23min of Ska : You’re Wondering Now…

This episode is full of true blue friends, fantastic acquaintances, a few online pals, and total strangers who’ve always done right by me & the show. One song I think is absolutely beautiful, and another one reduced me to tears the first time I heard it. Honestly, a lot of the tracks on this episode are contenders for former, but the latter is a rare song indeed.

00:00 – Razika – Taste My Dream (Program 91 ’11)
03:01 – the Pomps – Heart Flipper (Bottom of the Pomps ’23)
07:20 – the What Nows?! – When Will You Die? (GIANTS- A Ska Punk Tribute to They Might Be Giants comp ’22)
09:32 – Night Gaunts– Sunday (Conversations with Creation ’15)
13:12 – Corey Dixon and the Zvooks – Goodbye so Long (Come and Go ’01)
16:40 – the Slackers – I’ll Stay Away (Close Your Eyes ’03)
20:29 – King Kong 4 – It’s Quittin’ Time! (Songs for Olly ’18)

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23min of Ska : the Greatest Team Ups of All Time!

A few weeks ago, my co-host over at On The Upbeat asked me and our guests to share some of what we consider to be great ska collaborations. That was the spark that set this episode in motion. I hope you all enjoy and share this episode with a friend!

00:00 – Moonhead Project feat. Molly Moonstone – Sydämeni Hullu (On the Dancefloor / Sydämeni Hullu ’17)
02:55 – Night Gaunts feat. the Stupid Stupid Henchmen – Stupid Stupid (Stupid Stupid ’21)
06:33 – Control This feat. Jason “Jahson” Nwagbaraocha – Imminent Danger (Imminent Danger ’21)
11:25 – We Are The Union feat. Nick Riggs – Fake World (Self Care ’18)
14:14 – Half Past Two feat. Evan Wohrman – Someone That You Used to Know (Someone That You Used to Know ’19)
16:56 – Sammy Kay & the East los Three feat. Dave Hillyard & Mr. T-Bone – Old Man’s Porch (Love Letters ’13)
19:58 – Lauren Napier & Vic Ruggiero – Walkin’ After Midnight (Straight Mix) (Duets Vol. 1 ’20)

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23min of Ska : Tutti Frutti

I hope this podcast finds you well. I hope this podcast finds you at all. It’s a busy time, and hard not to get all caught up in it.
Things seem hectic but brush that stress aside. Don’t get caught up trying to be perfect and experience things in a perfect way. That’s undue stress that you’re better off without. The pressure from now until the end of the year can get rough, so take some time out away from your crazy aunt and drunken uncle and listen to some ska. Relax, you deserve it!

00:00 – the Dull Blue Lights – 44 Bullets (the Dull Blue Lights ’17)
02:12 – the Kingpins – Just One Day (Let’s Go BACK to Work ’17)
05:12 – Night Gaunts – Fractal Jungle (Fractal Jungle ’17)
08:55 – Big D & the Kids Table – Walls (For the Damned, the Dumb & the Delirious ’11)
12:00 – Goldfinger – Chris Clayton (Hang Ups ’97)
15:13 – Suspense Heroes Syndicate – To All My Friends (Big Shot ’15)
20:12 – the Stiff Joints – Beige & Onion (First Proper Album ’17)

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23min of Ska : Cruller

Hello ladies and gents, are you ready for the latest episode of 23min of Ska?
I sure hope so!
I also hope that this episode is well received by you fine folks.
You’re all fantastic listeners, and I thank you for checking out this episode.
Have a fantastic day!

00:00 – the JB Conspiracy – Start Listening (the Calm ’12)
03:01 – MU330 – Oh My God (Ultra Panic ’02)
04:42 – the Toasters – History Book Version (New York Fever ’92)
07:32 – Night Gaunts – Conversations with Creation (Conversations with Creation ’15)
11:29 – Be Like Max – Intro/Yeah, so What? (Against All Odds ’15)
14:10 – Spring Heeled Jack – Keep Me Up (Sound Salvation ’17)
17:37 – the Dendrites – Armed and Opposed (the Dendrites ’10)

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23min of Ska : Red Wind

Oh man, this episode makes me wanna dance! I mean, for real wanna get up and boogie! This is a collection of some of my favorite get loud and get down kind of tunes. I hope you dig it, and if you don’t, eh, I’ll be rocking out to this one alone then!

00:00 – the Smooths – Sin Supposed to Be (Fall / Sin Supposed to Be ’98)
03:15 – Slow Gherkin – Years Off My Life (Lives ’16)
05:33 – OreSkaBand – Carry On! (Carry On! ’15)
09:13 – the Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Holy Smoke (Don’t Know How to Party ’93)
12:04 – Jeff Rosenstock – Rainbow (WORRY. ’16)
13:36 – Codename: Rocky – Mile Markers (Reboot ’16)
16:58 – Night Gaunts – Nights & Daze (Conversations with Creation ’15)
20:05 – Big D & the Kids Table feat. Maddie Ruthless and the Doped Up Dollies – Oi DJ (Big D & the Kids Table/Dope Up Dollies split ’15)

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23min of Ska : Phalanx Covenant

I almost didn’t do this episode. When I was originally going to do this series of episodes I was only going to loosely base the song selection on the title, not the contents of the story. Outside of the comic, this phrase means nothing. But since I’ve tried to hit key story points, or my favorite story moments with the songs, I knew I had to go for it. It turned out pretty damn good! Then again, with bands as great as these, it’s not hard to assemble a great mix of music!

