23min of Ska : Birthday

Woo hoo! It’s my birthday today (that is, if you’re listening to this on May 25th) and that mean, Imma gonna play whatever the hell I want. Sure, you may think I do that every week, and that’s mostly true, but I’m also looking to play stuff that I think you, my listeners, will enjoy. I go out looking for new and exciting bands to play for you. This week, nah, I just gathered up a load of great tracks that I want to listen to, if you don’t like it, eh, you got no taste. Sorry, buddy, but this stuff here is still the real deal, if you’re not down, scram. Ok… I may’ve started celebratory drinks a bit too early…

00:00 – Sean Arawjo (feat. Najwa Parkins & Andy Moose) – People Stuff (Dysania ’17)
03:35 – the Steady 45’s – Anywhere but Here (Trouble in Paradise ’17)
06:18 – Rude King – Sickness in the City (Sickness in the City ’17)
11:04 – ORESKABAND – Free Now (Slogan ’17)
15:06 – Hooray for Our Side – Looking Up (Overture ’15)
18:05 – Big D & the Kids Table – G.L.D. (Good Luck ’99)
20:02 – the Pietasters – Freak Show (Ooolooloo ’95)

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23min of Ska : Marble Frosted

This episode is a bit all over the place, so, in a sense, it’s the perfect 23min of Ska episode. We have ska from all around the world, some of it played a bit more traditional than not. Some bands take it in a jazzy direction, others in a punky direction. Does it still have that ska beat? You bet your ass it does! This is still 23min of Ska, not 23min of Whatever the Hell Kinda Music!

00:00 – Put3Ska – Manila Girl (Put3Ska ’94)
02:51 – Rude King – Save it for Never (Coming Back to You ’15)
07:01 – the Interrupters – Jenny Drinks (Say it Out Loud ’16)
09:49 – Dr. Ring-Ding & the Senior Allstars – My Sound (Ram Di Dance ’97)
13:07 – Rotterdam Ska-Jazz Foundation – Road to Kingston (Shake Your Foundation ’03)
17:42 – the Pietasters – Mellow Mood (Turbo ’02)
19:54 – the Delirians – el Gigante (Musical Remedy / el Gigante ’11)

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23min of Ska : Utopia

We all have our favorite bands, the bands we grew up with, the bands we were friends with, the bands that had music there when we really needed it. They provide us a way back home in our head. Pretty nifty trick music is, isn’t it? This episode features bands that, to be honest, not sure I would’ve found if not doing this podcast. An arguement could be made for Rude King and the Dropsteppers, but I 100% wouldn’t’ve found these other bands had I not been looking for good music to play, and man, I’m so glad I did! They’re all so great! So enjoy this episode of some of my favorite bands I’ve found along the way.

00:00 – Rude King – Home Wrecker (Coming Back to You ’15)
04:19 – the Scotch Bonnetts – the Good One (Live Ya Life ’13)
08:13 – the Dropsteppers – Darker Side of Grey (Darker Side of Grey ’13)
11:06 – Show Me Island – Coming Home (Show Me Island ’13)
14:04 – After Hours – Almost Home (the Trouble with Those Guys Is… ’00)
19:02 – the Longshots – Close to Home (Borrowed Time ’14)

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23min of Ska : Three Hard Winters

This episode is for my friends, and by that I mean, you guys, my listeners. Also, the bands in this podcast contain some people that range from good acquaintances to long distance friends (except for doctormanette, I don’t even know anyone in that band). So this, is possibly, the one of the friendliest episodes of the show that I have ever put out! Listen with your friends! Also, re: the title “Three Hard Winters,” it’s a reference to Fimbulvetr, the three harsh Winters (without a Summer) in Norse mythology that is the prelude to Ragnarök.

00:00 – Sammy Kay & the Easygroove Allstars – So Long (Easygrooves Vol. 1 ’13)
03:46 – Rude King – Lose Before I Start (It’ll Probably be Alright ’13)
07:13 – Corey Dixon and the Zvooks – Goodbye, so Long (Come and Go ’01)
10:43 – the Shifters – Moving On (In it! ’12)
14:04 – Stop the Presses – Leading Lady (eSKAndalo! ’13)
21:14 – doctormanette – 2¢ (the Same Thing Over & Over ’97)

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23min of Ska : Live Coverage on WJLA

Ok, so I found a few awesome ska covers this week and I wanted to play them for you. Then one thing lead to another and this became an all ska cover show. Note: I’m a pretty damn hard sell on ska covers in general, so believe you me, this is the cream of the crop when it comes to covers! Now, press play and get ready to start dancing!

