500 episodes of 23min of Ska!
What the absolute heck?
How have I reached this lofty number?
Support from my wife, kittens, and all the great listeners and bands that allow me to share their fantastic music, that’s how!
It’s been a long road, but damn, I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Thanks for listening.
I mean really, THANKS!
00:00 – King Kong 4 – Paper Sky (Paper Sky ’22)
03:16 – Kill Lincoln – Confession Obsession (Can’t Complain ’20)
05:36 – RudeSix – LaLaLa (LaLaLa ’22)
09:30 – the Loving Paupers – the Words (Lines ’19)
12:44 – Suspense Heroes Syndicate – This City (Viva!: Songs of Freedom comp ’22)
15:43 – the Bandulus – Worries (Still Stubborn Vol. 3 comp ’22)
19:23 – Shuka Saito – PiPiPi (PiPiPi ’21)
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23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
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So for the first time in a long time I was up so late perfecting this episode. I thought I’d had the music part done several times. One time I even saved it for publishing. Thing is, it didn’t feel right, the next few drafts didn’t feel right either. It took time, but “Hectic Planet” is one of my favorite and well missed comics of all time. Trying to capture what I like about the book using the music I dig most highly, and trying to promote a load of current ska bands, it is something that needs perfecting and perfection. If you’ve never read “Hectic Planet” you owe it to yourself to dig up the 3 collections out there and enjoy. And if the art looks familiar, it should, “Hectic Planet” artist and writer Evan Dorkin did a host of ska compilation covers throughout the ’90s. He’s a staple of the scene and a staple of my life.
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.
Never be too afraid to pause your life, for just a bit. Things happen, out of your control, and you need to take a pit-stop. You can’t do this too often, or even make a habit out of it, for if you do, you’ll lose you motivation to press on. We should always be making forward progress, but a short break from it is never a bad thing. Keep dancing, keep exploring and keep being awesome.
Someone on Reddit told me that if I stopped making politically slanted episodes that this podcast might be worth listening to. You know something, I agree, I plan that last week’s episode was the beginning and end of all that! From now on, politically neutral. Just like ska is. Politics free.
23min of Ska 