This episode is STACKED! Best of all, we're kicking things off with an exclusive premiere from the Holophonics! WOAH! This fantastic song will be on their new album out on May 11th. Speaking of new songs we have a brand new song from the Georgetown Orbits off their brand new album! Not only that but I'm following that up with a bunch of songs from a bunch of bands I'm excited to see this weekend at Back to the Beach. It's gonna be a full on ska weekend! Fantastic new ska & ska/punk, great older ska & ska/punk! I told you this episode was great!

00:00 - the Holophonics feat. Charlie Fine - Stoked! (Phantom Arrival '18)
02:29 - the Georgetown Orbits - Crying Over You (Solar Flares '18)
06:30 - Goldfinger - This Lonely Place (Hang Ups '97)
09:34 - the Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Noise Brigade (Let's Face It '97)
11:42 - Less Than Jake - Handshake Meet Pokerface (LTJ GNV FLA '08)
14:23 - the Interrupters - the Vally (Say it Out Loud! '17)
16:36 - Abraskadabra - Worm's Song (Welcome '18)
18:46 - Hepcat - Rudies All Around (Right On Time '97)

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Session : 14 // Episode : 315 // Original Airdate : April 26th, 2018

This episode of 23min of Ska was sourced by an insanely large ska CD & LP collection by 23 ska scholars. Would you believe it? Hmmm . . . Would you believe a handful of ska aficionados and a healthy stack of ska CDs? How about one sleepy guy with his browser opened on bandcamp.com sorted to "ska"? I hope I wasn't out of line with that crack about my sleepiness or my lack of seriousness about creating this podcast.

00:00 - the Toasters - Too Hip to be Cool (New York Fever '92)
03:26 - Something to Do - Richard Spencer Punched in the Head (Richard Spencer Punched in the Head '18)
06:18 - Codename Colin - Losing Touch (Outgunned '18)
09:53 - the Siren Six! - C.O.N.F.U.S.I.O.N. (Young and Professional '98)
12:39 - Maxwell Smart - Organized Chaos (Infinite Appeal '10)
16:12 - Scheming Thieves - Maximum Effort (a Classic Ruse '18)
19:00 - Melbourne Ska Orchestra - Get Smart (Melbourne Ska Orchestra '13)

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Session : 14 // Episode : 314 // Original Airdate : April 19th, 2018

“Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows, but only empties today of its strength.” - Charles Spurgeon

00:00 - Heavensbee feat. Matt Wixson & Jenny Whiskey - Devalued (Heavensbee '18)
03:24 - Cut Capers - Lighter (Say What '16)
06:41 - the Amphetameanies - Out of Reach (Last Chance Bordello '14)
10:29 - Monkey - Hitchin' a Ride (Intermittent Waves '18)
13:56 - the Orion Experience - Obsessed with You (Cosmicandy '07)
17:12 - Simple Minded Symphony - To the Highest Calibre (Arrival '18)

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Session : 14 // Episode : 313 // Original Airdate : April 12th, 2018

Get excited for a new episode! Especially this one that is bursting with fresh new tracks from great bands! Maroon Town, Unsteady and OC Ska Kids are all knocking it out of the park with their new sounds, which isn't to say anything wrong with the rest of the songs here. Be Like Max, Half Past Two, Two Tone Club and Stacked Like Pancakes are all fantastic and it's the combination of them all that makes this another killer episode!

00:00 - Be Like Max - You Don't Know Me (Against All Odds '15)
02:32 - Maroon Town - Rebel (Freedom Call '18)
06:27 - Unsteady - Liar (Liar '18)
09:51 - Half Past Two - Choosing Sides (Camp Slushtone '17)
13:15 - OC Ska Kids - Let This One Go (Let This One Go '18)
16:00 - Two Tone Club - Nuh Tell Me What to Do (Now is the Time ! '07)
18:34 - Stacked Like Pancakes - Planetary (This is Us '15)

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Session : 14 // Episode : 312 // Original Airdate : April 5th, 2018

I'll admit, I had a little too much fun with this one. I really hope you all enjoy it too, even if the "ska" of it gets a little lost in the middle. Hope all y'all are having a great time, thanks for listening, thanks for telling your friends about the show (you have told them, right?) and have a great weekend!

