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Bob Marley

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    April 13, 2012

    Five Most Whitewashed Reggae Songs Ever

    These days, reggae evokes images of hippies, dreadlocks, good ganja and good vibes, but the genre, which developed from ska, mento and R&B music in the 1960s, wasn't always a college dorm room staple. Maybe it was Eric Clapton's 1974 cover of Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff" that helped white p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Happy Birthday, Bob Marley! Five Awesome Products to Celebrate With

    ​Robert Nesta Marley, mellow mood maker, our duppy conqueror, bringer of positive vibrations, would've been 61 today. And since he's passed away after giving us the gift of his beautiful music, you can celebrate by blasting Kaya on repeat. Then you can go shopping for yourself and buy these Bob Ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    Five of Rock & Roll's More Unique Baby Names

    ​We can't get enough of Blue Ivy Carter here at Heard Mentality. In honor of her birth, we decided to do a little bit more research to find more fun baby names. After paying tribute to the oddest names in hip-hop and R&B yesterday, today we're going to take at their rock brethren, who named th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Top Five Wailers Songs You Don't Have To Be High To Enjoy

    ​Bob Marley's Wailers will be performing their classic album Uprising at the House of Blues tonight. The Wailers, who are the remaining members from Bob Marley and The Wailers, formed in 1981 after Marley's death. Though a Wailer's show may bring out a very particular type of tree-hugger, you don' ... More >>

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    December 8, 2011
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    July 7, 2011
  • Blogs

    July 5, 2011

    2011 Vans Warped Tour in Ventura Last Sunday

    ​Vans Warped TourVenturaJuly 3, 2011Since its 1995 inception, the Vans Warped Tour has tried to be a youthful, day-long gritty, grimy window into festival culture, all while representing the punk rock music market. A check-in with the 2011 tour confirms that on the first front, at least, Warped h ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 2, 2011

    Pato Banton

    Tiki Bar

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Rock, Rum and the OC Roller Girls

    Brandon Ferguson​Some say the sport of roller derby is experiencing a resurgence--but it probably never really went away. Though its 1970s heydey has long since passed , the commitment to the sport demonstrated by the girls who don old-timey skates, fishnets and knee pads is impressive. 

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2011

    The Upsetter

    Art Theatre

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Win a Pair of Tickets to Ragga Muffins Festival on Sunday, Feb. 20

    Beth StirnamanKingston, Jamaica-born artist Buju Banton.​​It's time again for the annual Ragga Muffins Festival to take over Long Beach--and this year, the festival is dedicated to Bob Marley, who passed nearly 30 years ago (yes, it has been that long since the music legend l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    Win a Pair of Tickets to Ragga Muffins Festival on Saturday, Feb. 19

    Beth StirnamanJulian Marley playing at Ragga Muffins Festival Feb. 23, 2009​It's time again for the annual Ragga Muffins Festival to take over Long Beach--and this year, the festival is dedicated to Bob Marley who passed nearly 30 years ago (yes, it has been that long since the music legend l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    TGIF: Snoop Dogg, Ky-Mani Marley, Devil's Brigade, Smith Westerns and More

    ​Friday kicks off a busy weekend, first with Devil's Brigade playing Alex's Bar in Long Beach with Roger Miret and the Disasters and Viva Hate. Devil's Brigade just released their debut album, but it's been ten years in the making--as Rancid fans well know. The group is a long-running side project ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Bob Marley and His 'Songs of Freedom' Live On, Though He Left Us Far Too Early

    The man and his music live on.​On Sunday, Jamaica's favorite son and reggae's greatest torchbearer, Nesta Robert "Bob" Marley, would be turning 66. His career came and went quickly but certainly left a profound impact. Though he passed nearly 30 years ago, his music remains just as popular, his me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    The Kottonmouth Kings: 'We're Too Stoned to Come Up With A Good Answer'

    ​Marijuana graduated from being just a garden variety intoxicant in the Kottonmouth Kings' world a long-ass time ago. Instead, the self-ordained "rip-hop" outfit from Placentia have spent their decade-plus-long career exalting the plant as if it were some kind of transcendental manna made to be co ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 29, 2010

    Matisyahu

    House of Blues

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Thank God It's Friday: Shows You Don't Want To Miss

    What are you up to this weekend? There's a whole slew of shows for you to watch the next few days--here's a few you must see.​July 23, FridayTonight Ziggy Marley appears at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, bringing his easy-going take on life and love across the board to the OC Fair crowd ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 22, 2010

