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00:00 – Rude Girl Revue – My Way (Our Way: The Rat Pack Collection comp ’23)
04:08 – the Pomps – Gatekeepers (Alternate America ’17)
07:29 – Death Rosenstock – Leave it in the Ska (SKA DREAM ’21)
09:57 – Mike Park – Lose with Me (Wave Breaker #2 ’22)
12:04 – Coolidge – Luckiest Guy in the World (Condition Transmission ’21)
16:25 – Telethon – Cyan (Swim Out Past the Breakers ’21)
18:08 – Lo & the Magnetics – Shipwrecked Heart (A Part ’05)
20:46 – “You’re Wondering Now”
Art by Brian Bolland
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23min of Ska was produced by RJ Phoenix
The “You’re Wondering Now” Bands roster includes, in order of appearance:
Skanic, No Water Please, Andy and Joey, the Rabustos, los Fastidios, the Dualers, the PMR Ska Society, the Learners, the Rhythm Express, Banana Poyo, Dancing Mood, Carlene Davis, Skatune Network, Isaac et Nora, Lollypop Lorry, L’Home Llop & the Astramats, la Valentina Ska, KočevSKA Orkestra, Fuera Fondo & Sisa Féherová, Rude Six, the Carousels, and the Specials w/ the 23 Minute Choir
The 23 Minute Choir includes:
Michael DuFault AKA MicroD, Mark Simpson, Middagh Goodwin, Gordy Davidson, and Anthony Rondina
So, uh, why comics for the theme of the 19th Session of 23min of Ska? Honestly, because I l dig them. Comics were my first pop culture love. Sure, television and movies were OK, but I never had strong allegiances to any show or franchise. But then I found comics… oh man, it was on! I was mostly a news stand kid before eventually finding my way to the specialty stores, one of which I ended up working at in my 20s. A few years later I got into ska, so they’re both foundational blocks of who I am, so why not combine my love of each, for better or worse, over the next few months! So yeah, these are my favorite comics I’m paying tribute to, with my favorite bands. If you haven’t heard of either, go check them out!
You are smart.
What I loved about ska shows back in the mid-’90s was that you really didn’t know what you were going to get. A more traditional ska band, a ska/punk band that was more punk than ska, a 2 Tone revival sounding band, a ska/punk band that was more ska than punk, a band with 4 members, a band with 10 members, a band full of high schoolers or a band full of actual adults! It really was all over the map like that, and the thing that brought those bands to our towns and the crowds to the venues was the ska that was at the center, in some way, of it all. This episode represents that love of all things ska that I had as a young man encountering shows not knowing exactly what I was going to see, but at the same time knowing that I was going to dig it!
Ok, sure, a Dark Pretzel ride isn’t technically a roller coaster. It’s something else. It’s in the family for sure. Kinda like this episode. All these songs are for sure in the ska family, but they mess around with the style, push and pull away from the beat, but there’s a touch of ska in each. I hate to brag, but I really like this episode… a whole lot. I hope you do too!
Oh man, this episode was so close to not coming out at all! Seriously, big hardware failure over here! But things got figured out and BAM! It. Is. Ska time!
23min of Ska 