23min of Ska : the Deadliest Drop!

Man is life full of ups and downs. At one minute you’re having a great day, eating a taco, the next thing you know a bird swoops down and steals that taco, but then you have a sweet ska podcast to listen to. See, ups and downs!

00:00 – JER – You got Yr —- Card Revoked! (BOTHERED / UNBOTHERED ’22)
03:11 – Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra ft. midories, Neru Nagahama, Katakura High School Wind Orchestra – Tsubame (Tsubame ’22)
07:32 – Drewvis – My My, Ouso Eyes! (My My, Ouso Eyes! ’22)
10:51 – Inokasira Rangers – Teenage Kicks (Rangers Patrol 1977~1982 UK! ’16)
13:14 – the Hacklers – Rude Bhoy (Another Round ’20)
17:14 – Joker’s Republic ft. Buddy Schuab – Necessary Evil (Necessary Evil ’22)
20:04 – the Hostiles – Resentment (Party Cup! ’18)

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23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
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Thanks to Felix the Void for providing himself for this episode!

23min of Ska : the Long Good-Bye

“Try the girl” they mocked, but Foggy wasn’t having it, besides, she knew that blackmailers don’t shoot. She was looking for the finger-man that framed her. Sure, her necklace had broken at the crime scene, pearls are a nuisance, but she wasn’t the killer in the rain. The blackmailers caught up to her when she was on her way to a pick up on Noon street, and they threatened to turn her into the cops for messing in their business. She scoffed. She sized up her would-be captors, smirked and told them “Trouble is my business” and dashed off, knowing she had about 23 minutes to clear her name.

00:00 – the Prizefighters – Burnt Toast and Black Coffee (Firewalk ’19)
02:23 – the Fuss – Heartbreak (In Person ’22)
05:04 – Skatune Network – Ms. California (Honeyrude ’22)
07:02 – Mike Park feat. Karina Denike – I Couldn’t Wait Out Through the Night (Wave Breaker #2 ’22)
10:23 – the Magnetics – White Russian (White Russian ’22)
12:48 – the Spectacles – If I had a Million Dollars (If I had a Million Dollars ’22)
18:09 – Streetlight Manifesto – the Big Sleep (Everything Goes Numb ’03)

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 Dylan for sharing Foggy with us for this episode!
(sorry if I misgendered your cat, Dylan)

23min of Ska : Walt Jabsco Wants You

Here’s a new episode.

I like it.

I hope you do too.

00:00 – Skatune Network – Cuffing Season (HoneyRude ’22)
02:41 – Kill Lincoln – Civil Surgery (Can’t Complain ’20)
06:13 – Skastra – Slonong Boy (Minor 7 ’17)
08:47 – Glen Ricks – Can’t Let You Go (Ghetto Boy ’22)
11:24 – Kevin Batchelor – Blues (Kevin Batchelor’s Grand Concourse ’11)
13:46 – Cynimatics – Unify (Insane Today ’20)
16:30 – KEEKs – Racist Man (try. ’19)
17:43 – Some Ska Band – Better Together (Better Together ’22)
20:32 – Orquestra Brasileira de Musica Jamaicana – Pagode Russo (VOLUME II ’13)

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23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
Want to submit your band? Email: submissions@23ska.com
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23min of Ska : I’m a Rudie, You’re a Rudie!

Here it is, we’re closing out the year on a high note! All these songs rip! Hope you had a good year and listened to a lot of great ska! 2021 brought us great music, a handful of shows, but not much else. Let’s hope everything continues to get better next year!

00:00 – Pinnacle Sound, Jr Thomas – Thankful (Thankful ’21)
02:45 – JER – Ska has Progressed Past the Need for Incels (The Shape of Ska Punk to Come Volume II comp ’21)
05:29 – the Replicators – Ass(istant) Man(ager) (Don’t Take Me Home ’21)
09:12 – Eichlers feat. We Are The Union – 2 OF US (2 OF US ’21)
12:03 – Fink’s Constant – Last Call (Hanging on by a Thread ’20)
15:42 – Threat Level Burgundy – Sweating to the ’80s (Silver ’21)
19:36 – Lollypop Lorry – You’re Wondering Now (You’re Wondering Now ’21)

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.

