BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
5-7 PM > JANUARY 10 > 2009

Featuring the wicked Fire Dragon riddim, the first Australian
produced riddim to come out on 7" vinyl... plus new riddims
including Alton Rock on Fireball, Clean Sweep on Boardhouse,
Remand on Not Nice, and After Effection on Young Veterans...

YAMI BOLO - Babylon Burning (321 Strong 7")
BLACK UHURU - Happiness (Sensimilla: Island) --req
DENNIS BROWN - Whip Them Jah Jah (Wolves and Leopards: DEB) --req
JACOB MILLER - I'm A Rastaman (Chapter A Day: VP) --req
MAX ROMEO - No Peace (Open The Iron Gate: Blood and Fire) 
MAX ROMEO - Tacko (Open The Iron Gate: Blood and Fire) --req
CARL DAWKINS - Satisfaction (Techniques 7")
KING KONG - Foundation Sound remix (Powerlink 7")
SLIM SMITH & THE UNIQUES - People Rocksteady (Lee's 7")
ALTON ELLIS - Rocksteady (Trojan Selecta 6: Trojan)
LINVAL THOMPSON, SUGAR ROY, CONRAD CRYSTAL - Youthman Get Ready (Fireball)
NORRISMAN - Government (Fireball)
FANTAN MOJAH - Rasta Chalice (Fireball)
BINGUI JAA JAMMY - Congo Natty (African Reggae: Shanachie)
LUTAN FYAH & MIDNITE - No Matter What The Crisis (Africa: 2B1)
PRESSURE - Live What You Talk (The Pressure Is On: Tsuni) --req
NATTY KING - No Get Away (Rebel Music pre-release)
KONSHENS - Rasta Imposter (Young Veterans)
NATURAL BLACK - The Right Way (Young Veterans)
NORRIS MAN - Free Them (Young Veterans)
GINJAH - Lots To Fee (Young Veterans)
JAH MASON - Make Up Your Mind (Young Veterans)
VYBZ KARTEL - Last Man Standing (Not Nice)
BLACK RYNO - These Stingers (Not Nice)
LISA HYPE - Hustle Forever (Not Nice)
SHAWN STORM - Be Wise (Not Nice)
JAH VINCI - Watch Your Friends (Not Nice)
DEMARCO - Ghetto Life Hard (Boardhouse)
BEENIE MAN - Obama (Boardhouse)
BOUNTY KILLER - Social Responsibility (Boardhouse)
SIZZLA - Education Is The Key (Boardhouse)
ASSASSIN - Gweh (Boardhouse)
SIZZLA - Why Does The World Cry (Savona Records)
JUNIE PLATINUM - Stumble & Fall (Savona Records)
VIDA SUNSHYNE - By The Way (Savona Records)
MASSYKA - Dream of Tomorrow (Savona Records)
BURRO BANTON - Clean Air Clean Country (Savona Records)
ALBOROSIE - Right or Wrong (Oneness 7") --req
LUCIANO - Use Jah Words (Oneness 7")
LUTAN FYAH - Hypocrites (Oneness 7")
SPECTACULAR - Rally Round (Oneness 7")
TURBULENCE - Standing Tall (Sajay 7")
LUTAN FYAH - Correll Dem (Sajay 7")

BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
5-7 PM > JANUARY 3 > 2009

The annual "best of" show, where I run through the best singles of the year...
While this is VERY subjective, it does take into account feedback from the
local dancehalls, and sales at the Higher Level Record Shack. As usual I
haven't included more that one tune on a particular riddim, so some big tunes
won't appear where edged out by another.


