23min of Ska : The End of the World… or a Cat on a Bowling Ball?

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00:00 – Eichlers – SONGS ONLINE (SONGS ONLINE ’21)
01:26 – Monument Beach – I Still Play Ska (Ska Shack ’18)
05:13 – Flying Raccoon Suit – A Self Called Nowhere (GIANTS: A Ska Punk Tribute to They Might Be Giants comp ’22)
08:12 – the Kingpins – Do the Ska (Lootin’, Shootin’ and Wailin’ ’99)
12:05 – Backyard Superheroes – Last Chance (Never Give Up, Never Surrender! ’18)
14:36 – Skaos – Do the Ska (Catch This Beat ’89)
18:10 – Desmond Dekker & the Aces – Rude Boy Train (Rude Boy Train / Nothing for Nothing ’67)
20:21 – Western Standard Time Ska Orchestra feat. Angelo Moore – Jamaica Ska (Big Band Tribute to the Skatalites, Vol II ’15)

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23min of Ska was produced by RJ Phoenix

23min of Ska : Holiday Special!

Can you believe it? I got enough awesome internet scraped together to release an episode this week! Finding ska holiday songs, oh that was easy! There’s so much quality on that front out there! Go take a look, you’re bound to find more gems for yourself! Happy holidays everyone!

00:00 – the Pomps – Christmas is Melting Me (Arose Such a Clatter: Letters to Santa comp ’22)
04:14 – TAFB – X-Mas Songs (Maybe Next Year: A Totally Awesome Fun X-Mas ’09)
07:08 – Backyard Superheroes – I Want an Alien for Christmas (Arose Such a Clatter: Letters to Santa comp ’22)
09:10 – the Spectacles – Santa’s Beard (Hail Santa! comp ’18)
10:52 – Millington – Christmas Song (Don’t Wanna Hear Another) (Arose Such a Clatter: Letters to Santa comp ’22)
13:19 – Oklahoma Stackhouse – Bells in My Head (Requiem for a Sleigh Ride) (Bells in My Head (Requiem for a Sleigh Ride) ’20)
17:35 – the Scotch Bonnets – Winter Reggae Party (Ring the Bells / Winter Reggae Party ’21)
20:22 – Inokasira Rangers – Last Christmas (Last Christmas / Wonderful Christmas Time ’18)

Keep this episode as a gift to open every Christmas

23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
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23min of Ska : I Know Why the Rude Bird Kills

Now in glorious Extra SKA!
This week’s 23min of Ska is just, it’s just some of my favorite stuff made by some of my favorite people! Everyone on this episode is good people, great in fact. The fact they they do the ska is a plus!

00:00 – Backyard Superheroes – Keep Fishin’ (Ari hates this. A Ska tribute to Weezer comp ’22)
01:59 – the Holophonics – Ghoulish Overkill (Phantom Arrival ’18)
05:17 – the Pomps – No More Smiles (the Smoking Pomps ’17)
07:54 – Devon Kay & the Solutions – No One is Thinking About You (Grieving Expectation ’22)
10:58 – Space Monkey Mafia – Underground (FOLDS – A Ska Tribute to Ben Folds comp ’22)
14:58 – Courtesy of Tim – Human Resource (Tomorrow Again ’21)
18:33 – Must Build Jacuzzi – the Punisher / Downtown (These Tracks Have Energy: A Tribute to MU330 comp ’22)

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23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
Dancing RJ silhouette by David Buist
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23min of Ska : Holiday Special!

