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March
31: 2000 - Good Friday? Pressure Cooker (Boston MA) with Doc & Mary Empire Brewing Rochester
29: 1980 - Black Echoes Brenda Russell cover, innards by Steve Barrow where Laurel Aitken shows The Beat the beat
29: 1980 - Don't read that read this! Jackie #847 has the Tops from 2Tone [very last page]
29: 1980 - some say Selecter Missing Words TT-10 was released today
28: 1980 - Duke Vin vs Jah Shaka Soundclash at the Electric Ballroom Camden Town
27: 2020 - R.I.P. Keith Anderson bka Bob Andy, Commander Distinction, aged 75
27: 2020 - Derrick Morgan, the conquering ruler is 80
26: 2020 - Postal Workers Are Stressed!
26: 2019 - R.I.P. Ranking Roger Charlery, aged 56
26: 2003 - Rocksteady 7 Rochester
26: 1990 - Monday night NYC SKA LIVE (MR-022) recorded Cat Club Manhattan
25: 2006 - MP Ambrose keys with Dave Wakeling's English Beat Rochester NY
24: 1999 - Bim Skala Bim in City
23: 2020 - R.I.P. Albert "Apple Gabriel" Craig aka Bueka1211
23: 1996 - Coolie Ranx & the Toasters, Too Hectic Alfred University
23: 1989 - Ska Explosion night at Astoria London
22: 1980 - Fatty Dread! Buster Bloodvessel on this week's Sounds
22: 1980 - Bodysnatchers on this week's Record Mirror
21: 1980 - Madness Work, Rest & Play E.P. out on Stiff/ it's the Ronan dublinsax O'Donnell fanzine namesake
20: 2020 - Lee Scratch Perry is 84
19: 2020 - Fun Boy 3 Terry Hall is 61, Deltaforce 23 Jon Barra is 43
17: 1995 - Toasters Rochester Boogie Bar
15: 1980 - Dexy's Midnight Runners tribute to Geno Washington out on 45
15: 1980 - Why is this man smiling? Rude Boys Can't Fail (Specials USA w/ Garry Bushell) in Sounds
15: 1980 - Melody Maker: Chas & Suggs Chock Full o' Nuts (Madness in NYC)
15: 1980 - Bodysnatchers TT-9 out Let's Do Rocksteady/ Ruder Than You out
14: 1980 - Have you heard the latest news? Ian Page releases Laurel Aitken & Unitone 45
14: 1980 - Catch me if you can, I won't record no backhander: Elvis should play Ska PAR100
13: 2003 - Thursday/ Slackers/ Milestones/ $5
13: 1998 - R.I.P Judge Dread, aged 52 on stage at the Penny Theatre in Kent
12: 2009 - Aggrolites add second night in Rochester with Dropkick Murphys
12: 1982 - Jam #6 The Gift out
12: 1964 - Millie smash record My Boy Lollipop out
12: 1938 - Don Drummond born on this day
9: 2020 - full worm moon, also Coolie Ranx at 55
8: 1980 - Birmingham Between the Lions // Roger Charlery & The Beat in this weeks NME
7: 2020 - Pilfers The Abruptors Some Ska Band + Barbara's birthday at Flour City Station
3: 1927 - Tommy McCook born on this day
1: 1980 - The Old (Rude) Boy Network: Laurel Aitken in Sounds by Paul Bradshaw
March 2019 - Guitar Player has Claypool Lennon cover
March 2019 - Classic Pop #50 The Specials cover
March 2019 - Vive Le Rock #61 has 3 collectable covers for 2Tone's 40th anniversary
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February
29: 2012 - Leap year? Helen McGraw Branch gets a Jimmy Cliff Sacred Fire E.P.
28: 1993 - WBER FM presents Bad Manners w/ Scofflaws Boogie Bar Rochester.. scroll down for letterpress poster
28: 1980 - Selecter live Guildhall, Portsmouth recorded (this footage later used in Dance Craze)
27: 1980 - Muziekkrant OOR #4 features their 2Tone spectacular
26: 1992 - Bosstones Buffalo (last date of More Noise tour)
24: 1980 - The Edge & Q107 FM is proud to present Specials w/ The News at Maple Leaf Ballroom, Toronto
23: 2020 - Toasters 4 Decades in Ska stopsat Mohawk Place Buffalo 8pm
23: 1980 - Pauline Rainbow Melody Maker
23: 1980 - Selecter Madness NME
22: 2006 - Slackers Peculiar out; reissued Oct 2019
21: 2012 - Toasters Dubland (first of 3)
21: 2001 - Slackers Wasted Days out
21: 1986 - Toasters, A-Kings, Beat Brigade, Second Step, at Loeb Student Center NYU
20: 1980 - Chrysalis TT-8, Selecter Three Minute Hero released
19: 2020 - Dave Wakeling 64
17: 2015 - hpska.com gets Kaler Carpenter @OneontaSkaSociety mention
16: 2000 - Ryan Whirty City News Pressure Cooker Empire Brewing Lager Rhythms Series
16: 1989 - Deltones (ex-Bodysnatchers, Belle Stars) Nana Choc Choc in Paris, PHZA-31 licensed from a French label Boucherie
15: 2020 - 25 years of Stomp Records
15: 1990 - Adam Birch plays horn on PHZA-50, Laurel Aitken Ringo The Gringo, out today
14: 2020 - Hits Of ’77: Various Artists, 2CD of Sonia Pottinger productions
14: 2020 - Fire Corner! Clancy Eccles & Dynamites 2Fer out today
14: 1980 - The Beat Hands Off She's Mine released on GoFeet
12: 2020 - 50 Years of Chuck Wren
11: 2015 - hoi polloi = a $2000 triple-stumper on Jeopardy #7003
11: 2005 - the late Doc Awk fondly remembers WRUR reggae shows in newsprint
11: 2000 - Allstonians Empire Brewing Lager Rhythms Series
11: 1995 - Miggedys HBB
11: 1989 - The Toasters first Chicago appearance
10: 2020 - Hooray it's Doug Schrank Day
10: 1994 - Skaboom! + Recriminations MRO13 CD nineties compile w/ graphic blandishment by Andres 'Blanquito Man' Chango RIP
9: 2020 - full snow moon occurs at 2:33 a.m. EST (0733 GMT)
9: 1989 - PHZA-26 Donkey Show Bali Island E.P. out on Unicorn
9: 1980 - New Musical Express Specials in press conference/ the 2Toning of America
9: 1980 - Record Mirror Pauline: slashed with a broken bottle? Madness: would Olivia dance with these boys?
8: 1990 - PHZA-60 Toasters Frankenska (Live Islington 12 JUN 89) out on Unicorn
8: 1973 - Perry Henzell's film The Harder They Come premieres in New York City
8: 1969 - NME: D. Dekker & the Aces will return to Britain March 14! Plus a new single called Israelites, issued to coincide
7: 2020 - internationalclashday.com (seventh annual)
7: 2003 - Prince Buster, Gaz & Determinations Prince of Peace live Osaka JP it's recorded CD/ dvd
7: 2003 - The Beat at the Royal Albert Hall UK it's recorded for MVD dvd
6: 2020 - 75 Years of Bob Marley
5: 2020 - SSB Record Archive Backroom happyhour
3: 1959 - Buddy Holly/ Richie Valens/ Big Bopper planecrash
2: 2020 - Aimee Interrupter 38, Groundhog's Day
Feb 2020 - Do The Dog #104 with Zen Baseballbat |
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January 2020
29: 2007 - Paul Weller begins a three-night Hit Parade at Irving Plaza NYC
28: 2019 - The Big Issue #1343 is taking the Specials back to Ghost Town via augmented reality
28: 2006 - Toasters, Go Jimmy Go at Alfred University Powell CC Knight Club
28: 1986 - NASA Challenger shuttle disaster
28: 1941 - King Tubby born
27: 2020 - 50 Years of Steve Pietaster Jackson
26: 1980 - The Beat, UB40 & The Akrylykz at Camden's Electric Ballroom
26: 1980 - a rather large Selecter feature in Sounds "Pressure & Slide"
26: 1980 - Specials Hurrah NYC & TT7 Too Much Too Young Live E.P. No 1 In England
25: 2020 - Mephiskapheles, Inspecter 7, Public Serpents at 66th Congress Brooklyn NY
22: 2020 - 60 years of Michael Hutchence
21: 2020 - Lloyd Bradley is 65, Darren Reggae spins 46
20: 1998 - Hepcat's Right on Time on Hellcat CD/ LP/ cassette
20: 1958 - Adrian Sherwood born London UK
18: 2020 - Noble Vibes Johnny's Irish Pub on 1382 Culver, $5
18: 2020 - Adicts Haunt Ithaca
17: 2020 - new album from Long Beach Dub Allstars
17: 1970 - Derrick Morgan Moon Hop [CRAB 32] enters the UK singles chart for 1 week at #49
15: 2020 - Willo is 53 today!
14: 2020 - Watch this! Chas Smash is 61
14: 2000 - Nigel & Allstonians live UR Wilson Commons coffeehouse, it's recorded
14: 1994 - SKA deemed next big thing by Billboard® magazine
14: 1989 - Steve Lamacq writes 2 big New Musical Express pages on Zoot skazine & late 80's London ska awakening
14: 1965 - Georgie Fame's version of Yeh Yeh released
13: 2016 - Suggs is 55, also Rocksteady 7 appears in New York Times Crossword page
12: 1990 - Goldmine #247 cover Bob Marley and the Wailers w/discography by Timothy White
12: 1980 - LOOK-IN #3 TOM BAKER DR WHO SELECTER TWO TONE SKA
11: 1997 - Go Go Rays/ Lettuce Boy/ Creepers/ Too Hectic/ Miggedys at Mercury Theatre, Buffalo NY $5
11: 1980 - TT7 Too Much Too Young Live E.P. out, backsleeve Terry Hall Sr. praises Jr. in Coventry Evening Telegraph
11: 1942 - Clarence Clemons born
11: 1964 - Whisky a Go Go first opens on Sunset Strip in West Hollywood
11: 1895 - Tonewheel? Laurens Hammond, inventor of the organ, born in Evanston IL USA
10: 2020 - full Wolf moon will appear opposite the sun on Friday at 2:21 pm EST
9: 2006 - hpska.com begins
9: 2001 - itunes.com begins
9: 1991 - Specials Singles Collection CD/ CASS released on Chrysalis 21823 US cover orange yellow
9: 1990 - Derrick Morgan The Moon Hop on Unicorn UK PHZA-63
8: 2020 - F-word Ska brother No.1 in City Newspaper
7: 2020 - R.I.P Neil Peart, Rush drummer, aged 67
4: 1979 - Blondie Heart of Glass single out, sleeve complete w/ heart shaped-hype sticker
3: 2020 - Ring in New Year Adam the Goth presents Turkey Blaster Omega + Some Ska Band Rochester $5 /hang 12 under 18h
2: 2020 - R.I.P. Jason Lawless Sirota, LA ska reggae impresario, aged 42
Jan 2020 - Subculture for Life #0 is new 'zine by CHemaskandal
Jan 2019 - Do The Dog #95 The Specials
Jan 2019 - Record Collector #488 The Clash London Calling 40
Jan 2005 - Jimmy Page, Joe Massot and Me? HP#8 in Record Collector #306
Jan 1998 - ultimate ska mayhem of Do The Dog #11
Jan 1997 - new 737 (issue #7 of the Bosstones-inspired fanzine)
Jan 1995 - new 737 (issue #4 of the Bosstones-inspired fanzine)
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December
29: 2019 - Hometown Throwdown #22 December 27, 28, & 29 HOB Boston MA
28: 2009 - Hometown Throwdown #12 MMB w/ openers Bim Skala Bim (Reunion) and Pietasters
26: 2019 - Music for the moment
25: 2019 - HP Christmas tracks collection
24: 2019 - Under the Clock by Shelley Hinchliffe Reece [fiction set during the time of 2Tone] in paperback via Amazon
22: 2002 - Rollem, Mellor... R.I.P. Joe Strummer, aged 50
22: 1979 - Ranking Roger boombox cover of Sounds w/ Bodysnatchers, Madness's My Girl 45 out loads more
19: 2019 - Slackers & Mephiskapheles at U Street Music Hall Washington DC
19: 1998 - Eastern Standard Time Syracuse
17: 2000 - Moon Ska NYC Records shut
17: 1979 - The Who (and their December 3 Cincinatti OH stampede) get checkerboards on the covver of TIME® Magazine
15: 1996 - Tom Miller's TEAHOUSE hosts all-ages Ska Punk matinees now
14: 2019 - Don Letts screening of Westway to The World with surviving members of The Clash at BFI Southbank
14: 1979 - The Clash 2LP London Calling released in UK
13: 2019 - Hub City Stompers's Blood, Sweat and Years Amazon preorders ship
13: 1998 - Slackers open for Skatalites haunt Ithaca NY
12: 2019 - full moon will occur on December 12th at 12:12 AM ET, and is known as the Cold Moon or Long Nights Moon
12: 2014 - JA Oldies Productions Chicago hosts Charlie Organaire, Prizefighters, Monty Montgomery & Bishops. Poster by CH, 8pm CST
12: 1980 - The Clash 3LP Sandinista! released in UK
9: 1940 - Clancy Eccles born, Dean Pen Parish St Mary Jamaica
8: 1980 - John Lennon killed
8: 1979 - Beat Tears of a Clown TT-6 released today
8: 1978 - BC Oster (Professionals/ Zoo Crew/ The Blackouts) born
8: 1945 - Toots Hibbert born, May Pen Parish Clarendon Jamaica
7: 1984 - General Public at the Felt Forum NYC
6: 1998 - (Sunday) Reverend HH, Amazing Crowns, Flat Duo Jets at Water St
5: 2017 - Interrupters +4 Montage Music Hall Rochester
5: 1996 - Scofflaws w/ Too Hectic Haunt Ithaca
4: 2019 - Reverend HH, VooDoo Glow Skulls, 5678s, +1? Tralfamadore Cafe Buffalo NY $40
4: 2003 - Rancid's Indestructible Tour stops at Water St
3: 2015 - R.I.P. Gladdy Anderson, aged 81
3: 1995 - Bosstones UR Alexander Palestra, it's 82 mins recorded by fjackie
3: 1976 - Marley Assasination attempt, Hope Road
2: 2017 - Mephiskapheles +2 Mohawk Place matinee, 3pm
Dec 2018 - Smash #91 Interrupters on cover |
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November
29: 2019 - Some Ska Band annual Black Friday show Fairport b-side, 8-11pm
29: 2019 - Spoiled brat? Black Friday Skalars Skoolin' LP issue on JumpUp
29: 1996 - (Fri) Big D and the Kids Table at TT the Bears Cambridge MA
29: 1979 - Selecter at Coventry Tiffanys it's Carry Go Bring Come live recorded for b-side
27: 1999 - R.I.P. Roy Samuel Ried, AKA I-Roy, aged 55
26: 2000 - Slackers Rochester NY Skanksgiving 2 also the Blackouts and Motives support
26: 1997 - NYC SKA MOB TOUR Mercury Theatre Military Road Kenmore NY
24: 1979 - The Bodysnatchers make their debut at Windsor Castle in London tonight
23: 1999 - Marcia Griffiths is 50
22: 1996 - Bim Skala Bim, Toasters at Buffalo State College
22: 1993 - Madness The Business 3CD box in slipcover, in time for Christmas
21: 1999 - Spider Nick & Maddogs 204 N. Water St in Rochester + 5 local openers
20: 1998 - R.I.P. Roland Alphonso aged 67, also Slackers The Question out
20: 1996 - Deston Berry (Hepcat) wants a Nintendo64 interview Ogden St. Buffalo / the release of HP3
19: 1971 - Lord Sluggo Ruggiero born
18: 1989 - Milk & Cheese invite you to The Steadys, Toasters, Let's Go Bowling, Potato 5 at CBGB, Bowery L.E.S. N.Y.C. 16+!!!
17: 2015 - Slackers Mohawk
17: 1995 - Murphy's Law, Toasters, Too Hectic at Water Street Music Hall
17: 1995 - Scofflaws w/ Desorden Publico (10th anniversary) at 1900 Wall St in Caracas, Venezuela
16: 2006 - Huckleberry 585 promotion: One Night Band, The Expos (featuring Yvonne Moir), ROCsteady Allstars at Milestones
16: 2001 - Toasters, Blackouts, Mexican Cession Club at Water Street
16: 1993 - The 2 Tone Collection: A Checkered Past 2xCD out on EMI Chrysalis. B-sides and never before on CD rarities!
15: 2019 - Lord Tanamo & Friends: Festival Jump-Up 2xCD Expanded edition album unavailable on any format since 1965! DBCDD046
15: 2019 - Noble Vibes at Sticky Lips Juke Joint 9pm
15: 2019 - a new Mephiskapheles E.P., Never Born Again out!
15: 2001 - 585 becomes official; it's the first new area code in upstate NY since 1954
15: 1980 - Melody Maker "Tracking the New Selecter" cover
13: 1993 - Toasters (Skavoovee '93) at The Palace Los Angeles it's recorded for MR045CD = DIDX 021248
12: 2019 - full moon at 8:34 AM ET
11: 2019 - Tono Topnotch at 58? also PPR reissue Aggrolites Dirty Reggae in digipak CD and LP
11: 2000 - (Sat) Bim Skala Bim Water Street in support of Krinkle
11: 1999 - (Thu) Bim Skala Bim Milestones
10: 2019 - HP7 eighteen, also Sesame Street at 50
10: 2001 - R.I.P. Ken Kesey, also HP7 completion date - assemblage took 1 year
10: 1994 - Miggedys +2 Horizontal Boogie Bar, also Sesame Street at 25
9: 2019 - St Louis SKA with The Skalars sold out reunion show at the Hideout, Chicago IL
9: 2015 - Vic Ruggiero, Roarshark, Harsh Mellows at ButaPub in South Wedge, rather than Bug Jar
9: 1996 - Bob Barker & the Womanizers, Danny Down & the Syndromes, the Professionals (live debut) Riverton CC Henrietta NY
5: 2014 - Rhoda Dakar Cleaning in Another Woman's Kitchen out on MoonSka World CD 107
5: 1996 - Boston area compilation, Safe and Sound on Big Rig-Mercury; The Impression that I Get appears on it
5: 2019 - Angelo Moore at 54, so an Annette Funicello clue on Jeopardy!
2: 2019 - Skalloween w/ Mephiskapheles, Spring Heeled Jack USA, Turkey Blaster Omega at Flour City Station
2: 1994 - SKA Wednesdays at Abyss 240 South Ave hosted by Crunchy & Awkward
1: 2002 - Mustard Plug, Blackouts (5th Anniversary Show), Isotopes, Club at Water St. Rochester
Nov 2019 - Do The Dog #102 ***now a monthly 'zine*** has The Bighead, loads more. Get one now! |
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October
31: 2019 - Everyday is Halloween? Our 500+ song extended playlist
31: 2019 - Root Shock live Halloween show at Three Heads Brewing
31: 2003 - Pietasters/ Brandon Sausner's Molotov Cocktail and Trailer Park Mafia/ Bensin. Continental Buffalo NY
30: 1994 - Bakesys Live in Germany it's recorded
28: 1997 - Toasters Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down on Moon Records
27: 1979 - a week after The Specials self-titled record out
23: 1953 - Belinda Magnus bka Pauline Black born
20: 2014 - Dave Hahn Larry MacDonald bring Dub is a Weapon + Pandas Club at Water Street
19: 2019 - Some Ska Band, w/ Tooth at Lovin' Cup Bistro
19: 1979 - following a bidding war for Madness One Step Beyond... out on Stiff Records
18: 1997 - Ska Fever Surges front and center on this week's Billboard magazine
17: 1934 - Rico's born
15: 2017 - R.I.P. Dr Awkward, 62. A 88.5 WRUR FM reggae DJ & champion of Ska + Gasport/ Rochester/ Watertown/ Corning NY
15: 2005 - Dave Wakeling's English Beat WSMH
15: 1979 - TT-5 A Message To You Rudy with Dick Cuthell released
14: 2002 - Reel Big Fish (Scott K) reads HP7 onstage in Rochester? fresh from their tourbus fire horror CNN reported
13: 2019 - full Hunter's moon 5:08pm EST /lunacy.html
13: 2006 - Friday the 13th Pietasters FCK and The Hoboz (Avon NY) Milestones
13: 1997 - The Selecter/ Friggs/ Water Street Muisc Hall Rochester NY
13: 1979 - TT-4 On My Radio (Selecter debut single) out a week late
12: 2019 - Jump Up Records release a record number 12 tapes on Cassette Store Day '19
12: 2002 - a few of The Untouchables Cool Beginnings: Rare & Unreleased sealed at Avenue Pub Rochester NY
11: 2008 - R.I.P. Alton Ellis aged 70
10: 2019 - Abruptors CD release show Mohawk Buffalo - also Mustard Plug 8pm
10: 1998 - Pilfers, Spring Heeled Jack SUNY Oswego it's recorded for HP6
9: 2015 - a new Mephiskapheles 6 songs out
8: 1994 - Chucklehead, Miggedys at Boogie Bar - card poster by Mearns
7: 1997 - Mephiskapheles Maximum Perversion streetdate
6: 1979 - 40+ date 2Tone Tour announced in the British music press
5: 2002 - Dem call it Ska? Dave Wakeling's English Beat Montage Grille
4: 2019 - Question The Answers at 25 (released mere weeks after the Boston Police/ Green Day hatch shell Riot)
3: 2019 - Gwen Stefani at 50
2: 2019 - Sting at 68
Oct 2019 - Q Magazine UK Specials 40th Anniversary Special, out 27 Aug
Oct 2019 - Do The Dog Skazine #101 has The Selecter
Oct 1999 - Liquidator #1 from Toni Face in Madrid
Oct 1990 - Music Collector Mag #20 features 2 Tone Label, Janet Jackson
Oct 1989 - Lets Catch The Beat #3 typewritten by Chris Prete (Trojan Appreciation Society) |
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September
29: 1963 - Les Claypool born
28: 2019 - Hub City Stompers, Rude Boy George, wsg 5Head in Rochester $12/$15 8pm
28: 1997 - Articles, Magadog Rebound Ska Tour, Rochester NY + STL Skalars
23: 2018 - A transatlantic ska benefit compilation for Do The Dog Skazine
21: 2019 - Pittsburgh Ska and Some Die Nameless present Steel City Ska Fest 5pm $25
20: 2018 - Mephiskapheles/ The Abuptors/ Buffalo Brass Machine/ Mohawk Place Buffalo
19: 2019 - Rancid, Pennywise, English Beat at Agora Cleveland OH
17: 1940 - Winston Sparkes bka King Stitt born
16: 2000 - Toots & the Maytals, Stone Love Sound in Rochester (courtesy Salem Cigarettes)
15: 2019 - Toby and H2O return to Rochester
14: 2019 - Aquabats! (Koo Koo Kanga Roo, MC Lars) Return to Town Ballroom Buffalo $22 6pm Holy Guacamole tour
14: 2019 - Some Ska Band performs live at House of Guitars outside shell 4:30-6pm FREE
14: 2019 - Full Harvest Moon 12:35 am EST
14: 1983 - Amy Jade Winehouse born, North London UK
13: 2019 - Selecter + DJ Rhoda at Kent Stage, Kent OH
13: 2019 - 15th annual Riotfest Douglas Park Chicago IL begins
12: 2019 - Selecter + DJ Rhoda, with New Limits ONCE Ballroom, Somerville MA
10: 2019 - Jeopardy #8047 for $600 Britannica calls this 3-letter genre "Jamaica's first indigenous urban pop style"
8: 2016 - R.I.P. Prince Buster, aged 78. AP obit
8: 1960 - David Steele (English Beat, FYC) born
7: 2019 - thirty years since NO SPORTS- KING SKA CD/LP out on Unicorn!
7: 1951 - Chrissie Hynde born
6: 1997 - Planet Smashers/ Professionals/ Slush Fund/ Creepers at Mercury Theater Kenmore NY
4: 2015 - R.I.P. Rico Rodrieguez MBE, aged 80
3: 1982 - English Beat at the US Festival, its recorded for CD/DVD
3: 1948 - Arthur Kay born
1: 1983 - Mick Jones fired from the Clash
1: 1955 - Bruce Foxton born
1: 1938 - Alton Ellis, OD born. Local vinyl
1: 1979 - Sting Gordie Sumner on this week's NME with indie labels special: 2Tone, Rough Trade, Zoo, Factory, more
Sept 2019 - Do the Dog #100 features Razika, as seen here
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August
30: 1939 - John Peel OBE born
30: 1953 - Sir Horace Gentleman (Stephen Graham Panter) born
30: 1974 - Aaron Barrett born
27: 2019 - hpska.com gets Mochammadov Yasserovic mention
27: 2019 - Social Distortion/ Flogging Molly/ The Devil Makes Three/ Le Butcherettes at Canalside Buffalo NY
27: 1997 - VooDoo Glowskulls/ Snapcase/ PieTasters Rochester, it's recorded for Universal Buzz Radio
27: 1981 - Pop: Britain's Ska-Based Specials by John Rockwell in the New York Times
25: 1979 - Extra Extra The Specials in Belgium, Adrian Thrills Pennie Smith on this week's NME
23: 2019 - 25 years since the release of DUB 56?!
23: 1994 - King Django at 27
22: 2019 - 30 years of Devils Night Out: MM Bosstones, Bedouin Soundclash at Anthology Rochester to capacity
22: 1989 - another summer, sound of the funky drummer? Devil's Night Out released on Taaang! Records
17: 1959 - Rhoda Dakar (Bodysnatchers, Special AKA, Madness) born
16: 1999 - Laurel Aitken Wetlands NYC (Chris Murray, NYSJE, Checkerboard Phil DeJean, +2)
15: 2019 - Full moon 12:29 UTC
10: 2019 - MichelleSka at 43
10: 2000 - Dave Hillyard & The Rocksteady 7 at Water Street
7: 1983 - The Police Synchronicity tour stops Holleder Stadium Rochester NY 14615 8pm $15
6: 2019 - Bad Religion, Lawrence Arms at Anthology
3: 2019 - Bim Skala Bim/ Hub City Stompers/ Miggedys Reunion II Haunt Ithaca 15/18 music 8pm
3: 1996 - George Carlin w/ Dennis Blair Finger Lakes PAC $25.50
2: 2019 - Bim Skala Bim/ Personal Blend/ Miggedys Reunion I, Flour City Station 12/15 music 8pm
2: 2014 - Prince Buster FAB HITS cutout + Bad Religion how could hell be any worse? from FYE greece mall
1: 2019 - Aggrolites, Mike Pinto, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Badfish at Canalside Live Buffalo 5pm
Aug 2005 - Liquidator #8
Aug 1997 - One Eyed Jack #2
Aug 1992 - Marvel Comics presents Bill & Ted's #9, Evan Dorkin & Sluggo Cawley's Bim logo front and center |
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July
31: 2019 - King Yellowman, California Brew Haus Rochester $20, 10pm
30: 2019 - Old Firm Casuals (Lars Fredriksen & Co.) at Mohawk Place Buffalo
27: 2019 - New England Ska Summit with Bim Skala Bim, Copacetics, Hempsteadys, El Grande, Riki Rocksteady in Somerville MA 8pm $15
27: 2019 - Hypnotic Clambake Abilene
27: 2002 - Toasters Buffalo
27: 2002 - Bim Oswego Harborfest
26: 1980 - Does Malcom McLaren have the future taped? in Sounds
23: 2019 - Pilfers Buffalo (Iron Works) $18 DOS, 7p, 18+
23: 2000 - Pilfers Buffalo (Showplace Theatre)
21: 2019 - Pandemics Gone Viral tour hits Chicago IL
20: 2019 - Majestics live at Three Heads Brewing
20: 2019 - Interrupters with 311, Dirty Heads +1 more 5pm Darien Center NY
20: 1994 - Let's Go Bowling Does The Spiral live at Fox Theater Boulder CO it's recorded for greenshell cassette
20: 1969 - been fifty years since Apollo 11 and first Moonwalk ...
19: 2019 - Soul Jazz Records presents The World of Keith Haring
19: 2019 - Bryan K's birthday bash ReadJunk presents Radicsfest at Gramercy Theater NYC!
17: 2005 - R.I.P. Laurel Aitken, aged 78
16: 2019 - R.I.P. Pat Kelly aged 70
16: 2019 - full moon with a partial lunar eclipse in Capricorn, 5:38pm EDT
16: 2019 - Jerome Harris AIGA on train culture
16: 1941 - Desmond Dekker born
14: 1995 - Selecter Bim HoR at Marquee Club it's recorded
13: 2019 - Pink Floyd The Wall 1982 Little Theater 8pm
13: 2018 - Trojan 50 picture disc, also 5head at Three Heads
13: 1997 - big CNY Ska Fest (Too Hectic farewell show) Chuck's Syracuse NY starts at 5pm
12: 2019 - Derrick Morgan And His Friends, Various Artists 2xCD Expanded Edition DBCDD039 first time on CD!
10: 2017 - Skints open for 311 ArtPark Lewiston NY
10: 2000 - Locate a copy of Bim's DOJO CD 209 hits American Playhouse locally
5: 1990 - Island/ Mango present Club Ska '67 compact disc format to Japan, notes by Guy Stevens
1: 2019 - how would you celebrate International Reggae Day?
1: 1995 - "This one goes out to O.J. Simpson..." Selecter rocks Roskilde Fest Denmark it's recorded
July 2019 - Do The Dog #99 has the Aggrolites cover |
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June
29: 2019 - Heather Augustyn ska author, also Ithaca Reggae Fest Stewart Park! Sly & Robbie, Pandas, Medicinals $40dos
28: 2019 - Selecter, The Legendary Gigs Volume 1 (2-CD) repackages two mid nineties live shows: Old Trout and Roskilde DK
28: 2019 - Trojan Records's latest CD/LP compilation is '69 moon records
22: 2019 - Jerry Dammers join the Specials-Selecter mash-up Weston-Super-Mare!
21: 2019 - Sierra Nevada World Music Fest #26 Boonville CA has been cancelled
20: 2019 - This is Ska.de (Rosslau Ska Fest) Weekend hosted by Dr Ring Ding; 30 years Pork Pie
20: 2016 - R.I.P. Mike Cacia by Andy
20: 2000 - Toots & the Maytals WSMH
19: 2019 - The Specials ENCORE tour at the Danforth Toronto ON, 20th anniversary edition of Victoria BC Skafest Society
18: 2019 - The Specials ENCORE tour at the Danforth Toronto ON, 7pm
17: 2019 - full moon at 04:30 am (EDT)
16: 2019 - Jah Crunchy at 60
16: 1999 - Jah Crunchy at 40 • the release of HP#6 • Toasters Bug Jar 21+
14: 2019 - Friday The Wailers, with Buddahood, and Rootshock at Park Point RIT
14: 2003 - Bosstones J Vegas HP7 [Jun-2001 interview] delivery High Falls Rochester
13: 2019 - Thursday Toots and the Maytals, with Majestics, and Noble Vibes Party In The Park
12: 2019 - Five Alive (Potato 5 live Islington London) now 30 years old!
12: 2019 - Frankenska (Toasters live Islington London) now 30 years old! Fidelity reissue on BBC024
11: 2014 - Ska's the Limit in City Newspaper this week, FD has full interview with Mrs. Skannotto
8: 2018 - R.I.P. Anthony Bourdain, aged 61.. hoi polloi chef/ consult the last page of HP#8 (2003) for more
7: 2019 - National Donut Day, also The Slackers More Peculiar reissue out on 180G powder blue vinyl
3: 2017 - twelve monkeys Batman Forever? seen at 4:20pm
2: 2019 - Dr. Ring Ding 49
2: 2009 - Dr. Ring Ding 39, Rancid release #7, Let The Dominoes Fall
1: 2019 - brand new NY Ska Jazz Ensemble record out, Break Thru (Brixton Spain) and digital formats
June 2019 - Mojo #307 Lee Perry mad and Ranking Roger remembered
June 2001 - the £10.3M Trojan Sanctuary merger |
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May
31: 2019 - today 48 years ago José Andrés Blanco Aybar (Blanquito Man) was born in Caracas
31: 2019 - Prince Buster Dance Cleopatra Dance, Blue Elephant Holland, £14.99 this item will be released 31 May? why not pre order yours now
31: 2015 - Justin, Alex Skannotto in WBZA 98.9 FM studios Sunday Night Shakedown #468 with Frank DeBlase, 8-11pm EST
31: 2005 - The Dead 60s is the eponymous debut album by British rock band (US art yellow, tracklist different then red UK/ EU)
29: 2019 - it's The Specials Day by proclamation City of Los Angeles CA
29: 2014 - Some Ska Band marquee at Stickylips BBQ II on NYS RT 252
29: 1982 - NME has Joe Strummer cover, innards "Why I ran out on the Clash..."
28: 2019 - The Specials musical guest on ABCTV Jimmy Kimmel Live 11:35pm EST
28: 1989 - the final Operation Ivy show is also the first Green Day show, /w Crimpshrine 6pm $5 at 924 Gilman St
28: 1989 - Judge Dread top bill London Int'l Ska Fest II, at Sir George Robey + more
27: 2019 - The Toasters, Specials, Rancid, + more Punk Rock Bowling
27: 1989 - The Toasters top bill London Int'l Ska Fest II, at Sir George Robey + more
25: 2019 - Some Ska Band b-side in Fairport NY
25: 2006 - R.I.P. Desmond Dekker, aged 64 & 3/4
24: 2019 - Reggae when? brand new Aggrolites out
24: 2019 - Punk Rock Bowling XXI starts and runs 3 days (Las Vegas NV)
24: 2001 - MMB free LaFayette Square Buffalo NY
23: 2014 - B-Side Basterds fill Stamps Tonawanda NY 7pm
22: 2019 - Jerry Dammers is 64
19: 2006 - Ska Rules (FL's Know How) + Rachel Sinesou cover of this free weekly Rochester insider
19: 1979 - Rude Boys Don't Argue cover + hella nice Story of Ska by Johnny Copasetic in this Melody Maker
18: 2019 - full Flower Moon, 17:11 EST, also 5Head Dino BBQ 10pm, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad (Rochester NY) over in Chicago IL
18: 1997 - Pietasters Main St Armory (Rochester)
18: 1993 - Don't Know How To Party out (photos by Art Cohen)
18: 1979 - SEEZ 14 Ian Dury and the Blockheads Do It Yourself [in 31+ variant sleeves] out today!
17: 2019 - Pouzza Fest '19 starts and runs 3 days (Montreal Quebec)
16: 2013 - Slack Bug Jar, it's recorded
15: 2019 - Lee Rocker 7-9pm Lilac Fest
15: 1999 - Pilfers, Metro Stylee +2 haunt Ithaca
15: 1995 - Derrick say one more chance: Dr. Ring Ding & Senior Allstar Band Dandimite out on Grover Records GRO-004 today
14: 2019 - Medicinals support Julian Marley 5-9pm Lilac Fest All Ages Free
13: 2017 - Scratch Ithaca
13: 2013 - DW English Beat Lilac Fest 38º F starts 7pm
13: 1999 - Toots & the Maytals, Morgan Heritage Ithaca NY $20 Adv.Tixx
12: 2003 - Trojan Sanctuary expanded version Maytals Monkey Man CD +slipcover
11: 2018 - Dub Store Records Japan release Ronnie Nasralla's BMN Ska & Rocksteady: Always Together 1964-68 on CD & LP
11: 1981 - R.I.P. the Honourable Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley OM, aged 36
10: 2019 - Skints Swimming Lessons
10: 2019 - Too Much Information! Planet Smashers #9, new album out today - art still by Rupert Bottenberg!
10: 1999 - yesterday's Ron commencement armbands get mention in this Democrat & Chronicle
9: 1998 - Mephiskapheles outside in the rain at R.I.T. sucked
8: 1981 - The Beat sophomore LP, Wha'ppen? on Go Feet /Arista (working title was Dance Yourself Stupid)
7: 1995 - Miggedys An Informal Gathering CD release party sunday matinee!
6: 2019 - Pete Porker at 53, Mearns at 42
6: 2011 - Bad Manners w/ Vince Fositt (Great Train Robbery) Mikey Abruptor, Tad D. at Club Infinity Williamsville NY
5: 1995 - BossTones/ Miggedys/ Allstonians at R.I.T. Arena
4: 2019 - Kentucky Derby #145, see the Dread Stakes, Longshot, etc. for more detail
4: 2019 - This is Croydon 2 Skafest on pallet stage at a brewery in PA
4: 2018 - US west coast band Monkey release #6 longplayer Intermittent Waves
4: 2004 - R.I.P. Sir Coxone Dodd, aged 72
4: 1997 - Magadog/ Professionals/ Skacho Cheese/ Verge at Penny Arcade $7, 7pm
4: 1979 - The Specials debut single Gangsters released; W Jabsco's birthday? his first appearance
4: 1979 - Arthur Kay & The Originals in the studio tracking 'Play My Record' - referring to their Ska Wars/ Warska 45
3: 2003 - Blackouts split following gig at Jillians High Falls
3: 1998 - BossTones return to Seymour Union Ballroom SUNY Brockport but we don't
3: 1989 - Primus Stanford University Broadcast, its recorded later for LP and VHS for youtube
2: 2019 - Planet Smashers new video out, also play Buffalo NY w/ Abruptors + Toybox Brigade
2: 2000 - BossTones release Pay Attention on Island Records
1: 1981 - The Specials + John Cooper Clarke support Rainbow Theatre Finsbury Park (LDN) Benefit for the Unemployed, 7pm
May 2019 - Long Live Vinyl #26 thick & all about 2Tone
May 2019 - Do The Dog Skazine #98 Planet Smashers (so pretty on the cover of Tiger Beat)
May 2009 - Uncut cover story Madness
May 2002 - Reggae Nucleus has Doreen Schaeffer, Millie Small, Rayvon, more! |
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April
30: 2019 - R.I.P. Peter Mayhew, aged 74 (the original Chewbacca)
30: 2011 - Pietasters /HR/ Skannotto WSMH Rochester
30: 1996 - Pietasters Strapped Live out on Moon Records
29: 2019 - Ranking Roger laid to rest
28: 2019 - The Simpsons #639 surpasses Gunsmoke as scripted TV, complete with a dig at Rochester and western NY too
27: 2019 - Pietasters/ Pandemics/ SSB/ at Flour City Station, 8pm, $17 adv/ $20 DOS
27: 2019 - Hypnotic Clambake Abilene 9pm
27: 2019 - Back To The Beach 2nd annual SoCal Ska weekender
27: 2004 - Mustard Plug, Smashers Rochester
27: 1998 - Mustard Plug, LTJ Rochester
26: 2019 - worldwide premiere of skamovie.com bka Pick it Up Ska in the '90s
25: 2019 - Slackers Mohawk Buffalo
25: 2019 - larger article by Jessica Lipsky in Billboard® Re: Ska 2019
24: 2013 - Oneonta Ska Society begins
20: 2019 - Personal Blend newest release Heavy Currents out
19: 2019 - Full Pink Moon, 7:12 am EST, also new Buck O' Nine [album #9] released by Cleopatra Records, FunDayMental
19: 2014 - JB? this year #RSD2014 has Specials vinyl on offer, limited to 1000?
19: 2006 - R.I.P. Lord Tanamo, aged 81
19: 1997 - final Miggedys show is SUNY Geneseo's annual Earth Day Fest; Oyer reports it as "the worst way to go"
19: 1980 - what we've got here is Strother Martin & The Specials on Saturday Night Live
19: 1969 - D DEKKER in Melody Maker
18: 2019 - London International Ska Festival #31 (Easter Weekend) kicks off and runs four days
18: 2013 - Record Store Day has Trojan Rude Boy, Cleopatra UTs, and an Asbestos Rec Bosstone reissue
18: 1987 - Ska Nite at the Soul Shack w/ Upbeats & No Doubt $5 1123 Vine Hollywood CA. 10pm call Bob for details (213) 292-7589
15: 2004 - R.I.P. Phyllis Dillon, aged 59
15: 1997 - Twenty-Eight Teeth out on TVT Records while the band was touring the USA with Face To Face
15: 1996 - (Mon) Two Just Men Present split-fountain letterpress poster $10 gets you in Skatalites + Too Hectic Haunt Ithaca roots event
14: 2006 - chance impromptu lunch with radioland's Dr. Awkward (RIP) Paola's Burrito Place
14: 2002 - ND Rocksteady tour stops Ithaca NY
14: 1983 - (Thu) English Beat w/ R.E.M. at Buffalo State gymnasium
13: 2019 - Majestics at Three Heads Brewing
13: 2019 - Medicinals welcome Buffalo Afrobeat Orchestra to Photo City Rochester 9pm
13: 2019 - JumpUp green vinyl Skatalites 1996 Greetings From Skamania for #RSD2019, a Specials single 1/750, much more!
13: 1983 - (Weds) English Beat w/ R.E.M. Alexander Palestra
12: 1992 - Special Beat, w/Bakesys Midday Joggers at T&C2 London
12: 1986 - Ramones Alexander Palestra (University of Rochester)
11: 2019 - what's the 411? Neville Euton Staple at 64
10: 2019 - Brian Setzer 60
10: 1982 - Dave Wakeling New Musical Express the beat bounce back cover story
9: 2019 - both moobaks and Matthew Alan Austin [@mattobscure] turn 40 today
7: 1980 - Jay Cocks meets the Specials in Time
6: 2018 - Clash Version Rockers, fourth in a series by Phoenix City All Stars, is out today
5: 2019 - happen upon a 50 years reissue? it's The Upsetters Clint Eastwood twofer
5: 2012 - R.I.P. Jim Marshall, Lord of Loud, aged 88
4: 2010 - sizeable Specials reunion article in New York Times
3: 2004 - Trump/ Toots/ Bootsy on SNL #561
1: 2019 - Jesse Michaels turns 50... make ya feel old Jeff?
1: 2001 - multi Ska band matinee Water St Music Hall but no one came.
Apr 2019 - Goldmine has a Claypool-Lennon cover
Apr 2018 - Long Live Vinyl #13 has 50 Years of Trojan Records polybagged!
Apr 2003 - Liquidator #6 has Lee Scratch Perry
Apr 1996 - Pittsford NY Ska coverage makes it in Rude #48
Apr 1994 - Tower Records' Pulse blurb on definition of Sound: Ska
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March
31: 2019 - dayglo orange signage for Hi Fi Needledrop's semi-annual Record Fair at Historic German House Theatre
31: 1995 - dayglo orange signage for Toasters Ithaca NY
30: 2019 - Batman celebrates 80, also Ranking Roger Times obit in print
29: 2019 - more power by the hour? Trojan Records CD reissues x5
29: 2018 - original air date S01 E08 APBio NBC Pietasters 9:30 Patton Oswalt goes SKA
29: 1980 - Showing the Beat the Beat: Steve Barrow talks Laurel Aitken in this week's Black Echoes
28: 2019 - 40 years since the Pennsylvania Meltdown, Three Mile Island
27: 2019 - Derrick Morgan, conquering ruler is 79
26: 2019 - R.I.P. Ranking Roger Charlery, aged 56. (btw Rahm Emmanuel sez 'Full Stop' at today's press conference)
26: 2019 - The Specials impact RSS readers
26: 2003 - Rocksteady 7 returns to Rochester
25: 2003 - Still Standing 4xCD compilation on Megalith/ Jump Up Records in time for Las Vegas Festival
24: 2019 - Interrupters +2 Town Ballroom Buffalo NY sold out $25-30
24: 1999 - look Bim Skala Bim in City
24: 1998 - Specials new disc Guilty 'Til Proved Innocent out MCA Records, ruff art by FS Fairey?!
23: 1996 - Coolie Ranx + Toasters, Too Hectic interview for HP at Davis Gym Alfred University
23: 1989 - 3 Ska Explosion videos filmed at the London Astoria, also Skankin' 'Round The World Vol 2 out - sleevenotes by Bilko Wells
22: 2002 - Bouncing Souls, Pietasters +2 Water Street Rochester 7pm
22: 1998 - Professionals w/ Jeff Contray of SYR.EDU fame
20: 2019 - Lee Perry celebrates 83, also full worm moon 9:43pm
19: 2019 - Terry Hall is 60, Jon Barra is 42
18: 2017 - R.I.P. Chuck Berry, aged 90
17: 1995 - Toasters Rochester HBB
17: 1979 - Sister Denise starts Reggae Sounds (WITR FM radio) Noon-2pm; broadcast runs weekly for the next 40+ years
16: 2019 - Some Ska Band 8-11pm bside Lift Bridge Ln Fairport
16: 2019 - R.I.P. Dick Dale, aged 81
16: 1999 - Clash tribute EPIC 69106 featuring the usual suspects
15: 2019 - add Downtowners PHZA-65 to Unicorn site, via dublinsax
13: 2003 - Thursday/ Slackers/ Milestones/ $5
13: 1998 - R.I.P. Judge Dread
12: 1982 - The Jam #6 The Gift, their final album out
12: 1932 - Don Drummond born
9: 1991 - It's a Ska Festival when Scofflaws, Steadys, Mephiskapheles descend upon Space at Chase 3rd Avenue, NYC, 9pm
9: 1965 - Coolie Ranx born
8: 2019 - Doctor Bird Cherry Red out with a Derrick Morgan double CD!
