Ska 4U » Ska’d For Life http://ska4u.com Sat, 24 Jul 2010 23:18:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Everyday Fishbone http://ska4u.com/2010/07/everyday-fishbone/ http://ska4u.com/2010/07/everyday-fishbone/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:11:23 +0000 Buster the Ska Doggie http://ska4u.com/?p=2372 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.

]]> http://ska4u.com/2010/07/everyday-fishbone/feed/ 0 Flyover Ska Show rockin’ with Sic & MAD http://ska4u.com/2010/07/the-flyover-ska-show-rockin-with-sic-mad/ http://ska4u.com/2010/07/the-flyover-ska-show-rockin-with-sic-mad/#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:09:30 +0000 Buster the Ska Doggie http://ska4u.com/?p=2361 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.

]]> http://ska4u.com/2010/07/the-flyover-ska-show-rockin-with-sic-mad/feed/ 0 THE SKA PARADE 20th ANNIVERSARY WITH 6 HOURS OF SKA! @ VANS WARPED TOUR http://ska4u.com/2010/05/ska-parade-20th-aniversary-6-hours-of-ska-warped/ http://ska4u.com/2010/05/ska-parade-20th-aniversary-6-hours-of-ska-warped/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 20:30:44 +0000 Buster the Ska Doggie http://ska4u.com/?p=2329 Tazy Philips’ Ska Parade has been promoting and championing ska music and ska bands for two (count ‘em!) two whole decades. This ska doggie will be there, celebrating with Voodoo Glow Skulls, The Uptones, Knock-Out, Gogo 13, Monkey, The Impalers, The Skank Agents and more. This event takes place on the Kevin Says Stage @ the Vans Warped Tour in California. Tickets and venue info here. Big poster file here so u can print for yr wall. Buster sez don’t miss!

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The Vans Warped Tour 2010 will feature a Ska Stage, with The Uptones, The Untouchables and more ska greats, performing roots, two-tone, and 3rd wave ska classics. The brainchild of The Ska Parade’s Tazy Phyllipz, the Ska Stage will serve as an introduction to ska for the uninitiated, and a joyous skanking celebration for dedicated ska fans. Rumor has it the Ska Shrine will also be open to the skanking public at several west coast Warped dates. Watch this space and the Warped and Ska Parade sites for details as they emerge about this skantastic event.

]]> http://ska4u.com/2010/01/ska-gets-warped/feed/ 0 The Kingpins Still Shredding In Cyberhizzle http://ska4u.com/2009/09/the-kingpins-still-shredding-in-cyberhizzle/ http://ska4u.com/2009/09/the-kingpins-still-shredding-in-cyberhizzle/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:12:13 +0000 Buster the Ska Doggie http://ska4u.com/?p=1392 Apparently Montreal’s beloved Kingpins’ L’Aventurier mp3 has grown cyberlegs, and is running amok in the blog-o-sphere. That’s a good thing. More ska = more fun. More fun = a better world. The equation is simple. Carry on.

]]> http://ska4u.com/2009/09/the-kingpins-still-shredding-in-cyberhizzle/feed/ 0 Unkle Fun’s Ska Sundayz http://ska4u.com/2009/09/unkle-funs-ska-sundayz/ http://ska4u.com/2009/09/unkle-funs-ska-sundayz/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 06:11:34 +0000 unklefun http://ska4u.com/?p=1319
COME OUT COME OUT! to Unkle Fun’s Rude Boy Rude Girl Social. This is an exploration into Jamaican music From Ska, Rocksteady & Early Reggae and 2-Tone.

EVERY SUNDAY @
HOTSY TOTSY CLUB
601 San Pablo Avenue
Albany, CA
21 & up / No Cover!!!!!!

http://www.otit.org
http://www.hotsytotsyclub.com

Nightly drink specials and enjoy your Last Supper at our Taco Truck.