I’m I getting cynical, or are the holidays just not what they used to be? Or is it that I’m old? Or out of touch? Or is this just bit because of the songs I picked for this year’s holiday special, and I actually enjoy the holidays? The world may never know…

00:00 – TAFB – Yule Be Sorry (Maybe Next Year: A Totally Awesome Fun X-Mas ’09)
01:49 – Backyard Superheroes – I Hate the Holidays (On the Upbeat Presents… Arose Such a Clatter 2021 comp ’21)
03:53 – Devon Kay & the Solutions – Christmas Wrapping (Christmas Wrapping ’21)
07:36 – Bryan Cranston Crayon Box – Sprite Cranberry (I Miss You) [Winter Spiced Remaster] (Sprite Cranberry (I Miss You) ’20)
10:20 – Common Sense Kid – You’re Not Ruining Christmas (You’re Not Ruining Christmas)
13:43 – Keegan ft. the Pressure Tenants – Lonely This Christmas (Block Buster – Tribute to Glam Rock comp ’21)
16:29 – the Third-Rates – Let’s Skip Christmas (Let’s Skip Christmas ’21)
19:08 – Inokasira Rangers – Wonderful Christmastime (Wonderful Christmastime ’20)
21:21 – Urban Crater – XMasX (On the Upbeat Presents… Arose Such a Clatter 2021 comp ’21)

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23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
Want to submit your band? Email: submissions@23ska.com
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23min of Ska : Picking it Up on the Tarmac

That’s right, it’s another episode of 23min of Ska! Much like last week this episode came together QUICK! I think it’s due to there being a lot of good ska to pick from, as well as me really want to play music from bands that I LOVE! I was born in May, so I usually try to make it easy on myself and just play the best music by some of my favorite people! I hope you enjoy.

00:00 – We Are The Union – Boys Will be Girls (Ordinary Life ’21)
03:11 – Backyard Superheroes – Music in My Head (Music in My Head ’21)
05:48 – the Reseters – Midnight Monologue (자정의 독백) (I Left My Love On Frontline 내 사랑은 최전방에 ’21)
08:38 – Eichlers – wow. rude. (i may b cute, but im dumb af ’20)
10:24 – Bite Me Bambi – Like That (Like That ’21)
12:50 – the Bruce Lee Band – 비 엘 티 (BLT) (비 엘 티 (BLT) ’21)
14:16 – the Skacore Cartel – Our Day Will Come (Our Day Will Come ’21)
17:01 – Key Day & Newentun All Stars – All You Fascists Bound to Lose (All You Fascists Bound to Lose ’21)
20:05 – the Operators – New Place (New Place ’21)

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23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
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23min of Ska : the Virus that Wouldn’t Leave

A year ago today the World Heath Organization stated that Covid-19 was a officially a pandemic, and since then we’ve been kooked up and missing shows (on both sides of the stage). In that time we’ve had some bands addressing how we feel and putting it to song, here’s a few of those tunes.

00:00 – Backyard Superheroes – Most of All (Most of All ’20)
03:04 – the Bar Stool Preachers – When This World Fails (Soundtrack to Your Apocalypse ’20)
06:16 – Hans Gruber and the Die Hards – Medical Advice (Sgt Scag vs. Hans Gruber and the Die Hards ’21)
08:03 – Amy Gabba and the Almost Famous – Fuck You Covid (Fuck You Covid ’20)
11:29 – Monkey – Don’t Panic (Arose Such a Clatter comp ’20)
13:14 – Sir Jay & the Skatanauts – Lockdown (Covid-19 Special / Lockdown ’20)
15:57 – Neville Staple & Sugary – Be Free Baby (Be Free Baby ’21)
20:03 – Captain SKA feat. Arieleno – Millions of People (Millions of People ’20)

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23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
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23min of Ska : I Hope You Survive the Experience

…and here we are, winding down the year as well as this comic book theme. It seems like a lot of the rest of you enjoyed it too! Once again, here’s a fat stack of great ska, ska/punk, and dirty reggae to keep your ears delighted! 2020 may’ve sucked, but making these shows kept me sane and I hope they did the same for you! And besides, we could all listen to some more ska, yeah?

