Letter To PRIME MINISTER
Your ExcellencyYour Excellency
I pray that this letter finds you in the best of health and with best of intentions and plans for the Jamaican people.
Since the age of 18 when I moved from Denmark to London, Jamaicans have played very important roles in my life. It is therefore an honour and privilege to address the chosen leader of this magnificent people.For the record, Ziggy Marley is the first Jamaican I ever spoke to when I was 17 and he was 19.
This letter is simply an exhortation to consider the benefits of Land Value Taxation and the principles that underpin it. The significance therein being that economics plays a major role in sustaining peace.
The principles that underpin LVT can be transposed to underpin plaforms for public participation and thereby intensify the velocity of exchange within the quantity theory of money supply.
Deliberate and strategically intensified velocity of exchange based on the extrapolated principle of land value taxation is the basis for my product, CCSR.
CCSR stands for Comprehensive Corporate Social Responsibility. It is at once a method, a strategy and a product. It is a tool that will release and enhance any governments objectives to satisfy the progress and sustainability of a nation.
CCSR will expand the country's tax base and increase foreign investment interest. This will happen through a combination of engineering, harmonization and extrapolations of dynamics. Most important and basic to CCSR is the principle that Corporate Social Responsibility should be defined by external authorities and not by corporations themselves. The same rules that apply to tax auditing, apply to CSR, which by all definitions is a type of tax.
CCSR allows the people to play a fiscal role beyond consumption. It gives them the privilege of economic self determination, and rewards them beyond remuneration for labour. The long term benefit of this dynamic is a steady decrease in crime and the cost of fighting it. Most importantly for your office, and the office of the opposition, is that CCSR covers much of what a campaign my champion, leaving poliical leaders with more time to define nad administrate Jamaicas international performance.
ONE LOVE
JAH RASTAFARI
JImmy Andersen
REGGAE UNESO REGGAE
In response to your magnificent achievement of getting REGGAE included on the UNESCO List of Intangible Heritage of Humanity, this letter takes this opportunity to commend you and our team.
It is a significant move. It improves leverage, allowing for long term global strategies. In time the industry will understand and make good use of it. I for my part am doing my best to help make that sink in. It is particularly useful for those of us who are Rastafarians and apprecaite His Imperial Majesty haile Selassie's effort within both the League of nations and the United Nations. Precisely because of this, I wrote the song UNESCO REGGAE, which hopefully will inspire more focused, co-ordinated and intergrated socio economic Reggae strategies.
NEXT STOP KINGSTON is one such strategy. I have innovated, and Im excited to share it with all Jamaicans. In short, it is a ultural bridge between Jamaica and Denmark particularly between Trenchtown and the alternative community of Christiania. Please see the two reasons for this approach below.
1. The evolution of Reggae and the establishment of Christiania resonate with the UNESCO description of the genre.The focus on these two communities is a deliberate acknowledgement of alternative thought that challenges the establishment. There is a lot of interesting history to unpack..
2. Within both communities there are key figures worthy of emulation. If not for anything else, then for valuable consistency.Their examples will always be relevant to current strategies.
In light of the two points above, this letter would like to recognise the role played by Sister Ignatius at the Alpha School For Boys, The Skatalites and various producers such as Duke Reid, Sir Coxsone Dodd, Lee Perry and Scientist. The artists always get attention but my main interest is the business, social, philosophical, entrepreneural visionaries who make a way out of no way. The labels are too many to mention here but the prospect of digging into each and every one of their story is so tantalyzing that we wshall make it a permanent feature in another of our platforms, TONE MAGAZINE.
NEXT STOP KINGSTON acknowledges bridge building forces like Chris Blackwell, who took an instinctive chance on Ernest Ranglin and his band, in much the same way that he later took on the Wailers. You are very correct in getting reggae inscribed on the UNESCO list because muisc and anthropology xgo hand in hand. In that light, the work of the young Edward Seaga is significan.
