If you were with us, last night, you heard a plethora of various Ska sub-genres.  I was playing popular Ska styles like, Latin Ska, Acoustic Ska and Cowboy Ska- as well as little-known branch themes like, Pirate Ska and the House Music inspired, Skacid.  Check out the playlist below, and the fun links that I’ve added to them.

If you missed any or all of the show and you want to check it out, click on over to KDHX.org and have a listen.  As always, the show will be up for two weeks.

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The Aquabats – Martian Girl – The Fury of The Aquabats – Time Bomb

The Slackers – Robots – Boss Harmony Sessions – Special Potato

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Dan Pothast – My Favorite Song – Eyeballs – Asian Man

Chris Murray – I Can’t Wait – NA – Live Recording

The Slackers – I’d Rather Die Happy – Peculiar – Hellcat

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The Granville Williams Orchestra – Honky Tonk Ska – Trojan Ska Box – Trojan – [I've never been able to find out much about this group, other than a handful of early Ska Novelties]

The Cabrians – Bang Bang Shot – For A Few Pussies More – Redstar73

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The Selecter – James Bond – BBC Sessions Live at The Paris Theatre ’79 – BBC

Bluekilla – Secret Agent Man – Ska Is Our Business – Pork Pie

The Kingpins – Beatgirl – Skarmageddon 4 – Moon Ska

Tommy McCook – Goldfinger – Tribute to Tommy – Heartbeat

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Parka Kings – Midnight Sails – Bienvendios – Jump Up!

Warsaw – Monkey Bone – Battle Ska Galactica – Invisible Mass

Deals Gone Bad – Pirates – Skarmageddon 4 – Moon Ska – [Check out this vintage video of DGB doing the Pirate thing]

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Ska Cubano – Ay Caramba! – Ay Caramba! – Cumbancha

Jump With Joey – Undecided – Swingin Ska Goes South of The Boarder – Will – [If you like Latin-influenced Ska, you'd do good to check out this record right here]

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Desorden Publico – Baila Mi Cha Cha Ska – Estrellas Del Caos – RADIO PIRATA

Laurel Aitken – Perfidia – Latin Ska Vol 1 – Moon Ska – [Please, please, please get to know the Godfather of Ska]

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Zeda’s Beat Box – Havenu Shalom Aleichem – Seven – Self – [This St. Louis Jewish Ska and Reggae group's MySpace]

King Django – Ska Mitzvah – Roots and Culture – Stubborn

Matisyahu – Chop ‘Em Down – Live At Stubbs – Or Music

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Johnny Moore – South China Sea – Ska Down Jamaica Way Vol 7 – Top Deck/Warner Special Marketing – [Produced by Chinese-Jamaican, Justin Yap, who ran the killer Top Deck studio]

Don Drummond & The Skatalites – Chinatown – Top Deck Ska 45′s – Top Deck/Warner Special Marketing – [It's unfortunate that most of the info available on Yap is in his obituary]

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The Scofflaws – Rumanian Ska – Record of Convictions – Moon Ska

Pannonia Allstar Ska Orchestra – Skattila – Feel The Riddim! – Megalith – [I honestly cannot find a legitimate link for purchase, but a Google search brings up lot of illegal alternatives.]

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Fishbone – Ma & Pa – Truth and Soul – CBS

Mealticket – Defunct – Misconceptions – Pork and Beans

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Longsy D – Mental Ska – Ska Beats – [Marco On The Bass has a great post about this strange ska splinter style, Skacid or Acid House Ska]

Swagga – Rude Boys – Swagga – Self

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I took a request for Agent 99, last week and decided to use that as a starting point for last night’s show.  Next, a couple of other tracks I have that feature Dunia Best, the lead singer from Agent 99.  Then, an all too tiny look back at some tracks that feature Jay Nugent- AKA Agent Jay- AKA Crazy Baldhead- also a former member of Agent 99.   If you stuck around for the whole show last night you got an earful of sounds like Klezmer-Ska, Pirate-Noire Ska-Jazz, Hungarian Revivalist Ska, and so much more.

