23min of Ska : the Deadliest Drop!

Man is life full of ups and downs. At one minute you’re having a great day, eating a taco, the next thing you know a bird swoops down and steals that taco, but then you have a sweet ska podcast to listen to. See, ups and downs!

00:00 – JER – You got Yr —- Card Revoked! (BOTHERED / UNBOTHERED ’22)
03:11 – Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra ft. midories, Neru Nagahama, Katakura High School Wind Orchestra – Tsubame (Tsubame ’22)
07:32 – Drewvis – My My, Ouso Eyes! (My My, Ouso Eyes! ’22)
10:51 – Inokasira Rangers – Teenage Kicks (Rangers Patrol 1977~1982 UK! ’16)
13:14 – the Hacklers – Rude Bhoy (Another Round ’20)
17:14 – Joker’s Republic ft. Buddy Schuab – Necessary Evil (Necessary Evil ’22)
20:04 – the Hostiles – Resentment (Party Cup! ’18)

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23min of Ska : Houses of the Rudy

Have you heard the news? Ska is back! Oh you knew that… well… awesome! Glad you are listening, and thanks!

00:00 – the Step Daughters – Right Sound (the Right Sound ’22)
02:57 – Cartoon Violence – Black Book (Tit for Tat ’13)
06:14 – Mr. Kingpin – Actions Speak Louder (Introducing Mr. Kingpin ’21)
09:06 – Half Past Two – Your Way, Your Time (Your Way, Your Time ’22)
11:44 – Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra – 9 (SKA=ALMIGHTY ’21)
14:23 – AKA the Syndicate – Average Man (AKA the Syndicate ’21)
17:53 – ChainSka Brassika – Eye Scratcher (Tales of a Londoner ’22)

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23min of Ska : That’s My Ska!

This is an episode that I’ve been thinking of doing for a looooong time, and I’m finally pulling the trigger. It was all because of the new single from the Guilty Parties which is the second track here. But yeah, this is ska being ska, singing about ska, singing about skanking, and celebrating itself the only way it knows how.

00:00 – Jim Murple Memorial – Ska’s Not Dead (Stella Nova ’17)
02:48 – the Guilty Parties – Guilty Skankin’ (Guilty Skankin’ ’21)
05:41 – Club 99 – Ska’s Back in Town (Club 99 ’13)
08:05 – the Prizefighters – Do the Ska Steady (Check One-2: the EP ’19)
11:07 – Lollypop Lorry – Jamaican Ska (You’re Wondering Now / Jamaican Ska ’21)
13:39 – Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra feat. Angelo Moore – All Good Ska is One (Walkin’ ’12)
17:35 – the Red Stripes – Do the Ska (Made in Hong Kong ’20)
20:20 – Ten Cent Fun – Skankin’ in Moon Boots (Ten Cent Fun ’93)

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23min of Ska : Halloween Special!

I just checked… this is volume five of my official Halloween ska series… it’s hard to believe to me too! Halloween seems to be a favorite of ska and ska/punk bands so they’re always a fun and easy type of episode assemble. I hope you enjoy and have a fantastic Halloween weekend, stay safe out there!

00:00 – Mento Buru – (It’s a) Monster’s Holiday (Skalloween ’21)
03:14 – Grave Danger – Specter Inspector (Specter Inspector ’21)
06:43 – Alex Dominish & Carlos Morales – About Gerald… (‘Tis the Spooky Season, Vol. 1 ’21)
10:18 – Ghost Bomber – Ghost Bomber (GHOST BOMBER! ’21)
14:59 – the Sensibles – skankin’ zombies (Nuclear Paradise ’21)
18:04 – Skatune Network – Hex Girls (SKALLOWEEN ’21)
19:55 – Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra – Vampire (Skapara Toujou ’90)

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23min of Ska : Secrets of the Underground Ska Scene

New ska you say? Yes, here it is! New ska! As old as this March and as new as yesterday! It’s new ska for all! Listen up and enjoy!

