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Easy Star All Stars greeted by police and sniffing dogs. Photo from their Instagram  post 2.12.18.

Left to right: Taylor, Evan, Budda of Through the Roots These last couple years have been fun for reggae. As I settled back into living in my hometown of Long Beach, California, I have found many great reggae shows including live dub, conscious, and roots music events . Many of you may not know but Long Beach (aka LBC: Long Beach California) was a mainstay of live reggae in the early 90's, birthed Sublime, and has always had a ton of islanders as its inhabitants. Lucky us. 

Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas Bikini Contest  Grand Master Flash. Photo by Joey Ungerer Hard Rock Bikini Contest Final Announced HRH Vegas has been going all out this Summer for its ten year anniversary celebration. A parade of celebrities were involved in the multi-part contest including Zowie Bowie's Chris Phillips, Jennifer Farley (Bravo, Real Housewives of Miami) and the one and only Grand Master Flash, a legend of hip hop (and many other famous titles) was the mega-celebrity DJ in the house. First Place Winner: Stevie Lynn Photo by Joey Ungerer Let's see what the winner of the Bikini Contest takes home as quoted by HRH.  "The overall winner brought home $25,000 in cash, received representation by a top modeling agency and an entry fee for the Miss USA State Pageant; the runner-up received $10,000 in cash; the three finalists were given $5,000 in cash; the top five received a custom bikini designed by a famed Brazilian designer; and the fourth th

Eric Wilson (bass), Josh Freese (drums),  Rome Ramirez (vocals/guitar) now make up  Sublime with Rome. On red carpet for Rehab 10. The DJ music rang out as cheering bikini and beach-attire-wearing fans gathered for the Sublime with Rome performance Sunday Apr. 21, 2013. Sublime with Rome set the tone for a summer experience with all the references to Long Beach anyone could fit into a musical set. Original founding member Eric Wilson (bass) is the only one left of the power trio, but the band plays music of deceased Bradley Nowell (1996) with new members Josh Freese (drums since '12) and front man Rome Ramirez (vocals/guitar, since '09). The music of Sublime is kept alive and in tact, as anthem-like songs ring out during their performance and at least 1000 people sing every word. It's what they grew up on around Cali.  The occasion was the 10 year anniversary of Las Vegas's most naughty pool party, Rehab, and the best and first ever dayclub. Lasting du