Thanks for reading- if you’d rather listen to me spin some great JA-inspired tunes, click over to KDHX.org and stream the show.

The Drastics – Good Time Tonight – Waiting – Jump Up

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MU 330 – Jason – Crab Rangoon – Asian Man

MU 330 – Fist Fulla Nuts – Press – Asian Man

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Edna’s Goldfish – I’m Your Destiny – Moonshot! – Moon Ska

One Night Band – Let It Go – Hit & Run – Stomp

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Suicide Machines – Hey – Destruction By Definition – Hollywood – [Shaolin Soccer vs. Suicide Machines]

Skoidats – Smash Your Effing Head – NYC Ska Mob and Friends – Stubborn

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The Siren Six! – Young and Professional – Young and Professional – Kingpin – [The Siren Six! appear to still exist]

The Gadjits – Outsider – Wish We Never Met – Hellcat – [...can't say the same for The Gadjits]

Hub City Stompers – New Tattoo – Ska Ska Blacksheep – Stubborn

Resolution 242 – Britain’s Nasty Politics – Resolution 242 – Do The Dog

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The Aggrolites – Make It Reggae – ?Live? – Live Recording

The Upsessions – Hooligan ‘69 – The New Heavyweight Champion – Moon Ska UK – [lala's got lotsa Upsessions tracks]

Rancid – Hooligans – Life Won’t Wait – Epitaph

Big D and The Kids Table – A Kiss A Week – Fluent In Stroll – Side 1 Dummy

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Sonic Boom Six vs Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Mighty Mighty Boom – Sounds To Consume – Moon Ska World – [SB6 does this mashup inna live fashion, too]

Magic Lord and The Mighty Drakkars – Blood Eater – New Day Return From Moon – Drakkar Records

The Ratazanas – Teeny Weeny, String Bikini – Ouh La La – Grover

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Culver City Dub Collective – Bad Reaction – Dos – Everlong

Easy Star All-Stars – Bed Of Roses – Until That Day – Easy Star

The Aggrolites – Free Time – Reggae Hit LA – Hellcat

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The Scorchers – Reggae Pioneers – Do The Ska! In With The New – STACCATO

Dr. Ring Ding – Ram Di Dance – Back and Forth – Jump Up

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Tim Armstrong – Inner City Violence – Life of a Poet – Hellcat

Santogold – Guns Of Brooklyn – Santogold vs Diplo Mixtape – Mixtape

Dub Trio – One Man Tag Crew – New Heavy – Ipecac Recordings

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The Dead 60’s – Controll This – The Dead 60’s – SONY

The Clash – This Is Radio Clash – Super Black Market Clash – Epic

The Debonaires – See You Again – Longshout – Jump Up

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My recent one-off podcast for Music Is Our Occupation just dropped days ago, and it’s got me in a live ska kind of mood.  So here’s the playlist from last night, chock fulla ska and reggae, and every track recorded live.  If you missed it, you can still listen online for the next two weeks.

The idea was to recreate the tracklist of The Slackers seminal record, Redlight, using only tracks from my extensive live bootleg collection.  The result is called, Redlight Redid.  Please enjoy it.

 

Below, I’ve included links where you can get your hands on many of the live sets that these tracks were selected from- be it from live albums, or fan-recorded tapes.

Matt Wixson – Ska’sThe Lmit Theme -  -

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The Slackers – You Must Be Good – Live in Toledo 2001 – Live Recording
[ From my new podcast for MusicalOccupation.com: JJ Loy presents Redlight Redid ]

The Slackers – Married Girl – Live in Montreuil 2004 – Live Recording

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The King Django Quartet – Does He Love You – From an as of yet untitled, unreleased live album – which is sure to be on Stubborn Records

Deal’s Gone Bad – Movin On – Live at the Bottom Lounge 2008 – Live Recording

AKA Rudie – Oliver’s Army – Live Inna Windows – Ready Room MultiMedia – [Get to know AKA Rudie inna live fashion via Stubborn Record Shop]

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Tim Armstron w/The Aggrolites feat. Lars Frederiksen – Time Bomb (Rancid) – Live at KROQ Weenie Roast 2007 – Live Recording – [This is one of the roughest sounding tracks of the episode, but if you love Rancid and/or The Aggrolites, this free download is a must]

Royal Roost – Unlabled – Live – Live Recording

The Void Union – Fatty Fatty Boom Boom (Westbound Train) – Live at KDHX – KDHX – [Remember?  eh?]

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Dance Hall Crashers – Dance Hall Crashers – The Live Record – Fat Wreck Chords – [DHC at the top of their game, worth every penny]

Arthur Kay & The Originals – George Marshall – Live In Berlin – Step-1

The Drastics – Profit Song (Queen Majesty Riddim) – Live in STL 2008 – Live Recording

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Bim Skala Bim – Wise Up – Live At The Paradise – BIB

Madness – Harder The Come – Madstock! – Live Recording – [Madness has the most devoted fans of any ska band I know of.  If you've never attended Madstock, here's your chance to hear what you're missing.]