00:00 – Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra – Ska Salvation (SKA=ALMIGHTY ’21)
01:45 – Flying Raccoon Suit – Red Herring (Afterglow ’21)
04:54 – Coolidge – Leave Me Alone (Transmission Condition ’21)
08:07 – the Best of the Worst – Wishing Well (Better Medicine ’21)
10:32 – Oka Over – Mir macht keiner was vor (Oka ’21)
13:25 – Jeff Rosenstock – SKrAm! (SKA DREAM ’21)
15:53 – Half Past Two – Some Nights (Some Nights ’21)
18:54 – Hub City Stompers – Limbo (Limbo ’21)

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23min of Ska : the Millionaire’s Holiday

Last year I kept encountering more and more ska music that was rather, for lack of a better term, lounge-y. I’ve always been a fan of Martin Denny and exotica lounge stuff, as well as the more popular stuff by Nelson Riddle, and even more modern throwbacks like Tipsy and the Pizzicato Five. So I kept updating a playlist labeled “Lounge Type Ska” as 2020 rolled on, and when I had more than enough songs I tried my hand at getting them assembled into this episode. It’s not a dancing episode, it’s a relaxing episode, so sit down and raise a glass, you’ve earned it.

00:00 – the Magnetics – Campari (Cocktails & Fairytales Vol. 2 ’20)
02:48 – charlot – メランコリア (メランコリア / What is going on ’round you? ’20)
07:04 – the Fanculos – Lady in Cement (Lady in Cement ’20)
10:54 – Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra feat. Rina Katahira – Lying Lips [2020 Remaster] (TOKYO SKA TREASURES ’20)
15:14 – the Insteps – Saladin (Eleven Steps to Power ’96)
19:43 – Orquesta Brasileira de Música Jamaicana – Ghost Girl from Ipanema (Check One – 2: the Spirit of ’79 comp ’19)

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23min of Ska Convoy : Lockdown and Loaded

About the Tracks:
Nathan Leigh and the Crisis Actors – This Machine Kills Centrists
Nathan Leigh and the Crisis Actors are an interesting project that tends to play punk-influenced folk and rock music, but has been known to pull influences from all over the map ranging from swing to ska, to country and beyond. They pulled yours truly into play trombone on this record and it’s one of my favorite projects I’ve been a part of. Their new album, “Myths, Conspiracy Theories and Other Things I Made Up to Sound Interesting” dropped last week, and it even had a ska song on it, lamenting an all too familiar attitude in our political discourse.

The Autocratics – Brainwashed Friend
The Autocratics, from Tokyo, Japan, are what would happen if you took bands like Bad Manners, Madness, and the Specials further refined that nutty two tone sound to its apex. Fronted by Shuhei Yokota (Rude Bones), The Autocratics have been carrying the two tone torch in Japan for over a decade now and have developed quite a fanbase, and yet remain one of ska’s best-kept secrets. So grab your Fred Perry, crack open an ice-cold Stella and enjoy The Autocratics!!! Brainwashed Friends is my favorite track off the band’s debut album.

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra – Perfect Future
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra is, for lack of a better description, perfect. My favorite band by about a mile and a half, having been together for over 30 years they’ve got a catalog deeper than the Marianas Trench. The band’s trademark of blending ska with just about anything you can think of and making it their own is evident on this track, the leadoff/title track of 2009’s “Perfect Future ”

Karikatura – White Lies
The quick way to describe Karikatura is to say they play trans-global soul or world indie. A deeper inspection, however, yields a dizzying array of sounds ranging from jazz to cumbia to reggae to funk and of course the aforementioned soul. Crisscrossing the world for over 10 years, they dropped this aggressive meringue track, White Lies, as a response to the Eric Garner murder and Black Lives Matter movement. Diverse and eclectic music with (a) soul.

Warsaw Poland Brothers – Summer of Ska
Warsaw Poland Brothers are the unsung heroes of the socal/southwest ska scene. Having been active for over 30 years, and forming 2 sub-bands (California Celts, Kalifornia Krauts) they have managed to carve out a cult following from coast to coast. Great songwriting and excellent musicianship from the Poland brothers (Chris and Aaron). Summer of Ska is a single off the as of yet unreleased 8th album! The perfect track to get you ready for summer, even if we’re all stuck indoors. Catch these guys if you ever get the chance and wish their singer Chris a happy 50th Birthday!

About Chris:
Chris Malone is a busy guy. Having been playing trombone in ska bands from all over the NYC/Long Island area for over 20 years, he is currently the bandleader/singer/trombonist in NYC based ska-punk band The Pandemics, he also occasionally plays with raggacore legends Pilfers. In addition to being an active musician, he also runs the fledgling record label, Lonely Atom Records, runs the Touring Ska Bands Facebook group (a resource for independent ska bands looking to book their own tours), and curates a Spotify playlist called The Best Ska Bands You’ve Never Heard Of that spotlights 5 criminally underrated ska bands from all over the world, hoping to shine a spotlight on all of the great ska bands making great music under most people’s radars. The playlist is updated every Wednesday!

