Mark Lamarr's God's Jukebox
I am a little bit addicted to, the former host of Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Mark Lamarr's BBC radio show God's Jukebox. Each three hour episode streams for a week to help alleviate the time difference pain. Each week he features a live session, which in recent months has included the likes of Pat Kelly with Intensified, The Heptones and The Blockheads. It's not just reggae mind you, but a wonderful mix of soul, blues, rocksteady, ska, bluegrass, gospel and everything in between.
Listen: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wqj3
You won't be disappointed!
Vic Ruggiero bootlegs
Vic Ruggiero (from the Slackers) has a couple of live recordings of his own stuff over at his website. Free to download and definitely worth checking out.
Babylon on DVD - October 13
I have to admit I haven't seen the film, but look forward to doing so when it is released in the UK on October 13th. It is the tale of a young black man growing up in London in the eighties and stars the frontman of Aswad, Brinsley Forde.
There's more information on the release and the film at: http://www.dvdoutsider.co.uk/news/08/07/28.html
It will apparently be about 20 pounds, but we will wait and see...
A nice little Dave Wakeling interview
Not done by Dizzybeat, but still worth a read. It's done by Matteo Sedazzari over at the great UK e-zine Zani. To be honest, I'm more excited about discovering this e-zine than the specific interview and I suggest anyone after a good content driven website checks it out.
The Dave Wakeling interview: http://www.zani.co.uk/Interviews.aspx?id=57
Zani E-zine: http://www.zani.co.uk
Guardian JA photo feature
I read about this on the very resourceful modculture.com website. A photographic feature on 80s Jamaican dancehall culture by Beth Lesser. Very cool.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2008/aug/08/beth.lesser.d...










