Marco On The Bass (bass player for Bigger Thomas) blogs about the closing of Knitting Factory in NYC: “This past Friday night saw the closing of yet another venerable club here in New York City. The Knitting Factory joined CBGB’s, The Continental and many others that helped to grow, nurture and support the NYC ska scene over the last 25 years. The Knit (as it was affectionately known) regularly booked ska bands and (read whole article)“
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Just found this excellent article about Monkey by Steve Palopoli on metroactive.com.
San Jose’s Monkey have a message for a new era
BARACK OBAMA: the ska president? That’s what it seems like to Curtis Meacham, guitarist, vocalist and head songwriter for San Jose’s longtime ska band Monkey. In the final days of the Bush administration, he explains, the music’s popularity was at an all-time low.
“We’ve been through some pretty rough times, where people just expressed their desire to either not be in the band or to not continually beat Continue reading ‘Pick of the week: Monkey – Agents of Change?’
What is happenin’ YO?
Are the latest headlines pushing you over the edge?
I’m still pushy about pushin the ska genre into the world and beyond!
Obsession isn’t the right word for me right now…
I simply love Ska music, fans and bands.
But take a moment and check out the threads, man…the threads!
FRI MAY 1ST
FISHBONE LIVE!
A VERY SPECIAL HELLAMAD CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION
BANG DATA * MONKEY
Dj El Kool Kyle
That’s Right Folks, FISHBONE is coming to the Shattuck Down Low. Fishbone lives up to their legend as THE group to bridge the gap between the funk of George Clinton and Continue reading ‘Fishbone? Monkey? May 1st Shattuck Downlow…’
20 years on the scene… Almost 900 gigs in 10 countries (Czech republic, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Croatia, UK, Slovak republic)… Continue reading ‘Polemic – Pick of the Week’
Whatever you call it…
Either way I have been browsing the web every day for ska.
And there is a lot of it out there.
Thank you Skanta!
