In honor of the late, great Jimmy Buffett, the boys breakdown the story of the afternoon excursion that went wrong on the island of Jamaica for Jimmy and his famous friends in 1996. Support the show on Patreon and get bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/rocknrollbedtimestories SHOW NOTES: Songs used in this episode "Jamaica Mistaica" and "Come [...]
Brian and Murdock get a history lesson on the political chaos of Jamaica and the terrifying evening in 1976 that arguably cemented Bob Marley as a revolutionary and a legend - not just a musician. SHOW NOTES The Smile Jamaica show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qARbHzRA1A The oral history: https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/the-night-bob-marley-got-shot-203370/ Academic paper on Garrison Communities: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9781119558071.ch25 Netflix documentary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReMastered:_Who_Shot_the_Sheriff [...]
The guys hang out in the world of hip hop to discuss the impact of Slick Rick and examine the one bad decision that sent him to jail for way too long. Support the show on Patreon! SHOW NOTES: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/nov/24/slick-rick-you-learn-from-prison-time-what-doesnt-kill-you-makes-you-stronger https://universalattractions.com/artists/slick-rick/ https://blackdoctor.org/slick-rick-eye/ https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/09/nyregion/at-50-slick-rick-a-hip-hop-pioneer-still-has-stories-to-tell.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slick_Rick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Show_(Doug_E._Fresh_song) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Di_Da_Di Rick and Russell interview: https://youtu.be/bV8Ln38Iopc https://www.complex.com/music/the-best-rapper-alive-every-year-since-1979 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Source#The_Source's_Five-Mic_albums