For this holiday weekend… I’m kinda taking the day off and I let the 23min of Ska listeners pick the songs this time. Also, I kinda gave them the day off too by collecting songs that had been suggested for this kind of podcast quite a while ago, but I never got around to playing. I plan on doing another one of these next week, so if you have any suggestions, comment below! Thanks again for listening and have a great day!
00:00 – the Hotknives – David Jones (About Time ’10)
03:55 – Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra – Silent by Your Side (Paradise Blue ’10)
08:55 – Mustard Plug – Jerry (Evil Doers Beware! ’97)
12:18 – Talking Heads – Totally Nude (Naked ’88)
16:21 – Farin Urlaub – Abschiedslied (Endlich Urlaub! ’01)
19:47 – Runaway Ricochet – Quicksand (Gas Station Culture ’18)
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What I loved about ska shows back in the mid-’90s was that you really didn’t know what you were going to get. A more traditional ska band, a ska/punk band that was more punk than ska, a 2 Tone revival sounding band, a ska/punk band that was more ska than punk, a band with 4 members, a band with 10 members, a band full of high schoolers or a band full of actual adults! It really was all over the map like that, and the thing that brought those bands to our towns and the crowds to the venues was the ska that was at the center, in some way, of it all. This episode represents that love of all things ska that I had as a young man encountering shows not knowing exactly what I was going to see, but at the same time knowing that I was going to dig it!
Here’s an episode that lives up to the whole “roller coaster” premise. It starts a little slow, setting you up and then BAM you’re in the middle of a bunch of nonstop action… there’s a small lull and then you’re right back in the thick of it until the end. That’s the idea, but I haven’t always been hitting the mark, but this one I did, this one is one of the best examples of what I wanted to accomplish with this session so far. Hope you all enjoy it as well.
Here’s the new episode folks! Hells yeah! I hope you dig it. If you do, tell your pals about this podcast, and hell, tell the bands (if you dug them) “hey” for me. You don’t have to mention this podcast or anything, just go be supportive of those bands. Alright? Deal? Deal! Yes, let’s all go support some awesome ska music. Let that be the 23min of Ska listener vow, “Let’s all go support some ska bands!” how does that sound? Too preachy? Too needy? Hrm… let’s’ work on this one… but it’s a good start none the less!
Hey gang, what’s going on. Here it is, another episode! This one was almost late. I’ve spent the last 6 days in Denver CO. drinking, eating and partying. So much so, I got behind on my ska-filled duties. But I love ska, and I love you listeners, so much that I got the courage to rally! This one’s for all of you lovely folks who tune in each week!
We all like ska, right?
I don’t do all cover episodes very often, usually sprinkling well done ska covers in as I find them, but these all kinda came to me at the same time, and I said to myself “Hey, let’s put ’em all together, ska cover party! Let’s do this!” So hear some great ska takes on some fantastic songs!
Here it is, what was at one time supposed to be the final episode of 23min of Ska. In fact it is a reverse order of the bands played in 
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