Marley

When I hear Bob Marley songs now I think about Jamaica because of that Marlon James book.

It's silly I suppose because I never really thought of him connected to Jamaica before. He seemed bigger than that or whatever. You know he created/ popularized a whole genre of music. And he's maybe the most international star I've ever seen.

Seriously it was one of the lessons of my round the world trip. People fucking love Marley all over the world. Truck drivers in Peru, bars in Tanzania, clubs in Cuba, on the streets in the air. Mostly poor people. Everyone grooving out.

I never thought about him, with the crime, the corruption of Kingston. It adds a dimension. And while his music is political, I often don't think of him as that punk, but it seems I should.

Look this is my second blog about other random stuff and I feel like I should say, you know Jeremy changed jobs and said goodbye to his old co workers and it was a whole thing, he's at Skedulo now, it's going well, but of course there's been lots of feelings and this just feels a bit public for all that so just know that he changes and it was powerful and moving and good.