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London Pirate Radio — Brooklynian

London Pirate Radio

jeffrey
jeffrey
edited November -1 in The Lounge / Random Stuff
We have a ton of Caribbean pirate radio stations down here in the wider Flatbush area.

Fine enough in concept, although two things kind of stick in my craw about it:

1) they broadcast right up against the frequencies of major NY area radio stations, completely overpowering those locally

2) the vast number of them seem stuck in the same rough rude boy dance hall format that becomes shrill and tired after a while...some variety, please?

If only they threw in some jungle or drum-and-bass like these guys, pirate radio stations across London (and from WWII-era anti-aircraft platforms in international waters just outside UK reach):

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Just as a side note, this was the ad across the top of gothamist.com today. If only they had ads teasing sponsored content like this every day, I would click every. single. one. Maybe even buy a pair of boots.

Enjoy...

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  • outside child
    outside child
  • jeffrey
    jeffrey
    See, this sort of dancehall is fine...tied to classic reggae.

    In my experiences with it, many folks other than the subset holding on to the golden years of Jamaican music consider it (and other classic reggae stuff overall) to be too soft, not hard enough for the streets and totally behind the times.

    I've seen many artists down in Jamaica itself say that most of the recording studios down there in Jamaica have an unofficial ban on the classic stuff and only crank out the hard, barely intelligible stuff that younger folks want for party music (analogous to the dumbed-down Lil' Jon party music genre here in the US "WHAAAAAT? OKAYYYY!!!" etc...).

    They say that, as such, any artists that play in the classic reggae style are relegated to playing for tips and selling their own CDs along the beaches of Negril, Montego Bay etc.

    If only the classic stuff was alive, well and still a huge, thriving, dynamic form continuing on with its larger historic and cultural storytelling significance instead of withered due to the current prevailing thug-o-nomics.

    Unless my information itself is now outdated.

    Has any of that changed? Has any cycle back to the classic style (outside the perennial throngs of prep-school-hacky-sac-neo-hippies at University of Vermont etc.) come back into momentum in the last few years?

    Gawd I hope so.
  • jeffrey
    jeffrey
    jeffrey wrote: the perennial throngs of prep-school-hacky-sac-neo-hippies at University of Vermont etc.
    Case and point...

  • sandcastler
    sandcastler
    They've stopped now, but for over a year at 91.3 FM, the "True Caribbean" radio station, a well-run organization playing contemporary popular Caribbean music, and surely deserving of a legal frequency, but at the time an unlicensed broadcaster in central Brooklyn, had a signal that was so strong that it overrode 91.5 FM, which is the WNYE radio station, where on weekend evenings, Mr. Trevor Wilkens plays 3 hours of classic Calypso, Soca, and Pan. Mr. Wilkens has been in that spot for many years. His is an awesome show. I am so glad the signal is clear again. Calypso is back!

    Also, coincidently, it is the WNYE fund drive right now, so if you can make a pledge to support the music on The Trevor Wilkens Show, now is the time. Because licenses cost money. And the way they raise the money ... well, you know the drill.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    I'm not interested unless the DJ is talking over the songs and constantly using an air horn.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    Carnivore wrote: I'm not interested unless the DJ is talking over the songs and constantly using an air horn.
    In addition, I request a drink.
  • jeffrey
    jeffrey
    There simply is nothing anyone can say to top ^^ that. =D> :lol:
  • outside child
    outside child
    jeffrey wrote: See, this sort of dancehall is fine...tied to classic reggae.

    In my experiences with it, many folks other than the subset holding on to the golden years of Jamaican music consider it (and other classic reggae stuff overall) to be too soft, not hard enough for the streets and totally behind the times.

    I've seen many artists down in Jamaica itself say that most of the recording studios down there in Jamaica have an unofficial ban on the classic stuff and only crank out the hard, barely intelligible stuff that younger folks want for party music (analogous to the dumbed-down Lil' Jon party music genre here in the US "WHAAAAAT? OKAYYYY!!!" etc...).

    They say that, as such, any artists that play in the classic reggae style are relegated to playing for tips and selling their own CDs along the beaches of Negril, Montego Bay etc.

    If only the classic stuff was alive, well and still a huge, thriving, dynamic form continuing on with its larger historic and cultural storytelling significance instead of withered due to the current prevailing thug-o-nomics.

    Unless my information itself is now outdated.

    Has any of that changed? Has any cycle back to the classic style (outside the perennial throngs of prep-school-hacky-sac-neo-hippies at University of Vermont etc.) come back into momentum in the last few years?

    Gawd I hope so.
    Well actually, you are incorrect! There are a LOT of conscious artists out there now who are VERY POPULAR!











  • jeffrey
    jeffrey
    Ah, whew! Thank you.

    Nothing would make me happier for all of that to be no longer the case. Hope to Gawd appears not to have been in vain. :)
  • outside child
    outside child












    (old Buju but he still popular as ever!)

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