The Ska Geek

Hey everyone! This weeks episode is brimming with great ska to skank to. I have had this weeks episode on repeat all week for great skanking tunes! Thanks to all the bands for their contributions, Make sure and visit them all the on facebook, soundcloud and bandcamp.

Here are this weeks tracks:

Hatrick Penry - American Dream
A Guy Named Guy - 18 Pratt
On Your Marx - Don't Let Me Go Solo
TwoTone Club - Spanish Town Road
Sundown - Rochdale Coconut Dance
The UltraInfidels - Cubicle
Pocket Billiards - Dirty Money
The Nix86 - This I Promise You
Stuck Lucky - Dry Drowning
Hawaiian Shirt Day - Johnson Hall Sucks

Enjoy. Skank on!

Hey everyone it's me, The Ska Geek! This week I am featuring some band submissions, listener suggested band and some great songs I found. A special thanks to Wes from All Over the Place for the opening promo.

Here are this weeks tracks:

All Over the Place - Intro
All Over the Place - The Past
Squirt Gun Warriors - Give Me Somthing to Complain About
Kickback UK - Breaking And Entering
Stand Out Riot - Playing with Hammers
Dick Clark Tribute
New Town Kings - Hallow Head
The Dendrites - Armed and Opposed
Bionic Rats - Monkey Factor
Waves - Swing Away

Enjoy. Skank on.

Welcome the Ska Geek Podcast Episode 36! This week I am featuring suggested bands from the listener as posted on my facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/TheSkaGeek

Special thanks to Bang the Skillet for the intro plug. Hope you enjoy it.

Here are this weeks selections:

Bang the Skillet - Ska Geek Intro and Life is Good
The Skains - Settle Down
Buster Shuffle - The 38
Orpheus - Outlaw
The Junk - Scream Your Dreams
Eat Defeat - Faithbreaker
The Last Slice - 99

Enjoy! Skank on.

It is time clean house here at the podcast so I am bringing you a bunch of new songs and some other songs that have been in my podcast material folder for awhile. Enjoy the new songs and a few classics from yesteryear.

Tracks:
Today's Special - On The Menu
Hermits of Suburbia - Magic Mormon Underpants
Battle-Ska Galactica - Everybody's Got An Opinion
Bombskare - Fiesta
The Jellycats - Bedroom Jam 2012
Supertonic Sound Club - Scheherazade
The Skatoons - Skank With The Fans (England Euro 2012 Football Song)
New Town Kings - Steal for His Bread
Prince Perry - Love At The_End Of The Century
The Royal Swindle - Tear Drops
The Skankaroos - Ska Music
The Dendrites - Gumbo Hustle
The Chancers - Tuffer Than Tomorrow
UNRB - Latin Song
The Pomps - Icepack!
Chinkees - Run For Help
The Know How - Lorraine
Graduate - Elvis Should play Ska

Enjoy! Skank on.

Top o' the mornin' to ya! This episode features all ska bands from Ireland to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Check out these great bands:

Upgrades - This is Us
Barley Mob - Everybody's Music
Supertonic Sound Club - Please Don't Ask
The Jigs - Irish Ska
Bionic Rats - Don't Be Giving It All That
Dubtones - Give Me Energy
Chewing on Tinfoil - Uprooted and Booted
Trench Town - Round and Round
Upgrades - Wrong About Me

It's an Upgrades sandwich. Enjoy! Skank on.

This episode presents some brilliant ska bands from the UK! Thanks Do the Dog and TNS record labels for the music. A special Thanks to The Usual Players for the promo.

Tracks:
Usual Players - Bad Pills
Rasta4Eyes - Good Old Rock N Roll
Code 11 - Pinstripe Bandits
Amnesiacs - Left Behind
Detached - Rid of It
The Plan - The Guilty Always Run
Kickback UK - Must The Show Go On
Hijacks - Love Your Nation
On the Turn - Kidnap And Ransom

Cheers. Skank on.

People get ready, let's do rocksteady. Here are some great songs from bands playing trad-ska and 2-Tone. Your download is your vote for trad-ska. Show your support for the the roots of ska.

The Amnesiacs- On My Radio (Intro)
The Snails - Young At Heart
Sammy Kay and The Fast Four - Sweet Misery
Speedswing - Dangerous Moonlight
Bullbuckers - Falcon
Pinstripes - Alright Baby
The Rudeness - Take It
Dan P and the Bricks - One Reason
Trombonetones - Rock Fort Rock
The Amnesiacs- On My Radio (Outro)
Enjoy. Vote. Skank on.

Geex Not Dead. Here are some great songs from bands playing ska-punk. Your download is your vote for ska-punk. Show your support for the third wave and beyond.