00:00 – Eric Daino – Disappointed (Eric DTX ’16)
03:21 – Step Lively – Sea of Strangers (Trigger Effect ’99)
06:04 – Night Gaunts – Blink (Conversations with Creation ’15)
09:04 – Skavoovie & the Epitones – Japanese Robot (Ripe ’97)
10:45 – Rancid – Old Friend (…and Out Come the Wolves ’95)
13:38 – Stuck Lucky – D-D-D-Devastation (Possom Soul ’09)
15:05 – the Slackers – Robots (the Boss Harmony Sessions ’07)
19:45 – Club 99 – il Ritorno Dello Spacciatore di Cacao (Club 99 ’13)

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23min of Ska : God Loves, Man Kills

Well… I tried my damnedest to stick to the topic at hand, but it got a little too depressing. Also, this one got pretty reggae-y, which is usually not my style, but everything fit so well! I guess a few more songs about unity could’ve been in order, but I’ve played so many of them before. I feel bad that I’d also already used the Smoke Like a Fish song “God Loves, Man Kills” on an episode last Summer! Also of note, the final song on here is by the Uninvited, they’re not a ska band at all, but have played a few ska tracks here and there, this track is obviously one of them.

00:00 – the Jellycats – Hysteria (When I Do ’12)
02:16 – Night Gaunts – We are Not Afraid (We’re Fucking Terrified) (Conversations with Creation ’15)
05:35 – Johnny Nine and the Racers – Human Nature (Chin Up ’09)
07:42 – Abraskadabra – Man on Demand (Abuse) (Fun as in Fungus ’14)
10:18 – the Last Slice – Strike (Underground ’14)
13:15 – Goldfinger – Downpressor Man (Darrin’s Coconut Ass ’99)
16:45 – the Expanders – Man Should Not Hold Back (Old Time Something Come Back Again ’12)
20:02 – the Uninvited – What God Said (Uninvited ’98)

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23min of Ska : Behind the 8 Ball

Is everyone ready for 2016? I sure am! Another year for some great ska music! I mean 2015 was a pretty damn fine year! Hell, just in December some truly great ska albums came out, some of them represented on this very episode! So strap in, 2016 looks like it is going to be just as awesome! Also, if this is your first time checking out 23min of Ska, well, I feel that this episode is pretty great and pretty typical, so if this is the kinda thing you like to hear, subscribe on up! This is the 200th one that’s been produced, so go download the other 199 (+ special eps)!

00:00 – Backyard Superheroes – Arcade Girl (Let’s Get Dangerous ’15)
02:21 – Night Gaunts – Let it Flow (Conversations with Creation ’15)
06:23 – Lo & the Magnetics – Never Let You Down (A Part ’05)
09:30 – Punch the Clown – 8 Ball (the Secret Life of Punch the Clown ’98)
12:24 – Stacked Like Pancakes – It’s Too Late (This is Us ’15)
16:03 – By the Rivers – Run Home (By the Rivers ’13)
18:57 – Hooray for Our Side – This Planet Needs a Hero (Overture ’15)

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23min of Ska : Bits

Of all the wack ideas I’ve done on 23min of Ska, this is the most wack. This is either a monumentally stupid idea to drop this episode right now, or an even worse idea to have even made it in the first place! But I just couldn’t help it. I swore I would never really make and episode with chiptune ska, but after hearing that Night Gaunts song and it having sounds that reminded me of video game music, well, like they say: it was on. Are all the songs straight chiptune? Hell no! That’d be boring! A lot of these artists use the computer noises to build off of, others don’t, it’s a mixed bag, just like my episodes normally are. So here it is, either the most daring episode I’ve ever made, or the worst episode I ever made. Or both. Frankly, I like it, and I felt I had to put it out. Look, son, I take risks. Stupid, stupid risks.

00:00 – Night Gaunts – 8 Dollars (Night Guants / Days N Daze split ’15)
03:45 – the J. Arthur Keenes Band – Cluck (Computer Savvy ’11)
05:25 – Fish Hook – Back Home (Waves ’15)
07:56 – MicroD – Rebound (Rude Boy comp ’10)
11:00 – Bomb the Music Industry! – Sorry, Brooklyn. Dancing Won’t Solve Anything (Goodbye Cool World ’07)
15:42 – Sudstep – KKK Highway (Chip Ska ’15)
16:11 – Slime Girls – a Cruel Angel Thesis (Ayanami Reggae Ver.) (Vacation Wasteland ’12)
19:41 – Dubmood – Pressure Drop (Atari-Ska L’Attack ’07)

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Special : You Call It Vol. 5

Here we go once more with an episode that has songs mostly picked out by listeners of this fine fine podcast. Once again, I’d like to thank my sisters, brothers and others over at /r/ska for being game and filling my head with songs and ideas and my inbox with sweet sweet ska!

00:00 – the Taj Motel Trio – Here We Go Again (4 Songs 7 Inches ’15)
03:05 – Night Gaunts – Apple Tree (3am Sessions ’14)
06:05 – the Delirians – Tears of Joy (the Delirians ’12)
08:52 – Spring Heeled Jack – Rufus Shakeedoo (Static World View ’96)
12:10 – Half Beat – Did I Mention (Big Kids ’14)
15:22 – Edna’s Goldfish – This is Not Here (Before You Knew Better… ’97)
17:37 – Jeffries Fan Club – Crystal 52 (Nothing to Prove ’99)
20:22 – Let’s Go Bowling – Hot-Buttered (Mr. Twist ’96)

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