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...steamy dancehalls of northwest Jamaica in the 1950s, Lee "Scratch" Perry was a teenager fresh from the sugarcane fields, scooping up prizes with his energetic renditions of dances like the Yank and the Mashed Potato to the hottest boogie-woogie and R&B tracks newly washed in from the nearby U.S. Half a century later, the tide has turned - as it did in the '60s and '70s - and it's the rhythms of the Jamaican dancehall that are now storming the U.S. (and European) charts. Leading the charge are young guns like Sean Paul and Wayne Wonder, who are bending...
...Peep Into Perry's Melting Pot No way could you assemble a list of Lee "Scratch" Perry's greatest hits - his chart successes have mostly carried other singers' names, while his dub albums are best swallowed whole. And there are plenty of failed experiments, indulgences and dodgy reissues that should be avoided. Each of the following selections, though, marks a turning point in Perry's musical career and mind - both of which have more twists than most Super Ape (1976) Arguably Perry's finest hour, this album carries dub over the line to a white prog-rock audience. Having earlier...
...start from scratch,” he said at a press conference after the speech. “I couldn’t relate past stories. I had to approach from a different angle: really silly.”Despite its educational background, he said, he had faith in the Class of 2003, whom he called “the most talented group of sexual beings.” And he expressed confidence that they would go on to professions of the utmost importance...
...chance to “set the agenda,” an opportunity which some extracurricular activities provide. “When students are in classes they are carrying out the professor’s assignments, whereas in just about every extracurricular activity, students create their own assignments from scratch,” Light says...
...rethinking our ideas about meritocracy. Those of us who won admission to the most selective graduate schools—did we deserve it? How about those who were accepted to Teach for America, or signed by the top investment banks and consulting firms? The fellowship game makes us scratch our heads as well. How does one Harvard graduate get paid to do little more than drink beer at a posh British university while another must work multiple part-time jobs to pay his living expenses so that he can spend his days doing non-profit volunteer work in Arab East...