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FloppyDiskCommando posted:Check out the Sad Cafe over in Plaistow. I mean there aren't any big ticket ska bands that I know of, but we just played a show there last night that was pretty kickin'. It's more of a Merrimack Valley thing. Alot of kids from Lawrence and Lowell areas make the drive up there. God you brought back such memories of my High school days seeing five o five and skankin pickle at the sad cafe.
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The Slackers - Tin Tin Deo Hepcat - Skaravan and Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra - Tetris Any Ska Band - Any song by Oingo Boingo are easily my favorite covers. What made me sad is that the Oingo Boingo tribute album only really had Suburban Legends doing On the Outside, the Aquabats doing Controller, and RxBandits doing Grey Matter as good stuff. Especially when Skankin Pickle did an awesome version of Violent Love on the Green Album, which is full of all sorts of other covers. Gates of Steel and Pay to Cum so gooood.
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If we're still claiming ska bands, totally dibsin Skankin' Pickle. Mike Park is probably the chillest dude I have ever met. He seemed really surprised when I asked him to sign my Asian Man Records hoodie at Warped Tour in '00.
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I got so drat giddy when they were leading in to playing Captain Hampton. The set was loving awesome and just one Attacked by Snakes away from my being able to die happy right there. The (one) new song wasn't even terrible either! Definitely missed the old Avalon vibe. The new HoB really can't compare to either of the clubs they osmosed. Hands up if you saw the Planet Smashers at Axis a million years ago and made you love them for life. Shabadu fucked around with this message at 00:37 on Nov 24, 2010 |
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I totally forgot about tickets to that. When I saw the lineups I screamed "WHAT, NOOOOOoooooooooo!!!" Now I really want to go.
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I'm sorry ska thread, I should've listened to you all those years ago and gone to the BTMI shows when I could. Spent today listening to everything they've ever made and I love them.
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Jan 29, 2013 06:23
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Isn't saying Bruce Lee Band and LTJ in the same sentence like mentioning Clark Kent and Superman? Or did Mike Park pick up another backing band?
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Mar 21, 2013 18:13
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Obama Yo Mama posted:jeff is a p cool dude hth qiyd, bummed I missed him on Andrew Jackson Jihad's tour last fall. I've been whistling With any Sort of Certainty all day and it has seriously had me in an amazing mood.
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Apr 25, 2013 22:54
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It's proto BTMI, jeff yelling over some fast skapunk with some hardcore elements. S'pretty good.
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May 9, 2013 03:52
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I know they're hardly ska these days, but wtf at RxBandits touring again? I had wrote them off the list of bands I need to see before I die when I heard the broke up, but they just shot themselves to the top of the list. Anyone else going to be at the show in Boston?
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May 9, 2013 23:10
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Well they don't go on sale until tomorrow at noon. I'm super excited and hope they play the Resignation in its entirety, seeing as it's the 10th anniversary tour.
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The Slackers: http://www.theslackers.com/music/ New York Jazz/Ska/Reggae/Rocksteady. There isn't a definitive album, but Peculiar is my personal favorite.
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May I also suggest RxBandits, but only if you listen to them in order and even maybe skipping Mandala because it's too different. Progress-The Resignation-And The Battle Begun. It's a great progression from solid but typical Third Wave ska into a more progressive form. I love it all, but especially the Resignation. There's more than a hint of the Police in there.
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May 21, 2013 05:31
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nerve posted:Mandala is their best album so don't skip it. Yeah, my only caveat was that it's not ska. Still owns, but not quite as much as The Resignation for me, Never Slept so Softly pulls on my feels so hard. The middle part of All Ages Shows gets me every goddamn time. I love the Jeff/Laura back and forth and its the reason I dig her solo stuff. And I wanna just blast the Descendents.
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May 21, 2013 18:59
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I thought to myself, "Whoa sweet, a Massachusetts ska show, welp nope" Psyched to see the Planet Smashers touring here again though.
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Awesome OClock posted:Boston Common. It was announced maybe a month ago. There's some sort of Festival going on, I guess. The Bosstones are the one noteworthy thing that's going on. Aww Dag, Taj Motel Trio is playing at the same time as the Bosstones on sahday (#menino) at city hall plaza.
