23min of Ska : RJ Phoenix Must Die!

Another astonishing, amazing and extraordinary episode of 23min of Ska gold for all you fallen angels and hellions! It’s down right uncanny how ska factors into life and is a force to be reckoned with! So here’s another inferno of an episode to enjoy, because ska is immortal!

00:00 – Flying Raccoon Suit – Run Away (the Shape of Ska Punk to Come Volume II comp ’21)
01:54 – Skavoovie & the Epitones – Beardman Ska (Fat Footin’ re-release ’22)
04:54 – Catbite – Everybody Talks (Wavebreaker #2 ’22)
07:46 – Monkey – Pride & the Animal (Station Wagon Living ’02)
11:20 – We Are The Union – Rasputin (Rasputin ’21)
14:15 – the Kinky Coo Coo’s – Full of Hope (Full of Hope / Alive Brain ’09)
17:13 – Grey Matter – Senator (GREY MATTER x SHARKANOID ’18)
18:45 – Courtesy of Tim – Phoenix (Tomorrow Again ’21)

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Thanks to Jessica for sharing Worm & Mazzy with us for this episode!

23min of Ska : Vesper Lynd

Alright Bond fans, I bet you’re all looking at that image for this episode and saying “Why are you calling this episode “Vesper Lynd?” That’s clearly a photo of Honey Rider!” And I’ll say “You’re not wrong… but in reality is a photo of Ursula Andress, who yes, played Honey in “Dr. No” but this is from when played Vesper in the original “Casino Royale,” so there!” Then we can debate if that should be counted as a true Bond movie or not. At any rate, here’s a bunch of fantastic ska music, so listen to that instead of debating me about spy movies, okay? You know these bands all rule, right? So get ta listenin’! Looks like I won this imaginary argument with the power of music. Rad.

00:00 – Viernes 13 – Let Me Tell You (Thirteen Rules ’15)
04:50 – Two Tone Club – True and Big Love (Now is the Time ! ’07)
09:12 – Skavoovie & the Epitones – Hi-Ball (Fat Footin’ ’95)
13:05 – the Kingpins – Matchbook (plan of ACTION ’00)
15:29 – the Doped Up Dollies feat. Maddie Ruthless – Righteousness  (the New Way Out ’16)
18:19 – the Untouchables – Wild Child (Wild Child ’85)

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23min of Ska : Number 6

Listen up all of you, Skavoovie & the Epitones are putting out a live album! For real! and it is my extreme pleasure to play one of these songs for you! Now, I’m not at liberty to say how I acquired this track, but I must say that you’ll be glad I came across it to share with you. So note this, there is a special release and a live album coming! Get excited for 2018, for it holds some gems in its future! Oh, and look at the rest of this track listing, this is gonna be a great episode, listen up!

00:00 – Skavoovie & the Epitones – Ts Tsa Cha (FROM THEIR FORTHCOMING LIVE ALBUM!!! ’18)
02:40 – the Kingpins – Watch Your Back (Watch Your Back ’96)
04:53 – the Chalk Outlines – Let the Feeling Show (the Chalk Outlines ’16)
09:00 – the Interrupters – This is the New Sound (the Interrupters ’14)
11:32 – the Stiff Joints – Angry (First Proper Album ’17)
14:06 – Pordescarte ft. Percance – Me Voy A Tomar (Radio Pordescarte ’18)
17:29 – the Contenders – On the Ropes (split release w/ Bluebeat Company ’16)
20:06 – the Meow Meows – London Road (Friends on Benefits ’15)

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23min of Ska : the Bronze Door

I don’t get personal here too much, but man did I have a suck day at work. I’m overtired, overstressed, and over everything. Then I sit down and start picking out songs for this episode. It starts to melt away. Not all of it, but enough to keep me pushing towards the weekend. Hope this episode can help you in the same regards

00:00 – the Skints – Come to You (FM ’15)
02:27 – the Snails – I’ll be Back Someday (Songs from the Hydrogen Jukebox Volumes 1 & 2 ’14)
05:47 – Skavoovie & the Epitones – Lucy (the Growler ’99)
08:24 – the Shifters – Skinhead Reggae (No Worries ’14)
11:07 – Dan Potthast – I Went In (Eyeballs ’99)
12:59 – Sonic Boom Six – All the Same to Me (the F-Bomb ’16)
16:00 – the Doped Up Dollies feat. Coolie Ranx – Be Free (the New Way Out ’15)
19:58 – the Copacetics – No Fool (Ska Royal ’16)

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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 : the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Did everyone have a good New Years Eve? I hope that you did! I hope that you’re ready to get the day going with some great ska music. Day, what amd I talking about, I mean year! Let’s get 2015 started right, eh? Jump up and get down to the grooviest sound around!

