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The 5-Inch Monkey Ska-cast

Bringing ska is all it's forms and hyphenations in a twice monthly podcast.

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  1. Episode 6: Songs About Girls, Vol. 1

    Episode 6: Songs About Girls, Vol. 1 This week’s theme is self explanatory and an area that ska and reggae have explored extensively. In fact, just a quick brainstorm has given me enough tracks to feature this theme for at least two more episodes if I wanted to. Ah, women… Playlist Bomb Town –...

  2. Episode 5: London International Ska Festival

    A quick programming note for anyone who cares. I originally conceived of a twice monthly podcast, each with a loose theme. But I also want to highlight new or active bands and those two concepts are fighting each other. So, I will do three podcasts a month: one that highlights “new ska” and two...

  3. Episode 4: UK New Ska Spotlight

    Episode 4: UK New Ska Spotlight Since I have been actively seeking out new ska, it’s been the British ska that has surprised me the most. You see, I always thought of British ska as being strongly aligned with the 60’s Jamaican sound, the famous 2-Tone bands or bands influenced by that original...

  4. Episode 3: A Punk Ska Classic and New Ska Spotlight

    This episode, we revisit a punk ska classic split CD, Skank for Brains and after that, highlight some new releases and new bands. Ska-Cast Episode #3 Asbestos Records recently re-issued the Skank for Brains split album on vinyl so I chose to play some tracks from the original Beach Records…

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  5. Episode 2: The Asian Man Tribute Show

    Back in June, Asian Man Records celebrated their 15th anniversary and I didn’t want that event to get too far in the rear view mirror before I gave a aural shout-out to one of the best ska labels of the Third Wave era and beyond. Sure, they do a lot of great punk rock too […]

  6. Episode 1: The Inaugural Ska-Cast

    We start the very first ska-cast with some pioneers (Johnny Moore, Roland Alphonso, Desmond Dekker, Byron Lee) then slide into a set of songs from the defunct (but legendary) Moon Ska label (Mobtown, The Pietasters, Skunks, The Toasters, Gal’s Panic, The Skatet) and then wrap up the show with…

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Bringing ska is all it's forms and hyphenations in a twice monthly podcast.

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