I finally finished getting a radio edit together for the Hub City Stompers track, Ska Train To Dorkville.  Such filthy mouths!  But the song is scathing commentary on a certain schism that’s been growing for years.  No matter what side of the canyon that you’ve ended up on, I think the song was worth a listen-  which means a ton of bleeps.

If you missed the show, you’ve got two weeks to get your tail over to KDHX.org to stream this entire silly affair.

Matt Wixson – Ska’s The Limit Theme – -

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Agent 99 – Muder For Rent – Little Pieces – Shanachie – [Anybody remember In Music We Trust?  I sure do.  Here's their review of Little Pieces]

The Slackers feat Dunia Best – You Don’t Know I (1992) – Do The Ska With The Slackers – Self – [The Slackers first tape may not have been a major release, but someone made a Wiki page on it]

Dunia and The Stable Boys – I Can’t Touch You – Girls Go Ska – Simmer Down Productions – [Best's new group, Brave New Girl in a whole episode of The Checkerboard Kids]

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The Jammyland Allstars – California (by Crazy Baldhead) – Live Recording – NA – [Agent Jay was the guest on Roots Rock Rebel, last week- give it a listen]

Crazy Baldhead feat. Bucket – Victoria – Sounds of ’69 – Self  – [I interviewed Agent Jay as part of my coverage of Ska Weekend '07 for SkaBlahBlah.com]

King Django feat. Agent Jay Nugent – Reason – Reason – Hellcat – [Agent Jays Wiki bio]

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Warsaw – Shalom – Battle Ska Galactica – Invisible Mass

Klezska! – Klezska! (live) – Live Recording – NA

King Django’s Roots and Culture Band – L’khayim – Still Standing – Megalith / Jump Up – [Check out another King Django Klezmer Rocksteady Hit]

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Ngobo Ngobo – Hangin’ Around – Rude Fruit – Grover – [Six live tracks in one tiny video, passing the savings on to you]

Bedouin Soundclash – Gyassi Went Home – Sounding A Mosaic – Side One Dummy

Sublime – Doin Time (Uptown Remix) – Second Hand Smoke – MCA

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Sic & Mad – Like Boom – Songs For The Revolution – Stubborn – [Check out the album review at reggaemusictalk.com]

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra – Like Jazz On Fire – Paradise Blue – Avex Trax

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Da Whole Thing – Jakarta – @ Version City – Stubborn – [Da Whole Thing is the best ska band you've never heard, please help Patrick raise the funds to release the underground classic, Tooth]

Streetlight Manifesto – Would You Be Impressed – Somewhere In Between – RISC* – [this link bears repeating]

Rotterdam Ska-Jazz Foundation – Magyar Posta – Sunwalk – Megalith / Jump Up

Pannonia Allstars Ska Orchestra – Break of Dawn – The Return of The Pannonians – Megalith – [the offical PASO website]

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Hub City Stompers – Ska Train To Dorkville – Ska Ska Blacksheep – Stubborn – [what's the difference between a Ska Geek and a Ska Dork?]

The Slackers – Face In My Crowd – Live at Ernesto’s – Hellcat – [why you wannabe?]

Mephiskapheles – Rock To The Chin – Might-ay White-ay – Koch Records – [break your ankle punk]

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Prague Ska Conspiracy – Raise The Hell – Lies For Everyone – Grover

The Valkyrians – Hooligans – High and Mighty – Pork Pie

Mr. T-Bone – Give Me A Call – Sees America – Brixton Records

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Tim Armstrong – Into Action – Life of a Poet – Hellcat

The Dead 60′s – Control This – The Dead 60′s – Sony

Pietasters – I Don’t Want To Know – All Day – Indication Records

Gregory Kraj – Rudies All Around – Rudies All Around – A1 Records* – [A1 Records is giving away their entire library, but please consider donating to this amazing stable of musicians]

Green Room Rockers – Northbound Train – Hoosier Homegrown – Oi! the Boat – [Green Room Rockers y'all!]

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