Smile Jamaica: Recent Episodes
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Smile Jamaica is hosted by Robert Nelson on 90.9 FM KRCL in Salt Lake City, Utah (Saturdays, 4-7 p.m. MT). Ark-ives available weekly here at the Smile Jamaica blog.
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Greetings, Did a search on Discogs.com Rasta – 8000 titles Jah – over 35,000! titles Selassie – 2500 titles Who is the man Ras Tafari Makonnen? To millions of devotees Mr. Makonnen became Emperor of Ethiopia and revealed as the embodiment of Christ – Haile Selassie I The Negusa Negast, King of Kings, Lord … Continue reading Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-ly 23, 2022 – Selassie Birthday Tribute! →
Greetings, Imagine a time long ago. Before Facebook, Netflix and Itunes. Ronald Wilson Reagan in the White House. Last Sunday of June 1988. Salt Lake City, Utah. Hot summer. Middle of the Night. A callow youth from Montana debuted on the late night airwaves of community radio station KRCL. The show was called: 3 O’clock … Continue reading Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-ly 2, 2022 – 34 Years of Reggae Vinyl! →
Greetings, KRCL is building a new studio and so all Summer we have been building shows from home. I ‘n’ I was putting together an entirely different Smile Jamaica. It was a beautiful Sunday morning and I caught an alert on my phone from Rolling Stone Magazine: Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Reggae Giant and Dub … Continue reading Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Jah-tember 4, 2021 – Lee “Scratch” Perry Black Ark Legacy! →
Greetings, Let’s just launch (pun intended) into the Pentagon admitted UFO’s. I mean Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Pentagon releases Unidentified Aerial Phenomena videos These videos by our best fighter pilots were recorded with Alien technology: Forward Looking Infrared Radar. Naked to the human eye. Cloaked just like Star Trek. But they were there. The Pentagon vetted … Continue reading smile Jamaica Ark-Ives July 10, 2021 – Unidentified Aerial Phemonena a Gwaan! →
Greetings, Everyone has an origin story. Here is mine. I ‘n’ I had moved to Salt Lake City, Fall of 1986 to attend the University of Utah. Left Bozeman, Montana (Montana State) and brought with me a good stereo system. Laser turntable, Bose 301 speakers, cassette deck and amp. I also brought with me this … Continue reading Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: June 26, 2021 – 33 Years of Reggae Radio! →
Greetings, As I’n’ I mentioned on-air: KRCL is building a new studio and we had to vacate our old space to make way for another four story apartment complex on the Northwest side of Salt Lake City. That means, just like The Covid 2020, I’m back to building Smile Jamaica episodes from the cloudy … Continue reading Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives June 12, 2021 – Mango Records Retrospective →
Greetings, You heard it here first….on a community radio Reggae program of all places! On June 25, 2021, Congress is going to announce a reckoning on UFO’s and their obvious legitimacy. No more bullshit about weather balloons, swamp gas or ball lightning. The gaslighting ends and the truth will emerge. Selah! Doesn’t get any more … Continue reading Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives June 5, 2021 – Beware the Mainstreaming of UFO’s! →
Greetings, WTF? Why is my new Soob ding, ding, dinging at me? I ‘n’ I don’t have time for this. Have to get to the last in-person Smile Jamaica at KRCL. As usual, running late and lugged this massive crate (from whence the term cratedigging…) and huffed it onto the front car seat. Soob computer … Continue reading Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: may 22, 2021 – End of an Era at KRCL! →
Greetings, You are the big tree, we are the small axe. Sharpened to cut you down — The Wailers Last month I ‘n’ I drove my parents from Arizona back home to Fort Benton, Montana (see previous blog post.) When you make that journey, it is wise to build in some weather time. Spring … Continue reading Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives May 15, 2021 – Small Axe! →
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Greetings, I ‘n’ I think it was the late 90’s. I was in a long gone record shop in Salt Lake City cratedigging as usual. Ran into one of the fellow deejays at KRCL. He was one of the Drivetime programmers (he shall remain nameless). Drivetime: 3-6 PM. He started a little fun tradition he … Continue reading Smile Jamaica Digital Dubplate: 4 hr. 20 min. 0 sec. for 420 →
Greetings, WARNING: This blog post thinks outside the box and may challenge your ritual beliefs on the Corona Virus Epidemic of 2019-2025. I ‘n’I am obviously not a Doctor but I do have proof and science in my dissent. It is intended to be black humor/alternate perspective and not meant to convey any course of … Continue reading Smile Jamaica Ark-Ives: Mar. 20, 2021: Crappy Rona-Versary Year 1 →