[QUOTE=Kithkin]It should be the IST, International Ska Tour, and they should play somewhere other than the middle of nowhere.

I hate that all the big ska things happen in the plains states.[/QUOTE]
Did you hear the Flatliners won and theyre opening for this!!!

i'm with kithkin....middle of nowhere is not cool

though i think the NYC ska kids would say that here is the middle of nowhere....it's not though! there's actually a city here, although it's probably the only city where you see trucks with confederate flag bumper stickers driving through the city....we have rednecks IN our city! but kids here like ska....they're idiots that mosh to the toasters....but they come out of the woodwork for a good ska show

It's Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

[url]http://www.bbvd.com/[/url]

I didn't see that, the ISC says they're still counting votes but I wouldn't be surprised.

I'm in the middle of nowhere too, but I don't mind driving 5 hours to NYC or 3 to Philly or somewhere in Jersey. Or 9 to North Carolina even.

Get Save My Soul by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, I bought it a few months ago and it's just a bit good.

I can't wait until May kids, who's coming to the Do The Dog 10th Anniversary bash in London? Last I heard is it's a 3 day thing now, not just one day, there'll be 4 bands on the Friday, 8 bands on the Saturday, and 8 bands on the Sunday.

Best thing? I finish my exams on the Friday. Worst thing? I have to have moved out of my halls by the Sunday morning at 10am. Sooooo I will figure something out.

TWO MORE AWESOME THINGS:
--It'll cost £25 for the WHOLE thing (Friday->Sunday)
--These bands are gonna play: Smoke Like A Fish, Too Many Crooks, Rebelation, Splitters, Skylar, Duff Muffin, Catch It Kebabs, 3 Minute Warning, The Beat, The Toasters, Rank Deluxe, The Scrub, Rough Kutz, The King Blues, Suicide Bid, Skaface, The Darling Reds, Southshore + 2 more bands

So, it's a date then?

I was wondering if anyone had any Smoke Like A Fish or especially My Dad Is Big cd's?

I have Smoke Like A Fish's first 2 albums, but none of My Dad Is Big. If you like Smoke Like A Fish you might like Skylar.

Hi All

Check us out at [url]www.geocities.com/roughkutz[/url]

Download a free mp3 of ours at [url]http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=482724[/url]

All the best

The Rough Kutz

[QUOTE=the-UK-ska-scene]I have Smoke Like A Fish's first 2 albums, but none of My Dad Is Big. If you like Smoke Like A Fish you might like Skylar.[/QUOTE]
Do you know The King Blues? I saw them last night and they were excellent.

Acoustic anarcho ska with an album coming out on Household Name. [url=http://box14.bluehost.com/~punkroc1/MrMusicMan.mp3]Song here.[/url]

Thats pretty good Mr Rough Kutz.

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YEAH. <3

[QUOTE=sketchyjoe]Do you know The King Blues? I saw them last night and they were excellent.

Acoustic anarcho ska with an album coming out on Household Name. [url=http://box14.bluehost.com/~punkroc1/MrMusicMan.mp3]Song here.[/url][/QUOTE]

Aha I've heard of them several times, and I'd heard they were signing to HHN, but haven't heard them yet. I will give them a listen cheers :)

[QUOTE=the-UK-ska-scene]Copy of Streetlight_Manifesto-Keasbey_Nights-2006-tLOC

YEAH. <3[/QUOTE]

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[url]http://kithkin.livejournal.com/[/url]

If you want to read along while listening to the new 1234 1234

Hey at the Reel Big Fish show last night they were playing like a ska/dub/reggae version of Dark Side Of The Moon, wtf? Most of it was pretty awesome, although the improvised screaming/singing part was a bit crap. But I was wondering who did this? Was it one artist or a whole bunch? & when did it come out?

EDIT: by "playing it", I mean it was the CD they were playing between bands.
EDIT2: yeah ok I suddenly remembered that Dub Side of The Moon that was released a bit ago. Hossome.

Keasby Nights by Streetlight Manifesto is a pretty decent album... I also hear they are going to release a new cd later this year... Is this true?

Well, someone says they're going to release a new BOTAR album and a new SM album at the same time.

But I don't know.

Yes. :D Arrogant Sons Of Bitches Are Playing London, 18th March, The Garage. Mint. :D

Lucky woman.

I may drive to see BTMI play with some other electric one man band in Pittsburg on the 2nd

Anyone got suggestions of some swingish or really groovy ska music? I was suggested The Slackers, but I didn't like them too well. Anything really jazzy too. I'm not wanting the basic punk-ska or reggae-ska, if you know what I mean.

Check out the Toasters for some swingin' stuff, and check out the Skatalites album [i]Ball of Fire[/i] for some jazzy stuff.

[QUOTE=Wizard.]Anyone got suggestions of some swingish or really groovy ska music? I was suggested The Slackers, but I didn't like them too well. Anything really jazzy too. I'm not wanting the basic punk-ska or reggae-ska, if you know what I mean.[/QUOTE]

Well if you want some nice straight up jazz/swing I'd say Cherry Poppin' Daddies, or The Littlest Man Band, both are awesome

I didn't particularly get into anything mentioned, except the Cherry Poppin' Daddies, who are sweet as hell. the Toasters were very good, but they didn't have that grrove feeling i am looking for. As far as ska goes, they will probably end up being one of my favorite groups. The Littlest Man Band's album I downloaded seems to be kind of acoustic based and slow, so I'm guessing it's probably not a good representation of their normal sound or anything. Is there a specific album I should check out?

