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The headdresses, the microphones, the Js...it's safe to say we've been aware of Lee "Scratch" Perry's colorful personality for quite some time now. But nothing, nothing could have prepared us for the kicks the reggae man wore to an interview at SIRIUS Satellite Radio's New York City headquarters last September.

Really, bag the Jamaican flag and replace it with these babies, because they embody the country and its music like nothing I've ever seen before. Plus it's nice to know the seventy-year-old Perry is still in good health-- he'd have to be to lift these clunkers off the ground. The photos come courtesy of SIRIUS's Elise Brown. Scope one more after the jump.



In other news, the Scratch man, in collaboration with Adrian Sherwood (word is the two have joined forces for a new album), is currently wrapping up the Dub Sessions Vol. 2 tour in Japan. He'll play a series of U.S. shows starting Sunday. Then it's off to England in March for three gigs at London's Jazz Cafe.

While in Los Angeles this weekend, Perry will star on NPR's News and Notes program.

Finally, according to his publicist, the busybody is in talks with artists like Mike Patton, George Clinton, and others about working together on a series of 12" singles. Details have not yet been confirmed.

Dates:

11-02 Osaka, Japan - Shinsaibashi Club Quattro *^
11-03 Tokyo, Japan - Liquid Room *%
11-05 San Francisco, CA - Independent
11-06 San Francisco, CA - Independent
11-07 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
11-08 San Diego, CA - 4th & B
11-09 Santa Cruz, CA - Catalyst
11-11 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
11-12 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards
11-13 Seattle, WA - Neumos
11-15 Salt Lake City, UT - Depot
11-16 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
03-23 London, England - Jazz Cafe
03-24 London, England - Jazz Cafe
03-25 London, England - Jazz Cafe

* with Adrian Sherwood
^ with Hav
% with Icchie