The world has only felt the tip of the iceberg of what Jamaica can unlock. Due to circumstances,questionable processes and entrenched prejudices much of the treasure goes unoticed and much of what is noticed is wasted. The UNESCO status gives valid grounds for thorough reviews. NEXT STOP KINGSTON is a genuine attempt to eliminate the risk of babies being thrown out with the bathwater. Christiania, being a platform that allowed Danes to take a closer look at their values..or lack of same, qualifies as unique sparring partner for Reggae in terms of socio-economic strategy.
On the Danish side of the second point of this letter, I present to you as I do to the rest of the world, 7 Danish luminaries, whose work forms the intellectual underpinning for all my projects.
They are; Ole Rømer, who first calculated the speed of light, H.C. Ørsted who discovered electro magnetism, H.C. Andersen, who told many a moral tale (One story seems to have a mystic reference to Ethiopia) N.F.S Grundtvig who championed empowerment of the peasants through self education, Søren Kirkegård, the father of existentialism who challenged established perceptions, Niels Bohr who contributed to splitting the atom, and Viggo Starcke who succesfully advocated for the implementation of Land Value Taxation. Another fun fact. the loudspeaker was invented in Denmark so you can tell all sound Systems to come pay tribute here.
The above are to Denmark, what Nanny, Tacky, Alexander Bedward, Sam Sharpe and others are to Jamaica. The only diffrence s...and what a diffrence..is that in Denmark the ideas steadily gained widespread consensus because of the ability to detach from influencial charisma and instead value modesty and co-operation. Such processes are rare, and when they look as though they will succefully emerge, as was the case in Grenada, under Maurice Bishop, they are quickly terminated
That is not to say that the Danish egalitarian society did not come about without concessions . Modern generations are coming to terms with that fact. All this further substantiates the importance of the UNESCO platform your office has achieved for Reggae. Truth be told, we are many out here grasping at straws as we struggle to stay afloat. Thanks to people llike yourself and people like Ana Ida from Christiania, people like me have something to hold on to.
Working in obscurity but with great effeciency was Ana Ida the founder of The Opera, a cultural venue in Christiania. On a visit to Miami , as a teenager, she and her friend watched THE HARDER THEY COME. The two girls were so inspired by the movie and the music that they immeddiately decided to visit Jamaica. NEXT STOP KINGSTON!
When they returned to Denmark, Reggae was firmly on their agenda. Amongst other things, the energetic Ana Ida established a venue known as THE OPERA. It qualifies as Christianias community stage. There is hardly any Reggae artist in Copenhagen who hasnt graced that stage in ther formative phase. It was one of the first places that Denmarks most famous reggae export Natasja Saad was given a chance to shine.
Through the Jamaican operative SKY JUICE PROMOTION, her style and patwa was schooled to perfection. Alongside Ana Ida, names such as Lyrical D, Coco P, Iyapo and Supa Mike played a fundamental role in her progress. It all paid off and she gained her absolute legitimacy wen she won the Irie FM BIG BREAK competion in 2006 in Kingston. NEXT STOP KINGSTON Y ALL!!!
Natasja loved Jamaica and Jamaica loved her. Unfortunately she died in a car crash just as she was about to conquer the world. This year in August we lost Ana Ida. Since Jacob Miller, we have lost a steady string of reggae luminaries. However the message lives on and the bridges continue to be built. We simply ask you to consider NEXT STOP KINGSTON among the many bridges.
The name NEXT STOP is borrowed from NEXT STOP NEVADA and NEXT STOP SOVIET which were Danish youth movements from the late 1980s and early 90s. They were born out of an intense objective to bring about nuclear non proliferation The former was a radical protest which culminated in getting as close to nuclear testing sites in NEVADA to make their point. The latter looked at the option of cultural exchange behind the iron curtain. Out of that movement came cultural and educational institutions and even a political party. Ana Ida was one of those youths and for that we salute her and hope that Jamaica will join us in doing so. NEXT STOP KINGSTON continues to honour her legacy at The Opera as we plan various world changing strategies. As such, we can only be thankful for the importance you have bequeathed upon Reggae Music in the corridors of global legislation
.
a combination of engineering, harmonization and extrapolations of dynamics. Most important and basic to CCSR is the
REGGAE UNESO REGGAE
In response to your magnificent achievement of getting REGGAE included on the UNESCO List of Intangible Heritage of Humanity, this letter takes this opportunity to commend you and our team.