Jonathan Archer and Justin Hinds – Medley – Let’s Rock Live – Trojan

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

The Pietasters – Night Owl – Strpped Live – Moon

Bad Manner – My Girl Lollipop – Greatest Hits Live – Dojo

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Dave Hillyard and The Rocksteady Seven – Baby – Way Out East – Brixton – [The DHR7 are one of those bands that will most likely never play a town like St. Louis, luckily they've recorded Way Out East to give us a listen]

Rude Boy System – Our Mission – Live Injection – Melodie

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MU 330 – The Punisher/Downtown – Live – Live Recording

The Selecter – On My Radio – Live Injection – Blue Moon

The Toasters – Talk Is Cheap – Live In London – Megalith – [I can't find any of the many live downloads that Megalith used to offer, but fear not The Toasters Live In London is amazing enough]

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The Dead 60’s – You’re Not The Law – The Black Sessions – France Inter – [Get yourself a copy of this entire live set by the late Dead 60's]

Westbound Train – Check Your Time – Live at KDHX – KDHX – [What?  You didn't hear Westbound Train live from KDHX?  Try harder.]

The Scofflaws – Spider On My Bed – Live – Vol 1 – Moon Ska

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Skankin Pickle – Fights – Live – Asian Man

Green Room Rockers – Broke – Live at the Bottom Lounge 2008 – Live Recording

Playlist for Ska’s the Limit on December 06, 2009
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It was a rainy 4th of July, and the streets were quiet, but if you were listening to KDHX, you heard a killer two hours of Ska and Reggae.  I started the show off with six tracks from the Asian Man catalog-  it’s hard to make a living running a completely DIY ska/punk record label, and I sent off my appriciation to the one, Mike Park.

As the show progressed, I dropped a lot of new stuff-  from Spain’s Liquidator records, a couple of cuts from La Famillia Torelli and Contratempo-  two brand new Aggrolites songs, covers in fact, from the Endless Bummer Soundtrack, Ghost Town and Pass the Dutchie-  brand new tunes from Rancid, Vic Ruggiero, The Titans and The Pepper Pots-  all this, plus classic hits from The Rhythm Rulers, Sublime, Clive Wilson, The Drastics and so much more.  Truely a mixed bag.  If you missed the show on Sat, you can always click over to the STL page at KDHX.org and listen to the archive.

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

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Skankin Pickle – Gas In My Car – The Green Album – Asian Man

The Tantra Monsters – Boto Changee – Misfits of Ska – Asian Man – [Check out a live video of this very song from the 90's]

MU330 – Hang Tough Hold Tight – Chumps On Parade – Asian Man

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Mealticket – Picture This – Lisa Marie – Asian Man – [Awesome live set of Mealticket from the 90's]

One Eye Open – Paul Sharrar – Misfits of Ska – Asian Man

Skankin Pickle – $13,000 is alot of food – Sing Along With Skankin’ Pickle – Dill Records

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La Famillia Torelli – Fat Back – Beyond Organic – Liquidator* – [The Torelli Family doing a live cover of Perhaps, in Spanish]

The Aggrolites – Ghost Town – Endless Bummer OST – BLACKHEART* – [You can stream all of the tracks from the Endless Bummer Soundtrack here]

Gorillaz feat. Terry Hall – M1A1 – Space Monkies vs Gorillaz – Sony

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Generation X – Ready Steady Go – Perfect Hits 1971-1985 – Capitol

Rancid – Liberty and Freedom – Let The Dominoes Fall – Epitaph*

The Adjusters – Armstrong – Moonshot! – Moon

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Vic Ruggiero – Never Go Back Home – On The Rag Time – Silver Sprocket/Thought Squad*

The Void Union – Monkey Ska – Live At KDHX – *

Bim Skala Bim – Not Natural – Universal – Jamdown

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House of Rhythm – Sign of The Times – Bang OST – Moon

Mephiskapheles – Demon Weed – Maximum Perversion – Moon

The Pepper Pots – Real True Love – Now! – Black Pepper Records*

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The Titans feat Roger Rivas – Teardrops – Rehearsal Daze – Unreleased*

No 1 Station feat. Persia – You Wanna Get Busy With Me – Boss Beat – Rockers Revolt*

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The Aggrolites feat. General Smiley – Pass The Dutchie – Endless Bummer OST – BLACKHEART*

Clive Wilson – One Ska, One Ounce of Weed and One Beer – One Minute To Zero – Ska vol 1 – White

Sublime – Smoke Two Joints – 40oz to Freedome – Skunk

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Rhythm Rulers – Mudie’s Mood – Mudie’s Mood – Moodisc/Trojan

DJ Hunnicut – Fu Manchu – Unity: A Tribute to Desmond Dekker – Bacteria Buffet Records

The Drastics – Here Comes The Bass – Live in STL ‘08 – Unreleased – [Were you at The Drastics' show in STL, last year?]

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Ed Rome – Mind – A Life In Minutes – Rockers Revolt*

Contratempo – Funkey Reggae Tonight – Psycotropikal – Liquidator*

Flight of The Conchords – You Don’t Have To Be a Prostitute – The Unofficial FOTC Songbook Season 2 – HBO*

DubXanne – Roxanne – Police in Dub – Echo Beach*

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