It’s been a few weeks since I’ve posted- playlists are hard to come by during Pledge Drive.  But I do have something post-worthy to report…

If you’ll remember, The Pinstripes swung by the Magnolia Studios for a little Live in Session situation in late February.  The audio has yet to be posted on the KDHX page, but the video has been discovered on YouTube!  Here’s All Right Baby:

Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for a Paul Stark cameo at 3:17

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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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It wasn’t until after I had already picked out the songs for this episode that I realized, just how darned odd most of them are.  I was recently allowed access to Mr. Paul Stark’s massive ska collection, and I’d guess about 80% of this episode was drawn from there.  Sure, there still a fair share of the standard fare, like brand new tunes from The Green Room Rockers, The Pinstripes, The Drastics, Madness and Courtney John- but many of the songs are coming straight from the fringe’s of the late-80′s/early-90′s ska scene.  All-in-all, a fairly mixed bag of music that you’ve not likely heard before.

I also want to give a big shout out to Miss Maddie Ruthless for providing the introduction for episode.

Be sure to click over to KDHX.org to stream the show, where it will be available for two weeks.

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

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Dr. Ring-Ding – Bombs Over Baghdad – Nice Again – Kingstone Records

The Drastics feat. MC Zulu – Love Is War – Love Is War Digital 7″ – Self*

Dub Trio – Jack Bauer – Cool Out and Coexist – ROIR

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10 ft. Ganja Plant – Soon Come – Bush Rock – ROIR* – [Get yourself a 10' Ganja tee shirt or some free downloads from ROIR]

The Siren Six – Stand Still – Keep The Pressure On – Kingpin – [Check out this old video from The Siren Six]

Victor Rice – The Whip – In America – Megalith/Jump Up – [Witness Rice dubbing- live on the mixer]

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Courtney John – Lucky Man – Made In Jamaica – Jamaica Records / FiWi Music*

Bluebeat Players – Individual – Eastern Leo – Diwphalanx

Green Room Rockers – Stay With Him – Midwest Soundclash – Dashiki Clout Records* – [Musical Occupation got a sneak peek at the new GRR/Pinstripes Split 10" and are offering up a free preview for download]

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Los Calaveras – Time To Change – Chick-a-Took – Liquidator Music

Let’s Quit – Ennio Ska – The Southern Belles Party Beat – Vodli 04

Jim Murple Memorial – A Little Problem – The Story of Jim Murple – Patate Records

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Floyd Lloyd – Ska Party Tonight – Tear it Up – The Ska Album – Lightyear

Metro Stylee – Destroy – Girls Go Ska – Simmer Down Productions

Maroon Town – M. T. Slogans – Don Drummond – White

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Bang Matu and Orchesta Kingston – Getting Some Fun Out Of Life – Magia Negra – Liquidator

Ministry of Ska – Norman – Rarin To Go – Future Legend Records

Bim Skala Bim – Rain – The One That Got Away – Beatville Records

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The Equators – More Than A Person – Hot – A to Y Productions / Ace Boon Tune

Madness – Dust Devil – The Liberty of Norton Folgate – 101 DISTRIBUTION*

The Pinstripes – Cool Whip/Hot Sauce – Midwest Soundclash – Dashiki Clout Records*

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Komando Moriles – Daltonicos – Alive – Tralla Records

Jump With Joey feat. Clappers Priest – Move Your Body – Generations United – Rykodisc – [See JWJ play Ska Ba with ska originator, Roland Alphonso]

The Kingpins – Dr. Halidijan Got Married – Let’s Go To Work – Stomp Records

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The Insteaps – Free Advice – Eleven Steps To Power – Another Planet/Profile Records

Bongo Herman & Eric “Big Bunny” Lamont – African Breakfast – Trojan Nyabinghi Box – Trojan

Mento Buru – Ain’t That Right – No Dancing Please – Moon Ska/Caroline

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Lionrock – Rude Boy Rock – Reggae Classics On Capitol Gold – Capitol

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