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Jul 15, 2013 16:32
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Josh Wow posted:Luckily for you that's the Taj Mahal Trio, and not us. There's been a decent amount of confusion about that over the years. HOoray! Now I don't feel conflicted in the slightest. Although maybe I should get my eyes checked
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Jul 15, 2013 21:55
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They added a show in Boston at the HoB with Dan Potthast too. I am more excited for that than the Lupos show last saturday. (also mike park involved  )
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Jul 20, 2013 00:09
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Hmmm, seriously considering coming from Boston for that. BTMI became one of my favorite anarcho musical explosions and glockenspiel collectives over the course of this thread.
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Nov 20, 2013 18:35
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Downstairs is better and the Slackers are better musicians. But I've already given them enough money and Jeff is a cool dude too. And they're always going to come around again and play an awesome show then. No need to hate on anyone duders.
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Nov 21, 2013 23:21
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tnimark posted:Any recommendations of where to start if I haven't heard any Mike Park? That Bruce Lee Band song is awesome. Skankin Pickle - Green Album (Skankin Pickle Fever is good too) , The Chinkees - Peace Through Music. My favorite thing about the warped tour in the late 90's was going and saying hi to Mike and him being shocked that anyone knew who he was. He even signed my Asian Man hoodie.
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Nov 30, 2013 13:49
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But it was such a nice house in a nice neighborhood! Who could've expected anything like that happening?
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Dec 15, 2013 01:20
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How would I know that the Ska thread talks more about AJJ than the punk thread? Asian Man. Best Record Label.
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Dec 27, 2013 15:59
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I wish I hadn't known that. I'll just go back to listening to the Resignation and The Battle Begun and parts of Mandala and continue to think they broke up.
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Jul 22, 2014 06:11
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Petition to rename thread to Ska Megathread: Jeff Rosenstock and other bands sometimes. Also this thread is way more punk than the punk thread lately.
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Nov 12, 2014 16:04
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Fateo McMurray posted:
It's such an early show that I'm sad I can't do beerfest and see the entire thing, let alone even show up late. I really like Jeff and I agree that AJJ is 100000 times better so that shows you how much I like AJJ too.
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Mar 4, 2015 15:38
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rear end Catchcum posted:Jeff is the new Tomas impossible, jeff puts out new music
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Wheat Loaf posted:I've heard of Skavoovie and the Epitones; I've heard a couple of their songs via YouTube and they seem like the sort of band I'd like. At the same time, though, I think they have a euphonium player, and euphoniums piss me off. Still, I reckon they merit a closer look. Skankin Pickle was what the ska fans (me in highschool basically) listened to before 3rd wave was a mainstream thing. They did a lot of great stuff before Lynnette died, and Mike Park went on to make even more ska/punk music. Bruce Lee Band, the Chinkees, his solo act and he even owns Asian Man Records, the best goddamn record label.
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May 1, 2015 02:04
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it is so the thing i am into it hurts
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May 5, 2015 18:43
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Holy gently caress that is worth driving to nyc for.
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Dec 4, 2015 16:13
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Skeezy posted:The Aquabats have always been great and while the new stuff isn't my favorite it's cool that the kids love it. Yo Gabba Gabba is great and the Super Show loving ruled. It's music that doesn't suck that I can happily listen to with my kids. They adore Shark Fighter and Pink Pants and BFFS.
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Yeah, Skankin Pickle would be the one I'd immediately think of. Early Thirdwave.
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Oct 6, 2016 14:22
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ASOB and earlier BTMI were way more 3rd wave than Vacation and his solo stuff.
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if you're 37 and listen to All Ages Shows you instantly turn into dust because i was in trashed room in 1996 talking to my green day posters and then in a flash i'm my parents i also just want to blast the descendants (jeff is also 37 and every year he keeps putting out poo poo that is laser targeted at the aging millenial in the 80-85 range)
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people in their 20s when scrambles came out are millenials, hth it's almost like the problems we were suffering 10 years ago are still relevant
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mike park has been my ska idol for going on 30 years now, thanks mike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEEY9yTaQgk
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Jan 28, 2021 20:29
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Snow Cone Capone posted:I wish I was still in Boston extreme alucard voice *im interested in this* I haven't seen the slackers since right after Self Medication came out, they played the middle east downstairs and holy poo poo that ceiling was dripping with re-condensed sweat
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Sep 28, 2021 23:19
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holy poo poo! obi has the greatest singing voice of any ska band and this is not an argument
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Oct 7, 2022 15:20
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I think I need to see tokyo skapara before I die.
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CodfishCartographer posted:Jeff's new album, HELLMODE, is up on spotify! head is practically a BTMI song so i'm in love already
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