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East Bay Skanking Express

Eric Din — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:14:04 +0000

Today’s East Bay Express features a great story about Friday’s contest by Nate Seltenrich. Nate captured the energy of the event beautifully, and the quotes are priceless. Here’s MC Eric Cash with some of the winning skankers on stage right before the finale. You just finished reading East Bay Skanking Express! Consider leaving a comment!11GB [...]

Skanking Fool’s Dance Contest # 3 a smash!

Buster the Ska Doggie — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:21:09 +0000

127 contestants skanked their butts off to live ska music by The Uptones, Hectic, and The Street Vendors @ La Peña Friday nite. DJ Ox kept the dance hall bouncing for the contestants and the rest of the sweaty crowd between sets, and comedian Eric Cash MC’d & announced the winners. 2nd prize winners all [...]

Questions only the Skanking Fool could answer

Buster the Ska Doggie — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:30:46 +0000

Q: How do I win your dance contest? A: You must have a number to win the contest. After receiving your number, skank through the entire Uptones set, and then wait for the judges to announce the winner. Q. Where do I get a number? A. Numbers are assigned the evening of the contest at [...]

Hello Ska World

Eric Din — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 20:37:24 +0000

Hi, this is Eric and Moose from The UpTones. We got depressed when we could not find a ska section in our local record store in Berkeley. We then went to Amazon and iTunes and everywhere else online, and couldn’t find ska as a genre. It’s either under “alternative” which is bollocks, or listed as [...]