23min of Ska : Fits

Sometimes we all need a fresh start in life, if you do, take it! As long as you getting out there and getting a new outlook, try to be slow to anger and avoid the snark of life. Renew. Refresh. Get ready to kick some ass! This world is yours for the living, so live it up! Keep going strong, and when you need a break take one. When you need a new start, head out in that direction with purpose! No half assing allowed from now on! Be in it to win it! What do you win? A life well lived, because trophies are bull shit. The only reward you get is peace of mind and a smile on your face, isn’t that enough?

00:00 – Stray Bullets – Knife for the Pusherman (Ghost Town Rockers ’14)
02:35 – the Delirians – Midday Melody (Get Up! ’14)
06:41 – the Suicide Machines – Hey (Destruction by Definition ’96)
09:09 – the 27 Red – Secret Agent Man (Make Your Game ’03)
12:23 – My Man Friday – Cantina Ska (Monkey Business ’97)
14:06 – May Weather – the Intimate Times are Killing Me (Your Life on Optimism ’12)
17:44 – the Taj Motel Trio – All Outta Angst (4 Songs 7 Inches ’15)
19:28 – Survay Says! feat Dave McWane – This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things (Observations of the Human Condition ’14)

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23min of Ska : Zatanna

Kcip ti pu! Netsil ot siht edosipe sdrawkcab! Or don’t, it really wouldn’t make much sense to do a thing like that, but if you do, and it unlocks the secret of the universe, let the rest of us know about that. Either way, the way ska brings people together and that is a magic in its own right! Yeah, music is more that just words and notes, it is almost like a spell. It can express what you’re trying to say more than the words you’re speaking, try to tell me that isn’t like using a superpower!

00:00 – Survay Says! – Ode to My Willpower (or Lack Thereof) (Observations of the Human Condition ’14)
02:51 – Sammy Kay & the East los Three feat. Vic Ruggerio – Highs and Lows (Love Letters ’13)
05:30 – Red Soul Community – Rest of You (Rest of You / Horny ’12)
07:57 – MU330 – Rocket Fuel (MU330 ’99)
09:27 – Dallax – Glow of My Life (Heart Storming ’11)
12:57 – Aggressors B.C – the Great Escape (the Tone of the Times ’13)
18:33 – the Longshots – Books (the Longshots ’11)

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23min of Ska : When Life Gives You Some Lemons

When life has gotten you down, and you don’t know what to do about it, just stop, think, and smile. Seriously, it sounds goofy as all hell, but it works. It really does. I hate to sound like a hippie here, but it is just as simple as that. And if you need some help returning to that happy person you once were, toss on this episode to brighten your day up! It’s a keeper w/ a ton of great tracks!

00:00 – Deal’s Gone Bad – Sweet Morning (Heartbreaks & Shadows ’14)
03:25 – Big D & the Kids Table – I’d Rather (Good Luck ’99)
06:10 – Dan P & the Bricks – Footdown (Watch Where You Walk ’12)
09:16 – the Snails – Liberty Street Lights (Songs from the Hydrogen Jukebox vol. 1 ’14)
12:18 – the Hourglass Cats – Too Damn Rude (Too Damn Rude ’14)
15:32 – Sammy K & the East los Three – Lost in My Youth (Love Letters ’13)
18:48 – Survay Says! – Turn the Page, Wash Your Hands (Observations of the Human Condition ’14)

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23min of Ska : Brews, Fights, Friends and More Brews

It has been a rough week. Working overtime, filing taxes, trying to get back into the exercise habit. That’s just my current burdens, e know we all have our own that we have to carry from week to week until we can shrug them off. The thing is, is that we have to keep looking forward to a brighter future. It’ll happen, for some of us it is as close as the next weekend, drink or concert, but it is coming! So don’t let what life has thrown at you get you too down, as it’ll right itself soon, so that you may grin from ear to ear once more.

