Enemies - We’ve Been Talking [Live @ The Dome, Islington 2011.03.12] (by POOPINGASUSUAL)
DJ JD Sports ☂ Babylon Blues
~UK Menagerie Skip Hop~
You remember the 16yr old Archy Marshal? You know, Zoo Kid? Well he’s been making some cool stormy Brit-centric beats under the name DJ JD Sports. Most of the tracks are just minimal instrumentals, but they’re still pretty interesting for a dude his age. This track entitled “Babylon Blues” has got several different vocal performances on it, including the Zoo Kid himself. All the flows are pretty decent as well.
Babylon Blues has a nice little bouncy piano beat that just makes me wanna walk down the rainy street with a bottle of champagne
He also released a cool little remix of his amazing Zoo Kid song “Out Getting Ribs”
Check Archy’s beats out on his soundcloud and the DJ JD Sports bandcamp
“I don’t call it rioting, I call it an insurrection.”
68 year old west indian man schools bbc anchor on london riots, color lines
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron has promised to flood the streets of London with 10,000 extra police officers as rioting and looting spread across London. Images of fires, looting and altercations between protesters and police have taken over BBC News shows.
But 68-year-old Darcus Howe, a broadcaster and columnist, who lives in South London where riots have been taking place offered some context this morning for BBC News viewers. Darcus told a BBC News anchor that political leaders had no idea what was coming but if they had taken a moment to ‘look at young blacks and young whites with a discerning eye and careful hearing” they would of heard messages of what to do prevent this.
The Trinidad and Tobago native who says he’s been in London for more than 50 years goes on to tell viewers about his young grandson who can’t count how many times he’s been stopped and searched by London police.
And when the news anchors asks if he condones the riots he gives her a piece of his mind. “Have some respect for an old West Indian negro and stop accusing me of rioting. Have some respect, I have grandchildren. You sound like an idiot.”
Howe is a notable British writer and is the former editor of the magazine Race Today.
Honestly, this guy gives one of the most rational discussions about the riots that I’ve heard so far.
For my London peeps, here’s a Google Map of the riot areas with news about each location. It’s being updated live, so stay tuned.