8: 2019 - International Women's Day
8: 1931 - Lloyd Knibb born
4: 2019 - R.I.P. Keith Flint, Firestarter, aged 49. Hear the Prodigy Ghost Town on Versions Galore
2: 2019 - W goes 44, Toasters/ Pilfers/ Personal Blend at Flour City Station Rochester NY 8pm $17/$20 DOS, or Flogging Molly at Armory
2: 1997 - Professionals, Danny Down, Sinker, Last Retail, Discern at Penny Arcade $5
1: 2019 - DCE Bechle now 40
March 2019 - Do The Dog #96 has Le Birrette |
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February
28: 1993 - WBER presents Bad Manners w/ Scofflaws Boogie Bar Rochester $6/$8, 18+, 9pm.. scroll down for letterpress poster
28: 1980 - Selecter live Guildhall, Portsmouth recorded (this footage later used in Dance Craze)
27: 2006 - Pietasters Milestones
24: 2019 - Wailers, Medicinals at Haunt Ithaca NY by Dan Smalls
23: 2018 - Bananarama Toronto (Danforth Music Hall) in February thaw
22: 2019 - Vive Le Rock #61 celebrates 40 years of 2-Tone with three collector covers: The Beat, The Selecter, The Specials
22: 2019 - South of Reality
22: 2019 - DO THE REGGAE this year's doppel recompilation of Skinhead Reggae in the Spirit of '69 due to hit the town
21: 2019 - R.I.P. Peter Tork, keys/ bass for Monkees, aged 77
21: 2012 - Toasters Rochester Dubland Ug
19: 2019 - full snow moon
17: 2015 - hpska.com gets @OneontaSkaSociety mention
16: 2018 - late 70s comic Black Panther now a major motion picture, see boss scorcha Sir Collins '69 for more
16: 2000 - Whirty City Newspaper Pressure Cooker Empire Brewing Lager Rhythms Series
15: 1981 - Dance Craze film about 2Tone finally out in UK theatres
14: 2019 - all about The Abruptors (Buffalo NY) on RSS
13: 2000 - Maude Flanders killed by flying t-shirt "I'm really sorry to hear that. We just lost our drummer to a Pentecostal ska band"
12: 2019 - Jump Up and Shout as Chuck Wren celebrates 49
11: 2015 - hoi polloi on Jeopardy
11: 1994 - Miggedys HBB
11: 1989 - The Toasters first Chicago appearance main floor Medusa's 3257 N Sheffield! 7:30p CST
10: 2019 - Toasters, Scotch Bonnets +2 @924 Gilman Street
10: 1995 - Scofflaws haunt Ithaca, it's recorded 90 min
10: 1994 - Skaboom! + Recriminations MRO13 CD nineties compile w/ graphic blandishment by Andres 'Blanquito Man' Chango RIP
9: 2019 - ain't it Dandy?! DBCDD020 reggae in your jeggae Cherry Red/ Doctor Bird 4 albums on 2CD Downtown collection out
9: 2019 - the first epic ska fest of the year, and who wouldn't want to live in SkaLAnd? DT Los Angeles CA
9: 1989 - DS Hillyard debuts on vinyl (Donkey Show)
9: 1964 - Beatles to USA television; some say the 2nd half of the 20th century starts here
8: 2019 - Specials new record reaches No.1 on British charts, been 37 years since
8: 2019 - Nicky Welsh is claiming a 30th anniversary reissue of King Hammond's Revolution '70!?
7: 2019 - internationalclashday.com (sixth annual), also ModZines new tome by Eddie Piller + Steve Rowland ships today
7: 1990 - Primus Frizzle Fry out
7: 1983 - Fun Boy Three #2, Waiting produced by David Bryne
6: 1999 - HP#6's Laurel Aitken interview: many questions eerily similar to those found on side four of PHZD-45 (1989) too
6: 1945 - Bob Marley born
5: 1999 - last Penn State Uni Ska Fest HUB Ballroom, State College PA rips off Mad Dogs and Englishmen graphics.. We rent a van and go
4: 2019 - Chinese New Year (Pig), also Prospero writes Meph666/ Ska Fourth Wave in The Economist
2: 2019 - I got you babe? Groundhog predicts an early spring whatever that means
2: 2019 - Aimee Interrupter is 37
2: 2004 - missing 2nd Miggedys CD (tbr MR103) sees the light of day
2: 1995 - R.I.P. Fred Perry, aged 85
1: 2019 - Brand new studio album by The Specials Encore out now – review by RSS too.
Feb 2019 - Do The Dog #95 Specials cover
Feb 1995 - Skinhead Times #16 (farewell issue)
Feb 1980 - Black Music and Jazz Review has vhtf The Specials Rip-Off/ Revival/ Revolution cover
Winter 89-90 - The Upsetter Issue Number 1 Deluxe Special Edition |
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January 2019
31: 2019 - Encore is Alexis Petridis album of the week in The Guardian
31: 2012 - R.I.P. King Stitt, aged 71
31: 1997 - Jeremy Myers two day PSU fest, starts 6:30p with 15 bands, surely one of the biggest ska shows ever in PA state history
29: 2019 - Int'l Blastbeat Day, also Ska JoE Hanson from the OC Ska dotcom turns 40
29: 1990 - Ian McCann (NME) favorable mention of Unicorn PHZA-49, No Sports' King Ska
28: 2019 - The Big Issue #1343 is Taking the Specials back to Ghost Town with augmented reality
28: 1941 - King Tubby born
26: 2019 - Rudeboy: The Neville Staple Band live at The Garage, London UK
26: 2019 - RE: Flamingo Magazine
26: 1980 - The Specials with The Police live at The Warehouse in New Orleans, Louisiana it's recorded
25: 2019 - BeatOfficial Public Confidential out DMF Records UK
25: 2019 - 94.1 FM the zone Rover's Hangover presents The Interrupters at Armory Rochester NY $45, also Braces clue on Jeopardy
25: 2001 - wednesday night Dave Wakeling interview (Ithaca NY) is our best yet
25: 1980 - Specials at Hurrah NYC/ review by Fred Schruers appears 2 months later in Rolling Stone #313
23: 2019 - City Newpaper Frantic FD reviews Some Ska Band in print 40,000? times
21: 2019 - Lloyd Bradley is 64, Darren Reggae spins 45
21: 2019 - Super Blood Full Wolf Moon reaches its peak at 12:16 A.M. EST
20: 2010 - R.I.P. Lynn Taitt, aged 75
17: 2019 - The Busters' Ruder Than Rude (Unicorn issue matrix PHZA-27) is 30 years old today!
16: 2014 - Toasters world tour kickoff starts at Bug Jar
15: 2019 - Some Ska Band CD release Record Archive happy hour 6-8pm
15: 1999 - Steve Pietaster silver platform boots Water St
14: 2017 - Pietasters, Abruptors IronWorks Buffalo $20
13: 2018 - Clinton Fearon is 67 today
11: 2019 - The Treasure Isle Ska Albums Collection: Various, 4 Original LPs on 2CDs?!?
11: 1997 - Go Go Rays/ Lettuce Boy/ Creepers/ Too Hectic/ Miggedys at Mercury Theatre Buffalo
9: 2006 - hpska.com begins
9: 2001 - itunes.com begins
9: 1996 - Hoi Polloi 'zine begins with Dan MacAllister at a NYS 18 & 104 diner
4: 1979 - Blondie Heart of Glass single out
1: 2019 - Jeopardy #7897 features Making The Zine category
Jan 2019 - Record Collector #488 Clash cover
Jan 2019 - Mojo #302 Kate Bush cover, Specials 40th anniversary details What Goes On The Rude Abides
Jan 2018 - Mojo #290 The Jam cover, Ken Boothe's sunday morning record, more!
Jan 2000 - John South's Time Longer Than Rope #2 Derrick Morgan cover
Jan 1969 - Prince Buster's Record Shack ad specialty calendar pad
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December
31: 2018 - Bad Manners at 100 Club LDN
30: 2018 - Hometown Throwdown (Bosstones, Color Killer) matinee 4pm
29: 2018 - Hometown Throwdown (Bosstones, Bedouin Soundclash, RWW)
28: 2018 - Hometown Throwdown (Bosstones, Aggrolites, Stray Bullets)
27: 2012 - R.I.P. Lloyd Charmers
25: 2018 - because it's Christmas time again...
23: 2018 - Chas meets GDC on RSS
22: 2018 - 'cold moon' will be the longest full moon in nearly a decade!
22: 2002 - Rollem, Mellor... R.I.P. Joe Strummer, aged 50
21: 2018 - Slackers return to the Sinclair Boston MA
21: 2005 - Dead 60s + Space Invader Dub 2CD set out on Sony Music Japan
18: 1999 - R.I.P. Joe Higgs, aged 59
18: 1989 - Schmadan Curling presents Christmas Ska (6 band fest + Watford Jon spins) at Electric Ballroom Camden LDN
13: 2010 - #6041, tonight's double JEOPARDY triple stumper mentions the Specials and 2Tone for $2000
9: 1942 - Leonard Dillon (The Ethiopian) born Portland Parish Jamaica WI
8: 2018 - the Honourable Frederick Nathaniel 'Toots' Hibbert OJ is 76 today
8: 1987 - Magnus Englund & Lena Högberg present... Baby Snakes Impudent Reptiles E.P. on Unicorn Records matrix PHZA-15
8: 1979 - The Beat makes its vinyl debut just like Smokey Robinson's Pagliacci did, TT-6A, TT-6B
7: 2018 - Derrick Morgan In London (1969 mono Pama Economy LP) reissue on CD by Burning Sounds UK
7: 2018 - Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra 21st album out, today released in North America; it's Glorious
7: 2018 - Akasha address immigration and discrimination on Mother of Exiles, out today!
7: 2018 - Slackers, Aggrolites, Viernes 13 tour hits L.A.
6: 2018 - R.I.P. Pete Shelley, aged 63
4: 2018 - The Trojans Top Hits (CD) Gaz's Cat CDGAZ 020
4: 2011 - PLS (@skapunkdaily) receives his HP7 ebay win
3: 2018 - Prince Buster/ Various Let's Go To The Dance (CD) Rock A Shaka Japan Cat DBCD 001
1: 2018 - Auckland Ska Festival NZ
Dec 2011 - Record Collector #395 gotta cover feature 2Tone: a Chequered History, also The Fall, Ethiopians, INXS, more
Dez 2006 - Big Shot #2 (Germany) has Kazuo, Aggrolites, Wail'm Soul'M, Four Tops, much more |
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November
30: 1997 - Pilfers Penny Arcade matinee
29: 2018 - R.I.P. Bleecker Bob, bowery empresario, aged 75
29: 2018 - (Thu) Big D and the Kids Table, Abruptors + at Mohawk Place 7pm
29: 2013 - 10:25 PM GMT during Esperanza's set, eight fatalities at Clutha Pub (Glasgow) when police helicopter crashes through roof?!
29: 1996 - (Fri) Big D and the Kids Table at TT the Bears Cambridge MA
26: 2000 - Slackers Rochester
24: 2018 - Max Romeo is 74
23: 2018 - Marcia Griffiths is 69, also Some Ska Band CD release? b-side Fairport NY
23: 2018 - full beaver moon 12:39am EST, also Chas n' Heather go '64 World's Fair on RSS
22: 2018 - Skamouth Fest begins!
22: 2018 - Thanksgiving! two tongue and the start of the 10th Annual Montreal Ska Fest
22: 2000 - Avex Trax Justa Record (Japan) presents Trojan oldies on their compilation Skinhead Reggae
21: 1999 - Spider Nick & Maddogs Rochester
20: 1998 - R.I.P. Roland Alphonso aged 67, also Slackers The Question out
19: 2018 - Lord Sluggo Ruggiero is 47
18: 2018 - Vic Rice in Antwerp (Ska-ntwerpen Festival)
17: 2015 - Slackers Mohawk
16: 2012 - Pat Kelly + Stranger Cole, more at Jamaican Oldies Weekend Chicago Jump Up, art by ChemaSkandal
16: 2001 - Toasters Rochester & This Gun for Hire 1990 – Bucket sez their 'blue period record'
16: 1989 - Laurel Aitken Sally Brown maxi 12" out on Unicorn PHZA-54 today; art by Steve Friel
15: 2018 - The Wailers w/ Medicinals Anthology Rochester
15: 1980 - Melody Maker: Tracking the New Selecter
14: 2018 - Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records 86 mins screening SVA Theatre NYC 9:15 PM sharp
13: 2018 - that 1944 pulp mystery novel (origin of This Gun for Hire cover gangster) arrives, mint shape
12: 2018 - R.I.P. Stan Lee, aged 95. Play NYSJE's Arachnid for more
10: 2001 - wowo HP7 is completed
10: 1978 - End of the Trail? Clash #2 Give 'Em Enough Rope out today
9: 2015 - Vic Ruggiero, Roarshark, Harsh Mellows at ButaPub in South Wedge $5 not Bug Jar
5: 2018 - Duff Guy turns 52
2: 2018 - Jimmy Kimmel Live! will re-air MMB's 10/23 performance tonight, Friday 11:35p on ABC-TV
1: 2002 - Mustard Plug, Blackouts, Isotopes +1 Club at Water St
Nov 2018 - Do The Dog Skazine #93 ***now a monthly publication*** has Megative, loads more. Get one now!
Nov 2011 - Juxtapoz presents its Pushead Curated issue
Nov 1993 - PLAID #1 debut issue with Bowie, Bosstones, Bryan Ferry
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October
31: 2018 - Halloween Wednesday; 500 song extended playlist here
30: 1989 - King Hammond Revolution '70 anticipated out on Buster Bloodvessel Blue Beat BBLP008 resurrection
30: 1950 - Mark Foggo born in Liverpool England
28: 1993 - Bad Brains/ Prong/ Barkmarket Rochester - pulp cutting by Jeff Spevak
27: 1995 - The Sound of New York? Yes, Ska in the NYT
27: 1979 - Specials out with A Message To You Rudy/ Nite Klub TT-5 on 45.. Paper vs. Injection
26: 2018 - Charles interviews! Don Letts on RSS
25: 2008 - R.I.P. Toño Quirazco, aged 73
24: 2018 - full moon (Hunter's Moon) 12:45p EST
23: 2018 - MMB perform "Wonderful Day For the Race" and "The Constant" on Kimmel
23: 2002 - King Nabe from Club Ska Tokyo releases Ska Revolution compilation on east/west JP
23: 1996 - Mephiskapheles Showplace Buffalo
23: 1953 - Pauline Black born
22: 1994 - theSkasylum presents Penn State U Skank '94: JC Superska, Slackers, SHJ, Agent 99, Mephiskapheles
21: 1993 - Bosstones break floor HBB
20: 2018 - Funtime Presents Reel Big Fish at Anthology 336 East Ave Rochester NY
20: 1994 - Skatalites Hi Bop Ska ships
19: 2018 - Back to Back to Black Amy Winehouse tribute FnW ROC w/s/g The Big Takeover 18+, 8pm
19: 1994 - Rico at 60, also Skavoovee '94 (Toasters/ Skaflaws/ Pie tasters) at AXIS Landsdowne Street Boston
17: 1989 - California Skaquake! 5:04pm PST Loma Prieta aka 'World Series earthquake'
17: 1934 - Emmanuel 'Rico' Rodrieguez born
16: 2008 - Alton Ellis obit NYT
15: 2017 - R.I.P. Dr Awkward, 62. A 88.5 WRUR FM reggae DJ & champion of all Ska + Gasport/ Rochester/ Watertown/ Corning NY
15: 2005 - Dave Wakeling's English Beat WSMH Rochester
14: 2018 - Dave Wakeling's English Beat Haunt Ithaca
14: 2002 - Reel Big Fish in Rochester (fresh from a tourbus fire horror)
13: 2018 - Jump Up Records again releases ska tapes for CSD '18
13: 2018 - 50th Anniversary screening Night of The Living Dead Little Theatre
13: 1979 - New in bag: TT4 bka hot new Selecter single On My Radio b/w Too Much Pressure
10: 2018 - decades since Pilfers SUNY Oswego?!
10: 2008 - R.I.P. Alton Ellis, aged 70
9: 2015 - a new Mephiskapheles 6 songs out
9: 1993 - Steady Earnest, w/ Gangster Fun HBB Rochester
6: 2018 - Millicent Dolly May Small turns 72
6: 2016 - Jump Up Records rescue Rude Guest in Chicago Reader
5: 2002 - Dave Wakeling's English Beat Montage Grille
2: 2007 - Shane Meadows This is England screens (w/ Al Barry & Cimarons Morning Sun) Little; trainspot for chrono errors!
1: 1986 - Drexel Univ Student Program Assoc presents Serious Ska! kick-off dance w/ Toasters, $1 at The Armory
Oct 1997 - big NYC ska band Slackers cram the cover of Do The Dog #6
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September
29: 2018 - Rootshock w/Bill Eppel at 3HB, 186 Atlantic Av Rochester NY
29: 2018 - MM Bosstones, Sheer Terror, Killing Time play Jimmy G Benefit Tompkins Square Park NYC
28: 1964 - The Real Jamaica Ska [BN 26119] Epic Recs USA MONAURAL by Curtis Mayfield. Tracks jumbled on compact discs 1993, 2001
27: 2018 - The Medicinals, Barika FnW Roc 8pm $7
27: 2018 - Stirring Up Some Ska: The Original Sound of UK Club Land disc out on Jasmine UK [JASCD1040] tomorrow!
27: 2008 - Negative Image Scooter Club Rally in Webster Park Campground
26: 1980 - second Madness album, Absolutely, hits shops today
25: 2017 - Florian Hardwig meets Judge Dread?!
25: 1990 - Ska Parade (SP Radio One) begins, its first broadcast on UCLA radio
25: 1985 - this is a trip! Brett meets UB40 (w/ Untouchables) Palace Theatre, New Haven CT
24: 2018 - full harvest moon 10:53pm
24: 2005 - cut this the first time
24: 1981 - Peter Tosh at Triangle Theater Rochester NY
23: 1994 - Pulp Fiction is the new movie by Quentin Tarantino
21: 2009 - R.I.P. Brian Oster, aged 30
21: 1999 - Pilfers 2nd, Chawalaleng out
20: 2018 - Mephiskapheles +2 return to Mohawk Buffalo 8pm $12
20: 1988 - Bad Manners at the DNA Lounge SF CA
18: 2003 - Town of Irondequoit proclamation states this be House of Guitars Day
14: 2018 - Florence landfall Wrightsville Beach NC 7:15 am EST; see the M. Foggo tune 'Hurricane' for more detail
13: 2018 - $100 LPs? a conversation with John Cusack + Say Anything Fishbone '88 tee screening Kodak Center Rochester
13: 1988 - Fishbone returns with dayglo orange hype Truth and Soul on Columbia Records
8: 2018 - Dan E at 40, also Pilfers, El Grande, + SSB at Funken Waffles Rochester NY 9pm $15 DOS tear here
7: 2018 - Pietasters, Crombies, Boomtown United, Chuck Wren at Beat Kitchen (Chicago) 8pm 21+
7: 2018 - The Pioneers out with a twofer on Doctor Bird/ Cherry Red UK
6: 2018 - Big Macs Beware: Buster Doug Trendle Bloodvessel turns 60 today
6: 1997 - Montreal Ska-Kings Return/ Planet Smashers Mercury Theatre Military Rd Buffalo +3, 6pm $5
3: 1948 - South London Boy: Arthur Kay Kitchener born/ turns 70 today
1: 1979 - Alton Ellis turns 41, also the 2Tone record label in the NME today
Sept 2018 - Mojo #298 w/ Wellah, Prince, a Trojan Records 50th Anniversary covermount CD, Jon Natchez TWOD, much more!
Sept 2018 - Do The Dog #91 again featuring Abruptors (Buffalo NY's own) this time they've the cover!
Sept 2017 - Record Collector #470, We Are The Mods special
Sept 1999 - On Target 004 cover Mani from Stone Roses + the Toasters
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August
31: 2018 - long-awaited Putumayo Int'l compilation Ska Around The World CD out (Batavia NY)
31: 2018 - LPN in NYC (Los Pies Negros - Puerto Rican Ska) come to Brooklyn Bazaar 7pm $30
30: 2018 - old firm casual bastard Lars Fredriksen is 47
30: 2018 - Aaron Barrett, voice of Reel Big Fish and last remaining original member, turns 44
28: 2007 - Toots & Maytals new Light Your Light is produced by Rochester's Mike Cacia
27: 2016 - R.I.P. Bones FUA WPB KOMS MVP RR HI, aged 36 (he may be the reason we never finished HP 'zine #9?)
27: 2003 - Dave Cross (RIP) Lee Perry Cutting Razor - inna City Newspaper
26: 2018 - full sturgeon moon 7:56am
25: 2018 - MassConcerts The Cranking & Skanking Fest openair in Worcester MA!!!
25: 2018 - Slackers annual Booze Cruise
25: 2018 - Toasters (w/ Cavo cameo) Oreskaband +4 at the Hong Kong Int'l Ska Fest
23: 2007 - Ben Altom again with Ska Weekend Knoxville TN - free weekly Metro Pulse article by Jack Renfro
23: 1997 - MassConcerts New England Skafest I
19: 2018 - Fishbone, Oxymorrons, Perfect Thyroid, Pandemics, Lousekateers at Chance Theater $20 Poughkeepsie NY
17: 2018 - Vive Le Rock #56 punky reggae party with The Clash, Ruts, SLF, Beat, Selecter get yours now
17: 2018 - Bosstones Canalside Buffalo $5
17: 1989 - Laurel Aitken Live '89 at Gaz Rockin Blues Soho it's recorded for Unicorn videocassette
16: 2018 - Adam, Charles, dragondictation chat with Coolie Ranx over on RSS!
16: 2018 - R.I.P. Aretha Franklin, aka The Queen of Soul, aged 76
16: 2018 - R.I.P. Count Prince Miller, aged 84
16: 1977 - R.I.P. Elvis Presley, aka The King, aged 42
15: 2018 - Mephiskapheles free Norman OK
15: 2018 - get the new MOJO #298 with Paul Weller cover and Trojan covermount CD (September '18 issue)
12: 2018 - Derrick Morgan, Miss Megoo, Ruff Cutt Band at Jazz Cafe London
12: 1964 - Millie Small Day at NY World's Fair
10: 2018 - Michelle Ska is 42, also Desmond Dekker + Aces's Action / Intensified reissued on 2fer1 CD Doctor Bird UK
10: 2018 - fka CDTRL383 Soul of Jamaica / Here Comes the Duke reissued on 2fer1 CD Doctor Bird UK
10: 2000 - DS Hillyard brings his Rocksteady 7 to Water St Music Hall
9: 2012 - BossTones free in Buffalo Square
8: 1988 - Deltones record LP Nana Choc Choc in Paris with Dieter Marchand Boucherie Productions. Licensed to Unicorn later
6: 1988 - Tompkins Square Park Riot NYC
4: 2018 - TP Moughan at 40
2: 2018 - Bucket at 63
1: 2018 - Hempsteadys long-awaited Séance! Séance! out today
Aug 2003 - AP #181 Monkey & mega Still Standing compilation innards
Aug 1997 - AP #109 Mighty Mighty Bosstones cover - this photo is also used on their 2005 Universal Music greatest hits compilation
Aug 1983 - Twist #2 (Roger and The Clash ago talk) from ska mod Dave Lumian |
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July
28: 2007 - Aggrolites Brian Dixon Buffalo NY
28: 1998 - Specials Neville Staple Buffalo NY
28: 1998 - Lint exclaims "Django my boy!"
28: 1979 - Special AKA Gangsters enters UK chart (in for 12 weeks, peaking at #6)
27: 2018 - full moon 4:20pm EST (for about 103 minutes the longest 'blood moon' in history)
26: 2018 - Interrupters Jimmy Kimmel Live ABC TV
26: 2002 - that green CD-R mix tho
26: 1968 - TR601 Brother Dan All-Stars
25: 2018 - Don Letts DJ set at Le Belmont (4483 St. Laurent Blvd.) Montreal PQ!!!
25: 2018 - Toots & The Maytals Jimmy Fallon NBC TV
25: 2018 - Interrupters (final VWT Darien Lake) Corfu, NY
23: 2011 - R.I.P. AJ Winehouse, aged 27
23: 2004 - roadtrip Jump Up Records 10th Anniversary Weekender, Bottom Lounge Chicago
23: 2000 - Pilfers +3, Showplace Theatre 7pm it's videocorded
22: 2018 - cue ominous music: skamovie.com gets 277% funded
21: 1971 - Friday 'Taki 183 spawns Pen Pals' in NY Times
20: 2018 - Surfragettes Hi-Risers Lux Lounge 10pm $5
20: 2018 - The Story Of Trojan Records hardback square coffee table book out today £30
20: 1994 - Let's Go Bowling Does The Spiral live at Fox Theater Boulder CO greenshell cassette
20: 1969 - we're on a space race baby
19: 2018 - Toots & The Maytals 9:30pm Infield at Grassroots Fest Trumansburg NY
19: 2018 - Wailers return to Party In the Park Rochester, $5, 6pm
19: 1995 - As if! Paul Rudd in Clueless (Amy Heckerling directs the Bosstones)
18: 2018 - Alex Désert is 50
18: 2006 - Alex Désert is 38, also Trojan Motor City Reggae 3CD boxset out
18: 1983 - Alex Désert (Hepcat) is 15
17: 2018 - add PHZA-25, The Risk Bitter Sweet
17: 2015 - As if! Paul Rudd in Ant-Man
17: 2005 - R.I.P. Laurel Aitken, aged 78
17: 1985 - Fishbone's debut NYC performance is at Irving Place
17: 1983 - Skatalites 20th reunion the double live Stretching Out captured at Blue Monk Jazz Gallery (Kingston JA) taped
16: 1995 - Miggedys, Skavoovie & Epitones, but no SHJ at newly-renovated WSMH Rochester
16: 1941 - Desmond Dekker born
15: 2018 - France wins the World Cup Final 4 -2 vs Croatia
15: 2018 - Sweet handful from the Avon flea, Livingston County
15: 2008 - Ska Exposed, a Phoenix J. Bay (Unicorn photog) exhibit down in London subway!
15: 1990 - Goldenvoice presents No Doubt, LGB, Skankin Pickle, Ska Boom (UK) Upbeats
14: 1995 - Bim, Selecter, House Of Rhythm concert-flexi Marquee (London); Fri 14/7/95 Dojo – DO SKA 1 Vinyl 7" Ltd Ed Promo
13: 2018 - Maytals Monkey Man / From The Roots reissued on Doctor Bird CD as a 2fer1
13: 2018 - Trojan 50 picture disc, also 5head at 3Heads
13: 1997 - a big CNY Ska Fest (Too Hectic farewell show) Chuck's Syracuse NY starts at 5pm
6: 2018 - As if! Paul Rudd in Ant-Man Vs the Wasp
5: 2018 - Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad party at the park Rochester NY
5: 1996 - L.A. Life weekend section cover feature Van Nuys Hippos
4: 2018 - Leggo Skanga? Rupert Lloyd Rupie Edwards is 73
4: 1998 - Las Vegas Skinhead Murders/ R.I.P. Lin Newborn, Dan Shirsty
3: 2001 - T-Leaf Records of Bromley UK has apparently gone out of business
2: 1998 - new Rancid disc Life Won't Wait has the hooligans
1: 2018 - International Reggae Day!
July 2000 - Record Collector #251 has Zappa, Zep, Trojan Records, more
July 1996 - Son of Skam #6
July 1995 - Denver Skabeat
July 1981 - In Touch #11 Roger Wakeling Beat Fighting Man saddle-stitched newsprint |
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June
30: 2005 - R.I.P. Clancy Eccles, aged 64
29: 2018 - brand new Interrupters out on Hellcat with Ken Lazarus 1970 today
29: 2002 - Blackouts, General Rudie's return, + Amy Ryan Operatives Club Water St., Esler pool party to follow inna 14615
28: 2018 - full strawberry moon
28: 1997 - Gather 'round for some culture: Carson Daly hosts MTV's Skaturday
24: 2018 - Sierra Nevada World Music Fest (25th annual)
23: 2018 - Hub City Stompers +2 Mohawk Buffalo
23: 2018 - Brian Setzer Rockabilly Riot East & Chestnut Rochester Jazzfest free show
22: 2018 - Ithaca Reggae Fest weekend
22: 2018 - DW English Beat at Underground Arts Philadelphia PA
21: 2018 - "...I wanna be a rude boy, like my dad" the AMFS screening of Sid & Nancy (1986) at MAG 6:30pm
20: 2000 - Toots & the Maytals WSMH Rochester
20: 1995 - a long overdue reply
18: 2018 - Angel City Records new compilation Birth of the Fourth Wave of Ska = mostly reggae
18: 1998 - Justin Hinds from Jamaica with Reggae brings it to Milestones Rochester (with Star Trek TMP font!)
18: 1997 - Bosstones perform their hitsong Impression on the David Letterman show
16: 1999 - HP6 out (Toasters Bug Jar)
158: 2018 - Toasters, Mustard Plug both return to the Mohawk $15adv
15: 2018 - Dave Wakeling's English Beat super long-awaited crowdfund Here We Go Love out US merchants; art by hunt!
15: 2018 - Bosstones CD/ LP #10 While We’re At It, is their first album since 6 DEC 11
14: 2017 - Toasters, Black Irish Texas, +1 Mohawk
14: 2007 - Aggrolites Reggae Hit L.A. barbecue music getsa two star review in RS#1028
14: 2003 - Bosstones J Vegas HP7 interview delivery High Falls Rochester
13: 2018 - Wild coincidence? rec'd Anders EU Rockabilly compilation same day Frantic FD interviews B Setzer City weekly
12: 1997 - Ska is Mighty Hot page 32 Rolling Stone #762
12: 1989 - Frankenska recorded live Islington, in London town if you know what I mean
8: 2018 - Doctor Bird Cherry Red records reissue the expanded Harry J Liquidator
8: 2018 - Doctor Bird Cherry Red records reissue the expanded Dave & Ansel Double Barrel
8: 2018 - R.I.P. Anthony Bourdain, aged 61.. hoi polloi chef/ see the last page of HP8 (2003) for more
6: 2001 - Bosstones J Vegas HP7 interview
5: 2018 - it's announced new Trojan Records documentary out this year!
4: 2010 - Steakouts make live debut Montage Music Hall
3: 2017 - Some Ska Band annual Thirsty's Pittsford 8-10p
3: 2003 - Planet Smashers #5 document Mighty
2: 2018 - Some Ska Band annual Thirsty's Pittsford 5-7p
1: 2018 - Camp Punk in Drublic Festival
1: 2018 - National Donut Day, also Buddahood Lux Lounge (w/ record 250+ paid crowd) 10pm
June 2018 - Vive Le Rock #54 - Eugene Butcher/ Big Cheese presents John Lydon cover, interview with Dave Wakeling!
June 2018 - Do The Dog Skazine #90 has Spitfires and much more
June 2017 - Sounds of Skints? Doctor Ranking Pegasus!? Do The Dog #86
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May
31: 2005 - The Dead 60s is eponymous debut album out on Epic (US art yellow, tracking differs for worse)
30: 2001 - Dictionary.com word of the day is hoi polloi
29: 2018 - full moon 10:19 am EST? troubling tweets do the Roseanne
29: 1995 - Moonstomp Tour: Toasters, Mustard Plug, Let's Go Bowling, Schleprock in Denver CO
27: 2018 - Maidstone Skafest UK: Intensified +4
27: 2018 - Slam Dunk Skafest UK: Selecter, Beat, Buzzcocks, SLF in Birmingham
27: 2018 - SuperNoVa International Ska Festival oh one eight continues
27: 2017 - SuperNoVa Ska Fest: Derrick Morgan 60th Anniversary Show, & next day Coolie rejoins Toasters for Dub 56
26: 2018 - Tim & April present SuperNoVa 2018 International SKA weekender, Spotsylvania VA; Charles is on scene for RSS
26: 2018 - Slam Dunk Skafest UK: Selecter, Beat, Buzzcocks, SLF in Hatfield
26: 2015 - Senior Allstars Dub from Jamdown: Darker Than Blue out
26: 2001 - Vertigo-gos post-breakup CD release party one night reunion
26: 1991 - Bim in Geneva NY
25: 2018 - 2X SuperNoVa preparties - either The Toasters, or a Dance Craze screening, Spotsylvania VA
25: 2018 - 20th annual Punk Rock Bowling weekend Las Vegas NV
25: 2018 - Slam Dunk Skafest UK: Selecter, Beat, Buzzcocks, SLF in Leeds
25: 2018 - if you see Tim Karns (Toasters/ Skunks) today wish him a happy 52
24: 2002 - The Busters 15th anniversary show is a great open-air concert Wiesloch (D) attended by 4,000+ green live CD
24: 1996 - Phil Kellum seez Frantic Flattops open for Dick Dale at the Bottleneck in Lawrence KS, then writes about it!
24: 1980 - Specials Rat Race out on TT11
24: 1938 - Prince Buster born
23: 1996 - Toasters record Live In L.A. at The Whiskey A Go Go (Moon) green shell VHS video/ not to be confused with live SkaVooVee CD
22: 2007 - Tim Armstrong A Poet's Life into action
21: 2006 - Public Access, Biting Midge, Grimetime at Monty's Krown Rochester by SR Twitch
19: 2018 - Slackers São Paulo Brazil
19: 2018 - The Medicinals co-headline the Lilac Festival, Free Sat 5pm
19: 2016 - points for using Davida: The Fuss DC CD In Trouble out!
19: 2003 - Sanctuary/ Trojan reissue Maytals Monkey Man (1969) CD out in slipcover
19: 2003 - Sanctuary/ Trojan issue Derrick Morgan Moon Hop: Early Years 2CD in slipcover
19: 1998 - Steady Sounds From the Underground on SideOneDummy Records
18: 2018 - Bosstones announce new album and tour
18: 2018 - Slackers party by the sea in Rio De Janeiro Brazil
18: 2018 - King Hammond & The Rude Boy Mafia w/ John Blood & The Highlys at The Finsbury LDN 8pm GMT
18: 1999 - R.I.P. the Great Pablo, aged 44
18: 1997 - Pietasters Rochester (move to larger venue)
17: 2018 - LORTO turns 40?!
17: 2013 - Derrick Morgan featured in Chicago Tribune
16: 2018 - Upstate NY Reggae guy turns 50
16: 1997 - Tundra Schmucks SC present Niagara Rally '97 weekender
16: 1989 - Upstate NY Reggae guy turns 21, also anticipated Deltones Make Me Smile 12" release, pushed til 6th June
15: 2018 - Third World Lilac Fest
15: 2009 - wild typo, out of my brain on the five-fifteen
14: 2018 - R.I.P. Tom Wolfe, aged 88
14: 2000 - Max Arranby interviews Dr. Ring Ding for the following Black & White 'zine issue
14: 1998 - R.I.P. Frank Sinatra, aged 82
13: 2017 - Lee Perry Ithaca
13: 2013 - English Beat Lilac Fest
13: 2004 - Ska La Mode Denver Jon Reggaefire does a teensy blog one Thursday
12: 1980 - complete John Peel session Laurel Aitken with The Ruts, (28 April 80) airs BBC1
11: 2018 - Upsetters Return of Django + Eastwood Rides Again reissued on Doctor Bird 2fer1 CD
11: 1981 - R.I.P. Honourable Robert Nesta Marley O.M., aged 36
10: 2018 - Dub Store Records Japan presents BMN Rocksteady: Always Together 1964-68 CD/ LP today
9: 2006 - Aggrolites major-er label thundercat debut on Hellcat/ Epitaph/ Sony; 19 tracks patented dirty reggae
9: 1999 - commencement
9: 1998 - Mephiskapheles outside in the rain at R.I.T. sucked
8: 2018 - Charles talks continuity and Skatalites over on RSS
8: 1998 - Goldmine #464 [annual independent labels issue] spotlight Moon Ska NYC Records
8: 1984 - Legend out
7: 2012 - Dualers out with Prince Buster Shakedown
7: 1995 - Miggedys An Informal Gathering CD release party sunday matinee
7: 1990 - No Sports Stay Rude, Stay Rebel mini-lp out on Unicorn
7: 1942 - Justin Hinds born, it's carry go, bring come
6: 1969 - R.I.P Don Drummond, aged 37
5: 1998 - Ska Sucks compilation out on Liberation Records
5: 1998 - R.I.P. Tommy McCook aged 71
4: 2018 - Star Wars and Spring Heeled Jack bassie Rick Omonte in Oswego?
4: 2007 - Slackers +4 Brew Haus in the heart of Kodak Park
4: 2004 - R.I.P. Sir Coxone, aged 82
4: 1979 - TT1 Special A.K.A. Gangsters backed with The Selecter released format 7" Vinyl, 45
3: 2013 - R.I.P Cedric Im Brooks, aged 70
3: 2012 - R.I.P. Lloyd Brevett O.M., aged 80. Boom any Skatalites bass or MR104CD for details
3: 1998 - Bosstones return to Seymour Union Ballroom SUNY Brockport but we don't
3: 1979 - The Specials Live at the Moonlight Club recorded [CHR TTX 5011 180gm LP 2014]
3: 1969 - Fabulous 208 popweekly Peter Sarstedt, Desmond Dekker, Barry Gibb
2: 1945 - Judge Dread born
1: 2018 - new Interrupters single She Kerosene out
1: 2014 - "Mayday Mayday Cuba do you read me?" Slackers return to Buffalo but gig's been moved to Town Ballroom
May 1977 - Rico Rodriguez “The Man from Wareika” interviewed by Carl Gayle, this month's Black Music mag
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April
30: 1999 - Madness Irving Plaza NYC doors 8pm $22.50 illegal to resell
30: 1998 - "Bosstones floor 'em with sounds of ska" sez Rochester Democrat & Chronicle weekend section catchline
30: 1994 - Bosstones Seymour Union Ballroom SUNY Brockport
30: 1988 - Hotknives debut, Live at the Boatman recorded (Hampton Court, London)
29: 2018 - full moon 8:58pm EDT
28: 2015 - Roddy Radiation/ Scotch Bonnets/ Ronald Raygun/ Ruben Lipkind, Mohawk Place Buffalo
28: 2018 - Trav 182 Barker + Jon Goldfinger Feldman present Back To The Beach SKA weekender
28: 2001 - Bosstones Geneseo
28: 1999 - first version of this site up
28: 1998 - chaos at the S.A.R. Tour Pittsburgh PA!
27: 2018 - This is Trojan Boss Reggae: 2CD of Tighten Up reggae (purple lettering) out
27: 2004 - Mustard Plug (Ska is Dead Tour) Rochester
27: 1998 - Mustard Plug (Ska Against Racism Tour) Rochester, also Hepcat Time® Magazine
26: 2005 - More HP#8s
26: 1998 - More HP#5s
26: 2001 - Toots & The Maytals Water St (maybe 3rd time under a year?)
26: 1997 - Let's Go Bowling live at Bluebird Theater (Denver) recorded by Tom Matott aka Freeway Lanes, AMR-024
26: 1996 - Allstonians return to RITskeller taco bar 358 days later, early Kodak digital photos by Doc Awkward
25: 2018 - Slackers Lost Horizon Syracuse
25: 1997 - Skatalites return 114 W. Green Haunt Ithaca/ 9:30pm $12 18+ guess what they tour in a 1981 Itasca Suncruiser RV..
25: 1986 - Gaz's Rockin' Blues Sound System at Electric Ballroom w/ Laurel Aitken Band, Potato 5, Deltones, Howlin Wilf 8pm
24: 2008 - Rochester Mayor Robert J. Duffy issues proclamation that today be Frank De Blase Day
24: 2004 - Don't Be Late: Amy Ryan & The Operatives release their CD at The Stoop Syracuse
23: 2018 - King Hammond at 56
23: 2004 - meet Jah Crunchy
23: 1999 - Planet Smashers, Skarface [we are from France], Dinkus 9 Showplace Theatre Buffalo it's recorded
23: 1979 - the death of Blair Peach
22: 2014 - Holly Golightly explains Northern Soul via Jeff Spevak in today's Democrat and Chronicle
21: 2018 - Record Store Day has 50th Anniv Judge Sympathy the 45 which launched Trojan UK
21: 2018 - Record Store Day has 50th Anniv The Champ by Mohawks on Pama, 3500 copies gold vinyl + Herkules font!
21: 2018 - Record Store Day has Skatalites retread Hi-Bop Ska (1994) 900 copies their 30th Anniversary Record
21: 2018 - Record Store Day has Tim Armstrong retread A Poet's Life (2007) 900 copies on white vinyl
21: 2001 - on or about seeing buyin' a Wasted Days disc at the HMV Toronto ON
18: 2003 - Toasters Rochester (Easter weekend) by Fritz
18: 1988 - Toasters record 'Thrill Me Up' in Brooklyn for their forthcoming (Skaloid/Celluloid Records) L.P.
17: 2018 - 25 years since Toasters grabado el sabado Caracas Venezuela '93 which you can later buy on iTunes
17: 1998 - Specials MK II, Avalon Boston MA 7pm, $17
17: 1995 - Bosstones Harro East
16: 2017 - Interrupters Lost Horizon
16: 1981 - Timothy White Jump Up! Rolling Stone #341 (Seduced by Ska? is possibly the best USA article ever)
16: 1980 - New Vinyl Times Vol 1 No 8 features SKA Pauline + Peter Gabriel
15: 1996 - Skatalites Haunt Ithaca
15: 2018 - 25 years of stickerguy
14: 2018 - Jump Up + Ska Brewing present Two Legends and a Son at Reggie's Rock Club, Chicago IL 7pm CST 17+ $25-$60
14: 1987 - The Upbeats + No Doubt at the Soul Shack $5 10pm 1123 Vine Hollywood CA
12: 2018 - Joe talks Mitch 'King Kong' Girio and reggae-librarian Susan Cadogan
11: 2018 - Record Archive Back Room Happy Hour 5-8pm w/ Some Ska Band, (F-word goes OSB on April 16)
11: 2018 - Freedom Call, the fifth Maroon Town album out now!
11: 1998 - Kerrang #694 has MM Bosstones/ King Prawn
10: 2018 - Bunny Wailer is 71
10: 1980 - Bunny Wailer is 33, also Bad Manners debut longplayer Ska N' B out on Magnet
9: 2018 - R.I.P. New Musical Express shuts print abruptly after 66 years!
9: 1999 - Less Than Jake LeMoyne College
9: 1998 - Slackers Cortland NY
8: 1998 - Neville, lead singer of the Specials arrested on misdemeanor battery charges following tonight's gig in Chicago
6: 2018 - Phoenix City Allstars album #4 is Version Rockers (all Clash tunes in dub!)
7: 2018 - Skatalites Haunt Ithaca
7: 1980 - Jay Cocks meets the Specials in Time®
6: 2018 - Noise complaint? Joe Gittleman, sometimes seen dressed as a cop, is 5-0 today
5: 2018 - Slackers Mohawk Buffalo
5: 2017 - Slackers Montage Rochester
4: 2013 - Slackers Waiting Room Buffalo
3: 2004 - DJ Trump hosts SNL #561 musical guest Toots & the Maytals/ Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Bootsy, The Roots
2: 1998 - Professionals Watch Your Step cassette 500 qty from Discmakers
1: 2018 - Pete Porker suffers stroke, get well soon busterkendall
1: 2018 - Marco On The Bass celebrates 10 years of the very best in epic ska - reggae web loggin'
1: 2001 - Ska feast on the fools day Speakeasies, B-3s, General Rudie matinee show Water St
Apr 2018 - Long Live Vinyl #13 has massive RSD2018 preview and 50 Years of Trojan Records cover!
Apr 2017 - Street Sounds #17 Glory Boys
Apr 2014 - Street Sounds #15 Roy Ellis Ska Bonanza
Apr 1994 - Tower Records Pulse magazine small snippet Definition of Sound: Ska
Apr 1999 - Scootering #158 has Ed Ball
Apr 1999 - Lip Up #6 has Scofflaws/ Pilfers/ Donkey Show/ Trojan is Tight/ from Dennis Faray Houston TX |
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March
31: 2018 - blue moon, also dayglo orange signage for Hi Fi Needledrop's semi-annual Record Fair at Historic German House Theatre
31: 2018 - Pama International performs the Trojan Records songbook at LISF 2018 day 3
31: 2000 - Pressure Cooker Empire Brewing Co. High Falls Rochester
31: 1995 - dayglo orange signage for Toasters Ithaca NY
29: 2018 - original air date S01 E08 APBio NBC Pietasters 9:30 Patton Oswalt SKA
29: 2018 - 30th Anniversary London International Ska Festival begins at O2 Academy. Skinbyrd logo by CHEMA!!!!
29: 1980 - Selecter TT10, also Showing the Beat the Beat: Steve Barrow talks Laurel Aitken in this week's Black Echoes
27: 2018 - Derrick Morgan, conquering ruler is 78
26: 2003 - Extreme Ska Event, dirtbikes in lost wages nevada
26: 2003 - Dave Hillyard reflects on 9-11 (Rocksteady 7 Monty's Krown)
26: 1998 - Bim Skala Bim, old Milestones
25: 1999 - Bim Skala Bim, new Milestones
25: 1998 - HP#5 released, Staples Ridgeland
24: 2018 - Reggae or not here they come: Majestics, Double Wide Horns, Freedom Trio at Funk N' Waffles Rochester NY 9pm
24: 1998 - new Specials new disc Guilty 'Til Proved Innocent out, ruff art by FS Fairey
23: 1989 - Unicorn sequel: Skankin' 'Round The World Vol 2 out, sleevenotes by Tim Wells
21: 1991 - Skank Records Vol. 2 (Ska For Ska's Sake) out on Teichiku Records Japan CD+OBI strip
20: 2018 - Scratch is 82
19: 1980 - tonomon say this was the day RN Marley played football in Brazil
17: 1995 - Toasters, BC Enterprize, Horizontal Boogie Bar
17: 1988 - Operation Ivy live KSPC FM Pomona CA broadcast (aka Radio Daze, later used for Bring me Back Up LP)
17: 1979 - Sister Denise starts Reggae Sounds WITR FM radio Noon-2pm today; broadcast will run weekly for the next 38+ years
15: 2008 - R.I.P. Mikey Dread, aged 53
14: 2018 - Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra new album Glorious (CTCR-14937) out
14: 1998 - The Professionals, Dents, Channel 3 at Vertex 88 Liberty Pole Way $5, 7pm
13: 2003 - Thursday/ Slackers/ Milestones/ $5
13: 1998 - R.I.P. Judge Dread, aged 52 (onstage at The Penny Theatre in Canterbury Kent)
12: 1932 - Don Drummond born
11: 2018 - cue ominous music: skamovie.com
10: 2018 - (Erin Bardwell) The Skanxters at Swindon Vic
9: 1993 - Bad Manners Fat Sound (first Pork Pie Germany) now Triple X Records USA
9: 1989 - Coolie Ranx turns 24, also Braces Prime Cut out on Unicorn
6: 2018 - Joachim S (Braces) interviews JumpUp Chuck on RSS
6: 1989 - Laurel Aitken + The Loafers at Piranha's (Weston-super-Mare, Somerset UK)
4: 2018 - R.I.P. Russ Solomon (Tower Recs Guy), aged 92
4: 1998 - Cold calls? respond to the letter from Fritz in person
4: 1995 - Kim brings us out to Fantastic Records, get New York Fever
2: 1997 - Ska gone Penny Arcade
1: 2018 - full worm moon
March 2018 - Do The Dog Skazine #89 w/ Buster Shuffle
March 1999 - Nate Albert on returning to school
March 1998 - Musician #232 is on the bus with the MM Bosstones
March 1995 - Mods con the jazz brigade? Tower Records' Pulse mag has Skatalites page 45 by Larry Birnbaum |
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February
28: 1993 - WBER presents: Bad Manners w/ Scofflaws at Boogie Bar Rochester NY $6/$8, 18+, 9pm
27: 2018 - Dropkick Murphys, Agnostic Front, Bim Skala Bim at Rapids Theatre Niagara Falls NY
27: 2006 - Pietasters Milestones Rochester
27: 1997 - King Changó Ithaca (Blanqito Man con zedjosh)
26: 2018 - Bim Skala Bim, Hugh Beaumonts, Some Ska Band in Rochester $12, 18+ Funk n' Waffles 8pm
24: 2018 - Big Youth!!! inna Bob Marley Celebration Haunt Ithaca NY $15adv /$20 DOS [Cancelled 2/23]
24: 1997 - Wonder wheel? NY BEAT II: Breaking & Entering out MR-099
23: 1997 - CRILLEE not just for ST:TNG credits anymore: MR101 Skarmageddon 3 is 45 new USA bands out
22: 2018 - Brad Nowell would be 50, also High Rollers Scooter Rally in Vegas
22: 2011 - Aggrolites #5: Rugged Road out
19: 1988 - Dutch Ska Festival with Mark Foggo, Skaos, Trojans 9pm at De Melkweg, Amsterdam
18: 1992 - Agnostic Front Club X Rochester 6:30p $10
17: 1998 - Mr. Review anthology One Way Ticket To Skaville available for USA by Moon Records
16: 1995 - Bosstones Network Buffalo
12: 2018 - Justin Hinds & the Dominoes From Jamaica with Reggae Expanded DBCD-09 (Doctor Bird/ Cherry Red UK)
12: 1998 - Scofflaws, Pilfers touch Third Rail Cortland - 35mm live photos by Mearns
12: 1997 - Triple rowdy ska >>> DJ Wade w/ Isaac Green & the Skalars/ DLO/ Gibsons haunt Ithaca during blizzard!
