WRONG AGAIN, one of the more popular songs for the Carnival season, is the choice of three medium and four large steelbands for Panorama this year.
Composed by and sung by Skinny Banton (Shirlan George) from Grenada, the song has been
Read more…People DON'T UNDERSTAND the DECAY ISSUE with THE PAN. I BLINDLY understood it from childhood -- although I could not EXPRESS what I was hearing in words.
And, for decades, I kept looking for validation of my view. Then, about two years ago i was rea
Read more…If the CHAMBER OF COMMERCE could finally admit to the CRIME SCOURGE in TRINIDAD -- allyuh owe it to the STEELBAND COMMUNITY to show some INTEGRITY after ALL THE DIAZ CORRUPTION ... and keep a CLEAN SLATE!!!
What a coincidence today: TRUMP IMPEACHMENT
Read more…I knew that KEITH DIAZ and BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE had a big meeting before the last PAN TRINBAGO ELECTION. But I never heard anybody make reference to it.
Well today I got to find out that not only was there that meeting -- but KEITH DIAZ actually too
Read more…... BEVERLEY and DEM CRACKSHOTS making me MAKING ME FEEL SAD ... because CALYPSO and STEELBAND is the CULTURE OF TRINIDAD.
Merrytonestothebone: Even if you don't follow AMERICAN FOOTBALL -- ah know yuh get the point!!!
But if BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE wa
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A documentary on the history and emergence of Steel Pan in Trinidad & Tobago through the pioneering work of the Massy Trinidad All Stars Steel Orchestra.
Read more…Whenever I talked about being a REAL TRINIDADIAN -- I always got his attention despite his often condescending tones towards me ... which I understand. But I think that he had a clue in terms of the direction I was headed.
But, today (more than ever)
Read more…Every so often REASONABLE (and informed) voices add their TWO CENTS to the PAN DEBATE ... and I am always tickled pink.
First of all, they could NEVER WIN NO PANORAMA in TRINIDAD -- so why compromise your VAST AMERICAN MUSIC BACKGROUND to try to copy and compete with the INSULAR LOCAL APPROACH to arranging a CALYPSO.
They are better of staying in AMERICA and spending
Read more…... THE SHEEP SUPPORTERS are JUMPING UP and CELEBRATING like JOUR OUVERT MORNING. But THE TRUTH is that BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE is IN OVER HER HEAD.
Imagine, a WHOLE YEAR year without a PRO!!!
Ah better STOP THERE because my LIST OF FAILURES is SO LONG
Read more…... but it makes me want to DEMAND that BEVERLEY RAMSEY-MOORE retract ALL HER PROMISES of TRANSPARENCY and ACCOUNTABILITY and HONESTY that she made during her ELECTION CAMPAIGN. And I know that the PAN COMMUNITY does NOT want to swallow any BITTER PI
Read more…... and, to me, those were knee-jerk and shallow interpretations of my arguments. Today, PAN SUPPORTERS are starting to realize that PAN TRINBAGO is NOT READY for no WOMAN PRESIDENT. And that somebody who just came TO TOWN on a BOAT cannot comprehend
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CONGRATULATIONS TO SAN CITY SYMPHONY STEEL ORCHESTRA and AQUIL ARRINDELL on becoming the FIRST STEELBAND in the HISTORY of TRINIDAD STEELBAND to set up its OWN RECORDING STUDIO!!!
More details to follow in the coming weeks.
I am hoping that THE PR
Read more…... So I am calling on THE PRESIDENT OF PAN TRINBAGO to RESHUFFLE her CABINET and replace these SQUARE PEGS with some ROUND PEGS that could fit into some ROUND HOLES.
Now THE PRESIDENT has NO RESPECT FOR ME and she thinks that MY VOICE is distant and
Read more…... AFTER THAT -- AH GOING VIRAL!!! And ah hope yuh COMING WITH ME!!!
Now, I doh have NO STEELBAND looking to GET AH FREE RIDE TO TOBAGO PANORAMA. So MY LOYALTIES are to PAN PROGRESS -- ABOVE ALL ELSE!!!
Ah hope yuh wasn't TRYING TO BLUFF AH BIG MAN!
Read more…Michael Joseph:
"Instead of lending support to our efforts at capacity building and institutional strengthening, THEY try to belittle our integrity with maliciousness?
Some SELLING a FALSE NOTION about a debt of SIXTY MILLION[$$$]."
Now I don't live
Read more…SAT TURNS IN HIS ASHES
Pan is not an instrument we all equally relish as we have differing musical tastes. While we celebrate the ingenuity and innovation of the device, Pan has come to be synonymous with the ja
