I was out of town for this last episode, but I was in full control, having pre-recorded the entire thing ahead of time.  Big ups to Brother Dan from The Smoking Lounge for pushing all the buttons when they needed pushing.

I put less thought towards the selection this week as well, but I’m very happy with the way it turned out.  Essentially, I went through my library and pulled out a bunch of my most played tracks, along with a few newer sides that I like.  I ended up with more instrumentals than usual and a few unplanned themes reveled themselves as the show progressed.

As always the episode is online for two weeks at STL’s Program Page at KDHX.org

Matt Wixson – The Ska’s The Limit Theme – [Matt's got another free album up for grabs]
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The Debonaires – Broken Heart – The Debonaires – Rivercidal Syndicate
The Slackers – You Don’t Know I – Better Late Than Never – Special Potato
The Stubborn All-Stars – Grand Masters – Nex Music – Stubborn Records
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The Skatalites feat. Ben Harper – Be My Guest – Goin’ Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino – Vanguard Records
Tommy McCook and The Supersonics – Ska Jam – Trojan Ska Box Vol 2 – Trojan
Rasta 4 Eyes – The Herb – Boss Sounds of the Boom & Bust – Do The Dog*
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Lord Kaya & The Kinky Coo Coos – Hooligans – Co Tonga Tonga – Liquidator Music – [Lot's of great videos from Liquidator]
Mephiskapheles – Alfredo Lopez – Might-Ay White-Ay – Koch Records – [Video for Meph's hit Break Your Ankle, Punk]
Crazy Baldhead feat Bucket – Victoria – Sounds of ’69 – Self-Released*
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No. 1 Station – She’s So Sweet – Boss Beat – Rockers Revolt
The Toasters – Radiation Skank – Skaboom! – Moon – [Classic Video for Radiation Skank]
The Pepper Pots – Young Girl – Now! – Black Pepper Recors*
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Hepcat – I Can’t Wait – Right On Time – HellCat – [Quality Live Video of I Can't Wait]
Desorden Publico – Hipnosis – Estrellas Del Caos – Full House
The Slackers – 86 The Mayo – Peculiar – HellCat
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8º6 Crew – Rude Boy Escape – Bad Bad Reggae – White
Ava Leigh – Mad About The Boy – Rollin’ – Virgin Records – [Offical Video for Mad About The Boy]
The Aggrolites – Let’s Pack Our Bags – Reggae Hit LA – HellCat
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Hepcat – Lovin Man – Scientific – BYO
Bitty McLean – I’m In Love – Made in Jamaica – Perkings
The Dead 60′s – Just Another Love Song – The Dead 60′s – SONY
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The Beatdown – One Night – Online Release – Self-Released – [Brand new Beatdown Video!]
Dion Knibb and The Agitators – Escape In The Night – Driving Me Mad! – BIB
Madness – Night Boat To Cairo – One Step Beyond – Rhino Encore – [Wonderful live performance from 1979]
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Mephiskapheles – Scram – Maximum Perversion – Moon
The Pietasters – Change My Ways – All Day – Indication Records
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Ska Cubano – Ay Caramba! – Ay Caramba! – Cumbancha
The Stingers ATX – She’s My Only 16 – This Good Thing – Grover
Don Drummond – Let George Do It – Trojan Ska Box – Trojan
Royal Roost – No Way Jose – Royal Family Blues – Megalith Records

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Last night was great, everybody.  I got so many positive phone calls and emails, not only in regards to The Void Union’s Live Session, but regarding the entire show, as well.  Thanks to everyone who had something nice to say!

I started things off, the best I knew how, with some brand new tracks from The Aggrolites and The Titans.  Then, after playing the Void Union’s KDHX set, I dropped some more new tunes from the likes of Vic Ruggiero, Dave Hillyard and The Pepper Pots.  I highly recommend that you swing by KDHX.org to listen to the online stream.

I want to officially thank The Void Union for making St. Louis a stop on their tour.  And I want to shout out The Pinstripes who tried to make it, but were stopped by a busted tire.  And thanks to you for listening to Ska’s The Limit.

Matt Wixson – The Ska’s The Limit Theme – -

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The Aggrolites – Gotta Find Someone Better – The Aggrolites IV – HellCat*

The Titans feat. Roger Rivas – Teardrops – Rehearsal Daze – Self* – [You must check out The Titans]

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The Void Union – Glass House – Live at KDHX -

The Void Union – In Like Flynn – Live at KDHX -[A great video feat. VU along side STL's own Kevin Batchelor]

The Void Union – Fatty Fatty Boom Boom – Live at KDHX – [Void Union's MySpace]

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Derrick Herriot – Fat Man – Trojan Singles Box – Trojan

Flight of The Conchords – She’s So Hot (Boom) – The Unofficial FOTC Songbook – HBO

Fat Girl, Sexy Girl – John Holt – The Tide Is High: Anthology 1962 to 1979 – Trojan

Eli “Paperboy” Reed and The True Lovers – Doin The Boom Boom – Roll With You – Q Division/Virgin

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Vic Ruggiero – Rudie Can’t Fail – Songs For Clandestine Lovers – Ska In The World* – [Check out Vic's new website with lots of downloadable bootlegs]

Stubborn All-Stars – Friend – Open Season – Stubborn

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The Pietasters – Keep On Lyin’ – All Day – Indication Records

The Pepper Pots – Time To Live – Now! – Black Pepper Records* – [Here's the new video for Time To Live - and - here's a live version!]