11: 2015 - a $2000 triple-stumper on Jeopardy #7003
11: 2005 - the late Doc Awk fondly remembers WRUR reggae shows in newsprint
11: 2000 - Allstonians Empire Brewing
11: 1995 - Miggedys, Ansley Court HBB, 2X flier art by fat cat and his gang
11: 1989 - Deltones, El Bosso & die Ping Pongs at dieburse (hostel) Hamburg? Germany 8pm
10: 1995 - Scofflaws haunt Ithaca, it's recorded 90 min
10: 1994 - Skaboom! + Recriminations MRO13 CD nineties compile w/ graphic blandishment by Andres 'Blanquito Man' Chango
9: 2018 - Noble Vibes 3rd Annual RN Marley Birthday celebration w/ Neville Francis (Sattalites) Lovin' Cup Rochester
9: 1999 - Bad Manners' superb Rare & Fatty 1976-97 out on MR131
9: 1996 - Toasters haunt; Coolie's vibes eulogize ex-LGB guitarist David Molina, killed 28 DEC
9: 1989 - Donkey Show Bali Island E.P. (DS Hillyard debut) out on Unicorn Records PHZA-26 today
6: 2014 - what is Oi! Jeopardy #6769/ a British interjection, or a genre of skinhead rock for $1200
6: 2004 - The Lightbulbs (Fairport NY) call it quits effective 3pm
6: 1999 - HP#6's Laurel Aitken interview final PSU skafest. Questions eerily similar to those on side four of PHZD-45 too
2: 2018 - Groundhog's Day? UB40 w/ Chrissie 12" USA promo I Got You Babe
2: 2004 - out of Favor Street basement cobweb, that missing 2nd Miggedys CD (tbr MR103) sees the light of day
2: 2003 - R.I.P Vincent "Randy" Chin of 17 North Parade, aged 85
2: 1995 - R.I.P. Fred Perry, aged 85
2: 1989 - Laurel Aitken live at Gaz's
1: 2005 - HP#8 spotted locally on page 114 of this glossy full-color British monthly!
Feb 1995 - Alternative Press #79 A Brighter No Future (Rancid cover)
Feb 1994 - Alternative Press #67 United States of SKA-merica (all about Skavoovee tour) Jo Ann Greene
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January 2018
31: 2018 - full blue blood supermoon eclipse 6:48 am EST
31: 1997 - Professionals +3? Tea House Art Gallery, it's recorded to VHS
29: 2018 - new Alpha Boys School text on RSS, also come across vintage Miggedys clip in Rude #48!
29: 2008 - akaTwitch hits a lady on I-490
27: 2018 - R.I.P. Mort Walker, aged 94
27: 1996 - (Saturday) Yolk old milestones followed by 5 mile walk home 2am in the snow
27: 1982 - Urban Blight record their second? single, Magic VI b/w Becky in NYC
26: 2018 - tenth and final January Thaw for Buddhahood at Anthology 8pm doors $10
26: 1980 - Beat U.B.40 and Akrylykz at Electric Ballroom NW1 7:30p. + large Selecter feature in this week's Sounds "Pressure & Slide"
25: 2018 - Daily Double ($2000): Greek term for the unwashed masses
25: 2018 - Rosie Jonker & 3-letter words for $800 on Jeopardy #7684!
25: 2002 - Shanty Dan thanks HP onstage at their 9pm Rochester show; a reasonably big deal as BIM was an early inspiration
25: 2001 - Judge Rehnquist and Dave Wakeling Ithaca Beat odyssey
23: 1999 - Toasters, Mexican Cession, Split Second, Showplace Theatre Buffalo NY
23: 1995 - Ms. Cordell Jackson of Moon Records Memphis writes Bucket, prompting Moon Ska NYC name change
21: 2018 - First Class Mail Letters (1 oz.) rates will increase from $0.49 to $0.50 when purchased at the US Post Office
20: 2018 - he awarded me $100 before: R.I.P. Wendell Castle, aged 85
17: 1997 - JB say Ska-Tastrophe #4 (their last short tab newsprint issue) came hot off the presses today!
17: 1996 - Specials Singles Collection CD out in Japan
16: 2014 - Toasters Rochester
16: 1998 - Yeska record and mix their Skafrocubanjazz album at Private Island Trax in Hollywood CA three days
14: 2015 - RED STRIPES produced by Cavo
14: 2000 - Nigel & Allstonians live UR Wilson Commons coffeehouse, it's recorded
14: 1994 - SKA deemed the next big thing by Billboard® magazine
14: 1989 - Steve Lamacq writes 2 big New Musical Express pages on Zoot skazine & late 80's London ska awakening
14: 1965 - Georgie Fame's version of Yeh Yeh released
13: 2016 - Rocksteady 7 in New York Times Crossword page
12: 2018 - 50 years later? Absolutely... The Uniques out on Cherry Red UK/ Doctor Bird Records Format: CD
12: 2004 - tonight's installment of WRUR FM Ska & Roots Emporium begins with Aquabats' Ska Boss
12: 1996 - Return of the Rude Boy by Neil Gladstone in Philly City Paper + Andrea Gingerich, later mentioned in at least 2 'zines
12: 1980 - Rudy's Music Shop? (Zaterdag) Specials Ancienne Belgique Rue Des Pierres Bruxelles 8:30pm
10: 2018 - Esperanto Mag says This. Also, is it Rick Neilsen rated?
10: 2014 - R.I.P. Eric Lawson, aged 72 from COPD. See the Toasters track "Marlboro Man" for more detail
9: 2006 - hpska.com begins
9: 2001 - itunes.com begins
9: 1996 - HP#1 begins
6: 2017 - Epiphany? Some Ska Band + Vintage Pretty at Funk & Waffles 9pm free show
2: 2018 - R.I.P. Rick Hall, aged 85
1: 2018 - full/ wolf/ blood/ super/ moon 9:24pm EST
Jan 2018 - Mojo #290 The Jam cover, Ken Boothe's sunday morning record, more!
Jan 1998 - Mean Street Magazine Vol 3 cover features The Specials II. Also Face to Face Jello Biafra more
Jan 1998 - Folk Roots #175 features Gaz Mayall
Jan 1997 - Moon Skazette asks What the Heck is Ska Satellite Records?!
Jan 1997 - Never Ad Nothing #1 fanzine from Barcelona chronicles txarly brown's F.B.I., Desorden Publico, Mephiskapheles, more
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December
31: 2017 - New Year's Eve w/ Easy Star All-Stars, Giant Panda GDS at Anthology 336 East Ave Rochester NY 14604 $40
30: 2017 - Hometown Throwdown #20 with The Pietasters, Kicked In The Head, with Pete Porker, Mark Katz Toxic Toast
29: 2017 - Hometown Throwdown #20 with Rude Bones, Vic Ruggiero
28: 2017 - Hometown Throwdown #20 with Piebald, The Doped Up Dollies
28: 2008 - R.I.P. Vincent T. Ford, aged 68
25: 2017 - our half-hearted Christmas playlist grew
23: 2017 - Slackers Holiday Show (Pecuilar) +3 Bell House Brooklyn
22: 2017 - Slackers Holiday Show (Redlight) +3 Bell House Brooklyn
22: 2012 - You're a mean one, Mr. Lint
21: 1987 - R.I.P. John Spence, aged 18
21: 1979 - Madness My Girl single out
20: 1988 - London International Ska Festival Day 1
19: 2014 - Slackers Live at The Sinclair (Cambridge, MA) it's recorded by Brendan Downey, mixed by Ronnie Morales
17: 2010 - R.I.P. Glen Adams, aged 65
17: 2000 - R.I.P. Moon Records
15: 2014 - Trojan BMG CD Reggae with The Hippy Boys (reissued its sixth time?)
15: 1997 - Ska-Tastrophe featured on today's Ink19
13: 2010 - double JEOPARDY triple stumper mentions the Specials and 2Tone for $2000
13: 1998 - Sunday Slackers Skatalites Ithaca
11: 2015 - RWW is made possible by fans & crowdfunding campaign organized by Contrajojo
10: 2017 - some loser runs a red light and totals the JumpUp Suby; DJ Chuck survives crash!
9: 2004 - CNN anchor Jack Cafferty has been caught misusing the term hoi polloi
9: 1979 - Straight Music presents Selecter/ The Beat/ U.B.40 7:30p Lyceum (LDN WC2)
8: 2017 - Hepcat, Jesse Wagner, Chris Murray at the Concert Lounge Riverside CA
8: 2001 - Planet Smashers Blackouts Statesmen Geneseo
8: 1979 - The Beat, summer roofers from Brum, release their first single cover Smokey Robinson on TT6
7: 2000 - Pilfers Blackouts Milestones
5: 2017 - Interrupters +3 Montage Music Hall Rochester 7pm $17
5: 1996 - Scofflaws Ithaca
5: 1986 - Toasters debut in UK on Unicorn Records
5: 1979 - Specials + Selecter recorded for BBC in Concert Series at the Paris Theatre, London
4: 2004 - Rancid Water Street
3: 2017 - full moon is a supermoon
3: 1995 - Bosstones UR Palestra
2: 2017 - Mephiskapheles, Abruptors, Reggie Childs Buffalo Mohawk, 3PM EST
1: 2017 - Slackers perform Wasted Days Reggie's Chicago, and will perform full albums here the next two nights
1: 1990 - Special Beat, The Toasters 1227 Washington in St Louis MO
1: 1979 - Straight Music presents the Specials, Selecter, Dexy's Midnight Runners 7:30p Lewisham Odeon (LDN SE13)
Dec 2017 - Do The Dog #88 with The Autocratics
Dec 1995 - Ska-Tastrophe #1 out
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November
30: 2017 - R.I.P. John Naar, aged 97
30: 1997 - Sunday matinee: Pilfers, Professionals, and Enrique Slavadas Funtime Trio meet Amy Azzolina!, Penny Arcade!
29: 1979 - bring it come: The Selecter at Tiffany's Coventry UK, it's recorded for TT-10B
28: 1997 - Al Beaman Band CD release 10pm
28: 1980 - The Jam album No. 5
28: 1989 - This Are Two Tone out on CD in USA pink longbox today
26: 1991 - King Kong Compilation (Island Mango 1981) now out on CD/ cassette in USA
26: 1983 - This Are Two Tone CHR TT 5007 (Chrysalis LP) your choice pink or blue wrapper
25: 2017 - The National...
25: 1997 - NYC SKA MOB Tour (Slackers/ Stubborn Allstars/ Skinnerbox) + Creepers Buffalo
24: 2017 - more vaults? Black Friday Studio One 2xLP out!
24: 2017 - Turkey Jam at Bug Jar, also Copasetic Mod Ska Classics on Trojan 2CD £7.50 UK today
24: 2017 - Danksgiving 2017 w/ The Medicinals + Kevin Kinsella, at Flour City Station 8pm
23-25:17 - 9TH EDITION of the MONTREAL SKA FEST!
23: 2017 - Chris da Maddog Malone sits down with CB from RSS!
22: 1996 - Toasters + Bim Buffalo State University
21: 2017 - Yellowman w/ Root Shock at Funk n' Waffles Rochester $15, $20 DOS
21: 1999 - Spider Nick & Maddogs Rochester
21: 1996 - Boston Ska Rulers in friz quadrata (Bim Skala Bim 11x17") Haunt Ithaca $6/ $8
20: 1996 - MMB + Hepcat Buffalo
18: 2017 - new Augustyn & Reeves book, RE: Alpha Boys School out
18: 1977 - The Jam's 2nd, This is the Modern World out
17-19:17 - Pregame? 4e édition du festival de Ska / Punk / Reggae de la ville de Québec
17: 1995 - Toasters Rochester
17: 1979 - Madness, Red Beans & Rice, Bad Manners Electric Ballroom
16: 2017 - R.I.P. José Andrés Blanco, top graphic artist “Blanquito Man” of King Changó. See our interview with him in HP#4 for more!
16: 2006 - The Expos/ One Night Band +2? Milestones Music Room 170 East Ave Rochester by twitch
16: 2001 - Toasters Rochester
16: 1993 - The 2Tone Collection: A Checkered Past double CD jewel Chrysalis EMI with hype?
16: 1979 - The Jam's 4th, Setting Sons out. Also Madness, Red Beans & Rice, Bad Manners at Electric Ballroom
15: 1996 - Bim Skala Bim, Rudy Dance Brass Band, Globe Theatre Norwalk CT
15: 1980 - Melody Maker: Tracking the New Selecter
13: 1993 - Toasters (Skavoovee '93) at The Palace Los Angeles it's recorded for MR045CD = DIDX 021248
13: 1987 - Toasters, Donkey Show, Underground, Kix at Grand Central Station in Long Beach CA 8pm
11: 2017 - Tono Topnotch at 56, also Buddahood w/ Big Takeover at Funk n' Waffles Rochester $10
11: 1997 - Moon Ska NYC videotape The Reel Ska Reel VHS format MRV8001 pre-youtube stocking stuffer
10: 2001 - HP7 finished, took a year
10: 1994 - Miggedys +2 HBB, it's recorded
9: 2017 - R.I.P. Chuck Mosley III, aged 57
8: 2007 - Unseen image from rock star's 1976 Rochester NY pot bust surfaces Hilton NY
8: 1985 - The Friday Club Window Shopping UK CHS TT28 7" killed 2Tone?
5: 2014 - Rhoda Dakar Cleaning in Another Woman's Kitchen out
5: 1893 - Raymond Loewy born
4: 2017 - full moon, Saturday 1:23 A.M. EDT. big Ska Wars 20th Anniversary thing happening in Monterrey (Mexico) tonight!
3: 1978 - The Jam's 3rd, All Mod Cons out
2: 2017 - Day of the Dead w/ Los Skarnales warehouse live Houston TX $10
2: 1994 - SKA Wednesdays at Abyss 240 South Ave w/ Crunchy & Awkward. FM 89.7 ITR's Ben Schlaver reviews it two days later
Nov 2016 - Uncut #234 has a retro Specials cover, Frightnrs reviewed
Nov 1993 - MADBOX 1 Madness The Business Singles Collection 3CD set uses Emigre fonts heavily
Nov 1981 - Mango MLPS-9632 release the landmark King Kong Compilation, perhaps the only skinhead reggae 68-70 you'll need?
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October
31: 2017 - Tuesday Night Halloween
30: 2017 - Mark Foggo turns 67
30: 1994 - Return to the Planet of The Bakesys! (live at the Batschkapp Frankfurt Germany) it's recorded DOGCD43
30: 1981 - Funboys split from Dammers' camp is made official
30: 1980 - Mark Foggo at 30, also The Specials 'Blanket Coverage' (first in a series to benefit elderlies) at the Hope & Anchor London
29: 2014 - The Holophonics [Denton TX] release MaSKArades Vol. 7: SKAlloween
28: 2017 - 20 years since the release of MNR123? also 6th Annual Devils Night Danse w/ Mephiskapheles +3 (Bowery Electric NYC)
28: 1993 - Bad Brains Prong Barkmarket HBB Rochester
27: 2017 - Scotch Bonnets play FEST16
27: 1995 - BossTones Roseland Ballroom, also the NYC SKA feature in NY Times Neil Strauss, photos Rahev Segev
27: 1994 - Castle Music Limited's DOJOCD92 (of Zoot Skazine 2LP) >> compact disc Max The Dog Says Do the Ska
26: 1993 - The Shack international Ska compilation courtesy BiB Records Boston; CD/CASS – two more will follow in coming decades
24: 2017 - R.I.P. Fats Domino, aged 89. See Madness shoplift his stuff in their 1981 film!
24: 2017 - Supernova Ska Fest 2018 performers announced
23: 2017 - Joey Altruda turns 54!
23: 1981 - Les Daly article on Buster Bloodvessel page 21 of The Sun
22: 1991 - Let's Go Bowling full length CD/ chromium cassette on Moon Records 027
22: 1938 - Chester Carlson made his first xerographic copy in a rented second story room in Queens!
21: 1993 - In Upstate New York, Rochester perhaps, maybe you witnessed the dancefloor collapse
20: 2017 - The Frightnrs More to Say Versions out on bandcamp! Also Jam '77 boxed set out
20: 2001 - Rico (w/ Roots to the Bone Band) live Argentina (Buenos Aires), it's recorded
20: 1994 - Skatalites Hi Bop Ska ships!
19: 1979 - Don't watch that, watch this (Madness debut on Stiff)
18: 2013 - Green Room Rockers Rochester NY Monty's Krown
17: 2007 - some box sent media rate
15: 2017 - R.I.P. DrAwkward, aged 62. WRUR DJ was a champion of all Ska/ Reggae/ Dub + Gasport/ Rochester/ Watertown/ Corning NY
14: 2017 - The Buddhahood new CD release, at Firehouse Saloon
14: 2017 - Cassette Store Day USA at HOG with a dozen JumpUp tapes
14: 1992 - Mother Down, Skaboola Ra (pre-Miggedys) Penny Arcade
14: 1991 - It's a whole new decade innit? Selecter On My Radio '91 [remix CD and 12" single] out
13: 2017 - Derrick Harriott & The Crystalites - smoke font Psychedelic Train (1970) first CD issue via Doctor Bird
13: 2007 - Glen Smyth (dizzybeatnetwork Sydney Australia) loves HP!
13: 1997 - Selecter + The Friggs Water Street Rochester NY
13: 1979 - Selecter + Mo-Dettes, The Beat 7:30pm at Electric Ballroom Camden London UK
12: 2002 - 3X Untouchables Cool Beginnings rare 81-83 new & sealed via street vendor?!
12: 1997 - Mustard Plug, Mexican Cession Buffalo
10: 2000 - Django & Doug send
9: 2017 - Columbus Day; see the Live in Caracas '95 Scofflaws 'Christopher Columbus', or Peter Tosh's 'Here Comes the Judge'
9: 1993 - Steady Earnest Gangster Fun HBB Rochester
9: 1980 - Joe Jackson Band Beat Crazy
9: 1979 - [TT5] A Message to You, Rudy / Nite Klub
8: 2004 - Blackouts (semi-reunion?) + Amy Ryan and the Operatives at Fat Moe's 4419 Dewey Latta Greece NY 10PM all ages
7: 2017 - Paul Weller, Lucy Rose at Lincoln Theatre Washington DC 6:30pm $55
7: 1997 - Mephiskapheles' 2nd album, Maximum Perversion out on Moon MNR555 today (complete with Applebee's font)
6: 2017 - effective use of Brandon Grotesque Black? The Selecter have a box fresh CD/LP out entitled Daylight on DMF UK
6: 1994 - BossTones Jon Stewart Show MTV
6: 1990 - London Ska All Dayer at The Robey (Laurel Aitken, ex-Loafers as Pressure Drop, Bugsy Malone, Riffs, DJ Watford Jon) 3pm-3am
5: 2017 - full moon 2:15p EST
5: 2007 - This Is England opens at The Little Theatre and runs a week; Do the reggae popcorn & trainspot the temporal discrepancies!
4: 2017 - 12:30 AM Stephen Colbert welcomes Paul Weller NY NY (Irving Plaza)
4: 1994 - Question the Answers
4: 1980 - More Specials
3: 2008 - Caribbean Moonstomp Fest: Jump Up Records 15th Anniversary Weekend at the Bottom Lounge, Chicago
3: 1981 - Look-In #41 Madness depicted as outer space astronauts on cover
2: 2017 - R.I.P. Tom Petty, aged 66. For more see Pietasters, Dave Hillyard covers of his tunes of the last 10 years
1: 2017 - Susan Cadogan w/ King Kong 4 new recording Don't Know Why produced by Canada ska/ reggae stalwart Mitch Apparatus
Oct 2009 - SPIN magazine has Pearl Jam, an Oral History of 2Tone, 15 free downloads
Oct 1998 - 737 issue #8 green ink, the not so easily had MMB fanzine's final issue?
Oct 1995 - RUDE #44
Oct 1989 - Let's Catch The Beat #3 is the official fanzine of the Trojan Records Appreciation Society
Oct 1981 - Boston Rock #22 (Newbury Comics) The Specials, Neats, X, (Rochester NY's) Lydia Lunch, GoGo's, more |
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September
30: 2017 - SNL PAPYRUS
30: 2016 - Western Standard Time at Regent Theater (downtown Los Angeles CA)
29: 2017 - Les Claypool at 54, so new Primus record re: seven Rainbow Goblins
29: 2004 - Amy Ryan & the Operatives, 16bit at Fat Moes Dewey Latta Plaza, 10pm $3/$5
28: 1964 - Real Jamaica Ska (pink) 33 1/3 compiled by Curtis Mayfield out on Epic Records US. Legacy CD/cass in 1993 (EK52724-S1), 2001
28: 1997 - Moon Records Rebound Ska Tour (Magadog, Articles, ?) Water St Rochester
27: 1997 - Perfect Thyroid Mexican Cession Major Healy at the Showplace Theater, Grant Street Buffalo
25: 2017 - Judge Dread ps made blog Fonts in Use!
25: 1997 - Jay Wulff reviews new SkoiDats, Inspecter 7 discs in The New Paltz Oracle
24: 2009 - Miggedys (Pittsford NY 14534) on Onion AV?
23: 2017 - Toasters King's Rook Club (Erie, PA) Kaaaaren!
23: 2013 - Soul Jazz Records presents Studio One: Ska Fever! More Ska Sounds from Sir Coxsone's Downbeat
23: 1997 - Slackers Redlight
23: 1977 - Clash Complete Control b/w City of the Dead single
22: 2017 - DSH & his Rocksteady 7 do a Rico Tribute: 2 sets begin at 9pm $8, 21+ Hanks Saloon BKNY
22: 2017 - The Medicinals next hometown show is at the Photo City Improv w/ Majestics (plus Rudy Valentino!) and B33tJu1c3 18+, $10
21: 2017 - Skatalites w/ Chicago Jamaican Jazz Ensemble + Charlie Organaire and DJ Chuck Wren at Reggie's Chicago 17+ $12/15 DOS
21: 2009 - R.I.P. Brian Oster, aged 30
21: 1999 - Pilfers 2nd, Chawalaleng
21: 1993 - KLWD 91.9 FM (Gillette WY) gets a moonpack containing DHC 89-92/ LGB/ Busters/ Toasters/ Hepcat
21: 1986 - Whaaam! modzine presents 60's Ska night R&B Soul at the Fab Mab (Mabuhay Gardens) 433 Broadway SF CA 8pm
21: 1979 - Lost in the supermarket? The night this photo was taken
20: 2011 - Tommy McCook Caltone Special out on Attack label (CD)
20: 1997 - Pilfers at Spectrum Montreal PQ, it's recorded
20: 1994 - Skamageddon '94 (Buck O' Nine + Mu330) Electric Lounge Austin TX
20: 1992 - Selecter w/ Let's Go Bowling at the Outhouse in Lawrence KS
19: 2017 - 7M earthquake Mexico City (ChemaSkndl survives!!)
19: 1985 - 8M earthquake Mexico City
19: 1980 - Bad Manners Special Brew b/w Ivor the Engine single
18: 1981 - the only expletive on any Police record released today
16: 2017 - Some Ska Band performs at Kettlefest in Victor NY 12:15p
16: 2000 - free Toots Water St
16: 1997 - Ska Island, still sealed collection of compiled by Gaz Mayall for Island40 out; art is a rework of one of his mixtapes!
15: 2017 - R.I.P. Harry Dean Stanton, aged 91. See Twin Peaks/ Repo Man for more
15: 2014 - PDROPBOX25, that 5 album Laurel Aitken boxset out on Cherry Red, complete with reproduction sleeves!
15: 2007 - Slackers Boss Harmony Sessions
15: 2005 - Whitmore (Salisbury UK) final show, Robb Blake has gone solo since
13: 2017 - Max The Dog resell to BopShop - somebody's missing out!
12: 1977 - R.I.P. Steve Biko, aged 30
11: 1987 - R.I.P. Peter Tosh OM, aged 42
10: 2017 - Irma arrives in Tampa FL; see the Mark Foggo tune 'Hurricane' for more detail
9: 2017 - Chris Murray + Less Than Jake at Ska Brewing's 22nd Anniversary Durango, CO
9: 2017 - New 35mm print of A Clockwork Orange (1971) screens at Dryden Theatre, 7:30p
9: 2007 - get a Ska'd For Life memoir by Horace Panter and its dust jacket locally
8: 2017 - Pilfers 20th Anniversary show, and supposed final reunion, The Well in Brooklyn $20
8: 2017 - Dancing Down Orange Street: Expanded Edition CD (Doctor Bird/ Cherry Red UK)
8: 2017 - The Kingstonians Sufferer: Expanded Edition CD (Doctor Bird/ Cherry Red UK)
8: 2016 - R.I.P. Prince Buster, aged 78. Also Walls Come Tumbling Down by Daniel Rachel out in hardback
8: 2003 - Slackers brand-new Close My Eyes
8: 1995 - Tin spam, caviar? Stubborn Allstars's Open Season out
8: 1982 - NY Times: Ska Revival Hits Groove by Stephen Holden (on English Beat at Peppermint Lounge Sept 6)
7: 1989 - stuttgart.de No Sports King Ska [PHZA-49] out today; some of the finest German ska ever made
7: 2017 - New 35mm print of A Clockwork Orange (1971) screens at Dryden Theatre, 7:30p
7: 1995 - Cher Horowitz, Lint talk to Rolling Stone
7: 1977 - two big pages on fanzines this week's Sounds
6: 2017 - full corn moon at 3:02am EST, also Doug Trendle at 59
4: 2015 - R.I.P. Rico Rodriguez, aged 80
3: 1990 - Jamaica Live: Skatalites, Shelly Thunder, Sister Carol, Unity 2 (ex-Toasters NYC) at S.O.B.'s Varick/ it's recorded for BBC!
2: 1996 - Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra #6, bka Tokyo Strut out SONY JAPAN ESCB 1706 today
1: 1938 - Alton Ellis born
Sept 2017 - Record Collector #470, We are the Mods special
Sept 2017 - Do The Dog #87 Midday Joggers? the Bakesys return
Sept 2000 - Kingpins Plan of Action (re-released on Bandcamp 23 JUL 17)
Sept 1993 - Blue Ryder #31 Bosstones cover (newsprint outta OLEAN, NY)
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August
28: 2017 - Supernova Records announces MP3 of Derrick Morgan's 60th Anniversary Show up for download
27: 1996 - King Chango s/t out on Luaka Bop Warner Bros.
25: 2016 - LTSO (Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra) 2nd album, Bite The Bullet
25: 2005 - Style Wars deluxe 2DVD in Rolling Stone
25: 1981 - Specials at the Ritz NYC
25: 1979 - Extra Extra Two Tone: this week's NME has Neville and Lynval
24: 2017 - R.I.P. Winston 'Samuels' McInnis, aged 73
24: 2017 - TP Coniff at 38, Rancid on Conan O'Brien TBS
24: 1997 - TP Coniff at 18, Siren Six +2 Penny Arcade Rochester NY
24: 1987 - TP Coniff at 8, Gaz's Ska Extravaganza back on at The Astoria from 9p - 3:30 a.m.
23: 1997 - Django at 30, C.Wren at New England Ska Fest, Nashoba Valley Westford MA program guide shiny paper by Grant Thayer
22: 1995 - Selecter Pucker (aka Hairspray in USA) out on Dojo UK with the help of Paul Seacroft!
22: 1983 - Madness at Pier 84 NYC
21: 2017 - total solar eclipse and postage stamps to mark Jeff Baker bka King Django at 50
21: 2017 - brand new Pama International record out
21: 2007 - Pietasters All Day out on Indication Records today
21: 1993 - Ska Flames Wail'N Skal'M out on Sunshot (Sony Japan)
20: 1994 - Buck O' Nine Songs in the Key of Bree Immune Records 004
19: 2017 - Jump Up Records's 001 American Skathic 24th Anniversary Party at Metro Chicago 8pm
19: 2017 - The Majestics new record, Science, release party at 3HB
19: 2017 - Great Northern Ska Festival: Bad Manners/ Skatalites/ Rhoda/ King Hammond & The Rudeboy Mafia +9
19: 1997 - Toots & the Maytals orange disc The Very Best of [Music Club] has Louie Louie on it!
18: 2017 - No More Heartaches / What Am I To Do? compilations reissued (NMH used to be the other half of Trojan's Liquidator 2CD 1991)
16: 2005 - new Madness: The Dangerman Sessions Volume One out on V2 North America
16: 2003 - HP8 out
16: 1998 - Laurel Aitken Wetlands NYC
16: 1977 - Elvis is Dead (aged 42)
16: 1956 - Bela Lugosi is Dead (aged 73)
15: 2017 - Mike Park on Vice
14: 2017 - Bosstones on WAPO.com, also YouTube's 910dohead published the hypothetical Bodysnatchers 1980 full length
14: 1988 - Reggae Sunsplash #11 begins today and runs a week
12: 2009 - Amazing Spider Man Vol.1 #602 leggy lady on Lambretta cover
11: 1998 - iconic 1988 SKANK RECORDS: Licensed To Ska/ Ska for Ska's Sake/ 15 Commandments/ now in 3CD box set out via Snapper UK
10: 2000 - DSH & Rocksteady 7 at Water Street Rochester
10: 1984 - Bad Manners at the Ritz NYC
9: 2017 - a Selecter at Knitting Factory Brooklyn NY
9: 1971 - R.I.P. Leslie Kong, aged 38
8: 2000 - The Wailers Climb The Ladder on Heartbeat HB251 today
8: 1992 - Madstock I, Finsbury Park LDN it's recorded
7: 2017 - full sturgeon moon 2:11pm EST
7: 2015 - This is Trojan 3CD set
7: 2012 - Ska Anthems 3CD 60 tracks from the sixties + metal tin out
7: 2007 - Oreskaband debut US release CD out today
7: 2001 - Real Jamaica Ska (first compiled by Curtis Mayfield Sept 1964, CD 1993) remastered +2 Wailers + Ethiopian Flag art today
7: 2001 - Wailers Trenchtown Days: Birth Of A Legend (US) Epic/Legacy, EK 63588
6: 1928 - Andrew Warhola born
5: 2002 - road trip to Charlotte NC manifests UK hits
4: 1998 - El Thommo at 20, also DVS Media ten-years-later sequel Mashin' Up The Nation 3 & 4 street date
3: 2017 - Matisyahu (West Chester PA), Danielle Ponder (Rochester NY) at Party in The Park $5
3: 1997 - Specials Mk II at Boston's Tempe AZ had sweet diecut Wally handbills
2: 2017 - Bucket at 62
1: 2017 - EJWZ at 40, the Scotch Bonnets show 7pm at Villain & Saint in Bethesda
Aug 2017 - MOJO #285 has Saxa Obit, big Selecter piece, Clash
Aug 2016 - Vive Le Rock #38 is 2Tone Then & Now issue
Aug 2015 - Big ups to Joel McIver, Lakeshore Record Exchange, Laurel Aitken and Unicorn Records list made the letters section RC #443
Aug 2013 - Street Sounds #4 Susan Cadogan
Aug 1986 - Rude Awakening #9 Buster Bloodvessel |
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July
31: 1979 - (Tuesday) the Special A.K.A. + support at City Centre Club Coventry UK £1.25 adv/ £1.50 DOS begins 10pm
31: 1997 - Key Ska Figures to perform live on KUCI sez Mike Boehm in L.A. Times
30: 2017 - Rudy V and Don Carlos in Germany
30: 1989 - FLE presents a dance concert w/ Bad Manners, Laurel, Gangbusters, Donkey Show, + Blue Beat Bastards at Iguanas, Tijuana
29: 2017 - Steady 45s + Charley Organaire at Subterranean Chicago IL
29: 2017 - Join cool kids/ canalboat ruffians for an afternoon of ska, reggae, more ska Spencerport Canal Days Fireman's Field 3-5pm
29: 2010 - High Priest of Reggae (Cherry Red CD) found at HoG
28: 2017 - The Treasure Isle Story set of 4CDs out on Sanctuary, also Ska Party 3CD retread sixties oldies both out today
28: 2013 - Bakesys mention HP7 (2001) on their facebook?
28: 2007 - Aggrolites Club Diablo Buffalo NY; J. Bonner leaves soon a week? after
28: 1998 - Duff Steve presents Ska United a Global Ska Sampler on Moon Ska NYC MR130 ? indeed some say this was out Mar 31
27: 2003 - Hepcat Belly Up Solana Beach San Diego CA, poster by Scrojo
27: 1987 - Dekker, Aitken, Trojans, Maroon Town at Astoria (London UK) ? indeed some say this is pushed back to Aug 24
25: 1992 - Faith No More +2 Rich Stadium Buffalo
25: 1992 - London Summer Ska Fest at the Robey! Prince Buster & Big 5, Selecter, Int'l Beat, Judge Dread, Hotknives play
24: 1990 - Chrysalis USA present Dance Craze out on compact disc w/ longbox, and again as cassette F421783
23: 2011 - RIP Amy Jade Winehouse, aged 27. See the Madness track 'Blackbird' for more
22: 2017 - The Beat is Blue - new King Hammond LP - out on Jump Up Records today
22: 1982 - Smash Hits UK magazine MADNESS
21: 2017 - Primus returns to the Dome Arena
21: 1997 - (Monday) Toots & Maytals, Jump with Joey, Bluebeats, EST, Orange Street debut Moon showcase Wetlands NYC
21: 1983 - 2 Tone's gone to fad heaven but the English Beat goes on (by John Griffin) in today's Montreal Gazette
21: 1971 - 'Taki 193' Spawns Pen Pals sez The NY Times
20: 2017 - Geoff Weeg at 40, also The Hempsteadys, Just Brian at the Bug Jar Rochester NY 7-10pm $7/$9
20: 2017 - Lakeshore Record Exchange to shutter sez Democrat and Chronicle
19: 2017 - Heather Augustyn guest blogs Derrick Morgan Supernova on Wax Poetics!
19: 1997 - patio blocks handlebars chase pitkins
19: 1969 - Do the moon hop!
18: 2010 - get that Original Cool Jamaican reissue
17: 2005 - R.I.P. Laurel Lorenzo Aitken, aged 78
16: 2017 - The Who sell out CMAC (upstate NY) 7:30p
16: 1995 - Miggedys w/ Skavoovie at Water St Music Hall - Spring Heeled Jack are no shows in Area Code 716
16: 1990 - Wailers The Birth Of A Legend is all the early ska stuff on Epic (CBS US), ZGK 46769
16: 1941 - Desmond Adolphus Dacres born in St. Andrew, Jamaica
14: 2017 - Don Cosmic, remastered Drummond compilation CD/LP out today (Studio One)
13: 2002 - Legends of Ska Palais Royale Ballroom Toronto
12: 2002 - Legends of Ska Palais Royale Ballroom Toronto
12: 1994 - Skarmageddon massive 2CD compilation out on Moon Records
11: 2013 - Elmar L. Romain's space show!
11: 1988 - Nelson Mandela 70th birthday tribute at Wembley Stadium
10: 2017 - The Skints (open for 311) at ArtPark Lewiston NY
10: 2000 - Locate a copy of American Playhouse
9: 2017 - full moon 12:07 am EDT
9: 1997 - Stubborn Allstars + Pablo Fiasco "Tin Spam" on MTV Oddville
8: 1997 - Skavoovie & The Epitones (+ Professionals) Haunt Ithaca
8: 1995 - The Specials MK II live in Montreaux Switzerland (Miles Davis Hall) it's recorded Ghost Town Live
7: 1998 - Arachnid? New York Ska Jazz Ensemble out with Get This! on Moon Records today
5: 1990 - Island/ Mango present Club Ska '67 on compact disc format
1: 1995 - "This one goes out to O.J. Simpson..." the Selecter rocks Roskilde Denmark, it's recorded
1: 1992 - on or about King Hammond's Blow Your Mind (compilation CD) out; this collects the obscure BB Revolution '70 LP and more
July 2017 - Shindig #69 Paul Weller cover (and ugly Revue font?!)
July 2015 - Vive Le Rock #27 The Who at 50/ Mods Mayday!/ Chords/ Lambrettas/ Secret Affair, Elvis Costello, Selecter
July 1989 - Q Magazine #34 Lloyd Bradley reviews The Specials first two reissued on CD
Summer '88 - Whaaam! #10 modzine - pop consciousness of Toasters NYC, Gina Lollobrigida's Vespa, Ernst Schleicher USA scootering, more
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June
30: 2017 - Noble Vibes invade Buffalo NY
29: 2017 - Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad at party in the park Rochester 8pm
29: 2017 - CHemaSkandal "Spirit of 69" 6pm CST at IPaintMyMind Gallery 2545 W Diversey Suite 255 Chicago IL 60647 USA, check it on RSS!
29: 2017 - Sony Will Start Making Vinyl Records Again In Japan, After A Nearly 30-Year Hiatus
28: 2007 - what's an iPhone?
26: 1980 - Specials at Maruyama Yagai Ongaku-Do (Kyoto) Concert
24: 2017 - 1st annual Ithaca Reggae Fest
22: 2017 - Chris Blackwell turns 80, ROSSLAU 2017 begins, also Living Colour Rochester NY free show 8:10pm
21: 2017 - Latin Ska Denver
21: 2015 - Melbourne Ska Orchestra at Sierra Nevada World Music Festival, it's recorded
21: 1990 - Toasters Rochester (Scorgies)
18: 2017 - Version City Tour has a show at Reggie's Rock Club in Chicago IL 7pm
17: 2017 - Elvis Costello and The Imposters at CMAC, in Canandaigua, NY
16: 2017 - Johnny Reggae Rub Foundation new album No bam bam, come on get easy!
16: 2017 - Adam Birch on RSS, Jah Crunchy turns 58, also Wailers w/Medicinals + Noble Vibes Park Point Square 6pm, free
16: 1999 - Adam Birch w/ Toasters Rochester (Bug Jar), the release of HP6
16: 1986 - Unicorn Records begins, this year we spring for a PHZA-63 to celebrate
16: 1967 - Monterey Pop Festival begins
14: 2017 - Victoria BC Ska Society's 18th Annual Ska & Reggae Festival runs four days
14: 2017 - Toasters return to Mohawk Place, w/Black Irish Texas, Toy Box Brigade, Reggie Childs (Buffalo NY) 8pm $12/$15
12: 1997 - Wall Street Journal publishes an article about the HoG
11: 1995 - step on it: The Ska Parade KUCI FM benefit compilation CD out on A To Y Productions by Tazy Philips
10: 2017 - Larry MacDonald turns 80 in fine style Hank's Saloon Brooklyn NY 9pm
10: 2011 - Toasters Rochester (Dubland Underground)
9: 2017 - new Rancid (#9) out today Trouble Maker, also Strawberry full moon 9:10 am EST
9: 2009 - Aggrolites IV out on Hellcat
7: 2017 - It's a psychobilly freakout! Also Captain SKA play their official launch gig for their song 'Liar Liar' at Brixton Jamm
6: 2017 - The Specials + The Far East at Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON M4K 1N2
6: 2007 - Aggrolites III out: reggae's to hit L.A. (anagram of The Aggrolites)
6: 2001 - Coolie Ranx opens for the BossTones Rochester!
5: 2001 - Frantic Frank opens for the BossTones Rochester!
5: 1997 - Mephiskapheles in town, the release of HP4
5: 1977 - midnight to six man/ Ken Boothe/ UK pop reggae
3: 2017 - Some Ska Band return to Thirsty's Pittsford. Also came across a Miggedys JAR008 at HOG sidewalk sale
2: 2017 - Bones: a retrospective one night only at AMoR 610 Monroe
2: 1970 - Richie Senior born
June 2017 - Do The Dog #86 The Skints cover
June 1996 - Record Collector #202 has deep stuff on Leslie Kong, Island Records, Derrick Morgan, Dekker |
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May
31: 1980 - Rudies Uber Dallas (Selecter in Texas) in Sounds by Garry Bushell
30: 2017 - House Industries: The Process Is the Inspiration (hardcover) ships today
30: 1997 - Mephiskapheles #2, Maximum Perversion, mastered by Joe Lambert at Ground Zero Studios, NYC
29: 1980 - Smash Hits Terry Hall cover
29: 2017 - JumpUp to host the brunch, with a screening of Legends of Ska
28: 2017 - SuperNova International Ska Festival '17 day 2 closes with Pietasters
27: 2017 - SuperNova International Ska Festival '17 day 1 closes with Derrick Morgan /Greg Lee/ Aggrolites
26: 2017 - JumpUp to host the preparty, with a screening of Legends of Ska
26: 2006 - R.I.P. Desmond Adolphus Dacres, aged 64
25: 1994 - Boutros Boutros at Penny Arcade (Wednesday Made in Rochester Competition)
24: 1995 - Grounds Keeper Willy at Penny Arcade (Wednesday Made in Rochester Competition)
23: 1987 - The Busters first gig ever (Wiesloch Germany) – and not unlike No Doubt they perform a Selecter cover
22: 2017 - Jerry Dammers turns 62
22: 1959 - Island Records founded
21: 2007 - Stop whining: miscreant serendipity as Bucket meets Chuck Berry gate E8 St. Louis Airport
20: 2017 - Mustard Plug, J. Navarro & Traitors, Abruptors, Buffalo Brass Machine +1 at Mohawk Place Buffalo NY 8pm $10-12
20: 2017 - Some Ska Band at the b-side Fairport NY, 7pm
19: 2007 - this issue of NME celebrates the Clash's 30 years of punk rock fury
18: 2017 - decades since Pietasters Armory
18: 1994 - Sonic Youth David Letterman
15: 2008 - bicycle commuting in Greater Boston WGBH 2 features Eric Mearns, David Watson of Mass Bike, Mayor Tom Menino. Original air date!
15: 1999 - Pilfers haunt Ithaca
14: 2017 - Lee Scratch Perry & the Subatomic Sound System Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, ON
13: 2017 - Lee Scratch Perry & the Subatomic Sound System Haunt Ithaca NY 9pm 16+, $20 adv
13: 2013 - English Beat Lilac Festival free 7pm/ it's 40º when we get there
13: 1999 - Toots & The Maytals haunt Ithaca
13: 1990 - Toots & The Maytals Warfield SF, CA
11: 1981 - R.I.P. Hon Robert Nesta Marley O.M., aged 36
10: 2017 - full moon, 5:42pm EST
9: 1999 - Ron Netsky is my co-pilot
9: 1998 - Mephiskapheles outside in the rain at R.I.T.
9: 1997 - The Professionals, 5Head open Bim Skala Bim at Water Street Music Hall
9: 1989 - PHZA-32 is Casino Royale's Ten Golden Guns LP a "Tight bond of Ska and soul licensed to thrill" – Mad Butcher Germany reissued this 2016
8: 1998 - Goldmine #464 (annual independent labels issue) spotlight Moon Ska NYC Records
8: 1981 - The Beat second LP, Wha'ppen? on Go Feet /Arista (working title was Dance Yourself Stupid)
7: 1942 - Justin Hinds born
6: 2017 - Ska & Northern Soul 2017 Open Air All Dayer, (Berwick’s Largest Annual Ska Event) just £8.00
6: 2017 - Mearns at 40
6: 1969 - R.I.P. Don Drummond, aged 37
5: 2017 - Roddy Radiation turns 62, also SHJ USA has a new record out and plays Toad's Place in New Haven CT 9pm $20
5: 2004 - R.I.P. Clement Seymour 'Sir Coxone' Dodd, aged 72
5: 1998 - Steady Sounds from the Underground is a compilation out on Side One Dummy
4: 2007 - Tom Skalapeño, Seth Voorhees, Slackers +4 Kodak Park (California Brew Haus), it's recorded
4: 1997 - Magadog, Tom Skalapeño +2 at Penny Arcade
4: 1983 - 7:30AM, a tired New York band walked out after their 1st gig at Lower East Side’s notorious A7 Club with $30 – and a black eye
3: 2017 - R.I.P. Lionel Augustus Martin, bka Saxa, aged 87 – it wasn't a peer group
3: 2003 - snow at the busstop? Blackouts split following gig at Jillians
3: 1980 - Patches Magazine #61 has Madness/ Blondie/ Selecter
2: 2017 - Lily Allen turns 32
1: 1997 - IPC launches UNCUT magazine
May 1997 - Moon Skazette adds some color for their Summer of Ska issue
May 1994 - Where have all the ska 'zines gone? Slave Labor Graphics present Dork #2 Evan Dorkin Sarah Dyer compilation
May 1980 - New York Rocker #28 reviews The Specials |
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April
30: 2011 - Pietasters w/ H.R. Rochester
30: 1988 - Hotknives scarce Live at the Boatman (aka Hampton Court, LDN) recorded. You can now get reissue 10" from Mad Butcher/ JumpUp 2017
29: 2017 - an Al Beaman Band reunion show, also ReadJunk turns 20 this year
29: 2016 - Majestics on WRUR 88.5 Open Tunings w/ Scott Regan at 11am sharp
29: 1992 - there was a riot on the street tell me where were you?
