You suggest that for everything Pete.

What about Desmond? Is he worth it for £20?

I just realised you got Spider Jerusalem as your usertitle dude. I was gonna bring all my Transmetropolitans back to Uni to re-read them as it's been too long, but I forgot! So annoying.

Maybe the way to go is to just get drunk for Slackers, I find you rarely feel the strain of any strenuous exercise when drunk.

Yeah but if you're stoned you can just chill out in front of stage and have a blast
[QUOTE=sketchyjoe]You suggest that for everything Pete.

What about Desmond? Is he worth it for £20?[/QUOTE]
But for the Slackers, it's a requirement.

I wouldn't pay $35 to see Desmond, nor would I for any other band.

Yeah 35 is a hefty price.

I paid it for the Living End... but I wouldn't pay it for any other band.

[QUOTE=the-UK-ska-scene]Maybe the way to go is to just get drunk for Slackers, I find you rarely feel the strain of any strenuous exercise when drunk.[/QUOTE]
I always want to do stuff when I'm drunk. Or at least the period between tipsy and comatose, though I've been in pits after several pints and it really screws your stomach up.

I'll probably go see The Slackers then. There's some great gigs coming up this year.

I don't drink at most shows. It's expensive and I don't need it to have fun.

I just drink around friends, cause most of my friends are kinda boring.

We will now talk about how awesome the ontario ska fest is ( @ the dungeon)

February 17th, 2006

The Barrymores, Green Division, Keepin 6, The Fad, The Soul Merchants, Skratch 3, The Knockouts


February 18th, 2006


Chris Murray, Skaface, Highschool Football Heroes, The Heatskores, Public Access, The Johnstones, Cypher, Makeshift Heroes, Angry Agency, The Donuts, The Flaming Tsunamis, Phat Bastard, True Trout, Buda Funk Munk
[url]http://www.myspace.com/ontarioskafest[/url]

[QUOTE=PaintJessGreen]We will now talk about how awesome the ontario ska fest is ( @ the dungeon)

February 17th, 2006

The Barrymores, Green Division, Keepin 6, The Fad, The Soul Merchants, Skratch 3, The Knockouts


February 18th, 2006


Chris Murray, Skaface, Highschool Football Heroes, The Heatskores, Public Access, The Johnstones, Cypher, Makeshift Heroes, Angry Agency, The Donuts, The Flaming Tsunamis, Phat Bastard, True Trout, Buda Funk Munk
[url]http://www.myspace.com/ontarioskafest[/url][/QUOTE]


I'm reserving my tickets today. :)

[QUOTE=Death_or_Glory]I'm reserving my tickets today. :)[/QUOTE]
THEY WENT ON SALE 4 MINS AGO! HURRAY UP!

[QUOTE=sketchyjoe]I always want to do stuff when I'm drunk. Or at least the period between tipsy and comatose, though I've been in pits after several pints and it really screws your stomach up.[/QUOTE]

Yeah I get kinda shy about dancing when I'm sober (although if I'm with a load of friends, or I'm hyper, or it's an ace band I usually overcome this). After a couple drinks I proper loosen up, so sometimes I'll have one or two drinks, or if I have to dance for like 7 bands, I will have a couple drinks at some point.

But pretty much for all shows I stay sober, I wanna remember every little detail. Plus going into the Underworld always makes me feel drunk for some reason, I always walk into things in there :upset: Plus I need to save $$ as I am poor.

[QUOTE=Kith]I just drink around friends, cause most of my friends are kinda boring.[/QUOTE]

That just made me proper LOL. :lol:

The Jazz Cafe has tons of great bands but it's always so expensive. The Skatalites played their a few months back and it was £20. and not only is Desmond Dekker playing there but Lee 'Scratch' Perry's doing a three night mini-residence which is £22.50. Maybe I'll try and get my dad to buy tickets.[QUOTE=the-UK-ska-scene]I just realised you got Spider Jerusalem as your usertitle dude. I was gonna bring all my Transmetropolitans back to Uni to re-read them as it's been too long, but I forgot! So annoying.[/QUOTE]
My mate lent me the entire series and I had to read them all at once. They're so cool.


Do you have any idea what the GCF ticket price will be? I can't find any info online.

Depends on the venue, but they are playing here for relatively cheap ($8)

sketchyjoe, yeah my mate lent me the ones in the series that I didn't have & I was reading like one book a night :eek: is so addictive. I'm afraid I don't know how much the tickets for GCF are gonna be but I'm sure it won't be much!

Yeah Jazz Cafe does have some ace bands, & yeah it's too expensive. My mate went to see Skatalites there but I just couldn't afford it :( I thought Lee Scratch Perry had already done his 3 nights residency? Wasn't that back in October? Cus I know he did one aroud that time, & I missed it, is he doing another one?? (I remembered on the last night last time, kicked myself a lot for that!)

