Is London Lucky or WHAT??!!

Posted by Shax / at 16:05 / / 0 comments

Who's got Sky?

OK, Virgin Media, Homechoice, BT Vision ........ (who remember's ONDigital? - big in the 00's)

Whatever you've got, you've got MTVONE. Even if you've got Freeview, you've got that realityTV infested channel.

Pissed innit?

Shakka again on another point of the day. Just recently came off Kojo's blog on Youtube: On it, he was talkin' bout UK artists not gettin enough love, and how we should show appreciation for the POTENTIALS.

Made me think bout a lotta times that I'm actually findin' so many things wrong wit some o the artists who come out in the UK, and fail to embrace the good sides of their music, image, lyrics etc.

Then, after laughin' my arse off @ one of Kojo's skits, I stopped and thought, when was the last time I laughed so much at stand-up comedy, or just FUNNY JOKES?

This is why I asked bout MTVONE, Base, etc. If you take a look at it, there is some bullshit TV out there on a weekday night on MTV Base - I'M NOT DISSIN' NONE O THE MUSIC!!!!! I'm talkin bout the constant barrage of reality TV shows (that look more bait an' orchestrated danna disney flick). Sorry, but am I the only one who wants to see more "Spanking New Music", and less "I Love New York"?

Once again, it really is no disrespeck to the producers, editors and peeps @ MTV, I can understand the politics, revenue's, Reh-Teh-Teh.

But when we think bout it, THE UK (not jus London) is blessed with what we've got here.

Kojo the Stand Up comedian, has been constant to the point where his own comedy night has been consistent for bout 5 years - check his page - nuff videos. He's now doin stuff in New York.

N-Dubz have had 40 top hits on the UK singles chart - ........ need I say more?

As written in Incisive's latest blog (.:No more Classics) - downloadin has affected the way we listen to music. Not gonna front. It's now a fact.

But I think many people I speak to, or even listener's in general are quick to play the "back-in-the-day-music-was-love" card, and choose not to search. Or even choose not to listen.

Is London Lucky or WHAT??!!??

A few links:

Szjerdene Myspace - Szjerdene - soft soul of UK

Bluey Robinson Myspace - Bluey Robinson - funk/electro RnB of UK

Duke Myspace - DukeBox - raw voice, nuttin but good music

P.S: NU MUSIC UP SOON - UNI DEADLINES R A KILLAH!!!!!!!

Shax

Can you Feel my Style?

Posted by Shax / at 03:05 / / 3 comments

Whar Gwarn PPLE.

Shakka bloggin' from Dominica (on the last day of being @ Dominica).

'twas big. Nottin but hard food, good family love, and nature on every corner. Customer service is WHACK but the food is good nonetheless.

What I don't understand is that there are so many customers for the KFC and the SUBWAY opened in Dominica, when there are bare good food restaurants cookin' Stew Chicken with Rice, Peas, Yam, Plantain, LENTILS ........ AAAAAAAH!!!!!!!! Baffles me, I swear.

I guess prob when you're used to the stores bein around you all the time, it's cool.

But enough wafflin' - Can you Feel my Style?
I went to the World Music Creole Festival (30th anniversary of Dom. independence) where Sean Paul, Kassav (creole band) and Machel Montano HD performed. And whilst I LOVE Sean Paul's tracks, he didn't deliver. Didn't move the crowd as much as I would have liked. Out of breath within the second track, and the live band with the backin' track was LACKIN' (part from "Never Gonna Be The Same" - tune was big).

Then, after people were cussin, it made me think bout how I perform on stage. How hard it is to move a crowd (coz u lot r stiff - show NO love, i've seen u lot @ Open Mic Nights - clappin like I owe u money). How easy it is to front, just to get people to feel u.

Don't get me wrong, with Sean Paul he's had BAARE time in the music game to get it together, people know the words to his music, and his name is an established brand anyway.

But still, when rockin LIVE, I would want to see a PERFORMANCE!

Easier said than done I guess. Even with MY hype.

Pictures and video's soon.

Shax

P.S: U lot ain't had nottn' till you've tasted LOCAL JUICE!!!!!!! PASSIONFRUIT, GRAPEFRUIT, TANGERINE, CHERRY (whell, not so much Grapefruit).

P.S.S: Oh yeh, and two Soft Drinks - Quenchy (Red), and Fanta (Orange, the colour of the drink is actually orange)