23min of Ska : Rickmancing the Ska

I created this episode 2 weeks ago, but I couldn’t upload it. That’s right, even with out internet I made the episode and I was trying to find a way to upload it and create art for it, and I just kept failing on those two fronts. So I tucked it away, ran the Holiday episode last week and now it’s back to business… Mr. Business… dammit! I just thought of that! I should’ve given the art a Bob’s Burgers theme! Oh well, too late, enjoy this schwifty episode, and that’s the waaaay the news goes.

00:00 – Rudebeard – A Mucky Fumble on a Pishy Auld Mattress (A Tale of Lockdown Love Against the Odds, Parts 1, 2 and 3) (A Mucky Fumble with Rudebeard ’22)
03:29 – For The Record – Are You Still Watching “the Office (U.S.)”? (Fake it Til You Make it ’22)
06:53 – the Bruce Lee Band – I’ll Feel Better (One Step Forward, Two Steps Back ’22)
08:51 – On Camera – American Entertainment (On Camera ’22)
12:17 – Space Monkey Mafia – It’s Always Sunny in Quarantine (It’s Always Sunny in Quarantine ’22)
14:51 – Skamanians – Love Boat (Ride Again ’14)
18:33 – Dr. Rocket and the Moon Patrol – TV Lover (Dr. Rocket and the Moon Patrol ’99)
20:38 – Cheatin’ at Solitare – Cheers! (Audrey ’20)

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23min of Ska : Halloween Special!

Did… did I go too far with this one? It’s the sixth “Halloween Special” I’ve done, and I didn’t want to disappoint… but I fear I may’ve gotten a little carried away with the spooky ska sounds. Enjoy it… if you dare!

00:00 – Blossom – Happy Day (My Own Little World ’95)
03:28 – Grave Danger – Wake the Dead (Wake the Dead ’22)
06:56 – BomWise – You’ve Been Ghosted (You’ve Been Ghosted ’22)
10:33 – the Valkyrians – Astro Zombies (Punkrocksteady ’14)
13:11 – the Magnetics – Poison Heart (Cocktails & Fairytales, Vol. 1 ’20)
16:17 – the Big Skandal – Lovers Lane (Lovers Lane ’21)
19:25 – Rudebeard – Rudebeard meet the Goat of Mendes (Rudebeard meet the Goat of Mendes ’21)

Keep this spookiness with you… until death!

23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
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23min of Ska : a Baker’s Dozen to Go!

Time to make the ska podcast!

00:03 – the Anchorage – Wild Stories (Wild Stories ’22)
02:53 – Rival Roots – One Door (One Door ’22)
05:47 – Bumsy and the Moochers – Jump the Gun (Diet Violence ’22)
08:49 – Jaigon Orchestra feat. tú tú – Nhu Mì (Kíp Đào Hoa ’22)
12:29 – the Scotch Bonnets – Give Paris a Chance (Songs from the Astral Plane, Volume 1 comp ’21)
15:33 – Rudebeard – Larry in the Hole (the Good, the Beard and the Ugly ’21)
19:45 – the Unsustainables – You Hate to See It (the Unsustainables EP ’22)

If you want to jam out to this episode at anytime, feel free to download it!

23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
Want to submit your band? Email: submissions@23ska.com
(no Spotify or Youtube links please)
Send me a pic of yr cat! Include the kitties name! I may use it in future episode art! Email: podcast@23ska.com
Thanks to Dane for sharing Jillie Bean with us for this episode!

23min of Ska : Jason & the Rude-sters

Show me that ska again. There’s 23 minutes ready for your listenin’. We’re nowhere near the end, this episode is ready to begin. As long as we got each other, we got the records spinnin’ full of tunes. Listeners, you and me, we gotta be the luckiest rudies who never quit skankin’!

00:00 – Lekker Origineel – Complot (Complot ’21)
03:15 – Young Costello feat. Mario Salazar – Party All the Time (Party All the Time ’22)
07:07 – The SKAMOTTS – WIND MACHINE (君の街 / WIND MACHINE ’22)
10:32 – los Fastidios – Monkeys (XXX: the Number of the Beat ’21)
13:27 – the Regards – Start to Stop (Probation Vol. 1 ’21)
15:27 – Dr. Ring Ding – Tin Spam (Still Stubborn – Volume 1 comp ’22)
18:55 – Rudebeard – Calm Down Karen (the GOOD, the BEARD and the UGLY ’21)

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23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
Want to submit your band? Email: submissions@23ska.com
(no Spotify or Youtube links please)
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23min of Ska : Episode of the Villain

Here’s an episode, a bunch of songs that either have titles of comic book villains, or make fit that theme in some way. They say a hero is only as good as his villains and that’s not wrong, even when the villain a world gone mad.

