dubfreak

My Site

nelsgjohnson@gmail.com (Nels Johnson) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:56:00 -0700

http://sites.google.com/site/itec814nels/

Keith's Appraisal

nelsgjohnson@gmail.com (Nels Johnson) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:43:00 -0700

As I was filling out my class evaluation, I thought of Keith. (Probably for the best that "Don't Know" wasn't an alternative.)

Oedipus Preso

nelsgjohnson@gmail.com (Nels Johnson) — Mon, 9 Mar 2009 16:17:00 -0700

Embedding Video

nelsgjohnson@gmail.com (Nels Johnson) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:15:00 -0800

Just finished a short video project on Oedipus, and I discovered how easy it is to embed a YouTube or Vimeo movie on my blog. All you have to do is copy and paste the code in the message you are about to post. (It is a little easier to do this with Vimeo because the "embed" option is just right of the movie frame.)

I thought it might provide some incentive to have a teacher announce he was going to post the best 1 or 2 as a kind of contest. This also might be a good way for classes in different places to see each other's results in a more organized fashion than just sending YouTube links. (I know that I am going to set-up a family blog for my tech-wary mother in Charlotte to check current messages, videos and pictures.)

-N

Oedipus from Jeffrey Lee on Vimeo.

Clown Show!

nelsgjohnson@gmail.com (Nels Johnson) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:34:00 -0800

Slide Show

nelsgjohnson@gmail.com (Nels Johnson) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:02:00 -0800

Tech Reflections

nelsgjohnson@gmail.com (Nels Johnson) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:36:00 -0800

First Reflections on my Tech class:

1. I like the dynamic google docs feature for group work. This is a good tool to get larger groups to organize and produce collaboratively.
2. Google groups would serve as a nice forum for students sharing ideas about projects and upcoming assignments.
3. I don't see much application for the Google Maps feature.

Rarities, Part One

nelsgjohnson@gmail.com (Nels Johnson) — Tue, 1 Jan 2008 10:28:00 -0800

Track List:

Boiling Water, The Observers
Double Struggle, The Musical Intimidators
Police in Helicopter, John Holt
Lamb's Bread Herb, Tommy McCook
Fat Dub, Augustus Pablo
Natty Dread Dub, The Revolutionaries
Richard Khoury, The Heptones
Tom Drunk, U-Roy
Shine Eye Dub, Roots Radics
Honey Come Forward, U-Roy

Punky Reggae 1

nelsgjohnson@gmail.com (Nels Johnson) — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:09:00 -0800

Track List:

Gene Machine, Bad Brains
Spend Spend Spend, Slits
Skinhead Skank Jah, Mikey Dread
But Officer, Dice the Boss
Gimme Mi Gun, Dr. Alimantado
Accusation, Ruts DC vs. Mad Professor vs. Zion Train
Sonny's Lettah, LKJ
Independant Intavenshan, LKJ

Dennis Bovell

nelsgjohnson@gmail.com (Nels Johnson) — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:09:00 -0800

Track List:

Blood, Dennis Bovell
Peach Dub, LKJ in Dub
Rowing (12" version), Dennis Bovell
The Grunwick Affair, Dennis Bovell
Higher Ranking, Dennis Bovell
Beefy's Tune, Babylon soundtrack
Dub'er, Dennis Bovell
Street 66, LKJ

Wackies

nelsgjohnson@gmail.com (Nels Johnson) — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 15:53:00 -0800

Here's a mix of tracks from Lloyd "Bullwackie" Barnes, who ran Bronx-based Wackies Records from the late 70s to the early 80s. In addition to producing classic reggae singers like Horace Andy and Wayne Jarrett, Bullwackie's house band featured the rhythm section of Aston "Family Man" Barrett and Charlie Ace. Crucial dirty dub.