THURSDAY, MAY 27


Last week Thursday nite ..... ah pass tru Casa de Ibiza ..... tuh check out de hottt, young band ..... Gyazette .....

De show was supposed tuh start about 9:00 ..... but of course in true Trini style ...... all 9:30 we still outside jibbin ..... waitin!

So ..... there we were .... me and Afro Chic  ...... jus chillin ..... havin ah drink ..... and chattin ...... when hurry, scurry, flurry ...... in runs Ms. Z ..... with the most startling revelation ......

YOU ARE WUZDESCENE?!?!?!?

Well ..... ah get dotish ..... cuz she ketch meh real off guard ..... but ..... ah couldn't hide it ..... de dotish look on meh face alone ..... give meh away ..... so after about 2 seconds of hesitation ..... ah YES slip out meh mout!

When ah tell yuh ..... SHAME ..... I was real embarrass ..... cuz writing shit anonymously is cool ..... but when people know is YOU ..... da'is ah whole odda kettle of fish!

She tell meh ...... she macoin de scene since back in de day ...... when she was livin away ..... and dat she get turn orn tuh it ..... by her Aunty ..... and dat when ah eh posting nuttin ..... she does get lil antsy! ..... she say she make meh out ..... from some pictures dat ah had post de odda day ...... yes ..... my gyul fine tune she macoin skills ..... put two and two together .... and come up wit ME!!!

But de real tief head wit dah whole scene ..... was de irony of me and Afro talkin about dat same ting ..... just about 5 mintues before ...... yeah ..... we was marvellin at how people does be able tuh buss we cover ...... even tho we bloggin anonymously ..... and gettin kicks at how good Trinis could maco ..... and dat some ah dem does actually take de time tuh put de pieces of de puzzle together (lol Ms. Z )!!

I eh know nah ..... ah hadda watch mehself ..... cuz dis 'anonymous' scene gettin lil tricky! ..... tank de Lord Ms. Z is ah fan ..... and not some crazy who eh like what ah write bout she ...... cuz gettin busted is one ting ...... but gettin busshead is quite another!




The band Gyazette .....





TUESDAY, JUNE 1


Finally ..... an opportunity tuh see Ataklan ..... in an Ataklan show!!

Is years now I know Ataklan ..... but ..... shamefully ..... I only ever saw him perform twice ...... and both times he was a guest performer ..... singing only a couple songs ...... but whoa ..... talk about short and sweet ..... he was so good ..... that I made a pact wit myself ...... tuh go see him the next time HE was having a show ...... of course shows came .... and shows went ...... and I never knew until after de fact ..... so ..... when ah bounce up de man himself in Beach House de odda day ..... an' he tell meh dat he performin in Woodford Cafe on June 1 ..... ah mark de date pronto!!

Right ...... so June 1 reach now ..... an' yuh gyul excited ..... cuz as ah say ...... finally!!

Now mind you ..... is only de date he give meh eh ..... so ah say leh meh logon tuh Facebook .... and check out de start time etc ..... so ah go know how tuh organise mehself .....

A A ..... so about 8:00 pm now ...... ah logon tuh Facebook ..... an' ah search Woodford Cafe ...... only tuh get ah shocker ...... NO ATAKLAN ..... I eh know if I hear wrong ...... I eh know if Klan was drunk an' give meh de wrong date ...... I eh know if he postpone or cancel de show ...... I eh know if de Gods against meh seein Ataklan in concert ..... cuz ...... turns out ..... Ataklan was not scheduled to perform that nite ..... that night was actually ...... Rikki Jai ..... and Ravi B ......

Joy ..... cuz oh how I LOVE CHUTNEY!!!! (not)

So with an open mind ..... and a still very willing friend (yeah ah had chain-up ah fren tuh go wit meh) ...... and a new Prime Minister ..... and a new Attorney General urging his fellow Hindus to step outside their Hindu box and get involved in other things ...... I decided to go to the show!

So we get there at 9:44 ..... tinkin dat da'is good time .... only tuh find out dat de show startin at 11:00 ..... and lawd ..... what a long hour and 15 minutes dat was ..... my friend was bored shitless ...... and I was too ..... the wait felt like torture ...... altho ..... de AC was workin real good fuh ah change  ....... cuz yeah ..... de place wasn't really too ram .....