JESSE I'S TOP 20 NEW ROOTS SINGLES OF 2008

1. MORGAN HERITAGE - Nothing To Smile About (No Doubt 7")
2. MORGAN HERITAGE - Rasta We Seh (Birch 7")
3. QUEEN IFRIKA - Keep It To Yourself (Don Corleon 7")
4. PRESSURE & BERES HAMMOND - Putting Up Resistance (Don Corleon)
5. MILLION STYLEZ - Police In Helicopter (Necessary Mayhem 7")
6. MR WILLIAMS - Babylon In Helicopter (Necessary Mayhem 7")
7. CHEZIDEK - Call Pon Dem (Massive B 7")
8. VEGAS - Must Come A Road (A Team 7")
9. TARRUS RILEY - Jah Help Our Souls (Maximum Sound 7")
10. TARRUS RILEY & JIMMY RILEY - Pull Up Selector (Taxi 7")
11. LUCIANO - Business Lock (Soul Vybz 7")
12. MUNGA - They Don't Care (Soundbank 7")
13. SIZZLA - Rasta Man Chant (Dill-Ox 7")
14. ANTHONY B - Can't Stop The Fire (Rootdown 7")
15. TARRUS RILEY - One Two Order (VP 7") 2007
16. ELOQUENT - Gun Alone Dem Glorify (Birch 7")
17. BUSY SIGNAL - Unknown Numbers (Juke Boxx 7")
18. BUSY SIGNAL - Trading Places (Juke Boxx)
19. PERFECT & CHEZIDEK - Journey (Irievibrations pre-release mix)
20. PRINCE MALACHI - Gideon Road (Oneness 7")

Honorable Mentions:
Collie Buddz "Hustle" on the same riddim as Vegas' "Must Come A Road" was an
even bigger tune, but was never released on vinyl... for the same reason Tarrus
Riley's "Stop Watching" on the Fat Eyes cut of General Penitentiary is missing,
as well as Konshens' "Rasta Imposter".


JESSE I'S TOP 10 DANCEHALL SINGLES 2008

Please note that I've used a fairly broad definition of dancehall here, as the
lines between dancehall, hiphop and r&b have become increasingly blurred...

1. MAVADO - On The Rock (Yard Vybz)
2. BUGLE & SERANI - Doh (Daseca)
3. MUNGA - Wanted (Juke Boxx)
4. ASSASSIN - Wha Do Dem Guy Deh (Boardhouse)
5. SERANI - No Games (TJ)
6. BUGLE - What I'm Gonna Do (Daseca)
7. BUSY SIGNAL - Jail (Jam II)
8. COLLIE BUDZ - Rise It (Massive B )
9. ERUP - Click My Finger (Truckback)
10. DEMARCO - Fallen Soldiers (Star Kutt 7")

Honorable Mentions:
Movado's So Special was just as big as Serani's No Games, but less suitable for
radio play... likewise tunes such as Mavado's Nuh Bleach Wid Cream and Munga's
Beat It deserve mention but didn't make it onto the countdown. Mention must be
made of Michael Rose's massive Shoot Out, which only missed out due to it being
a 2007 release... sameway for Demarco's Duppy Know Who Fi Frighten... 

BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
5-7 PM > DECEMBER 20 > 2008

Live Music Week at PBS... featuring the Red Eyes playing live
to air from Studio 5... 

MIKEY MELODY - Stand Up and Chant (Furybass 7")
MICHAEL ROSE - Never Let Babylon Fool You (Furybass 7")
JR ROSS & THE SPEAR - Liberty (I Can Hear The Children Crying: Blood and Fire)
UNTOUCHABLES - Help Us Jah (We Are Getting Bad: Motion)
PRINCE FARI - When The King Comes On Earth (Health and Strength: Pressure Sounds)
DENNIS BROWN - The Existance of Jah (Foul Play: A&M)
JR DELGADO - Merry Go Round (Original Guerrilla Music: Soundboy)
LUTAN FYAH - Like Wild Fire (Taxi 7")
BUSHMAN - This World (Fireball 7")
NIKKI BURT, TONY REBEL, QUEEN IFRIKA - Blackman Redemption (Penthouse)
BERES HAMMOND & BUJU BANTON - I'm Gonna Do My Best (Penthouse 7")
QUEEN IFRIKA - Put On Yu Thong (Penthouse 7")
TARRUS RILEY - Cold Kisses (Don Corleon)
TORCH - No Escape (Penthouse 7")
LUTAN FYAH - What Made Us Vex (House of Hits 7")
SIZZLA - Conscious Within Yourself (House of Hits 7")
RAS SHILOH - Hardcore Steppers (Only King Selassie: Greensleeves)
PRINCESS THUNDA - Life Can't Done (Organic)