]]> http://ska4u.com/2009/09/unkle-funs-ska-sundayz/feed/ 0 Sweet Summer Sounds of The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies http://ska4u.com/2009/08/sweet-summer-sounds-of-the-cherry-poppin-daddies/ http://ska4u.com/2009/08/sweet-summer-sounds-of-the-cherry-poppin-daddies/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:30:33 +0000 Buster the Ska Doggie http://ska4u.com/?p=1347 Before Sublime (and all the bands after that seem to squeeze juicy ska reggae dub vibes from the California surf and sun!) The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies were cookin’ up some sunshine of their own in the rainy northwest town of Eugene, Oregon. Their name was a sort of deliberate confrontation with the hyper-PC reality of their surroundings, and it worked, garnering them plenty of controversy, critique, and, well, packed houses full of sweaty happy dancers! Here’s a taste of their musically sophisticated work – a charming song with epic reggae horns and panoramic vocal harmonies.

SusquehannaThe Cherry Poppin’ Daddies
“Blood Orange Sun” (mp3)
from “Susquehanna”
(Space Age Bachelor Pad)

More On This Album

The Daddies had a hit in the late 90′s with Zoot Suit Riot, which was more swing than ska, thereby annoying some of their ska fans even as they hit the big time. They just released a full-on ska CD, Skaboy JFK: The Skankin’ Hits of the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies taking the skankin-est tracks from their 20 year+ career and serving ‘em up on one album. The ode to closing time pick-up fiasco/tragicomedy, “2:29” is up as a free mp3 at AlternativeAddiction. Check it – excellent song and yes it’s ska, my puppies!

This has been, Buster The Ska Doggie, signing off.  More band features coming soon. Oh hey, thanks for the sweet emails this summer – I will get to all of them! It’s just that the weather is so nice I can’t seem to stay inside the dog house =) Woof for now


]]> http://ska4u.com/2009/08/sweet-summer-sounds-of-the-cherry-poppin-daddies/feed/ 0 Love and respect to Sister Davies http://ska4u.com/2009/08/love-and-respect-to-sister-davies/ http://ska4u.com/2009/08/love-and-respect-to-sister-davies/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:31:03 +0000 Buster the Ska Doggie http://ska4u.com/?p=1332 Here’s a nice article about Sister Mary Ignatius Davies, the nun who fostered ska, rocksteady and reggae. One of the unsung heroes of Jamaican music, she ran the music program at the Alpha School for wayward boys in Kingston, famous for the seemingly endless list of brilliant musical stars it produced. Found this on the SF Vintage Reggae Society blog (which has a GR8 music stream!) from a post at BayAreaSka. Buster loves teh Internets.

]]> http://ska4u.com/2009/08/love-and-respect-to-sister-davies/feed/ 0 iTones! Skanking Foolz, Unite! http://ska4u.com/2009/01/itones-skanking-foolz-unite/ http://ska4u.com/2009/01/itones-skanking-foolz-unite/#comments Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:06:36 +0000 Eric Din http://ska4u.com/?p=575 uptones-sfu150Yay! We are totally thrilled that today of all days, the Uptones first studio album, Skankin’ Foolz Unite! on Fun Fun Fun Recordings is available at iTunes. This makes us very happy. However! It’s listed, as we feared, as “Alternative” music! How can they call our ska music “alternative?” It’s a travesty. Skankin’ Foolz Unite! is a SKA record by a SKA band that loves SKA and is SKA SKA SKA! OK? Not alternative. Write it down. And here’s our deal, we want you to hear our music, so you can listen to the whole album online, for free, as often as you like. Just click play below. We only ask that if it rocks your socks, you’ll consider purchasing it at iTunes so’s you can take the files with you in your players and cars and discos and skank at the beach and in your bedrooms.

1. Skanking Fool
2. Get Out Of My Way
3. Bonnie And Clyde
4. Ridiculous
5. Bad Men Of Bodie
6. Not From Here
7. Radiation Boy
8. Book Of Rules
9. I Don’t Know Emilie
10. East Of The Pond
11. It Takes Money
12. Burning Sky
13. Too Much Pressure (Live @ iMusicast)
14. Pick It Up
15. Bested By Pelicans

]]> http://ska4u.com/2009/01/itones-skanking-foolz-unite/feed/ 0 Bay Area Ska? http://ska4u.com/2008/11/bay-area-ska/ http://ska4u.com/2008/11/bay-area-ska/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:13:09 +0000 Mooska http://ska4u.com/?p=46 Who is running Bay Area Ska?

www.bayareaska.com?

 

Mooska wants to know…

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