28: 2001 - BossTones Geneseo, on the way find Hepcat Push & Shove at SoundGarden II apparently
28: 1999 - first version of this site up
26: 1998 - BossTones Roseland Ballroom NYC, recorded for MTV Reverb
25: 1988 - Operation Ivy in St. Louis
22: 2017 - guide to RSD 2017 reggae records
22: 2014 - Holly Golightly explains Northern Soul via Jeff Spevak in today's Democrat and Chronicle
20: 2010 - Slackers have a new album (their 12th), The Great Rocksteady Swindle out on Hellcat today
19: 2017 - cheap tapes!
19: 2016 - R.I.P. Joseph Abraham Gordon bka Lord Tanamo, aged 81
14: 2017 - weekender http://www.londoninternationalskafestival.co.uk/
14: 1983 - (Thurs) English Beat w/ R.E.M. at BSC gym, 9pm $6.50 students, others pay $8.50
13: 2017 - excited the Dead 60s reform for 6 UK shows + they kickoff the LISF '17... The Spitfires have been added at The Electric Ballroom
13: 1983 - (Weds) English Beat w/ R.E.M. at the University of Rochester's Alexander Palestra
11: 2017 - full moon 2:08 EDT
10: 2017 - Brian Setzer is 58
9: 2017 - National Unicorn Day, moobaks at 38, also After Dark presents the Slackers in Syracuse NY
8: 2017 - Noble Vibes at Lovin' Cup Bistro Park Point R.I.T. 9pm, $5
8: 1977 - The Clash is the debut album by English punk band, through CBS Records
5: 2017 - the Slackers w/ Willow Bay at Montage Music Hall $18 8pm, it's recorded. Frank too!
4: 2013 - the Slackers w/ Abruptors at Waiting Room Buffalo, it's recorded
Apr 2017 - Street Sounds #17 's return to A4 size
Apr 2013 - Street Sounds #2 Jennie Mathias Pool Wellah cover
Apr 2009 - Record Collector #361 Ian Shirley full color on the most prized sixties Jamaican records
Apr 1999 - Scootering #158 has Ed Ball
Apr 1999 - Lip Up #6 has Scofflaws/ Pilfers/ Donkey Show/ Trojan is Tight/ from Dennis Faray Houston TX
Apr 1994 - SKOiNK #10 available now
Apr 1985 - BUY221 (Untouchables Free Yourself) in UK Top 30! It's most marketed item in the entire Stiff canon, with 9 different single releases of the same tracks
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March
31: 1995 - (Friday) Selena shot and killed, also Toasters haunt ithaca (in support of Dub 56) $7, 18+
29: 1982 - English Beat's third and final Peel Session for BBC
26: 2017 - Fishbone at Waiting Room Buffalo NY 8pm $25
26: 2003 - Brad Pate, Bucket, DS Hillyard via Chris Murray & Kyle Ska World #1 out
26: 1990 - (Monday) the video people flaked out of taping for the NYC SKA LIVE record [MR022] at Cat Club, 13th Street Manhattan
25: 2017 - Kinda Kinks Kover Night at Skylark Lounge (Rochester NY) 9pm
25: 2004 - Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra at Water St (Thursday)
25: 1998 - HP#5 out now
24: 1990 - (Saturday) Toasters, Let's Go Bowling, The Specs, Dance Hall Crashers at Country Club Reseda CA by Goldenvoice
23: 2017 - Derrick Morgan's 1977 People Decision issued on CD by Radiation Records label today
23: 1995 - Bim Skala Bim w/ Koo Koo Boy Boogie Bar Rochester
20: 2017 - Rainford Hugh Perry, bka Scratch the Upsetter turns 81
20: 2013 - David Katz writes Skatalites on RedBull
19: 2017 - Terry Hall (Specials/ FB3/ Colour Field) is 58/ Jon Barra (Miggedys/ Good Samaritones/ Deltaforce 23) is 40
18: 2017 - Murphy's Law at the Mohawk in Buffalo, also one night only George Boswell AKA Niney The Observer in Chicago IL
18: 2017 - Hail Hail Rock N' Roll! R.I.P. Charles Edward Anderson Berry, aged 90. See Toasters "Chuck Berry", "Johnny Go Ska" or Judge Dread "My Ding A Ling" for more detail
18: 1967 - Prince Who's King, MM
17: 2017 - Mark Renton returns
17: 1995 - Ronnie Kray's fatal heart attack, also Toasters HBB Rochester
17: 1979 - Sister Denise starts Reggae Sounds on WITR FM radio Noon-2pm today; this broadcast will run weekly for the next 35+ years
16: 2017 - via satellite? The Specials' Enjoy Yourself was heard on muzak at the burrito joint 1:56:39 pm EST!!!!
15: 1980 - Black Echoes Rolando Ska (Part I of II)
14: 1980 - reissue of Skinhead Moonstomp 12" + 7" x four fashion 1 colour pic sleeves from Trojan Records
13: 1998 - R.I.P. Alex Dread; see Backy Skank's 2003 "The Smart Alec" / Skaville UK's "Dreader Than Dread" for detail
12: 2017 - full moon 14:54 UTC
12: 2007 - Amy Winehouse performs hit Rehab for her American TV debut on Late Show w/ David Letterman
12: 1932 - Don Drummond born
11: 2001 - the paper holds their folded faces to the floor
11: 1998 - OUR NEW PAGE IS UP NOW!! (And coming together nicely) Direct yourself to moonska.com
11: 1997 - Mercury 314 534 472 2 makes an impression
9: 2013 - As scene on TV? the Action (ex-Skatos) play ska on a flatbed truck float in annual Syracuse NY St. Pat's parade
9: 2005 - Tongues of Fire? TSPO #12, Answer out on Cutting Edge/ AVEX JAPAN
8: 2000 - Rev Horton Jim Heath w/ One Man Army + Dance Hall Crashers, at Water Street Rochester 8pm
8: 1980 - NME & Roger a go talk: The Beat (Birmingham between the Lions)
6: 1980 - Mick Brown on Specials/ barbershop photo by Brian Griffin in Rolling Stone, page 24
4: 2017 - Reggae debuts at the ButaPub? Join Noble Vibes 315 Gregory Street. Rochester 10pm
2: 1997 - Professionals/ Danny Down & Syndromes/ Sinker at Penny Arcade matinee $5
1: 2017 - Kenneth Partridge [Paste Magazine] talks Ska
1: 1980 - This week's Sounds details May Madness for Prince Buster, who will return to UK for 6 to 8 shows
1: 1979 - DCE Bechle born
March 2017 - Do The Dog Skazine #85 with The Interrupters (and Buffalo's Abruptors)
March 2016 - Do The Dog Skazine #81 with Doped Up Dollies
March 2006 - Ska In The World #18 has Moonhop, Brazil Ska Fest, Chris Murray
March 2000 - Deadenders #1 from DC/Vertigo: "Equal Parts Quadrophenia, Clockwork Orange and Trainspotting" says Metro News
March 1953 - Science Fiction + Magazine Vol.1, No.1 Alex Schomburg's Cosmatomic art (later sourced for Bim Skala Bim Universal 1998) |
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February
28: 1980 - Madness at the Nickelodeon Tavern (Toronto, ON) 9pm $3
27: 2017 - CITY? Honda Honda Honda
25: 2017 - Noble Vibes at Firehouse Saloon 10pm
25: 2017 - LISF 2 Tone Thames cruise (now soldout)
24: 2017 - LISF 2 Tone Thames cruise (due to overwhelming demand for tickets second date added)
24: 2017 - Cleopatra Records put Neville Staple in a wig for new Return Of Judge Roughneck
24: 2017 - Trojan Records release a 2CD The Best of The Skatalites
23: 1991 - The Cosmics Godfather Ska recorded live at the Tic Toc Club, Coventry, UK for limited 500 flexidisc with SKACTUALITES 'zine #7
23: 1991 - The Cosmics Cool Smoke recorded live at the Tic Toc Club, Coventry, UK for limited 500 flexidisc free with SKACTUALITES 'zine #7
23: 1980 - Selecter Too Much Pressure out a week later than anticipated; Pauline and Gaps on the cover of NME
21: 1980 - Smash Hits has a Madness centerfold
20: 1998 - on Late Night with Conan O'Brien #897, musical guest is Hepcat
18: 2017 - Hypnotic Clambake at Abilene or 5head dance craze shoe Dino BBQ?
17: 2017 - new Madness Total Madness 2LP red 180g hits collection out
17: 2015 - check that Oneonta Ska Society
17: 2017 - Jimmy Marconi at 40, also the Majestics (w/Freedom Trio) return to Lovin' Cup $10, 9pm sharp
15: 2007 - apparently find a Monkey Business single disc 1995 cutout FYE Eastview
15: 1980 - ringwear? Elvis Costello and the Attractions get Stax of praise
14: 1991 - Bad Manners at Uxbridge Brunel Academy, West London
12: 1970 - Jump Up and Shout Chuck Wren born
11: 2015 - hoi polloi on Jeopardy
11: 2005 - Doc Awk in newspaper re: Reggae Radio
11: 2000 - Allstonians Empire Brewing, Rochester NY, also R.I.P. Lord Kitchener, aged 77 (Doctor Kitch)
11: 1995 - the Miggedys live at HBB
10: 2017 - full moon, an eclipse, a comet, plus Asian Man Records retread of classic Let's Go Bowling/ Moon Records vinyl issues ship
10: 1984 - BAM #175 (Bay Area Music magazine) the Clash cover
9: 1980 - Record Mirror Pauline: slashed with a broken bottle? Madness: would Olivia dance with these boys?
8: 1990 - Included is a free A2-sized poster of the ska lampoon zombie (Toasters live longplayer) today on Unicorn Records
8: 1980 - The Specials live at the Whisky A Go Go (Los Angeles CA USA) 9pm, $6.50
7: 2003 - The Beat at the Royal Albert Hall UK it's recorded for MVD dvd
7: 1980 - Madness Strikes America says Chris Morris in Rolling Stone #310
6: 1945 - Bob Marley born
5: 2017 - Ska Brewing World Headquarters now open sundays at 225 Girard St. Durango, CO 81303
4: 1980 - Madness bootleg Mistakes 2LP recorded at The Paradise Ballroom, Boston MA
3: 2017 - William Snyder Picturing The Who at rgallery opening reception 6-9pm
3: 2017 - King Kong Four have two tracks out now "wedged uncomfortably between early Elvis Costello and the Specials first album"
3: 1980 - Record Mirror has Specials/ Blondie/ UFO
2: 2004 - the Miggedys Destined for Mispronunciation (would be MR103) final mixes
2: 1995 - R.I.P. Fred Perry, aged 85
1: 2017 - RSS feed with Charles and Steve!
Feb 1995 - Skinhead Times #16, the farewell issue
Feb 1985 - No.1 Magazine UK has Prince Madness Wham Smiths Marc Almond
Feb 1985 - Jamming #25 The Madness Empire Strikes Back
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January 2017
29: 1990 - Ian McCann (NME) favorable mention of Unicorn PHZA-49, No Sports' King Ska
29: 1979 - Ska JoE Hanson from the OC Ska, com born
26: 1980 - RECORD MIRROR Joe Jackson Madness The Ramones The End
26: 1980 - The Beat w/ U.B.40, Akrylykz (early Roland Gift) at Electric Ballroom London 7:30
26: 1980 - Phil Sutcliffe traces the torturous roots of the Selecter in Sounds this week
25: 2017 - R.I.P. Ronnie Davis, aged 67 (singer in rocksteady group The Tennors) see the Toasters' Ska Island track The Stage for a notable cover
25: 2017 - R.I.P. John Hurt CBE, aged 77 (see him in 1989's Scandal for more)
25: 2017 - R.I.P. Mary Tyler Moore, aged 80 (See Lionsclub feat Wilson from EST for more)
21: 2017 - National Hug Day? Lloyd Bradley is 62
21: 1974 - Chicago DJ Darren Reggae born
20: 2017 - this Charmin man? DP Kress at 40
20: 1971 - K. Conrad born
17: 2004 - Not that Joe Gibbs
17: 1981 - Black Echoes spotlight on Rico Rodriguez – cover scan is now in the liners of his 2016 reissue 2CD
16: 2017 - Dr. MLK Jr Day, see that UB40 tune "King" for more
15: 2017 - Wailers at Anthology Rochester (Wil McKenna & the) Medicinals open 7pm 16+ $25
15: 1999 - Steve Pietaster silver platform boots Water St
14: 2017 - Pietasters, Abruptors at IronWorks Buffalo $20
14: 2000 - Allstonians live UR Wilson Commons coffeehouse, it's recorded
14: 1994 - Billboard® magazine issue deems SKA the next big thing
13: 2017 - R.I.P. The Sunday Night Shakedown (local radio show) farewell at Record Archive 6pm
13: 2016 - Rocksteady 7 in New York Times Crossword page
12: 2017 - full wolf moon, 6:34am EST
12: 1990 - Goldmine #247 cover Bob Marley and the Wailers (w/discography) by Timothy White
12: 1980 - LOOK-IN TOM BAKER DR WHO SELECTER TWO TONE SKA
11: 1997 - Go Go Rays/ Lettuce Boy/ Creepers/ Too Hectic/ Miggedys at Mercury Theatre, Buffalo NY $5
11: 1980 - Too Much Too Young Live E.P. out – Terry Hall Sr. praises his son in the Coventry Evening Telegraph, later the back sleeve
8: 1983 - The Return of The General: Jerry Dammers interview w/ Neil Spencer NME
3: 2004 - Young, Gifted & Black history of Trojan Records paperback via Barnes & Noble
2: 2004 - Auld Lang Syne found on a Party Party Soundtrack (1982 Karussel Germany) cutout, FYE Eastview
1: 2017 - Sir Ray Davies named Commander of British Empire!
1: 1983 - Mad hatter? Suggsy bowler hat on cover of Sounds this week
Jan 2007 - Swindle #9 quarterly Miss Van/ Screenprinting/ Legends of Ska/ Disco Demolition
Jan 1995 - Oz-Ska-Lia #2 from Ivan Downey and Vic Elsternwick, down undah
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December
31: 2016 - New Year's Eve with GPGDS + JBB at Anthology Rochester NY
31: 2016 - Some Ska Band at Thirsty Turtle in Victor NY 8-10pm
31: 1985 - Rare 12" Mad Not Mad Party (Madness Live at Hammersmith Odeon London 31-12-85) blue vinyl
30: 2016 - The Skatalites + Planet Smashers at the 19th annual hometown throwdown!
30: 2001 - Josh Lyons' big article in the D&C Sunday Living Section
30: 1990 - LISF V at the Sir George Robey
29: 2016 - The Porkers all the way to the 19th annual hometown throwdown!
29: 1990 - LISF V at the Sir George Robey
29: 1995 - the impossible Ska Trax Next Generation Volume 2 (on Wanja Glokler's) heatwave blacklabel Germany #008 out?
28: 1995 - R.I.P. David Molina (Let's Go Bowling)
27: 1995 - Skaos D, The Porkers AU, Skaferlatine F, Beatbusters NL at Hyde Park, Osnabruck Germany
27: 1980 - RECORD MIRROR has eight pages of Madness
26: 2016 - R.I.P. Carrie Fisher, aged 60
26: 2016 - Ska-Xing Day 7pm $15 all ages: Starpool, Fishbone, Aggrolites + more in Santa Ana CA
25: 2016 - R.I.P. George Michael, aged 53
25: 2016 - I can't go on in this cold weather/ Christmas comes but once a year/ It's a time of love and cheer
23: 2016 - Busters to release SKA BANG '87 a 30-song, 30-year anniversary doppel-live album!
22: 1979 - Ranking Roger boombox on Sounds
21: 2011 - Belle Stars on SMRSLT
21: 1979 - Madness out with My Girl 12" single, BUYIT62
17: 2016 - Noble Vibes Firehouse Saloon, also Slackers return to the Bell House Brooklyn annual holiday show
15: 2008 - BLUE BEAT!
15: 2001 - R.I.P. Rufus Thomas, aged 84
14: 2016 - full moon
14: 1979 - epic London Calling released today
13: 1998 - Vic & Dave Ithaca NY
11: 1982 - Bill Graham presents The English Beat backstage guest pass
10: 2016 - Viva Ska Vegas
10: 2016 - Trojan Records' Christmas Party at The Social, London W1
10: 1990 - PHZA-78 Skankin' 'Round The World #5 (fifth and final international ska compilation) out today
9: 2016 - Viva Ska Vegas
9: 2016 - King Prawn/ Shocks of Mighty/ Pama Int'l/ and Don Letts at the Garage London N5
8: 2016 - Beer in Review, Dave Thibodeau Denver Post
7: 2006 - Ska Brawl 06: Toasters, Supervillians, Waffle Stompers, Endive, Mrs. Skannotto at the haunt in Ithaca NY 8pm 10/$12 DOS
3: 2016 - 2Tone Thames Cruise, (DJ Rhoda Dakar spins) London International Ska Festival Christmas Party
3: 2014 - R.I.P. Graeme Goodall, aged 82
3: 2004 - Jammyland Allstars w/ reggae librarian Susan Cadogan at Club Seho, NYC it's recorded
3: 1995 - Bosstones UR Palestra
1: 2016 - R.I.P. Michael Hugh Fitzsimmons, bka Micky Fitz, aged 57. He fronted The Business nearly 40 years!
Dec 2016 - Heavy Soul #35 has The Jam, Paul Anderson, Georgie Fame, Ska, Weller
Dec 2016 - MOJO #277 has R.E.M. also Ska-Boom! an eyewitness look back at the 2Tone Tour of '79
Dec 2016 - Do The Dog Skazine #84 (Prince Buster) by Kevin Flowerdew
Dec 2016 - Street Sounds #16 by Paul Hallam
Dec 2009 - The Word #82 The Specials Madness Ska Chris Evans Jo Brand...The Crucifixion of Lily Allen
Dec 2006 - Ska In the World #21 (Tokyo JP) has Slackers, King Django, more
Dec 1986 - UK mod label UNICORN RECORDS begins releasing Ska with NYC's Toasters Pool Shark longplayer
Dec 1982 - The Rocket (Seattle WA) monthly entertainment newspaper with English Beat on front cover
Dec 1982 - Trouser Press #80 Adam Ant Joe Jackson Bananarama English Beat Talk Talk Black Uhuru Who
Dec 1981 - Nutty Boys #4 Christmas comix and fan club contest winners
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November
28: 2016 - A Message To You Rudy [TT5] is being used in a Fidelity Investments spot. That's a message to others that you're middle-aged af now
25: 2016 - Buy Nothing Day! also Some Ska Band at the bside in Fairport NY, 8-11 PM
25: 1995 - Toasters, Mephiskapheles, SHJ at Tuxedo Junction Danbury CT
24: 2016 - my supper dish my succotash wish... Eric Barnet FAT TURKEY on Pama Supreme
24: 2003 - Primus Landmark Theatre
22: 1996 - Bim Skala Bim + Toasters Buffalo
22: 1982 - TT23 war crimes (the crime remains the same) out today
21: 2012 - radio active Thunder Body CD release party at Abilene
20: 1998 - R.I.P. Roland Alphonso aged 67, also Slackers The Question out on Hellcat
19: 1982 - The English Beat live at the Opera House, Boston MA it's recorded (for What Is Beat? I.R.S. Records USA)
19: 1981 - Madness (SEVEN tour) + the Belle Stars hit Hammersmith Palais 8pm
18: 2016 - R.I.P. Miss Sharon Jones, aged 60
18: 2016 - Expanded set of Rico's classic 1977 Man from Wareika/ Wareika Dub released [2XCD New] on Caroline NL/ Island UK
18: 2016 - Best Of Millie Small [CD New] Caroline International/ uses Windsor Elongated just like OZ CALENDER PRESSING SR669798
17: 2012 - Stranger Cole + more at Jamaican Oldies Weekend Chicago IL by Jump Up Records, art by ChemaSkandal
16: 2012 - Pat Kelly + more at Jamaican Oldies Weekend Chicago IL by Jump Up Records, art by ChemaSkandal
16: 2001 - Toasters +2 Club at Water Street
15: 1996 - Bim Skala Bim, Rudie Dance Brass Band, skaFest at the Globe Theatre Norwalk CT
15: 1980 - Melody Maker cover "Tracking the new Selecter" also Dire Straits/ SLF/ Paul Simon
14: 2016 - closest Supermoon since 1948 arrives Monday, tips on seeing and photographing it
14: 1983 - R.I.P. Colin Fulcher, aged 41. aka Barney Bubbles, he was the art guy for Stiff Records
11: 2016 - R.I.P. Robert Vaughn (sometimes aka Napoleon Solo), aged 83. also heard Op Ivy at the record store 4pm EST
11: 1995 - Spring Heeled Jack, Blue Meanies & Mephiskapheles at Penn State University
11: 1994 - Tonomon turns 33
10: 2001 - Ken Kesey dies, also HP7 completed
10: 1995 - Moon Records Ska Showcase with Let's Go Bowling/ Allstonians/ Spring Heeled Jack (at Wetlands)
10: 1994 - Miggedys at HBB
9: 2015 - Vic Ruggiero combo live ButaPub, its recorded
7: 2016 - R.I.P. Leonard Cohen, aged 82
7: 1996 - The Trojans perform at Gaz's Rockin' Blues
6: 2016 - Mark and RussT's 42-table record fair
5: 2016 - remember, remember ...a half-century of Duff Guy!
3: 1979 - Record Mirror: Knack, Buggles, Fleetwood Mac, Specials
Nov 2016 - UNCUT #234 has The Specials, Bob Weir, Peter Hook, Leonard Cohen all featured in this issue
Nov 2016 - MOJO #276 David Katz remembers Prince Buster
Nov 2016 - Record Collector #459 Laurence Cane-Honeysett remembers Prince Buster
Nov 1996 - KSU.EDU Phil Kellum's Trouble Bound #5 out
Nov 1970 - Trojan releases matrix TBL135, its LOCH NESS MONSTER compilation LP
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October
31: 2016 - Monday Night Halloween
31: 2003 - Pietasters +2 Halloween at Continental (Buffalo)
31: 1996 - Rico at Gaz's Rockin' Blues
30: 2008 - Trojans w/ Rico present a Memorial tribute to Damian Korner at Gaz's Rockin' Blues
30: 1988 - NY Citizens, The Panic (lka Bigger Thomas) Cat Club 13th St Manhattan 16+
29: 2016 - Pietasters + Mephiskapheles Philly PA
29: 1990 - Trojan Records release western collection TRLS263: The Magnificent Fourteen
28: 2016 - Madness's 11th album, Can't Touch Us Now out in UK today
27: 1979 - Melody Maker has that Specials LP advert opposite a House Of Guitars tee
26: 1993 - THE SHACK international Ska compilation compiled by BiB Records Boston MA; CD only – two more will follow in the coming decades
25: 2010 - R.I.P. Gregory Isaacs, aged 59
25: 2004 - R.I.P. John Peel OBE, aged 65
24: 1997 - Scofflaws Rochester Institute of Technology
23: 2016 - Know your product? Lint-darlings the Interrupters upstairs at Waiting Room, Buffalo
23: 1996 - Mephiskapheles Showplace Buffalo NY it's recorded
23: 1992 - Your future? Skaface (Toronto) at Horizontal Boogie Bar Rochester 18+ $6/7
22: 1991 - Let's Go Bowling full length CD (and chromium cassette) on Moon Records 027
20: 1979 - that famous photo of all the 2Tone bands on Hove Beach taken
18: 2016 - R.I.P. Bobby Ellis, aged 84
18: 1980 - NME has Pretenders/ Specials/ The Kinks/ Selecter
15: 2016 - full moon 7pm EDT, also Burn It Up (fka Mrs. Skannotto) CD release party Flour City Station
13: 1997 - Selecter Rochester NY
13: 1979 - Joe Jackson emerges from the NYC subway on Sounds this week
11: 1993 - Chrysalis/ Toshiba The Best Of 2Tone CD out in Japan
10: 2016 - Selecter San Francisco CA
9: 2016 - plaid clad Bosstones cameo in The Simpsons #599 The Town
8: 2016 - Selecter Denver CO
7: 2016 - Susan Cadogan releases new EP Take Me Back – produced by Canadian ska/ reggae stalwart Mitch 'King Kong' Apparatus
7: 2016 - 4th annual Cassette Store Day, also Selecter Chicago IL
6: 2016 - Selecter Gramercy Theatre NYC
6: 2016 - Little Millie Small turns 70 today, also Reggae Workers of the World + Abruptors at Mohawk Place Buffalo $10/ 8pm
6: 1994 - Bosstones on Jon Stewart Show
5: 2007 - This Is England opens at The Little Theatre and runs a week. Do the reggae popcorn & trainspot the temporal discrepancies!
4: 2016 - Ghost Town heard on muzak at empty bookstore as I locate their final copy of VLR#38, what 7:30pm?!
3: 2015 - Fiesta La Mass is a live compilation CD featuring Toasters, Oi Polloi, Mark Foggo's Skasters +10 more recorded in Rennes France
2: 2015 - Fiesta La Mass is a live compilation CD featuring Toasters, Oi Polloi, Mark Foggo's Skasters +10 more recorded in Rennes France
October 2016 - Classic Pop Magazine has Madness, Barry Gibb, The Cure, Prince!
October 1990 - Music Collector has Janet Jackson, TMBG, and 2Tone
October 1990 - Record Hunter has Doors year 1, Ramones in Japan, an illustrated 2Tone Discography
October 1981 - Nutty Boys #3 Dispenser meets the Seven Little Elves, presented by Riot Ink |
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September
29: 2016 - R.I.P. Nora Dean, aged 72
29: 2016 - Les Claypool at 53, also Planet Smashers AND Stranger Cole eat poutine with Lolo at the 8th edition of The Montreal Int'l Ska Festival
28: 2016 - The Simpsons #597 Monty Burns Fleeing Circus (pool party scene feat. trombone by Rico Rodriguez)
27: 2008 - Negative Image Scooter Club Rally inna Webster Park Campground
27: 1980 - Melody Maker Jon Anderson YES reborn, Lennon, but the end of an era for The Specials
27: 1979 - The Police walk the moon
26: 1980 - Baggy Trousers? 2nd Madness album, Absolutely, hits shops today
25: 2006 - 40 Various Trojan Creole Recordings collected: Black Magic Reggae Castle Pulse PDSCD 666 – out now
25: 1979 - TT4 On My Radio b/w Too Much Pressure 45 released today (goes to #8 in the chart), Joe Jackson I'm the Man too
24: 2016 - Burn It Up (fka Mrs. Skannotto) Fringe Festival Gibbs Street Stage 8:40pm, also big ups to DGTS
24: 2016 - Alex fills in for Solomon Intensified '68 on WAYO FM, 5-6pm EST
24: 2016 - Cecil Prince Buster Campbell laid to rest in May Pen parish, 2pm
23: 2016 - Some Ska Band – the who's on first of ska bands – performing live at bside in Fairport NY, 8pm
21: 2009 - R.I.P. Brian CE Oster, aged 30; exactly ten years since his beloved Chawalaleng (Pilfers) out
21: 1979 - Paul Simonon smashes his bass onstage at The Palladium NYC
17: 2016 - Specials Minneapolis First Avenue
16: 2016 - full moon 19:05 UTC
15: 1995 - Moon Records ships MR052, Scofflaws In Hi-Fi... CD only
15: 1979 - Madness signs with Stiff Records
14: 2016 - Riot Fest Chicago 2016 begins and runs all weekend
14: 2016 - Big D & The Kid's Table w/ Burn it Up, So Last Year 9pm at Bug Jar Rochester NY $15 DOS
13: 2016 - Specials Toronto Danforth
12: 2016 - Specials Boston HOB, also Generoso Fierro remembers Prince Buster
9: 2016 - Specials kick off North American tour, returning to Terminal 5 NYC
9: 1978 - Clash go on strike because the radio doesn't play their records enough
8: 2016 - R.I.P. Prince Buster, aged 78
4: 2015 - R.I.P. Mr. Rico on trombone, age 80
Sept 2016 - WaxPoetics #65 has A Tribe called Quest/Bowie (+ a Northern Soul feature) & more
Sept 2016 - Do The Dog Skazine #83 again featuring The Abruptors (Buffalo NY)
Sept 2016 - Mojo 274 includes Jamaican Explosion CD (pre-reggae gems), Bob Marley in 1976 and more
Sept 2012 - Mojo 226 includes Electricity CD, how electronic music saved Bowie, international Ska wars (The Beat)
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August
31: 2016 - R.I.P. Nathan Lyons, aged 86
31: 1996 - Let's Go Bowling in Portland OR
29: 2016 - Charles interviews Gary Powell on RSS
27: 2016 - R.I.P. Bones WPB KOMS MVP RR FUA, aged 36 (he may be the reason we never finished HP#9?)
27: 1997 - VooDoo Glowskulls, Pietasters, Snapcase at Water Street Music Hall (it's recorded, with interview for Universal Buzz Radio)
27: 1979 - a Madness Peel Session aired beeb the first time
26: 2016 - Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra live at the 100 Club, Oxford St. London
25: 1979 - New Musical Express Ian Penman reviews the Intensified compilation (Island/ Mango)
24: 1981 - John Blake Ad Lib re: Gossips Dean Street SoHo, where David Bowie, Mick Jagger, and Jerry Hall (sic) seen
23: 1996 - That's the day Josh Lyons chose the right. Everybody said it wouldn't last
22: 2016 - waiting for the days to go go go Slackers return to Mohawk Place Buffalo NY
22: 2006 - our TSPO hits mix
21: 2016 - R.I.P. Felix Bennett, OD aka "Deadly Headley", aged 85
20: 2016 - Noble Vibes Buffalo Caribbean Festival 8pm, River Fest Park on Ohio Street
20: 2016 - Great Northern Ska Festival in Manchester UK (the Beat/ Dawn Penn/ The Toasters/ Selecter/ King Hammond/ Dualers/ Rhoda + more)
20: 2016 - Pepsi Ska Fest, Mexico City! Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake, Aggrolites
19: 2016 - Noble Vibes 6-8pm The Vet's Memorial Park Town of Henrietta 595 Calkins Road, Rochester NY 14623
18: 2016 - full moon at 9:27 UTC
17: 1990 - Woodska '90 is a three-day weekender with two dozen bands in Guerneville CA
16: 2003 - the release of HP8
14: 2016 - Midwest Skafest .Org
14: 1979 - Madness record first Peel Session for BBC. Bob Sargeant as producer
14: 1976 - if it ain't stiff... Stiff Records started
13: 2016 - Pepsi Ska Fest, Mexico City! Bosstones, Save Ferris, Left Alone
13: 2016 - 20th annual Skappelton Fest at Tanner's Grill & Bar in Kimberly, WI
13: 2016 - Reggae Fest Chicago 2016 begins! the return of Toots & The Maytals, plus Hepcat, Lee Perry, Derrick Morgan, and many more
12: 2016 - Maytals Monkey Man new vinyl release date: 12 August 2016 Label Sanctuary (USA)
11: 2016 - Aston Familyman Barrett & his Wailers return to Rochester's weekly 'party in the park' 8:30-10pm free
10: 2016 - MichelleSka is 40
10: 2000 - MichelleSka is 24, also DH Rocksteady 7 w/Blackouts & Motives, Rochester
9: 1996 - Roger Fisk went into politics since – Allstonians +3 at Styleens Rhythm Palace Armory Square Syracuse NY
8: 2015 - Toasters + English Beat 7-11pm The Spirit of the Eighties concert $20 Academy Park 851 Center St, Lewiston NY 14092
8: 1992 - Madness' Madstock live at Finsbury Park it's recorded for CD & VHS
8: 1981 - New Musical Express: Cafe. Is. Open. The Specials Ending of an Era? by Paul Du Noyer
7: 2016 - R.I.P. John Vaccaro, aged 86
6: 2016 - Los Angeles Skacore Invasion 10 Year Anniversary, $25, Plaza de la Raza Lincoln Park Los Angeles 90031
4: 2016 - El T at 38, baby
August 2016 - Vive Le Rock #38 is a massive 2Tone article and cover |
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July
28: 2007 - Aggrolites Club Diablo Buffalo
28: 1998 - The Specials Warped Tour LaSalle Park Buffalo
28: 1967 - Island Records creates an imprint for Duke Reid productions "Trojan Records"
27: 1987 - D. Dekker, L. Aitken, Maroon Town, Trojans at Gaz's Rockin Blues, Soho
26: 2000 - Steve Fennessy Heck's Angels: revival of classic Italian scooters is speeding up, and Rochester's along for the ride. Democrat & Chronicle
25: 1989 - It's a Skandal! a new compilation of German ska bands on Unicorn PHZA-46 UK – Pork Pie Germany licenses later
22: 1989 - Bad Manners, Laurel Aitken, Bim Skala Bim at Syracuse Elks
22: 1980 - US Weekly has The Selecter reviewed nearby Star Wars
21: 1996 - Pietasters, Checkered Cabs, Chris Murray, Miggedys, Wetlands NYC
21: 1980 - papers say Selecter quit 2Tone label
19: 1969 - Do the moon hop!
17: 2005 - R.I.P. Laurel Lorenzo Aitken, Godfather of Ska, aged 78
16: 1941 - Desmond Adolphus Dacres born in St. Andrew, Jamaica
15: 2016 - Easy Star All Stars Radio Dread 10th Anniversary Concert (Electric Ballroom, London)
14: 1995 - Bim, Selecter, House Of Rhythm concert-freebie Marquee (London); Fri 14/7/95 Dojo – DO SKA 1 Vinyl 7" Limited Edition Promo
13: 1997 - CNY Ska Fest (Too Hectic final show), drawn poster by Elliott Mattice Syracuse NY
11: 2015 - Noble Vibes with The Majestics at Lovin' Cup Bistro
11: 2013 - Skatalites/ JBB at Party In The Parkinglot, Rochester
11: 1966 - 7-Eleven pioneers its Slurpee fountain drink
10: 2016 - Introducing the NYC Ska Orchestra a brand-new 18-piece big band debuts at Brooklyn Bowl
9: 2016 - Niagara Reggae Fest at Bissell's Hideaway Resort 205 Metler Road Ridgeville, ON (Canada) $20 / $50 with camping
5: 2016 - R.I.P. Clyde Grimes, Jr. lead guitarist and main songwriter of L.A.'s Untouchables (He's a City Gent)
July 2015 - Vive Le Rock #27 The Who at 50/ Mods Mayday!/ Chords/ Lambrettas/ Secret Affair
July 2001 - Discoveries #158 Bob Marley Brought Reggae to America
July 1992 - Skinhead Times #7 the return of Joe Hawkins |
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June
30: 2005 - R.I.P. Clancy Eccles, age 64. Shu Be Du
29: 2014 - LTSO at Glastonbury it's recorded
28: 2002 - Toasters, live at CBGB OMFUG it's recorded
26: 2016 - The Majestics open this year's Xerox Rochester Int'l Jazz Festival two sets 7 & 9pm, free
25: 2016 - Dave Wakeling English Beat, Soul Asylum at Royale, 279 Tremont Street in Boston, MA 18+, $30 7pm
24: 2016 - R.I.P. Bernie Worrell, aged 72. Also The Interrupters release their 2nd album on Hellcat Records today
22: 2016 - Chris Blackwell turns 79, also big things in BC Victoria's 17th Annual Ska & Reggae Festival June 22 - 26th
22: 2003 - Prince Buster & The Aggrolites at Sierra Nevada World Music Festival, it's recorded
22: 1948 - Empire Windrush, first ship of Jamaican immigrants to the UK
21: 2015 - MSO at Sierra Nevada Music Fest it's recorded
21: 1990 - Toasters, live in Rochester at at Scorgies, 150 Andrews St
21: 1985 - The Untouchables at Glastonbury, it's recorded by beeb
20: 2016 - full strawberry moon NY at 07:02 am (EDT) the first once since 1967
19: 2016 - Skamela + Duff Guide to Ska do an all day, all-star, outdoor Ska Fest benefiting Roy Radics' family at The Well in Brooklyn
18: 1999 - Hoi Polloi Ska 'zine interview in Worm Hole #15 typed out
17: 2016 - if you live in OC California + have this much of an attention span = you have heard of Ska already
16: 2016 - R.I.P. Michael deKoningh, aged 58
16: 2016 - It's now thirty years since Unicorn Records started London by Mark Johnson. Black Butcher (Germany) reissued a few 2015
16: 1999 - Toasters, live in Rochester 21+ Bug Jar/ the release of HP6
12: 2014 - Ghost Cowboys released on Golden Singles Records today
12: 1989 - Toasters, live in Islington London UK (it's recorded for PHZA-60)
11: 2016 - Some Ska Band at Thirsty's 45th Anniversary Weekend four corners Pittsford NY 6:30-8:30pm
11: 1986 - Save Ferris? John Hughes puts the Beat's March Of The Swivelheads to final sequence of Ferris Bueller's Day Off
10: 2016 - Some Ska Band returns to Rush NY Library Gazebo Summer Concert Series Friday night 6:30p
10: 2016 - R.I.P. Mr. Hockey, aka Uncle Gordie Howe #9, aged 88
9: 2016 - Matt Malles is 50, also R.I.P. Dan Klein of the Frightnrs
6: 1964 - Millie's My Boy Lollipop reaches #2 in the U.S.A. this week
5: 1997 - Mephiskapheles Rochester/ the release of HP4
4: 2016 - Intensified '68 on WAYO 104.3 FM 5-6pm
4: 2016 - Bad Manners 40th Anniv Scotland at Warehouse Falkirk - Burnbank Road 18+ 3PM £20
4: 1989 - June fourth 'incident'
3: 2016 - R.I.P. Muhammad Ali, aged 74 "the Greatest" once visited our high school '94. Plenty of ska/ reggae tracks to honor him over the years
2: 2016 - Dr. Ritchie at 46!
2: 2001 - Bloo, Angelo Moore, Mephiskapheles, Toasters, Bosstones at Bowery Ballroom NYC
2: 1979 - Record Mirror Mods & Sods! Chords, Jam and others +Bee Gees
June 2003 - Planet Smashers' Mighty out
June 1998 - Cosmic Haystack #6 Evan North uses a barcode
June 1996 - She Came From Oyer's Basement is a compilation of Miggedys and friends from Pittsford NY 14534; exec producer is Amy Hitchcock |
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May
29: 2016 - ten years have got behind you
26: 1985 - Toasters' Recriminations E.P. release party is at Danceteria, 20 West 21st St, NYC 10pm
26: 1980 - (Monday) Specials at Pinkpop Festival, Holland it's recorded
26: 1979 - (Saturday) Special AKA at Boogie House, Norwich, UK
26: 1972 - Stevie Wonder records 'Superstition'
25: 2009 - Duane Sherwood RE: The Prince
25: 2006 - R.I.P. Desmond Adolphus Dacres, aged 64
25: 1996 - R.I.P. Brad Nowell, aged 28 (Sublime with Rome is not the same thing as Sublime)
24: 2016 - Prince Buster at 78, also Riki Rocksteady w/ Thaddeus Merritt Trio in Somerville MA
23: 1996 - Toasters greenbox VHS recorded at the Whiskey A Go Go in L.A.; Bucket interviewed for Reggae Nucleus #2 at this gig
22: 2002 - Kyoko Fukada & The Two Tones Route 246 CD single out!
21: 2016 - "History Book" heard on CBS This Morning: Saturday, a full moon 5:21 PM EST, also Evil Dead 35mm screening at Little Theatre, 9:30p
21: 1980 - Bad Manners new 45 – Lip Up Fatty b/w Night Bus To Dalston out
20: 2016 - Joe Scholes at 50
12: 2014 - The Beat: The Complete Studio Recordings (Esdel Beatmobile 4CD Box) out
11: 1981 - R.I.P. Hon Robert Nesta Marley OM, aged 36
10: 2016 - Matisyahu at Lilac Festival free show
10: 1996 - Scofflaws haunt Ithaca; you can read a review of it in HP#2
9: 2006 - Aggrolites' big company release out
8: 2016 - Los Straitjackets at Lilac Festival free show
6: 2016 - Pete Porker at 50, also Joe Viex in Newsweek
6: 1989 - The Mod/Ska show: Scofflaws, NY Citizens, The Grip Weeds 6-10pm at the Pyramid, 101 Ave A $6
5: 2005 - Christine 'Spike' Nelson & Mike 'Bruce Lee' Park meet up at Water St
5: 2004 - R.I.P. Sir Coxone Dodd, aged 72
5: 1998 - R.I.P. Tommy McCook, aged 71
4: 2007 - Tom Skalapeño, Seth Voorhees, Slackers +4 Kodak Park (California Brew Haus), it's recorded
2: 2000 - significance of a new Bosstones record on Island/Def Jam?
2: 1985 - Lily Allen born
1: 2016 - after 18 years and several national tours, Mrs. Skannotto change their name to Burn It Up
May 2016 - Street Sounds #14 Ska Bonanza Roy Ellis Festival Skamouth on cover
May 2015 - Street Sounds #11 Kevin Rowland returns
May 2009 - Record Collector #362 Jamaican Gold Part II
May 2000 - CMJ New Music #81 Dicky Bosstone cover
May 1988 - Zoot #8 out, comes with a Capone & The Bullets /Bim Skala Bim flexi
May 1979 - Jam Pact tour book
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April
30: 2016 - The Majestics, live at Skylark Lounge 10pm sharp
30: 1999 - illegal to resell Madness/ Irving Plaza NYC/ 8pm doors/ $28
30: 1988 - Hotknives' debut LP is recorded tonight Live at the Boatman (aka Hampton Court, London)
29: 1992 - riots in L.A. (after Rodney King verdict)
28: 2015 - Roddy Radiation/ Scotch Bonnets/ Ronald Raygun/ Ruben Lipkind Doc Marten SoundSystem at Mohawk Place Buffalo NY
28: 2001 - new Anthony Modano 1C devil graphic used for advert of MMB, KITH, Blackouts at Kuhl Gym, SUNY Geneseo
28: 1999 - first version of this site up
27: 2004 - Mustard Plug (Ska is Dead tour) Rochester
27: 2000 - Spider Nick & The Maddogs return to Water St Music Hall, Blackouts support
27: 1998 - Mustard Plug (Ska Against Racism tour) Rochester
26: 1998 - Bosstones Roseland Ballroom NYC, it's recorded for MTV
26: 1988 - Bad Manners's return to Plymouth Academy/ support by The Rhythm Machine
25: 1992 - George Carlin Jammin In New York Paramount Theatre MSG NYC it's recorded
24: 2008 - Rochester NY Mayor Robert J. Duffy proclamation that today be Frank De Blase Day
24: 1998 - Bosstones in UK for Top Of The Pops
22: 2017 - Crooket Beat Records DC presents Recutting The Crap Clash Tribute + pic disc
22: 2016 - Laurel Aitken's 89th birthday, also full moon 1:24 am NY (EDT), Seattle Ska Fest weekender
22: 1967 - Laurel Aitken's 40th birthday, also New Musical Express interviews Prince Buster during his On Tour circuit thru UK
21: 2016 - R.I.P. Prince Nelson Rogers, aged 57
21: 1990 - historic attendance for Earth Day Ska Fest at UC Berkeley's Greek Theatre today from noon - 11pm
19: 2016 - R.I.P. Lord Tanamo, aged 82... also Les Waas, aged 94
18: 2015 - BMG does Trojan now?! + sixteen more LPs soon come for UK reggae giant's reboot in USA
17: 2008 - Dekker lettering rebuilt, shirts July 2014
17: 1998 - The Specials/ Avalon/ Boston/ 6pm doors/ $17
17: 1995 - MMB Harro East
16: 2016 - what is Ska for $600 (Jeopardy #7091 rerun), also 5head Sticky Lips BBQ Jefferson Road
16: 2016 - your guide to RSD '16
16: 2016 - Title Town Day 2/ 7PM Big D & The Kids Table, Counterpunch, Doped-Up Dollies, The Far East, The Pomps 18+, $15 adv, $18 doors
15: 2016 - Title Town Day 1/ 8PM Westbound Train, Have Nots, Nick and the Adversaries 18+, $13 adv, $15 doors
15: 1996 - Skatalites w/ Too Hectic in Ithaca NY split-fountain letterpress carnival poster
12: 2016 - Charles Benoit's Snow Job hardback signing at Barnes & Noble Greece NY 7pm – this novel dedicated to Ramones, Joan Jett
12: 1997 - Miggedys, Professionals, NC 13s, DLO, SMA pipe burst Lost Horizon Syracuse NY
12: 1986 - Ramones come to UR's Alexander Palestra, (Saturday) 8pm
10: 2016 - Los Angeles Times says something about Ska in its weekend section
9: 2016 - Moobaks at 37
8: 1997 - Mustard Plug show #424 is Rochester's Milestones w/ Twistoffs (Bechle's astrovan robbed)
8: 1977 - The Clash eponymous debut album released in UK on CBS Records
7: 2016 - AMFS presents encore screening of the The Art and Life of David Bowie at the MAG, 500 University Ave 6:30pm, free
7: 2016 - Talk cold type revolution with Ed Benguiat?! Conversation facilitated by Kris Holmes 3pm, R.I.T. Cary Graphic Arts Collection
6: 2016 - Ska Brewing Durango Mexican Logger returns
5: 1980 - this week's Fab 208 has The Tourists, Buggles, Specials and Beat
2: 2016 - The Slackers new record release party Bell House in Brooklyn! 9pm
1: 2004 - Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad w/ Mountain Mojo Authority at Star Bar, color poster by John Perry
Apr 2016 - Street Sounds #14 Roy Ellis Ska Bonanza
Apr 1998 - Rhubarb Pie #5 retro 'zine from two girls in Aptos CA
Apr 1992 - Let's Catch The Beat #10 dandy typewritten reggae 'zine by Chris Prete for the Official Trojan Appreciation Society
Apr 1984 - Reggae and African Beat features Alton Ellis |
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March
31: 2016 - new Selecter Subculture from Bop Shop Records, 5:47pm
31: 1994 – Skanxters Gossips Club in Soho (Shane MacGowan & Lee Thompson in attendance!)
30: 2016 - Dick 'the Dancing Record' Storms turns 70, also Voodoo Glow Skulls, Seven Thirty Seven +1 at Mohawk Buffalo.
29: 2003 - Ska World #1 the new zine from Chris Murray + crew out at Ska Summit, Las Vegas NV
29: 1980 - don't read that.. read Jackie UK teenmag's 2Tone special report
28: 2016 - Big up to DGTS!
28: 2014 - RBG on RSS feed
27: 2016 - (Easter Sunday) Bad Manners celebrate their 40th anniversary at Day 4 LISF
27: 2015 - Nashville TN Soul Radics 2nd album, Big Shot CD/LP released on Germany's Grover Records GRO-125!
