23min of Ska : RJ Phoenix Must Die!

Another astonishing, amazing and extraordinary episode of 23min of Ska gold for all you fallen angels and hellions! It’s down right uncanny how ska factors into life and is a force to be reckoned with! So here’s another inferno of an episode to enjoy, because ska is immortal!

00:00 – Flying Raccoon Suit – Run Away (the Shape of Ska Punk to Come Volume II comp ’21)
01:54 – Skavoovie & the Epitones – Beardman Ska (Fat Footin’ re-release ’22)
04:54 – Catbite – Everybody Talks (Wavebreaker #2 ’22)
07:46 – Monkey – Pride & the Animal (Station Wagon Living ’02)
11:20 – We Are The Union – Rasputin (Rasputin ’21)
14:15 – the Kinky Coo Coo’s – Full of Hope (Full of Hope / Alive Brain ’09)
17:13 – Grey Matter – Senator (GREY MATTER x SHARKANOID ’18)
18:45 – Courtesy of Tim – Phoenix (Tomorrow Again ’21)

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23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
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Thanks to Jessica for sharing Worm & Mazzy with us for this episode!

23min of Ska : Vacation : This Is Ska

Takin’ it easy the next few weeks, folks. In fact it’s time for a vacation! This week while I’m kickin’ back, I have Middagh Goodwin picking out the tracks for today’s episode. Middagh is the genius behind the “This is Ska” podcast, as well as SO MUCH MORE! He’s a dude worth following and getting to know, that’s for dang sure!

00:00 – the Skatalites – Outback Ska (On the Right Track ’07)
03:19 – Spy Kids – Carousel (Covert Action ’20)
05:10 – G-Men – King Suggs (King Suggs ’22)
08:03 – Monkey – Intermittent Waves (Intermittent Waves ’18)
09:08 – the Fuss – We’re Going Out (We’re Going Out / Dangerous Love ’17)
12:28 – Soul Radics – Mash Dem All (Big Shot ’15)
16:53 – Sonic Boom Six – No Man, No Right (the F-Bomb ’16)
19:38 – Smoke and Mirrors Soundsystem – Learn and Burn (Strength in Numbers ’21)

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23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix, this week w/ help from Middagh Goodwin
Check out Middagh’s show This Is Ska
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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 : the Asian Man Records Special!

cover photo : Jason Travis

I loved making this episode. I love Asian Man Records. I love Mike Park. And I love all the acts that he got together to release music from. Asian Man Records was a big part of my early years of loving the ska sound, as I was already a fan of ska, but AMR really helped me branch out and learn about more bands. As a pretty skint kid, I didn’t always have the cash to buy a ton of CDs and AMR kept it as cheap as he could and put out super cheap samplers to find out and hear new bands. I have so many AMR records on my shelf, ska, ska/punk and of other genres that this was an easy one to get together. I know I leaned a bit on the early years here, but I also wanted to show AMR is still holding up the ska banner and supporting those songs. Mike was a man of many tastes, and he always had good taste, so if it was ska or not I’d always check it out, and usually dig it! But for the topic at hand, we’re focusing on the ska and ska/punk and you may or may not be surprised how much it isn’t packed to the gills with ska/punk! So thank you to the small but mighty staff at Asian Man Records and thank you to Mike Park for all the past years and all the great ska releases to come!

00:00 – Link 80 – Verble Kint (17 Reasons ’97)
01:57 – Unsteady – Rockstar (Nevergonnabearockstar) (Double or Nothing ’97)
05:21 – Johnny Socko – Rumpy Pumpy (Full Trucker Effect ’97)
08:37 – the Chinkees – Breath Out the Fight (Peace Through Music ’99)
10:06 – Chris Murray – Steady Beat Convention (4-Trackaganza! ’01)
12:20 – MU330 – Let Go Again (Ultra Panic ’02)
14:30 – Buck-O-Nine – Cook Me in the Bowl (Sustain ’07)
17:23 – Monkey – You’re Becoming a Jerk (and Nobody Likes You) (Bananarchy ’15)
19:04 – the Abruptors – Deserve (Love & Other Disasters ’19)

Visit Asian Man Records to find more great music : http://asianmanrecords.com/

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What to submit your band? Email: submissions@23ska.com
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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 : Black Licorice

Ladies and Gentlemen, here we are, the end of the candy session. Because of that, we’re going out with a bang! It’s a whole grab bag of sweet songs to shut it down all that deliciously sugary awesomeness! Thanks again for sticking around for another 23 episodes, hope you stick around for many more!