It is a significant move. It improves leverage, allowing for long term global strategies. In time the industry will understand and make good use of it. I for my part am doing my best to help make that sink in. It is particularly useful for those of us who are Rastafarians and apprecaite His Imperial Majesty haile Selassie's effort within both the League of nations and the United Nations. Precisely because of this, I wrote the song UNESCO REGGAE, which hopefully will inspire more focused, co-ordinated and intergrated socio economic Reggae strategies.
NEXT STOP KINGSTON is one such strategy. I have innovated, and Im excited to share it with all Jamaicans. In short, it is a ultural bridge between Jamaica and Denmark particularly between Trenchtown and the alternative community of Christiania. Please see the two reasons for this approach below.
1. The evolution of Reggae and the establishment of Christiania resonate with the UNESCO description of the genre.The focus on these two communities is a deliberate acknowledgement of alternative thought that challenges the establishment. There is a lot of interesting history to unpack..
2. Within both communities there are key figures worthy of emulation. If not for anything else, then for valuable consistency.Their examples will always be relevant to current strategies.
In light of the two points above, this letter would like to recognise the role played by Sister Ignatius at the Alpha School For Boys, The Skatalites and various producers such as Duke Reid, Sir Coxsone Dodd, Lee Perry and Scientist. The artists always get attention but my main interest is the business, social, philosophical, entrepreneural visionaries who make a way out of no way. The labels are too many to mention here but the prospect of digging into each and every one of their story is so tantalyzing that we wshall make it a permanent feature in another of our platforms, TONE MAGAZINE.
NEXT STOP KINGSTON acknowledges bridge building forces like Chris Blackwell, who took an instinctive chance on Ernest Ranglin and his band, in much the same way that he later took on the Wailers. You are very correct in getting reggae inscribed on the UNESCO list because muisc and anthropology xgo hand in hand. In that light, the work of the young Edward Seaga is significan.
The world has only felt the tip of the iceberg of what Jamaica can unlock. Due to circumstances,questionable processes and entrenched prejudices much of the treasure goes unoticed and much of what is noticed is wasted. The UNESCO status gives valid grounds for thorough reviews. NEXT STOP KINGSTON is a genuine attempt to eliminate the risk of babies being thrown out with the bathwater. Christiania, being a platform that allowed Danes to take a closer look at their values..or lack of same, qualifies as unique sparring partner for Reggae in terms of socio-economic strategy.
On the Danish side of the second point of this letter, I present to you as I do to the rest of the world, 7 Danish luminaries, whose work forms the intellectual underpinning for all my projects.
They are; Ole Rømer, who first calculated the speed of light, H.C. Ørsted who discovered electro magnetism, H.C. Andersen, who told many a moral tale (One story seems to have a mystic reference to Ethiopia) N.F.S Grundtvig who championed empowerment of the peasants through self education, Søren Kirkegård, the father of existentialism who challenged established perceptions, Niels Bohr who contributed to splitting the atom, and Viggo Starcke who succesfully advocated for the implementation of Land Value Taxation. Another fun fact. the loudspeaker was invented in Denmark so you can tell all sound Systems to come pay tribute here.
The above are to Denmark, what Nanny, Tacky, Alexander Bedward, Sam Sharpe and others are to Jamaica. The only diffrence s...and what a diffrence..is that in Denmark the ideas steadily gained widespread consensus because of the ability to detach from influencial charisma and instead value modesty and co-operation. Such processes are rare, and when they look as though they will succefully emerge, as was the case in Grenada, under Maurice Bishop, they are quickly terminated
That is not to say that the Danish egalitarian society did not come about without concessions . Modern generations are coming to terms with that fact. All this further substantiates the importance of the UNESCO platform your office has achieved for Reggae. Truth be told, we are many out here grasping at straws as we struggle to stay afloat. Thanks to people llike yourself and people like Ana Ida from Christiania, people like me have something to hold on to.