Oh, and I haven't gotten around to checking out The Skatalites yet.

Any more stuff like The Cherry Poppin' Daddies?

Perhaps some Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Brian Stetzer Orchestra, or other swing revival bands?

[QUOTE=Wizard.]Anyone got suggestions of some swingish or really groovy ska music? I was suggested The Slackers, but I didn't like them too well. Anything really jazzy too. I'm not wanting the basic punk-ska or reggae-ska, if you know what I mean.[/QUOTE]

How can you not like The Slackers? They're f'ucking godly.

Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Brian Setzer Orchestra, and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is what you're lookin for. Also check out The Planet Smashers, The Aquabats, and The Chinkees.

[QUOTE=halfdeadhippo]Perhaps some Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Brian Stetzer Orchestra, or other swing revival bands?[/QUOTE]
What 'other swing revival bands'? :p I don't know anything about this genre, so you guys will have to name the bands.

[QUOTE=KingOfSka]How can you not like The Slackers? They're f'ucking godly.

Cherry Poppin' Daddies, Brian Setzer Orchestra, and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is what you're lookin for. Also check out The Planet Smashers, The Aquabats, and The Chinkees.[/QUOTE]
I'm not into the laid-back style of alot of ska music. I know the Aquabats, and I don't like them. I'll check out the others.

[QUOTE=Wizard.]Anyone got suggestions of some swingish or really groovy ska music? I was suggested The Slackers, but I didn't like them too well. Anything really jazzy too. I'm not wanting the basic punk-ska or reggae-ska, if you know what I mean.[/QUOTE]

The Smooths.

Oh yeah. I love big bad voodoo daddy now.
and. CHRIS MURRAY.. greatest set of my LIFE.
He came on stage singing Rock steady, pretty much said he would play what we requested and as long as he was aloud to play.

[QUOTE=Wizard.]What 'other swing revival bands'? :p I don't know anything about this genre, so you guys will have to name the bands.


I'm not into the laid-back style of alot of ska music. I know the Aquabats, and I don't like them. I'll check out the others.[/QUOTE]

That's whats so great about the slackers. The music they play is totally chill. Trad baby.

[QUOTE=Wizard.]What 'other swing revival bands'? :p I don't know anything about this genre, so you guys will have to name the bands.[/QUOTE]
Well, I worded it the way I did because I don't know of any others, just that there's more. :p Sorry.

[QUOTE=Wizard.]What 'other swing revival bands'? :p I don't know anything about this genre, so you guys will have to name the bands.[/QUOTE]

Would the Kings of Nuthin' count as swing revival? Either way, you should check them out.

the Kings of Nuthin' are a pretty sweet band.

They've hardly got groove though.

I'm currently really really really really pissed... I've spend like the last week trying to find somewhere to buy some My Dad Is Big cds... I can't even find a freaking list of the cds they released... I fail at everything... Over the past couple of weeks i've been hard at work... I noticed only about half of the albums on my iTunes were complete so i've been working hard to get all the complete cds on my iTunes... I have everything [B]but[/B] the My Dad Is Big cd... I'm sorta OCD when it comes to this stuff so its really starting to piss me off...

Hey, I just started watching the Norm Macdonald Show

The intro is by Doug and the Slugs. That's awesome.

The Rick Johnson Rock and Roll Machine is a side project of the bassist from Mustard Plug.

I don't really like Mustard Plug. They're fun and all, but their music is pretty bland. That's why it's odd that Rick Johnson's music is so good. Why isn't he writing all the music for Mustard Plug, cause then it wouldn't just be generic ska...

Anyway, he played with Bomb the Music Industry... I don't know if it was the fact that Rick isn't a singer and he was on tour for 2 and a half weeks, but he couldn't sing at all (compared even to Jeff from BTMI/ASOB).

It was an interesting set. They played together and played each other's songs and were really quite good together, but I'd rather see Bomb the Music Industry with a whole band like he usually does.

The most interesting this was this guy who opened for him. He played Randy-esq punk rock and roll as a one man band. That's not the interesting thing. He played guitar, drums, keyboard and bass at the same time. While singing. It was ridiculous.

He played the Bass with one foot. A bass and snare drum with his other foot.

Also, coolest cd packaging ever:

[IMG]http://i2.tinypic.com/qna89i.jpg[/IMG]

So i hear The Aquabats, Streetlight, Whole Wheat Bread, and some other bands are going on tour?

[QUOTE=-Superman-]So i hear The Aquabats, Streetlight, Whole Wheat Bread, and some other bands are going on tour?[/QUOTE]

Yeah, apparently in May-June or something. I am definitely psyched for this. No dates as of yet.

Does anybody know the areas that they wll be touring in?

Streetlight does mostly east coast and Aquabats does mostly west; it should be interesting to see what they do. Im thinking they will do a little of everything.

From the confirmed locations thus far looks like west coast. Can check out the aquabat website for details.