Anyway ..... so showtime reach ..... and Miss Whitney from Synergy jump orn de 1" high stage ...... tuh introduce de first act ..... well ..... she lorse me wit dah one ...... cuz on came some man from some band called Mellow Bugs ...... Grrrrrr???? ...... singin some setta shit dat I never hear in my life!! ..... but ...... I guess he was entertaining enuff ..... cuz he had dem gyuls in de front goin ...... he muzbe sing about 3 songs .... and den was on tuh Mr. Ravi B ......

Now it eh no secret dat I hate chutney ..... but Ravi B ...... I like ..... Ravi B doh even have tuh sing ...... he could jus stand up and smile ..... and I good ..... cuz dude is so fleckin funny ..... Ravi B come on ..... and one time de place jus came tuh life ...... I didn't even know he have so much songs ...... ah shame tuh admit it ...... but Ravi had meh groovin!

After Ravi ..... and his very short performance ...... came Rikki Jai ..... now Rikki Jai had a good song this year ...... and a couple other good ones over de years ...... but oh gorm ..... comin after Ravi B wasn't a good idea ..... Rikki Jai come .... he start off wit Barman ...... which is a borse song ...... den he sing some odda songs dat I didn't know ...... den he bring orn some gyuls (and guys) tuh dance on de stage ......den he sing some new song ...... ah reggae song??? ...... den he sing more reggae ...... by Bob Marley ...... HELLO ...... at dat point .... I was feelin like I was in de twilight zone!! ...... anyway ..... after dat strange reggae session ..... he wrap it up .... and made his exit ......

Next up was some Jamaican artiste ..... who happen tuh be in de country fuh some show at Sting ...... doh ask meh who ...... cuz when dey announce de name ..... it didn't ring no bells ..... so needless tuh say ..... it was a wrap fuh me too ...... my chutney adventure had come to an end ...... and I left!!!

When am I ever going to see Ataklan in concert???????




De Mellow Bugs man .....



Da'is Ravi B when he now start ..... like de glare was too much fuh him .......







Rikki Jai singin Barman ....







WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2


So is de day after meh Chutney lime ...... and de day before de next holiday (Chorpus Christi) ..... Trinis everywhere organisin deyself ..... preparing fuh de fake long weekend ..... when purrr-ring ..... meh cell phone start tuh ring ..... was Ticketmaster callin ..... so ah answer ..... tinkin dat she callin tuh chain meh up tuh go SOMEWHERE ...... night before ah holiday and all ...... 

Well ..... I was right ..... my gyul start tuh talk about goin 51 ..... and about goin cricket de next day blah, blah, blah .....

So I tell her ...... dat I done had tuh endure ah night of Chutney de night before ..... so is no way I goin any 51 ..... and well cricket ...... da'is no biggie either ....... cuz we eh winnin anyway ......

Right ..... so dat was dat .....

A A ..... about 10:00 dat same nite ...... purrr-ring ..... Ticketmaster callin my cell again ...... so ah answer again ..... tinkin dat she callin tuh twiss meh arm tuh go 51 ..... only tuh get ah 'a la Ataklan' shocker ..... cuz de call wasn't about goin no 51 ..... my gyul was callin tuh ask ah 'favour' ...... tuh do she chile homework fuh him ...... cuz I creative ..... and she doh know how tuh do it ..... so she wanted tuh know if she could come an' check meh early de next morning ...... cuz she had cricket at 2:00 ..... Grrrrrrr?????

Ah tell her ..... hear what - leh we talk tomorrow (June 3) ......

Now I ain't gonna go into de whole story ...... cuz it long ....... so ah go cut it here ..... and end off wit a few rhetorical questions to myself ......

Cuz what I want tuh know is dis ..... why did fren feel comfortable asking me to do her son's homework ...... why did my other friend who is a Teacher ..... have nothing to say about what was going on and just calmly watched TV ..... while we worked on the project ..... why do people (fren) think that because I am supposedly CREATIVE it means that I want to help them with all their creative projects ...... why did fren think that that is what I wanted to do with my holiday morning ..... why are people (fren) so boldface! ..... why don't people (fren) leave me alone and stop asking me to do shit all de shittin time ...... where is my inner BITCH when I need her?