Oh man- we went all over the Ska map, last night.  Brand new stuff from Mr. T-Bone and others; Classics from Roland Alphonso, Laurel Aitken and Owen Gray; as well as few sets of NYC Ska and Reggae.  I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

If you missed it, you can always catch the archived stream at KDHX.org.  But hurry, archives expire after two weeks.

Artist / Song / Disk / Label / New / Request
Mr. T-Bone and Friends / Do It Right feat. King Django and The Soul Captives / Instrumental Sessions Vol 1 / Unreleased /  /
Jump With Joey / Ska Train / Swingin’ Ska Goes South Of The’ Border / Will /  /
Roland Alphonso / A Shot In The Dark / Ska Down Jamaica Way (Vol. 6) / Top Deck/Warner /  /
Da Whole Thing / 7 / At Version City / Stubborn /  /
The Clash / Stay Free (clean) / Give ‘Em Enough Rope / Epic /  /

Pistoleers / Bank Robber / This Is Rockabilly Clash / Raucous UK /  /
Slackers, The / Daddy / The Great Rocksteady Swindle / Whatevski /  /
Dr. Ring-Ding / Ruff Like A Rock Vs. Mashed Beans / Nice Again / Kingstone Records /  /

Devil’s Brigade / Gentleman Of The Road (featuring Tim Armstrong) / Devil’s Brigade / Hellcat /  /
Maddie Ruthless & The Secret Affair / Inside Out / Hold The Phone / Community Records /  /
The Dualers / Hook Or By Crook / Rhymes & Rhythms / Galley Music /  /
Scrapy / The Smart Sensation / The Smart Sensation / Phantom Sound & Vision /  /
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra / Boggies Not Dead / Stompin’ On DOWN BEAT ALLEY / Cutting Edge /  /
Suburban Rhythm / Gameshow / Suburban Rhythm / Solid Records /  /
Skankin’ Pickle / I’m In Love With A Girl Name Spike / Live / Dill/Asian Man /  /
MU330 / Tune Me Out / Oh Yeah! Live / Asian Man /  /

The Toasters / Manipulator / Ska-Boom / Moon Ska /  /
The Scofflaws / Spider On My Bed / Ska in Hi-Fi / Moon Ska /  /
New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble / Properly / Properly / Grover /  /
Selika Drake / Baby / Stubborn Records Presents Version City / Stubborn /  /
Royal Roost / Spanish Grease / Royal Family Blues / Megalith Records /  /
Mephiskapheles / Doomsday / God Bless Satan / Moon Ska /  /

Skandalous All Stars / Parking Lot / Age of Insects / Shanachie /  /
Mr. T-Bone and Friends / How About the Moon (Slackers Riddim feat Kincaid Smith and Dave Hillyard) / Instrumental Sessions Vol 1 / Unreleased /  /
Pilfers / Chawalaleng / Chawalaleng / Umvd /  /
Bim Skala Bim / Not Natural / Universal / BIB /  /
Big D & The Kids Table / Noise Complaint / Strictly Rude / Side One Dummy Recordings /  /

Chris Murray / Shades of the Same Color / Yard Sale / Unstrictly Roots /  /
Laurel Aitken / (Hey) Bartender / Street Corner – Ska Classics And Original Rude Boy Sound / Metro Music /  / Request
The Mohawks / Mony Mony / Mony Mony 7” [PM 757A] / Pama /  /
Owen Gray / Guava Jelly / Trojan Tribute To Bob Marley / Trojan /  /
Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra / skattila / Feel The Riddim! / Megalith Records /  /

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With a record 5 interruptions from the National Weather Service, last night’s episode was more than a little tedious to program.   Just from listening to the show, you’d think the world was coming to a hail storm end.  Imagine my surprise when I stepped out of the studio to find there was not a single drop in sight.  Thanks a bunch Emergency Alert System.

Despite the interruptions, I think the show went well.  I featured a nice little piece with Vic Ruggiero explaining how ska can still have a serious, even sad subject despite the fact that it’s happy sounding music; and I sounded off a bit on how Reel Big Fish approaches ska with a lack of respect for the roots and a lame irony that’s been tired for 12 years.

Plus, tons of new stuff, like Pama Intl live in Paris and Mayer Hawthorn’s Reggae Remix, as well as new releases from The Pinstripes, The Bullets, The Crabs Corp, The Valuables and Devil’s Brigade.  If you don’t mind hearing a ton of weather alerts mixed in to your ska, click over to KDHX.org and give it a listen.

Artist / Song / Disk / Label / New / Request
Victor Rice / Fernandinho / In America / Megalith Records /  /
Firebug / Keep the Rhythm / Jump Up’s Caribbean Sundown / Jump Up /  /
Chris Murray and The Slackers / Rastaman Rock / Slackness / Unstrictly Roots /  /
Rebelation / You Will Know / The Berlin Session / Do The Dog /  /
Anger Management League (Germany) / No One Beats The Aml / Why You Bad Soh / Soulfire Artists /  /
Hopeton Lewis / Boom Shaka Laka / Treasure Island Showtime / Heartbeat /  /

Crazy Baldhead / Stages featuring Saint Edward / Stubborn Records Presents Version City / Stubborn /  /
Babyboom / Sister / Babyboom EP / self /  /
Dance Hall Crashers / Shelley (Acoustic) / Blue Plate Special / MCA /  /

