23min of Ska : You will Surely Win in the End

Ska is like candy, there’s a wide variety, and it’s all pretty sweet!

00:00 – the Hotknives – W.L.N. (Screams, Dreams and Custard Creams ’00)
02:08 – Yum!Yum!Orange – CHANGE MY LIFE (Orange Juice ’04)
05:32 – the Fuss – That I Know (In Person ’22)
08:51 – Wersja De Lux – Number One (City of loss ’22)
13:04 – Half Past Two – Magic Dance (Magic Dance ’22)
16:27 – Vespa – Polska Miejska (Bujaj się ’03)
20:29 – Dan Potthast – I’ve Set Sail (Eyeballs ’99)

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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)

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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)
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 : Vacation : This Is Ska

Takin’ it easy the next few weeks, folks. In fact it’s time for a vacation! This week while I’m kickin’ back, I have Middagh Goodwin picking out the tracks for today’s episode. Middagh is the genius behind the “This is Ska” podcast, as well as SO MUCH MORE! He’s a dude worth following and getting to know, that’s for dang sure!

00:00 – the Skatalites – Outback Ska (On the Right Track ’07)
03:19 – Spy Kids – Carousel (Covert Action ’20)
05:10 – G-Men – King Suggs (King Suggs ’22)
08:03 – Monkey – Intermittent Waves (Intermittent Waves ’18)
09:08 – the Fuss – We’re Going Out (We’re Going Out / Dangerous Love ’17)
12:28 – Soul Radics – Mash Dem All (Big Shot ’15)
16:53 – Sonic Boom Six – No Man, No Right (the F-Bomb ’16)
19:38 – Smoke and Mirrors Soundsystem – Learn and Burn (Strength in Numbers ’21)

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23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix, this week w/ help from Middagh Goodwin
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23min of Ska : the Mystery of Abe Lincoln on a Cruise Ship

Another episode of 23min of Ska and another episode full of ska from all around the world! And recent ska to boot! As always, enjoy, and thanks for listening!

00:00 – M’Ghadi – Schöfli (M’Ghadi ’21)
02:58 – the Fuss – It’s a Shame (Ourselves ’18)
05:33 – Well Charged – Family Tree (Lift Up Sessions ’18)
09:21 – Malambo Ska Band – Ball Park Incident (Listen Up! ’21)
12:55 – Skabara – Skatterparadis (Råttkasino ’21)
16:06 – ghost tones – Fancy Tonight (Strange Terrain ’21)
19:49 – the Magnetics – Suspicious Minds (Suspicious Minds ’21)

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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)

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23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
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23min of Ska Cross Over : Checkered Cast

This week’s episode is a collaboration with Christine from Checkered Cast! It’s a podcast that features interviews, music, & ska talk from two ska loving gals! Christine brings a lot of great laid back tracks to this episode and I try to match and keep up in kind. It was so much fun doing this, so check out her podcast and stay tuned for her co-host Tara’s shot at “working” with me!

00:00 – Resonators – Sweet Love Affair (Sweet Love Affair ’10)
04:27 – the Skints – the Forest for the Trees (FM ’15)
08:37 – the Fuss – Driving Me (Ourselves ’18)
12:19 – the Loving Paupers – Lines (Lines ’19)
16:28 – the Bodysnatchers – Too Experienced (Easy Life / Too Experienced ’80)
18:52 – Hollie Cook – Superstar (Superstar ’17)

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23min of Ska is produced weekly by RJ Phoenix
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23min of Ska : Inverted

Ah, looks like we’re at the end of another roller coaster of a 23 episode set of 23min of Ska, hence the multiple songs about endings. Thank you to all the bands over the last 23 weeks for allowing me to play your music! Thank you to all the listeners as well! The podcast will be going on a bit of a break the next few weeks, but it won’t be gone! 23min of Ska will be doing several listener suggestion episodes! Send suggestions to “radjose@gmail.com” or leave a comment.

00:00 – Alexander & the Greats – Roller Coasters (Roller Coaster ’18)
03:18 – the Holophonics – Sleepwalker (Phantom Arrival ’18)
07:40 – the A-OKs – Words are Not for Eating (Words are Not for Eating ’10)
11:37 – the JB Conspiracy – Drop Your Anchor (the Storm ’13)
15:53 – Matt Wixson – Throwaway (Hell is Other People ’18)
19:10 – the Fuss – Red Hot Trainwreck (Ourselves ’18)

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23min of Ska : Alpine

Oh man, I’m so excited!
Excited to share this episode with all of you!
I hope it gets you through your workday.
Or gets you through that drive home on Friday.
Maybe even just add to the excitement that is this weekend.
Whatever, just as long as you know that I’m excited to get all this great music into your ears!

00:00 – the Fuss – Riot (Ourselves ’18)
03:29 – the Fad – Mary Jane (Get After It ’18)
06:00 – the Kingpins – Sick Valentino (plan of ACTION ’00)
09:34 – Matt Wixson – Hell is Other People (Hell is Other People ’18)
12:03 – the Unduster – Mouth Shut (the Red Album ’18)
15:44 – Hepcat – Tommy’s Song (Right on Time ’97)
19:38 – Skaciety – Yesterday’s News (Overstaying Our Welcome ’18)

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23min of Ska : Fourth Dimention

Hello friends, I hope that this episode is finding you well. It’s been another long week, but man oh man are we in “new ska season!” So many great releases just since the last episode! The Fuss, the Sentries, and Flip & the Combined Effort are all seriously fresh. Not to say that the new album from the Stupid Stupid Henchmen is more than a week or too old either! I truly hope you enjoy this fine selection of music and that it adds just a little to your day.

00:00 – the Fuss (DC) – Fifteen Pills (Ourselves ’18)
03:42 – the Stupid Stupid Henchmen – DTI (Chill Out and Die Later ’18)
05:55 – the Sentries – Renegade (Hot Session ’18)
08:46 – the Bar Stool Preachers feat. Vic Ruggiero – Looking Lost (Blatant Propaganda ’16)
12:58 – Death of Guitar Pop – Sweet Sensation (69 Candy Street ’17)
16:42 – the Pomps – Golden Fleece (the Pomps Save the Queen ’14)
19:18 – Flip and the Combined Effort – An Open Apology (This EP has No Theme ’18)

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23min of Ska : Vanilla Frosted with Sprinkles

Alright, I’m not here to upset all you ska/punk lovin’ kids, but this week, well, this week I have a laid back episode for you. If it’s not your thing, I get it, but damn, are these songs smooth as hell. When I think of ska I think of it as an inherently cool genre, and it’s these kinds of songs that make me think that. If this kind of ska doesn’t do it for you, I feel sorry for ya son. And for all those that get it, man, I wanna give you all a dozen low fives.

00:00 – the Fuss (DC) – We’re Going Out (We’re Going Out / Dangerous Love ’17)
03:21 – King Kong Girio – All the World (Now That I’m Gone ’13)
06:28 – Soul Radics – Still (Radication ’16)
09:52 – the Copasetics – Woman of My Dreams (Ska Royal ’16)
14:06 – the Pietasters – How We Were Before (Turbo ’02)
17:09 – the Classy Wrecks – No More Whiskey (Songs for the Extinct ’16)
20:00 – Stubborn All-Stars – Thankful (Back with a New Batch ’97)

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