Bob Marley

Rita Marley is notorious for her tight grip on the licensing and rights to Bob Marley's multimedia legacy. Every photo, every song, every document of the beloved singer published after his death has to be approved by his widow. And she usually says no. So when news broke that The Weinstein Company was making a movie adaptation of Rita's controversial book "No Woman, No Cry," I naturally assumed they would have no problem obtaining a license for Bob's music. But, that w... MORE

A chunk of 70's reggae music that had been locked up in the archives of the former Jamaica Broadcasting Corp. are gone. The sketchy act is a dis on the Jamaican government who people accuse of not properly maintaining the archives, according to the AP. The theft was noticed recently by workers for the new Public Broadcasting Corp. of Jamaica who went to the old JBC building looking for archived material for new programs on the network. Thousands of vinyl records and co... MORE

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Oscar-winning film-maker Jonathan Demme has taken over from Martin Scorsese as director of an authorized documentary about Jamaican reggae icon Bob Marley.The untitled film is set to be released on 6 February 2010 to mark the 65th anniversary of the musician's birth, reports the BBC. Marley died of cancer in 1981 at the age of 36. Bob Marley's son Ziggy, who will act as executive producer, said he was "excited" to confirm Demme's participation. Ziggy Marley "His ... MORE

I had just finished parking my car in front of the house, I had been out doing some food shopping, when I looked to my left and saw three birds hopping around my neighbours lawn. Quickly all three popped up and flew across the road towards another lawn, just as they were about to make it to the other side the third bird in the back got clipped by a passing car. It happened so fast I didn't realize what I saw until the chirping grew louder and I noticed the two other birds ... MORE

Martin Scorsese could be resting on the laurels of his Rolling Stones documentary "Shine A Light" but instead he has set his sights on a new music film. Scorsese announced that the same power-trio that made "Shine A Light" possible will begin working on a new documentary about Bob Marley. The flic was approved by the Marley Estate and will be produced in part by Tuff Gong Pictures. An article in Variety captured Ziggy Marley's sentiments about the venture:

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On the deluxe edition of Rastaman Vibration, the first disc contains all of the cuts issued in the spring of the US' bicentennial (1976) in the original configuration but there's more. This CD also holds the anthemic single "Jah Live" and previously unreleased versions of "Roots, Rock, Reggae" (in both an unreleased alternate mix and a dub piece), alt. mixes of "Want More", "Crazy Baldhead", War" and "Johnny Was." For all you "fiends" who want to hear "sumpin' new from the... MORE

I received my first press recognition today! This time, as the Star instead of as the Reporter. My quotes aren't 100% accurate, unfortunately. But the ideas are true to my statements, so I'm thrilled. The article is about the "Reggae Scrapbook" and our first book-signing featuring Roger Steffens, Peter Simon and myself. The article is lovely and you can check it out if you like: Reggae Scrapbook in SF Chronicle I do wish she had printed what I consider to be t... MORE

"Could you be loved and be loved? Could you be loved and be loved? Dont let them fool ya,Or even try to school ya! oh, no!Weve got a mind of our own,So go to hell if what youre thinking is not right!Love would never leave us alone,A-yin the darkness there must come out to light. Could you be loved and be loved? Could you be loved, wo now! - and be loved? (the road of life is rocky and you may stumble too,So while you point your fingers someone else is judging you)Lov... MORE

  When I listen to this song I pretend that I was one of Bob Marley's backup singers.  Would there have been anything better?

Rare Marley, Hendrix Concerts to Be Sold Online

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - Vintage concert performances by such acts as Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix will soon join the nearly 500 recordings already available for download purchase at the music and memorabilia site Wolfgang's Vault.
The additions were made possible through a deal between Universal Music Group (UMG) and Wolfgang's Vault founder Bill Sagan. The recordings include live performances by UMG art

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The song for this post is "Dervish", from the first Shinjuku Zulu release, at iTunes HERE So yesterday (Saturday) morning I had a couple people interested in the art come over to my studio to look at my remixable and static paintings. I verbally bittorrented the ideas behind the work at them as I showed them around, because I had to start get the space ready for a video shoot later in the day. (Aside: one person bought a piece, one is considering.) Then my wife Zanesh... MORE