Dear Editor,
I wrote a letter to the editor last year saying Machel Montano is the GOAT, and a statue should be built for him, an ideal replacement for the Columbus monument that was castrated from Independence Square.
Whether he passed Lord Kitchener or not, he has cemented himself as the undisputed GOAT. Carnival won’t be Carnival without him. Chutney Music won’t be chutney music without him. He redefined and refined the genre; he plays the game; he understands the game.
Excellence is earned, you wanna be the best, you gotta beat the best. Promoting a young upcoming artist, jumping from truck to truck isn’t being tusty, it’s a strategy, working smarter and not harder. The podcast was brilliant too, great timing.
Ian “Bunji Garlin” Alvarez
It was impossible not to disagree with the rasta. Speeding up a groovy is not a road march. Giving people eye candy and making them horny will only get you so far. How a song or performance makes you feel and genuinely want to explode is what truly matters; that is road march.
I love Bunji Garlin, but he is letting his other half lead him astray, with the wrong part of his head, too. Similarly, I would like to congratulate Savita Singh on her victory as the chutney soca monarch; she deserved it, and yes, she can sing, pardon the pun. Rasika is lucky she got second; Lady Lava should’ve gotten second, in my opinion.
You must evolve, you must reinvent yourself, you must serve your audience, improve or get left behind – adapt or die. What I learned and cemented this Carnival season is that the fight down culture always comes from within, and even worse, from the people you try to help too.
Savita Singh
Fellow Afro-Trini artistes can’t stand Machel winning and winning regardless of their best efforts. Woman, and woman and woman again, fighting down Savita, the gyal was the best, she is gorgeous, let Savita have her sari.
Indian again, especially the disgusting duo of Rick and Vanessa Ramoutar, two losers made for each other. Not a word of congratulations to a fellow performer. Fear your own kind.
Kendell Karan,
Chaguanas