00:00 – Lollypop Lorry – Mi Chico Lollipop (Mi Chico Lollipop ’18)
02:19 – Death of Guitar Pop – 69 Candy Street (69 Candy Street ’17)
06:23 – Monkey – Sugartown (Intermittent Waves ’18)
09:46 – the Drastics feat. Katie Kaden – So Sweet (Noir ’17)
13:13 – Cosmic Shuffling – Chocolate Girl (Cosmic Goes Wild ’17)
16:00 – the Magnetics – Candy Man (Jamaican Ska ’17)
18:45 – Usuals – Leon’s Not Listening (On the Lover’s Circuit ’02)

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

What to submit your band? Email: submissions@23ska.com
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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 : Twister

Oh man, this episode was so close to not coming out at all! Seriously, big hardware failure over here! But things got figured out and BAM! It. Is. Ska time!

00:00 – King Kong Girio – Storm of the Century (King Kong Girio EP 2 ’18)
03:00 – the Siren Six – If You’re Not Now (You Never Were) (Young & Professional ’98)
05:45 – Dan P. & the Bricks – Word Got Around (When We Were Fearless ’18)
07:35 – the Holophonics – Try Me On (Phantom Arrival ’18)
10:28 – Call Me Malcolm – Inside Out (I Was Broken When You Got HereI Was Broken When You Got Here ’18)
13:40 – the Ladrones – Salve (Salve ’18)
17:18 – Monkey – Glass Bottom Boat (Intermittent Waves ’18)
20:28 – the Pomps – That’s Where I Come In (the Smoking Pomps ’17)

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23min of Ska : Emma Peel

“Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows,
but only empties today of its strength.”

– Charles Spurgeon

00:00 – Heavensbee feat. Matt Wixson & Jenny Whiskey – Devalued (Heavensbee ’18)
03:24 – Cut Capers – Lighter (Say What ’16)
06:41 – the Amphetameanies – Out of Reach (Last Chance Bordello ’14)
10:29 – Monkey – Hitchin’ a Ride (Intermittent Waves ’18)
13:56 – the Orion Experience – Obsessed with You (Cosmicandy ’07)
17:12 – Simple Minded Symphony – To the Highest Calibre (Arrival ’18)

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23min of Ska : Mandarin’s Jade

I debated if I should write out any kind of description at all for this episode. I almost didn’t finish it. I’ve been battling a headache all day, and of course headphones and music doesn’t suit that. It was also tough because due to the headache I kept wanting to go more laid back, but in my heart I wanted to go more aggressive, so I think a balance was struck. The world needs music, I intend to keep trying to bring some to you all.

00:00 – Bomb the Music Industry! – It’s Official! We’re Booorrrrrriiiing!!! (Goodbye Cool World ’06)
02:13 – MU330 – Now (Crab Rangoon ’97)
04:16 – IV4K – Geoffrey Don’t Cry (Start Your Own Scene ’15)
07:05 – the A-OKs – Pick Your Battles (Maybe Partying Would Help ’15)
08:46 – Starpool – It’s the End of the World as We Know it (and I Feel Fine) (It’s the End of the World as We Know it ’12)
11:57 – Squirt Gun Warriors – Look Out Below (Don’t Fence Me In ’14)
14:57 – the Agents – New Strategy (401 ’00)
20:11 – Monkey – Liberty & Freedom (Hooligans United comp ’15)

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23min of Ska : Scorpio

Are you feeling somewhat under-appreciated recently? That’s perfectly understandable — you’ve been dancing yourself to death and not giving people the chance to jump around with you. Have a little more confidence in your friends and they should come through — and remember that you’re worthy of these good times! When you learn to give them the chance to check new things, like this swanky brand new Monkey track leading off this episode, you may find yourself getting more attention than you could hope for.

00:00 – Monkey – Bicycle (Bananarchy ’15)
02:48 – Less Than Jake – Sleep it Off (B is for B-Sides ’04)
04:53 – Step Lively – Scorpio’s Revenge (the Trigger Effect ’99)
10:13 – Popes of Chillitown – OPOOM (To the Moon ’15)
15:06 – Goldfinger – Man in the Suitcase (Darrin’s Coconut Ass ’99)
16:54 – Kill Lincoln – Good Riddance to Good Advice (Good Riddance to Good Advice ’15)
21:12 – Wobbly Bob – Calling All Losers (Life Lessons for Losers ’11)

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23min of Ska : Let’s Kick it Off Once More

I think I typed way too much last week, so I’m keeping the write up simple this time. Here’s a great episode of great ska bands that I hope you will enjoy! Have a great week!

Rude King – Open for Business (It’ll Probably be Alright ’13)
Monkey – Walking on Coals (Lost at Sea ’09)
Isaac Green & the Skalars – Spoiled Brat (Skoolin’ with the Skalars ’96)
Maddie Ruthless feat. the Forthrights – Twist the Knife (Maddie Ruthless and Friends ’12)
the Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Royal Oil (Let’s Face It ’97)
the Screw-Ups – Lie Awake (EP ’13)
Squirt Gun Warriors – Breadwinner Homemaker (Don’t Fence Me In ’14)

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