Formerly frontman of reggae band The Hiites, Bowskill brings to his roots-reggae songs a cool-ruler warmth reminiscent of Gregory Isaacs, as he surveys the social landscape around him and finds reasons for both gloom and optimism.
Was the historic moment when the Duchess of Cornwall went gangsta for the British monarchy, pointing Gråbøl's (replica) gun at the cowering Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, proof that the British royal family has replaced their smug, cycling, attractive Danes as Europe's coolest rulers?
Rather, Qatar's rulers tend, with cool calculation, to see Islamists simply as part of the new order.
The aircraft-grade aluminum keeps the utensil cool, an asset for manipulating buttery dough, and a ruler printed on the surface lets you measure the width of your crust.
"And they use their body as a ruler!" Most importantly, however, they live in cooler, wetter conditions similar to those found at higher elevations today.
Whether unable or unwilling to ban Harakat ul-Mujahedeen, Pakistan's military rulers have apparently instructed those true believers to cool their public statements and keep their talk of holy war directed at India -- not the United States.
But to preserve secrecy, and perhaps to keep the 600 American soldiers on the raid as cool-headed as possible, they avoided using the former Iraqi ruler's name.
Their comments, offered in interviews today, suggested that tough diplomatic pressure on Pakistan had cooled tempers in India, though Indian officials still insist that they will judge Pakistan's military ruler, President Pervez Musharraf, by whether he actually delivers.
Pressure on the rulers of Jordan and Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf states may now intensify with public demands to punish Israel or cool relations with the United States, which is widely seen in the Arab world as biased toward Israel.
