Stephen “reggaepaparazzi” Cooper

Hello. On Feb 6, my former client Demetrius Frazier will be gas-tortured to death in Alabama. My column “Leadership abdication and Alabama’s next execution” has been published in The MontgomeryAdvertiser (in Alabama) & also at @USATODAY.com Here’s a free link. Please read: archive.ph/2025.01.28-1...

Hello. When you have a moment, please check out my new essay published today @timesofisrael.com called “The Blood on Alabama Governor Kay Ivey’s Hands.” Thank you! blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-blood-on...

Check out my haiku that’s just been published in Haiku Journal, Issue #71. Thanks! 😊

In case you missed my latest essay about the #deathpenalty published today in The Montgomery Advertiser, Tuscaloosa News, and The Gadsden Times, this is a free link: archive.ph/q6HOZ

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Hello, please check out my short Halloween story, “Fireproof Finale,” published in multiple newspapers yesterday. www.bradenton.com/news/nation-...

This weeks 10/24/Sounds of the Caribbean #Reggae Radio Podcast Episode 974 is up at www.soundsofthecaribbean.com & on Podbean www.podbean.com/ew/pb-wm8gz-... The Show is also available on ApplePodcasts, AmazonMusic, Mixcloud, & TuneIn. Subscribe, Follow, Download, Stream, Listen & Enjoy! #ReggaeSky

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Hello, please check out my short Halloween story, “Fireproof Finale,” published in multiple newspapers yesterday. www.bradenton.com/news/nation-...

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In case you missed my latest essay about the #deathpenalty published today in The Montgomery Advertiser, Tuscaloosa News, and The Gadsden Times, this is a free link: archive.ph/q6HOZ

This weeks 10/17 Sounds of the Caribbean #Reggae Radio Podcast Episode 973 is up at www.soundsofthecaribbean.com & on Podbean www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ck5np-... The show is also available on ApplePodcasts, AmazonMusic, Mixcloud, & TuneIn. Subscribe, Follow, Download, Stream, Listen & Enjoy! #ReggaeSky

In case you missed it, please enjoy this gift article, which is one of the most funny and embarrassing articles I’ve read lately. Enjoy! www.nytimes.com/2026/10/14/u...

This weeks 10/10 Sounds of the Caribbean #Reggae Radio Podcast Episode 972 is up at www.soundsofthecaribbean.com & on Podbean www.podbean.com/ew/pb-zhraq-... The show is also available on ApplePodcasts, AmazonMusic, Mixcloud, & TuneIn. No Ads, Community Supported Independent Reggae Radio! #ReggaeSky

“We have to do so much better if we want to be a better country, and a better people. Abolishing the #deathpenalty is how we can start.” #worlddayagainstdeathpenalty Link: www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/opinio...

On #WorldDayAgainstTheDeathPenalty I’m thinking about my Oct 2023 essay about @governor.ca.gov @gavinnewsom.bsky.social’s moral imperative to do what he can to commute all California death sentences to life without parole before leaving office this coming January. timesofsandiego.com/opinion/2023...

Hello. When you have a moment, please read my new essay—published today @timesofisrael.com—called “‘Give death penalty lawyers phone access already, dammit!” Thank you! blogs.timesofisrael.com/give-death-p...

🚥irie #reggae news📰!: I’ve connected with the legendary singer Pam Hall, and Jah willing, hope to interview her about her unique and historic career next month for @reggae-vibes-nl.bsky.social. If you have a question you’d like me to ask Pam, please feel free to reply or send me a message. Give thx!

🚥 The interview with Clive ⬇️ today was over 2 hours long, and we didn’t even get to Alpha Blondy and Jimmy Cliff, but we might yet when I call him back for clarifications. Look for this interview which will be released in parts @reggae-vibes-nl.bsky.social in several weeks. Bless up.

“whether Lee does or doesn’t spare Pike [on September 30], good God-fearing Tennesseans—and all other Americans, too—have to work harder to abolish the #deathpenalty. They have to speak out about this just cause” blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-pound-of-f...