I've just seen that The Selecter are playing The Standard in Walthamstow on Saturday Feb 4th, for £10 on the door, ace The Standard is a cool venue!!!! But then I remembered that I already got tickets to a different gig on that day :upset:

Also did you see that The Beat & Neville Staples are playing Islington Academy on April 1st? I would go, but it's the same date as Planet Smashers & Random Hand at Underworld (which will be far too amazing also). I will be at the Underworld show.

I might go to some of those gigs. Scratch is doing another residency in June.

[url]http://www.bamferproductions.com/movie/jeffsrant.wmv[/url]

This made me ROFL :lol:

Thats jeff from ASOB?

Heh, well, that became obvious. He's hysterical live.

My favourite bit:

"Sublime sucks."
"Sublime?"
"You know, Sublime, the band that sucks."

The Skabominables are recording today. If we get anything worth posting, it will be posted.

Awesome... are you from somewhere in PA. I know you're from somewhere near the Distorted Pengins.

[QUOTE=Kithkin]Awesome... are you from somewhere in PA. I know you're from somewhere near the Distorted Pengins.[/QUOTE]

I'm from Michigan. I have no idea why they came all the way up here those years ago.

[url]http://www.serverselect.net/~skascene/newsite/[/url]

Ok this is another SkaScene redesign, the last one sucked mighty one. I couldn't check it out on Mozilla Firefox at home cus we don't have it on that computer but I had a look when I got back and it's FUGLY!!! Anyhow, here's another site. More simple. Yay. This WILL (sense the optimism here) be the new site, if only temporarily, well I will make it into the main site as soon as I've decided how I want to do the CD reviews etc etc (as you can see I haven't made all the pages for this yet).

[QUOTE=the-UK-ska-scene][url]http://www.serverselect.net/~skascene/newsite/[/url]

Ok this is another SkaScene redesign, the last one sucked mighty one. I couldn't check it out on Mozilla Firefox at home cus we don't have it on that computer but I had a look when I got back and it's FUGLY!!! Anyhow, here's another site. More simple. Yay. This WILL (sense the optimism here) be the new site, if only temporarily, well I will make it into the main site as soon as I've decided how I want to do the CD reviews etc etc (as you can see I haven't made all the pages for this yet).[/QUOTE]
Simple is cool.

Were you at GCF? I didn't see you there.

Yeah I was, but I wasn't around too much. Where were you? I came in during the first band, then watched Dead After School. Then we were gonna take the GCF guys out to see the sites in London but I guess the singer & drummer had already left (that's why the drummer got lost) and the others were gonna stay in the van so we just headed off with Keg from Dead After School and went to see Big Ben etc :lol: & went for food. Then we came back during the second to last band, and then saw GCF who were awesome IMO :D What'd you think?

During GCF I was leaning on the railings at the right hand side of the stage, as you look at it, wearing a Bomb The Music Industry! hoodie/ a Superman t shirt.

Nice to see Edd from Rancid News there, that bloke's so nice, did you pick up a copy of the new Last Hours outside after? Looks pretty cool, has a Random Heroes interview, and an Ad7 interview, and also Sonic Boom 6 & tons of other good stuff.

I was spoilt for choice by those stalls inside! I bought some zines and stuff, I wanted to buy some proper merch but I got no $$ :upset:

[QUOTE=Zappa]The Skabominables are recording today. If we get anything worth posting, it will be posted.[/QUOTE]

So keep in mind that we've been together for about a month:

[url]http://www.myspace.com/theskabominablesnowmen[/url]

[QUOTE=Zappa]So keep in mind that we've been together for about a month:

[url]http://www.myspace.com/theskabominablesnowmen[/url][/QUOTE]
That was actually pretty cool. Better than anything my friends and I could put together in a month.

Honest crits:

For a month old and a demo it's good. You can probably send this off to incoming bands and to local clubs and be seriously considered for shows.

Your singer isn't bad but the melody line he's singing is kinda bland and the lyric rythm is akward at a few points. Sometimes he's a hair behind the music and some of the mid line pauses are poorly placed. As he grows more confident in his voice, he'll improve.

Your bassist should probably come up with a better bassline eventually. Root notes are fine for a demo and even live, but between now and when you actually record he should have something more interesting.

The drummer is good. The guitar player is competent, but it could use a little more than simple upstrokes on the off beat.

There are a few places where the horn obviously skrews up. Like after the second verse when he plays something other than the main horn line. The line itself feels like an afterthought and doesn't quite fit the song.

I enjoyed it, it was a fun song. The band has some potential, i'd say.

[QUOTE=the-UK-ska-scene]Yeah I was, but I wasn't around too much. Where were you? I came in during the first band, then watched Dead After School. Then we were gonna take the GCF guys out to see the sites in London but I guess the singer & drummer had already left (that's why the drummer got lost) and the others were gonna stay in the van so we just headed off with Keg from Dead After School and went to see Big Ben etc :lol: & went for food. Then we came back during the second to last band, and then saw GCF who were awesome IMO :D What'd you think?

During GCF I was leaning on the railings at the right hand side of the stage, as you look at it, wearing a Bomb The Music Industry! hoodie/ a Superman t shirt.