26: 2003 - Rocksteady 7 at Montys
26: 1996 - MR067 BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. Special Potato reissue 3/19/02 +3 tracks from the original recording sessions as bonus
25: 2006 - the return of Dave Wakeling's Beat, WSMH 8pm
25: 2004 - Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra WSMH Rochester NY 9pm $10 adv/12 dos
25: 1998 - Hoi Polloi #5 completion date
25: 1976 - David Bowie Iggy Pop pot bust Rochester NY mug shot
24: 2016 - start of the annual London International Ska Festival weekender
23: 2016 - full moon
23: 1996 - NYC SKA comes to bigvax.alfred.edu Davis Gym bad PA
23: 1995 - Simple Song? Bim Skala Bim w/ Miggedys at the Horizontal Boogie Bar – acquire the superb Mash it Up! Vol. #3 here
23: 1989 - Trojans, SkaDows, Judge Dread, Loafers, Potato 5 plus many more at Astoria it's recorded for CD, VHS & LP
21: 2004 - R.I.P. Fantastic Records, internet killed the mom & pop record store. Bless Jeremy Sarachan, we must've spent thousands there
21: 1981 - Melody Maker: Pauline Black bites the bullet
20: 2016 - Vernal equinox, also Rainford Hugh Perry, bka Scratch the Upsetter turns 80
20: 1980 - Rolling Stone #313 Bob Hope, GHW Bush next to reviews of Specials, Madness and the Intensified! compilation (Island/ Mango)
19: 2004 - Jon Barra at 27, Terry Hall at 45, also Amy Ryan & Operatives CD release Buffalo
19: 1959 - my name is Terry and I'm going to enjoy myself first
17: 1995 - Toasters Rochester
13: 2003 - Thursday/ Slackers/ Milestones/ $5
13: 1998 - R.I.P. Judge Dread aged 52, onstage at The Penny Theatre in Canterbury Kent
12: 2016 - R.I.P. Roy 'Radics' Persaud, UK toaster best known for his work with NJ's Rudie Crew, also Bigger Thomas
12: 2009 - Aggrolites + Flogging Molly Green 17 tour stops Water St Rochester...second night added
11: 2009 - Aggrolites + Flogging Molly Green 17 tour stops Water St Rochester
11: 1998 - OUR NEW PAGE IS UP NOW!! (And coming together nicely) Direct yourself to moonska.com
10: 2016 - AMFS presents free screening of About the Young Idea : The Story of the Jam 500 University Ave, 6:45pm
10: 2006 - Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad's Slow Down CD release at Tilt
8: 2016 - R.I.P. What Would Sir George Martin Do?
7: 1995 - Toasters Lancaster
6: 2016 - Just Say No? R.I.P. Nancy Reagan, age 94 – check out the Ranking Roger & Blue Riddim Band collaboration!
4: 2016 - Water Street Music Hall denied entertainment license, some shows moved to Armory
3: 2011 - R.I.P. Steve Cardboard Eaton
3: 1991 - Ice Storm in Monroe County paralyzes the region for a good week
2: 2016 - Scott Kelly returns to Earth after orbiting 340 daze – but Bowie is gone
Mar 2016 - Do The Dog Skazine #81 out
Mar 2006 - Ska in the World #18 out |
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February
28: 2004 - what label?
27: 2016 - not MMA: Nerds in Denial + Some Ska Band at California Brew Haus 8:30pm $6
27: 1980 - Muziekkrant OOR #4 (Dutch paper) features their 2Tone spectacular
26: 2016 - Trojan's Monkey Business (boss '69 skinhead compilation from 1980) has again been expanded to 2 discs!
26: 1994 - Mike Boehm reviews Sublime Robbin' the Hood in L.A. Times's weekend calendar
23: 2007 - Skatalites/ King Django/ Bluebeats/ Westbound Train/ +6 more at Knitting Factory Brooklyn NY 6pm, it's recorded
22: 2016 - full snow moon 1:20 PM EST, R.I.P. W. Rey Derschowitz, aged 18.75
19: 2016 - Dave Wakeling at 60!
18: 2016 - The Toasters (+ Pomps) rock the Casbah in San Diego CA
16: 1953 - John Bradbury born
15: 1990 - Adam Birch plays horn on Unicorn PHZA-50, Laurel Aitken Ringo The Gringo, which is out today
15: 1981 - Dance Craze film finally out in theatres
14: 2016 - a fourth English Beat record?
14: 2016 - Bim Skala Bim, w/ Plate O' Shrimp and Pressure Cooker (two sets one last time at Johnny D's Uptown) in Somerville MA 10pm, $20
14: 1991 - Studio One archives: 1st issue of Ska Bonanza on Heartbeat compact disc! Each sold separately as Go Ska Go + Streets of Ska
13: 2000 - Maude Flanders killed by flying t-shirt "I'm really sorry to hear that. We just lost our drummer to a Pentecostal ska band."
12: 2016 - 5head Dino BBQ, Rochester 10pm
11: 2016 - R.I.P. André Schlesinger (NYC)
11: 2016 - H.R. is 60
9: 1964 - Beatles to USA television; some say the 2nd half of the 20th century starts here
8: 1990 - Included in the album is a free A2-sized poster of the ska lampoon zombie! (Toasters live Frankenska LP) today on Unicorn Records
8: 1973 - Perry Henzell's film The Harder They Come premieres in New York City
7: 2003 - English Beat In Concert at the Royal Festival Hall recorded for DVD
7: 1980 - Madness strikes America: Britons revive ska/ seen in RS310
6: 1989 - R.I.P. King Tubby, aged 48
6: 1945 - Bob Marley born
5: 1988 - Desmond Dekker live at Hawkins (Dublin, Ireland) – doors 8:30pm
3: 2016 - Frantic Frank reviews the new Slackers crowdfund in this week's City Newspaper
2: 1980 - Symarip's 1969 classic Skinhead Moonstomp 45 reissued in 1C picture sleeve
Feb 2015 - Street Sounds #10 |
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January 2016
29: 2007 - Paul Weller begins a three-night Hit Parade at Irving Plaza NYC
28: 2006 - Toasters, Go Jimmy Go at Alfred University Powell CC Knight Club
28: 1986 - Shuttle disaster
27: 2016 - Toasters (return to Mohawk Place) also with Abruptors, Barksdales. $12adv/$14 dos, 8pm
27: 1998 - MR-122 The Authentic Ska Sound of Tommy McCook out on Moon Ska NYC
27: 1996 - Yolk, Milestones 50 East Ave
25: 2001 - Dave Wakeling at Odyssey Nightclub Ithaca
25: 1980 - The Specials at Hurrah NYC
23: 2016 - full wolf moon, 8:46 PM EST
19: 1985 - Win Echo videos?! Jerry Dammers Melody Maker
18: 1980 - E. Costello at the Clarendon Ballroom in Hammersmith. 13,000 copies of TT-7 were pressed then blocked from sale
16: 2016 - Go Jimmy Go "A Hui Hou" 20th anniv & farewell show 8pm, also Majestics + Noble Vibes return to Lovin' Cup Park Point
14: 2000 - Nigel & Allstonians live UR Wilson Commons coffeehouse, it's recorded
14: 1994 - SKA deemed the next big thing by Billboard® magazine
14: 1989 - Steve Lamacq writes 2 big New Musical Express pages on Zoot skazine & late 80's London ska awakening
13: 2016 - Suggs at 55, also Rocksteady 7 in the NY Times crossword today!
12: 2016 - If you see Zack today, wish him a happy 46th!
10: 2016 - If you see Don today, wish him a happy 60th!
10: 2016 - R.I.P. David Bowie, age 69. Check out his DERAM influence on Unicorn Records
9: 2006 - hpska.com uploaded to URL after only 5+ years in the making; I hope I see you ten years later
9: 1996 - HP interviews DF Macallister at NYS Route 18 & 104 diner
8: 2016 - Tom Beedham writes on Stomp Records's past 20 years
8: 2005 - Live at Club Ska supporting the "Return of Laurel Aitken" with The Riffs at Rayners Hotel
4: 2016 - Harry Sword retraces the culture of volume in the UK
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December
31: 2015 - Rancid, Bosstones, more NYE at Shrine Expo Hall, Los Angeles CA
31: 2015 - some ska band "New Year's at 9" at Thirsty Turtle in Victor NY, 7-9:30pm
31: 2015 - NYSJE live NYE in Zürich CH
31: 1987 - New Years Eve w/ The Trojans at Gaz's Rockin' Blues
29: 2015 - Gaz Mayall at 58
29: 1982 - Jamaica issues RN Marley postage stamp
29: 1979 - The Specials (open for The Who) at Hammersmith Odeon
29: 1979 - Look In #1, Jr TV Times No 1 weekly, features Star Trek, The Specials, more
28: 2015 - R.I.P. John 'Brad' Bradbury, suddenly age 62. JB was the drummer of many groups, and producer of Maroon Town's 1st LP
28: 1979 - Madness, Bad Manners, The V.I.P.s, Bodysnatchers at Lyceum Ballroom (London NW1), 7:30pm, £3
26: 2015 - Bosstones kick off annual throwdown (3 night stand) at HOB Boston
26: 2015 - R.I.P. Lemmy, a UK musical heavyweight killed by death age 70
26: 2005 - Huckleberry Twitch & Mike: Ska is the cure, w/ Flamingos +3 locals. Milestones 170 East Ave Rochester 5pm $7
25: 2015 - first full moon on Christmas since 1977
25: 2006 - R.I.P. James Brown, Godfather of Soul, aged 73
23: 2015 - Baked A La Ska Christmas Knees Up + DJ Martin the Mod in Manchester UK
23: 1986 - Trojans perform live for the 1st time
22: 1988 - Prince Buster & Trojans record Stack O Lee 12" single (12 GAZ 010) + President Botha at Pavilion Studios W10 UK
21: 1988 - Staccato Records Presents Christmas in Skaville at the Brixton Fridge (recorded for BBLP1 and Youtube)
20: 1989 - final Potato 5 gig? Town & Country II in Islington London
20: 1984 - Desmond Dekker at Gaz's Rockin' Blues
19: 2015 - Slackers, Pietasters, Sammy K, The Snails at annual holiday party Irving Plaza NYC
19: 2004 - If he clears one final medical hurdle, Army 1st Lt. William Reynolds III will be coming home for the holidays
18: 2015 - what the hell is Star Wars®?
17: 2000 - obituary of Moon Ska NYC posted online
17: 1995 - Bim Skala Bim at East L.A. in Syracuse NY 18+
16: 1990 - R.I.P. Donat Roy 'Jackie' Mittoo, aged 42
16: 1773 - Boston Tea Party
14: 2010 - Dryden Theatre screening of the Clash's 1980 RUDE BOY 8pm
14: 1943 - Robert 'Dandy' Livingstone Thompson born
13: 2015 - Bad Manners, Max Splodge, The Pukes live in London
13: 2010 - double JEOPARDY #6041 triple stumper mentions the Specials and 2Tone for $2000
13: 1998 - Slackers in Ithaca NY
12: 2015 - Solomon was wise... Intensified '68 radio Episode 3 WAYO FM Rochester
12: 2015 - Frank Sinatra born 100 years ago today; consult the Skanatra CD for more info
11: 1995 - Five show, Let it snow, Ho Ho Hometown Throwdown (2nd Annual) at the Middle East
10: 1990 - Skankin' 'Round The World #5 the final international installment from Unicorn label
5: 2015 - Pressure Cooker at The Milky Way in Jamaica Plain, Boston 9pm
5: 2015 - Auckland Ska Festival, NZ 1:30p-3:00a
5: 1996 - Scofflaws + Too Hectic haunt Ithaca
3: 2015 - R.I.P. Gladstone Anderson, aged 81/ but most news is an unattended candle Scratch accidentally burns down his studio in Switzerland
3: 1995 - Bosstones at UR Palestra in Rochester NY, it's recorded
2: 1979 - Specials live Lyceum in London, it's recorded
Dec 2015 - Do The Dog Skazine #80
Dec 2011 - Record Collector #395 interview with John Sims re: 2Tone posters
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November
27: 2005 - mailorder ska explosion
26: 2015 - and be thankful... Eric Barnet FAT TURKEY on Pama Supreme
25: 2015 - full moon, also celebrate a half-century of Lint
25: 1997 - NYC SKA MOB tour Mercury Theatre Buffalo
24: 1995 - Turkey Jam w/ Ground's Keeper Willy, Boutros Boutros, Initial Doubt, Al Beaman Band, + Lethargy. Club Zei 2pm
22: 2015 - Toasters fb approaches 80k
20: 2015 - Noble Vibes Temple Bar 109 East Ave 10pm free
20: 1998 - R.I.P. Roland Alphonso aged 67, also Slackers The Question out on Hellcat
20: 1996 - Nintendo 64 & Deston Berry
19: 1971 - 'Lord Sluggo' Ruggiero born
18: 1976 - Dave McWane born
17: 2015 - Slackers, Abruptors, Reggie Childs Mohawk Place Buffalo $12/14
16: 2001 - Toasters Rochester, the release of HP7
16: 1989 - Laurel Aitken Sally Brown maxi 12" out on Unicorn PHZA-54 today; art by Steve Friel
15: 2015 - Mustard Plug, Seven Thirty Seven, On the Cinder Mohawk Place Buffalo $10/12
13: 2015 - Québec SkaFest 2015 weekender
10: 2001 - Ken Kesey dies, also HP7 completed
9: 2015 - Agent Jay-produced reggae dub punk ska Detroit. All songs written by J. Navarro and E. Abbey copyright 2015 ASCAP
9: 2015 - Vic Ruggiero, Roarshark, Harsh Mellows at ButaPub in South Wedge basement (Rochester) $5, not Bug Jar
9: 1985 - RECORD MIRROR: Madness, Art Of Noise, June Brides, Flesh For Lulu
8: 1986 - Gaz's Rockin' Blues Winter Warmer! Potato 5, Forest Hillbillies, Deltones, Matoids +1, at Town & Country Islington UK
5: 2015 - Stephen Shafer, your Duff Guide to Ska, turns 49 today
Nov 2015 - Mojo #264 w/ Beatles, Rico obit, Georgie Fame, Dischord Records, Bodysnatchers, more
Nov 2006 - Big Wheel #15 (Los Angeles) The Aggrolites, Bouncing Souls, Damned, Jello
Nov 1997 - Tattoo Magazine #99 goes backstage with Voodoo Glow Skulls!
Nov 1996 - the release of HP3
Nov 1994 - Oz-Ska-Lia #1 from Ivan Downey and Vic Elsternwick, down undah
Nov 1979 - 2Tone Tour package brings itself to venues all over the United Kingdom this month!
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October
31: 2015 - Halloween on a saturday night
31: 2006 - Melbourne ska legends Strange Tenants, celebrate their 25th anniversary with a new 70 track, 4-CD boxed set, Rude Celebration
31: 1998 - Limited edition/ 1400 pieces black & orange Halloween 45 from Less Than Jake only at Cabaret Metro Chicago IL tonight
30: 2015 - Rhoda Dakar sings The Bodysnatchers CD out
29: 1991 - Bad Manners at S.O.B.'s Varick Street NYC
28: 2015 - UB40 + Radio Riddler at Webster Hall NYC to a sold out crowd
27: 2015 - the final supermoon of the year 12:05 UTC
27: 2005 - TROJAN BOX Mod Reggae Volume 2 seen on Newbury Street
27: 1979 - MELODY MAKER CHEAP TRICK THIN LIZZY SPECIALS 2-TONE TALKING HEADS
27: 1979 - LOOK MA SPECIALS ODEON ROOFTOP SOUNDS MAGAZINE UK
21: 2015 - ooh la la Marty McFly buys Gray's Sports Almanac
21: 2014 - Toasters' SHOCKER! hot sauce rolling out in Raleigh NC tonight
21: 1993 - Bosstones fans destroy dancefloor at Horizontal Boogie Bar Rochester NY USA
20: 2004 - Dub Is a Weapon w/ Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Rochester
20: 1995 - Slackers/ Insteps/ Bluebeats at the Cooler (NYC)
20: 1979 - MELODY MAKER GARY NUMAN QUEEN WHO SPECIALS
17: 2015 - third annual Cassette Store Day?!
15: 2005 - Dave Wakeling's English Beat returns to Rochester
13: 1993 - The Busters (Germany) with Mobtown at the Roxy in Hollywood CA
13: 1979 - Selecter Mo-Dettes, The Beat 7:30pm at Electric Ballroom Camden London UK
12: 1979 - Madness, Echo & The Bunnymen, Bad Manners 7:30pm at Electric Ballroom Camden London UK
2: 2013 - VGS, Toasters +2 Waiting Room Buffalo
2: 1991 - Skatalites at S.O.B.'s Varick Street NYC
Otono '99 - Liquidator #1 with Rico, on Madrid newsprint |
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September
30: 2005 - Mrs. Skannotto, The Ops (fka Amy Ryan & The Operatives), LeVar Burtones $5 16+ at ELIXIR Rochester
28: 2015 - a rare Total Lunar Eclipse of a Super Full Moon will be visible from most of North America, South America, Europe
28: 2015 - The Selecter, on my NPR (again)
28: 1995 - Fugazi Rochester
27: 2013 - thanks to The Clash.
27: 1979 - Errol Dunkley performs O.K. Fred on Top of the Pops, BBC TV
26: 1999 - Pietasters live at Styleen's Rhythm Palace, Armory Square (Syracuse NY) it's recorded
23: 2005 - Madness perform the Dangermen Sessions live at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, Oregon USA
23: 2003 - Badfish Rochester
23: 1995 - Bim Skala Bim Rochester
22: 2015 - Slackers (w/ Lady Hatchet on axe) in Regensberg Germany, it's recorded
21: 2015 - Happy Aaron B Pryor Day!
21: 2009 - R.I.P. Brian CE Oster, age 30; exactly one decade since his beloved Pilfers Chawalaleng out
21: 1979 - The Clash's iconic London Calling cover photograph taken (at New York Palladium)
19: 2015 - Pilfers + Mrs. Skannotto $15/ 8pm/ 18+/ Haunt Ithaca NY
18: 2015 - C Benoit talks to Dave Wakeling for Reggae Steady Ska, also Rancid at Terminal 5 NYC 7:30 PM
16: 2015 - Remembering Doc Night in the Washington City Paper
16: 2013 - Advance ticket purchase includes a Deluxe Edition CD of Elvis Costello + The Roots new collaborative album WISE UP GHOST
16: 2000 - Toots /Stone Love Movement WSMH Rochester
15: 1995 - stroboscopic sound? Ska in Hi-Fi (Scofflaws) finally out on MR052
14: 2014 - SKA914
14: 1975 - Richard Storms begins The Record Archive
13: 2008 - Derrick Morgan at The 100 Club London, it's recorded
12: 2015 - celebrate 20 years with Ska Brewing
11: 2015 - R.I.P. Doc Night (John Andre Williams) age 52, from Washington D.C., Scream and most recently The Scotch Bonnets
10: 2015 - R.I.P. Adrian Frutiger, aged 87
9: 1995 - craft beer in Colorado
8: 2003 - Slackers brand-new Close My Eyes out today
8: 1995 - Tin spam, caviar? Stubborn Allstars's Open Season out today
7: 1989 - stuttgart.de No Sports KING SKA [PHZA-49] L.P. out today; some of the finest German ska ever made!
6: 1997 - Planet Smashers, Creepers, Slush Fund, Professionals Military Road Kenmore NY
6: 1979 - Madness The Prince on Top of The Pops, BBC TV
6: 1958 - Big Macs beware: Doug Trendle born, Hackney London UK
5: 2015 - Mrs. Skannotto to play Less Than Jake's Wake & Bake Festival in Gainesville FL, presented by Enemy Ink
4: 2015 - R.I.P. Mr. Rico on trombone, age 80
4: 1995 - AuctionWeb founded in California by French-born Iranian-American computer programmer Pierre Omidyar
3: 1982 - English Beat at US Festival
2: 1989 - Record Mirror contains interviews with, articles, photos on Adeva, Silencers, 80s UK Ska, Sigourney Weaver (honestly!)
1: 2015 - Google's introducing a new logo and identity family that reflects this reality
Sep 2015 - Do The Dog #79 - Melbourne Ska Orchestra in North America
Sep 1997 - Ska'd For Life #9 - John Redden also hosted a student radio show at villanova.edu
Sep 1993 - Blue Ryder #31 - OLEAN NY
Sep 1976 - Rico's Man From Wareika debut was recorded at both Joe Gibbs and Randy's Studios, Kingston JA
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August
30: 2015 - Toasters in Tokyo JP
30: 1979 - The Specials Gangsters on Top of The Pops
29: 2015 - perigee moon, also known as the Sturgeon Moon
29: 2015 - Soulside Productions presents Trojan Lounge's 8 year anniversary celebration!
29: 2000 - Bim Skala Bim Krinkle out today
23: 1994 - the Toasters iconic Dub 56 released
21: 2015 - 5Head release party Candy Supper CD at Dinosaur BBQ 9:30pm EST
20: 1995 - Sublime with Brad warped tour in North Tonawanda NY, it's recorded
18: 1995 - meet Verbal Kint & the usual suspects
16: 2003 - the release of HP8
16: 1998 - Laurel Aitken at Wetlands
16: 1977 - the king is dead
15: 1995 - Heartbeat Records' posthumous Jackie Mittoo 2CD career retropective compilation out, liners by Keyo
15: 1965 - Beatles Shea Stadium
13: 2015 - Noble Vibes at the final Party in The Park, along with Driftwood and Giant Panda! 5:30 PM
13: 1980 - The Selecter at Nottingham's Theatre Royale, it's recorded
12: 2005 - Camille Dodero hunts graffiti in Boston Phoenix
12: 1999 - For sale, $1250: 1979 P200 in stock blue, some minor scratches. No bodywork needed c. 2,400 miles Contact Melissa
11: 1987 - Professor E. Rubik issued a US patent 4,685,680 on the mechanism of Rubik's Magic.
10: 2000 - THURSDAY NIGHT STOMP: Rocksteady 7 Blackouts Motives at Water Street 7PM
10: 1993 - cool beginnings 1981-83 untouchables Matrix / Runout: AMERICAN HELIX *CD03725* STELLAR 234 DTI#118244-D3-2308-2
8: 2015 - Toasters + English Beat 7-11pm The Spirit of the Eighties concert $20 Academy Park 851 Center St, Lewiston NY 14092
8: 1981 - NME's Paul du Noyer: SPECIALS – The End of an Era?
6: 2015 - Los Straitjackets Rochester (Winton Place, 9pm $25)
6: 2012 - 50 years of Jamaican independence
5: 1994 - Skatalites WETLANDS NYC USA 80 min. it's recorded
4: 2015 - TP Moughan at 37, also Sublime with Rome at CMAC, Canandiagua
4: 1995 - TP Moughan at 17, also Miggedys Powderhorn Lodge, Powder Mills Park
2: 2015 - El Buckito at 60
Aug 2015 - Street Sounds #12 The Libertines, psychobilly, fanzines, more
Aug 2015 - Record Collector 443/ Monkees R. Crumb Motown also mentions HPSKA.com
Aug 2010 - Record Collector 378/ Clapton Slade Ronson 2 Tone (by John Reed) Devo Jett Gorillaz
Aug 1996 - Moon Skazette details HBFD, California Skaquake 2, Noah #12, The Miggedys
Aug 1995 - DILL #5 is Less Than Jake Pezcore
Aug 1995 - Darrell Rubio's Stiff Dog Records compilation is Generic Ska-Ca
Aug 1991 - RUDE #12 w/ Maroon Town, Cosmics, 100 Men, more
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July
31: 2015 - 6:45 am EST blue moon
29: 1995 - Grounds Keeper Willy Java Cow's Coffee in Canandaigua NY
28: 1998 - warped tour Specials Rancid Reverend Horton Heat Bad Religion Aquabats + La Salle Park Buffalo
28: 1991 - Studio One's 35th Anniversary Concert at Kingston's National Arena (50 acts) cosponsored by Heartbeat Records
27: 2002 - Bim Oswego
27: 1987 - Desmond Dekker Laurel Aitken + at Astoria
26: 1996 - warped tour Dance Hall Crashers, Fishbone, Goldfinger + La Salle Park Buffalo
26: 1994 - Roland Alphonso & Tommy McCook talk in Holland 60 min
26: 1993 - Skatalites at The Beachcomber Wellfleet MA 90 min
26: 1986 - Skatalites with Alton Ellis at Tilden Ballroom Queens NY 90 min
25: 2015 - Virginia Ska Fest at Blue & Gray Brewery Fredericksburg VA 5pm
25: 1992 - Skatalites (two Lloyds, Roland & Tommy), interview on KPFA-FM Berkeley CA
24: 2015 - Virginia Ska Fest at Blue & Gray Brewery Fredericksburg VA 5pm
23: 2011 - R.I.P. Amy Jade Winehouse, aged 27
23: 1998 - invest in 12" longarm reach booklet stapler, $25.49 at 18:36
21: 1997 - warped tour Bosstones, LTJ, Hepcat, Professionals + La Salle Park Buffalo
20: 2003 - obey via Buffalo NY
20: 1996 - we chose to go to the Moon store [150 E. 2nd St] for Porkers' Grunt, then to Toasters 7 Willow Street in Port Chester NY
20: 1995 - Skatalites at El Mocambo Toronto ON, 90 min it's recorded
20: 1969 - we choose to go to the MOON
19: 2015 - National Ice Cream Day; play The Loafers' 1988 track Ice Cream for more detail
19: 1995 - As if! Paul Rudd in Clueless (Amy Heckerling directs the Bosstones)
18: 2006 - Trojan Motor City Reggae 3CD boxset out
17: 2015 - As if! Paul Rudd in Ant-Man
17: 2005 - R.I.P. Laurel Aitken, aged 78
16: 1995 - Miggedys w/ Skavoovie at Water St Music Hall - Spring Heeled Jack are no shows in Area Code 716
15: 2013 - Remember that night? It seems so clear, now he's back and I'm glad he's here [for $1000]
15: 2010 - Jimmy Cliff at the 6th week of 2010 Party in the Parkinglot concert series at Riverside Festival site downtown, it's recorded
14: 2015 - Stiff Little Fingers at Town Ballroom, 681 Main, Buffalo NY 14203
14: 1995 - Bim, Selecter, House Of Rhythm concert-freebie Marquee (London); Fri 14/7/95 Dojo – DO SKA 1 Vinyl 7" Limited Edition Promo
13: 2004 - There's a smart young woman on a light blue screen who comes into my house every night...
12: 2012 - Jimmy Cliff Rebirth out today
11: 2015 - Melbourne Ska Orchestra in Toronto, also THE MAJESTICS w/Noble Vibes @ Lovin' Cup Bistro, 9pm
11: 1999 - Laurel Aitken, Allstonians, Porkers at Wetlands New York, NY it's recorded
11: 1981 - this week's NME: Black Uhuru The Specials Psychedelic Furs The 4 Skins David Bowie Au Pairs
10: 2015 - AMY (the movie) to be released worldwide
9: 2015 - Bosstones, Streetdogs 6pm-10:30pm Canalside 44 Prime Street 14203 Buffalo NY
7: 1998 - New York Ska Jazz Ensemble Get This! MR132 release date
7: 1984 - Skatalites with Prince Buster, Crystal Palace London soundboard
2: 2015 - Noble Vibes at Pelican's Nest
1: 2015 - Victoria BC Ska Fest #16 begins
1: 2015 - full buck moon, 10:20pm EST
1: 1989 - Skatalites with Winston Grennan, Trattoria Saratoga NY USA 35 Min
July 2015 - Vive Le Rock #27 The Who at 50/ Mods Mayday!/ Chords/ Lambrettas/ Secret Affair
Summer 1998 - Craig Ho's Doh! 'zine #3
Summer 1996 - Ian Hodkinson's Ska Goes North #6
Summer 1995 - Denver Skabeat #4
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June
30: 2015 - Frightnrs release single on DapTone
28: 2002 - Toasters Bowery Collection Live at CBGB L.E.S. it's recorded
27: 2015 - Paul Weller meets CBS TV's Anthony Mason!
27: 2015 - Rosslau Skafest 2015, Dessau-Rosslau Germany
26: 2015 - Rosslau Skafest 2015, Dessau-Rosslau Germany
24: 2015 - 3HB Hump Day Ska Fest with Mrs. Skannotto + 5Head $5 8pm Flour City Station, 170 East Ave
22: 1995 - Dr. Madd Vibe born when Angelo meets theremin
21: 2015 - Catch 22, Dinkus 9 (reunion show), Mrs. Skannotto, Seven Thirty Seven at Waiting Room Buffalo $20 16+ 6pm
21: 1995 - Ska in the Poconos? Sherman Street Skafest includes Mustard Plug, Mephiskapheles, Skablazers
21: 1995 - Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra Grand Prix released on Epic Records Japan
21: 1991 - Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra World Famous released on Epic Records Japan
20: 2015 - Reel Big Fish in Rochester NY
20: 2015 - Rude Boy George in West Orange NJ
20: 1995 - Rick Omonte (Spring Heeled Jack) returns our S.A.S.E. with news they plan a visit Rochester mid-July
19: 2015 - Some Ska Band in Rush NY at the Public Library Gazebo 6:30-8pm EST
17: 2015 - VooDoo Glowskulls, Slow Children, Seven Thirty Seven, Cinder at Mohawk Place/ 7pm Buffalo, NY
16: 1999 - Toasters, live in Rochester 21+ Bug Jar/ the release of HP6
16: 1986 - Unicorn Records begins in London UK
15: 2015 - what is Ska for $600 (Jeopardy #7091 airs), also a brand new box fresh Selecter record, Subculture out today
15: 1995 - The Death of American Skathic compilation of past midwest ska bands exhumed by DJ Chuck Wren
14: 2003 - Bosstones, Pietasters, VGS, Catch 22 at High Falls Festival site/ tix courtesy Pete Spaker WBER
14: 1969 - Unusual Rudy? Cash Box Magazine has Tom Jones, Cher, Desmond Dekker, Slim Harpo
12: 1997 - Bosstones by Eric Gladstone in Rolling Stone #762
12: 1995 - Juuso P. Kummala (Finland) sent his skinzine Tribute to the Cult #3 via post to DOJO Records UK
12: 1989 - Coolie Ranx w/ Toasters record Frankenska LP (shares bill with Potato 5 Five Alive at Town and Country II, Islington)
12: 1981 - Specials release Ghost Town
11: 2015 - R.I.P. Ornette Coleman, aged 85
10: 2011 - Toasters +4, live in Rochester Dubland Underground
7: 1991 - Bosstones live at The Paradise (Boston, MA)
6: 1989 - Deltones' Make Me Smile 12" out on Unicorn
6: 1988 - Toasters article by Cathy Hainer in New York Magazine
5: 1997 - Mephiskapheles Rochester/ the release of HP4
4: 2015 - R.I.P Hermann Zapf, aged 96 (the noted type designer gave the commencement address at R.I.T. in '93)
4: 2015 - Mento Buru will be performing for the McFarland High School graduation this year
4: 2010 - Steakouts live debut at Montage Music Hall Rochester NY
4: 1985 - Joe Jackson/ The Toasters mentioned on pg 16 of Good Times (NYC) by Betty Hughes
3: 1995 - Mudsharks + Skavengers 2 sets at Bluebird Theater in Denver, CO
2: 2015 - full moon 12:19PM EST, also Richie A Jung - bka Dr. Ring Ding arrives at 45
June 2015 - The Meow Meows by James Parsons on Do The Dog Skazine #78
June 2006 - CTSKA: Upbeat Skazine #2
June 2005 - a young Derrick Morgan by Jordan Hillyard on Do The Dog Skazine #37
June 2001 - Sanctuary Group Ltd. paid £10.3 million for Trojan Records UK
June 1995 - Pittsford Ska: Miggedys by Ralph Tetta
June 1991 - Rude #11 (LKA Do The Dog Skazine)
June 1985 - Toasters' Recriminations review in the East Village Eye
June 1985 - Untouchables SEEZ 57 out
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May
31: 2015 - Justin L. and Alex B. Skannotto in WBZA 98.9 FM studios Sunday Night Shakedown #468 with Frank DeBlase, 8-11pm EST
31: 2005 - The Dead 60s is the eponymous debut album by British rock band (USA art is yellow, trackslist different)
29: 2014 - Some Ska Band at Stickylips BBQ II on NYS RT 252
29: 1995 - Moonstomp Tour (Toasters, LGB, Mustard Plug +1) at Fox Theatre Boulder CO
29: 1980 - SMASH HITS vol 2 no 11 THE SPECIALS 2 TONE SKA OMD
28: 1995 - Oi Skampilation #1 at The Grand NYC: SHJ, Slackers, Inspecter 7, Skavoovie & Eps, Insteps, Allstonians, Mephiskapheles
27: 2014 - Died: Massimo Vignelli
26: 2006 - Born: Kingston Rossdale
25: 1996 - Died: Brad Nowell
25: 1965 - Clay vs. Liston II moved from Boston up to Lewiston Maine (and record low attendance)
25: 1958 - Born: Paul Weller
24: 2006 - Died: Desmond Dekker
24: 1938 - Born: Prince Buster
22: 1955 - Born: Jerry Dammers
21: 1995 - King for a Day...Fool for a Lifetime from Lakeshore Records
20: 1995 - VooDoo Glowskulls in Denver CO
20: 1966 - Born: Joe Scholes
19: 1979 - Rude Boys Don't Argue? The Specials's first Melody Maker cover story
18: 1979 - The Jam "Jam Pact Spring Tour" in Glasgow, Scotland it's recorded
17: 1978 - Born: Double Z
16: 1996 - bulletin from Fly PR announces release of Toasters' upcoming disc, Hard Band For Dead
16: 1981 - Look-In #21 cover say Madness make a Film!
15: 2015 - Bad Manners, Dale and the Zdubs at Knitting Factory Brooklyn NY 7:30pm $20/25 << TOUR CANCELLED DUE TO IMMIGRATION ISSUES >>
15: 2015 - Thunder Body at Lilac Fest free 5:30pm
15: 2008 - bicycle commuting in Greater Boston WGBH 2 features Eric Mearns, David Watson of Mass Bike, Mayor Tom Menino. Original air date!
15: 1995 - Dr. Ring Ding & the Senior Allstars' GRO-CD 004 Dandimite! (later licensed to Moon Ska NYC in USA 4/97)
14: 2015 - Noble Vibes at Lilac Fest free 4pm
14: 1998 - Died: Francis Albert
13: 2013 - English Beat at Lilac Festival free 7pm/ it's 40º when we get there half-hour late!
12: 1995 - Goldmine Magazine #386 has a Jo-Ann Greene article on 2Tone label
11: 2015 - Jacob WakeUp loves this excellent 2Tone documentary narrated by Lint
11: 1981 - Died: Bob Marley
10: 2015 - You just can't trust!
10: 1997 - Toasters Honolulu
9: 2004 - botched Vespa heist at the Port of Newark discussed on HBO's hit Sopranos
8: 1998 - Goldmine Magazine #464 has Sleater/Kinney, Moon Ska Records' Bucket, Elvis Costello!
7: 2015 - Died: Lei Jun, aged 40
7: 1995 - sunday matinee An Informal Gathering CD release party; Pittsford map artwork via CGI then in tobey village office park 14534
6: 2015 - Hardcore Logo's Pete Cooper at 49! also Fishbone +2, $20 8pm Syracuse NY
6: 2013 - Release Date Laurel Aitken: Skinhead Ska Label: Pressplay Format: CD UPC: 5013929900431
5: 2015 - Roddy Radiation turns 60 in STL, MO
5: 2005 - Alkaline Trio, Mike 'BruceLee' Park and Amanda 'Spike' Stepto (DeGrassi HS) meet at Water Street in Rochester
5: 1998 - Died: Tommy McCook
5: 1996 - The Porkers perform Chemical Imbalance + Schooners of the Black live on FBi 94.5 FM (Sydney) it's recorded by Mugga McAllister
5: 1995 - Roddy Radiation turns 40, also Allstonians Ritskeller tacobar before Bosstones/ Miggedys R.I.T. Ritter Arena
4: 2015 - may the fonts be with you
4: 2004 - Died: Sir Coxone
4: 2003 - bank holiday weekend! Brighton Ska Festival: Laurel Aitken, Hotknives, Too Hot, Smoke Like a Fish, Kingsize
3: 2015 - full moon, 11:42 PM EST, also DJ Rob La Rock (Hoodlum Empire/ Oakland CA) has been missing for 20 years
3: 1998 - Bosstones return to Seymour Union Ballroom SUNY Brockport but we don't
3: 1969 - Fabulous 208 popweekly Peter Sarstedt, Desmond Dekker, Barry Gibb
2: 2015 - DW English Beat, Allstonians at Johnny D's Uptown, 17 Holland Street, Somerville MA 02144, 21+, $35
2: 2015 - One Mint Julep? 141st Kentucky Derby; check out Judge Dread's 1981 The Dread Stakes for more detail
2: 1979 - on the eve of the election, Specials' Live at the Moonlight Club CCD5011 recorded, 6 mos before introductory LP release
1: 2004 - find Brown Album factory new $5
May 2015 - Street Sounds #11 has Kevin Rowland, Rev HHeat, Dropkick Murphys & loads more
May 2015 - Mojo #258 has Brian Wilson, Jerry Dammers, Blur, more
May 2014 - Mojo #246 has Debbie Blondie, Terry Hall, Damon Albarn, more
May 2000 - 28th Street Magazine V15, #5 (Los Angeles) Heather Graham/ Kevin Spacey/ Mighty Bosstones
May 2000 - CMJ New Music #81 Dicky Barrett cover
May 1969 - Beat Instrumental #73 Savoy Brown, Taj Mahal, Desmond Dekker etc
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April
30: 2015 - R.I.P. Ben E. King, aged 76
28: 2015 - Roddy Radiation/ The Scotch Bonnets/ Ronald Raygun/ Ruben Lipkind's Doc Marten SoundSystem, at Mohawk Place Buffalo NY
28: 1999 - first version of this site up
28: 1985 - The Beat Goes Public in Washington D.C.
26: 1315 - the first Parliament of Scotland was held in Ayr
25: 2015 - Roddy Radiation/ The Scotch Bonnets/ Rude Boy George and more at Fontana's NYC 8pm 21+
25: 2015 - English Beat return to Iron Works Buffalo, NY 8pm $25
25: 1997 - The Skatalites return 114 W. Green Haunt Ithaca/ 9:30pm $12 18+ w ID/ guess what they tour in a 1981 Itasca Suncruiser RV
25: 1982 - "DANCE CRAZE" by Janet Maslin NYT
24: 2004 - get Studio One/ Rude Boy Stylee shirts from Top Notch Mono!
24: 1980 - Mirror in the Bathroom b/w Jackpot 45 out
23: 2005 - 0:19 Elephants? Me at the zoo uploaded 8:27pm
23: 2004 - meet Jah Crunchy
23: 1979 - R.I.P. Blair Peach, aged 33
21: 2015 - Primus (and their Chocolate Factory) return to Landmark Theatre Syracuse NY 8pm
22: 2005 - Desmond Dekker sold out Chicago
21: 2005 - Desmond Dekker sold out San Francisco
21: 2004 - don't be late Amy Ryan & The Operatives blurb spotted in The New Times (Syracuse free weekly)
19: 1969 - Melody Maker has E CLAPTON, D ELLINGTON, D DEKKER
18: 2015 - Record Store Day SKA 2015
17: 1995 - Patrick Smith [Stargreen] postmark Cambridge MA!
15: 2002 - Bad Manners w/ Inciters, Slaves at DNA Lounge SF CA, it's recorded
15: 1981 - "From British racial strife, Rock" by Robert Palmer NYT
14: 2015 - Hooligans United, a 2CD or 3xLP tribute to Rancid out
14: 1980 - Bodysnatchers' 4 song BBC John Peel Session airs
14: 1965 - SHINDIG Season 1, Episode 31 guests: Jerry Lee Lewis, Neil Sedaka, Millie Small, April and Nino. ABC TV 8:30-9:30p EST
11: 1998 - Kerrang #694 has MM Bosstones/ King Prawn
10: 1980 - SKA 'N' B released on Magnet MAGL 5033 this week
8: 2005 - It's a HIJACK
8: 1997 - Mustard Plug #424
7: 2005 - Rolling Stone flashback 1966: Pete Townshend the mod at a trendy King's Road tailor
6: 2007 - Nigel Ball owes it to Walt Jabsco
5: 2015 - Easter Sunday
5: 1994 - riddles are abound tonight
5: 1980 - first R.E.M. gig
4: 2015 - blood moon shortest total lunar eclipse (7:58 am EDT) + Doc Awkward at 60!
4: 2013 - Slackers Waiting Room
3: 2015 - R.I.P. Evil Eye (Sonic Insanity jockey WRUR FM, 1989-2004)
2: 2015 - London International Ska Festival 2015 Edition begins, runs all Easter Weekend
1: 2015 - marcoonthebass.blogspot.com turns 7 today
Apr 2015 - Record Collector #439 Joe Strummer cover
Apr 2005 - Ska In The World #14 by Nobuhiro & Akira
Apr 2004 - Version City #1 by Django & Porkchop
Apr 1998 - Carry Go Bring Come #7 by Chelsea White & Ike Ellis
Apr 1998 - Skatastrophe #7 by Jamie Bogner & Lynn Gadson
Apr 1991 - Record Mirror ceased when United Newspapers closed/ sold their consumer mags to concentrate on newspapers
Apr 1984 - The Reggae & African Beat has The King of Rock Steady Soul: Alton Ellis
Apr 1982 - The Face #24 by Nick Logan & Neville Brody
Apr 1981 - Nutty Boys #2 Madness comic book returns
Apr 1980 - The Specials appear in USA magazines Creem, Relix, Time
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March
31: 1996 - Rancid, RFTC, Weston at WSMH
29: 1994 - Rico and his band "You Must Be Crazy" the official live album recorded at FZW Dortmund, Germany for Grover Records' GRO-002
29: 1980 - Selecter new 45 Missing Words b/w Carry Go Bring Come (live at Tiffany's) out on CHS TT10/ typo on silver press!
28: 2015 - cheap trick? Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra celebrate 25 years, at Budokan – also Noble Vibes at Abilene 10pm
28: 1982 - New Math new EP
27: 2015 - Zero Freitas redefines heavy vinyl
26: 2003 - Rocksteady 7 at Monty's Krown is walkable
26: 1978 - The (Coventry) Automatics make their London debut at the Marquee
25: 1998 - HP#5 out now
23: 1996 - Too Hectic Alfred University
24: 1997 - The Write Offs record/mix their Big Dawg 45 at Old Dairy Studios in York (Peter Bower Records Leeds)
23: 1995 - Bim Skala Bim HBB, w/ Koo Koo Boy - here we get Mash It Up Volume 3 (LKA Skaville USA Volume 7 in UK) from merch table
23: 1989 - Ska Explosion VHS tape #4: Trojans Live at The Astoria
23: 1989 - Ska Explosion VHS tape #3: Loafers & Laurel Skankin' The Place Down recorded at Astoria [vinyl Staccato 12 RUDE 5]
21: 2015 - Garry Bushell, also The Toasters in Mexico City 7PM!
20: 2015 - Rainford Hugh Perry, bka Scratch the Upsetter is 79
20: 1997 - Rochester NY ska The Professionals' Watch Your Step (their 1st tape) initial 500 copies arrive from the pressing plant
19: 2004 - HP#8 to DSHillyard. Slackers, Amy Ryan + Operatives (their CD release show), openers The Glow at Nietzsche's Buffalo
19: 1996 - Concrete Press #18 Newcastle AUS weekly – "The Porkers get some pork on their Fork"
18: 1967 - Prince Buster blurb in Melody Maker
17: 2015 - Various 60s Ska from the Vaults of WIRL Records on Kingston Sounds Label Matrix KSCD 056CD Genre World
17: 1995 - R.I.P. Ronnie Kray, aged 61. also Toasters w/ BC Enterprize at Boogie Bar
17: 1979 - Sister Denise starts Reggae Sounds on WITR FM radio Noon-2pm today; this program will broadcast weekly for the next 36+ years
16: 2015 - music like dirt for your money's worth
16: 1993 - Bosstones 10-day jaunt thru the UK
15: 1994 - Skatalites on CONAN O'BRIEN SHOW NBC STUDIOS NYC 7 min 1ST GEN soundboard
15: 1980 - Melody Maker music newspaper Madness in NYC Bob Dylan The Jam Iggy Pop
13: 2015 - 5head +1 WSMH $5 adv/$10 dos
13: 1998 - R.I.P. Judge Dread, age 52
12: 1980 - Arena's Rude Boys Come Back airs on BBC TV
12: 1964 - Millie's smash record released, soon to be loved internationally!
11: 2009 - Rochester City Newspaper cover: Aggrolites
10: 2001 - Dropkick Murphys, Lars Friedriksen & the Bastards, +2 more 8pm $13 WSMH
9: 2015 - Coolie Ranx is 50?!
9: 1989 - Unicorn Records' PHZA-30 is [Joe Scholes'] The Braces debut vinyl Prime Cut
8: 1980 - Flight Punk, Gun Reggae: Beat NME 'Birmingham between the Lions'
7: 1997 - Hey. You wanna go to the Scofflaws in Ithica on March 28th? I'm 18 now, so das coo. dceb
6: 1989 - Loafers w/ Laurel Aitken at Pirahnas, Weston-super-Mare Somerset UK
5: 2015 - full moon, New York 1:05pm EST
5: 1997 - more MOONPACK!
4: 2015 - Rochester City Newspaper cover: who saw the writing on the wall?
4: 2000 - stay tuned or make a move make a move make a move
4: 1998 - go meet Fritz in response to his letter
4: 1995 - 15:29
3: 2003 - Rochester City Newspaper cover: this 'zine rules in HELL
2: 2014 - Re: Death In Paradise theme
2: 1979 - Jam Strange Town 45 out
Mar 1998 - One Step Beyond #4 by Niklas Bergstrand (Sweden)
Mar 1992 - Alternative Press #45 Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Thee Hypnotics, Buzzcocks
Mar 1987 - Chargesheet #9 by Steve Goodman (UK) |
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February
28: 2004 - what label?
