It’s another episode full of ska from coast to coast and all over the world, delivered straight to your ears! With out the support of you listeners I wouldn’t be able to keep this up, so thanks for listening, after all, I can’t do it all on my own, I’m no superman.
00:00 – GOATS DRIVE DELOREANS – Be bOp Ebola (Life is a slap yo mama song ! ’22)
03:38 – the Magnetics feat. Susan Cadogan – My Oh My (My Oh My ’22)
07:20 – Dance Contraption – Stir it Up (World Keeps Spinning ’21)
10:13 – ¡FUÁKATA! – Wonder Why (Wonder Why ’22)
13:20 – Drop Party – Horns Up! (Horns Up! ’22)
17:25 – the Bar Stool Preachers – Don’t Die Today (Too Hectic! Ska Punk Goes International comp ’22)
20:27 – Razika – Jeg gir alt for at du skal gi deg (På vei hjem ’13)
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Ok… so… this is the 300th episode. It is also the first episode of 2018 and the first episode in a new set of 23 episodes all loosely based on fictional secret agents. But you’d think I’d have more to say about doing the 300th one of these, right? Personally, I cannot believe I’ve created 300 mini ska mixes to share with all of you. Every time an episode gets a share and a like on facebook, or an upvote on reddit, or a heart and a retweet on twitter I get a little happier inside. All those small things encourage me to want to keep sharing what I find and what I’ve found that’s great about ska music. Some of the messages I’ve gotten from bands and listeners have meant the world to me as well, seriously, you are all far too kind. Now, I’d like to say “Here’s to 300 more episodes!” While I cannot quite promise that, I can promise that this podcast isn’t going anywhere soon, so look forward to another 50 weeks of this show in 2018! (Sorry again about missing last week!)
Unlike last week, I’m keeping it pretty traditional as far as the sound goes. I mean, there’s still some room for other genres to worm into the ska beat, but it certainly isn’t punk or rock this time. It’s a laid-back kind of sound this week. I hope you all enjoy. Oh, and take care of each other out there, it’s been a rough one this week.
Tired. Overworked. Stressed. But then again, I’m hardly alone in that department. We all need to let go a bit. Lean back and breath. Life can get pretty complicated if we let it. It’s about the only thing that’ll tie itself up into knots if we don’t fuss with it. Get out of town if you need to, and if you live in the country, get into town, it’s more fun there than us city folk like to let on. That said, he’s another batch of fantastic ska music that I hope that you enjoy.
When I started putting this episode together, I was pretty mellow, I was digging what I was assembling, but I thought it needed some bite. The next day I sat down to “improve” it and I was already angry. I was wasn’t having any of the mellowness of the day before. As I picked and tossed new songs I started finding my way back to a more laid back state. This episode isn’t going after you, but it also isn’t a going to lay down, it shall be heard and you shall dance to it!
23min of Ska 