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29 Jan 2015, 11:00 pm

I was filmed last week riding indoors again playing this original song.


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29 Jan 2015, 11:44 pm

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How do you people feel about "Israelites" by Desmond Dekker and the Aces?

just checked it out right now. neato! i'm loving the "ooohh".

now, about the other isrealites, they sure have a beautiful language also. i'm learning the modern variety, bit by bit. :) :)


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30 Jan 2015, 3:51 am

kraftiekortie wrote:
How do you people feel about "Israelites" by Desmond Dekker and the Aces?


I'm a big fan of Jamaican ska and early reggae, so of course I have the utmost admiration for Desmond Dekker. I remember wanting to see him live in California many years ago but my father didn't really want to go, so I skipped it; turns out that became his last Cali show ever. :(

At least at the end of the day, I can still say that I've seen Derrick Morgan, Alton Ellis, Rico Rodriguez, Pat Kelly and a few more obscure names here and there live and in the flesh. My Skatalites concert count is also in the double-digits, though at this point Lester Sterling is the only original (and surviving) member left.



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30 Jan 2015, 9:38 am

I like both Ska and reggae. When I think of Ska, I think of "My Boy Lollipop," which was the first Ska hit in the US (1964).

Even though reggae is derived from Ska, I find them to be quite different in essence, though equal in delights. I see Ska as more "nightclub" than reggae; I see reggae as more "rock" and "soul."

Both "My Boy Lollipop" and "Israelites" were both part of my "childhood soundtrack." Especially "Israelites," since it was played CONSTANTLY on the radio from 1969 to the early 1970s.

That Bicycling Guitarist guy is amazing! I wish I could do many things at once like him! If I tried to play a simple tune on my bike, I would definitely fall off the bike.



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30 Jan 2015, 3:09 pm

thanks kraftiekortie!

But I am not doing many things at once. I am doing one thing: bicycle guitaring.


Does anyone else see the irony here:
"I didn't know that SHE was crazy," says the guy playing guitar on a bicycle.


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30 Jan 2015, 6:19 pm

From my viewpoint, you're doing many things at once.

You're strumming the guitar, you're picking the guitar, you're pedaling, you're regulating your speed, you're riding with no hands, you're keeping yourself balanced on the bike, you're playing the correct song, you're improvising your own song, you're editing your stuff, you're changing your stuff on the fly.

I'm glad you've been able to combine all functions into one harmonious function. Perhaps it's because you just DO--you don't think too much about it.



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30 Jan 2015, 7:11 pm

You are doing many things too miraculously every moment just existing without consciously controlling. Sometimes "trying" to do something gets in the way of actually doing it. Do, or do not as Yoda advises Luke.

I badly need to be recorded instead of being recorded badly. None of my hundreds of original songs have ever been professionally recorded yet with quality sound. Ditto video. All on handheld camera phone devices.

:( I need to be "discovered" and sponsored and exploited, well maybe not that last one but I do have cats to support and a daughter.


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31 Jan 2015, 5:29 pm

Cyclist dude... You should try doing some reggae in your next video. :P


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02 Feb 2015, 5:44 pm

That would be absolute genius: playing reggae while riding his bike!

That would definitely bring him over the hump!



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03 Feb 2015, 1:28 am

kraftiekortie wrote:
That would be absolute genius: playing reggae while riding his bike!

That would definitely bring him over the hump!


Sounds like a good idea for an edited video clip. Not like something you should do for real.



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03 Feb 2015, 8:36 pm

I do play some reggae songs while riding my bicycle. I just don't have any videos of them yet. Also, some of my other songs have reggae parts to them even if the whole song isn't reggae.

But as for the advice you should TRY to... as Yoda said there is no try. If I were to TRY to play reggae while riding a bicycle I'd fall over for sure. I just do it and it happens.


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03 Feb 2015, 8:39 pm

Same with my typing.

I'm a great typist when I don't think about the mechanics of typing.

Once I start thinking about it, I fumble, and I make lots of mistakes.



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06 Feb 2015, 11:53 pm

kraftiekortie wrote:
Same with my typing.

I'm a great typist when I don't think about the mechanics of typing.

Once I start thinking about it, I fumble, and I make lots of mistakes.


Pfff, You shouldn't of heard my podcast, today. I did two drama pieces; Hamlet and lyrics from Sia 'Chandelier'. I did both quite cold (Non rehearsed) and didn't trip up. The irony of being in the moment... :( I tripped up a few times in both texts.


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09 Feb 2015, 8:12 pm

Have they renovated the whole downtown of Manchester? I've heard they were going to do that.

Also: I find it interesting that what we might call "strip malls" are called "shopping precincts" in the UK. A precinct in the US is exclusively used for the headquarters of a police unit.



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10 Feb 2015, 12:49 am

kraftiekortie, what is the origin of the term strip mall?



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10 Feb 2015, 10:06 am

I'll have to research that.

I would assume that "strip malls" are located in a "strip" of land--sort of like a "slice" of land.

Nothing to do with stripping :wink:

Just like "flea markets" have nothing to do with fleas. I believe "flea market," is, ultimately, of Dutch origin.