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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Thanks to Scott for providing Murphy for this episode!

23min of Ska : the Deadliest Drop!

Man is life full of ups and downs. At one minute you’re having a great day, eating a taco, the next thing you know a bird swoops down and steals that taco, but then you have a sweet ska podcast to listen to. See, ups and downs!

00:00 – JER – You got Yr —- Card Revoked! (BOTHERED / UNBOTHERED ’22)
03:11 – Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra ft. midories, Neru Nagahama, Katakura High School Wind Orchestra – Tsubame (Tsubame ’22)
07:32 – Drewvis – My My, Ouso Eyes! (My My, Ouso Eyes! ’22)
10:51 – Inokasira Rangers – Teenage Kicks (Rangers Patrol 1977~1982 UK! ’16)
13:14 – the Hacklers – Rude Bhoy (Another Round ’20)
17:14 – Joker’s Republic ft. Buddy Schuab – Necessary Evil (Necessary Evil ’22)
20:04 – the Hostiles – Resentment (Party Cup! ’18)

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23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
Want to submit your band? Email: submissions@23ska.com
(no Spotify or Youtube links please)
Send me a pic of yr cat! Include the kitties name! I may use it in future episode art! Email: podcast@23ska.com
Thanks to Felix the Void for providing himself for this episode!

23min of Ska : Ska is the Watch Word

Another finely curated episode of 23min of Ska. I hope you all enjoy it, but it was made for a single particular person. I love you all, but I love her more. Happy birthday to the best wife in the business!

00:00 – Derek Christensen – Never Been Sicker!!! (Derek Christensen is a Loser!!!! ’20)
02:38 – The Charlie Taylor Allstars – Young Americans (Young Americans ’21)
07:52 – Rhoda Dakar – the Man Who Sold the World (the Man Who Sold the World ’22)
12:03 – Captain Accident and the Disasters – Changes (Block Buster – Tribute to Glam Rock comp ’21)
15:27 – the Scotch Bonnetes – Let’s Dance (Baltimore does Bowie comp ’16)
20:17 – Inokasira Rangers – Alison (Rangers Patrol 1977 ~ 1982 UK! ’16)

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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
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23min of Ska : Dance Freely!

This wasn’t supposed to be an all covers episode… it really wasn’t… but when I got almost done w/ songs I wanted to play, I noticed all of them were covers songs, so I did make it a goal to fill out that last track w/ a cover as well. I dig it… and I really am not a ska covers fan, but darn if these aren’t all fantastic and can stand on their own, so I hope you all enjoy!

00:00 – Kill Lincoln – That Song (Having a Bad Time Wish You Were Here ’21)
02:00 – the Holophonics – the Longest Time (MaSKArades Vol. 14: Not a Cover Band ’21)
04:24 – the Untouchables – Hooked on a Feeling (Hooked on a Feeling ’21)
07:25 – Something To Do – Levitating (Levitating ’21)
10:15 – Inokasira Rangers – Blue Monday (Blue Monday ’21)
13:42 – Epic XVIII – Banana Split for My Baby (EPIC COVERS ’21)
15:52 – Phoenix City All-Stars – Play with Fire (Skatisfaction ’16)
19:57 – the Magnetics – Love of My Life (Love of My Life ’21)

Show support for the bands by clicking on those links and checking out their websites and music! Show support for the podcast by liking & following the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and at 23ska.com. Also, feel free to subscribe and listen to the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher.

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23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
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23min of Ska : the Rude Boy in the Hallway

Enjoy!

00:00 – the Regards – Slaviour (Probation Vol. 1 ’21)
02:33 – the Articles – Hand Me Down (Action Claw vs. Gorilla Grip ’21)
06:11 – Inokasira Rangers – 夢で逢えたら (夢で逢えたら ’21)
08:42 – Sir Jay & the Skatanauts – Swiss Ska Fever (Later Than Sooner / Swiss Ska Fever ’21)
12:01 – the Higher Notes – Earth Shuffle (Double Salute ’20)
15:17 – Lucky Luxury – Muldoon’s Move (Muldoon’s Move / Outbreak! ’21)
18:20 – le Grand Miércoles – el Hombre de la Melódica (Érase una Vez un Western ’21)

Show support for the bands by clicking on those links and checking out their websites and music! Show support for the podcast by liking & following the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and at 23ska.com. Also, feel free to subscribe and listen to the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher.

Another way to support this podcast is to listen to and support our sister podcast On the Upbeat!

Download this episode so you can listen to it any time you’d like!

23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
Want to submit your band? Email: submissions@23ska.com
Have something else to say? Email: podcast@23ska.com