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23min of Ska : That’s My Ska!

This is an episode that I’ve been thinking of doing for a looooong time, and I’m finally pulling the trigger. It was all because of the new single from the Guilty Parties which is the second track here. But yeah, this is ska being ska, singing about ska, singing about skanking, and celebrating itself the only way it knows how.

00:00 – Jim Murple Memorial – Ska’s Not Dead (Stella Nova ’17)
02:48 – the Guilty Parties – Guilty Skankin’ (Guilty Skankin’ ’21)
05:41 – Club 99 – Ska’s Back in Town (Club 99 ’13)
08:05 – the Prizefighters – Do the Ska Steady (Check One-2: the EP ’19)
11:07 – Lollypop Lorry – Jamaican Ska (You’re Wondering Now / Jamaican Ska ’21)
13:39 – Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra feat. Angelo Moore – All Good Ska is One (Walkin’ ’12)
17:35 – the Red Stripes – Do the Ska (Made in Hong Kong ’20)
20:20 – Ten Cent Fun – Skankin’ in Moon Boots (Ten Cent Fun ’93)

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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 : Episode of the Villain

Here’s an episode, a bunch of songs that either have titles of comic book villains, or make fit that theme in some way. They say a hero is only as good as his villains and that’s not wrong, even when the villain a world gone mad.

00:00 – Rudebeard – Disgrace (Disgrace ’20)
03:28 – Battle-Ska Galactica – Living a Lie (Living a Lie ’20)
07:17 – the Classy Wrecks – Superman (is Going to Hell) (Bedrocksteady ’18)
10:42 – Jim Murple Memorial – the Joker (Stella Nova ’17)
13:32 – Cartoon Violence – Black Cat (Passive Aggressive ’18)
16:39 – the Slackers – Two Face (Better Late than Never ’96)
21:01 – el Grande – Write My Wrongs (Brick City Sound ’19)

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

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 FacebookTwitterInstagram, 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!

23min of Ska : 23 Minutes of Four Color Ska

art credit: Richard Bruning, Josh Beatman & John SimsOk, here we are, ready to start another 23 episode cycle of 23min of Ska! As always, I hope you are ready to join in on music, find some new bands, and remember older ones… but not too much older. As you can see from this playlist, I try to keep it pretty current with just a handful of tracks from the past. So yeah, in the next 23 episodes you’re going to hear a lot of new ska, and yeah, there’s going to be a bit of a “comics” theme going on (hopefully not too annoying) but I hope you stick around if it’s your first time listening, and if not, thanks for coming back, I mean that! Thanks for listening and keeping up with the show!

00:00 – the Bruce Lee Band – Superman (the Bruce Lee Band ’97)
01:15 – Ongoing Issue – No Worries (No Worries ’20)
02:50 – the Bandulus – Flash Flood (Love a Woman ’19)
05:40 – OMNIGONE – On Wednesdays I am Going to Make it (No Faith ’19)
06:44 – Reel Big Fish – Punisher (Candy Coated Fury ’12)
10:43 – Jim Murple Memorial – Funnel of Love (4 ’20)
14:46 – Dan P. – Brain Scrambling Device (Brain Scrambling Device ’20)
16:23 – the Slackers – the Question (Larry MacDonald Percussion Version) (Rarities 1996 – 2000 ’20)
19:54 – Atwood 9 – Go Man Go (Atwood 9 ’98)

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 FacebookTwitterInstagram, and at 23ska.com. Also, feel free to subscribe and listen to the podcast on iTunesGoogle Play, and Stitcher.

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23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
Episode artwork heavily inspired by: Richard Bruning, Josh Beatman & John Sims
Want to submit your band? Email: submissions@23ska.com
Have something else to say? Email: podcast@23ska.com

Another way to support this podcast is to listen to and support our sister podcast On the Upbeat or to buy some records from our partners in crime over at Grandpa’s Casino Recordings, they carry some great vinyl ska records!

23min of Ska : the November Issue!

23skaNOVWould you check this out? It’s a lot of ska… a lot of new ska! Oh yeah, that’s what I like to do over here at 23min of Ska! I like to introduce you to new and current bands while also digging up some great gems from the past. I hope you can dig it. Nothing I hate more than seeing people asking “where’s the new ska?” or “how can I find new ska?” Right here kiddos, each week! Get ready for some new ska for your ears!

00:00 – the Void Union – Kassablanca (the Return of the Super Vape ’19)
02:47 – the Steady 45s – Meaning of Love (Meaning of Love / Slow the Heart ’19)
05:56 – Stoop Steady – Runaway (Lonesome ’13)
08:52 – the Prizefighters – Just Let the Music Play (Fire Walk ’19)
11:34 – the Magnetics – Coffee & Sugar (Coffee & Sugar ’19)
13:56 – Skatax – el Cantinero (One Shot ’19)
17:17 – Jim Murple Memorial – It Could be Worse (Stella Nova ’17)
20:33 – the Defenders – Set Them Free (Set Them Free / Don’t Blame the Children ’67)

Show support for the bands by clicking on those links and checking out their websites and music! Show support for the podcast by donating on Patreon or by finding & liking 23min of Ska on FacebookTwitter, and Instagram. Also, feel free to subscribe and listen to the podcast on iTunesGoogle Play, and Stitcher.

Also, feel free to download this episode if you wanna keep it forever.

Want to submit your band? Email: submissions@23ska.com
Have something else to say? Email: podcast@23ska.com

Another way to support this podcast is to listen to and support our sister podcast the Ska After Party or to buy some records from our partners in crime over at Grandpa’s Casino Recordings, they carry some great vinyl ska records!

23min of Ska : Lemon Drops

23skaLEMONDROPIt’s late
(as I’m posting this)
I love you all
(within reason)
Here’s some ska
(and some ska/punk)
I hope you all enjoy
(I really hope you do)

00:00 – Jim Murple Memorial – Are You Ready (Stella Nova ’17)
03:01 – Control This! – Fight Rude Boy, Fight! (Humble Man ’19)
07:30 – Eat the Evidence – Shaking the Blues Away Again (Sicky Slip / Shaking the Blues Away Again ’19)
09:38 – the Kinky Coo Coo’s – Toni F’s Theme (the Mean Machine ’09)
13:07 – Jorge and the Landladies – All in One Room (Monobound ’12)
16:35 – the Magnetics – Cry to Me (Jamaican Ska ’17)
19:23 – Mister Blank – In Addition to Apathy (Smoke Break ’17)

Show support for the bands by clicking on those links and checking out their websites and music! Show support for the podcast by finding & liking 23min of Ska on FacebookTwitter, and Instagram. Also, feel free to subscribe and listen to the podcast on iTunesGoogle Play, and Stitcher.

Also, feel free to download this episode if you wanna keep it forever.

What to submit your band? Email: submissions@23ska.com
Have something else to say? Email: podcast@23ska.com

Another way to support the podcast is to buy some records from our partners in crime over at Grandpa’s Casino Recordings, they carry some great vinyl ska records!