00:00 – Mustard Plug – Aye Aye Aye (Aye Aye Aye / Piece of Mind ’10)
02:13 – MU330 – Tune Me Out (Crab Rangoon ’87)
04:47 – My Man Friday – Come Dancing (Sassy Girl ’97)
07:34 – Johnny Socko – Long Live the Dead Guy (Oh, I do Hope it is Roast Beef! ’95)
13:04 – the Pinstripes – Mother (I ’11)
16:49 – the Offenders – Walk of Shame (Shots, Screams & Broken Dreams ’11)
20:15 – Skavoovie & the Epitones – Drunk (Ripe ’97)

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23min of Ska : Frankenstein

The modern Prometheus, Sheeda-born, conqueror of Mars, agent of S.H.A.D.E. and first of the Grundy Men, carrying his handy steam-gun and the sword of the Archangel Michael it’s Frankenstein’s Monster. OK, yeah, this description is mostly based on Grant Morrison’s version of the character for DC Comics, but damn, read it and say it isn’t the best version of the character ever.

00:00 – the Toasters – Frankenska (Thrill Me Up ’88)
02:44 – Stand Out Riot – Playing with Hammers (Carnival Militia ’09)
06:38 – Goldfinger – Answers (Goldfinger ’96)
09:18 – Skaos – Frankenstein’s Party (Beware! Skaos …is Approaching!’88)
12:05 – Skavoovie & the Epitones – Solomon Grundy (Fat Footin’ ’95)
15:19 – Do It With Malice – Lindy Likes it Ruff (the Big Ska Gamble : November ’12)
18:51 – the Siren Six! – Burn (the Voice with the Built in Promise ’97)

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23min of Ska : Lust

By now you see what I’m doing with the episode titles right? If so, awesome, thought you would’ve caught on last week. If you still don’t get it, try paying attention in bible class next Sunday. Also, it was the last of the easy loose themes to follow. So, uh, don’t expect the next four episodes to be as on point as this one is, and it really isn’t too on point either. What it is though is a bunch of great ska music! And yeah, at the end you can see that I’m in my ’90s ska rut again, so what, those songs rule!

00:00 – Royal City Riot – Fire (Coast to Coast ’09)
03:08 – Easy Big Fella – Mint Julep Me (Pacific Sound System comp ’14)
07:41 – the Bluebeaters – Toxic (One Drop version) (Toxic / Catch That Teardrop ’14)
10:53 – Greenhouse – Love Noise (Tomorrow the World ’98)
13:16 – Skavoovie & the Epitones – She Sure Can Cook (Fat Footin’ ’95)
18:18 – Johnny Socko – the Rousing Theme Music (Bovaquarium ’94)
19:52 – Reel Big Fish – Skatanic (Turn the Radio Off ’96)

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23min of Ska : Half a Dozen Jokers Gone Wild

Some of these songs have been kicking around in my head for inclusion for quite some time, I’m glad I finally am getting the chance to play them all for you! I hope this is another episode that you can listen to and enjoy, as I know for one that I really enjoy this episode.

Club99 – Move! (Club99 ’13)
Skavoovie & the Epitones – Wildfire (Ripe ’97)
Demon Waffle – Joke’s on You (Eat Your Breakfast ’12)
Matt Wixson & the Pinstripes – Surely You Can’t be Serious (Surely You Can’t be Serious ’12)
Threat Level Burgundy – Go Big or Go Homeless! (…and Then Things Got Weird ’13)
Dr. Ring Ding Ska-Venganza – Dancing with the Fat Man’s Lady (Piping Hot ’12)

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23min of Ska : the Shape of Things to Come

I’ve never been one of those people to say that music saved my life, let alone ska music. It didn’t, in the least. But music, especially ska music has enhanced my life in ways I can’t begin to count. It cheers me up when I’m down, it makes me dance when I’m already up, but most of all, it let me meet some of the raddest group of people I’ve ever known. From back in the day when I got into it, up to today, I just can’t believe the friends and acquaintances I’ve made through ska. It really shocks me sometimes. But yeah, ska didn’t save my life, but it might have made it worth living.

Show Me Island – the Stomp (Show Me Island ’13)
the Dropsteppers – Move One Up (Darker Side of Grey ’13)
Step Lively – Sea of Strangers (the Trigger Effect ’99)
the Vengers – the Shape of Things to Come (Push This? ’95)
Skavoovie & the Epitones – Desert Gold (the Growler ’99)
Murphy’s Kids – Enthusiastic Strangers Say “Hell Yes!” (This is Where We Live ’13)
Skazofrenia – Ciudadano (This is Skazo ’12)

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