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The Specials Lynval Golding Talks About Lily Allen

Cynthia — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:26:45 +0000

The Specials’ guitarist explains why Lily Allen played a big part in the band re-forming, in The Guardian UK. You just finished reading The Specials Lynval Golding Talks About Lily Allen! Consider leaving a comment!11GB Free Music Locker!Elephant Backup has the best deal on Livedrive. Sign up now for 11GB of free online storage and [...]

Sweet Summer Sounds of The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies

Buster the Ska Doggie — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:30:33 +0000

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 [...]

Ska Shrine Becomes Immortalized By the U.S. Postal Service.

Buster the Ska Doggie — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:53:24 +0000

Yes, it’s true! The U.S. Post Office has authorized a postage stamp memorializing the Ska Shrine. And yes, you can buy these new issued stamps and help spread the word about Ska. You just finished reading Ska Shrine Becomes Immortalized By the U.S. Postal Service.! Consider leaving a comment!11GB Free Music Locker!Elephant Backup has the [...]

Moose Goes Postal 4 Ska!

Eric Din — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:06:49 +0000

Musashi “Moose” Lethridge, Uptones guitarist and builder of the world’s first Ska Shrine, recently demonstrated Proper Shrine Use and Etiquette, to help publicize the Ska Shrine Ska4Ever Postage Stamp. On hand to witness the first Solo Ska Shrine Skankfest, were Official Ska Shrine Videographer Jake Small, and assistant Shrine builder and Ska Music DJ Eric [...]

Skanking Miles Creates A Second Ska Shrine!

Eric Din — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:43:35 +0000

The “Ska Shrine” trend continues to grow Skanking enthusiast, Miles Gehm has built a Mobile Ska Shrine in San Jose, California. He skanks at this Ska Shrine to “Ridiculous”, a song coincidentally, written by the original Ska Shrine’s builder Moose Lethridge, and performed by The Uptones, the first band to skank at the Ska Shrine. [...]

Reel Big Beat!

Buster the Ska Doggie — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:08:18 +0000

Reel Big Fish and The English Beat on tour together That’s right, ska rock vets Reel Big Fish and two-tone ska legends The English Beat, along with Orlando, FL reggae/ska punks The Supervillains, are on tour together this summer. Reel Big Fish front man Aaron Barrett says the band is amped to be touring with [...]

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. You just finished reading The Origin of the Word "Ska"! Consider leaving a comment!11GB Free Music Locker!Elephant Backup has the best deal on Livedrive. Sign up now for [...]

Peps Skanks At The Ska Shrine!

Buster the Ska Doggie — Sat, 09 May 2009 23:10:29 +0000

This just in! Famed concert Promoter Peps Jara was joined in mad skanking revelry at the Ska Shrine by Radiation Boy and Uptones guitarist and Ska Shrine builder, Moose Lethridge. The spectacle was documented by cinematographer Jake Small, with assistance from noted skanking fool, Matthew King Kaufman. You just finished reading Peps Skanks At The [...]

Pick of the week: Monkey – Agents of Change?

Mooska — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:57:58 +0000

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, [...]

Version City Episode 8

Eric Din — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:00:25 +0000

Check out Episode 8 from one of the hotter podcasts in the skank-0-sphere, Version City. Hosted by King Django and Steady Rocker, this hi-res stream boasts some gr8 new ska, reggae, dancehall and dub trax ya prolly aint heard b4. What’s cooler than that? High herbal content rudie radio. You just finished reading Version City [...]