Westbound Train – Come and Get It – Come and Get It – HellCat* – [Here's a quality live video of this very song]

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Vic Ruggiero & Kepi Ghoulie – Neatly – The New Dark Ages – Asian Man*

Chris Murray – Janie Jones – Slackness – UNSTRICTLY ROOTS

Vic Ruggiero – Henderson Swamp – On The Ragtime – Silver Sprocket* – [Really nice video of Vic doing Lonely Nights feat. Lisa from Black Cat Zoot]

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Dave Hillyard & The Rocksteady Seven – Get Back Up – Unreleased – NA*

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The Clash – Bank Robber – Kingston Advice – Live in Kingston JA – Bootleg

Babyboom – Sister – Babyboom EP – Self

Bedouin Soundclash – Immigrant Workforce – Sounding a Mosaic – Side One Dummy

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Dave Hillyard and The Rocksteady Seven feat. Alex Desert – Angry Lady – Playtime – HellCat

Hepcat – Nigel (live) – No Worries Single – HellCat

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Isaac Green and The Skalars – I Love You – Skoolin’ With The Skalars – Moon

Toots and The Maytals – Broadway – 300% Dynamite – Soul Jazz

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Ska’s The Limit was back on track, last night!  It wasn’t a special episode- I didn’t have any far-reaching ambitions outside of avoiding all that dead air from last week.   Success!  Keep the bar low, kids, and you’ll find yourself proud of everything you accomplish.

The set was a bit of a mix bag of Jamaican styles, with lot’s of Rocksteady, Reggae, a little Calypso and of course, Ska.  Plus, we had brand new stuff from Madness, Rancid and The Aggrolites!  As always, online streams of this episode can be found here.

The Jamaicans – Ba Ba Boom – Trojan Rocksteady Box – Trojan

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Rancid feat. Booker T – Up To No Good – Let The Dominoes Fall – Epitaph* – [See Rancid perform a new song on Conan]

The Aggrolites – Feelin Alright – The Aggrolites IV – HellCat* – [See The Aggros on Yo Gabba Gabba!]

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Sky Sweetnam – (Let’s Get Moving) Into Action – Promotional Single – NA – [Check out the video for Into Action and Here's Tim Armstrongs version]

Outlaw Nation – Grow – Blood Money – Stoopid Records – [Here more of Outlaw Nation's brand of gutter reggae]

Joe Jackson – Beat Crazy – Beat Crazy – Universal

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Madness – Forever Young – Liberty of Norton Folgate – Ministry of Sound*

Bob Marley – Reggae on Broadway – Satisfy My Soul – Delta Music

The Aggrolites – Reggae Summertime – The Aggrolites IV – HellCat*

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Smoke Like A Fish – Do The Beard – Here’s One We Made Earlier – Do The Dog

The Dualers – Don’t Go – Melting Pot – Galley – [Check out this great Vid for Don't Go]

86 Crew – You Come – Bad Bad Reggae – Unsigned

Los Hooligans – I’m Just The Foolish One – Mafioso Ska – Shantytown Recordings

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Murder City Players – Tom Drunk – Speak No Evil – Nighthawk

Doreen Shaffer feat Dr. Ring-Ding – Mi Come Back – Adorable – Grover

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St. Petersburg Ska-Jazz Review – Only Today – Too Good To Be True – Megalith

The Kinky Coo Coos – Pum Pum – Montjuic Boneyard – Redstar73 Records/ Liquidator

Bob Marley – Do You Feel The Same Way Too – Destiny: Rare Ska Sides From Studio One – Studio One/Heartbeat

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The English Beat – Hands Off She’s Mine – In Concert At The Royal Festival Hall – MVD

Rancid – I Ain’t Worried – Let The Dominoes Fall – Epitaph* – [Video of Rancid's new single, Last One to Die]

Galaxy of Prizes – Ska Lip Soul – Mashin Up The Nation – BIB

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Small Island Pride – Federation – Calypso Awakening – Cook Records

The Aggrolites – Lick It Up – The Aggrolites IV – HellCat*

The Upsession – Jackie Miller Down – The New Heavyweight Champion – Moon Ska

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The Impalers ft. Alana Turner – Darling I Will Stay – Darling I Will Stay 45 – Axe Records

Owen Gray – Darling Patricia – The Trojan Story – Trojan

The Supertones – Real Gone Loser – Studio One Early Reggae – Soul Jazz

Johnny Nash – Hold Me Tight – Greatest Hits – Epic

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