Juju - A Message From Mozambique

The first ever reissue of Juju’s powerful 1973 album for Strata-East, ‘A Message From Mozambique’. The roots of Juju started in San Francisco after Plunky had met his musical mentor, Zulu musician Ndikho Xaba, helping to form his band Ndikho and The Natives. Three members of The Natives (Plunky, bassist Ken Shabala and vibes / flute player Lon Moshe) then joined Marvin X’s theatrical production The Resurrection Of The Dead, joining local musicians Al-Hammel Rasul (keyboards), Babatunde Lea (percussion) and Jalango Ngoma (timbales). When the production ended, the six musicians formed Juju. “We had high-energy rehearsals that lasted for hours and, as a band, we became powerful and began gigging around the Bay Area,” remembers Plunky. Although oriented towards Black Nationalism, the band fed off the Bay Area’s culturally diverse communities as Plunky shaped an inclusive worldview based on collective political, social and artistic activities. During this time, the Soledad Brothers case and Angela Davis were prominent and the band supported Professor Davis and the cause. Juju’s music matched the fire of their activism. “As a band, we blew, pounded and stroked our instruments like there was no tomorrow, like our life’s work was wrapped up in each session. We approached our performances like religious rites and the music mesmerised, informed and awakened people.” The band’s first album, A Message From Mozambique, was intentionally political. While the anti-war movement focused on Vietnam, Juju looked towards wars being waged in South Africa, Angola and Mozambique over issues of white supremacy and control of natural resources. A second album, ‘Chapter Two: Nia’ would follow before the birth of Oneness Of Juju during the mid-‘70s. This definitive reissue is fully remastered by The Carvery from the original tapes and features original artwork and a new interview with Juju bandleader James “Plunky” Branch.

PLUNKY NKABINDE: Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Vocals KEN SHABALA: Bass, Double Bass, Flute, Vocals LON MOSHE: Flute, Piccolo Flute, Vibraphone, Vocals AL-HAMMEL RASUL: Piano, Shekere, Vocals BABATUNDE LEA: Congas, Drums, Percussion, Vocals JALANGO NGOMA: Timbales Liner notes by James “Plunky” Branch Originally released on LP by Strata-East in 1973 (SES 19735)

I've been a Luka stan for about a year now, and while I admit there are stereotypes that goes with guitar players (and they CAN be true!)

I would like to extend the fact that he also knows how to play classical violin, among other stringed instruments, and was also raised by a musician, his mother Anarka.

Luka MOST DEFINITELY knows how to read sheet music, and knows music theory like the back of his hand.

Nobody's trash talking Adrien about his music knowledge because he's been studying classical piano, but why not classical violin Luka? Is it because he's a fork in the road of the Love Square?

Sorry, he's not a stereotype of a fuckboy guitarist, but instead just a talented guy with an atlas complex, but I digress.

ass monkie. that hunky junky

Headcanons coming soon:

-Military propaganda in ruined London and how it helped to have her enlist

-Weapons training re: long guns, pistols and bladed weapons in the military, then again before the Slipstream

-"Pocket dimensions" and how Lena's blink/recall/etc work

-Identity before and after the installation of the accelerator

-Probably more tbd

Remind Me 🫶🫶🫶

actually WHY is the masochism tango SO GOOD

porcupine chewing on the deck :)

dashboard.simulator

mutual 1: when will glonko plunkis and shmeebo make out hot sexual style?

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mutual 2: makong waffles #burnt

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mutual 3: quick sketch [a quick sketchy doodle]

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mutual 4: chat i think glonko x shmeebo sucks. they should die

mutual 4: 🔄 i am grtting death threats for this post

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mutual 3: doodle ^_^ [literal masterpiece]

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mutual 6: i need to sink into the earth and let her embrace me in her warmth. i need to feel the soil soaking into me as i become one with it. i need to show her i care. perhaps she'll love me..

#sorry i took 3 melatonin gummies i dont remember makinf this post #anyway

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1965.

That plunky guitar and moving bass line.

I know I'm 40 years late but David Byrne really cooked when he wrote This Must Be The Place, perhaps the perfect love song?? And its so plinky plunky, what a treat

It’s never a good idea to do these readings while the radio is on, unless the radio is playing lovely plinky-plunky nouveau spa music because you’ll get results like this while Anderson Cooper talks to people about a mass shooting in Russia and the Princess of Wales’ cancer diagnosis. See the Ear milagro right there at the edge of the card? Yeah, it’s like that. Watch what you consume today, friends, especially via senses other than your tastebuds. What you listen to matters. What you touch matters. What you see … yeah, you get it. But if we put aside the resonances of today’s news cycle and look at this draw with different eyes, what can we see? Endings are present even as we (in the Northern Hemishphere) enter Spring. Messages come in, perhaps bringing word of endings, and perhaps those endings have to do with businesses or work projects. Perhaps something we’ve been writing needs to get put away for a bit so that something else can come through. Whatever it might be, if something is crying to be let go of, let it go. If you need to let the world spin without your participation for a day, let it. Be aware of where you are and what’s going on with you, and try to not get distracted by what other people are doing.

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Things you don't see

Alright, I think I've made it clear that usually when I write (and write well, not the plunky bashed out stuff) I've usually adopted the mindset of the characters I'm writing. This is great, it lets me figure out what they want instead of what I want. They almost literally write themselves.

I've not told you all that when I do fight scenes, more intricate dialogue, physical stuff, I occasionally will act them out myself to see if what I'm describing is 1. physically possible, even with my outlandish joints, and 2. believable and comfortable (or uncomfortable, as some situations require). Nothing too crazy, and I typically just let the elves do their whack elf things, but the simpler stuff.

Lately I've been thinking about clothing and more of the physical appearance side of things because that's not something I typically describe in MIC. This is due to the awkward mix of more modern and less modern/more IC canon clothing. I also find myself repeatedly mentioning Arya's double canine configuration in fics and shorts, mostly because it's a newer addition and I want to solidly establish it, and also because I just like chomp chomp elf.

Welp. A couple days ago I impulse bought several sets of individual fangs of different sizes to try out the canines. I also found my scrubs pants while doing laundry.

...I'm crazy, I really am, and despite working in an embroidery place as the sole thread gremlin, I know very little about sewing via machine and especially not sewing clothing.

But I think I'mma make my own personal Gil'ead High Risk Ward prisoner uniform. For funsies.

(i literally just had the worst day of my life) you wouldn’t happen to have any spare cowboy sanny thoughts bouncing around in that noggin of yours, would ya?

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For you I shall share the thought of Sam joining his brothers while they play at the bar and coming completely alive while his fingers dance across the plunky old piano keys and his cheeks are rosy and he's giggling and playing along when Josh gets right in his face. Danny is sitting on a barstool and watching and yeah, he's hearing the music, but it's like everything is slowly losing color cause the only thing he can see is Sam and he starts to wonder if he might be a little in love with him

it's... Plunkie??? well a violet pandorum but let me have this