Working in obscurity but with great effeciency was Ana Ida the founder of The Opera, a cultural venue in Christiania. On a visit to Miami , as a teenager, she and her friend watched THE HARDER THEY COME. The two girls were so inspired by the movie and the music that they immeddiately decided to visit Jamaica. NEXT STOP KINGSTON!
When they returned to Denmark, Reggae was firmly on their agenda. Amongst other things, the energetic Ana Ida established a venue known as THE OPERA. It qualifies as Christianias community stage. There is hardly any Reggae artist in Copenhagen who hasnt graced that stage in ther formative phase. It was one of the first places that Denmarks most famous reggae export Natasja Saad was given a chance to shine.
Through the Jamaican operative SKY JUICE PROMOTION, her style and patwa was schooled to perfection. Alongside Ana Ida, names such as Lyrical D, Coco P, Iyapo and Supa Mike played a fundamental role in her progress. It all paid off and she gained her absolute legitimacy wen she won the Irie FM BIG BREAK competion in 2006 in Kingston. NEXT STOP KINGSTON Y ALL!!!
Natasja loved Jamaica and Jamaica loved her. Unfortunately she died in a car crash just as she was about to conquer the world. This year in August we lost Ana Ida. Since Jacob Miller, we have lost a steady string of reggae luminaries. However the message lives on and the bridges continue to be built. We simply ask you to consider NEXT STOP KINGSTON among the many bridges.
The name NEXT STOP is borrowed from NEXT STOP NEVADA and NEXT STOP SOVIET which were Danish youth movements from the late 1980s and early 90s. They were born out of an intense objective to bring about nuclear non proliferation The former was a radical protest which culminated in getting as close to nuclear testing sites in NEVADA to make their point. The latter looked at the option of cultural exchange behind the iron curtain. Out of that movement came cultural and educational institutions and even a political party. Ana Ida was one of those youths and for that we salute her and hope that Jamaica will join us in doing so. NEXT STOP KINGSTON continues to honour her legacy at The Opera as we plan various world changing strategies. As such, we can only be thankful for the importance you have bequeathed upon Reggae Music in the corridors of global legislation
.
a combination of engineering, harmonization and extrapolations of dynamics. Most important and basic to CCSR is the
Letter to Jimmy Cliff OM
Dear Jimmy Cliff. You are the best. Please record UNESCO REGGAE with Squidly Cole. It will feed many hungry peiple in South Africa
JAH LOVE.
Jimee
Letter To Rica Newell
Dear Rica. You are the best. We gonna push your song as a campaign for CHANGES FOR KNYSNA We therefore ask that you take part in our very first REGGAE DOLLAR FUNDRAISER. As an artist you will recieve 20% of the raised amaount. 20% of every dollar raised goes to a central reggae fund in Trenchtown which has the following objectives
Letter To Rica Newell
sLetter To Squidly Cole , Clive Hunt and Copeland Forbes
Dear Squidly . thank you for almost 10 years facebook friendship . I remeber the early days of pushing BEATIN UP DE DRUM AGAIN. Trust me i was so happy to see you bing recognised for the grammy victories with beloved ZMMM and others. On the sad side, I was torn by the loss of life you have endured. Your son and your uncle. It still hurts I know. I wrote for Steve after jo Mersa Passed and I realised I needed to livicate it to you nad Julian Who also lost his child. Furermore we all lost Christopher Meredith. I will never forget when I felt the change in ZMMM when you and Christ took over the rythm section. DRASTIC remains my favourite afte BEATIN UP DI DRUMS AGAIN. I also want to thank you for doing drums for my brderen Ronny van langenakker s album. This letter is to let you know that Im now doinga worldwide fundraiser to enable me to make use of your talent and studio for several albums including the song for stephen. Thank you so much for your presence and support on my big mission. it is very encouraging
Sir
Submitted is a link several to several demo songs which I hope will catchyour interest. I globalfundraisingcampaign is now underway to raise money for full production of the songs. I am the songwriter in all the songs while composition of music on several songs by Robert Carvalho, an excellent musiciant, songwriter, arraner and singer fromBirmigham UK. The songs are for the most part described as Demos, because of the sound qualility. The mixing and msetring is not up to scratch. Also my singing is not the best in the world. I am curious to know what jamaican talent would sound like on them. Like Robert, I would be happy to let them serve as templates for brand new productiosn from scratch. Otherwise Im sure he would be more than happy to provide the stems for production.
