Veteran UK reggae artist Cotton with his own tribute to Smiley (thanks to Manwel T of the Blood and Fire Board) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FYXmsGze-8 Chris commented below to highlight this performance by Smiley and Asher Senator on UK Club Mix in 1986, which is a lovely medley of UK reggae tunes and catchphrases, including Joseph Cotton’s classic …
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History is Made at Night with a great summary of last night’s meeting. Photos of the meeting by Rod Leon A transcript of Merlin Emmanuel’s statement given to the meeting. Evening Standard on last night’s meeting Maxi Priest and Tippa onstage at the nine night celebration which also took place last night. Heatwave were one …
A public meeting was organised by David Emmanuel’s family tonight and the video of that event is now available on ustream: Once again the reports and footage seem to indicate a huge turn out, at least 500 people. I wasn’t able to attend but some friends and allies were, so hopefully they will post …
Shaking The Foundations: Reggae soundsystem meets ‘Big Ben British values’ downtown. My article for Datacide issue 11 is now online. I wrote it a couple of years back in preparation for the talk I did at the launch event for the previous issue. But actually it has stood the test of time quite well, anticipating …
Public Meeting Called by The Emmanuel Family 7pm, Thursday 24 March Brixton Town Hall, Brixton Road, London SW2 1RW “The family have asked it to be known that the meeting will start on time and that they will not want a long protracted meeting. They are still in the process of grieving they will want …
I make no apologies for the amount of coverage I have given to Smiley Culture this week. Having said that I expect to write a little less next week. In the meantime here are some updates: Official Statement from the Emmanuel family Justice 4 Smiley Facebook page and Twitter feed Cockney Translation An interesting article …
A press conference was called today by the family of the late David Emmanuel aka Smiley Culture. The event took place at the Karibu Education Centre in Brixton. You can see the whole thing on ustream. What follows are my impressions from having attended. The room was packed – I estimate that there were at …
DIG YA LATER ROOTS TRANSLATOR USED MOTORS, now there’s a story. Car lots in Ilford, car auctions in Mile End. No MOT, no brake fluid, no questions asked. Worth a drink? I should … or rather Smiley Culture should, pal. ‘Cockney Translation’, that’s his Brixton ‘n’ Bow reconciliation, is also the translation of street sharp …
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