Lots of people interested in Tennessee executions right now, but most people aren’t aware of the state’s long history of lethal injection failures. (Not many remember the 2018 execution of Edmund Zagorski—he chose electrocution at the very end over lethal injection concerns.) Link: archive.ph/BiZDu

🚥 When it comes to #reggae music, always, always listen @soundsofthecaribbean.com wherever you get your podcasts. Seen? ‘Nuff respect every time. #Reggaesky

I bet if Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was still alive and commenting on the #deathpenalty case of Christa Pike, he’d echo his statement: “Now is the time to lift our national policy from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of human dignity.” Link: archive.ph/8TlL2

This weeks 10/3 Sounds of the Caribbean #Reggae Radio Podcast Episode 971 is up at www.soundsofthecaribbean.com & on Podbean www.podbean.com/ew/pb-iq5zr-... The show is also available on ApplePodcasts, AmazonMusic, Mixcloud, & TuneIn. Subscribe, Follow, Download, Stream, Listen & Enjoy! #ReggaeSky

“The Tennessean astutely reported, there is a real ‘lack of transparency over how the state is securing’ the pentobarbital it will use, and therefore questions about whether it could be of shoddy quality. This should be especially alarming….” www.memphisflyer.com/pentobarbita...

This weeks 9/26 Sounds of the Caribbean #Reggae Radio Podcast Episode 970 is up at www.soundsofthecaribbean.com & on Podbean www.soundsofthecaribbean.com The show is also available on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Mixcloud, & TuneIn. Subscribe, Follow, Download, Stream, Listen & Enjoy! #ReggaeSky

#Interview Writer Stephen Cooper links up with roots reggae artist Samory I after his L.A. show. They don't hold back while discussing 'Revelation', the true meaning behind key songs, Jamaican politics, and Rasta faith. We also learn what's next for him. Hear the full interview audio on YouTube.

“whether Lee does or doesn’t spare Pike [on September 30], good God-fearing Tennesseans—and all other Americans, too—have to work harder to abolish the #deathpenalty. They have to speak out about this just cause” blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-pound-of-f...

This weeks 9/19 Sounds of the Caribbean #Reggae Radio Podcast Episode 969 is up at www.soundsofthecaribbean.com & on Podbean www.podbean.com/ew/pb-49j7k-... The show is also available on ApplePodcasts, AmazonMusic, Mixcloud, & TuneIn. Subscribe, Follow, Download, Stream, Listen & Enjoy! #ReggaeSky

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This weeks 9/12 Sounds of the Caribbean #Reggae Radio Podcast Episode 968 is up at www.soundsofthecaribbean.com & on Podbean www.podbean.com/ew/pb-eshyk-... The show is also available on ApplePodcasts, AmazonMusic, Mixcloud, & TuneIn. Community supported Independent Reggae Radio! #ReggaeSky

🚥Toots Hibbert: “It takes time to build a mansion” (The Interview): www.reggae-vibes.com/articles/int... #Reggaesky

Hello. Jeffery Lee faces execution Sept. 17 even though his jury voted for life. Please read my open letter to Governor Kay called “Please restore Jeffery Lee’s LWOP sentence”—published today @timesofisrael.com. I’ll publish this letter in Alabama soon, too. 🙏 blogs.timesofisrael.com/please-resto...

Remembering Peter Tosh who was killed on this day in 1987 aged just 42. Here's a self-produced 7" he released on his Intel-Diplo label. This features Bunny Wailer on harmony vocals and also featured on Peter's Equal Rights LP... youtu.be/s-CFaoM1vyA?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky

Hello. Jeffery Lee faces execution Sept. 17 even though his jury voted for life. Please read my open letter to Governor Kay called “Please restore Jeffery Lee’s LWOP sentence”—published today @timesofisrael.com. I’ll publish this letter in Alabama soon, too. 🙏 blogs.timesofisrael.com/please-resto...