Popes of Chillitown - On My Radio (Intro)
Critical Havoc - Derricks Song
Overweight - I Want You Got It
Waxed Curbs - Custard Chug
Stop Exploding You Cowards - World Is Wicked
Short Handed Goal - Good Violent Riot
Brunt of It - Bullska
The Junk - Monkey See, Monkey Do
Fatter Than Albert - Late Nights At The Hawthorne Hotel
Less Than Jake - Can't Yell Any Louder
4 Shades of Black - Can You Hear Me Aaron?
Iwanaga - Can't Find the Words
Popes of Chillitown - On My Radio (Outro)

Enjoy. Vote. Skank on.

SPECIAL DOUBLE EPISODE! Here we go, a half trad and half ska punk mix. Cast your vote today and we will decide which is better. Thanks to Ede of The Mighty Fishers and Three Teadies. Two super cool bands - one cool lead singer. Check them out and help them to become an international sensation:
https://www.facebook.com/3teadies. Here are this episodes great bands:

Statuto - (feat. Donatella Retto)- La Mia Radio
The Mighty Fishers - Leaving On The Train
Three Teadies - Új csajom van
Sonic Boom Six - Scatterbrain
The Skints - Ratatat
Spies Like Us - Basura Bash
Steady Legend - Marble Swing
Guns of Navarone Boston - Down Home Girl
One Short - These Hands
The Skanx - Moneygrabber
Gordie B and the Turtletones - King and a Compass
Dr. Octopus - Inside Us
Popes of Chillitown - Dalking Man
The Eskamoes - Black On Black
Skafield - STSPDS
Critical Havoc - Lips Locked and Loaded
The Long Johns - All Day, Everyday
Gunday Monday - Collision Course

Enjoy! Skank on.

Anyone in need of some good ska? Check out these great bands. A big thanks to Must Build Jacuzzi for the promo.

Must Build Jacuzzi - Party in the USA
Critical Havoc - B.B.
Random Hand - Anger Management
The Waffle Stompers - We're in for a Long Night
Urkel and the Winslows - Murphy's Law
The Wife and Kids - Birds
Banana Steady Beat - Ode 2 Someone
Brothers Ignatius - Get the Habit
The Dropsteppers - Bring it on Home to You

Enjoy Skank on. Use keys to open doors.

Welcoming the New Year with Ska! A little ska/punk and some old style to check out. Thanks to The Long Johns for the promo. Check them out: https://www.facebook.com/thelongjohns

The Long Johns - Inertia
Sekta Core! - Shoot Again
SkankShot - Reclaim the Streets
Fuzigish- Fat Ska Beatin'
Psicosis Ska - Esto es Ska
What's in this Juice? - Doobie the Drummer Boy
Trombotones - Take The A Train
Teddy Ska Band - Waiting foy My Love
The Skanx - Czech Mate
Bombscare - Magical Mystery Tour

Enjoy! Skank on.

We are going to slow it down a bit this episode with a bit of 2-Tone flavor. Sit back relax and enjoy the show. A special thanks to Mr. Coolie Ranx for the promo shout out. Here are this episodes tracks:

Toasters - Legal Shot
Ska-Waddy - Chain Gang
The King Blues - We Do The Ska
The Skains - Down
The Selecter - Big In The Body
The Capital Beat - Mr. Armstrong
Soul Radics - Hey Skavoovie
Bucket of Fish - Overdrive
Hopalong Knut - Sukker

Skank on.

This special bonus episode includes all cover songs by ska bands. These songs happen to be some of my favorites. Hope you enjoy the show!

Suicide Machines - What I Like About You
Less Than Jake - Jenny
Ruder Than You - Paranoid
Save Ferris - Come On Eileen
Busters - Wish You Were Here
English Beat - Tears Of A Clown
Hippos - So Lonely
Rude City Riot - Don't Go Away
Skankin Pickle - Special Brew
Operation Ivy - One of These Days
Oreskaband - Monkey Man

Skank on.

This week's episode features a special guest, DJ Sock Monkey, my best friend Mike. He put together an awesome playlist. Sit back, relax and enjoy some great ska!

01 Toasters - Razor Cut
02 Kemuri - Mercy
03 Busters - Hope
04 Potshot - Under the Blue Sky
05 Small Mediums at Large - Horn Song
06 Oreskaband - Good Bye Deja Vu
07 Specials - Call Me Names
08 Stretch Armstrong - Crazy Muscles
09 Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Don't Worry Desmond Dekker

Skank on.

This episode celebrates classic ska songs from the 60s. See, I am not all about ska-punk. Fear not rude boy. Here are the artists included in this edition:

Dandy-Rudy, A Message to You
Byron Lee and the Dragonaires-Simmer Down
Derrick Harriott-Monkey Ska
The Ethiopians-Train to Skaville
Alton Ellis-Rock Steady
The Maytals-Pressure Drop
Desmond Dekker-Israelites
Toots and the Maytals-Sweet & Dandy
Bob Marley-Could You Be loved
The Snails-Preserve The Roots

Enjoy. Skank on.

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