The Pinstripes / Sweet Lovin’ / Sweet Lovin’ Digital Single / self / New / [Get your free copy of Sweet Lovin' here]
The Slackers / Mommy / Live in Japan / Disk Union /  /
The Pietasters / Nothing Good to Eat / Turbo / Hellcat /  /
The Valuables / Feel That Rhythm / The Valuables EP / self / New /
Fun Boy Three / The More That I See / Waiting / EMI /  /
Devil’s Brigade / Bridge Of Gold (featuring Tim Armstrong and Lars Fredericksen) / Devil’s Brigade / Hellcat / New /

Blue Beat Players / Western Blood / Roots Branch and Stem Volume 2 – Ska’s Not Dead / Stubborn Records /  /
The Bullets / Shot From A Barrel / Sweet Misery / Jump Up / New /
Reel Big Fish / Uniform of Destruction / The Ska Parade: Runnin’ Naked thru the Cornfield / A to Y /  / Request
Pama International / Pennywise Pound Fool / La Bellevilloise Paris 18.06.10 / Live Recording / New /
Pama International / Pennywise Moonstomp / La Bellevilloise Paris 18.06.10 / Live Recording / New / [If you love Pama Intl. you gotta get this live bootleg!]
Roger Rivas / Do It To Me / Roger Rivas – Organ Versions Vol 1 / self /  /
The Crabs Corporation / Let It Go / Let It Go / Record Kicks / New /

The Up-Beat / 17 @ 17 / Give ‘Em the Boot, Vol. 1 / Hellcat /  /
House of Rhythm / Sign Of The Times feat. The Skatalites / Ska Splash / Moon Ska UK /  /
The Valkyrians / Conqueror / High And Mighty / Phantom Sound & Vision /  /
Hemsley Morris / Stay Loose / Clancy Eccles Presents His Reggae Revue — Rock Steady Intensified / Heartbeat /

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Thanks for checking out another episode of Ska’s The Limit!  Last night’s show covered a lot of bases- from the blazing ska horns of The Skatalites and Dr. Ring-Ding to more modern remix projects like Courtney John, Jay-Z at Studio One and Mos Dub; plus a little ska punk and hooligan reggae for a good balance.

If you haven’t tried it yet, you’ve got to check out the new KDHX Archive Player.  It always features the 2 most recent episodes of Ska’s The Limit.

Gregory “Rocksteady” Kraj / River City Ska Step / This Is Rocksteady / A1 Records /  /
NOFX / Radio (Rancid) / BYO Split Series, Vol. 3 / BYO /  /
The Bandulus / Steal My Soul / Ska. Reggae. Soul. / Soul Shot Records / New / [Learn more about The Bandulus from this interview by Roots Rock Rebel]
Dr. Ring-Ding / Dandimite Ska / Dandimite / Moon Ska /  /
Monkey / Rito / Station Wagon Living / Asian Man /  /
Jay-Z / Change Clothes / Jazy-Z at Studio One / self /  /  [Go get you a free copy of this mash up project]
Tim Armstrong / Translator / A Poet’s Life / Hellcat /  /

Slackers, The / Nurse / Slackfest @ Bowery Ballroom 9/25/2009 / Whatevski /  /
See Spot / Drink The Money, Don’t Go / Who Got It? (1996 – 2003) / Jump Up /  /
Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution / It’s A Wonderful Life / A Call To Arms / RISC /  /
Toots & The Maytals / I’ll Never Grow Old / Never Grow Old / Heartbeat / Pgd /  /
Predator Dub Assassins / Air Force One / The Hardest / Stubborn /  /
Top Cats / Calling Your Name / Mr. Donkey Paradise / Jamdown /  / [If you like Ska Cubano, you'll dig Top Cats]
Sublime / Get Out / Second-Hand Smoke / MCA /  / Request
Westbound Train / If Only / Come And Get It / Hellcat /  /
The Skatalites / Ska-racha / Phoenix City: History of the World’s Greatest Ska / Trojan /  /
Aquabats / Pizza Day / Myths, Legends, And Other Amazing Adventures, Volume 2 / Fearless /  / Request

Alton Ellis / The Message / Ready Steady Go Rocksteady / Pama /  /
Vessels / Money Man / Primosonic Rhythms Vol. 2 / Rivercidal Syndicate /  /
Selecter / Danger / BBC Sessions – Live at the Paris Theatre ’79 / BBC /  /
The VOID UNION / Fatty Fatty Boom Boom / Live at KDHX / KDHX /  / [Remember when The Void Union played KDHX?]
Toasters / Talk Is Cheap / Live In London / Moon Ska /  /
Mustard Plug / Hit Me! Hit Me! / In Black and White / Hopeless /  /
Dan P and The Bricks / Mess It Up / Live in Santa Cruz / Live Recording / New /

Ryan Scroggins and the Trenchtown Texans / Money / The Trenchtown Texans / Megalith /  /
Pressure Cooker / Little Bird / What She Wants / Jump Up /  /
Courtney John / Lucky Man / Made In Jamaica / Jamaica Records / FiWi Music / New /

Blue Beat Players / You Really Make Me Feel Good / Eastern Leo / Phalanx /  /
Mos Dub / History Town / Mos Dub / white / New /
The Pinstripes / Resting Dub / Digi Promo / self / New /

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