27: 2015 - R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy, age 83 – Mr. Spock was a teenage outcast
27: 2015 - Noble Vibes Temple Bar 10pm
27: 2013 - regret to report my Johnston Underground mug from P22 broke, chipped and a hairline fracture 17:02 EST
27: 2006 - Pietasters Milestones (1 of 2) by Twitch
27: 2004 - Fridays and limitations of the printed page? Rochester's D&C reveals its limited young hip nightlife paper – the insider
27: 1981 - Selecter's 2nd, Celebrate The Bullet released
26: 2015 - in celebration of Johnny Cash's birthday, locally get the UK version of Mash It Up '93 (features Mr. Cranky's Ring Of Fire)
25: 1982 - points for using Korinna font: Bad Religion How Could Hell Be Any Worse?
24: 2006 - Pietasters by Kimberly Greene
24: 2006 - Slackers, Operatives, Mechatama +2 at Club Infinity Williamsville 7pm. Artvoice blurb by Daniel B. Honigman
23: 2005 - Toasters, Westbound Train +1 Castaways Ithaca NY
23: 1989 - Loafers & Laurel Aitken, Hotknives, Skadows at Majestic Theatre in Reading
21: 1988 - Operation Ivy Sound System live on KALX radio 14 tracks CD
20: 2015 - R.I.P. Tod Wirschem, aged 44. He led the band Big Hair in the nineties and later toured Canada and France w/ Grimskunk
18: 1993 - RAM #204 (Australia) Toots Hibbert "King Reggae" cover, also Dead Kennedys, UB40
17: 2015 - Oneonta Ska Society FB page likes us!
17: 1998 - Mr. Review anthology One Way Ticket To Skaville available for USA by Moon Records
16: 1995 - Bosstones at Network (Buffalo)
15: 2015 - 20 years of Stomp Records
15: 2005 - Tuesday, 20:16:52 -0800, John Vaccaro has accepted your invitation to Gmail and has chosen
15: 1981 - Dance Craze out in UK theatres
15: 1980 - Elvis Costello Get Happy
14: 1980 - Go Feet begins with FEET1 – The Beat's Hands Off... She's Mine b/w Twist and Crawl
13: 2015 - 5head Dino BBQ, 10pm
12: 2015 - R.I.P. David Carr, aged 58
11: 2015 - a $2000 triple-stumper on Jeopardy #7003
11: 2005 - Doc Awk fondly remembers WRUR reggae shows, in newsprint
11: 1995 - Miggedys, Ansley Court HBB, 2X art by fat cat and his gang
11: 1980 - Madness/ Modettes at The Apollo, Glasgow Scotland
10: 2015 - Los Angeles reggae got sol: The Lions Soul Riot released on Stone Throw Records STH2346 today
8: 2015 - Brann Dailor won best dressed at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards
6: 2015 - Hon. Robert Nesta Marley, OM born 70 years ago today
6: 1993 - King Apparatus at Nietzsche's, Buffalo NY
5: 2005 - Ask yourself, what would Rog do? Jah Crunchy performs 'Sun is Shining' at the Marley 60th tribute show
5: 1993 - King Apparatus at Milestones, Rochester NY
4: 2015 - Too ra loo rye, aye! and this year's LISF lineup announced
3: 2015 - full moon New York 6:09 pm EST
Feb 2015 - Street Sounds #10 Dropkick Murphys: The Spirit survives
Feb 1995 - Skinhead Times #16 (farewell issue)
Feb 1994 - Liquidator #2
Feb 1988 - Zoot #7 |
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January 2015
30: 2008 - R.I.P. Sean Finnegan, drummer from Void and an original member of the Dischord family, age 43
30: 2007 - Lily Allen's debut, Alright, Still release date in USA, heavy on the Studio One samples
30: 1980 - Specials Live at the Paradise Rock Club, Boston
29: 2015 - but not our UTs
25: 2001 - Dave Wakeling interview is our best yet
25: 1980 - Specials at Hurrah/ review by Fred Schruers appears 2 months later in Rolling Stone #313
24: 2015 - Berlin City Ska Festival on stage on at the Astra, Berlin Germany
20: 2015 - the Duff Guide to STIFF
18: 1991 - Bosstones at Toronto's old Apocalypse Club, it's recorded
17: 2015 - English Beat, The Interrupters, Chris Murray at The Roxy Theatre West Hollywood CA 9pm all ages pay $30
17: 2015 - Soul Ska at 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway Boulevard Fairfax CA 9pm PST
17: 2015 - Some Ska Band live Hotshots VB Club 1046 University Avenue, 2 - 4pm EST
17: 1970 - Derrick Morgan 'Moon Hop' enters the UK pop chart for 1 week at #49
16: 2015 - Mrs. Skannotto at Flour City Station, or 5head Sticky Lips BBQ Rochester
16: 2015 - Bim Skala Bim at Johnny D's Uptown Somerville MA 21+, $15
16: 2014 - 5329 since Toasters last played Bug Jar
15: 1999 - Steve Pietaster silver platform boots
14: 1995 - Dancecrasher fest [Area 7, Skazoo, Porkers, Off The Shelf, Air Cushion Soul, Naughty Rhythms +6 more], recorded for VHS
14: 1989 - Chas Smash at 30, also Steve Lamacq writes 2 big New Musical Express pages on Zoot! and late 80s London ska awakening
14: 1965 - Chas Smash at 6, also Georgie Fame & Blue Flames Yeh Yeh
13: 2015 - Graham 'Suggs' McPherson celebrates 54
13: 1995 - Dancecrasher (the Ska event of the decade) at Central Hub Hotel, Richmond Victoria Australia 7pm, 2 night pass $25
8: 2015 - Elliott Yates final Jeopardy w/ BANKSY
6: 2015 - full moon
4: 2015 - Rude Boy George at Sellersville Theater, 24 West Temple Avenue, Sellersville PA 7:30p $20
1: 2010 - Carlos Dingo Ska is Dangerous out this year
1: 1991 - Nutty Boys (Madness spinoff) at the Mean Fiddler in Harlesden NW10, 8pm GMT in support of then-new Crunch! CD
Jan 2005 - Jimmy Page, Joe Massot and Me? HP#8 featured prominently in Record Collector #306
Jan 1998 - ultimate ska mayhem of Do The Dog #11
Jan 1997 - new 737 (issue #7 of the Bosstones-inspired fanzine)
Jan 1995 - new 737 (issue #4 of the Bosstones-inspired fanzine)
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December
31: 2014 - New Year's Eve show sold out: MM Bosstones/ Interrupters/ Wolf Tickets, 7pm #Buffalo
30: 1987 - Goldenvoice presents The Untouchables, The Question and No Doubt at The Roxy Sunset Blvd.
28: 2009 - Hometown Throwdown #12 openers are Pietasters plus a Bim Skala Bim reunion, Boston House of Blues
26: 2014 - annual Joe Strummer Tribute at Town Ballroom in Buffalo NY
26: 2014 - people get ready...
25: 2014 - Rudebwoy Santa's in town!
23: 2014 - aluminum poles for the rest of us
22: 2004 - Bucket's budget for garlic
22: 2002 - Strummer died suddenly in his home, aged 50
20: 2014 - Slackers & Jesse w/ Mephiskapheles at Bell House in Brooklyn NY 9pm, $20
20: 1988 - first London Int'l Ska Fest (2 nights) includes Bim Skala Bim; NME will write this up in January
19: 1985 - the Deltones first appearance at Gaz' Rockin Blues Gossips 69 Dean Street W1 9:30-3:30
17: 1994 - Bo Diddley + Chesterfield Kings' Christmas show at Milestones 50 East Ave, 9pm
17: 1977 - Elvis Costello's false start on SNL #54 gets him banned for the next dozen years
13: 1993 - slated release date for American Skathic compilation out (on CD only) and distributed by Cargo Rec Chicago + Moon Records
12: 2014 - Noble Vibes Temple Bar
12: 2014 - Jamaican legend Charley Organaire and Monty Montgomery (Neysmith, of Symarip fame) at Mayne Stage Chicago
12: 2014 - King Hammond vs Roddy Radiation, + Skabretta at Dublin Castle, London £10
10: 1990 - Hotknives' classic The Way Things Are on Unicorn UK; its grover.de reissue CD follows mid 1995
7: 2012 - ROC the Casbah Clash Tribute Bug Jar
6: 2014 - full moon (07:27 am EST)
6: 1969 - FABULOUS 208 popweekly w/ Jimmy Cliff Don Powell & Jim Lea of Slade on the cover
5: 2014 - Beat Brigade, Rude Boy George (record release party 11pm) Scofflaws 10pm no cover at Otto's Shrunken Head, NYC
5: 1996 - Scofflaws haunt Ithaca NY & we listen to this en route
4: 2003 - Rancid Water Street
4: 1981 - BAM #118 RASTA RISING Reggae in the Bay Area 54 page 11x14" newspaper format
3: 2014 - R.I.P. Graeme Goodall, aged 82
3: 1995 - Bosstones UR Palestra
2: 1984 - the worst industrial tragedy in history – an estimated 25,000 people killed as a result
1: 1989 - Derrick Morgan records PHZA-63 at Aosis Studio, Chalk Farm London UK
Dec 2014 - Do The Dog Skazine #75 Bosstones cover
Dec 2014 - Record Collector #434 The Jam (making of Setting Sons), Prince, oui oui rare France Reggae 45s, stuck on irie philately
Dec 2010 - Scoot Magazine recaps our local NISC rally in this issue
Dec 1994 - Skazette #14
Dec 1976 - Blast Magazine has The Who/ Zappa/ BOC/ Rastaman Invasion
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November
30: 2014 - 70,000+ likes can't be wrong! proclaims NYC SKA Toasters FB
30: 1997 - Sunday matinee w/ Pilfers, Professionals, and Enrique Slavadas Funtime Trio meet Amy Azzolina, Penny Arcade
28: 2014 - Kevin meets Winston via Howard's promo copy on SMRSLT
26: 1997 - Bren Events present Reel Big Fish at uci.edu, Irvine CA
25: 2014 - Lint turns 49, Suggs and Barso talk 1979 to The Guardian
25: 1967 - The Pyramids' Train Tour To Rainbow City enters the UK chart at #38
24: 1994 - Big Hair, Grimskunk, Lethargy on Thanksgiving night at HBB; 2C carnival poster variants are maroon/K, green/K
24: 1979 - The Bodysnatchers make their debut tonight at Windsor Castle in London
22: 2014 - 5head Abilene
22: 1996 - Bim Skala Bim SUNY Buffalo
21: 2014 - locate 1/250th of JAR008 (reasonably-obscure Miggedys' Informal Gathering cassette)
21: 1996 - Bim Skala Bim Haunt Ithaca
21: 1994 - release date Out of Nowhere Parco / Nippon Columbia number QTCY-2050 format: CD
18: 1981 - Bad Manners release the R&B Party Four EP
17: 2014 - Special AKA's In the Studio 180gm LP reissue
16: 2001 - first HP#7 sold
15: 2014 - Skanksgiving '14 w/ Pietasters, Mephiskapheles, +3 Starland Ballroom Sayerville, NJ all ages $17 adv/$20 dos
14: 2014 - Rude Boy George, Across The Aisle, The Screw Ups at Two Boots in Bridgeport CT $5 8pm
13: 1985 - Deltones + The Scheme at Sol-Y-Sombra, London W1 10pm til
11: 2000 - Bim Skala Bim Water St, in support of KRINKLE
7: 2014 - Lorde at 18
6: 2004 - yawn factory 'it's warm in there' harvey pekar reads HP8!
5: 1996 - Boston area compilation, Safe and Sound on Big Rig-Mercury; The Impression that I Get appears on it
5: 1990 - Keeping Up Appearances (BBC programme) mentions hoi polloi
2: 2014 - Ler Lalonde reads HP5! Primus & the Chocolate Factory w/ Fungi Ensemble tour stop, 8pm $40
2: 1994 - Ben went to the Abyss. Wednesday night in Downtown Rochester (shudder). There are a couple of guys spinning Ska there.
Nov 2014 - Street Sounds #9 cover: Lars Gang In Town
Nov 2008 - Big Shot #5 celebrates Liquidator Madrid labelman Toni Face's 10 jahre
Nov 1999 - Rude International #4 with Jimmy Cliff
Nov 1998 - AP#124 Chico Moreno cover, in the rag Culture Clash: The 2-Tone Ska Story by Chris Nickson
Nov 1996 - Bass Player Magazine special on Dub Reggae, Aston Barrett, Robbie Shakespeare, Bill Laswell
Nov 1995 - 737 issue #6
Nov 1994 - OZ-SKA-LIA premiere issue from Ivan Downey and Kane Docker, Elsternwick Melbourne VIC (down under)
Nov 1992 - Thumper release their debut, entitled Rabbit Wreaking Havoc
Nov 1989 - Andy Warhol's magazine, Interview celebrates 20 years (w/ Ziggy Marley cover)
Nov 1984 - Jake Benway reviews Toasters' new Beat Up 7" in the East Village Eye
Nov 1967 - Beat Instrumental #55 has Hendrix/ Kinks/ Traffic/ Ska Music/ |
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October
31: 2014 - Over 400 scary ska songs!
31: 1997 - GWAR, Mephiskapheles, Biastfear in Cleveland, Agora Theatre by Derek Hess; blue stock, black ink, offset-print
31: 1983 - the B-52's +1 at R.I.T.
30: 2014 - 3rd Annual NYC Devil's Night w/Toasters, Mephiskapheles, +3 more at Mercury Lounge 217 E Houston. 21+, $20
29: 1990 - Trojan Records UK release TRLS 283 spagetti reggae compilation The Magnificent 14, Jimmy Cliff's Unlimited
28: 1997 - John Wayne to Barbara Walters? Toasters 7th album, D.L.T.B.G.Y.D., released on Moon Ska Records as MR123
27: 2014 - The Loafers mention our 2001 review of their 1998 CD compilation of 1989 vinyl material?!
27: 2014 - It's been 5+ years since the last Rancid record, a new one out today Honor Is All We Know
27: 1996 - Allstonians final draft [word .doc] for HP3 backpages
27: 1995 - Neil Strauss puts SKA IN NYT
27: 1994 - HI-BOP SKA from Skatalites: The 30th Anniversary Recording Label: SHANACHIE Format: CD out today
27: 1984 - An orange postcard for Toasters at CBGB 1AM, new Beat Up single is $3 out now on Icebear Records
27: 1979 - LOOK MA SPECIALS ODEON ROOFTOP SOUNDS MAGAZINE UK
26: 1881 - Gunfight at the OK Corral in Tombstone, AZ. Play the Loafers song for more detail
25: 2014 - Badfish (Sublime tribute) WSMH
25: 1996 - Blue Moon/ Magnum Music UK reissue Potato 5 True Fact (Rackit mash-001, 1988) now as "Laurel Aitken - Rocksteady Party"
24: 2014 - English Beat, B-Side Basterds at Iron Works 49 Illinois Street, Buffalo NY 8PM $20
23: 2014 - RSS feed? a postcard from Charles, sent from Coventry! also Alex Desert (Hepcat, The Lions) appearance on #ScandalABC tv
23: 1992 - Skaface (Toronto ON) at Horizontal Boogie Bar Rochester 18+ $6/7
21: 2014 - Toasters' SHOCKER hot sauce rolling out in Raleigh NC tonight
21: 2014 - Cheer up Charlie, new Primus record!
20: 2004 - Dub is a Weapon + GPGDS, Club at Water St
19: 2014 - R.I.P. John Holt, aged 67
17: 1989 - Rico Rodrieguez turns 55; also the Loma Prieta Earthquake (aka California Skaquake) hits 5:04 PST, pancake freeways
15: 2005 - English Beat WSMH
14: 2014 - Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra w/ Pandemics at Irving Plaza NYC $42
14: 1981 - Madness' film out in theatres
13: 1997 - Selecter Rochester (monday night)
13: 1994 - Ska Explosion '94 at Club Quattro, Tokyo Japan, [Tower Records' Pulse] when JWJ records Summer Come Lovin'
12: 1976 - Circus #141 reggae feature with Peter Tosh, U Roy, Burning Spear
11: 1993 - CD compilation: The Best of 2 Tone (Toshiba Chrysalis Japan) released
10: 2008 - R.I.P. Alton Ellis, O.D., aged 70
7: 1997 - Mephiskapheles' 2nd album, Maximum Perversion out on Moon
6: 2014 - Millie Small turns 67 today
4: 1994 - Ichiban/ Naked Language artist: Strange Tenants' Bluebeat Party UPC 019011612720 out in USA
Oct 1998 - Seven Thirty Seven #8 "It's about time"
Oct 1994 - Eulan's final Skaville Times newspaper out of Fort Collins, Colorado "all the Ska fit to print"
Oct 1989 - Record Collector #122 features Prince, Beatles and The 2Tone Story Part 1 |
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September
30: 2014 - STEADY, the new Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad disc out on Easystar Records today
29: 2008 - deluxe issue Skinhead Moonstomp 2CD of the 1970 Trojan Records reggae classic!
28: 2014 - variant of MR065 discovered down in basement
28: 1995 - Fugazi, Blonde Redhead at Harro East Ballroom Rochester
27: 1980 - NME cover is a Specials stage invasion at Bristol
26: 1980 - Pretenders at Capitol Theatre 326 Monroe Street, Passiac NJ; English Beat is support act
25: 1990 - The Ska Parade begins on UCLA radio
24: 2014 - some ska band seeks trombone + trumpet
24: 1981 - Peter Tosh at Triangle Theater, Rochester
23: 1994 - Pulp Fiction is the new movie by Quentin Tarantino
21: 2014 - It's A Ska World After All 2014! 4th Annual Ska Day at Disneyland, Anaheim CA (@itsaskaworld)
21: 2009 - R.I.P. Brian CE Oster, aged 30; exactly ten years since his beloved Pilfers' Chawalaleng out
21: 1996 - The Chicago Scooter Madness rally was one of the satellite rallies of the InterNat Scooter Rally ‘96
20: 2014 - Viva Ska Vegas '14, Fremont Country Club 601 Fremont St Las Vegas 89101
13: 2014 - Mephiskapheles, Mrs. Skannotto, B-Side Basterds +2 at Waiting Room in Buffalo. Count Chocula® = emigre Totally Gothic
10: 1999 - ska equals bowties, geddit? Perfect Thyroid w/ Mexican Cession SUNY Geneseo
5: 2014 - R.I.P. Larry and Jane Glazer, aged 68 in sudden plane crash off the coast of Jamaica
4: 2014 - R.I.P. Hopeton Lewis, aged 66
3: 1980 - The English Beat + John Peel's musical gravitas
Sep 2004: Ska In The World #12 (Japan) has Aggrolites, Slackers, Stingers ATX
Sep 1998: Skin Up Magazin #49 (Germany) Prince Buster, Agnostic Front, Rancid, Jazz Jamaica
Sep 1997: MOJO #46 innards about Radiohead, Prince Buster
Sep 1992: VOX #24 Suggs cover MADNESS Why the Nutty Boys came back |
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August
30: 2014 - Aaron Barrett, voice of Reel Big Fish and its last remaining original member, turns 40
29: 2000 - Bim Skala Bim KRINKLE out today
27: 1997 - Pietasters WSMH live taping + interview for Tommy Brunett Universal Buzz Radio (VooDoo Glow Skulls, Snapcase, Union were not)
25: 2014 - Elvis Costello is 60, NYC cartoonist Bob Fingerman is 50
24: 1996 - Skunks monochrome No Apologies released as MR079
24: 1995 - RS#715 has Courtney Love / MM Bosstones
23: 1994 - Toasters' iconic 5th studio album DUB 56 released; snappy art by Blanquito Man + the return of Coolie Ranx on chats!
22: 2014 - Slackers' Concert Cruise w/ the Screw-Ups departs 7pm 60 Rowes Wharf, Boston MA, 21+, $25-30 USD
22: 1989 - the Devil is Back on T-44
21: 1988 - R.I.P. Ray Eames, aged 77
21: 1978 - R.I.P. Charles Eames Jr., aged 71
18: 2014 - SOUND SYSTEM ROOTS From American R'n'B To Jamaican Ska CD ESSENTIAL MUSIC DISTRIBUTION CAT NO. PSALM2383
18: 1998 - Toasters Live in London w/ Dr. Ring Ding (MR-143) at Borderline, Charing Cross Road recorded
18: 1982 - Elvis Costello & the Attractions Rochester Auditorium, John Scher presents 8pm, $11.50
17: 1998 - Toasters Live in London w/ Dr. Ring Ding (MR-143) at Borderline, Charing Cross Road recorded
17: 1989 - Laurel Aitken 30th Anniversary Concert (at Gaz's Rockin' Blues SoHo) is recorded for the only Unicorn video, PHZV-51
16: 2014 - Ska Revival TOUR: The Snails, The Last Slice, Survay Says!, Kill Lincoln, Drake City 7pm All Ages at Trocadero in Philly PA
16: 2003 - HP issue #8 now available
16: 1998 - Perfect Thyroid plays Woodstock? A DAY IN THE GARDEN Yasgur's Farm, Bethel NY
15: 2014 - supposedly Prince Buster The Ska Singles 1961–1962 out on compact disc Digipak® in UK today
15: 2014 - MISIRLOU? Let's get a taco!!!
15: 2000 - Fishbone Darien Lake
15: 1998 - Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis together at Westbury Music Fair, 960 Brush Hollow Rd Westbury NY $40
15: 1995 - CDTRL356 released on Trojan Records today
14: 2014 - King Hammond and Bim Skala Bim tour New England
14: 2013 - Beachland Ballroom Cleveland English Beat
14: 1986 - N.Y. Beat Hit & Run record release party at the Cat Club NYC. $10/ show 10:30pm, Toasters on at 1am
13: 1982 - Jimmy Cliff + Peter Tosh Reggae Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles CA
11: 2014 - R.I.P. Mork from Ork, aged 63
11: 2014 - Stanley Turpentine is 60
10: 2014 - super moon tonight, also Ian Poulter's nanny in with the rabble
10: 2000 - Dave Hillyard brings his Rocksteady 7 to Rochester NY. They'll return 3/26/03
9: 2014 - Allstonians, The Change Up, Blanket Party, Root 150, Blueprint for a Riot - The Cavern Club, Hard Rock Cafe Boston $15, 21+, 7:30
9: 2014 - Some Ska Band live noon-2pm at Reisling Festival, Canandaigua NY
9: 1996 - Hoi Polloi! meets Allstonians w/ Roger 'Pudge' Fisk and Johnny Too Bad & Strikeouts Styleen's Rhythm Palace in Syracuse NY
6: 2014 - Mighty Mighty BossTones on ABC-TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Episode #106 2 songs
6: 1962 - Jamaican Independence Day; see Lord Creator's "Independent Jamaica" for more
5: 1995 - CQ the WiX sez In Hi-Fi will be better late than never
5: 1983 - The Police Picnic w/ Peter Tosh Simple Minds The Fixx Blue Peter King Sunny Ade CNE Exhibition Stadium Toronto ONT, Canada
5: 2014 - The Interrupters debut self-titled record was released on Hellcat Records today
4: 2014 - Thommo Moughan is 36
3: 2014 - Lee 'El Thommo' Thompson - He Of Madness Ska Orchestra LIVE at Fiddler's Elbow Primrose Hill London UK Tickets from £10
2: 2014 - PRINCE BUSTER Fabulous Greatest Hits (1993 Sequel UK 24 tracks) $8 used locally in Greece NY mall
2: 2014 - Heart of Ska Festival, Kingston Jamaica
2: 2014 - Leeds Ska & Mod Festival 2014 17:45 GMT
1: 2014 - Mrs. Skannotto live at the Montage Music Hall, Rochester NY; also Madness in Bordeaux? Reggae Sun Ska Festival
1: 1999 - The Ska Flames live at Fuji Rock Festival, Naeba Ski Resort in Niigata, Japan
Aug 2004 - JazzTimes cover: Ernie Ranglin & Monte Alexander Rocksteady! (new record out on Telarc Jazz label)
Aug 2002 - Mojo #105 - Bob Marley cover, Ezz Reco, Stranglers, Who and Skatalites
Aug 1998 - Evan Dorkin's Hectic Planet Book 2
Aug 1995 - Record Collector #192 BLUE BEAT - Mike Atherton & Laurence CH tell the story of ska's most famous label in 8 pages
Aug 1994 - Tazy & Albino's quintessential guide to third wave, The Herenow of Ska appears in Mean Street
Aug 1994 - Mojo #9 The Clash
Aug 1986 - THE RISK record PHZA-2 at Mix Masters, San Diego California
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July
28: 2014 - The Best of 2Tone is a new (old Toshiba JP) compilation release on CD, 2xLP, digital download and streaming
28: 2013 - Bakesys Midday Joggers?
28: 2007 - Aggrolites Club Diablo Buffalo NY
28: 1979 - ...Are you planning a bootleg L.P.?
27: 1987 - Laurel Aitken, Desmond Dekker, The Trojans and Maroon Town c/o Gaz's Rockin' Blues at Astoria London
26: 2000 - Full Tension Beaters the new CD by Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra out on Avex Trax Japan/ Grover Germany today
26: 1969 - 'Sweetened Ska Beat could sweep the country claims Des Dekker's producer' (Graeme Goodall) NME newsprint by Alan Smith
25: 2004 - Ska Throwdown Jump Up Records' 10th Anniversary Sunday at Bottom Lounge by DJ Chuck Wren
24: 2004 - Ska Throwdown Jump Up Records' 10th Anniversary Saturday at Bottom Lounge by DJ Chuck Wren
24: 1964 - Rochester race riots begin, continue for 3 days until the National Guard arrives
23: 2004 - Ska Throwdown Jump Up Records' 10th Anniversary Friday at Bottom Lounge by DJ Chuck Wren
21: 2014 - Bigger Thomas is a triple stumper for $2000 on Jeopardy #6886
21: 1996 - Miggedys couple new songs at Wetlands; also TSPO techno single Rock Monster Strikes Back released in Japan
20: 2003 - obey via Buffalo NY
20: 1996 - we chose to go to the Moon store [150 E. 2nd St] for Porkers' Grunt, then to Toasters 7 Willow Street in Port Chester NY
20: 1969 - we choose to go to the MOON
19: 2011 - the Reverend Sam (baby yellow Miggedys CD design) talks on WHAM 13 TV news on the street because Borders Books is closing!
18: 2014 - Nelson Mandela Day? play SKAOS' 1988 'South African Struggle' for more detail; also Alex Désert (Hepcat) is 46
17: 2005 - R.I.P. Laurel Aitken, aged 78
17: 2004 - E. Mearns spies a packed Moon Ska bag next to a BOZE dumpster by the tire place on Astoria Blvd?!
17: 1993 - Midwest Fest 93 draws 1000+ rabid ska fans to Cafe Metro, Chicago IL
16: 2014 - fonts for Android?
16: 1995 - Miggedys w/ Skavoovie at Water St Music Hall - Spring Heeled Jack are no shows in Area Code 716
13: 2004 - There's a smart young woman on a light blue screen who comes into my house every night...
13: 2002 - Legends of Ska Palais Royale Ballroom Toronto ON, it's recorded
13: 1983 - 'Stepping Razor' PETER TOSH at Bogart's in Cincinnati OH, USA
12: 2002 - Legends of Ska Palais Royale Ballroom Toronto ON, it's recorded
11: 2014 - R.I.P. Tommy Ramone, aged 65
11: 2012 - Bosstones for $400 on Jeopardy #6418
11: 2002 - R.I.P. Roscoe Gordon, aged 74
11: 1999 - Laurel Aitken/Allstonians/Porkers Wetlands it's recorded - New York, NY
11: 1986 - Club Paradise opens in theatres nationwide
10: 2014 - Slackers at The Underworld Camden 174 Camden High St, Regent's Park, London NW1 0NE UK
10: 2000 - Bim Skala Bim American Playhouse (Dojo UK) found used locally cheap
8: 2012 - Le Grand Miercoles recorded Ghost Cowboys this week and Pablo Lacruz used House Industries fonts on package!
5: 2014 - 60 years since Elvis Presley recorded his first single, SUN209. Play the Steady Earnest cover for better detail
5: 1989 - A show about nothing? The Seinfeld Chronicles premieres on NBC TV
4: 1993 - Gettin' in free with a phony name? NY Citizens record 'Brooklyn's On Fire' w/ Michael Nucedar at Quad Recording (red Nosho 7")
3: 2014 - Madness/ Toasters at 6pm Arena Wien Openair in Vienna, Austria but CANCELLED
1: 2014 - 15th Annual Victoria BC Ska Fest with Shaggy, Aggrolites, Fishbone, loads more
1: 1995 - Big Hair, Can't Say (smAlbany's Heaviest SKA) + debut of The Veins at Milestones 50 East Ave
1: 1994 - Big Hair, Lethargy split 7" release party, HBB
July 2014 - Street Sounds #7 w/ Dave Wakeling & more
July 1999 - Everything Off-Beat Scenezine
July 1983 - wicked Lee Perry illustration on Reggae/African Beat summer issue
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June
29: 2004 - GIVE ME AN "H" $4,800 (Daily Double): Often misused, this Greek term means the common people, or the masses. #4577
29: 1989 - Potato 5 live at Gaz's
28: 1997 - SKATURDAY airs on MTV (Music Television) in the States, Carson Daly as host
25: 2014 - The Dave Wakeling English Beat crowdfund NEW ALBUM For Crying Out Loud click here
25: 2004 - the night of the big fire at the Kleen-Brite factory; smoke for miles and 'Ghost Town' playing on 90.5 FM
22: 2014 - Primus + Fishbone $7 at Gratwick Park open-air, North Tonawanda NY
22: 1989 - Napoleon Solo (DK) live at Gaz's
21: 2014 - some people said BossTones, Gaslight Anthem +1 play in Boston City Hall Plaza for Dicky's 50th birthday!
21: 1994 - Rancid Let's Go out on Epitaph today
21: 1992 - King Sunny Ade + Big Roots HBB Rochester 8pm $12/$15 DOS
21: 1990 - The Toasters at Scorgies, 150 Andrews St
21: 1980 - Melody Maker, 64 page weekly rag, features 3 page interview w/ J Dammers. Neatly folded, copy remains in excellent condition!
20: 2008 - Skatalites Jazzfest free East & Alexander stage
20: 2000 - Toots & the Maytals Water Street
19: 1981 - Jimmy Cliff w/ the Majestics at Auditorum Theatre Rochester; $8.50 admittance to drAwkward's first reggae show
18: 1983 - Untouchables, Felony, Jimmy & The Mustangs show at Pico Rivera Sports Arena for KROQ 7pm - 2am PST
18: 1923 - A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I? Checker Cab Co. produces first taxi at Kalamazoo MI factory
17: 1994 - J.S. Hall/ King Missile instore Mount Hope Record Archive; get Lethargy tape/ OJ Simpson white Bronco chase
17: 1984 - Yellowman at Calabash, Rochester NY
17: 1958 - nineteen men were drown when the bridge came tumblin' down
16: 2014 - Jah Crunchy can't drive 55! You might recall his SPECIALS Musicmass on WBER FM winter '93
15: 1990 - UB40 with the Smithereens at Darien Lake 7:30p
14: 2014 - Jamaican Oldies Productions presents Dennis Alcapone w/Drastics MC Zulu, Akasha at Mayne Stage, Chicago. Aaron Cohen!
14: 2014 - Mrs. Skannotto new release party at Bug Jar, Rochester NY
14: 2003 - BossTones (Pietasters/VGS/ Catch 22) High Falls Festival site
14: 1994 - Charlie Dahan & Toots Hibbert outside JFK during the Rangers game?!
13: 2014 - full moon, also Toasters boat cruise departs Gloucester MA
13: 1992 - King Apparatus w/ Dharma Bums Horizontal Boogie Bar, 18+
12: 2014 - 25 years since Toasters + Potato 5 recorded in Islington London for Unicorn Records' live elpees!
11: 1983 - Untouchables instore at 2pm Moby Disc (6553 Topanga) Canoga Park, CA
8: 1988 - PHZA-21 Skankin' Round The World: The International Ska Compilation and dot-matrix press release via Unicorn Records
8: 2014 - Pueblo Fantasma? Desorden Publico (Venezuela Ska since '85) come to Brooklyn NY USA!
8: 1984 - "There is no Dana, only ZUUL!" Ghostbusters opens in theatres
7: 2014 - The Moonstompers, Riffs at 100 Club Soho, London UK
7: 1990 - Mark Foggo's Skasters live at Gaz's
6: 2014 - National Donut Day/ what would Oscar Wilde say?
5: 2001 - Bosstones' begin 3 Night Stand at Milestones Rochester NY
4: 1994 - "I'll be in your audience the Fourth of June"
4: 1989 - Deng Xiaoping Massacre in Tianamen Square China; The Trojans dedicate this to the victims
2: 2014 - If you see Ritchie Senior 'Dr. Ring Ding' Jung today wish him a happy 44th
1: 2014 - APPLESTOMP 2 Irving Plaza NYC has been postponed, then cancelled
June 2007 - UNCUT (Macca cover) has THE SPECIALS 1980 rocking shots of the 2-Tone titans on a very British seaside tour 4 pages worth
June 1995 - Backflash! the Miggedys Skank 'til You Graduate by Ralph Tetta
June 1994 - JE261 SKA EXPLOSION 2 various live at the Astoria, London 3/23/89 54 minutes VHS
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May
31: 2014 - APPLESTOMP 2 Irving Plaza NYC
30: 2014 - banned Sin City 2 poster recalls Adam Turman/ The Toasters' One More Bullet artwork
30: 1994 - only time I ever saw G. Danzig perfom live
30: 1981 - Bad Brains + Subhumans (Vancouver) A171, L.E.S. NY NY $3 byob
30: 1964 - debut U.S. Release is titled England's Newest Hit makers: The Rolling Stones
29: 2014 - Some ska band (+ ex-Steakout Pat Coniff) at Sticky Lips II, 830 Jefferson Rd, Henrietta NY 9-11pm. What a classy poster!
29: 1986 - Bad Manners at Gaz's
28: 2014 - Frantic Frank reviews The Outlier, latest CD/LP by Mrs. Skannotto in this week's City paper
28: 1992 - Prince Buster turns 54; Square Roots in the Los Angeles Times
28: 1983 - Prince Buster turns 45; also English Beat's 2nd appearance at woz's US Festival it's recorded
27: 2014 - R.I.P. Massimo Vignelli, aged 83. It was once said of his work “If you do it right, it will last forever”
27: 2006 - Os Mutantes in the news
26: 2006 - R.I.P. Desmond Adolphus Dacres, aged 64
26: 1991 - Bim Skala Bim kicks off another national tour, this time from Hobart College in Geneva NY
25: 2014 - Towel Day
25: 1996 - R.I.P. Bradley Nowell, aged 27
24: 2014 - Mephiskapheles w/ Mill Bastards, The Newman Brothers HAUNT 702 Willow Ave Ithaca, NY 14850 doors 8PM 16+ only, $12
24: 2014 - Rude Boys Rule
23: 2014 - Rude Boy George plays Fontana's on the Lower East Side
23: 1996 - Toasters at Whiskey Los Angeles CA, it's recorded w/ multi-camera shoot for VHS tape greenshell (HBFD Tour)
22: 2014 - Jerry Dammers turns 59; he also just won an award
21: 2014 - 60,000+ likes can't be wrong! proclaims NYC SKA Toasters FB
21: 2003 - final episode of Jenny Jones Show airs
20: 1996 - CD GAZ 014 The Trojans' Cool Rulers release party at Paradise W10 London
20: 1980 - mastering label from the Sock It To 'Em, JB recording session at Wessex Studios. Half of the Specials' limited RSD2014 single too
18: 1974 - Erno Rubik's Cube
17: 2014 - Mosaic Foundation 2:30pm / the original Wailers at 106th annual Lilac Festival, 7pm Free
16: 2014 - Upstate NY Reggae guy is 46; also Thunderbody at 106th annual Lilac Festival, 7pm Free/ Cancelled due to rain
16: 2000 - Upstate NY Reggae guy is 32; also Punk O Rama Tour WSMH Dropkick Murphys, Bouncing Souls, Distillers, Dwarves 7pm
15: 2014 - Buddhahood at 106th annual Lilac Festival, 4pm Free
15: 2009 - out of my brain on the five-fifteen
14: 2014 - Full Flower Moon at 3:15 P.M. EDT
13: 2014 - Neville Staple solo Ska Crazy CD/LP released on Cleopatra Records UK, pre-release Amazon in U.S.
11: 1981 - Bullets couldn't kill Marley, but cancer did (12:30pm EST) aged 36, Miami FL
10: 2014 - R.I.P. Jadiel El Tsunami, aged 27, motorcycle crash 4pm EST
10: 2014 - Brewtown ska? Max & The Invaders in the WI paper
10: 1996 - Scofflaws haunt Ithaca; you can read a review of it in HP#2
10: 1994 - JW Gacy "the killer clown" executed
9: 2014 - Noble Vibes has a new brickfilm for Reggae Highway! They also open this year's Lilac Festival at 4PM EST
9: 1998 - Mephiskapheles in the rain R.I.T. w/ Thommo, A Hitchcock, Peter Gollan, Sean McCausland, it's recorded
9: 1997 - Bim Skala Bim Universal tour stop; Professionals/ 5 Head openers at Water St Rochester
8: 1998 - Goldmine Magazine #464 has Sleater/Kinney, Moon Ska Records' Bucket, Elvis Costello!
6: 2014 - Mearns at 37. Also Aquabats 20th Anniversary tour stop Town Ballroom Buffalo NY
6: 1937 - Oh the humanity! Fiery crash of D-LZ129 Hindenburg, above Lakehurst N.J.; see Led Zeppelin 1969 sleeve for more detail
5: 2004 - R.I.P. Clement 'Sir Coxon' Dodd, aged 72
4: 2014 - May the Fourth Be with You
4: 1983 - 7:30AM, a tired New York band walked out after their 1st gig at Lower East Side’s notorious A7 Club with $30 – and a black eye
3: 2014 - Free Comic Book Day
3: 2003 - Blackouts' final show Jillian's High Falls - guest vox by JoAnn V. on the RBF cover
3: 1995 - scheduled to open for No Doubt tonight, the last anyone ever saw DJ Rob La Rock (Hoodlum Empire/ Oakland CA), aged 26
3: 1979 - The Specials Live at the Moonlight Club, London UK recorded. [CHR TTX 5011 180gm LP 2014]
2: 2014 - Bim Skala Bim at Freedom Sounds Music Festival, Cologne Germany
2: 1945 - Alexander Minto Hughes (bka Judge Dread) born
1: 2014 - "Mayday Mayday Cuba do you read me?" Slackers return to Buffalo NY, gig's been moved to Town Ballroom
1: 1981 - The Beat begins UK tour behind their 2nd full LP, Wha'ppen?
May 2014 - Mojo #246 has Debbie Blondie, Terry Hall, Damon Albarn, more
May 2014 - Big Cheese #167 magazine (UK) has Less Than Jake, Brody Dalle, more
May 2013 - Street Sounds #3 w/ Pauline Black Made in Britain, also King Hammond
May 1997 - CMJ New Music Monthly #45 BossTones clarify "we love ska, but we are not a ska band" to Chris Nickson
May 1996 - Everybody must get Record Collector #201
May 1981 - Trouser Press #61
May 1974 - Norman Mailer, Esquire
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April
30: 2011 - Water Street Music Hall has The Pietasters w/H.R. (Bad Brains) 8pm 16+ w/ID $10 adv / $15 dos
30: 1994 - MM Bosstones, Shootyz Groove, Dracula Jones - Seymour Union Ballroom, SUNY Brockport
29: 2014 - R.I.P. Bob Hoskins, aged 71
29: 1995 - Yolk, Perfect Thyroid + Nazareth College Springfest
28: 2014 - King Hammond's new one, Cuban Missile, available on iTunes
28: 2001 - new Anthony Modano 1C devil graphic used for MM Bosstones, Kicked In The Head, Blackouts - Kuhl Gym, SUNY Geneseo
28: 1999 - First version of this site up
27: 2004 - Mustard Plug #1132 Rochester, Steel Music Hall (Ska Is Dead package tour)
27: 2000 - Spider Nick & Maddogs + Blackouts (Foot Locker) Water St. Music Hall
27: 1998 - Mustard Plug #586 Rochester, Water Street Music Hall (Ska Against Racism package tour)
26: 2005 - 40 more HP#8s copied, collated, folded, stapled/ then eventually packaged, addressed, stamped, and USPS mailed away
25: 2014 - 5Head at Abilene, 10pm
23: 2014 - Chas Benoit (Rochester NY) interviews Monty Alexander over on Joe Scholes' blog!
23: 1999 - (Friday) Roel from Skanky 'Lil Records Eindhoven NL makes contact
23: 1996 - Perfect Thyroid + Nazareth College Springfest (moved inside gym due to rain)
22: 2014 - 50th anniversary of 1964 World's Fair opening at Flushing Meadows Corona Park NYC; Hundreds of history buffs & tourists wait in line for hours!
22: 2003 - Randy Chin and The Rough Guide to Ska
21: 2007 - Fix-O-dent and forget it!
20: 2014 - what they do on that bus?
19: 2014 - JB? this year Record Store Day #RSD2014 has Specials vinyl on offer, limited edition 1000
19: 1997 - final Miggedys show is at SUNY Geneseo's annual Earth Day Fest. Oyer reports it as "the worst way to go"
19: 1980 - Specials on SNL
18: 2003 - Toasters Rochester (Easter weekend) by Fritz
18: 1988 - Toasters record "Thrill Me Up" in Brooklyn for their forthcoming (Skaloid/Celluloid Records) L.P.
17: 2014 - London Int'l Ska Festival runs 4 days, 50 acts from around the world across 15 events at famed and iconic London venues
8: 1997 - Mustard Plug #424 Rochester, Milestones with The Twistoffs (Bechle's van robbed)
8: 1995 - Bim Skala Bim, Arsenals, Skaface all at El Mocambo, Toronto ON
7: 1980 - 2Tone Ska in TIME®; Toots & the Maytals' Chatty Chatty out on Island 45
6: 2014 - Joe Gittleman, the bass fiddleman is 46
6: 1999 - HP bumperstickers made (in Reno) are still stuck 2014
4: 2014 - Doc Awk is 59! Also The Midway Cafe in Jamaica Plain, MA has Copacetics, Allstonians, New Limits, Screw-Ups for $6, 21+ 8PM
1: 2014 - Marco On The Bass celebrates 6 years of the very best in epic Ska/ Reggae web loggin'
Apr 1996 - A Clown Killed My Dad #2 is the ska 'zine devoted to the life of John Wayne Gacy/ by Andipantz Gingerich, York PA |
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March
31: 2014 - Jeopardy! 50 years
30: 2014 - Mr. Dick Storms turns 68! Perhaps in honour of this, Russ T. Needledrop is holding a record show at Zeppa Aud/ German House
30: 2014 - Batman turns 75; Detective Comics #27 on this date in 1939
28: 2014 - NY's Charles B and Duff Guy Steve X talk Rude Boy George!
28: 1980 - Duke Vin vs. Jah Shaka soundclash! Additional support from Brum's Wide Boys at The Electric Ballroom, Camden London
28: 1969 - Desmond Dekker & the Aces make their first London appearance at The Flamingo Club, according to Record Mirror
27: 1980 - Bad Manners/ Bodysnatchers/ Swinging Cats at The Electric Ballroom, Camden London
26: 2014 - Richard Saul Wurman is 79
26: 1998 - Rob Cullivan (City Newspaper) claims Bim Skala Bim is at old Milestones; I have no recollection
26: 1996 - MR067 BETTER LATE THAN NEVER. Special Potato reissue 3/19/02 +3 bonus tracks from the original recording sessions
26: 1993 - King Missile in-store, House of Guitars
25: 2014 - new City Gardens book details 80's Trenton NJ scene! Gibby Haynes earnestly explains 'fanzines' to the audience!
25: 1999 - Bim Skala Bim + 5Head at new Milestones, it's recorded
25: 1998 - HP#5 out now
25: 1980 - Last Resort bassist Arthur Kay has his first solo single out Ska Wars b/w Warska (Red Admiral Records)
23: 1996 - hear Mr. Twist over the Davis Gymnasium public address/ MR-065 dayglo acid green press release arrives later
23: 1995 - Bim Skala Bim w/ Koo Koo Boy Boogie Bar Rochester
22: 2002 - Bouncing Souls, Pietasters w/Erick Morgan, Unseen, Arsons at WSMH Rochester $12, 7pm it's recorded for television
22: 1980 - She's got a loaded gun: Sara Jane Owen, Rhoda D. & Miranda J. (Bodysnatchers) water pistols on today's Record Mirror
20: 2014 - Reel Big Fish, Suburban Legends WSMH $18, 16+ 7pm where Aaron Barrett remains the only original member!
20: 2014 - Rainford Hugh Perry, bka Scratch the Upsetter is 78
19: 2014 - Terry Hall (Specials/ FB3/ Colourfield) turns 55, meanwhile Jon Barra (Miggedys/ Good Samaritones/ Deltaforce 23) turns 37
19: 2006 - This Gun for Hire (original Moon Records/Important Dist. press) from FYE Eastview cutout room
18: 1994 - When I first noticed Ben Schlaver it was probably at Allstonians – Water St or HBB or whatever. I saw him a few times after that.
