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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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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