23min of Ska : House of M

Life is simple.
Don’t be a jerk.
Don’t get so wrapped up in yourself that you think the world revolves around you and your desires.
It doesn’t.
Deal with it.

00:00 – Madness – Promises Promises (Seven ’81)
02:46 – Maddie Ruthless & the Secret Affair – Inside Out (Hold the Phone ’10)
05:30 – the Mean Threes – One and the Same (the Mean Threes ’14)
08:57 – the Meow Meows – Disaster! Disaster! (Somehow We Met ’13)
13:12 – the Mighty Fishers – Where are You? (Where are You? ’12)
17:47 – Mr. T-Bone & the Young Lions – No Secrets (Nothing to Lose ’11)

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23min of Ska : the Level of Your Consciousness

There is so much going on day to day to be conscious of everything that is going on. There is so much more awareness that each of us need just to get by, or at least get by being fully informed that is. This is something we can all strive for, and achieve, but we always must be aware of the pitfalls of thinking we’ve got how the world works all figured out. We don’t, we never will, we need to find our place in it and remember why we are where we are at, and if that needs to change, we change it. We can do this, make the planet better, but we always need to be meta-conscious of ourselves.

Oh, and hey, this first track is by the very excellent the Duppies and they’re trying to raise some cash for their new album. This is the title track, if you dig it, there’s more of it to come! Toss down for some great music: http://kck.st/1NfUHaM

00:00 – the Duppies – Broken Organ (Broken Organ ’15)
03:26 – the Shifters – Waiting for a Sign (In It! ’12)
06:32 – Mr. T-Bone & the Young Lions – You Don’t Know (Nothing to Lose ’11)
09:09 – the Delegators – Be Good to Me (All Aboard ’13)
11:26 – Abraskadabra – You Want (Fun as in Fungus ’14)
14:13 – Deal’s Gone Bad – All Right (Heartbreaks and Shadows ’14)
16:51 – the Forthrights – Trust Me (the Forthrights ’12)
18:58 – the Bandulus – Over the Edge (the Times We Had ’12)

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23min of Ska : Klarion the Witch Boy

Being and young and rebellious comes more naturally to some than it does to others. I personally became more rebellious as I got older, but longed to be more of a character like Klarion that goes against the wishes of his family and town to seek out what is beyond the society he grew up in. As serious as those ambitions are he isn’t afraid to be seen as weird as he laughs all the way to a new life. We can all make these sorts of changes in our lives, we just have to roll the dice…

00:00 – the Delirians – Smoke and Fire (Get Up! ’14)
03:00 – David Hillyard & the Rocksteady 7 – the Fool (Playtime ’99)
06:07 – the Aquabats! – Cat with 2 Heads (the Fury of the Aquabats ’97)
08:55 – Dan P. – Geelong (Around the World ’12)
12:01 – Yum!Yum!Orange – Yellow Halloween Night (Orange Street 33 ’02)
16:17 – Mr. T-Bone & the Young Lions – Next Stop (Nothing to Lose ’11)
19:07 – the Slackers – Sing Your Song (Self Medication ’08)

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23min of Ska : a Return to Form

Here we go, back in the saddle, the kind of show that I’m used to putting together, a bunch of great and modern ska bands from all over and a few of the greats from the more recent past. I hope that you continue to enjoy what I’m doing here week to week.

Jackmove – Drunken Tiger (Fifty-Fifty ’04)
Mr. T-Bone & the Young Lions – Nothing to Lose (Nothing to Lose ’11)
the Prizefighters – No Use Crying (No Use Crying / Night Breeze ’13)
the Zvooks – Never Care Again (Lesson Learned ’03)
The scandals – HAM & EGG (Rude MEANS Skank ’10)
Joystick – Death Valley (Likity Split ’10)
the Bennies – Mushroom Tea (Better Off Dread ’13)

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23min of Ska : the Very Next Day

Another day, another morning, starting off in the bedroom (or your best friend’s kitchen floor) knowing that it is time to go again. Time to do whatever it is you do in a day. I just hope this episode brings you happiness and you set out bravely into another day in your life.

Run & Punch – Another Day (Uppercut ’11)
Mr. T-Bone & the Young Lions – I Keep Saying No (Nothing to Lose ’11)
Goldfinger – Here in Your Bedroom (Goldfinger ’96)
the Scotch Bonnetts – Song 4 U (Live Ya Life ’13)
Kriptolites – Aquí está Jack (Mueve tus Pies con Kriptolites ’13)
the Siren Six! – Get it Right (the Voice with the Built in Promise ’97)
the One Droppers – Blossom (the Big One ’11)

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23min of Ska : Season’s Over

It is that time again, the end to an other year, the end of another session of 23min of Ska and soon the end of the holiday season… but we’re not there yet folks! There’s plenty of music and festivities to dance for and because of. So put your dancin’ shoes on, bundle up, get out to a show, or your grandparents house, and kick it up and have some fun! It doesn’t matter what you celebrate, as long as you are having a celebration!

Skavoovie & the Epitones – Nut Monkey (Fat Footin’ ’95)
Mr. T-Bone & the Young Lions – Then I Saw You (Nothing to Lose ’11)
Cartoon Violence – Overtime (Christmas Bonus) (Christmas Special ’10)
the One Droppers – Shake Your Legs (the Big One ’11)
Ruder Than You – Pussy Cat’s Revenge (Philly Stylee ’05)
Eli Whitney & the Sound Machine – Objective (Mickey ’11)
Hepcat – Open Season… Is Closed (Right On Time ’98)

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