17: 2014 - (Monday) Vauxhall Holiday Park, Great Yarmouth is The No. 1 Ska, Mod, Skinhead, Scooterist, & Northern Soul weekender of 2014
17: 1995 - R.I.P. Ronnie Kray, aged 61
17: 1979 - Sister Denise starts Reggae Sounds on WITR FM radio Noon-2pm today; this broadcast will run weekly for the next 28+ years
17: 1964 - The 'Ska' hits London – but they call it Blue Beat by Maureen Cleave in The Daily Gleaner
16: 2014 - Full Worm Moon at 1:08 P.M. EST
13: 2004 - handy with a knife? Finally cut me an alphabet
13: 2003 - Thursday/ Slackers/ Milestones/ $5
13: 1998 - Judge Dread died onstage at The Penny Theatre in Canterbury Kent; Rolling Stone talks to Duff Steve about it
12: 2014 - Winter Storm Vulcan? Celebrating 25 years of Sir Tim BL's big idea
11: 1997 - Mercury 314 534 472 2 makes an impression
8: 2014 - Pilfers, Mephiskapheles, Hub City Stompers, & Rude Boy George at The Chance, Poughkeepsie NY 16+/ $15/ 7pm/ some cancel DOS
6: 2014 - Fleshtones w/ Cianciola Bros. at Abilene
6: 2001 - Kingston to Brooklyn
6: 1981 - Pete Shelley's split from Buzzcocks now official
5: 2005 - The Busters' Live in Montreaux 1995 (Weserlabel Germany) +3 more from FYE Eastview cutout room
4: 2014 - It's A Ska World After All free compilation out on Bandcamp
Mar 2014 - Mojo #244 celebrates 50 years of 'Mod gone mainstream' with a hefty Small Faces cover story
Mar 1994 - Bronco Bullfrog #5 from Mark Brown, Ibizia Spain
Mar 1980 - Relix Vol 7 #2 Richard E. Aaron took this photo of Jerry Garcia's Raggedy Ann doll which graces the cover
Mar 1953 - Science Fiction Plus, the one with the spaceman on the cover |
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February
28: 2014 - Noble Vibes at Firehouse Saloon in Rochester
28: 1998 - Cafe Metro, Chicago IL: Hepcat, Slackers, Gadjits, Deals Gone Bad, + DJ Chuck Wren
28: 1995 - Continuum Records' Ska The Third Wave compilation out (NJ label, later repressed via Shanachie/ Beloved)
27: 2006 - Everybody's so old now! All 3 my sisters & Jah Crunchy at Milestones
23: 2014 - 50,000+ likes can't be wrong! proclaims NYC SKA Toasters FB
23: 2010 - Kimberly Myers, 41, injured during tonight's Fishbone performance at WXPN World Cafe Live, Philly PA
23: 2005 - Toasters, WBT +1 Ska Brawl Tour at Castaways Ithaca NY
23: 1984 - 1st Technology/ Entertainment/ Design conference (TED talk). Also Times-Union tells about "The House That Armand Built"
23: 1983 - AQUARIAN #459 color cover English Beat and D. Wakeling interview
23: 1981 - Derek Block presents Bad Manners +1 at Hammersmith Palais, 7:30p
23: 1980 - Can't let the Russians win or the world will end/ also The Specials at Bookies Club 870 (870 W. McNichols Ave, Detroit!) $6
22: 1998 - Tramps, NYC: Hellcat Records recording artist showcase Hepcat, Slackers, Gadjits
22: 1996 - Sgt. Scagnetti (the CT SKA band, not Tom Sizemore) 114 W. Green Street, Ithaca
21: 2014 - 5Head Dinosaur BBQ Rochester 10pm
21: 1981 - Guns For Hire: Phil Sutcliffe reviews the 2nd Selecter LP Celebrate The Bullet (out 2/27) pg. 39 in this week's SOUNDS
20: 2004 - Salut Co. (BCN) Tribute to L. Aitken: D. Alcapone/ Sister Audrey/ Earl Sixteen/ Gaz Mayall/ Granadians/ Skarlatines/ Lord Kaya
18: 2014 - Greg Kot tries to figure it out
17: 2014 - R.I.P. Robert Edward Casale Jr. AKA Bob 2 (Devo), aged 61
17: 2014 - It is reported Amy Winehouse's earnings quadruple after her death in 2011
17: 2008 - Po Tragna meets the wedding D.J.?!
17: 1996 - Crawdaddy? WITR FM Lil' Davey loans WVBR FM IthaSka radio some of his prized vinyl! Prince Buster, Trojans + on playlist tonite
15: 2014 - SUSAN CADOGAN w/ The Drastics and Studio One ska/reggae legend Charlie Organaire at Mayne Stage Chicago IL
14: 2014 - 'Hunger Moon' AKA 'Snow Moon' turns full phase at 6:53 PM EST (2353 GMT) when it is exactly opposite the sun in the sky
14: 1986 - Floyd Lloyd Seivright and Potato 5 meet Laurel Aitken to record the 3 tracks released by Gaz 'Gary Vincent' Mayall on GAZCD001
12: 2014 - the woman who broke her skull and collarbone when Angelo Moore dived from a Philadelphia stage has been awarded $1.4M
12: 1998 - Scofflaws, Pilfers at Third Rail Cortland NY
11: 2014 - tumbleweed, tumbleweed, tumbleweed, the Toasters to play KRESS ULTRALOUNGE in Yuma, AZ tonight
11: 1995 - Miggedys HBB Rochester/ meanwhile Scofflaws live at New York Avenue, Huntington LINY
10: 2005 - Trojans' Wicked And Wild +2 more from FYE Eastview cutout room
10: 1996 - Dance Hall Crashers (Lockjaw tour) at Blind Pig in Ann Arbor MI
9: 2002 - Planet Smashers Milestones 170 East Ave
9: 1980 - Record Mirror Pauline Black/ Madness/ ACDC/ STYX/ Rats. New Musical Express has Specials in USA, Georgie Fame timewarp
9: 1979 - UB40 plays its first show; a birthday party
9: 1964 - Beatles to USA television; some say the second half of the 20th century starts here
9: 1928 - Frank Frazetta born in Brooklyn
8: 2014 - R.I.P. Greg Sullivan, aged 67. NRHS train enthusiast and Penny Arcade founder (and owner 1973-2K)
8: 1990 - Unicorn Records release PHZA-60 is 'FRANKENSKA'
7: 2014 - Roddy Radiation Byers announces to Coventry Telegraph news of his departure
6: 2014 - Jeopardy #6769: a British interjection, or a genre of skinhead rock for $1200
6: 2014 - Beat Brigade, The Ladrones, Rude Boy George, Sweet Lucy at the Grand Victory Brooklyn. 7pm Come out and hang with us!
6: 1996 - The Scofflaws live at New York Avenue, Huntington LINY
6: 1971 - Jerry Reed performs Amos Moses on American Bandstand
5: 2006 - Adam Turman predicts OMB album art on gigposter for Toasters WBT, GJG at Triple Rock Social Club MPLS MN, $12 All Ages 5pm
5: 1994 - Fishbone w/ guests Mighty Bosstones at Bayou City Theatre, Houston TX - official silkscreen print by Derek Hess is limited to 200
4: 2014 - Les Claypool's Duo De Twang Four Foot Shack out
4: 2004 - theFacebook founded by M. Zuckerberg with his college roommates at Harvard U.
3: 2014 - R.I.P. Bunny Rugs, aged 65
3: 1968 - Top Pops #15 Rare UK Music Paper Freakbeat Psych Mod Prince Buster Captain Beefheart (78,947 copies)
2: 2014 - R.I.P. Philip Seymour Hoffman, aged 46
2: 2014 - Superb Owl XLVIII Ska Night: Toasters, Monkey, +3 more at the legendary Berkeley CA punk club 924 GILMAN ST.
2: 2004 - out of Favor Street basement cobweb, Destined for Mispronunciation, that ill-fated 2nd Miggedys CD (MR103) sees the light of day
Feb 1998 - Hepcat cover Mean Street Vol. VIII #8 by Patrick Green. Also stuff about LTJ and AAA inside
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January 2014
31: 1984 - New Musical Express MADNESS Six Go Mad in Poland
30: 2014 - R.I.P. Arthur Rankin Jr., aged 89
30: 1998 - Scofflaws, Bim Skala Bim, Metro Stylee at Wetlands NYC
29: 2006 - OYER? recent Dom Bold sighting near Alfred NY is a good example why die-cut vinyl should never be applied to wooden surface...
28: 2006 - yes I'm a member of the [alfred.edu] Knight Club. All Ages Ticket Price Free show Doors open 9:30P Ska Brawl Package Go Jimmy Go
27: 2001 - Bim Skala Bim and special guests at Gray Cage! Bates College Lewiston, ME
27: 1996 - Yolk at Milestones 50 East Ave, and six miles walk home in the snow
27: 1990 - Laurel Aitken is a hardy perennial on page 30 of this week's New Musical Express (Ian McCann Goin' Rocksteady) Hardy har har
26: 2014 - Hey Radio DJ's, Press, Zines, Writers, etc....the big 600 pc promo mailing for Bim's new Chet's Last Call is finally going out today
25: 2014 - The Spirit Of Ska – Silver Jubilee Edition record release party at the Berlin Ska City Festival, Germany
24: 2014 - "Avenues & Alleyways" opening (DJ for the event Shepard Fairey?!) Valet is available too, 1331 West Sunset Blvd LA CA
25: 2001 - stub from City of Ithaca parking garage
24: 2001 - Vic Rice Octet & The Bluebeats at Meow Mix, it's recorded
23: 2014 - Reggae in the Grass
23: 1999 - Toasters w/Mexican Cession + Split Second at Showplace Theatre 1063 Grant St. Buffalo NY
23: 1989 - Not Half as Hard as a Doc Marten Boot by Kate Muir published in The Independent
22: 2014 - ReadJunk introduces Rude Boy George
21: 2013 - Toasters w/ Mrs. Skannotto +2, Dubland Underground Rochester
19: 2014 - National Popcorn Day!
19: 1980 - Record Mirror does The Beat, Pretenders, Clash, Kate Bush
16: 2014 - Toasters '14 World Tour kickoff (Rochester); it all starts at the Bug Jar w/ Mrs. Skannotto +2 more, $10, 18+
15: 1995 - VooDoo Glow Skulls, DHC, +2 at Palace in Hollywood CA sells out. Hand-pulled Matt Getz silkscreen is limited to 310 copies
14: 2014 - Mustard Plug KickStarter to fund the recording of a new album Can't Contain It, is released by No Idea Records today
14: 2000 - Allstonians U of R Coffeehouse, it's recorded; flyer by Liz
10: 2014 - R.I.P. Eric Lawson, 72 (COPD, San Luis Obispo). See the Toasters track "Marlboro Man" for more detail
8: 1990 - Skankin Pickle at Slim's 333 Eleventh St, SF CA - All Ages, no cover, 9pm PST
5: 2001 - NYSJE and King Django at Knitting Factory Leonard St
3: 2014 - 20 Year Anniv Celebration of Jump Up Records' American Ska-thic compilation 6 bands + DJ Chuck Wren at the Metro, Chicago IL $15
Jan 2005 - Jimmy Page, Joe Massot and Me? HP8 review appears in this month's Record Collector
Jan 2002 - MOJO #98 has a sizeable Specials article, wherein Alexis Petridis describes their SNL performance as akin to Ed Sullivan's Beatles
Jan 2000 - Do The Dog #16 has Aussie stalwarts The Porkers
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December
29: 1990 - King Apparatus live at Lee's Palace, Toronto ON Canada, it's recorded
29: 1964 - XMAS BONANZA featuring Tommy McCook and The Skatalites, at the Astor Theatre, Spanish Town JA $7 adults, $4 kids
28: 2013 - Skankin’ Round The Xmas Tree w/ Freddie Notes +5 at Köln Burgerhaus Kalk
28: 2009 - BossTones' HomeTown throwdown #12. Bim Skala Bim reunion & Pietasters support HOB Boston
27: 1997 - Skankin' Round The Xmas Tree w/ Hepcat, Intensified, Malarians, Spicy Roots at Köln Burgerhaus Kalk
26: 1997 - Skankin' Round The Xmas Tree w/ Laurel Aitken, Skarface, Dr. Calypso + more at Köln Burgerhaus Kalk
26: 1996 - Studio One/ Heartbeat's ©1991 Ska Bonanza sixties ska 2CD from Media Play #8254 Ridgemont
25: 2013 - Merry Christmas baby!
21: 2013 - 25 years since thirty-five Syracuse University students killed in the bombing of Pan Am 103
21: 2013 - 25 years since London Int'l Ska Fest crushed beercans at the Brixton Fridge - it's recorded for longplay vinyl
20: 2013 - Baked a la Ska (Christmas knees up) w/ DJs Martin the Mod and Coops, Manchester UK
20: 2009 - Reggae and African Beat magazine folds after 28 years by C.C. Smith, Minister of Information Glendale CA
17: 2013 - Mike Mills (R.E.M. bassist) is 55
17: 2000 - obituary of Moon Ska NYC posted on line
17: 1996 - BC Oster engineers the Professionals live on Lil Davey's WITR 89.7 FM Ska on my Radio 10pm
16: 2013 - 180gm Germans?
16: 1990 - R.I.P. Donat Roy 'Jackie' Mittoo, aged 42
16: 1969 - Gloria Emerson “British Youth's Latest Turn: The Skinhead.” pg. 12, The New York Times
15: 2001 - Long Island Ska Hootenanny AIDS charity featuring Toasters, Scofflaws, w/ Blackouts +10 more bands
15: 1996 - Professionals +2 Sunday Matinee Tea House Art Gallery
15: 1990 - Michelob Concert Series: Special Beat & The Toasters at The Ritz 254 W 54th St (old Studio 54) 16+ 8pm $18.50
15: 1966 - Walt Disney dies of lung cancer, aged 65
14: 2013 - 5Head holiday show at Sticky Lips II, also Marco OTB's Best of 2013
13: 2000 - R.I.P. Bob Duke (a Bug Jar founder) in car crash Ireland
12: 2003 - R.I.P. Unkl Roger McCall, (longtime WCMF FM nightshift) in a robbery
12: 1989 - Unicorn Records LP releases: Skaos record and PHZA-53 Laurel Aitken – It's Too Late: Personal Selections 1961-1984
12: 1980 - Ivan meets G.I. Joe/ at Version City? Clash holiday release Sandinista! triple as 3 pizzas in one box
11: 1964 - R.I.P. Sam Cooke, aged 33
9: 2013 - SMRSLT has Millie and her Boyfriends today
9: 1983 - illegal-teacup.za
7: 2013 - Electric Avenue at Characters NYC w/King Django, Rude Boy George, The Royal Swindle + selecter Steve on the decks
6: 2013 - Dave Wakeling's English Beat, The Pinstripes (Cincinatti) Iron Works 49 Illinois St Buffalo, NY 8PM $22.50 adv/ $25 DOS
5: 2013 - R.I.P. Nelson Mandela, aged 95; see that SKAOS tune for more detail
4: 2003 - Rancid Water St, their first time since 3/31/96
3: 2010 - Thunder Body CD release party w/ Mosiac Foundation + Sophistafunk $10, 16+ Water St Music Hall
2: 2013 - R.I.P. Junior Murvin, aged 67
Dec 2009: The WORD magazine #82 The Specials Madness Ska Chris Evans Jo Brand
Dec 1992: The Beat Vol. 11 #6 w/ Desmond Dekker and baked beans for breakfast – also our Rochester DJs get a mention inside!
Dec 1987: Jerome Wilson reviews SKABOOM! in this month's issue of OPTION
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November
29: 2013 - 10:25 PM GMT during Esperanza's set, fatalities at Clutha Pub (Glasgow) when a police helicopter crashes through the roof
27: 2013 - HP7 #062/100 listed for sale online
27: 2005 - mailorder ska buying capabilites explode
27: 1995 - purchase ticket to U of R for Dec 3rd
26: 2013 - return of Maroon Town
25: 2013 - Thanks Brandt Sean Abner Memorial, NYC
24: 2003 - Primus' Tour de Fromage Landmark Theatre Syracuse
24: 1999 - Mephiskapheles (live in Cleveland, Ohio) is recorded/ 18 tracks
10: 2013 - SMRSLT has a free Dave & Ansel Collins 45 from WMCR AM seventies Oneida NY
10: 1996 - Moon Ska NYC Skarmageddon III submissions deadline
9: 2013 - SMRSLT has the PIONEERS
8: 2013 - Northern Soul turns 40?!
6: 2013 - brand new Bim Skala Bim CD, Chet's Last Call lands in our mailbox!
5: 2007 - RHODA DAKAR CLEANING IN ANOTHER WOMAN'S KITCHEN available today from Moon Ska World UK
4: 1999 - Ronan O'Donnell (aka Dublinsax) and Gangsters live video, it's recorded PAL format
November 2012: Vive Le Rock #9 w/ Madness & The Damned |
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October
31: 2013 - Four hundred scary ska songs!
31: 2003 - Halloween Friday w/ Pietasters, (Brandon Sausner) Molotov Cocktail Inc., Trailer Park Mafia +1 at Continental - Buffalo, NY 16+
31: 1996 - Halloween fancy dress party w/ Rico + Band at Gaz's Rockin' Blues, London
31: 1995 - Radical Records' Oi/Skampilation #2: Skalloween at Coney Island High; select audio will be released on CD 10/29/96
31: 1995 - The Articles record Romanov's Bones 7" for Dave Kirchgessner's Dakishi Clout label
30: 1995 - The Articles record Romanov's Bones 7" b/w Black Eyes and Tijuana Toad at Tempermill in Ferndale MI
30: 1989 - (All ages) Ska Lo Ween Sunday at the Cat Club NYC: NY Citizens and the Panic! Doors 8pm/ show at 11pm
30: 1981 - Funboys split from Dammers' camp is made official
27: 1996 - Allstonians final draft (word .doc) for HP3
27: 1994 - HI-BOP SKA Skatalites The 30th Anniversary Recording! Label: SHANACHIE Format: CD out today
27: 1984 - orange postcards claim Toasters at CBGB 1AM. Their Beat Up 7" is $3 out now on Icebear Records
26: 1996 - Moon Stomp Tour '96 Toasters Metro Chicago DJ Chuck Wren
24: 1997 - GWAR/ Misfits/ Mephiskapheles/ +1 at Roseland Ballroom NYC 7pm $17
23: 1999 - it took 3 years but Fritz makes good on the Showplace's "All Ages Local Ska-Punk Lineup" marquee, spoken of 10/23/96
22: 2013 - Big D & The Kid's Table to Waiting Room Buffalo NY
22: 1994 - Kendall sez "Chocolate pudding will only cost you a dollar"
22: 1991 - Let's Go Bowling full-length CD and chromium cassette on Moon Records 027
22: 1938 - Chester Carlson made his first xerographic copy in a rented second story room in Queens!
20: 2013 - It's a Ska World After All™! 3rd annual Ska day at Disneyland, 1313 Harbor Boulevard Anaheim 12-11pm
20: 1989 - PHZA-44 compilation of all French Ska bands, out on Unicorn Records
20: 1979 - "Rudies in a Rut" The Specials LP reviewed in Sounds
19: 2013 - the next Electric Avenue show (Scofflaws, Across the Aisle, Rude Boy George) at Characters NYC 243 W 54th St $8/18+
18: 2013 - Green Room Rockers at Monty's Krown in Rochester tonight! We play in 30 min come on out!
18: 2013 - SKAMOUTH '13 (Oct 18-21) at 5 star VAUXHALL HOLIDAY PARK at GREAT YARMOUTH in Norfolk UK
17: 2002 - Mr. Rico turns 68, just in time for the Blackouts to drink the Kool Aid acid green benefit showprint
17: 1967 - R.I.P. Don Holleder
15: 2013 - ten years since Erica Curtis disclosed STOP 176
14: 2013 - what a wonderful way to spend a Monday; play the Scofflaws' non-album track Christopher Columbus for more detail
14: 1967 - Tizano Ansaldi later clips today's article re: Laurel Aitken in the UK paper
13: 2006 - Pietasters Milestones by twitch
13: 1997 - Selecter Rochester
11: 2012 - Ebay gets new logo
11: 1996 - Let's Go Bowling/ Cherry Poppin Daddies/ Reel Big Fish/ Greenhouse/ DJ Chuck Wren/ Metro Chicago IL
11: 1994 - Selecter w/ Skapone at Cubby Bear 1059 W. Addison Street Chicago IL
11: 1985 - On yer bike! 2pm Friday Mod rally from Scooterville (Anaheim, CA) to Fenders (LBC) for an 8-14 band gig
10: 2013 - R.I.P. Scott Carpenter aged 88. Play Mark Foggo's 1995 "Not Scott" for more detail.
9: 1998 - RBF/ Pilfers/ Spring Heeled Jack R.I.T. Clark Gymnasium
9: 1991 - Murphy's Law/ BossTones/ Downside at 701 First Ave N. Minneapolis MN doors 7, show 8pm
8: 2013 - discover firsthand that HP's 1999 review of DLTBGYD made it into their new 15th Anniversary 2LP art!
7: 2013 - Madness re-release their 1981 film Take It Or Leave It
7: 2003 - Rochester NY garbage truck scandal in supermarket tabloid Weekly World News
7: 1997 - "Welcome to the darkest corner of our mind..."
7: 1995 - Dance Hall Crashers AFTER DARK 1130 N. Nimitz Highway Honolulu HI $15.50
7: 1994 - Specials /Let's Go Bowling/ Pacers/ WNUR DJ Chuck Wren/ 18+ Cabaret Metro. Steve Hockensmith Chicago Tribune
7: 1993 - The Regulators at Gaz's
6: 2001 - Millie Small turns 54, also Toasters at new Haunt in Ithaca
6: 1994 - BossTones Pictures To Prove It on Jon Stewart Show (then MTV)
5: 2013 - Mephiskapheles w/ Inspecter 7 in Philly PA; for some reason are hawking 16 year old MR-555 postcards for $1
4: 1994 - Alicia Silverstone turns 18. As if. also BossTones' 4th full length is in shops today
2: 2013 - Who Do Voo Doo We Do: VGS, Toasters +2 at Waiting Room Buffalo NY tix $15-17 DOS/ Justin Lloyd's in the crowd too!
1: 1997 - LTJ recorded at WSMH Rochester by Universal Buzz Radio = Live From Uranus limited ed. Japanese CD incl OBI + Kanji lyric sheet!
1: 1994 - Miggedys perform at their Pittsford Mendon High talent show/ Justin Lloyd's in the crowd too!
Oct 1996 - this month's Moon Skazette details Moonstomp Tour, also talks heavily about the Miggedys
Oct 1993 - The Shack international ska compilation released by BiB for the USA (Lol Dojo released it 9/93 in UK) |
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September
30: 2013 - SoulJazz Records UK Studio One Ska Fever SJRCD271 due out today
29: 2013 - Les Claypool at 50! also Toasters Lost Horizon Erie Boulevard Syracuse NY
29: 2002 - 35mm traffic on the way to Naples Grape Festival
29: 1995 - BOSSTONES AFTER DARK 1130 N. Nimitz Highway Honolulu HI $15.50
29: 1990 - Riverdale MD Skunks' copyright first demo tape, but it's never released
29: 1980 - Toots makes an LP in one day
28: 2013 - Derrick Harriott in Chicago as part of Jump Up Records' festivites
28: 2013 - Pepper Westcott Theater Syracuse NY
28: 2012 - Erin Bardwell Collective's Bringing The Hope released (Swindon UK)
28: 2003 - crklepad's car crash in Manlius NY 1pm
28: 1995 - Skatalites at Metronome, Burlington VT – 120 min. soundboard it's recorded
28: 1988 - GAZ003 The Spirit of Adventure out in Japan
28: 1964 - Millie Small scheduled to spend three days filming a musical in Germany
27: 2008 - Negative Image Scooter Club rally in Webster Park campground, 14580 USA
26: 1985 - Laurel Aitken at Gaz's Rockin' Blues SoHo
26: 1981 - Clash w/ The Beat at Le Palace presente au Theatre Mogador, Paris, France
25: 1987 - Ace Face In The Crowd (The Jam) in Goldmine Magazine VOL. 13 NO. 20 ISSUE 187
25: 1971 - Desmond crashed in on Boss who kept him waiting - and became a star! Reggae Roundup w/ Dekker by Rob Randall in this NME
24: 2005 - cut this
24: 2000 - Bosstones & Flogging Molly at Crystal Ballroom in Portland, OR
23: 2000 - Bim Skala Bim release their Krinkle CD
23: 1995 - Bim Skala Bim Rochester
22: 1995 - FISHBONE AFTER DARK 1130 N. Nimitz Highway Honolulu HI $16.50
21: 2009 - R.I.P. Brian CE Oster, aged 30; exactly ten years since his beloved Pilfers' Chawalaleng out
21: 1993 - Moon MRO13 CD (re)release of Skaboom! is still in the works due to problems locating original artwork; thanks for your patience
18: 2013 - On this harvest moon!
17: 2013 - The Selecter / Pinstripes fall tour in Waterloo ON $32 CND
17: 1990 - Skatalites at World Financial Center, NYC – 45 min. soundboard it's recorded
16: 2013 - The Roots and E. Costello take the stage at Brooklyn Bowl for a live performance of their collaborative LP, Wise Up Ghost
16: 2000 - R.J. Reynolds Salem cigarettes presents Toots & Maytals w/ Stone Love Movement: free admission, WSMH Rochester NY
13: 2013 - R.I.P. Brandt Sean Abner, aged 43
13: 1989 - Skatalites at Propect Park, Brooklyn NY – 90 min. soundboard it's recorded
12: 2013 - R.I.P. Ray Dolby, aged 80
12: 1993 - Skatalites at Melkweg, Amsterdam NL – 30 min. soundboard it's recorded
12: 1977 - R.I.P. Steve Bantu Biko, aged 30
12: 1962 - we choose to GO TO THE MOON
9: 1991 - "We're prostitutes; we'll do anything" Mr. Bungle debut CD on Warner Bros. out today
8: 2011 - Too afraid to ask? after the show, Kevin Linear shows up at Other Side Cafe, says doorman's 10:07pm txt msg
8: 2005 - Dub Is A Weapon O'Callaghaans Rochester
8: 2000 - 3M SCOTCH® cello tape is 70 years old today, also conduct RH00
7: 2013 - Ska Brewing Durango, CO celebrates it's 18th Anniversary 3-8p, English Beat w/ 2Tone Lizard Kings $30 gets unlimited tastings
7: 1995 - Alicia Silverstone on the cover of the Rolling Stone #716 - see the Spring Heeled Jack song for more detail
6: 1997 - Montreal Ska-Kings Return: Planet Smashers live Mercury Theatre Military Rd Buffalo NY +3, 6pm $5
6: 1993 - AP reports Barney Bashers start a support group
6: 1983 - Gwen meets Gordie for the first time; Don't you talk to Billy Idol that way!
5: 1991 - Rolling Stone #612 (Fall Fashion '91) has that Converse Chuck Taylor sneaker ad w/ a young Dicky BossTone, page 43
5: 1964 - Millie Small flies to America for a tour until end of the month
4: 1999 - Skatalites at FESTIVAL NANTES, France – 45 min soundboard it's recorded
4: 1997 - BossTones perform hitsong The Impression That I Get on MTV VMA's
3: 1990 - Skatalites at RHYTHMS OF THE WORLD (20 min. video is later broadcast on 31 March '91 on BBC)
2: 1989 - Ska Train (fashion spread only) in this week's Record Mirror
1: 2004 - This Is A Modern Life: The 1980s London Mod Scene (Mod Chronicles) 1st edition paperback by Enamel Verguren
1: 1997 - Skatalites at Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle WA – 75min video/ DAT soundboard
1: 1979 - 2Tone in the NME today
Sep 2012 - MOJO #226 International Ska Wars with Ian Harrison and rhythm kings The English Beat; also Maytals and Ray Davies!
Sep 2002 - Scoot Quarterly Bad Manners' autographed LP giveaway!
Sep 1989 - Bob Guccione Jr., Jen Houlton & the Int'l State of Ska: Toasters USA plus Maroon Town UK in SPIN Magazine, Vol. 5 #6
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August
30: 1993 - Dicky & Vegas (Bosstones) interview on MTV's 120 Minutes, remember 120 Minutes?
29: 2005 - Gaz's Rockin' Blues on ACE Records compact disc format (This is an update of his 1980 compilation L.P. of same name)
27: 1983 - NME MUSIC PAPER 27 AUG 1983 THE BEAT RANKING ROGER DAVE WAKELING SKA
25: 2009 - Kepi Ghoulie/ Vic Ruggiero split The New Dark Ages Asian Man 185 out
25: 2000 - Jimmy M. Marconi and Brian CE Oster in the same room!?
23: 1997 - UPS strike? the fat man sent me (to Medford, MA)
23: 1996 - Too Hectic, Miggedys, Inspecter 7 at Haunt Ithaca. 9pm $5
21: 1979 - Veronica Blake presents SPECIALS / JOHN COOPER-CLARKE/ LK JOHNSON / SELECTOR [sic] at Hammersmith Palais, £3
20: 2013 - tonight's full moon is not just a blue moon – it's also the Full Sturgeon Moon, Full Red Moon, Green Corn Moon + Grain Moon!
19: 1985 - Stiff Records/ MCA Wild Child out today
18: 2013 - Provincetown II Cruise: Bim Skala Bim (CD release party), Superska, Dion Knibb, Ken Stewart 2pm, 21+, $25
18: 1994 - Stella's award is decided, because it's too hot!
17: 1989 - Laurel Aitken 30th Anniversary Concert (at Gaz's Rockin' Blues SoHo) is recorded for the only Unicorn video, PHZV-51
16: 2013 - Ranking Roger - Muscle Ska Cat. No. TU-001/REASON-014 Format: 7” limited 500 hand-numbered black vinyl
16: 2013 - Folkestone Ska Splash '13 is only £40 for another amazing three day weekend!
16: 2003 - Mass Hysteria, Miasmics, Amy Ryan & Operatives at Harmony House / the release of HP8
16: 1998 - C. Murray and Jeffrey R. Contray spotted at Wetlands
16: 1996 - Miggedys +4 Irving Plaza NYC, 9pm $12/$15 DOS
16: 1980 - this week's NME cover is Ranking Roger + Lionel 'Saxa' Martin
16: 1977 - The King is dead
15: 1993 - tonight's Skalapalooza in Trenton NJ is Bigger Thomas/ Dance Hall Crashers/ Mephiskapheles/ Skunks
14: 2003 - Northeast USA powergrid down 4pm: BLACKOUT!
14: 1998 - Toasters Popkomm Fest 50825 Köln, Cologne Germany
14: 1986 - N.Y. Beat Hit and Run record release party at the Cat Club NYC. $10/ show 10:30pm, Toasters go on 1am
12: 1999 - Dr. O's 1979 Vespa P200 might be for sale again, $1250 USD; ask the WXXI DJ, no bodywork needed
10: 2013 - Allstonians, Riki Rocksteady & The Arraignments TDIF 'zine release party at McGann's Pub, Boston MA
10: 2000 - Dave Hillyard brings his Rocksteady 7 to Rochester NY. They'll return 3/26/03
10: 1999 - Ken Boothe A Man and His Hits (Studio One, 1970) reissued on Heartbeat CD + extras
9: 2001 - Norman Oklahoma private function wedding
9: 1992 - first Madstock Finsbury Park London, it's recorded
8: 1992 - first Madstock Finsbury Park London, it's recorded
8: 1998 - Skatalites w/ Spider Nick & Maddogs at Knitting Factory
8: 1988 - Deltones, the girl group of ex-Bodysnatchers and Belle Stars, record their only LP in France [Boucherie Production FR]
7: 2007 - ORESKABAND-SELF TITLED-RARE ADVANCE PROMO CD-2007-J POP-Female Japanese Ska (USA release)
7: 1983 - The Police, The Fixx and Flock of Seagulls play in our neighborhood 8pm $15 (Fritz shows up years later)
6: 1990 - It's called boxer shorts: NY Citizens' Stranger Things Have Happened LP MRE020 out thru the Cartel
5: 2013 - she collects Unicorns too: What's up with Wordgirl week on PBS starts [Weekend in L.A.]
5: 2006 - HPSKA.COM ten year shirts get screened
3: 1997 - sweet diecut handbills for Specials MKII at Boston's in Tempe, AZ
August 2003 - Westbound Train takes the biscuit with Chuck, Buck and J.R. Griffin pages 34 + 36 of AP#181
August 1993 - Man on the Moon? Bucket speaks to Skinhead Times #11
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July
31: 1965 - Drinkin' beer for breakfast makes the whole day painless: Millie Small details her morning Guinness in today's Record Mirror
30: 1993 - Brett Milano "Mash I'tup again" Bim Skala Bim lead an international revival (this week's Boston Phoenix cover)! Preorder 2 new 2013 albums HERE
29: 1995 - Grounds-Keeper Willy trio headline at Java Cows coffeehouse, Canandiagua NY (after Miggedys ditch)
28: 1998 - Specials, Rancid + warped tour stop Buffalo
27: 2003 - 2.0MP digital camera is a Kodak CX4230
27: 2002 - Toasters at Migs Classic Roxx Walden Ave Buffalo / Bim at Harborfest Oswego
26: 1996 - Rancid, Dance Hall Crashers + warped tour stop Buffalo
26: 1980 - Selecter pull out of 2Tone label in order to take risks again according to this week's Sounds
25: 2013 - DJ '2Tone Ted' Morris joins club 67
24: 2004 - road trip to Ashland OH then on to Chuck W. Jump Up Records' 10th anniv weekend, Chicagoland
24: 2000 - Before they were slackers they were The Nods (Special Potatoe)
24: 1998 - $156.55 USPS money order from 14534 to 10276 (mailorder Hotknives, Ngobos, Foggos, Skunks, NYSJE, Strapped Live, ? etc.)
23: 2000 - Pilfers +3, Showplace Theatre 7pm it's videocorded
22: 2013 - MAN FROM WAREIKA 1977 VINYL REISSUE LP UNIVERSAL MUSIC DISTRIBUTION CATALOGUE NO. 5342968 OUT NOW
21: 1997 - Hepcat, Professionals + warped tour stop Buffalo
21: 1996 - Y. Watanabe, Wetlands, and the birth of RimShot! e-zine?
20: 2013 - Slackers' annual booze cruise NYC
20: 2013 - Bosstones free on the Boston Common; also Mash it Up Fest at Middle East in Cambridge!
20: 2003 - 1st real life OBEY sticker via lamppost near Continental ...later to be used on HP8backcover; Body Count's in the house!
20: 1969 - weer on a SPACE RACE baby
19: 2013 - Roddy Radiation w/ Pandemics at Electric Avenue/ Characters NYC... DJ sets by Duff Steve + Marco on the Decks
18: 2013 - Nelson Mandela Day, play SKAOS' 1988 'South African Struggle' for more detail; also Alex Désert's 45
17: 1997 - Chicago Tribune Tempo section has "SKA SKA SKA – underground sound wave crashes top of charts" by Greg Kot
17: 1993 - Midwest Ska Fest '93: more than 1,000 people turn up to see Gangster Fun, Skapone, Mustard Plug +3! in Chicago
17: 1983 - Lord Tanamo & Skatalites' Big Trombone recorded (Blue Monk Jazz Gallery reunion, go you!)
16: 1995 - Special Beat tee? our first and only non-radio interaction with Lil' Davey, sometime WITR 89.7 FM ska guy 1993-98
15: 2013 - Remember that night? It seems so clear, now he's back and I'm glad he's here [for $1000]
15: 2010 - Shiv Hurrah? Jimmy Cliff free at Party In the Parkinglot Rochester
15: 1996 - All Skanadian Club Vol. #2 release party Toronto; we get it 9/6/97 Mercury Theatre instead
15: 1994 - Toasters 10th anniversary show is Dub 56 release party w/ Murphy's Law, Mephiskapheles at Irving Plaza NYC
13: 2001 - Pilfers break up (numerous reunions to follow)
13: 1997 - CNY Ska Fest // Too Hectic last show // at Chuck's Syracuse is EST, JTBS, Professionals +2 more; sweet poster drawn by E. Mattice
13: 1992 - Gator Beverage? What would later become Less Than Jake began today
12: 1998 - Bosstones H.O.R.D.E. Fest at Riverport Ampitheater (STL MO)
11: 2013 - John Brown's Body, SKATALITES, Mosaic Foundation $2 at Party In the Parkinglot Rochester
11: 2013 - Specials House of Blues 15 Lansdowne Street Boston
10: 1998 - Toasters +tba showcase at Wetlands
9: 2013 - 14th Annual Victoria Ska Fest runs four days!
9: 2002 - A Jackknife to a Swan is Bosstones #7, out on SideOneDummy Records
8: 2002 - Bosstones perform "You Gotta Go" live on the Craig Kilbourn Show
8: 1995 - Bosstones Lollapalooza Fiddlers Green Denver CO
6: 1987 - Mostly Mods? various artists compilation Unicorn 2: Modern Times LP out
4: 1996 - Spider Nick & Maddogs' early demos, aka Independence Day Sessions
3: 1978 - Madness' fourth ever gig is at William Ellis Secondary School
1: 2013 - 50 years since Zone Improvement Plan codes specify the entire USA into numeric delivery areas
July 1996 - Headdie Ocampo (Stubborn All-Stars) gets schooled by beat master Lloyd Knibb on front cover of Django's Black & White #3
July 1982 - Bad Manners' My Girl Lollipop, Portrait 4R9-05099 & produced by Roger Lomas, in UK charts |
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June
28: 1998 - Bim Skala Bim headline Love & Affection CD release party (Wetlands)
28: 1997 - SKATURDAY airs on MTV (Music Television) in the States, Carson Daly as host
28: 1969 - Dekker to stay on in Britain: Cancels his American tour to promote his next single "IT MEK" in United Kingdom
27: 1999 - Toasters 20th Anniversary reunion show at Wetlands w/ Unity Two and more 4pm, it's recorded
24: 2002 - Adjusters' Storm Warning anthology out on GRO-CD058 today
23: 2013 - Strawberry supermoon 7:33 AM EST, also Dave Hillyard California release party in Hollywood
22: 2013 - Dave Hillyard California release party in Santa Ana, also Jimmy Kimmel Live announcer Dicky turns 49
22: 2000 - $181 Jump Up imports?!
21: 2012 - First disc by The Sabaudians out, featuring Sheldon Gregg (NYSJE) w/ members of Giuliano Palma & The Bluebeaters
21: 1999 - Stubborn Records out with Vic Rice at Version City and Roots Branch & Stem Vol. 2 today
21: 1985 - The Untouchables are MODS (at Glastonbury Campaign for ND Festival Jun 21-23 it's recorded for play on the BBC)
20: 2008 - Skatalites free East & Alexander XRIJF
20: 2002 - Blackouts garden party on Eastman House Lawn 14607; admission steep
20: 2000 - Toots & the Maytals WSMH Rochester
19: 2013 - Reggae Steady Ska on the Return of BIM!
19: 1997 - couple weeks after their Rochester gig, Heidi M. Endo sends Moon Records a rough demo tape of Mephiskapheles' 2nd CD
17: 2002 - Peeping Toms (ex-Malarians) self-titled on GRO-059 CD today
16: 2013 - SKA in the Harbor w/ Westbound Train & Toasters all aboard cruise boat in Boston MA
16: 1997 - Let's Ska at the Ski Lodge: MassConcerts press release announces New England Ska Fest 8/23 at a resort in Westford MA
16: 1986 - Unicorn Records begins!
15: 2013 - Dirty Reggae Party #22 w/ Basque dub legend FERMIN MUGURUZA (ex-Kortatu) + more in Brooklyn
15: 2007 - Toots & the Maytals XRIJF East & Alexander free show
15: 1978 - Elvis Costello and the Attractions live at WDR Studio-L in Cologne
14: 2013 - Man of Steel? SCOOTER RALLY & SKA FESTIVAL WEEKENDER
14: 2003 - MM BossTones/ Pietasters/ VooDoo Glowskulls/ Catch 22 openair High Falls Festival site? Thanks Pete Spaker!
14: 1980 - Record Mirror has Peter Gabriel, Numan, Klark Kent, Selecter, Rush
13: 2013 - Malcolm McDowell is 70
13: 1997 - Bim Skala Bim/ Adjusters/ Exceptions/ Executives & DJ Chuck Wren at Metro Chicago
12: 2013 - DuffGuide's got the New York Fever again!
12: 1984 - Madness meet The Young Ones
11: 1998 - Spider Nick & Maddogs win "best ska recording" Long Island Music Awards
10: 2004 - R.I.P. Ray Charles, aged 73
10: 1996 - MR-PR02/ MR083, Toasters Hard Band For Dead promos go out to fanzines and college radio
9: 2013 - Primus free N. Tonawanda NY
8: 1999 - The Wailers Destiny: Rare Ska Sides From Studio One (CD New) label: UMGD/ROUNDER
8: 1995 - Toasters Murphy's Law Let's Go Bowling Troubadour West Hollywood CA
8: 1979 - Specials at Nashville (London)
7: 2003 - City News previews Mass. Hysteria show at Harmony House in Webster; they'll be back August 16
7: 2000 - imagine Wyclef in '88 with this ska-soaked track
6: 2001 - Celtic music via disposable Fuji camera
5: 1997 - Mephiskapheles live in Rochester / the release of HP4
4: 1997 - NYSJE & Adjusters (Politics of Style release party) at HOB Chicago 11pm, 18+
3: 2003 - "What I like most about you is your girlfriend it's true" Planet Smashers' Mighty out on Stomp /Union 2112 today
3: 1998 - premiere issue of Rude International shipped
3: 1943 - Zoot Suit Riots begin
1: 1994 - Stomp records? Arsenals (Toronto ON) debut out on MR044 today
1: 2003 - Adjusters' Otis Redding Will Save America released on Grover.de
1: 2013 - Apple Stomp Day 2: Slackers/ SHJ/ MU330/ Mephiskapheles/ Pietasters/ Scofflaws/ WBT/ Thumper/ Bigger Thomas Irving Plaza
June 2008 - MOJO #175 Prince Buster & Paul Weller
June 2006 - paper 'zine from Connecticut? Upbeat Skazine #2 has Aggrolites, Johnny Too Bad, Coolie Ranx, LTJ and more
June 2004 - Ska In The World #11 Go Jimmy Go
June 1997 - Guitar World feature Ska Mania! w/ Bosstones/ RBF/ Toasters
June 1995 - 737 issue #5 Superman
June 1991 - Reggae Calendar International newspaper #5 by Barham Bowers
June 1990 - Reggae Calendar International newspaper #4 w/ Mighty Sparrow
June 1985 - Go Go Modzine #3 30p Ex Mods Small Faces Paul Weller Untouchables Jam
June 1979 - Nick Kimberley, Cecil Campbell & Cassius Clay in the NME
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May
31: 2013 - Apple Stomp Day 1: Suicide Machines/ Pilfers/ Murphy’s Law/ Metro Stylee/ Inspecter 7/ + more at Irving Plaza NYC
30: 2013 - Toots & The Maytals 50th Anniversary Tour at State Theater of Ithaca. 8PM $30 & up --- but possibly cancelled?
29: 2009 - the final 3 Floors of Ska = Mustard Plug, King Django, Eastern Standard Time +7 more at Knitting Factory Brooklyn
29: 1998 - Laurel Aitken, The Trojans perform popskatic at the Borderline London W1, Doors 8-11pm
28: 2013 - Prince Buster turns 75
28: 2003 - Prince Buster turns 65; welcome our second Nissan Altima, the blue 2000 GLE 4DSD
28: 1995 - Prince Buster turns 57; Insteps (Ithaca NY) 45 minute set Wetlands NYC
28: 1989 - Prince Buster turns 51; Operation Ivy Lint Rides Again (CD) recorded on Panasonic SV-250 DAT w/ 2 Shure SM58 dynamic mics
27: 2013 - Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra cover of Desmond Dekker's "Fu Man Chu" due out today
27: 2000 - Heather & Christopher's wedding down in Binghamton NY; their DJ has this Curtis Mayfield-produced 1964 EPIC SKA
27: 1996 - Fishbone Wetlands $16
26: 2006 - R.I.P. Desmond Adolphus Dacres, age 64
26: 1990 - Feel the SKA sensation w/ Hepcat & guests at Stages Night Club in Fontana CA 8pm, All ages show
25: 2000 - Bosstones (So Sad to Say) on Tonight Show Jay Leno
25: 1996 - R.I.P. Bradley Nowell, aged 28
24: 2013 - Fistful of Ska (3 day weekend) at Gas Lamp in Des Moines IA, sponsored by Jump Up Records
24: 2004 - Moon Invaders, 9 guys from Belgium self-titled out on GRO-CD079 today
24: 2000 - This is Ska Too! second Music Club oldies hits w/ notes by Jo Ann Greene, via Record Town Marketplace Mall, 7pm
24: 1995 - Grounds Keeper Willy 'Made in Rochester' competition, Penny Arcade
23: 1997 - Paul Robicheau for Boston Globe – The Bosstones win turf war at Great Woods
22: 2011 - Urban Blight regroup for benefit at Webster Hall, NYC
22: 1999 - Porkers/ Buck O Nine & Ballistic Allshorts at Metro Theatre Sydney NSW
22: 1998 - Moon Showcase at Wetlands: Scofflaws, Allstonians, Dem Brooklyn Bums, Radiation Kings, Catch 22. 8pm $12
22: 1995 - Oolooloo out
20: 2013 - Megalith HQ spared by deadly EF5 (200+ mph) tornado!
19: 2003 - King Django meets Switzerland's Scrucialists on GRO-CD 068 today
19: 1998 - 21:00 Moon Ska Brasil apresenta The Toasters (Av Marq S Vicente, 1767 - CEP 01139-003 - Barra Funda - São Paulo)
19: 1994 - Brendog reports Mephiskapheles MR-666 God Bless Satan is done and going into production next week
18: 2013 - Hepcat Aggrolites Disneyland
18: 2013 - Jump Up Records 20 Year Anniversary festivities continue with Jamaican Oldies Weekend #3 Derrick Morgan!
18: 2013 - Funky vodka? drunk William C. Lewis, 19, arrested for throwing bottle injuring Toots Hibbert at concert in Richmond VA
18: 2013 - Some Ska Band @ Hot Shots VB Club (1046 University Ave) For a Cure charity tournament
18: 1997 - Armory Show, also Sarah Rodman for Boston Sunday Herald – Bim Skala Bim takes its ska trek 'Universal'
18: 1990 - BAM #333 (Primus cover) has a large UB40 article by Nina Ellerman + Skankin' Pickle at the Paradise Lounge, SF
18: 1980 - Welcome to Skamania County, Washington
17: 2013 - Derrick Morgan feature in the Chicago Tribune
16: 2013 - SMRSLT has Upsetters/ Heptones
16: 2013 - Ras Adam Simeon (Upstate NY Reggae Guy) celebrates 45 years, also Slackers & Skannotto Bug Jar Rochester
16: 2002 - Specials' UK issue CD from Lakeshore Records, 18:24
16: 2000 - Punk-O-Rama Tour stops at Water Street MH: Bouncing Souls, Dropkick Murphys, Dwarves, Brody Dalle & Distillers
15: 1999 - Pilfers haunt Ithaca; Oyer wants to know "when did ska fashion go Looney Tunes?"
15: 1996 - Too Hectic Viva Chez Slack MR-084 CD out, 4 date East Coast tour and postcards to promote it, at Mama Kin w/ Skavoovie
14: 1989 - Warzone meets NY Citizens in 'Ska-Core' at CBGB
13: 2013 - Dave Wakeling's English Beat visit Lilac Festival Rochester, exactly 30 years + 30 days since they first played UR Palestra?
12: 1942 - Ian Dury born in Essex England
11: 2013 - 5head Skylark Lounge
10: 2010 - Mark Foggo Mad CD new
10: 2007 - JAV "Geordi logo" for Fairport NY's LeVar Burtones gets produced on shirts
10: 2002 - (Fri) Redstripe w/ Dan & Doc/ Allstonians Mercury Star Lounge (Oster makes the zoomer swap w/ owner Kevin at Starbucks)
10: 1997 - Goldenvoice presents Toasters at Himitz Hall in Honolulu HI 7pm $15.50
10: 1996 - Scofflaws haunt Ithaca; you can read a review of it in HP#2
9: 1998 - Mephiskapheles outside R.I.T. w/ Thommo, A Hitchcock, Peter Gollan, Sean McCausland. Also Neville's wedding in Las Vegas!