Nice to see Edd from Rancid News there, that bloke's so nice, did you pick up a copy of the new Last Hours outside after? Looks pretty cool, has a Random Heroes interview, and an Ad7 interview, and also Sonic Boom 6 & tons of other good stuff.

I was spoilt for choice by those stalls inside! I bought some zines and stuff, I wanted to buy some proper merch but I got no $$ :upset:[/QUOTE]
Well I sat through two and half crappy hardcore bands with hilarious dancers at the bar before coming to the front for GCF who were brilliant. I was wearing a leather jacker and a Bad Brains shirt.
[QUOTE=Zappa]So keep in mind that we've been together for about a month:

[url]http://www.myspace.com/theskabominablesnowmen[/url][/quote]
Pretty good. It shows a lot of potential if you've only been together for a month. The song was really quite catchy.

[QUOTE=sketchyjoe]Well I sat through two and half crappy hardcore bands with hilarious dancers at the bar before coming to the front for GCF who were brilliant. I was wearing a leather jacker and a Bad Brains shirt.[/QUOTE]

Did you crowd surf at all? Cus if you did, I'm pretty sure I saw you like, once.

Yeah, I did.

New ASOB 3 Cheers for Dissapointment is very very good.

[QUOTE=Kithkin]Honest crits:

For a month old and a demo it's good. You can probably send this off to incoming bands and to local clubs and be seriously considered for shows.

Your singer isn't bad but the melody line he's singing is kinda bland and the lyric rythm is akward at a few points. Sometimes he's a hair behind the music and some of the mid line pauses are poorly placed. As he grows more confident in his voice, he'll improve.

Your bassist should probably come up with a better bassline eventually. Root notes are fine for a demo and even live, but between now and when you actually record he should have something more interesting.

The drummer is good. The guitar player is competent, but it could use a little more than simple upstrokes on the off beat.

There are a few places where the horn obviously skrews up. Like after the second verse when he plays something other than the main horn line. The line itself feels like an afterthought and doesn't quite fit the song.[/QUOTE]

We have a pretty good understanding of our limitations. The recordings were made, more than anything, so that [I]we[/I] could hear how we sound, to get an idea of what we've accomplished on our way to playing a silly Battle of the Bands at my high school. We also wanted the opportunity to show our friends and classmates what we've been up to.

My bandmates are on varying levels of musical experience, but none of us are used to playing in a band in this sense.

My previous experiences in a small combo setting were in jazz and funk music, playing only standards. I have written music, but never to be played by a band, per se. I'm also a fan of ska music, and all that, and am passionate about playing it, but never thought it would be something I'd do. I joined this band because I was asked, and I'm certainly glad, but I don't fancy myself "a horn player in a ska band" by any stretch.

Our guitarist is 14.

Our singer has never done anything remotely like this. We are all amazed at what he's been able to do, coming from no musical background whatsoever.

Our trombonist has been out of commission for three years now, cracking the case for this band, and his only previous experience was playing in the school band until his Freshman year. I have had to work his parts out with him pitch by pitch to get the desired effects, but he's definitely improving and getting his facility back.

I don't rightly know what kind of experience our bassist has had.

The drummer has been playing for not terribly long, and he said he's never been in a band that's gotten this far off the ground.

It's all a tremendous learning experience and trial by error, but I'm really amazed that we've pulled anything together at all. Our second song, for example, is a massive improvement on the first.

We've been in this to have fun from the start, because hey, what's ska music if not fun? We're all very passionate about getting good results out of our work, but the most important thing on our mind is to enjoy playing upbeat, exciting music and sharing our ideas and energy with others.

[QUOTE=Kithkin]New ASOB 3 Cheers for Dissapointment is very very good.[/QUOTE]

How exciting... I can't wait to pick it up... I love ASOB...

[QUOTE=Zappa]So keep in mind that we've been together for about a month:

[url]http://www.myspace.com/theskabominablesnowmen[/url][/QUOTE]

Hrm... You guys are good for a ska band thats been together for month... In my honest opinion you have something working for you... If the bassist can improve on his bass skills you'll be a lot better... I hope to hear more from you guys soon...

I think Max Weinberg and the Max Weinberg 7 did a mini-cover of The Slackers - Sooner or Later last night on Conan

Max Weinberg is the frickin' man.

Hey Kithkin, I was too lazy to look through your entire thread to find one of my favorite bands, but did you miss Goldfinger? I've been into them ever since I got into ska (way back when I was ten) and I just recently got to see them play a month ago.

I don't really listen to Goldfinger... and they haven't been ska for a long while.

I keep telling myself I should update this... and I think I will.

Well the first page is re-edited. I haven't even started adding new bands, but just adding myspaces and purevolumes is pushing the character counts pretty high.

I heard one Goldfinger song I liked. It was there cover of 99 Red Balloons.

I used to listen to The Mighty Mighty Bosstones all the time. Let's Face It was my album of choice :)

Any ska I should check out? I don't really listen to it..