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Oddz & Endz
on Jul 9, 2007 in personal culture calypso i am becoming the Red Plastic Bag of blogging, tossing a mix of topics into the bag and trying to pass it off as a well thought-out blog post...And speaking of calypso, some tent managers are unhappy with the criticism the standard of music has been...
Ras Iley on radio
on Jul 15, 2007 in culture calypso media Barbados i usually don't like local radio because, and i admit that this may be an unfair criticism, there seems to be little between the extremes of whiny, idle complainers on call-in programmes and jukeboxes where the news is grudgingly given a little spac...
Another Bajan Blog
on Jul 17, 2007 in culture calypso blogging Barbados Via The Bajan Reporter i found out that Peter Boyce of MADD has a blog about entertainment, Crop Over and Calypsonians (mostly from the Bacchanal Time Tent).While the disclaimer at the top of the blog will make you wonder if Boyce is twelve years old...
Blackface?
on Jul 27, 2007 in culture calypso race Barbados At the risk of getting cussed or being accused of not getting it (maybe i don't) i just gotta ask why is a Bajan performer smearing his face brown/black and pretending to be a Guyanese (of East Indian origin i presume based on the allusions to curry)...
Longest Afternoon EVER
on Nov 11, 2007 in Personal bad behaviour calypso cat family Vincent Vincent was acting out really bad this afternoon, I have no idea why, but it was awful. It started when he decided to get himself a glass of milk, from a very full gallon jug, and spilled half of it on the floor. During the 20 minutes it took me to c...