Thanks for allowing me to go crazy the last few weeks with odd theme episode ideas, some were even stretching sanity! Digging back a few episodes we'll find television themes, '90s covers, ska songs from non ska bands, loungey ska, epic team ups, and a song about an outbreak... hrm... seems familiar when looking at this episode... At any rate, it looks like we're all on the same page now! Hope you enjoyed the ride!

00:00 - JFK & the Conspirators - the Odd Couple (the Mayor of Ganja City '98)
02:16 - the Regulators - Don't Look Back in Anger (Don't Look Back in Anger '20)
06:57 - Nouvelle Vague - Ca Plane Pour Moi (3 '09)
10:10 - Batam OrcheSka feat. Tchepy Soekardy - Together (Lounge '15)
14:36 - Joey Altruda & Tom Zé - A Babá (Ska Version) (A Babá (Ska Version) '21)
18:44 - Lucky Luxury with the Luxurians - Outbreak! (Muldoon's Move / Outbreak! '21)
21:37 - Dan Potthast - Same Page (Eyeballs '99)

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Session : Twenty // Episode : 453 // Airdate : April 28th, 2021

Is the the most ridiculous episode I’ve ever done? Maybe… did I laugh to myself a lot while making it? You know it!

“Turn it on, turn it on, turn it on, turn it on, on, on, on, on and tune me out!”

00:00 – the Prizefighters – Bebop Rocksteady (Firewalk ’19)
02:59 – Carlos Malcolm & His Afro-Jamaican Rhythms – Bonanza Ska (Bonanza Ska ’65)
05:59 – Skatune Network – Ed, Edd n Eddy (Skatune Skatoons! ’20)
09:54 – My Superhero – Scooby Doo (SKAteboard Music ’98)
11:35 – Melbourne Ska Orchestra – Curb Your Enthusiasm Theme Song (TV & Movie Themes ’18)
15:04 – Jump with Joey – Green Acres (Ska-Ba ’91)
16:13 – Perfect Thyroid – Sanford and Son (SKAndalous: I’ve Gotcha Covered comp ’96)
19:03 – Victims of Circumstance – My Life (50,000,000 Victims of Circumstance Fans Can’t be Wrong : the “Decades” Vol. 1 ’12)
21:54 – the Bruce Lee Band – Gilligan (Bruce Lee Band ’95)

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Session : Twenty // Episode : 451 // Airdate : April 22nd, 2021

If there’s two things that ska can’t seem to shake, it’s the ’90s and cover songs. So in that spirit I decided to just lean into it.

00:00 – Kill Lincoln – David Duke is Running for President (Ska Against Racism comp ’20)
01:16 – Be Like Max – Doomsday (Save Us All ’19)
03:30 – the Holophonics – Kiss Me (MaSKArades Vol. 13: Yeah, but Also Check Out Our Original Music ’19)
05:12 – Big D & the Kids Table – Dr. D (Strictly Covered ’19)
08:42 – Skandalous All-Stars – Cannonball (Hit Me ’97)
12:49 – Matt Wixson – Satan is My Motor (Piece of Cake ’20)
15:57 – skameleon – Wannabe (Humba Humba Täterä ’16)
19:20 – Stupid Flanders – Smells Like TMNT (Flanders’ Dozen ’15)

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Session : Twenty // Episode : 451 // Airdate : April 15th, 2021

Last week I brought you familiar ska songs, that weren’t done in a ska style, this week I bring you some ska songs, but the artists aren’t known for being ska bands (even though some have some bona fide ska connections). Enjoy this slightly sideways listen to our favorite sound, because ska is for everyone!

00:00 – Anna Hanski – Verhon Takana (Ma and Pa) (Skysyiset Unet ’90)
03:00 – Joe Jackson Band – Pretty Boys (Beat Crazy ’80)
06:36 – the Orion Experience – Like Sexy Dynamite (Cosmicandy ’07)
09:36 – the Uninvited – What God Said (Uninvited ’98)
12:31 – die Ärzte – Schunder-Song (Ein Song namens Schunder ’05)
15:34 – the Living End – Trapped (the Living End ’98)
18:57 – the Vines – Factory (Highly Evolved ’02)
22:03 – Gnarboots – Song 3 (A.L.B.U.M. ’12)

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Session : Twenty // Episode : 450 // Airdate : April 8th, 2021

Well... is it?

00:00 - the Louisville Sluggers - Gangsters (Spare Shells: a Tribute to the Specials comp '00)

02:37 - Haunted Hive - Superman (Hidden Tape Unlocked: Vol. 1 comp '19)

06:18 - the Zipheads - 54-46 was My Number (Prehistoric Bop '13)

11:37 - The Fabulous Plank-Tones - Rat Race (the Fabulous Plank-Tones are Makin' the Scene '03)

14:29 - Nova Social - Little Bitch (High School Reunion: a Tribute to Those Great 80's Films comp '05)

17:06 - Nouvelle Vague - Friday Night Saturday Morning (Nouvelle Vague '04)

20:42 - Boppin' B - One Step Beyond (Hits '94)

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Session : Twenty // Episode : 449 // Airdate : April 1st, 2021

Last year I kept encountering more and more ska music that was rather, for lack of a better term, lounge-y. I've always been a fan of Martin Denny and exotica lounge stuff, as well as the more popular stuff by Nelson Riddle, and even more modern throwbacks like Tipsy and the Pizzicato Five. So I kept updating a playlist labeled "Lounge Type Ska" as 2020 rolled on, and when I had more than enough songs I tried my hand at getting them assembled into this episode. It's not a dancing episode, it's a relaxing episode, so sit down and raise a glass, you've earned it.

