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...moment his appreciation for the reggae beat. Visiting Jamaica, the man who would be King became the toast of Kingston as he toured the blighted neighborhood of Trench Town and met with Bob Marley's widow Rita. The prince was anointed with a crown of dreadlocks fastened to a Rastafarian cap, which he donned briefly, and backward, before doffing it because of the heat. Rita Marley said had her husband been there, he would have "burn[ed] a spliff--a big, big spliff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 13, 2000 | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

...comically odd soundtrack, courtesy of a colorful bouquet of musicians. A morose punk rocker in painfully tight leather, whose music marries Alice Cooper to Tracy Chapman, splits Government Center with the occasional trio of starving violinists from the New England Conservatory. The would-be blues guitarist battles an aging Rastafarian below Harvard Square. All create a soothing din amidst the T's unkind acoustics...

Author: By Hugh P. Liebert, | Title: Falling in Love With the T | 12/7/1999 | See Source »

...someone would instruct the filmmakers about cartoon values. This picture has none. It lacks visual wit and expressiveness of movement. It has no pace, or even much of a pulse. As a Rastafarian moviegoer might say, "It's pokey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Just Didn't Get It | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...dining hall's Caribbean Brunch whetted your appetite for some Island Flava, finish off the day with a trip to Bill's Bar and Lounge on Landsdowne Street for Bob Marley Tribute Night. Music will take you back to Spring Break, sunny beaches and Rastafarian rhythms. 421-9678. $8 cover...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SUNDAY APR 25 | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

...mixed with the tourists, listen to reggae and puff joints, a scene more than one suburban teenager has imagined while listening to Marley or Jimmy Cliff. The most ubiquitous dealer on the beach goes by the name of Doctor Fabulous. "Da Doctor" is a self-assured smooth talker, a "Rastafarian who smoke da ganga anywhere, anytime." Along with his potentsmelling crop, Fabulous deals out lines like "Da doctor needs his patient," and "I am da backbone of Jamaica." When he meets a student from Kentucky, he says that Kentucky in Jamaica "is where all da girls want their boys...

Author: By Marshall I. Lewy, | Title: fantasy island | 10/15/1998 | See Source »

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