KONSHENS - Rasta Imposter (Young Veterans) --req
JR CAT & HOLLOW POINT - General Don (Truck Back 7")
BEENIE MAN - Hardest Way (Truck Back 7")
ANTHONY B - Violate (Truck Back 7")
CAPLETON - Light House Top (Truck Back 7")
MIDNITE - Fraud (live at the Aggie 2005)

BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
5-7 PM > NOVEMBER 15 > 2008

NATURAL BLACK - Babylon A Burn (Yard Vybz)
ALTON ELLIS - I'm Just A Guy (Sings Rock and Soul: Coxsone)
ALTON ELLIS - Live and Learn (Studio One 7")
DELROY WILSON - Can't Explain (Coptic Lion 7")
TWINKLE BROTHERS - Too Late (Coptic Lion 7")
TWINKLE BROTHERS - Gone Already (Twinkle 7")
CORNEL CAMPBELL - Didn't I (Studio One 7")
LEROY SMART - Mother Liza (Keep The Pressure Down: Prestige Elite)
FE ME TIME ALLSTARS - Mother Liza (Dub I: Pressure Sounds)
DELANO & SHERON TUCKER - Gather Israelites (Wanted: Makasound)
BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS - Is This Love (Songs of Freedom: Island)n --req
KING TIDE - Beggars Waltz (Vitamin)
MIDNITE & LION TRIBE - Herd (Standing Ground: Fifth Son)
LITTLE JOHN - United We Stand (Jah Guidance 7")
LITTLE HARRY - Jessat Promotion (Jah Guidance 7")
VEGAS - Must Come A Road (A Team) -req
COLLIE BUDZ - Hustle (A Team) -req
NEW KINGSTON BAND - In The Streets
QUEEN OMEGA - The Mirror (Servant Of Jah Army: Ariwa)
CHUKKI STARR - Ghetto Youths Livity (Ghetto Youths Livity: Ariwa)
BERES HAMMOND - Say Thank You (Ruff Cutt 7")
JR KELLY - Jah No Dead (Ruff Cutt 7")
STARKY BANTON - Blaze Up The Fire (Ruff Cutt 7")
CAPLETON - Save Dem (No Doubt 7")
I WAYNE - One Hit Wonder (No Doubt 7")
ETANA - Bad Mind (No Doubt 7")
RICHIE SPICE - How Could I (No Doubt 7")
COCOA TEA - Sweeter (No Doubt 7")
FANTAN MOJAH - Rising (No Doubt 7")
TEFLON - One Thing (No Doubt 7")
D'ANGEL - Stronger (Tads 7")
BUGLE & TARRUS RILEY - Nothing Change (Tads 7")
MIDNITE & RASTAR - Supplication To HIM (Supplication To HIM: Rastar)

BABYLON BURNING with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
5-7 PM > NOVEMBER 8 > 2008

My first radio show since PBS forced me to change the name of my 
program from Chant Down Babylon.  Still blazing it up with the 
same sounds as always... Featuring two new albums from Midnite's 
Vaughn Benjamin, the Jah Jah See Dem A Come riddim on Fireball, 
The Crazy Night riddim on SWS, Early Morning riddim on Macro 
Beats... also paying respect to Byron Lee... 

