No-Maddz : Troddin'

Hey World!:)

I'd like to introduce you (if you don't know them by now) to a pretty cool, no scratch that, an A-MAH-ZING group. Jamaicans may already recognize Oneil Peart, Everaldo Creary, Sheldon Sheppard and Chris Gordon as dub poetry group No-Maddz. Poo Puku Poo Puku Poo.  Not only are they musically inclined and talented actors but they have a certain asthetic appeal which i really like!

Anywhere on the island i hear they'll be performing, i always drag my friends with me and "mysteriously" end up there lol. But i've always enjoyed listening to them perform and watch them enjoy their own performances. Plus it is almost like the energy displayed on stage, is passed on to the audience and you just "feel" it! Yeah i know, my description is kinda weird but i challenge you to go, go to one of their performance and "feel" the energy too. You'll be glad you did.:)

Check out their latest video launched June 2012 below titled "Sort Out Yuh Life Jamaica!"

Recently, Sheldon Sheppard (pictured above) took home the Best Actor prize at last weekend's American Black Film Festival (ABFF) for his role as a gangster with a conscience in

director Storm Saulter's Better Mus' Come.

Poo Puku Poo Puku Poo. Sort out yuh life Jamaica!:)

Private Sector on board for Jamaica 50

The ‘Jamaica 50’ Secretariat will be receiving valuable support from private sector marketers as it begins ramping up publicity on celebratory activities.

Director of the Secretariat, Robert Bryan, told a JIS Think Tank on Tuesday (May 1) that efforts to co-opt support from private sector professionals and companies for the activities is far advanced and the public should soon see a roll out of this effort.

“We are working with quite a few persons already and in fact, some of them are engaged in the delivery of key components of the programme. A lot of companies have volunteered their marketing departments to assist us in doing quite a bit of this. We’ve made use of some of those offers and as we go along we’ll involve others,” he said.

Support is also coming from the organisers of already established activities, which will be held in the summer, such as Sumfest, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Military Tattoo, the National Athletics trials and the ‘Fun in the Son’ gospel concert.

“The idea is that we want to ramp up the whole marketing and positioning for the celebration,” Mr. Bryan told JIS News.

He informed that “there are some corporate bodies that will be doing specific activities to mark and celebrate Jamaica 50 and there are some companies that their history is part and parcel of Jamaica’s history and they intend to position and make sure that the whole world knows. Those elements will be tied together, published on websites and become part of the roll-out of information we feel comfortable with.”

He said that the Social Development Commission (SDC) has been asked to utilise its vast and intricate island-wide network to spearhead and coordinate a volunteer programme for Jamaica 50 and coming out of that effort, the Secretariat has been receiving numerous e-mails from persons and organisations offering their services.

Mr. Bryan said that most of the fundamental elements of the programme have been finalised and while requests have been coming in “we’re not going to be able to do everything”.

“We have to focus on a few things and try to do them well, that’s the reality of it. The job is to get to the point where everybody realises and accepts that that is where we are given the time."

By O. Rodger Hutchinson, JIS PRO

Source: Jamaica Information Service
                      Thursday, 03 May 2012