Here’s what happened on last night’s Ska’s The Limit…  The first hour was filled with high energy, contemporary ska and ska-punk from the likes of Common Rider, Vic Ruggiero, Big D and The Operators 780.  By contrast, hour two focused more on Rocksteady and neo-trad Ska, with a tiny tribute to Lyn Taitt followed by smooth sounds from Hepcat, Dr. Ring-Ding, Jackie Opel and many more.  I received a ton of positive phone calls, cheering me on- thanks everybody!

If you missed the show, you’ve got two weeks to stream the archive from KDHX.org

Hopeton Lewis feat Lynn Taitt – Take It Easy – 300% Dynamite – Soul Jazz – [If you're not familiar with Lyn Taitt (or even if you are) you might learn a lot about the man from his recent obit]

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Square Roots – Ground Zero – Pick It Up! – Beach Records – [Square Roots' MySpace page has a comprehensive history of the band with lots of old videos]

Common Rider – Classics of Love – Last Wave Rockers – Panic Button – [Ink 19 has a great interview with Jesse Michaels of Common Rider and Operation Ivy]

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Big D & The Kids Table – Wailing Pool – The Gypsy Hill LP – Fork In Hand – [Here's a vid of someone playing a video game to this very tune- weird]

Skandalous All-Stars – American Psychopath – Age Of Insects – Shanachie

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Skankin’ Pickle – My Hair – Green Album – Dill Records/Asian Man

The Clash – Long Time Jerk – Super Black Market Clash – Epic – [Here go one of dem dere ho'made youtubes of Long Time Jerk]

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

Kid British – Part Time Job Shirt & Tie – It Was This Or Football – Mercury Records

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Vampire Weekend – M79 – Vampire Weekend – XL – [Here's the Vampire kids doing M79 inna live fashion]

The Valkyrians – Reggae Allnighter – The Beat of Our Street – Stupido*

Secret Cajun Band – Big House – Big House – Razor Boy Records+ – [SCB is still kickin' at least on MySpace, that is]

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The Pinstripes – Come On In – Midwest Soundclash – Dashiki Clout Records – [You can hear a lot of great GRR and Pinstripes songs at this dumb ska site]

The Operators 780 – Indecision – The Operators – Longshot Music – [PunkNews has got the 411 on the 780]

The Expos – Blackwater – Blackwater – Stomp

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Johnny Nash – Hold Me Tight – Greatest Hits – Black Tiger

Baba Brooks Band – Twilight Zone – Knockout Ska – Heartbeat

Desmond Dekker and The Aces – Intensified ’68 – Best Of – Trojan

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Hepcat – Rudies All Around – Right On Time – Hellcat

Jimmy Cliff – Harder They Come – Harder They Come OST – Island

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Toots and The Maytals – John James – Intensified! Original Ska 1962-66 – Mango

Dr. Ring-Ding and The Senior All-Stars – Save a Bread/Save a Toast – Dandymite – Moon Ska

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Jackie Opel – You’re Too Bad – Single – White

The Upsessions – Cool Ska Time – The New Heavyweight Champion – Moon Ska UK

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The Debonaires – Interrupted – Longshout! – Jump Up!

No 1 Station – You Wanna Get Busy With Me – Boss Beat – Rockers Revolt

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Ska Cubano – Big Bamboo – Ay Caramba! – Cumbancha

Desorden Publico – Monkey Ska – Estrellas De Caos – RADIO PIRATA

The Ratazanas – King Kong – Ouh La La – Grover

Kinky Coo Coo’s – Hooligans – Co Tonga Tonga – Liquidator

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Doing a ska show at 2AM makes me sleepy, but you know, I’m always wide awake by the time 4 o’clock rolls around.  What can I say?  I’m not just the DJ, I’m also a pretty big fan of the show.  Last night, I played some new stuff for Resolution 242 and Rebelation from Do The Dog Records.  We heard the birth of King Django’s chatter on the 80′s ska tune, Free South Africa from the very first US Ska Compilation, NY Beat Hit & Run.  I slipped a decidedly non-ska tune from the Void Union side project, The New Collisions, Parchutes on the Dance Floor.  Otherwise, pretty standard fare…  Check out the playlist below for some cool links, videos and downloads.  If you’d like to listen to this episode, click over to KDHX.org where Ska’s The Limit is archived.

Resolution 242 – Britain’s Nasty Politics – Resolution 242 – Do The Dog* – [Band Page]

Streetlight Manifesto – Would You Be Impressed – Somewhere In Between – RISC*

Choking Victim – Crack Rock Steady – No Gods, No Managers – HellCat

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The Mighty-Mighty Bosstones – Wallet – Mashin Up The Nation Vol 1 – SQUARE – [Bosstones doing Wallet Live in '91 Video]

Common Rider – Conscious Burning – Last Wave Rockers – Panic Button – [Whatever happened to Jesse from OPIV?  Common Rider, that's what.]

The Aggrolites – Black Lung – Dirty Reggae – Axe Records

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Bedouin Soundclash – Trinco Dog – Street Gospels – Side One Dummy Records – [HQ Video of Trinco Dog]

The Slackers – The Nurse – Live – NYC Boat Cruise 2009 – Whatevski Records* – [NYC Boat Cruise 2009]

The Selecter – On My Radio – The Best of Ska Live – Mci

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The New Collisions – Parachutes On The Dancefloor – Unreleased – NA* – [New Collisions MySpace]

Special AKA – What I Like Most About You Is – The 2 Tone Collection – Capitol

$400000 – Chercher Le Chameau – Let’s Skank! – Unknown

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Too True – Free South Africa – NY Beat – Hit and Run – Moon – [Listen To and Learn About the first US Ska Compilation]

Dr. Ring-Ding feat. King Django and Rocker T – Sound Unity – Diggin’ Up Dirt – Jump Up/Victory

Stubborn All-Stars – Tired Of Struggling – NYC Ska Mob and Friends – Stubborn

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The Impalers – Holding On To You – Blood, Rum & Reggae – Axe Records

Susan Cadogan w/The Slackers – Since I Found You – The Slackers and Friends Upsettin’ Ernestos – MusicMachine

Royal Roost – Matt’s Tune – Royal Family Blues – Megalith Records

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AKA Rudie – Is It Okay? – Live Inna Windows – Ready Room Records

The Slackers – Have The Time – Live – NYC Boat Cruise 2009 – Whatevski Records* – [The Slackers do Redlight, on a boat mother fucker!]

See Spot – Cancion De Amor – Who Got It? – Jump Up – [Live Video of See Spot]

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Prince Buster – Red Dress – High Blood Pressure / Red Dress – White Label

Los Hooligans – Lady In Red – Keep The Pressure On – Kingpin

The Gaylads – Lady With The Red Dress – Ska Va Voom – White Label

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The Dualers – Money – Melting Pot – Galley – [Great live performance of this very tune]

Westbound Train – Sorry Mama – Transitions – HellCat

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Rebelation – You Will Know – The Berlin Session – Do The Dog*

Samia Farah – Le Temps S’immobilise – Samia Farah – Sony

Dub Is A Weapon – Armed & Dangerous – Armed & Dangerous – Jump Up

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