SIZZLA - Burning Down (Judgement Yard)
BYRON LEE & THE DRAGONAIRES - Frankenstien
BYRON LEE & THE DRAGONAIRES - Rocksteady
BYRON LEE & THE DRAGONAIRES - Musical Pressure
KEN BOOTHE - Artibella (Sunshot 7")
BIG YOUTH - Dreadlocks Dread (Sunshot 7")
EARL FLUTE & HORACE ANDY - Peter and Judas (Mafia 7")
I ROY - Silver Platter (Mafia 7")
THE WAILERS - Slave Driver (Catch A Fire: Island)
THE CONGOS - Sodom and Gomorrah (Heart of the Congos: Blood and Fire)
HUGH MUNDELL - Jah Fire Will Be Burning (Jah Fire: Live and Love)
JOHNNY CLARKE - Fire and Brimstone (Dreader Dread: Blood and Fire)
MIDNITE & YOUSSOUPHA SIDIBE - Strong Will (For All: Sacred Sound Records)
MIDNITE & RASTAR - Make It In Time (Supplication To HIM: Rastar)
CULTURE - Jah Jah See Them A Come (Joe Gibbs 7")
ANTHONY B - Calm Down De Gun (Fire Ball 7")
PRESSURE - More Justice and Truth (Fire Ball 7")
JAH MASON - Rasta Nah Support (Fire Ball 7")
CALI P - Babylon Get A Beating (Fire Ball 7")
COCOA TEA - Barack Obama (Roaring Lion)
CAPLETON - People Want Change (special)
PRESSURE - Black Man Rise (Don Corleon)
ELIJAH PROPHET - Dem A Call Jah Name (Macro Beats 7")
JAH MASON - Man to Man (Macro Beats 7")
BARRINGTON LEVY, BEENIE MAN, SUGAR ROY, CONRAD CRYSTAL - She Call Mi Phone (Fireball 7")
MICHAEL ROSE & CALI P - Mr Collie Remix
DEMARCO & SIZZLa - Kings and Queens
ANTHONY B - Territory (Kings of Kings 7")
NINJAMAN - In The Dancehall (SWS 7")
BUNNY GENERAL - Ready Like Freddy (SWS 7")
JR CAT - Would A Let You Go (SWS 7")
STITCHIE - Poor People Business (SWS 7")
BURRO BANTON - Friday Dress (SWS 7")
FLOURGON - Ganja (SWS 7")
KING KONG - Niceness (Black Scorpio 7")

CHANT DOWN BABYLON with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
5-7 PM > OCTOBER 25 > 2008

After more than a decade of Chant Down Babylon, this was my last
program under that name.  PBS FM are forcing me to change the name
due to concerns about perceived "conflict of interest" between
the program and Chant Down Sound.  As a quiet protest, this final show
was comprised entirely of Chant Down Babylon anthems, including all of
the songs that made up the intro I used every week for the last decade.
This was also the last opportunity to use most of the 300+ jingles I had
for Chant Down Babylon (many of which are irreplacable, such as those by
Lucky Dube and Joseph Hill), so I played far more than normal.

From next week, my program will be known as "Babylon Burning".  They can
change the name, but dem can't stop the fire from blaze!

BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS - Chant Down Babylon (Tuff Gong 7")
LEE SCRATCH PERRY - Dub Revolution (Arkology: Island)
GARNETT SILK - Cry of my People (El Paso 7")
JR BYLES - Beat Down Babylon (Beat Down Babylon: Trojan)
JR BYLES & RUPERT REID - Chant Down Babylon (129 Beat St: Blood and Fire)
YABBY YOU & TRINITY - Chant Down Babylon Kingdom (Jesus Dread: Blood and Fire)
BURNING SPEAR - Door Peep (Chant Down Babylon: Island)
DESMOND IRIE - Babylon You Must Go Down (The Sound of Channel One: Motion)
KING TUBBY - Dub You Must Go Down (The Sound of Channel One: Motion)
DON CARLOS - In Pieces (Harvest Time: Blue Moon)
FREDDIE McGREGOR - Chant It Down (Zion Chant: Heartbeat)
LUCIANO - Chant Down Babylon (Xterminator 7")
JR REID - Chanting (Firehouse Clash: Live and Learn)
SYLFORD WALKER - Chant Down Babylon (Chant Down Babylon: Blood and Fire)
SUGAR MINOTT - Chant Them Down (African Solider: Heartbeat)
MIDNITE - Ring Out A Chant (Jubilees of Zion: Afrikan Roots Lab)
DEZARIE - Gone Down (Gracious Mama Africa: Arfrikan Roots Lab)
SIZZLA - Chant Them Down (Kalonji 7")
SIZZLA - Rastaman Chant (Dill-Ox 7")
BUSHMAN - Nyah Man Chant (Nyah Man Chant: Greensleeves)
WARRIOR KING - Power To Chant (VP 7")
MIDNITE - Chant Ina Babylon (live at the Aggie 2005)

CHANT DOWN BABYLON with Jesse I
106.7 PBS-FM > Melbourne, Australia
5-7 PM > OCTOBER 18 > 2008

Paying respect to the "godfather of rocksteady" Alton Ellis. RIP.
Also featuring the I Love riddim on Rootdown, Bloody City on Jam 2,
and Kolo Kolo on Opera House...

ALTON ELLIS - Willow Tree (Treasure Isle 7")
ALTON ELLIS - Cry Tough (Treasure Isle 7")
ALTON ELLIS - Get Ready Rocksteady
ALTON ELLIS - Girl I've Got A Date (Treasure Isle 7")
ALTON ELLIS - Ain't That Loving You (Cry Tough: Heartbeat)
ALTON ELLIS - Tumbling Tears (Studio One 7")
ALTON ELLIS - Can I Change My Mind (Nice Up The Dance: Heartbeat)
ALTON ELLIS - Breaking Up (The Best Of Alton Ellis: Coxsone)
ALTON ELLIS - Sunday Coming (Sunday Coming: Heartbeat)
ALTON ELLIS - These Eyes (Sunday Coming: Heartbeat)
ALTON ELLIS - I'll Be Waiting (Rebel Music 2: Trojan)
ALTON ELLIS - It's A Shame (Darker Than Blue: Blood and Fire)
ALTON ELLIS - Rise and Fall (Many Moods Of: Culture Press)
ALTON ELLIS - The Children Are Crying (Many Moods Of: Culture Press)
ALTON ELLIS - I'm Still In Love (Still In Love: Trojan)
PETER TOSH - Downpressor (The Toughest: Heartbeat) --request
MIDNITE & LION TRIBE - Standing Ground (Standing Ground: Fifth Son)
MIDNITE - Lianess (Live 94117: Rastafaria) --request
LUCIANO - Deliver Us From All Evil (Rootdown 7")
MILLION STYLEZ - Oh Jah Jah (Rootdown 7")
NATTY KING - Slew U In The OPen (Rootdown 7")
NATURAL BLACK - Be Careful Of Your Enemies (Rootdown 7")
ZIGGI - Need To Tell You This (Rootdown 7")
ANTHONY B - Can't Stop The Fire (Rootdown 7")
ALBOROSIE - Diversity (Soul Pirate: Forward) --request
FANTAN MOJAH - Crying Out (Jam 2 7")
LUTAN FYAH - How Many More (Jam 2 7")
DEMARCO - Police (Jam 2 7")
I OCTANE - All Alone (Jam 2 7")
FANTAN MOJAH - High Grade (Opera House 7")
BEENIE MAN - Money Fi Spend (Opera House 7")
ANTHONY B - Out A Road (Opera House 7")
VYBZ KARTEL - Old Time Jamaica (Opera House 7")
TYRICAL - Ghetto Prayer (Seanizzle 7")
ELEPHANT MAN - Gully Creepa (Seanizzle 7")
KONSCIOUS - Trod It (Asafa Powell/Stephen McGregor)