JAMAICA
Τα Μέρη που Είναι το Επόμενο Άμστερνταμ
Καθώς η ολλανδική πρωτεύουσα αυστηροποιεί τους νόμους της για το χόρτο, άλλες χώρες είναι έτοιμες για διασκέδαση.
Το Dancehall Διεκδικεί Copyright των Κινήσεών του
«Είναι γαμάτο να φτιάχνουμε έναν χορό στη Τζαμάικα και να φτάνει στην άλλη άκρη».
Οι IRIE Action Sound System μας Μιλούν για την Κουλτούρα της Reggae και του Sound System
Η στήλη Almost Famous αυτή της εβδομάδας φιλοξενεί τους IRIE Action Sound System, οι οποίοι διοργανώνουν και συμμετέχουν σε reggae και dub βραδιές με καλλιτέχνες απο την Τζαμάικα και την Ευρώπη.
Being Trans in Jamaica Sounds Even Worse Than Being Gay in Jamaica
Last week, in Jamaica, 16-year-old Dwayne Jones was shot and stabbed multiple times for turning up to a party in women's clothing. Dwayne's murder highlighted the awful reality of life for Jamaica's LGBT community. I spoke to Tiana Miller, a...
Jack Shelton’s California Love
Jack Shelton is a tall, attractive kid from Melbourne’s beachside suburbia with a fetish for California and weed—or “spinach” as he calls it.
Massacre in Jamaica
In May 2010, the Jamaican government, at the request of the United States, set out to extradite Christopher “Dudus” Coke from a Jamaican slum called Tivoli Gardens, in West Kingston. He was wanted in the US on charges of racketeering, selling drugs...
Good News! You Can’t Be Automatically Deported for Sharing Three Joints
Well, here’s bit of good news from the Supreme Court, a group not generally considered friendly to criminal defendants or recreational drug users: you cannot, it turns out, be automatically deported for the kindhearted but nonetheless illegal act of...
Watch Snoop Lion's New Video for 'Lighters Up' Now
It almost sparked a gang war, but Snoop held a peace conference on the beach. Everyone agreed to chill out for the video and show the world that the conflict between gangs had been resolved. Jamaican TV even turned up and interviewed everybody about it...
Snoop Lion's 'Reincarnated' Documentary Has a New Trailer
We followed Snoop Dogg when he went to Jamaica last year on a spiritual journey. The full length film is coming out in February, but here's an extended theatrical trailer for now, featuring his latest release "Here Comes the King."
Diplo Has a New Photo Zine
He's teamed up with photographer Shane McCauley to photograph different countries and their music scenes. The first issue, about Jamaican Dancehall, is being released on Wednesday.
A Rose by Any Other Name: Why Ben Johnson Ruined the Olympics
Hopefully during these Olympics no one with the same name as me will inject horse testosterone directly into their scrotum to win a medal and then lose it, so no shrimpy little kids with common names like Ben Johnson have to put up with a lifetime of...
Love And Rockers
Theodoros Bafaloukos wrote and directed Rockers, the film that single-handedly made Jamaica and reggae interesting to couch-cozy white folks, their stoner kids, and a bunch of famous English punks with guitars.