00:00 - the Liquidators - These Boots are Made for Walkin'! (the Liquidators '18)
03:00 - Vieja Skina feat. Lord Panamo - Beautiful Day (El Regreso de la Luna Verde '17)
05:33 - Harry J All Stars - Liquidator (Liquidator '69)
08:16 - the Bandulus - In the Basement (Bottoms Up! '17)
10:13 - Big D & the Kids Table feat. the Doped Up Dollies - Spit that Champagne Out (Stroll '13)
13:14 - After Hours - One in the Same (the Trouble with Those Guys is... '00)
19:36 - Goldfinger - Tijuana Sunrise (the Knife '17)

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Session : 14 // Episode : 311 // Original Airdate : March 29th, 2018

"Nick Fury ain't watchin' the end o' the world in bed, mister! Sick or well, I'm a fighter!"
- Nick Fury, "the Avengers" vol. 1 #188 (Dec '73)

00:00 - the Toasters - Social Security (New York Fever '92)
02:49 - Popes of Chillitown - Get Off/Get On (Work Hard, Play Hard, See You in the Graveyard '18)
06:22 - Lo & the Magnetics - Out (Part A '05)
10:07 - the JB Conspiracy - Superhero (This Machine '07)
12:37 - High School Football Heroes - Nothing Beneath You (We've Fooled Around Long Enough'06)
19:23 - the Stiff Joints - Horns of Fury (First Proper Album '17)

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Session : 14 // Episode : 310 // Original Airdate : March 22th, 2018

Go.
Live.
Breath in deep.
Keep your chin up.
Make the world your own.

00:00 - the Specials - A Message to You Rudy (the Specials '79)
02:47 - Cosmic Shuffling - Don't Hold Me Back (Cosmic Shuffling '17)
06:18 - Rapid - Open Up Your Eyes (Astronaut Kosmonaut '17)
13:18 - Huge Puppies - No Respect (Cynocracy '17)
15:33 - Westbound Train - Talk Loud (Five to Two '05)
18:35 - Madness - Don't Quote Me On That (Work Rest & Play '80)

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Session : 14 // Episode : 309 // Original Airdate : March 15th, 2018

It's been 2 months and a week and it just now feels like 2018 is getting going. Making all the changes that will define this year in your life. My hope, hell all our hope, is that it goes well. But if things do get dark, find a friend to stick it out with. It always gets better, and if this podcast can be one of your bright spots, I'm so happy to have made it.

00:00 - Millie Small - Wings of a Dove (Chicken Feed '67)
02:20 - Agent 99 - Get a Grip (Little Pieces: 1993 - 1995 '98)
05:23 - the Kingpins - Designated Driver (plan of ACTION '00)
07:57 - Soweto - You Shoot Me (Turn on the Music Again '17)
10:43 - Dan P. & the Bricks - Shirley (When We Were Fearless '18)
12:58 - Club 99 - Ginger & Fred (Club 99 '13)
16:22 - the Makeways - Here it Comes (Full Spectrum '17)
20:25 - the Slackers - the Letter (the Radio '11)

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Session : 14 // Episode : 308 // Original Airdate : March 8th, 2018

Here's one for my ska/punk and "third wave" ska listeners! Get after it, it's some fantastic rave-up kind of sound on the episode. Of course, I cool it down a bit before it's over, just to let you off easy after the first 2/3rds. Full disclosure, Watashi Wa Dance Party is a punk band that sometimes does ska/punk, I think they do it pretty damn well, I hope all you listeners do too!

00:00 - the Siren Six! - Got to be Something (Young & Professional '98)
02:35 - Watashi Wa Dance Party - Ruminating (Character Volume II : Wade '17)
04:43 - King Kong 4 - Profile of a New Elite (More Than a Plate Full '17)
07:51 - Abraskadabra - Catching Fog (Welcome '18)
10:01 - Death of Guitar Pop - Whatever Gets You Outta the House (69 Candy Street '17)
13:29 - the Ladrones - Mr. PC (Salve '18)
15:54 - the Forthrights - Abilene (the FORTHRIGHTS '12)
19:24 - Goldfinger - the Only One (Hello Destiny '08)

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Session : 14 // Episode : 307 // Original Airdate : March 1st, 2018

James Bond and ska have ties going all the way back to 1962's "Dr. No" where James finds himself in Jamacia. Not only that, but ska band Byron Lee & the Dragonaires are even in the movie! I've picked some obvious and not so obvious songs for this episode. Enjoy this episode with a nice cocktail.

00:00 - Prince Buster - 007 (Dance Cleopatra Dance '72)
02:20 - Lyn Taitt & the Jets - el Casino Royale (el Casino Royal / Dee's Special '68)
04:55 - Tommy McCook - Goldfinger (Goldfinger / My Girl '65)
07:46 - Soweto - Honey Ryder (You Give Me Fever '08)
11:00 - Lloyd Charmers - Dollars and Bonds (Dollars and Bonds / Sound Familiar '70)
13:34 - the Skatalites - James Bond (Ball of Fire '92)
20:12 - the Butlers - Sock it to 'Em J.B. (Spare Shells comp '01)

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Session : 14 // Episode : 306 // Original Airdate : February 22nd, 2018