My Man Friday – Third Place Miss America (Night of the Exotic Tiki Gods ’99)
Aggressors B.C – Tone of the Times (Tone of the Times ’13)
Skandalous All-Stars – Columbus, TX (Age of Insects ’99)
the Pomps – Icepack! (Top of the Pomps! ’12)
Vent – Alive (Not Punk Enough ’00)
Hörinfarkt – Komm nackt und bring Bier mit (AbhörSKAndal ’14)
Survay Says! – Show Me Potato Salad! (Things I Need to Say ’13)

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23min of Ska : Five Points of a Star

Here’s another week of great ska and ska/punk music for all ya’ll! As always I hope you enjoy it! It’s been a rough week for me, and I’m just glad that this episode of great songs from great artists came together so simply and easily so that I could keep this podcast on time! The title for this one, it means nothing. Sorry about that. The episode is a winner, but this description is not. Wait… I can feel it, I can feel the cosmos!

Mustard Plug – What Does She Know (Can’t Complain ’14)
Dave Hillyard & Friends – Guilty (California ’13)
the Branlarians – Wanty & Getty (the 1st and Maybe the Only! ’13)
Bim Skala Bim – At Wo’s (Bones ’92)
No Such Noise – Ready (For Closure ’13)
Counting Coins – What Gives You the Right (What Gives You the Right ’13)
Survay Says! – Denial (version 2) (Things I Need to Say ’13)

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23min of Ska : an Early Delivery

BAM! When you least expect it, here’s a full on music episode! Time to get down and dance! A lot of newer stuff going down here too! We open up w/ the Shifters, who if you haven’t heard of by now, now you know, and now that you’ve heard them, you love them. It’s cool, it happens to everyone! Love of the Shifters is inevitable. This episode also as Survay Says bringing some awesome ska-punk from their new single and the Suburban Legends hitting us up w/ some pop-ska from their latest album. The Upsessions and the Rotterdam Ska-Jazz Foundation bringing us all some great music from Netherlands and a brand new song from the Loose Ties and their upcoming album. This episode closes out w/ a song from the One Droppers who sadly broke up late last week. You were a great band, the One Droppers, you’ll be missed! Thanks for all the music!

the Shifters – You Say (In It! ’12)
Survay Says! – Gas Money Millionaires (Dear JCP&L, I’m Tired of This Nonsense ’12)
the Upsessions – Hold Me Belinda (Beat You Reggae ’09)
Suburban Legends – Emergency (Day Job ’12)
Rotterdam Ska-Jazz Foundation – No More Sorrow (Motiv Loco ’07)
the Loose Ties – Where’s the Girl? (Champ of the Week ’12)
the One Droppers – the UpBeat (the Big One ’11)

If you’re in a ska band and would like to be interviewed or have a song featured, please email me at radjose[at]gmail[dot]com.

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23min of Ska : Story Book

What’s the story fellow ska fans? I’ve got a fine new batch of songs ready to go! Oddly enough when I started this episode every song was from 1997 and 1998, but as the days went on I found more and more great bands that I just had include! Some of these I got by being super sneaky and stalkery on facebook, others I found when I went looking for new songs by other bands and happened to see mentions of these fine bands. Seriously, four of these bands I didn’t even know about until this month! The current state of ska continues to surprise and delight me. I couldn’t be happier to be putting together podcast for you guys every 11ish days, I hope you all continue to enjoy listening to this as I do making it!

the Heat Machine – 10 Things I Hate About Your Boyfriend (No Coast Dance Party ’09)
the Waffle Stompers – the Genius Behind Being a Fool (Black on Black ’08)
Hepcat – No Worries (Right on Time ’98)
Victor’s Lament – Living for Today (Victor’s Lament EP ’09)
Survay Says! – Tomorrow or Today (Well… Here it is! ’10)
the Agents – Long Time (401 ’00)
Critical Mass – It doesn’t Really Matter (Give it Up, Let it Go! ’97)

If you’re in a ska band and would like to be interviewed or have a song featured, please email me at radjose[at]gmail[dot]com.

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