00:00 – Backyard Superheroes ft. MC Lars – What If? (Never Give Up, Never Surrender! ’18)
03:24 – Half Past Two – Holiday (Arose Such a Clatter 2020 comp ’20)
06:10 – K-Man & the 45s – Hero with a Death Ray (Stand with the Youth ’19)
07:43 – Lollypop Lorry – Magic Moments (Two Christmas Songs ’20)
10:13 – BAD OPERATION – Little Man (BAD OPERATION ’20)
13:10 – the Aggrolites – Wasted Days (Sound Clash Series Vol. 1 ’20)
16:11 – the Holophonics – Comic Shop Girl (Don’t Mess with the Holophonics ’15)
20:12 – 7 Seconds of Love – Danger of Death (Danger is Dangerous ’08)

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Episode art by John Byrne and Terry Austin
Based on: “the Uncanny X-Men” issue 141

23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
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23min of Ska : Red Hots

Here’s a big batch of ska/punk for all of ya! The second track here is from a new compilation from Bad Time Records, check it out, lots of great new ska-punk on it! Also, I just dig this episode, so I hope you do too. It’s a little more “hard” than a typical episode, but I hope all of you still dig it.

00:00 – Madaline – Living and Fighting (“it is what it is” ’19)
04:17 – Kill Lincoln – Giving a Shit (The Shape of Ska Punk to Come: Volume 1 comp ’19)
06:13 – minivandal – Did I Stutter? (Turn Left Here ’18)
09:08 – Backyard Superheroes – Mary (Never Give Up, Never Surrender! ’18)
11:56 – Eat the Evidence – No ‘ist, No ‘isms (Sex, Drugs & Wishy Washy Politics ’17)
16:39 – 78 RPM’s – Picked Leg Fly (Go ’98)
18:39 – Squirt Gun Warriors – Malleable Brain (Don’t Fence Me In ’14)
20:26 – Boom Boom Racoon – NHS (National Health Simpsons) (Now That’s What I Call Boom Boom Racoon Vol. 1 ’18)

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23min of Ska : Accelerator

This episode is insane, and fast, and punky, and silly. You’ve been warned if you’re not into that kind of thing. It’s got a lot of new bands that I think stand shoulder to shoulder with the more “classic” ska/punk bands presented here.

…and oh yeah, a new Reel Big Fish song. Go nuts!

00:00 – Bumsy and the Moochers – Walls (Spaced Out ’18)
03:27 – Reel Big Fish – You Can’t have All of Me (You Can’t have All of Me ’18)
06:09 – Less Than Jake – Happy Man (Losing Streak ’96)
08:08 – Backyard Superheroes – Running on Empty (Never Give Up, Never Surrender! ’18)
11:16 – Thirsty Guys – Not Playing Fest (Demo) (Not Playing Fest ’18)
14:39 – Stretch Armstrong – Home (Lollygag ’94)
16:48 – the Good Skamaritans – the Beej (Time to Save the World ’00)
19:17 – Zero Talent – Société Anonyme (Société Anonyme ’18)
20:37 – General Tso’s Fury – Cereal Time (Where Has the Music Gone? ’15)

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23min of Ska : Dark Pretzel

Ok, sure, a Dark Pretzel ride isn’t technically a roller coaster. It’s something else. It’s in the family for sure. Kinda like this episode.  All these songs are for sure in the ska family, but they mess around with the style, push and pull away from the beat, but there’s a touch of ska in each. I hate to brag, but I really like this episode… a whole lot. I hope you do too!

00:00 – the Pomps – Pac-Sun (Do the Dog Ska-A-Go-Go! comp ’18)
02:50 – We Are The Union – the Way it Was (Self Care ’18)
04:28 – the Alcoholic Freshman – Object Obsession (the Incredible Yet Ultimately Uninspiring Return of… ’18)
07:19 – Profesor Galactico – la Misma Música (la Batalla de Los Ángeles ’17)
11:53 – the Slackers – Wrongful Suspicion (Wrongful Suspicion / the Noose ’18)
15:09 – Brainwreck – Flashback (Charlie ’18)
19:46 – Backyard Superheroes – I Want to Rock (Never Give Up, Never Surender! ’18)

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