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 Francisco FM radio station, KSAN. Badass.
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, simply join the London International Skafest Facebook page and you’ll get all the updates.
Total Buster approval.
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!
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. [click to continue…]
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 of the best music evar. Two paws up. Learned of this gem from Milesgehm on BayAreaSka after I posted the Uptones Cloverdale date there. Ah, and if I didn’t mention it here, The Uptones play Friday Night Live in Cloverdale, August 27. W00f.
