toybulldog

cheers Pikey

Throw Me Corn, another old rhythm so often re-sampled in dancehall

Larry Marshall

Bags of Meat

‘Here’s a fine bag of meat,’
Says the master-auctioneer,
As the timid, quivering steer,
Starting a couple of feet,
At the prod of a drover’s stick,
And trotting lightly and quick,
A ticket stuck on his rump,
Enters with a bewildered jump.

‘Where he’s lived lately, friends,
I’d live till lifetime ends:
They’ve a whole life…[Read more]

Days

What are days for ?
Days are where we live.
They come, they wake us
Time and time over.
They are to be happy in:
Where can we live but days ?

Ah, solving that question
Brings the priest and the doctor
In their long coats
Running over the fields.

Philip Larkin

‘If I might be an ox’

If I might be an ox,
An ox, a beautiful ox,
Beautiful but stubborn:
The merchant would buy me,
Would buy me and slaughter me,
Would spread my skin,
Would bring me to the market,
The coarse woman would bargain for me,
The beautiful girl would buy me.
She would crush perfumes for me,
I would spend the night rolled up around…[Read more]

Law, Like Love

Law, say the gardeners, is the sun,
Law is the one
All gardeners obey
To-morrow, yesterday, to-day.

Law is the wisdom of the old,
The impotent grandfathers feebly scold;
The grandchildren put out a treble tongue,
Law is the senses of the young.

Law, says the priest with a priestly look,
Expounding to an unpriestly people,
Law…[Read more]

Onomatopoeia

Thank you Esme

xx

Why Birds Follow Spring

the soaring voice of Alton Ellis

Annie I’m Not Your Daddy

Kid Creole and the Coconuts

Kimble The Nimble

Lee Perry

k

:lol:

yum yum, can you dig it

may I add to those who say ” Oh no, I couldn’t possibly take part while Celebrity Big Brother is on”…………

It’s easy, you can boo the contestants in both.

Thanks for last night Captain Cath. But if you have a basket with six apples then take two away surely . . . . . . oh forget it

Spicy Pumpkin Pecan Praline Cheesecake

Say this 3 times really fast!! – you can’t can you ? come on now be positive, turn the oven on to 325 F and keep trying to say it. You might be wasting electricity but you have 16 very hungry cheesecake lovers waiting so FOCUS. You’ve finally said it ? Great, and phew, let’s begin . . . .…[Read more]

a Happy Skanking 2009 to all who appreciate King Alpha’s song
xx

Penny Reel

Eric Morris

Father for the Living Dubwise

Glen Brown

(King Tubby mix)

I’m sure we’ve had this one, but no matter huh ?

Silly Games

Janet Kay

Blood And Fire by Niney the Observer.

Rebel Music at it’s best. He was called Niney cos he chopped his thumb off at work ya know . . .

@cath 55 wrote:

dust em off toy!!!! lol lets see this thread thumpin!!! lol x bump it back into life !!

I would consider that to be an inutterable pleasure Cath, and you own this thread me luv.

How about Ken Boothe’s massive hit Silver Words to start with . . . .

Interviewer: ‘Would it be fair to describe you as a volatile player?’

‘Well, I can play in the centre, on the right and occasionally on the left side.’
– David Beckham

‘I definitely want Brooklyn to be christened, but I don’t know into what religion yet.’
– David Beckham

‘Alex Ferguson is the best manager I’ve ever had at this level. Well,…[Read more]