🚥 ‘Nuff respect to Selecta Jerry @soundsofthecaribbean.com. #Bluesky & #Reggaesky are kind of nascent still, so just in case you don’t know: Always listen to Jerry wherever you get your podcasts for the best #reggae & #dub selections—new & old—as well as irie & valuable reggae information. Bless!

#Report Samory I overcame terrible sound and a cramped Rockwell Lounge to deliver a powerful L.A. debut. Stephen Cooper captured photos and video from the night before venue security stepped in. Head over to read the full recap and catch the story. #SamoryI @stephenacooper.bsky.social #Reggae

Hello. On September 30, Tennessee is planning to execute the first woman in the state in over 200 years. When you have a moment, please read my essay about this—published today @timesofisrael.com—called “‘A pound of flesh’ for a piece of skull.” Thank you! blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-pound-of-f...

🚥Exciting reggae news: I have an interview scheduled with the legendary Clive Hunt on Oct. 4th. Please feel free to message me any particular question(s) you hope I ask about his unique, versatile, and enormously legendary career. Clive was just telling me a story about working with Dolly Parton….💔!

www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/opinio... (Fyi, If you have trouble opening this link, a free copy of this essay is available a bit further down on my timeline—as it was first published by The Times of Israel. Thanks!)

This weeks 8/29 Sounds of the Caribbean #Reggae Radio Podcast Episode 966 is up at www.soundsofthecaribbean.com & on Podbean www.podbean.com/ew/pb-fs95h-... The show can also be heard on ApplePodcasts, AmazonMusic, Mixcloud, & TuneIn. Subscribe, Follow, Download, Stream, Listen & Enjoy! #ReggaeSky

🚥Exciting reggae news: I have an interview scheduled with the legendary Clive Hunt on Oct. 4th. Please feel free to message me any particular question(s) you hope I ask about his unique, versatile, and enormously legendary career. Clive was just telling me a story about working with Dolly Parton….💔!

🚥A full report about Samory I’s first performance in L.A. and an irie interview of Samory I done after the show will be forthcoming at Reggae-Vibes magazine @reggae-vibes-nl.bsky.social in a few weeks. Bless up to all the reggae fans! #Reggaesky

🚥Greetings reggae fans. Righteous reggae star Samory I is performing in Los Angeles this Saturday night. I’ll be there to provide a full report for @reggae-vibes-nl.bsky.social, as well as to interview Samory afterward. If there’s a question you’d like me to ask, let me know. 🙏 🇯🇲 #Reggaesky/#Bluesky

Remembering Marcus Garvey who was born on this day in 1887. I think this was the first Jamaican record that sings about Marcus Garvey. It was the B side to The Skatalites Guns Of Navarone and features vocalist Bongo Man Byfield. youtu.be/mnn00kO7VE8?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky

🚥Please enjoy the 2nd half of this informative, insightful, and irie reasoning @reggae-vibes-nl.bsky.social with one of the greatest 🇯🇲musicians ever—and if you missed Part 1, please be sure to read that too. Audio of the whole interview is also on YouTube. Bless! www.reggae-vibes.com/articles/202...

Hello. When you have time, please read “How the death penalty creates more victims,” published today in @TimesofIsrael.com Thanks! blogs.timesofisrael.com/how-the-deat...

This weeks 8/15 Sounds of the Caribbean #Reggae Radio Podcast Episode 965 is up at www.soundsofthecaribbean.com & Podbean www.podbean.com/ew/pb-gq999-... The show is also available on ApplePodcasts, AmazonMusic, Mixcloud, & TuneIn. Subscribe, Download, Stream, Share, Listen & Enjoy! #ReggaeSky

“Officially” Joe Gibbs 12” #ReggaeSky

🚥Good news📰 reggae fans! I’ve connected with legendary Jamaican bassist, singer, and producer Lloyd Parks, and we are planning a November reasoning/interview; please feel free to reply or otherwise message me about any questions you’d like me to ask Parks before then. Bless up!

Three executions are scheduled on August 13. When you have time, please read, “Life without parole is the cure for America’s death penalty disease,” published today in @timesofisrael.com. Thanks! blogs.timesofisrael.com/life-without...