Big D & the Kids Table has a new album coming out in a few months and here’s a preview track for it. “For the Damned, the Dumb and the Delirious” comes out on July 7th, get ready now!
The great thing about ska is that it always survives. It has been what, 5 or 6 decades? That is pretty long lived. Nothing slows it down & it keeps us dancing. And us ska fans? We survive too, trends or not, it makes no difference, we just like ska. We survive, ska survives, long live ska! Yay!
Green Room Rockers – Twenty-Five (Green Room Rockers ’10)
Stretch Armstrong – Gladly Pay You Tuesday (Lollygag ’94)
Skankin’ Pickle – David Duke is Running for President (Skankin’ Pickle Fever ’92)
Too Rude – No Short Cuts (Re-Invention ’04)
Deal’s Gone Bad – You Get the Keys (the Ramblers ’07)
King Django Quintet – Rise to Find You (Brooklyn Hangover ’10)
Moon – Running Back to You (the Landing ’11)
Monkey – Attraction (Cruel Tutelage ’05)
If you’re in a ska band and would like to be interviewed or have a song featured, please email me at radjose[at]gmail[dot]com.
This episode and all episodes can always be found at here. You can also subscribe to the podcast by going to your advanced tab on iTunes, then select “subscribe to podcast…” and entering this address: http://23minofska.podomatic.com/rss2.xml into the box that opens. Also if you’d like, find & like us on facebook. Also, you may download it.
Most of the music in today’s podcast was purchased at Amoeba Records. If you’re ever in California be sure to visit an Amoeba Records in Hollywood, Berkley or San Francisco or just make sure to support your independent record store where ever you are.
Rocking Steady is a German Ska/Rocksteady/Reggae eZine and upcoming download store. English readers, be sure to set the website on English and you’ll be just fine. Full of plenty tour dates and new bands from the European ska scene. This is a must check it out!
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I was giving a challenge, if I chose to accept it, from my friend James over at the Ska Geek podcast. The mission was to do an episode of 23min of Ska with a spy theme, this is that podcast. Spies, secret agents, G-men & the FBI are all well represented here. 23mins of ska for your ears only!
the Toasters – Maxwell Smart (Hard Band for Dead ’96)
Skapone – Samantha Clench, Private Eye (Bold New Flavor ’98)
7minds – Spy vs. Spy (No Time ’97)
Save Ferris – Superspy (It Means Everything ’97)
the Untouchables – FBI (I Spy for the) (Free Yourself ’85)
Regatta 69 – G-Man (Fat-Free ’95)
the Selecter – James Bond (Out on the Streets ’92)
Bluekilla – Secret Agent Man (Ska is Our Business ’04)
If you’re in a ska band and would like to be interviewed or have a song featured, please email me at radjose[at]gmail[dot]com.
This episode and all episodes can always be found at here. You can also subscribe to the podcast by going to your advanced tab on iTunes, then select “subscribe to podcast…” and entering this address: http://23minofska.podomatic.com/rss2.xml into the box that opens. Also if you’d like, find & like us on facebook. Check out my buddy James who gave me this episode’s theme, over at the Ska Geek podcast. Oh, and don’t forget to download this episode either!
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Tagged 23 minutes of ska, 23min, 3rd wave ska, ska podcast, spy songs, third wave ska
In the last few years, what was a tiny genre in my musical library has exploded, and that genre is chiptune. Now some chiptune artists have come together and created a 9 track reggae, ska, dub, and everything in between compilation all played on a variety of video game consoles. It is a fun little album to be sure. Much respect to Euan Lynn for putting this together! (Yeah, I’m late to the party as always, this was released almost a year ago… I missed it, so I’m guessing others may’ve too.)
Download “Rude Boy” now!
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Tagged 8 bit Rude Boy, bitmuch, Cartoon Bomb, Chema64, chiptune, Euan "8-Bit" Lynn, Euan Lynn, Mayako Halo, MicroD, Nestrogen, Sievert, Synthetic Aesthetics
After doing a wickedly awesome interview (you’ll hear it on the first of June) I realized that, damn, I’m kinda out of touch w/ a lot of what’s currently going on in the ska world. Try as I might, I basically missed the last 5 years. So, I ask you, my dear listeners, what bands should I check out? I’m constantly trolling ska forums, myspace, facebook and the local record shops looking for stuff, but hey, every little bit helps, so if you have some direction, lay it on me!
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Lunch is settling or you’re watching the clock to get out of the office, depending on what coast you’re on, so I offer up a bit more Johnny Socko Day goodness. It was either on the old old website or on their MySpace that they put up 2 remixes. Of course you’re mileage may vary on this kinda thing, but they’re fun. A nice little cherry on the top of this delicious Johnny Socko Day!
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Tagged johnny socko, Johnny Socko Day, Johnny Socko rarities
Last year on May 6th my friend Bryan Wolford decided that it was Johnny Socko Day. This set off a flurry of twitter messages and facebook updates by him, me, our friend Charlie Weewax and my friend Maire making reference to Johnny Socko songs and albums as well as links to Johnny Socko videos. Oh, Johnny Socko was a band from Indiana that mixed ska, punk, funk and good old fashioned rock n roll into the highest energy show you’d ever see. It seriously was the greatest thing ever, being at a Socko show and dancing your ass off, and hey if you danced well you’d get the Johnny Socko Dance Prize, awarded for being the freakiest freak on the dance floor. I got the dance prize a few times, at the top of this post is a picture of me with it. Yup, its the VHS video for Young MC’s “Bust A Move”. I’m w/ guitarist/vocalist Chris and saxophone/vocalist Josh at a show at SOP’s (in the old location on the corner of Main & Madison) in Peoria IL. Oh, and I’m totally wearing my Johnny Socko bowling shirt in that picture… yeah, I was that guy…
