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Return of Django

About a month ago a buddy gave me a bag of Great Value Caribbean BBQ flavoured potato chips. "Inspired by Island Life". I've been pretty excited to try these and I'm not quite sure why it took me so long to do so. When I cracked the bag I was met with a very strong chili powder smell. The chips have medium ridges (Wavy Lays style) and a slight green hue with flecks of red and black. As soon as it hit my mouth I was stoked, these chips did not disappoint and gave me exactly what I wanted, jerk chicken baby! The heat is a very nice hot pepper based in the medium spice range (maybe like a 6 or so, it gets the forehead sweats going pretty quickly for me). There is soo much flavour to this heat though. There's a hint of sweetness, some citrus. Weeyow, these are a nice treat. The crunch is typical midweight.   

I got into ska the way that most 80's babies did. Knee deep into the third wave. I eventually got around to 2 Tone but for years didn't go back any further than that. My first real exposure to Jamaican Ska was through this is England (what was that, like 15 years ago?). From there I checked out some of the Trojan Records comps/box sets. Return of Django by The Upsetters has popped up frequently and I've thoroughly enjoyed it every time it has. Return of Django is a fantastically bouncy head nodder and body swayer. Finally this past summer it occurred to me that The Upsetters probably have other songs (dudoi) and I checked out Return of Django (the album). This is such a pleasant album. Bouncy trad ska instrumentals. If you're like me and have little exposure to Jamaican Ska, it's not a bad place to start to catch up on 70 years of music. 

Stay hydrated,

Marc

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