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Everyday Fishbone

Buster the Ska Doggie — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:11:23 +0000

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.

Flyover Ska Show rockin’ with Sic & MAD

Buster the Ska Doggie — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:09:30 +0000

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.

SKA GETS WARPED

Buster the Ska Doggie — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:16:39 +0000

This just in!

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.

Barb @ Mashable Gets Ska!

Buster the Ska Doggie — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:02:32 +0000

Hats off to Barb at Music Mondays on Mashable.com. Included in this week’s posts is some SKA from the bay area’s Uptones. “Ridiculous,” a Ska anthem, was her first SKA post! Let’s bug her for more. Make a comment here.

Unkle Fun’s Ska Sundayz

unklefun — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 06:11:34 +0000

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.

Love and respect to Sister Davies

Buster the Ska Doggie — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:31:03 +0000

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.

Ska memorabilia showcase at the British Music Experience…

mike — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:10:54 +0000

The newly opened ‘home of British music’ at The O2 has an AMAZING Ska showcase with, get this…original lyrics by Steel Pulse, The Specials and UB40, Lynval Golding’s suit, 2 Tony ‘Gad’ Robinson Aswad hats, Rock Against Racism footage and artifacts and loads of 2 Tone Records fan club material.

Find out more at www.britishmusicexperience.com

The Origin of the Word “Ska”

Eric Din — Mon, 25 May 2009 16:18:56 +0000

There are various theories about how the word “ska” came to be. Here is a fascinating discussion that tries to get to the heart of the matter.

Uptones Skank at the Ska Shrine

Cynthia — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:03:43 +0000

It Ska Mod Mod Mod Mod Mod World!

Eric Din — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:37:13 +0000

There has long been a connection between the fashion and music of Mod and Ska. Though Mod was born in England, and Ska was born in Jamaica, they have shared certain looks, sounds and attitudes, over time. In Los Angeles in the early 1980s these styles came together in a new and big way.

Here’s a great article by Kevin Long, one of the original singers of LA’s Mod Ska sensations The Untouchables. It’s a must-read if you want to learn about the history of Ska and Mod in Southern California. Long is what you’d call a primary source on this matter. He lived it, he knows it, he’s a knowledgeable fan, and a star of the scene.

Less informative but also entertaining, here’s a TV news bit about Mod in LA in the 80s, that features the UT’s and some of their lovely fans.

The Untouchables owned LA. They were one of the sharpest dressed bands around, and musically outstanding. If you don’t know who the UT’s are, or why they are important, you need look no further than this original video of their hit, Free Yourself.

“Free Yourself” probably summarizes the attitude of these LA scooter boys better than anything else. Rebels with a cause, if you will.

The UT’s still perform live, check their myspace for the where and when.