Bars & Clubs - March 12, 2008
Lamenting the dragon
I'm a big fan of Guinness, but long before I came to love the Guinness, I was hooked on the dragon. Jamaica's Dragon Stout, that is.
Tags: Desnoes and Geddes, Red Stripe, Dragon Stout, Guinness, C-Club, Nigel Scott, Caribbean Inn

Music - Sept. 2, 2006
In its heyday the Caribbean Inn vibrated with life
Most days, either going to work or heading back home, I pass a boarded up building on 24th and Walnut that looks pretty unassuming but still vibrates with life for me. I'm talking about the days of the Caribbean Inn, a neighborhood place that welcomed everyone with a Red Stripe or Dragon Stout.
Tags: caribbean, jamaica, dominoes, reggae, red stripe, dragon stout, tropical records, nigel scott

Music - Aug. 29, 2006
"Fisherman" takes me back to Tropical Milwaukee
Britain's Blood and Fire label -- known for its reissues of classic '70s roots music -- has rowed back into the reggae fray with "Fisherman Style" (credited to The Congos & Friends), a disc of newly voiced tunes built atop the classic Lee Perry-produced "Fisherman" by The Congos. It reminds Bobby Tanzilo of Nigel Scott's Tropical Records.
Tags: reggae, Congos, Upsetter, Nigel Scott, Tropical Records, Victor Atkins, De Hole in De Wall