23min of Ska : How Pieces Move

Step up to play! Life is a game, so have fun before the board gets folded up and put away. Somedays I can get so pretentious about life and music, but I just need to step back and remember how everything is supposed to be. Don’t get so hung up on things, remember life is what you make of it, don’t get hung up on things, play the game.

the Moon Invaders – Pick Up the Pieces (the Fine Line ’11)
Stop the Presses – Sweatheart (Does it Still Look Pretty ’11)
the Dropsteppers – When the Band Plays (Get Up In It ’11)
Sonic Boom Six – Play On (Play On: Arcade Perfected & Rare and Rejected ’08)
Chris Murray – Pieces (Pieces ’11)
the Boss Beats – Cogs (the Boss Beats II ’11)
Victor’s Lament – Prelude (To a Life Well Lived) (Ghosts & Gamblers ’10)
Small Town Get Up – Bigger than Buddha (Bigger than Buddha ’12)

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.

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Special : You Call It Vol. 1

I asked the listener base what their favorite ska songs were, just as a general curiosity. After seeing their answers, I knew this had to be an episode! So I got to mixing it late last night and here it is for all to enjoy. A program created by the 23min of Ska listners! Thanks to Kevin Lustrup, James Volpe, Evan Roy, Tracy Sandford, ‘Tracy Kedge, Salvador Rios, Paul Kerner and Clay Spires!

Fishbone – Skankin’ to the Beat (Party at Ground Zero ’85)
the Insteps – Shotgun Jimmy (Ska: the Thrid Wave ’95)
the Pinstripes – Alright Girl (I ’12)
the Ethiopians – Train to Skaville (Train to Skaville/You are the Girl ’67)
the English Beat – Can’t Get Used to Losing You (Just Can’t Stop It ’80)
Goldfinger – Superman (Hang Ups ’97)
the Planet Smashers – SK8 or Die! (No Self Control ’03)
the Aquabats! – Pizza Day (The – Myths, Legends And Other Amazing Adventures Vol. 2 ’00)

Also thanks to Ryan Woolwine, Matt Flood, Cesar Alonso Sanchez and Kamil Krajewski who’s favorite songs have already been played on an episode of this podcast already. And to Dave Polk, who loves MU330 and Big D & the Kids Table but I just played them on the last episode, so he’ll have to wait.

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 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, feel free to download this episode.

Pressure Cooker, Their 7th Album & You!

Pressure Cooker is a great ska/rocksteady/reggae band out of Boston, MA. They are ridiculously good. So good, I feel bad for forgetting about them for a while! I’m an idiot sometimes! Here’s what they’re up to now if you were curious, they’re making their seventh album! Yep! Album number 7! And you can help out by kickin’ over to their Kickstarter page and throwing down some dough to help them out. Your reward, of course, is some great music!

the Kickstarter page for Pressure Cooker’s 7th Album
Pressure Cooker’s Website

23min of Ska : Doubled Up Vocals

Here’s a fine collection of ska where you get two people singing lead! It is like 2 episodes in one for you here! Whatta a bargain! I hope you all enjoy this episode, as I enjoy myself in the wilds of Hawaii!

MU330 – State O Mind (Chumps on Parade ’96)
the Heat Machine – Housebreaker (No Coast Dance Party ’09)
the Fabulous Rudies – Sushi (Keep On Movin’ ’04)
Tip the Van – Cherry Red (Passion, Love & Pride ’09)
On Your Marx – Friends (Resound ’10)
the Amphetameanies – Sunday Driver (Now! That’s What I Call… ’06)
Big D & the Kids Table – Fatman (Good Luck ’99)
Sounds Like Chicken – Take One Down (…Like a Cannonball to the Ocean Floor ’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 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, feel free to download this episode.

Interview : the Georgetown Orbits

In this awesome interview episode I’m talking to Toby Kremple, bass player for the Georgetown Orbits. We talk about how the band got together, Toby’s background in ska music, what it is like to tour with the Slackers and more! Including the song “Heavyset” off of the latest Georgetown Orbits album “Super Sonic.” Toby lets us all in on why “Heavyset” sounds like it does. Trust me, you’re gonna wanna hear this! And after the interview Toby sent me this message: “The response from that song alone has been a real inspiration to my thoughts about the next Orbits album… to try one in a more lo-fi setting is something I want to shoot for; the guys all in the same room with as few mics as possible and keeping that wide dynamic range by not compressing the final tracks so much.” I told you this was an awesome episode!

Check out the Georgetown Orbits’ website : www.GeorgetownOrbits.com

The intro for this episode is “Make Me Bread” also by the Georgetown Orbits, off of their album “Super Sonic.”

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 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, feel free to download this episode.