rashanco Music Foundation artiste Papa "Baddingo" Michigan teased fans with the release of "Woman I Love You" earlier this year. The track boasted a vocal on top the vintage "Johnny Too Bad" riddim and reflected a lovers side to the legendary Jamaican deejay -- one half of the immortal Michigan & Smiley. He follows up that promise with a new full-length CD

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Moodies on White Plains Rd. Mucho thanks to all my friends in NYC. Got a chance to travel there March 24-28 and I had a great time. It's been three years since I last visited the Big Apple and this time I was determined to visit as many reggae spots as possible. Ate dinner at The Islands on Washington Av in BK the first nite and took the 2 to The Bronx the next day to visit the world famous

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Keep reading Northerners talking about Dallas shutting down after "2 inches of snow." Well, it's not the snow that's the problem. Right now it's 18 degrees F and there is about 1.5 inches of smooth-as-glass ice over most of the roads at least here in East Dallas. I braved the dangerous roads -- and even more dangerous and reckless drivers -- to get some food and firewood last nite and I thought I

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SNOW DAY!!! DISD cancels...my job cancels.

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Tough Roots Radics riddims and the floating, ethereal vocal stylings of Wayne Jarrett make CHIP IN (1982) not only a classic and key entry in the Jamaican music canon but a damn fine listen to nearly 30 years on. The Junjo Lawes production also boasts some of the worst LP art in Reggae. Maybe not worst, but certainly a nominee for most misleading. It's a bit of the old bait and switch. Instead

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Another test using email

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Testing new phone app

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New Suspira Poster art by Matt Leer Dallas Cinemania is screening Dario Argento's classic SUSPIRIA (1977) Jan 20th, 8pm at the Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff. Due to the fact that the TT doesn't have a 35mm projection system at the moment, we're gonna be showing this in the digital format. Some folks may decry this, but we're working with what we have. Plus -- the audio is so important with this

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Last night finally got around to watching The Three Burial of Melquiades Estrada (2005) dir: Tommy Lee Jones. Thought it was ok if a bit long. Started out promising but devolved into an awkward "road-trip" movie -- or trail-trip...or whatever. Also watched Inception (2010). Twice. Finally figured some things out the second time but I think the movie was a bit overrated. It's almost too

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Leslie Nielsen passed away this Sunday. He was 84 according to the AP. I first remember seeing Leslie in Forbidden Planet. That was a film made back in 1956. It was Technicolor fantasy, loosely based on Shakespeare's The Tempest. It had Robby the Robot in it. Good film to see on the big screen. I tried to watch a Hi-Def version recently and got bored. Anyway, I guess Leslie really hit his career

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A search for info on the collapse of the current economy doesn't turn up any definitive answers. No one can really judge it because we're knee-deep in it. Right? Knee? Throat? Who really knows the depth and breadth of this mess? Most can probably agree the U.S. economy has lost a prime mover -- our biggest export, the consumer. Jobs have been phased out -- forever? Those who still work them,

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More JA madness in Big D. This time DJ Diamond Age and I will be spinning at Lee Harvey's at 1807 Gould St in Dallas, TX. We'll probably go on around 9pm and spin vinyl until 2am. No admission and I think they're having 1/2 burgers. Not exactly ital, but hey...We'll also be celebrating the late deejay wonder Billy Boyo. Sept 21 is his birthday. Beware.

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I'll be spinning some vintage Jamaican vinyl, as DJ Franco Nero, along with my co-hort Diamond Age this coming Tues, July 27th at the Doublewide at the eastern end of Deep Ellum right here in Dallas, TX. I've been putting together a pretty decent selection of tracks. My specialty is early '80s Dancehall but we're gonna be covering the history of reggae from SKA to early digital and all points

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It's ironic that my last post was about Lincoln "Sugar" Minott. The veteran Jamaican singer-songwriter-producer and DJ passed away this past Saturday July 10 at the age of 54. No real details have emerged concerning the cause of his death although speculation centers around his recent bout with heart problems that prevented him from performing at recent shows. Sugar's death has brought out many

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I can't believe it's already July... Insane. Yeah, it's freakin' hot here in Big D. I've been getting a serious office tan the past couple of months, so its not as big a deal to me as it could be. I've also been taking a serious detour into Jamaican music the past few months (in case you didn't notice from the last several posts). Still on a serious kick. I'm digging deep. Way deep. I've pushed

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There is a ton of unsung talent in Jamaican music history. And tons of artists who intially hit big and never really fully realized their commercial potential in the international music community. I wouldn't call the high-tenored Triston Palma (or Tristan Palmer as he is sometimes known) a "one-hit wonder." The guy's too good for that label. His biggest and most well-known chune being the

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 PAPA MICHIGAN - LOVE IZ (Rashanco) 2010 I'm a huge fan of Jamaican deejay duo Michigan and Smiley and I'm proud to say that Papa Michigan (aka Baddingo aka Anthony Fairclough) has recently dropped a first class new solo album called Love Iz. M&S were the foundation rub-a-dub team (and first duo) coming up around '78, '79 when Papa Michie and the Original General were still in their youthman

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I don't really have much to say about it all...I had a major LOST overdose last night...watched over 5 hours of LOST programming. I always thought the show lasted one season too long...and I'm sticking by that assessment. I wasn't really disappointed in the ending -- I mean, I thought it was handled pretty well -- but it was definitely underwhelming. Basically what I thought was going on back in

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Any New Yorker knows the iconic, blue, gold and white paper coffee cup. It's proper title is the Anthora. I did not know that. But I do know that the cup's designer, Leslie Buck, passed away this past Monday at his home in Long Island. He was 87.

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Keyboardist Ansel Collins wrote and recorded the durable instrumental, "Stalag 17" for producer Winston Riley in 1973. The track went on to become one of the most sampled and versioned riddims in the history of Jamaican music. There have literally been hundreds of different songs using Collins' unique Stalag bass and drum riff, probably the biggest being Tenor Saw's "Ring the Alarm" in 1985,

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Happy April. I hear there's something called the iPad out there. Someone, tell me what it's all about. Don't have the energy right now. But I did watch LOST tonight -- quite enjoyed it, boyo -- and I'm always interested in what anyone of my friends has to say about it...I had a theory that I was gonna spell out...but I decided I didn't want to put it out there...so...whatever. Enjoy the show.

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I received the new Netflix Instant Streaming disc for the Wii this past Friday. After fussing with the wireless network security for an hour or two, I managed to get it going. I had some hopes for it, even if the Wii doesn't support hi-def video. Hey, I don't even have the Wii hooked up through the component inputs on the TV! Regardless, I think Netflix streaming video far surpasses my

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