Sir Unkle Fun’s new site is L!VE, Skiatches!

by Buster the Ska Doggie on December 7, 2011

in Best Thing Evar,General,Ska'd For Life,Skalarly Works

Step right up, don’t be shy, visit Rude Boy Rude Girl Social immediately. Listen to the podcasts and sideshows, check out the posts about new and old Trojan releases, meet other rudies and rockerz and generally have a good time. Check out the Skaliday version of the Last Supper! Your life will improve. Two paws up.

Skareetings, Skarumble!

by Buster the Ska Doggie on August 25, 2011

in General,Ska'd For Life,Skalarly Works

Received an email from the man with the plan at Skarumble. This is a site with a skagenda that you should check out. Another bloggie keeping the ska doggies happy whirled whide. Buster doggies sez clik it..

Marco On The Case

August 25, 2011

This ska doggie has been notoriously busy herding cats and chasing doggie biskits. Meanwhile ska news comin’ in hot from Marco On The Bass: Montreal Ska Festival Announces The Skatalites & The Toasters as Headliners The third installment of the Montreal Ska Festival, which is quickly establishing itself as the premiere ska event in North [...]

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Welcome..

February 6, 2010

..to Ska 4U, our outpost on the Interweb for love of all things ska. Thanks for the emails with ska band links, keep ‘em comin’ to buster at ska4u dot com. More soon.

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Ska on iTunes Warped Comp

June 4, 2010

For the second year in a row, teh Vans Warped Tour has teamed up with iTunes store to deliver a free promo DL featuring some of the bands playing the tour. This one is heavy on the punk and ska, and that makes this ska doggie happeh! Check it out =) One for USA, and [...]

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Flyover Ska Show rockin’ with Sic & MAD

July 17, 2010

A fun podcast from Minnesota’s ska community, featuring an entertaining interview with Sic & MAD‘s Vic Ruggiero and Happy. You may bust it by clicking here. Fans of The Slackers must not miss, and all the rest o’ you ska doggies and kittehs should check it out too! Skaducational. Inskarational, even. Buster approves.

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Everyday Fishbone

July 24, 2010

Looking forward to checking out the new Fishbone Documentary, Everyday Sunshine. There’s some links to some excellent reviews and articles about the movie here.

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Cloverdale Ska? But yes!

August 11, 2010

The songs stuck in my head is a super shweet skinhead reggae and ska podcast from Cloverdale Dave outta (u guessed it) Cloverdale, CA, the 2nd coolest small town in America. Have a listen, you’ll be glad you did. This is all str8 from Dave’s gr8 collection of original vinyl sides, and we’re talking some [...]

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Specials on Letterman! Specials on Letterman! Specials on Letterman!

August 23, 2010

Teh Interwebs is full of Best Thing Evars. But really and truly, the Best Thing Evar is that THE SPECIALS (Best BAND Evar) are playing Letterman (Best Late Nite TV Show Evar) Thursday night, August 26. So you see, Best Thing Evar.

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The Great Roy Ellis, LIVE in Oaksterdam

October 11, 2010

If you’re anywhere near Oakland, Oct 30, ya don’t wanna miss this!! This ska doggie will be there fasho. @ the Oakland Metro Opera House. Directions here. Tickets here. Go deh!

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Brrrrrilliant new articles from Marco On The Bass

November 21, 2010

One of our favorite ska bloggers, Marco On The Bass has been busy writing some gr8 stuff lately. In recent posts he’s covered Hepcat drummer Greg Narvas’ ‘I Was a Teenage Filipino Skinhead’ comic series, and some fascinating deets about the latest incarnations of The Specials and The Selecter. He’s even giving away a copy [...]

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London International Ska Festival

December 2, 2010

The London International Ska Festival is shaping up! Here’s a partial lineup so far: KEN BOOTHE THE ENGLISH BEAT with Dave Wakeling BOB & MARCIA JAMES HUNTER THE SKA FLAMES* DUB PISTOLS THE TROJANS THE LOAFERS* HOTKNIVES* (orig.lineup) BIM SKALA BIM* MAROON TOWN INTENSIFIED DJ MARK LAMARR DJ GAZ MAYALL To stay up on this, [...]

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The Hoovers Live on KSAN-FM 1980

January 16, 2011

From one of our most favoritest blogs, Marco On The Bass, comes this article about The Hoovers. The Hoovers were a band from the two-tone era, based in San Francisco with two Brits at the helm. Marco found an mp3 at fellow ska blogger Tone And Wave’s blog, of The Hoovers’ appearance on legendary San [...]

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Check us out in mp34u.fm!

January 29, 2011

MP34U. fm has a cool ska playlist featuring tunes we’ve proudly posted here. Click to listen!

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Happy Skanko De Mayo!

May 5, 2011

Buster approved!

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Ska In Peace, Lloyd Knibb

May 16, 2011

Heaven just got a whole lot more danceable with the addition of Lloyd Knibb, longtime drummer for the Skatalites. Respect and love to his whole extended family, and to fans the world over who loved and enjoyed his music. Lloyd Knibb, more than anyone else, invented and continually refined and re-invented the ska beat, thus [...]

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Ghost Town Turns 30

June 18, 2011

One of the greatest tracks ever made. BBC has a nice article about it here.

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The Steadys NYC, Skankin’ On In Thee Blogosphere

July 8, 2011

Here’s a swell article from Marco On The Bass reviewing the music and hijinks of NYC’s The Steadys. The band was founded by a 17-year old Rob Gainfort in early 1989, after he was told by Rob Hingley of The Toasters that he was too young to audition as a lead singer! Marco conducts a [...]

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