00:00 – Nathan Leigh & the Crisis Actors – This Machine Kills Centrists (Myths, Conspiracy Theories, and Other Stuff I Made Up To Sound Interesting ’20)
01:59 – THE AUTOCRATICS – Brainwashed Friends (the Autocratics ’17)
04:42 – Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra – Perfect Future (2020 Remaster) (TOKYO SKA TREASURES ’20)
08:28 – Karikatura – White Lies (Speak Now ’16)
12:35 – Tommy Tornado and the Clerks – Downhill (Back on Track ’19)
17:04 – Warsaw Poland Bros. – Summer of Ska (Summer of Ska ’19)

RJ sez: I added the Tommy Tornado and the Clerks song because, well, I like that band, and this song seemed like it’d be in good company with all the great tracks that Chris chose. There’s not too terribly much I can add about Chris that he didn’t already cover, but I don’t think he mentioned the Lonely Atom Youtube though, so go subscribe to that! I’ve known Chris for a few years now, he was even a guest on the late Ska After Party and we’ve kept up with each other via social media all this while. We’ve actually verified that we’ve been at shows at the same time, but that was well before we got in touch with each other. So this wraps up the Convoy series. It was a lot of fun these last 7 weeks, and it went so smoothly and brought so much good stuff to the show I’m fixing to find a way to do it all over again. If I’m lucky, I’ll find another talented batch of folks to collaborate with!

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23min of Ska : You Call It Vol. 16

For this holiday weekend… I’m kinda taking the day off and I let the 23min of Ska listeners pick the songs this time. Also, I kinda gave them the day off too by collecting songs that had been suggested for this kind of podcast quite a while ago, but I never got around to playing. I plan on doing another one of these next week, so if you have any suggestions, comment below! Thanks again for listening and have a great day!

00:00 – the Hotknives – David Jones (About Time ’10)
03:55 – Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra – Silent by Your Side (Paradise Blue ’10)
08:55 – Mustard Plug – Jerry (Evil Doers Beware! ’97)
12:18 – Talking Heads – Totally Nude (Naked ’88)
16:21 – Farin Urlaub – Abschiedslied (Endlich Urlaub! ’01)
19:47 – Runaway Ricochet – Quicksand (Gas Station Culture ’18)

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23min of Ska : Peppermint Patties

Ready for a laid back chill episode? Well, here it is… kinda… I’m not going to say it’s laid back and chill the whole way through, but boy oh boy there are certainly real moments of it. There’s some straight up ska, ska/soul and ska/lounge on this episode that I think/hope that you’ll really enjoy listening to.

00:00 – Millie & Jimmy Cliff – Hey Boy, Hey Girl (Ska at the Jamaican Playboy Club comp ’68)
03:06 – New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble – Perfidia (Break Thru ’19)
05:23 – the Steady 45s – I’m so Proud (I’m so Proud ’19)
08:51 – Western Standard Time – Man in the Streets (a Big Band Tribute to the Skatalites Vol. 1 ’12)
14:08 – Skastra – Hilang Asa (Minor 7 ’17)
18:40 – Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra – Brazil (Walkin ’12)

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23min of Ska : You Call It Vol. 13

Welcome to the 13th installment of you the listener picking out songs for me to play on the podcast! I think we have a pretty damn good episode here if I do say so myself. I literally take no credit, this awesome episode is because of all your awesome suggestions! Thank you, and enjoy!

00:00 – Runaway Ricochet – Four Leaves (Gas Station Culture ’18)
02:38 – the Reggaskas – Mr. Trumpet (Long Way Home ’16)
06:45 – DISSIDENTE / ДИССИДЕНТЫ – Black Bloc (FRONTLINE ’17)
09:43 – Mr. Incommunicado – Hunt You Down (FLÜD ’17)
13:10 – Heavyball – Black Eye Friday (Black Eye Diaries ’14)
16:18 – Spirit of the Wildfire – IVV (Paradisolation ’17)
19:38 – Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra feat. Toshi-Low – To Fellas with No Ambition (Glorious ’18)

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