    Katchafire

    House of Blues

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    Four Acts To Consider This Week at the OC Fair

    Martina McBride is performing at the OC Fair this year​For those who got their first official taste of the OC Fair this weekend, we hope that our little take on this year's must-see (and must-miss) live shows was helpful. But in case you haven't read it yet--or it's found it's way to the the botto ... More >>

  • Culture

    July 15, 2010

    'The T-Shirt Show' Is Just a Minor Thread

    Too few of the works on display at the Hibbleton explore the garment's polemical, punk-rock potential

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Exclusive: Toots and the Maytals Interview

    ​If you're sorely missing classic reggae in your life, it might be wise to plan a trip to Hermosa Beach to see Toots and the Maytals perform at Saint Rocke on Saturday, May 15. Read Drew Tewksbury's interview with the legend after the jump.

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Free Shit: Tix to Toots & the Maytals at Galaxy Theatre, Santa Ana

    You don't get much more roots reggae than the Maytals. The group is credited with being first act to use the word "reggae" in song. Written by leader Toots Hibbert, "Do the Reggay" came out in Jamaica and then the U.K. in 1968. My favorite Maytals song, "Pressure Drop," appears on the 1972 Harder ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    Happy 4/20!!!!

    To boring people, April 20 means two things: the anniversary of the Columbine massacre or Hitler's birthday. To stoners, it's something way cooler.Because stoners can't agree on anything other than, yes, they should smoke another bowl, the origins of 4/20 vary. Some say it's police code. Some say it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 20, 2009

    To Do This Weekend 2/20-2/22

    The Great Skate, Friday-Sunday 11 a.m. through March 15Irvine's Great Park (you know, home to that dollar-sucking Great Balloon) brings the simple, youthful joy of ice skating to the park in an attempt to well, just do something fun and care-free for the community in these bleak times.Great Park, S ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 19, 2009

    K'Naan

    Ragga Muffin Festival

  • Music

    September 18, 2008
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    July 24, 2008
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    May 29, 2008
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    March 27, 2008

    Cutting Edge

    Meredith Monk

  • Music

    September 20, 2007

    The Rasta Fire Next Time

    Nearly 30 Years On, Punk Legends Bad Brains Are Still Burning Twice As Bright

  • Music

    July 26, 2007

    Arks

    Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry

  • Music

    June 1, 2006

    Survivors of Madchester

    The Charlatans UK

  • Music

    February 2, 2006

    Aural Reports

    Top Ranking: DJ Gregory-G

  • Music

    December 22, 2005

    Get Out!

    The Most Wonderful

  • Music

    April 28, 2005

    Good Vibrations

    DJ Drezs not-very-stoned soul picnic

  • Music

    August 12, 2004

    The Harder They Come

    Wonderful World, Beautiful Jimmy Cliff

  • Music

    February 12, 2004

    Stirring It Up

    Bob Marley lives forever

  • Music

    January 15, 2004

    Tuning in, turning on

    Bob Marley lives forever

  • Music

    April 25, 2002

    Surf and Destroy

    Bob Marley lives forever

  • Music

    February 21, 2002

    Jr. Gong Show

    Can Damian Marley rescue reggae?

  • Music

    August 2, 2001

    Hibbert Invented Reggae

    Another boffo tale of neglected, embittered musicians!

  • Features

    June 28, 2001

    Wander This World

    Manu Chaos independent spirit

  • Columns

    March 22, 2001

    Let Them Breathe Free!

    Breasts, Marley, girls who mad dog and the boys who love them

  • Music

    August 3, 2000

    Righteous Riffage

    Everybody loves Half Pint

  • Unknown

    July 6, 2000

    That 70's Blow!

    Washburn lost on coke

  • Music

    October 14, 1999

    China Beach, San Clemente

    Every Saturday night

  • Columns

    July 22, 1999

    CPDD

    Every Saturday night

  • Music

    July 15, 1999

    Shout for Freedom!

    Reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff captures worship

  • Music

    June 17, 1999

    Liking My Big Mouth

    My Big Mouth/Hyphen/The Good Kind
    Club 369
    Saturday, June 5

  • Features

    August 20, 1998

    The Incomplete Guide to Roots Music

    My Big Mouth/Hyphen/The Good Kind
    Club 369
    Saturday, June 5

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