00:00 – Rude King – Cool Kids (A Fat Comp : a Fan-Made Tribute to Fat Wreck Chords ’15)
02:14 – Bombskare – Twist & Crawl (Specialized 2 : Beat Teenage Cancer ’13)
04:40 – Big D & the Kids Table – Old Friend (Hooligans United : a Tribute to Rancid ’15)
07:43 – Bomb the Music Industry! – If Assholes Got Awards, I’d Have a Trophy Case (Shine Some Light : a Benefit for Dan Lang-Gunn ’08)
10:20 – Cartoon Violence – House of Fun (Specialized 3 : Mad Not Cancer ’14)
12:17 – Reel Big Fish feat. Rachel Minton – Lyin’ Ass Bitch (Duet All Night Long ’07)
16:30 – the Holophonics – Radioactive (MaSKArades Vol. 3 ’13)
18:40 – Dan P. – a Moment of Silence (You by Me Vol. 1 ’10)

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23min of Ska : 8% Return

For the triumphant return to more modern ska, I went to my listeners and asked what they wanted. Got a few good suggestions, all which are in this podcast. Then, due to my online begging, King Duncan of the Shifters sends me on of their brand new songs. Basically, if you aren’t a close personal friend of the band, this is the first chance to hear it! Man it is a ripper! Also there’s a song from Rude King, that Jon Bravo made sure to get to me right away for you all to hear, that was just released last Saturday! Seriously, so much great new ska for you on this episode it is insane!

00:00 – the Amphetameanies – House of a Hill (Last Chance Bordello ’14)
03:07 – the Shifters – Making Waves (brand new recording! ’15)
07:27 – the Skints – Friends & Business (FM ’15)
10:40 – Nguru – Fight for Your Right (Timezone II ’08)
13:28 – Rude King – Busted Now (Coming Back to You ’15)
16:49 – Bigtopp – Teach Yourself (Next Stage ’15)
20:24 – the Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Who’s Fooling Who (Mashin’ Up the Nation Vol. 3 & 4 ’98)

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23min of Ska : the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

Can you believe it? 5 years of 23min of Ska? That’s nuts! I had no idea that when I put the first episode together in January of 2010 that I’d ever have a handful of listeners or still being doing it even a few years later! I can honestly say that it blows my mind. To everyone out there that sends me songs to play (bands, labels, listeners) I say thanks, you help me find stuff that sounds great and helps make the show better! So I hope you all dig this episode, as well as all the episodes, and I’ll see you all here next year, yeah? And, as always, thanks for listening, and enjoy!

00:00 – the Robustos – Miles to Go (Introducing… ’97)
02:47 – Coolidge – I’m an Idiot (Pop Star Baby ’07)
05:51 – Stop the Presses – New Years (eSKAndalo! ’13)
09:03 – the Amphetameanies – Took Some Time (Last Chance Bordello ’14)
12:47 – I Voted for Kodos – Not Tonight (Dear Chris Demakes, I’m Also Never Going Back to New Jersey ’13)
15:30 – Rude King – Until the End (Ruder, Better, Faster, Stronger ’11)
19:07 – Yum!Yum!ORANGE – プレゼント (Jelly Beans ’06)

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23min of Ska : the Colossus of Rhodes

Life is some kind of crazy adventure, if you’re not out there living it, what is the point of living? If you’re going to do anything, do it to the hilt! Live large. Why not? Why not start living that way today? Just keep your ego in check and you be as big a deal as you want to be!

00:00 – the Amphetameanies – the Wrong One (Last Chance Bordello ’14)
02:37 – the Bohunks feat. Roger Rivas – Too Easy (In the Waiting Room ’11)
05:32 – the Upsessions – Big Boss Reggae (Beat You Reggae ’09)
08:07 – the Skarsoles – 4 More Shots (When We Were Kings ’13)
11:50 – el Bosso & die Ping Pongs – Brutus (Hier und Jetzt oder Nie ’14)
15:11 – Crazy Baldhead – a Long Way Off (Boots Embraces ’13)
18:37 – Rude King – Reality (It’ll Probably Be Alright ’13)

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23min of Ska : Some Help to Pass the Time

Here’s a selection of songs to help get you from one end of your day to the next. Actually, it can’t do that, it’s only 23min long, that’s far too short! But, I dunno, play it over and over again? Or pause it after a minute and wait and hour to hit play again for another minute. Something like that, right? All kidding aside, I hope you dig this! That’s a fresh new track from the Delirians, I’m really enjoying their debut full length! Also, check that Rude King track East Coast, cuz Rude King is gonna be all up in ya in a few weeks! You best get out to see them, their live show is certainly something to behold, and they are some of the friendliest folks I’ve ever met!

00:00 – the Delirians – Get Up (Get Up! ’14)
02:34 – the Freecoasters – Keep Moving (the Freecoasters ’14)
04:52 – the Stiff Joints – Wish You Were Mine (Circus on Repeat ’13)
08:13 – Daniel Flores & the Rumba Box – Hard Man Fe Dead (Todo Hombre es Una Isla ’12)
11:22 – Rude King – the Gift (It’ll Probably be Alright ’13)
14:43 – los Kaites – la Noche de las 10 000 Luces (Desde el Imperio de la Decadencia ’12)
18:24 – Johnny Socko – Torgugas (Full Trucker Effect ’97)

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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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