"Murder She Wrote" by Chaka Demus & Pliers

I don't remember much from my first trip to Jamaica. I was only 8 years old. The year was 1992.

One thing I recall, though vaguely, is the ascent up the slippery rocks of the tourist trap known as Dunns River Falls, hand-in-hand in a chain with my family and the other tourists.

"Kids" by MGMT

Up on Magic Mountain, I split a shake with a cutie little English chick. We both wanted to see what it would do.

She had arrived on the island on vacation with her boyfriend over a year earlier, as an accountant. When her boyfriend dumped her in the middle of their trip, she decided to just stick around and make a living as a novelty act singing Thai pop songs.

"Steal My Kisses" by Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals

It was a hot and sunny Wednesday afternoon. We lay in bed together, napping, listening to my most recent mix CD. She rested her head on my shoulder and I brushed her hair from her face. We weren't supposed to be together, which I had tried to explain to her. I was supposed to be (at least, in my own mind) the image of proper behaviour, a model of moral rightousness for the others. But she refused to give up and I always found her waiting for me in my bed. That tenacity, combined with her coy, demure demeanor, not to mention those freckles, made her very hard to resist. But somehow I did. In the end, my sense of duty won out over my desire for her, although it was far from a flawless victory. When that song came on, she sang the chorus softly in my ear and drove me crazy.

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