Much love and respect. Thank you for your service to Regae Music
Christiania is amongst the best known alternative communities in the world
Christiania has a liberal worldview within fundamentally conservative standards giving it a duality that allows individual freedom of expression and respect for the community.
In Apri 2024 The community collaborated with the police and local politicians to bring about an end to one of its main attractions.
Until then the relatively unhindered cannabis trade had been the dominating dynamic in the community.
Its absence has left Christiania open to alternative ideas to fill the mental and physical space the trade once occupied . True to its original nature the community is finding its new feet.
This is the environment into which NEXT STOP KINGSTON is stepping and the response has been overwhelmingly positive.
The universal message of Reggae and the vision of the founders of Christiania combine to give Next Stop Kingston the best conditions for establishment and expansion.
Our objective is to bring lasting resolution to the many challenges of today, such as the unfair distribution of returns from streaming, the threat from AI Generated music, CO 2 Emissions, Coltan Mining, Migration, Racism, Pollution, Plastic In The Ocean Poverty, Psychiatry and more. .
The values that have built Denmark into the exemplary egalitarian society that it is, prevail in Christiania and Christiania is a direct product of those values. Without them on both sides of the fence, Christiania would not exist. Without them, the change in Pusher Street would never have come about. And without them NEXT STOP KINGSTON would be but a fantasy.
VINYL POWER FOR FREEDOM
All the music from Christiania, Jamaica and elsewhere will be sold on vinyl, cassette, and CD on Pusher street. So will the devices necessary for playing the music in these formats. This is a deliberate strategy to put the power of the music bsuiness in the hands of music lovers.
To offset the carbon emission connected to the production of music, a large percentage of the revenue from the Pusher Street sales will go to planting trees and cleaning oceans
RECORD COMPANIES
We are interested in preserving record companies because they represent our common heritage.
We urge them to join us in circumventing the many streaming platforms that are depleting our industry of its monetising potential.
We believe that authentic causes such as ours and the platforms and the expertise of traditional labels can collaborate in positive and constructive ways that live up to and fulfill the positive and noble lyrics of recordings .
THANK YOU JAMAICA
We pay Tribute to a special place with a special purpose
Dance Music, Videos And Choreography
All the new songs will be be eligible for music videos and choreography to enrich the message
KODA For Copenhagen
Our goal is to get every establishment in Copenhagen to feature locally made music so that revenue from airplay and playlists may stay in the community . Through the REGGAE DOLLAR the music would generate money to support planting trees and cleaning the oceans
GREEN MUSIC INDUSTRY
Restaurants, Bars, Hostels and Cafes can have PLANET MENUS availabl for people to select causes to support
Merchandise And Fashion
People will come from all over the world to buy locally developed brands of fashion and merchandise as part of the 10 Billion Dollar Plan
SOCIAL CHANGE IN JAMAICA
As a hub for art, culture, music, food and locally brewed beverages Christiania has nurtured links with the rest of the world.Some of them have led to the establishment of official and non official bridges of collaboration and charity. We will actively seek collaboration with artists like BUJU BANTON, THE MARLEYS, PETER TOSH FOUNDATION and REGGAE FOR A REASON
THE LONG WALK TO FREEDOM
THE LONG WALK TO FREEDOM is the title of NELSON MANDELAS autobiography. It is also the name of an organisation by Jamaican reggae and Dancehall star BUJU BANTON. Finally it is also the unofficial title of my long walk from Cape Town to Cairo designed to implement the type of projects we create in Chritiania from town to town in Africa.
GET ON BOARD!!!
We gonna REGGAE the world back to sanity