00:00 - the Magnetics - Campari (Cocktails & Fairytales Vol. 2 '20)

02:48 - charlot - メランコリア (メランコリア / What is going on 'round you? '20)

07:04 - the Fanculos - Lady in Cement (Lady in Cement '20)

10:54 - Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra feat. Rina Katahira - Lying Lips [2020 Remaster] (TOKYO SKA TREASURES '20)

15:14 - the Insteps - Saladin (Eleven Steps to Power '96)

19:43 - Orquesta Brasileira de Música Jamaicana - Ghost Girl from Ipanema (Check One - 2: the Spirit of '79 comp '19)

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Session : Twenty // Episode : 448 // Airdate : March 25th, 2021

A few weeks ago, my co-host over at On The Upbeat asked me and our guests to share some of what we consider to be great ska collaborations. That was the spark that set this episode in motion. I hope you all enjoy and share this episode with a friend!

00:00 - Moonhead Project feat. Molly Moonstone - Sydämeni Hullu (On the Dancefloor / Sydämeni Hullu '17)

02:55 - Night Gaunts feat. the Stupid Stupid Henchmen - Stupid Stupid (Stupid Stupid '21)

06:33 - Control This feat. Jason "Jahson" Nwagbaraocha - Imminent Danger (Imminent Danger '21)

11:25 - We Are The Union feat. Nick Riggs - Fake World (Self Care '18)

14:14 - Half Past Two feat. Evan Wohrman - Someone That You Used to Know (Someone That You Used to Know '19)

16:56 - Sammy Kay & the East los Three feat. Dave Hillyard & Mr. T-Bone - Old Man's Porch (Love Letters '13)

19:58 - Lauren Napier & Vic Ruggiero - Walkin' After Midnight (Straight Mix) (Duets Vol. 1 '20)

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Session : Twenty // Episode : 447 // Airdate : March 18th, 2021

A year ago today the World Heath Organization stated that Covid-19 was a officially a pandemic, and since then we've been kooked up and missing shows. In that time we've had some bands addressing how we feel and putting it to song, here's a few of those tunes.

00:00 - Backyard Superheroes - Most of All (Most of All '20)

03:04 - the Bar Stool Preachers - When This World Fails (Soundtrack to Your Apocalypse '20)

06:16 - Hans Gruber and the Die Hards - Medical Advice (Sgt Scag vs. Hans Gruber and the Die Hards '21)

08:03 - Amy Gabba and the Almost Famous - Fuck You Covid (Fuck You Covid '20)

11:29 - Monkey - Don't Panic (Arose Such a Clatter comp '20)

13:14 - Sir Jay & the Skatanauts - Lockdown (Covid-19 Special / Lockdown '20)

15:57 - Neville Staple & Sugary - Be Free Baby (Be Free Baby '21)

20:03 - Captain SKA feat. Arieleno - Millions of People (Millions of People '20)

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Session : Twenty // Episode : 446 // Airdate : March 11th, 2021

More fantastic ska and ska/punk for you to listen to and check out. As always, I hope you enjoy this fantastic episode and find at least one new favorite band! It's usually around now I turn over the next seven weeks to crossovers w/ other podcasts, friends, and ska folks, but not this session... this session I'm doing something different... so, starting next week and for the six following it... be ready... it should be fun... this episode is the shot across the bow, be prepared!

00:00 - Big Fat Panda - Man in the Middle (the Panda You Know '21)

02:12 - BAD OPERATION - Peachy (BAD OPERATION '20)

04:15 - Yelo Molo - Goldorak (Méli-molo '01)

06:34 - Green Room Rockers - No Diggity (Sweat Steady '17)

10:26 - Shonen Knife - COOKIE DAY (Happy Hour '98)

12:45 - Skastra - Linimasa (Linimasa '19)

16:46 - the Kinky Coo Coo's feat. Alex Désert & Gregg Lee - Tons of Fun (Tons of Fun '11)

19:19 - the Charlie Taylor Allstars - Quarantine Stomp (Quarantine Stomp '21)

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Session : Twenty // Episode : 445 // Airdate : March 4th, 2021

What a fun episode to wrap up February with! I've been meaning to play you about half these songs for some time now, and I finally got them to fit together this week! As always, I hope you dig, and if you do, tell a friend! Let's all share our love of ska, so more folks can get a taste of these bands and know what we know, ska bands are awesome!

00:00 - the Abruptors - Who, What, Where (Who, What, Where '21)

03:14 - Ska Jazz Messengers feat. Joey Altruda - Up & Down (Introspección '20)

05:38 - the Inevitables - the American Me (in Me) (the Inevitables versus the Youth City Sound System '21)

08:49 - Soul Radics - Perfidia (Radication '16)

12:08 - the Rocksteady Conspiracy - I Would Say No (I Would Say No / Today '18)

15:37 - the Delegators - Crying (All Aboard '13)

18:43 - Cosmic Shuffling - Night in Palermo (Magic Rocket Ship '20)

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Session : Twenty // Episode : 444 // Airdate : February 25th, 2021