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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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.

Matt Wixson – Ska’s The Limit Theme -  -

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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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