00:00 – Rudebeard – Disgrace (Disgrace ’20)
03:28 – Battle-Ska Galactica – Living a Lie (Living a Lie ’20)
07:17 – the Classy Wrecks – Superman (is Going to Hell) (Bedrocksteady ’18)
10:42 – Jim Murple Memorial – the Joker (Stella Nova ’17)
13:32 – Cartoon Violence – Black Cat (Passive Aggressive ’18)
16:39 – the Slackers – Two Face (Better Late than Never ’96)
21:01 – el Grande – Write My Wrongs (Brick City Sound ’19)

23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
Want to submit your band? Email: submissions@23ska.com
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Show support for the bands by clicking on those links and checking out their websites and music! Show support for the podcast by liking & following the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and at 23ska.com. Also, feel free to subscribe and listen to the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher.

Another way to support this podcast is to listen to and support our sister podcast On the Upbeat!

23min of Ska : Mix Tape : the ’10s Side B (part 2)

…And we’re at the finale! Woo hoo! You’ve lived through the 2010s via ska music, once again! We’re closing it out with another load of fantastic tracks! Most of these are songs I was surprised to find that I hadn’t played earlier for all y’all!

So, let’s get real… I’ve done these “mix tapes” for the 1960s – 2010s now, I’ve done 18 sets of 23 episodes for a total of 414 episodes, and there’s a handful of episodes over at GeekNerdery that I’ve done (but I repeat songs on that one… so… it’s not “cannon?”) and I’ve tried various interview shows over the years (the most recent being “the Ska After Party” and if you’re up for it, I’m still doing that with co-host Matt Vest on “On the Upbeat”), so it begs the question… where do I go from here with 23min of Ska? Is there still gas left in the tank? I sure hope so! I have some ideas, hopefully you’ll come along with me, but do me a favor, tell your ska loving friends about this show… Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of folks saying “Hey check out this band, I just discovered them!” and I’m all “WHAT! I’ve been playing them for years, because that BAND IS AWESOME!” I just want to spread all the ska love, help me out here, eh? Thanks, and I’ll see you all next week!

00:00 – Deal’s Gone Bad – Tell Me what You Know (About Love) (Heartbreaks and Shadows ’14)
03:41 – SKA Petarda – Al Capone (Niewypał ’16)
07:12 – Run and Punch – It’s Not You (No Loose Ends ’13)
09:14 – the Smoking Barrels – in “for” (Unfinished Business ’11)
11:40 – the Shifters – I’m in Love (Limited Edition Tour EP ’13)
14:26 – the Loose Ties – Your Last Chance (Champ of the Week ’12)
16:18 – Soweto – Don in the Arena (Turn on the Music Again ’17)
19:18 – Rudebeard – Au Revoir (Smell Yer Ska ’19)

Show support for the bands by clicking on those links and checking out their websites and music! Show support for the podcast by liking & following the podcast on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and at 23ska.com. Also, feel free to subscribe and listen to the podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher.

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23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
Want to submit your band? Email: submissions@23ska.com
Have something else to say? Email: podcast@23ska.com

Another way to support this podcast is to listen to and support our sister podcast On the Upbeat 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 : You Call It Vol. 18

First off, thanks to everyone for letting me take a week off! I try not to, but the holidays got to me and I wasn’t able to get my stuff together. Such to the effect that I asked for suggestions on what to play on this episode. I got a TON of responses! But hey, we always have next week to play those! Also, feel free to toss your hat into the ring and suggest songs for the next episodes, because man oh man, I have so much going on that I could use the help. Currently mapping out the next year of 23min of Ska and the Ska After Party and I’m very excited to have you all along for the ride.

00:00 – Ska Jazz Messengers – Mil Veces No (Radio Edit) (Mil Veces No (Radio Edit) ’19)
03:28 – Bootleg Catch Up – Olympia (Bootleg Catch Up ’19)
06:05 – Tom Nevers Field – Impossible (Impossible ’19)
08:19 – Vieja Skina – Barrios Altos (4 ’19)
13:11 – Crash & the Crapenters – She’s Subatomic (She’s Subatomic ’19)
15:59 – the Swashbuckling Doctors – Here Comes the Milkman (Rescue the Universe ’17)
20:25 – Rudebeard – Thrown Away (Wide-Os on the Rise ’19)

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

Want to submit your band? Email: submissions@23ska.com
Have something else to say? Email: podcast@23ska.com

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!