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Download this episode so you can listen to it any time you’d like!

23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
Want to submit your band? Email: submissions@23ska.com
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23min of Ska : Halloween Special!

I just checked… this is volume five of my official Halloween ska series… it’s hard to believe to me too! Halloween seems to be a favorite of ska and ska/punk bands so they’re always a fun and easy type of episode assemble. I hope you enjoy and have a fantastic Halloween weekend, stay safe out there!

00:00 – Mento Buru – (It’s a) Monster’s Holiday (Skalloween ’21)
03:14 – Grave Danger – Specter Inspector (Specter Inspector ’21)
06:43 – Alex Dominish & Carlos Morales – About Gerald… (‘Tis the Spooky Season, Vol. 1 ’21)
10:18 – Ghost Bomber – Ghost Bomber (GHOST BOMBER! ’21)
14:59 – the Sensibles – skankin’ zombies (Nuclear Paradise ’21)
18:04 – Skatune Network – Hex Girls (SKALLOWEEN ’21)
19:55 – Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra – Vampire (Skapara Toujou ’90)

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!

Download this episode so you can listen to it any time you’d like!

23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
Want to submit your band? Email: submissions@23ska.com
(no Spotify or Youtube links please)
Have something else to say? Email: podcast@23ska.com

23min of Ska : the Discovery of the Secret Basement Show

Oh I am so excited to share this episode with you! Kicking it off w/ 2 brand new high energy songs from Coolidge and Cartoon Violence! Two of my favorite current bands bringing us all new music! Not that the rest of the tracks aren’t awesome, because they are, JER, Runaway Ricochet, WST Ska Orchestra, Small Town Get Up and the Fuss are also some of my very favorites, and favorites to share w/ you. Also the Moan, just discovered them and really wanted to share this track, hope you enjoy!

00:00 – Coolidge – I don’t Wanna Hang Out (Condition Transmission ’21)
01:56 – Cartoon Violence – Friend or Foe (Friend or Foe ’21)
05:18 – the Moan – Bang Bang (Why Wait for Love? ’20)
07:42 – JER – Breaking News! Local Punk Doubts Existence of Systemic Racism (Breaking News! Local Punk Doubts Existence of Systemic Racism ’20)
10:37 – Runaway Ricochet – Spunk (Gas Station Culture ’18)
14:05 – WST Ska Orchestra feat. Greg Lee & Alex Désert – Artibella (Big Band Tribute to the Skatalites, Vol. II ’15)
16:02 – Small Town Get Up – Beautiful (Time and Space ’21)
19:23 – the Fuss – On the Run (Ourselves ’18)

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.

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Download this episode and listen to it whenever you dig

23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
Want to submit your band? Email: submissions@23ska.com
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23min of Ska : the Homecoming Issue!

Oh man, it’s that time of year again in the States (or elsewhere as well, I’m a ska fan, not a historian of the world and its celebrations) where people head back to their small towns and take in a football game or whatever and the high school kids are all fretting about the big dance… yup, it’s homecoming season! So yeah, find that old jacket that’s been packed away for decades, blow the dust of the ludicrously expensive class ring, and maybe talk to some of the few cool people you went to school with… you know the ones, the ones in your “Screw the actual “cool” people” club! Yeah, all your friends! I swear, call both of them! It’s Homecoming mother bitches!

00:00 – SkaTune Network – Cold Raviolis (Pick it the Fuck Up! ’19)
02:56 – Ska Trek – True Confession (Move Along ’00)
05:48 – El Grande – Never Going Back (Brick City Sound ’19)
08:59 – SICK PINS – Vertical Drops (Now That’s What I Call Sick Volume 1 ’19)
11:11 – High School Football Heroes – Don’t Come Around (We’ve Fooled Around Long Enough ’06)
14:25 – King Kong Girio – You Won’t Say It (King Kong Girio 1 ’11)
17:50 – illuminati hotties – New Girl (Hidden Tape Unlocked: Vol 1 comp ’19)
20:18 – Prince Buster – 30 Pieces of Silver (30 Pieces of Silver / My National Ska ’64)

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