9: 1997 - Professionals/ 5head/ Bim Skala Bim WSMH Rochester
9: 1997 - Colorado Daily weekend section: Connecticut Ska Heads West (SHJ article by David Kirby)
8: 1998 - Goldmine #464 feature on Bucket & Moon Ska by Irwin Soonachan
7: 1995 - Sunday matinee Miggedys CD release party at Milestones
7: 1990 - No Sports 12" PHZA-64 out; we got ours via Torino Italy just last year
6: 2003 - Allstonians III is Bottom's Up! on Fork In Hand Records, also Mearns celebrates 26
6: 2001 - Lord Creator Don't Stay Out Late + Selecter Hairspray from Olean Center Mall, 4:49pm EST
6: 1989 - The Mod/Ska show: Scofflaws, NY Citizens, The Grip Weeds 6-10pm at the Pyramid, 101 Ave A $6
5: 2005 - Christine 'Spike' Nelson & Mike 'Bruce Lee' Park, Water St
5: 2004 - R.I.P. Sir Coxone Dodd, aged 72
5: 2000 - Bosstones (So Sad to Say) on Late Show David Letterman
4: 2013 - Sunspot Records presents Toronto Reggae Explosion w/ BIG YOUTH!, Dawn Penn, Dennis Alcapone & loads more
4: 2013 - Viva Ska Vegas '13!
4: 2007 - Slackers California Brew Haus Rochester
4: 1997 - Magadog Penny Arcade Rochester
3: 2013 - Ken Boothe 'Mr. Rocksteady' at Little Field (Brooklyn) backed by Crazy Baldhead
3: 2013 - R.I.P. Cedric 'Im' Brooks, aged 70 – recently seen in Rochester 6/20/08
2: 2013 - Noise complaint? Big D and the Kid's Table w/ Mrs. Skannotto WSMH
2: 2011 - Glen Dizzybeat likes our Unicorn record!
2: 1996 - Specials' USA issue CD from Fantastic Records, 16:58
2: 1992 - annual Pi Alpha Nu Toga Party always a major event at SUNY New Paltz; plenty kegs + Mighty BossTones
2: 1992 - Intensified at the Sir George Robey, London
1: 1995 - Although the iconic band has split up, Moon release MR056 is a 1988-94 compilation, the truth about the... NY Citizens
May 1981 - Neil Cooper begins his all-cassette label, ReachOut International Records in NYC
May 1964 - The Skatalites begin, some say June |
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April
29: 2008 - Slackers' Self Medication out on Indication Records
29: 1999 - Late Show w/ David Letterman #1393: Ted Danson, Sarah Duchess of York; MADNESS
28: 2013 - Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, Dave Hillyard and Rocksteady 7, The Pandemics at Stage 48 Manhattan NY
28: 2003 - Apple Records, wot? iTunes music store opens
28: 1998 - Jazz Jamaica is set to release their second CD, Double Barrel on Rkyodisc today
27: 2008 - Ska Splash 2008: Prince Buster & The Delroy Williams Junction Band, Neville Staples, Dennis Alcapone +11 more
27: 1990 - Mayking Manufacturing Ltd. UK test press of MRE020 NY Citizens Stranger Things Have Happened 12"
27: 1967 - Prince Buster at the Ram Jam Club, London
26: 2008 - Ska Splash 2008: Skatalites, English Beat, Mark Foggo, Hotknives, +10 more
26: 2005 - Less Than Jake +3 Water Street Rochester
26: 1998 - Madness, Royal Crown Revue, DHC & Hepcat at Universal Ampitheater Los Angeles. it's recorded for MCA disc Universal Madness
26: 1998 - Bosstones MTV's Reverb live at Roseland Ballroom, NYC
26: 1969 - New Musical Express feature "Dekker Dekkos London" pics Stuart Richmand words Alan Smith
25: 2008 - Ska Splash 2008: at Fantasy Island Complex, Sea Lane, Ingoldmells, Near Skegness UK. Symarip +9 more
25: 1992 - George Carlin at Paramount Theater, MSG NYC it's recorded
24: 1998 - Bosstones perform hitsong 'Impression That I Get' Top Of The Pops TV in UK
24: 1989 - Andrew Penman reports in Western Mail Papur Cenedlaethol Cymru (Wales) 'Skinheads prepare to defend their Image'
24: 1981 - RARE ENGLISH BEAT WHA'PPEN? TEST PRESSING LP RECORD SIRE RECORDS SRK 3567
23: 2013 - R.I.P. Pedigo, James Eric, “Jimmy”, 50, Clearwater, FL. Co-founder of Magadog
23: 1993 - Lil Davey (WITR FM) obtains and henceforth heartily endorses 1990 Phoenix City/ DOJO UK compilation Max The Dog Says...
21: 2013 - Fitz & the Tantrums Westcott Theater Syracuse NY
21: 1966 - sort of a big deal, Haile Selassie I Emperor of Ethiopia visits Kingston Jamaica
20: 1993 - Pork Soda out today. Also Bim Skala Bim w/ Crumbs of Insanity (Buffalo) visit Boogie Bar
20: 1990 - Hepcat/ Donkey Show/ Jump With Joey with Rolando Alphonso at the Country Club in Reseda
19: 2011 - 8:05am, a 21 year old woman hits wrong pedal and blasts her Saturn through wall of our post office 376 Lexington Ave
19: 1997 - final Miggedys show is at SUNY Geneseo's annual Earth Day Fest. Oyer reports it as "the worst way to go"
19: 1994 - Jennifer Abbots to NYT: True 'Skinheads' Are Not the Racist Thugs of Media Fame
18: 2003 - Toasters Club at Water St with Fritz, Dan, Brie, Denis & Trish!
18: 1993 - Lil Davey + entourage kicked out of Denny's, 911 Jefferson Road (for playing Monopoly)
17: 1997 - layout Hepcat Deston Berry Q&A in QuarkXpress, [later Pagemaker and .AI] for HP4
17: 1993 - Toasters grabado el sabado Caracas Venezuela and you can later buy it on iTunes
16: 1999 - 5head, Verge, Fat Tsao, Blackouts, Motives ~ Token Joe's Rochester by Swanky Chris ~ no poster, just this
15: 1996 - Skatalites w/ Too Hectic Ithaca carnival poster
14: 2011 - RootsCollider, Skanntron and more. Thursday, Dubland Underground 21+
14: 2006 - unexpected lunch w/ Doc Awkward at Paola's Burritos Place
14: 1983 - 2 TONE'S GONE TO FAD HEAVEN BUT THE ENGLISH BEAT GOES ON by John Griffin/ Montreal Gazette
13: 1995 - Nicholas Salvatore Martielli, ex Buzzo Geneseo/ current sax for The (Ithaca NY) Insteps, thinks of starting his own band
13: 1983 - English Beat, openers R.E.M. University of Rochester
13: 2013 - Electric Avenue presents Beat Brigade, Across the Aisle + the debut of Rude Boy George! at Characters NYC
12: 1987 - Fishbone Tokyo Japan as seen here
12: 1984 - Smash Hits Special AKA
12: 1980 - NME feature Madness in Paris - cool Eiffel tower illustration
10: 1993 - Bosstones Lost Horizon Syracuse
10: 1990 - Camper Van Beethoven split
10: 1982 - Jackie #953 Meet The Easter Funnies (Bad Manners color centerfold pinup)
9: 1998 - JW Patton at 19. Slackers meet Lucy Cummins inna Cortland NY train station
9: 1995 - Bosstones Chucks Syracuse
8: 2013 - R.I.P. Annette Funicello, former Mousketeer and the most Utica NY has ever done or will ever do for SKA, aged 70
8: 2013 - R.I.P. Margaret Iron Lady Thatcher, dreaded former British PM, aged 87
8: 1998 - Hepcat No Worries (Hellcat Europe) All live songs were recorded at Schnitzer Auditorium in Portland, OR
8: 1998 - Neville, lead singer of the Specials, was arrested on misdemeanor battery charges following tonight's gig in Chicago
8: 1997 - DCE Bechle's van outside 50 East Ave burglarized
8: 1993 - Bosstones Boogie Bar Rochester (first time ever, historic floor collapse 6 months later)
7: 1980 - Specials by Jay Cocks Time® Magazine
6: 1999 - BUTLERS WANJA'S CHOICE out on grover.de today
6: 1980 - PostIt® Notes introduced by 3M
5: 2004 - The Stingers Austin Texas All In a Day out on GRO-CD077 today
5: 1980 - Fab208 magazine has Buggles, Tourists, Specials, The Beat - all in swingin' colour + Wonder Woman
5: 1969 - If he could, Desmond would sing 24 hours a day - Dekker by Gordon Coxhill in the NME
4: 2013 - Doc Awk at 58/ Slackers at Soundlab 110 Pearl St –> moved to Waiting Room 334 Delaware Av, Buffalo 14202 $15, 7pm-12am
4: 1985 - Doc Awk at 30/ Untouchables perform their No. 26 UK chart hit "Free Yourself" on Top Of The Pops
4: 1964 - Doc Awk at 9/ A Blue Beat Bombshell: Millie Small by Peter Jones in the NME
3: 2013 - R.I.P. Harry Johnson, studio boss, aged 68
3: 1998 - R.I.P. Tim Yohannan, punk boss, aged 52
2: 1996 - Weed beat? Joint Ventures in Ska compilation out (DVS Media)
2: 1987 - Bim at the Channel Boston; Vito with hair – photo by JJ Gonson proves it
1: 2013 - Green Day rain date Blue Cross Arena Rochester, also marcoonthebass.blogspot.com celebrates 5 years today
1: 2012 - Don't be a fool, get this book
1: 1997 - Bad Manners live at Atlantis, Breedstraat 33 1811 HE Alkmaar Netherlands
1: 1989 - Bim Skala Bim's new sponge logo Tuba City released on Celluloid Skaloid 8003. Tracks feature Roland Alphonso!
April 2012 - MOJO #221: Paul Weller 20 years solo
April 2009 - Record Collector #361: Pet Shop Boys/ Nick Cave/ Jamaican Ska L.P.s worth £400
April 2004 - Kanji/ Kana? Ska In The World #10 out now
April 2003 - Bootleg This! first of its kind MP3 mixtape, internet ska compilation limited 2 week download via DCSKA.COM
April 1999 - Pulped #7 Universal Madness/ Scootering #158 Ed Ball interview/ Duff Steve leaves Moon Records
April 1998 - Pulped #1 is the latest in a long line of street music publications by George Marshall
April 1981 - Nutty Boys #2 Madness comic book returns |
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March
31: 2013 - London International Ska Festival 25th Anniversary Edition
30: 1964 - Daily Mirror catchline screams "Wild Ones Invade Seaside - 90 Arrests"
30: 2013 - London International Ska Festival 25th Anniversary Edition
29: 2013 - London International Ska Festival 25th Anniversary Edition
29: 1991 - Toasters w/ The Busters (from Germany - their only USA tour) at City Gardens, Trenton NJ
29: 1980 - Jackie #847 articles include The Tops From 2Tone! & Should you chase that boy you fancy?
28: 2013 - London International Ska Festival 25th Anniversary Edition
27: 1991 - Toasters w/ The Busters (Germany) at S.O.B.'s on Varick, NYC $10 adv/ $12 DOS
26: 2013 - Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated, featuring special ska zombie storyline airs on the Cartoon Network
26: 2006 - Michael Paul 'Brose' Ambrose (of Bigger Thomas/ NJ fame) in town with English Beat
26: 1996 - Ted don't forget to wind your watch! Slackers team w/ Victor Rice for Better Late Than Never, out the first time
25: 2004 - Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra at Water Street Music Hall (Thursday)
25: 1998 - HP5 complete
25: 1997 - Scofflaws Live Vol. 1 taped 12/28/96, CD available from Moon today
24: 1998 - Specials MK II Guilty 'Til Proved Innocent first original stuff since '84 on Waycool/ MCA today. Art direction by F. Shepard Fairey
24: 1996 - Coolie Ranx fired from Toasters following upstate NY weekend gigs
24: 1984 - Paul Weller cover Melody Maker
23: 2013 - Electric Avenue presents The Rudie Crew and The Royal Swindle w/ DJs Duff Steve + Marco at Characters NYC 8:30p
22: 2004 - Rude Rich & The High Notes' Soul Stomp, out on GRO-CD076 today
21: 2012 - Return of Supercharger? TSPO #17, Walkin' released on AVEX JAPAN
21: 1993 - Burning Scale? TSPO #4, Pioneers released on Epic Records/ Sony
20: 2013 - Lee Scratch Perry is 77
19: 2004 - Hepcat Out Of Nowhere + Nigel 7" cuts, band history, vintage logos, art and a write-up about every song equals killer reissue
19: 2003 - Natty Parade? TSPO #11, High Numbers tour begins in support of the LP released 3/5/03
19: 1996 - MR-065 Louis Minott meets Let's Go Bowling on Mr. Twist w/ lime green sellsheet. Many songs are nearly a decade old!
18: 2002 - various Achtung Elmo sampler out ELMCD 1014 Germany
18: 1997 - Evan Dorkin & Emerald City? new Beantown collection, Mash It Up #4 (DVS Media) out today
18: 1994 - Irish Black Russian? Allstonians 90 minutes Horizontal Boogie Bar (Rochester) it's recorded
18: 1994 - moe. opens for Toasters at Icon, Ellicot St in Buffalo
17: 1997 - CMJ #513 reviews Isaac Green & Skalars' Skoolin'
17: 1988 - Operation Ivy "Old Friendships" live on FM 88.7 KSPC [Claremont CA], it's recorded
16: 2013 - Mephiskapheles, Bluebeats, The Reggay Lords at Mercury Lounge NYC $15adv/ $20 dos 21+ 10pm
16: 1999 - Mustard Plug Pray For Mojo
15: 2013 - 5Head plays w/ The Fox Sisters at Abilene 10pm, $8-12
14: 2004 - Jamdown UK's LONDON INTL SKA FESTIVAL 3 w/ KING DJANGO/ PAMA INTL/ RIFFS/ SLAF/ REBELATION/ +4 at Underworld
14: 1987 - Live Aid for Scooterville: UTs/ The Crooks/ No Doubt/ The Key/ In Directions/ Upbeat + 4pm at Fenders Long Beach CA
11: 2013 - Specials begin North American dates at Vic Theatre, Chicago IL
11: 1998 - OUR NEW PAGE IS UP NOW!! (And coming together nicely) Direct yourself to moonska.com
11: 1994 - Steady E and Scofflaws HBB?
11: 1981 - Selecter + at Top Rank Suite in Brighton 8pm GMT
10: 2003 - WRUR FM 88.5 Ska & Roots Emporium presents its Judge Dread Special (R.I.P. 5 years gone)
9: 2013 - As scene on TV: the Action (ex-Skatos) play ska on a flatbed truck float in annual Syracuse NY St. Pat's parade
9: 2005 - Tongues of Fire? TSPO #12, Answer out on Cutting Edge/ AVEX JAPAN
8: 2000 - Rev Horton Heath w/ One Man Army & Dance Hall Crashers, WSMH 8pm
8: 1993 - MMB Ska-Core, The Devil and More E.P. debut on Mercury Polygram; start mini ten day UK tour to promote it March 16-27
7: 1995 - 02134? The Allstonians' (Tanamo-referencing) Go You! released via Studio Nun/ Moon Records 48
5: 2003 - Rochester City Newspaper: This 'zine rules in Hell
4: 2013 - PHZA-25, The Risk Bitter Sweet issued on limited quantity CD
4: 1995 - JAV hears B27 for the first time ever
4: 1989 - Deltones' Stay Where You Are (their first pic sleeve 45) release party & a cake at The Old White House in Brixton 3-11pm
2: 1996 - Allstonians Haunt
2: 2013 - Jump Up Records 20 Year Anniversary festivities continue with Jamaican Oldies Weekend #2
1: 2013 - Toasters w/ Mrs. Skannotto U.S.A. tour finale at TT the Bears 10 Brookline in Cambridge MA 9PM, $12
1: 2013 - Jump Up Records 20 Year Anniversary festivities continue with Jamaican Oldies Weekend #2
1: 2009 - snag Lily Allen's It's not Me, It's You/ Alfie E.P. from FYE Eastview
1: 1998 - Bosstones, Roseland Ballroom NYC
1: 1997 - first of 3 recording sessions which make up the DS Hillyard & Rocksteady 7 Playtime disc, at Coyote Studios BKLYN
1: 1996 - Dicky Barrett & Johnny Vegas on WBER FM radio
1: 1992 - Bosstones, Wetlands NYC
Mar 1995 - Mods con the jazz brigade? Tower Records' Pulse mag has Skatalites page 45 by Larry Birnbaum
Mar 1990 - Reggae Calendar International Vol 3 newspaper #8 w/ Nelson Mandela, Skatalites
Mar 1984 - T Fletcher (original Thrill Me Up jacket notes, 1988) presents a revamped Jerry Dammers on Jamming #18
Mar 1981 - FlexiPop 005 = Bad Manners' No Respect + Just Pretendin' clear powder blue LYNTONE9472 via UK newsagents
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February
27: 1997 - Inaugural Ball? Our A. Blanco King Chango Q&A scrawled on a Holiday Inn notepad in Ithaca
27: 1980 - Ska Muziekkrant OOR: Specials/ Selecter/ Dekker cover (Dutch origin newsprint)
26: 1983 - TOASTERS at Interlude, 21 N. Rte 303 Blauvelt, N.Y. Not 100% certain if our Toasters though
25: 2013 - Various: Island Records Presents Ska 1960-66 (40 track 2CD) out today on Spectrum UK
25: 2011 - Bluekilla Never Was A Ska Band on Yellowbird / Blue Esquire Records today
24: 2006 - Slackers, Operatives, Mechatama +2 at Club Infinity Williamsville 7pm. Artvoice blurb by Daniel B. Honigman
24: 1997 - CRILLE not just for Star Trek TNG credits anymore: MR101 Skarmageddon 3 is 45 up-and-coming bands out today
23: 2013 - Electric Avenue show w/ The Reggay Lords and The Copasetics at Characters NYC
23: 2007 - Westbound Train, Bluebeats, King Django, Bomb Town at the Knitting Factory BK, it's recorded
23: 2005 - Jägermeister presents Toasters Ska Brawl '05 Castaways Ithaca; WBT +1 open. This on moonlit drive there
23: 1998 - Forever Ska: The Skatalites Carry On by Brett Milano in Boston Phoenix weekly wire
23: 1996 - Skavoovie & the Epitones live at Tower Records Boston to unveil JIMBO STANDARD use on Fat Footin'
23: 1983 - AQUARIAN #459 cover English Beat and interview Dave Wakeling
22: 2013 - Stomp Records Ska Canada celebrates 18th Anniversary at Club Soda in Montreal w/Planet Smashers +4
22: 1996 - Sgt Scagnetti + Too Hectic haunt Ithaca
21: 2012 - Toasters, Mrs. Skannotto, Fever, Nyxon at Dubland UG. Poster sourced by Arthur Fraser
21: 2001 - via Jump Up mailorder: Floyd Lloyd & Potato 5 meet Laurel Aitken on CD from Grover Germany
21: 1997 - NYSJE w/ Insteps at the Fordham University Coffeehouse, Bronx NY
21: 1997 - Mephiskapheles, Inspecter 7, Bluebeats, Magadog, Edna's Goldfish, Metro Stylee at Wetlands
20: 1997 - Toasters live at De Melkweg, Amsterdam, NL
20: 1986 - Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames at Gaz's Rockin' Blues, Dean Street, London W1
19: 1988 - Skaos live at De Melkweg, Amsterdam, NL 45 min
19: 1983 - Saturday: Untouchables sign copies of new single The General at ACE, 7276 Melrose 12-6pm. TWIST #1 modzine out
18: 2002 - Busters 360º out
18: 1988 - Crazy 8's "Find Myself a Sunny Spot" (v/a Mashin' Up The Nation) recorded live at the Univ of Oregon
18: 1967 - see the Prince Buster 10 Commandments RCA Victor advertisment pg 6 of Cash Box
17: 2000 - Just like Buddy Holly? Blackouts + Mexican Cession + yuk shot girls at Tremors 1509 Scottsville Road, it's recorded
16: 1997 - Pietasters, Spring Heeled Jack, Isaac Green & Skalars, Step Lively (Wetlands, starts 4PM sharp!)
16: 1972 - Funky Wednesday: D. Dekker & Aces w/ Erasmus Corum at Top Rank Watford 8-12am
15: 2013 - Stomp Records Ska Canada celebrates 18th Anniversary at Opera House in Toronto w/Planet Smashers +2
15: 2000 - Big D and the Kid's Table's new CD is Good Luck
15: 1998 - Skavoovie & the Epitones/ Skoidats/ Rude Bones/ See Spot Wetlands
15: 1997 - Easy Big Fella Eat at Joey's MR105 release party RockCandy Seattle WA
15: 1996 - Mephiskapheles/ Can't Say haunt Ithaca
14: 2013 - Wall Street Journal goes retro Reggae!
14: 1998 - 2nd Annual Penn State Winter Ska Fest - HUB Ballroom, PSU
14: 1997 - New York Public Library is sponsoring an exhibit thru May. Moon Ska has loaned 'em old posters, LP's & rare memorabilia!
14: 1980 - Selecter, Holly & The Italians, Bodysnatchers at King's Hall, Derby England (Holly soon gets booed off this tour)
14: 1970 - NME: Millie releases My Love and I on Pyramid 45 / Andy Capp Popatop out on Treasure Isle
13: 2000 - Maude Flanders killed by flying t-shirt: "I'm really sorry to hear that. We just lost our drummer to a Pentecostal ska band."
13: 1998 - 2nd Annual Penn State Winter Ska Fest in HUB Ballroom, PSU
13: 1972 - Funky Sunday Club: D. Dekker & Aces w/ Erasmus Corum at Top Rank Reading 7-11pm
12: 2002 - Nothing Good To Eat? Hellcat Records bargain Give 'Em the Boot #3 out today
12: 1997 - Triple rowdy ska >>> D.J. Wade w/ Isaac Green & the Skalars/ DLO/ Gibsons haunt Ithaca during blizzard!
12: 1993 - Sue Smallwood's "Ska is Simply Living History" in The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk VA)
10: 1995 - Scofflaws haunt Ithaca, it's recorded 90 min
10: 1994 - SKABOOM! & RECRIMINATIONS MRO13 CD compilation for the nineties w/ graphic enhancement by Andrew 'Blanquito Man' Chango
9: 1999 - Bad Manners' superb Rare & Fatty 1976-97 MR131 out
9: 1996 - Toasters haunt; Coolie's vibes eulogize a bit about David Molina
9: 1978 - TOOTS & MAYTALS plus TRIPLE THREAT REVUE (the late Stevie Ray Vaughan) Armadillo World HQ, Austin TX
9: 1974 - Record Mirror reviews 28-track Double Dekker longplayer TRLD 401
8: 2000 - Busters' Welcome To Busterland
8: 1995 - On My Radio, long-running ska specialty show hosted by Lil Davey (also Ben + Matty) WITR FM 9-11pm, new timeslot
8: 1986 - Goldenvoice presents Bad Manners w/ Fishbone/ Question/ J-Walkers at Fenders in Long Beach CA
8: 1969 - NME: D. Dekker & the Aces will return to Britain March 14! Plus a new single called Israelites, issued to coincide
7: 1987 - Soul Shack DJ's at Vine & Santa Monica Blvd Hollywood $5
6: 2004 - The Lightbulbs (Fairport NY) call it quits, effective 3pm
5: 2013 - Jimmy Cliff sits in with the CBS Orchestra on the Late Show with David Letterman
5: 2004 - Bravo TV Original has Reggae: The Story of Jamaican Music airing at 8/ 7pm and repeats all weekend
5: 1999 - rent passenger van to Penn State University Ska fest weekend! + Digital stairwell
5: 1986 - Bad Manners, Camper Van Beethoven and Affirmative Action at The Oasis, Sacramento CA 7:30pm
4: 1996 - Scofflaws, Big Lick, Stick Figure Stanley upstairs matinee Middle East Boston MA, 2pm $7
4: 1967 - Record Mirror: Millie Small and Jackie Edwards left for Ghana State Fair this week
2: 1996 - Scofflaws haunt again, not long since their last appearance early Dec
2: 1980 - SPECIALS RECORD MIRROR TERRY COLOUR COVER UK
1: 2013 - How'm I doin'? R.I.P. Ed Koch, aged 88. See Style Wars or this interview for more detail
1: 2002 - find Celluloid/M.I.L. Multimedia 2 fer 1 Ska Killers used $7 at LRE 20:03; Duff Steve sez don't buy this illegal Toasters bootleg 5/10/96
Feb 1998 - Hepcat cover of Mean Street Vol. VIII #8 by Patrick Green. Also LTJ and AAA inside
Feb 1995 - AP#79 cover is LINT
Feb 1992 - Moon Records release MR-031 is California Skaquake
Feb 1976 - Black Music magazine cover feature "In The Land of Reggae"
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January 2013
31: 1995 - Set me up another one: Bim Skala Bim's sixth album, Eyes & Ears released on their own BiB Records!
31: 1991 - Derrick Morgan at Gossips, Dean St. London, 45 min it's recorded
30: 1998 - Scofflaws, Bim Skala Bim, Metro Stylee (cd release) at Wetlands NYC 7pm $12
30: 1996 - MR-061 Laurel Aitken for USA/ Exec Producer Shay Vishawadia. Sessions AKA The Story So Far (Grover Germany 1995)
30: 1980 - Specials at the Paradise Boston, 17 tracks it's recorded (and pressed into vinyl)
29: 2013 - International Blastbeat Celebration Day; also Dischord Records spent it all on the bag
29: 2013 - RBF Candy Coated Fury World Tour w/ Pilfers and Dan MU330 Potthast in Rochester NY
28: 2000 - Blackouts do double u ITR radio benefit
28: 1994 - Scofflaws (2 sets when Skavengers cancel) at Boogie Bar, Rochester 100 min.
27: 1995 - Too Hectic, Zopies Syracuse NY 10pm
26: 1980 - The Beat w/ UB40, Akrylykz at Electric Ballroom London 7:30
26: 1980 - Phil Sutcliffe traces the torturous roots of the Selecter in Sounds this week
25: 1996 - Conehead Buddha & Too Hectic haunt Ithaca
23: 1996 - Skavoovie & Epitones' Fat Footin' MR-062 out. Also Regatta 69 CD given away on WITR's Tuesday night ska show
21: 2013 - Toasters, Mrs. Skannotto, Uncommonly Smooth, No Collar at Dubland Underground 6-11pm, $10/$12
20: 1998 - Vive la Ska Revolution: Bad Manners 2xCD hits collection out on Recall in UK
20: 1996 - Toasters + SHJ at Lupo's HH in Providence RI, 7pm $7
19: 2013 - Electric Avenue presents The Scofflaws (LINY) + The Bullbuckers (Delaware) at Characters NYC 243 W 54th St
19: 2004 - MLK Day edition of Ska & Roots Emporium 88.5 WRUR FM
19: 1996 - Toasters, Skavoovie & Epitones, Nigel 6 at Mama Kin 36 Landsdowne Street Boston MA 19+
18: 1994 - Bim Skala Bim at Boogie Bar, Rochester 100 min
17: 1989 - Unicorn LP release The Busters' Ruder Than Rude. We praise it in HP#1 as well
17: 1980 - The Beat w/ Dominators at the Abbeymount Astoria, Edinburgh Scotland
16: 1996 - Ian Hodkinson's Ska Goes North #4 has seen the light of day in Montreal PQ H3Z 1J7
16: 1980 - Macca's Japanese pot bust – King Perry the Upsetter complains!
16: 1970 - Jimmy Cliff hit single Vietnam out on Trojan Records TR7722 today
15: 1994 - Kristen Lieb Ska for Billboard Magazine USA
15: 1981 - Specials w/ the Beat at Stardust nightclub in Artane, Dublin Ireland; a terrible fight broke out in the crowd!
14: 2000 - D-Train claims Allston sons'll be playing tonight at coffeehouse in UR student union?
14: 1996 - Mephiskapheles doom Burlington VT, 45 min it's recorded
14: 1989 - Bim Skala Bim, Zoot Skazine & Gaz Mayall in NME for Rude Awakening, a 2 page spread by Steve Lamacq
13: 1989 - Winter Surf Stomp with Square Roots, Trebels and Let's Go Bowling at Slims in SF CA
11: 1997 - Go Go Rays/ Lettuce Boy/ Creepers/ Too Hectic/ Miggedys at Mercury Theatre, Buffalo NY $5
9: 2006 - HP's ten year mark, also Slackers' Slack In Japan out in UK today
7: 2011 - The Steakouts at Dubland Underground, 10 songs it's recorded
7: 1989 - Potato 5 at the Pied Bull, London, 45 min it's recorded
6: 2003 - Ska Ska Skandal! #1–4 reissue in limited edition digipak from Pork Pie Records Germany
3: 2004 - Metro Chicago's MIDWEST SKAFEST '04 is 5 bands, all ages, with DJ sets spun by Chuck Wren
2: 2013 - Nadav Nirenberg (Streetlight Manifesto t-bone) takes the power back
1: 2000 - Bim, Allstonians, Jaya the Cat at Middle East Cambridge, MA
Jan 2006: Missing Words #2 (Norway)
Jan 1988: OP IVY makes vinyl debut Hectic E.P. out on Lookout! Records as LK 003
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December
31: 1993 - NYE at The Boston Garden; Bosstones open for Aerosmith
30: 1994 - Hepcat at Alligator Lounge, Santa Monica CA
30: 1994 - Ska-ma-geddon '94 megabill draws 1000+ to Manhattan Center NYC where the house sound stinks
30: 1994 - Slackers at the Ludlow Street Cafe, LES NYC 10pm w/ special guest percussion players + Jay Nugent of Agent 99
29: 1995 - Stubborn All Stars, SHJ and The Agents at Club Babyhead, Providence RI all ages
28: 2012 - 'Ey guy: Bim Skala Bim, Super Ska, Riki Rocksteady & The Arraignments at Middle East Downstairs
28: 1995 - R.I.P. David Molina, aged 26
28: 1993 - Scofflaws, RTY, the Slackers, the Pie Tasters at Sounds Of Brazil, NYC
27: 2012 - R.I.P. Lloyd Charmers Tyrell, aged 74
27: 1995 - Moon Ska holiday party at New Music Cafe NYC w/ NYSJE, Scofflaws, Pietasters
26: 1969 - Desmond Dekker, J. Cliff, J. Edwards, Count Prince Miller at the Christmas Carnival at Tottenham Royal
25: 2012 - Happy Christmas
25: 1982 - Untouchables live at Roxy Theatre 9009 Sunset Blvd 9PM $6.50
22: 2012 - Slackers at Bell House Brooklyn
22: 2012 - Pressure Cooker newest CD release party Middle East Upstairs
22: 1995 - Elevator Music's Skanarchy 2 compilation launch party = Skavoovie, Thumper and Nigel 6 (Lo Fi Big Band didn't show)
22: 1994 - Pietasters 2 sets Chameleon Club, Lancaster PA
22: 1989 - Untouchables live at Roxy Theatre 9009 Sunset Blvd, 90 min it's recorded
21: 2012 - End of the world as we know it w/ Some Ska Band +2 at Tala Vera Rochester, $5
21: 2010 - NYSJE take five in Moscow
21: 1988 - Staccato Records Presents Christmas in Skaville at the Brixton Fridge (recorded for BBLP1 and Youtube)
18: 2007 - Chocolate pudding? a long-awaited MMB b-sides Medium Rare out now
17: 2000 - Moon throws in the towel Stateside
17: 1995 - Bim Skala Bim, East L.A. Syracuse 18+
16: 1994 - Hoodlum Empire, VGS, Mudsharks, Radio Noise at the Berkeley Square
16: 1990 - R.I.P. Jackie Mittoo
17: 1996 - Professionals guest performance on Lil Davey's WITR 89.7 FM Ska on my Radio 10pm
15: 1996 - screw Christmas this year: Professionals, Bob Barker and the Womanizers, Latchkey Kids at THAG Sunday matinee
15: 1994 - Let's Go Bowling return to Fox Theatre in Boulder, CO for 90 min. it's recorded
15: 1988 - Copenhagen Denmark's Napoleon Solo debut How To Steal The World out on Unicorn, produced by B. Bloodvessel
12: 1992 - Calling All Rude Boys and Girls Marcus E. Haupt (later VP Lehman Bros.) begins the alt.music.ska newsgroup, 8pm EST
10: 1995 - Bim, Mephiskapheles, Slackers at Wetlands $6
9: 2003 - Laurel Aitken suffers a heart attack at 79; he will recover for 18 months
9: 1979 - Selecter, The Beat UB40 Lyceum London
8: 2012 - Heavy Manners at Avalon 15 Landsowne St, Boston MA
8: 1995 - Scofflaws & Too Hectic haunt Ithaca
8: 1994 - GOODBYE, PORK-PIE HAT Arsenals hop one step beyond Two-Tone by Chris O'Connor (Indie Eye Weekly, Toronto)
7: 2012 - ROC the Casbah Clash Tribute Bug Jar
5: 2012 - R.I.P. Dave Brubeck, aged 1 day short of 92
5: 1996 - Scofflaws & Too Hectic haunt Ithaca
4: 2012 - after years of snubbing Rush, Cleveland skanks?
4: 2003 - Rancid, Water St Music Hall
4: 1982 - Ska Dance Party w/ The UTs, Jetz, Question, Modbeats, Underground, I-Spy at Concert Factory Cosa Mesa CA
3: 1995 - Broken yo-yo? Bosstones, U of R Alexander Palestra it's recorded
3: 1982 - Ska Dance Party w/ The UTs, Jetz, Question, Modbeats, Underground, I-Spy at Concert Factory Cosa Mesa CA
2: 1992 - Drugs and kittens/ I'll drink to that/ Howwhywuz, howwhyam (Ska-core, Devil & More E.P. encore) recorded live in Boston
1: 2012 - Intensified's annual xmas gig at Brass Monkey, Hastings UK
1: 1990 - Joy to the World: Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra debut on Epic Records
Dec 1980 - Dzuboks #104 (Yugoslavian musikmag from Belgrade) jukebox SKA SPECIJAL + Iron Maiden w/o Bruce
Dec 1979 - Flexipop #1 out |
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November
30: 1987 - Fishbone release It's a Wonderful Life 12" E.P. for the holiday season
28: 1982 - English Beat live in Montego Bay Jamaica
26: 2007 - Slackers' Boss Harmony Sessions out
26: 1995 - Isaac Green & the Skalars record their Strikeout Summer 7" at Profound Sound in STL MO
26: 1994 - Steady E release party Take It, Take It, Take It! T.T. the Bears Cambridge MA; Gangster Fun + Beat Soup open
25: 2012 - Lint turns 47
25: 1995 - Lint at 30? Toasters, Mephiskapheles, Spring-Heeled Jack at Tuxedo Junction Danbury CT all ages
24: 1993 - SKAVOOVEE '93 package [Special Beat, Skatalites, Selecter, Toasters] wraps up at Manhattan Center NYC
24: 1989 - LGB, Potato 5, Sharkskin, Dance Hall Crashers +2 more at the Country Club in Reseda CA 6pm $14/16.50
23: 1996 - Moon Ska Showcase w/ Toasters, SHJ, Spider Nick Maddogs, Step Lively at 7 Willow Port Chester NY, $10/12
23: 1993 - SKAVOOVEE '93 package [Special Beat, Skatalites, Selecter, Toasters] at Icon 391 Ellicot St. Buffalo
22: 1996 - "Let the record show that this is the most diverse answer we've ever had"
22: 1962 - JFK in Dallas
21: 2012 - Thunder Body release party, 3rd CD Radio Active
21: 1996 - Pietasters entertain Eisner & Lubin Auditorium at 566 LaGuardia Place NYC
21: 1994 - Hepcat Out Of Nowhere (Japan Edition w/ OBI strip) on Parco / Nippon Columbia label QTCY-2050 out!
21: 1981 - VILLAINS PROMOTE SKA MUSIC in Winnipeg Free Press
20: 1996 - Hepcat/ Sensefield. Allison Mehr "Everything you wanted to know about SKA but were afraid to ask" Artvoice V7N26
19: 2010 - where's your 5head? A reunion, recorded for Kickstarter-funded DVD
18: 2012 - Aggrolites Badalona Spain!
18: 1996 - tIM Caron (RBDTC 'zine) postmark on missent pinup modgirl for use on HP#3 collector cover 2
18: 1989 - Milk & Cheese invite you to see The Steadys, Toasters, Let's Go Bowling, Potato 5 at CBGB, Bowery L.E.S. N.Y.C. 16+!!!
17: 2012 - Jump Up Records presents Jamaican Oldies Weekend w/ Stranger Cole + 1328 Morse Ave, Chicago
17: 1995 - Mearns vs. Martin Rich, Bart Mitchell Quad, Canisius College
17: 1979 - Garry Bushell devotes 2 pages to Skinhead in this week's Sounds
16: 2012 - Jump Up Records presents Jamaican Oldies Weekend w/ Pat Kelly + 1328 Morse Ave, Chicago
16: 2006 - Huckleberry 585 promotion: One Night Band, The Expos (feat Yvonne Moir), ROCsteady Allstars at Milestones
16: 2001 - Heineken? trade Bucket a finished HP7 for MR023 This Gun for Hire, Club at Water St
16: 1999 - Skandinavian Dance Craze out on Burning Heart Sweden
16: 1993 - The 2 Tone Collection: A Checkered Past 2xCD out on EMI Chrysalis
15: 2012 - Mustard Plug w/ special guests; B-Side Basterds, Mrs. Skannotto, Run The Coast in Buffalo 6PM
15: 2002 - Joe Strummer's last gig, it's recorded
15: 2001 - 585 becomes official; it's the first new area code in upstate NY since 1954
14: 1993 - MR-045 Toasters Skavoovee Tour Live in L.A. recorded at the Palace in Hollywood (no Hawaii date)
14: 1989 - Duff Guy Steve, (at age 23) receives the above Unicorn catalog postmarked Northern Ireland
13: 1993 - MR-045 Toasters Skavoovee Tour Live in L.A. recorded at the Palace in Hollywood
13: 1987 - Ska Explosion '87 Toasters, Donkey Show and Underground at Kix in Long Beach CA
13: 1980 - Rolling Stone #330 has Bowie, BeeGees and The Beat!
12: 1994 - Steady Earnest/ Skavoovie and the Epitones' Mash it Up Vol 3 release party at Local 186 Boston MA
11: 2000 - Saturday. Bim Skala Bim, Blackouts at WSMH
11: 1999 - Thursday. Bim Skala Bim, 5head at Milestones
10: 2012 - Pietasters [reschedule] +4 at Dubland Underground, $10, 7pm Martyr Productions presents
10: 2001 - Just over a year in the making, HP#7 completed
10: 1995 - LGB/ Allstonians/ SHJ/ Edna's Goldfish at Wetlands NYC
10: 1994 - Miggedys/ Ansley Court at Boogie Bar, it's recorded
10: 1969 - Desmond Dekker & The Aces at Silver Blades Ice Rink SW16 LDN
9: 1996 - Rochester NY ska Professionals' first gig/ also Maxwell Smart Honolulu Hawaii
8: 1998 - Version City presents Skinnerbox NYC Demonstration release party w/ Radiatoion Kings, Metro Stylee! Coney Island High 6pm $7
8: 1996 - LGB at Sugarhill Skatepark; 'The boys are back in town' article by Ken Robison in the Fresno Bee weekend section
7: 1980 - Offs Live at The Mabuay Gardens it's recorded (18 tracks on CD in 2000)
5: 1994 - fresh from the Abyss, Ben from bean town guest DJs on WITR 89.7 FM ska show
3: 2012 - annual Symarip in London show w/ Trojans at 100 Club Oxford St
2: 2012 - Toasters World Tour concludes at Knitting Factory Brooklyn
2: 1994 - DJ's Jah Crunchy and Doc Awkward spin debut SKA at the Abyss, 240 South Avenue
1: 2012 - Matisyahu University Of Rochester
1: 2002 - It's sleeting out: Mustard Plug, Blackouts, Isotopes live Club at Water St
November 2000: Rude International #5 has Gadjits, DHC +more
November 1998: AP feature Too Much Too Soon: 2 Tone Ska Story by Chris Nickson
November 1995: Last Minute Gift Giving? This Skazette sez Moon Ska now takes credit card orders!
November 1994: AP has Mephiskapheles / Sassy Magazine has blurb about 60's Ska
November 1993: AP reviews Hepcat's Out Of Nowhere (Moon)
November 1993: Thrasher Mighty Mighty Bosstones
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October
31: 2012 - Do the Creep!
30: 1992 - Mustard Plug unleashes its Skapocalypse Now tape. Reissued by the band on CD in '98
29: 2012 - Oui Oui Si Si Ja Ja Da Da is the 10th Madness studio album, also V/A Trojan Presents Mod Ska 2xCD today
29: 1997 - Pietasters, Bouncing Souls, Smooths 9pm at Coffman's Great Hall umn.edu
29: 1992 - Trojans at Gaz's Rockin Blues NW1
28: 2012 - fifteen years since the release of their D.L.T.B.G.Y.D. album, Toasters are in Buffalo w/ Tad Dziekonski
28: 2008 - Randy's 50th Anniversary!
28: 2004 - Kingpins announce their next album will be released under the name Lo & the Magnetics
28: 1997 - Dynamite Ska Vol. 1 [old school sixties cheapo from BCI-Eclipse Distribution] out
27: 2005 - Mod Reggae Vol. #2 Box Set (Trojan) from Tower Records Newbury St, Boston
27: 1985 - Toasters Beat Up 7" promo postcard; CBGB 1am
24: 1995 - Bim Skala Bim American Playhouse from Lol Dojo in UK
24: 1980 - Bill Graham presents English Beat at the Warfield Theatre SF CA
23: 1996 - Mephiskapheles Buffalo
22: 2012 - PHOEDIGI35 = Toasters' 1st Pool Shark out on Phoenix City/ Cherry Red United Kingdom + 8 bonus tracks
22: 2004 - TSPO 15th Anniversary live since debut in National Yoyogi Stadium No.1 Gymnasium DVD recorded
22: 1994 - Penn State Skank! JC Superska, Slackers, Agent 99, Mephiskapheles, SHJ, Hub Ballroom $4
22: 1991 - Several songs are 4 years old on Music To Bowl By UPC 743748002720 but it prompts us to write POB 1412 NYC
22: 1982 - Untouchables, Exceptions + Strawberry Blue at Concert Factory in Costa Mesa CA
22: 1965 - Don't roll those bloodshot eyes at me - new Millie 45 out
21: 2012 - Asbestos Records presents Skalapalooza 2012 at Gramercy Theatre
21: 1997 - Moon SKA NYC out with helvetica black Real Ska Reel VHS magnetic tape!
21: 1985 - Dead Milkmen: "don't forget your Motley Crue t-shirt/ all proceeds go to get their lead singer out of jail"
20: 2004 - Dub is a Weapon + GPGDS, Club at Water St
20: 1998 - Loafers' Contagious (their 1989 Staccato LP) issued on CD by House of Ska / Slackers' Question out
20: 1994 - Bosstones, Total Chaos at the Fillmore in SF
20: 1994 - Specials, live at The Palace Hollywood [Home Records Italy presents 19 track CD]
19: 1994 - MR023C (Toasters' TGFH tape) reference cassette from Discmakers to Moon
18: 1997 - Billboard®: Ska Fever Surges Into A New Era/ Genre's Latest Revival Brings Music Stateside/ Current Craze Opens Doors
17: 2012 - Rico is 78 today
16: 2011 - English Beat, HOB Mandalay Bay Las Vegas NV; poster by Frank Kozik
15: 2010 - Mrs. Skannotto #5: The Long Dark Road CD release party Club at Water St.
15: 2005 - English Beat, WSMH Rochester 10/15 saturday night (but we went to the Mirage instead)
14: 2012 - R.I.P. Tommi Infamous, aged 29
14: 1992 - Mother Down, Skaboola Ra (pre-Miggedys) Penny Arcade
14: 1991 - It's a whole new decade innit?: Selecter On My Radio '91 [remix single] out today
14: 1980 - Specials + guests, live at Rotters in Liverpool £3
13: 2012 - UTs at Don the Beachcomber in Huntington Beach CA 7pm
13: 2012 - Destroy Babylon w/ The Frightnrs at Electric Avenue, 243 W. 54th Characters NYC $5
12: 2002 - Find a half dozen shrinkwrapped Cool Beginnings 81-83 discs at a shady DVD bootlegger's table in 14607
11: 2012 - Festival Ska de Montréal / Montreal Ska Festival IV weekend!
11: 1997 - Scofflaws live on tape
10: 1980 - English Beat at Tiffany's in Glasgow Scotland
9: 1993 - Steady E, Gangster Fun Boogie Bar / Mearns pukes
8: 1994 - Chucklehead + Miggedys Boogie Bar / Mearns poster
6: 2012 - Gaz and Nina Los Angeles!
6: 2012 - Millie is 66 today
6: 1990 - London Ska Weekend Alldayer 3pm-3am = Laurel Aitken, Riffs, Bugsy Malone + at the Robey London. DJ is Watford Jon
5: 2012 - Mrs. Skanotto/ Less Than Jake tour begins at Summit Music Hall, Denver CO
5: 2002 - the finished HP7 gets delivered to Dave Wakeling, Montage Grill Rochester
5: 1985 - OU818: the sizzling return of Fishbone w/ J Walkers and The Question to the Key Club Hollywood
4: 1994 - Stewiest band around? Question the Answers streetdate
4: 1969 - Because of recent disturbances in Ireland, Dekker has been insured for £250,000 during his current tour there this weekend
3: 2012 - John Barry paid Vic Flick $15 on NPR /see the Kingpins' track for more detail
3: 2008 - Caribbean Moonstomp Fest: Jump Up Records 15th Anniversary Weekend at the Bottom Lounge, Chicago
3: 1990 - Soirée Ska with Toasters, Dr. No, + support, live Paris France
3: 1980 - English Beat 888 Yonge Street Toronto
2: 1998 - Toasters haunt Ithaca
1: 2012 - Ed Ward talks Brum English Beat NPR
1: 2003 - Selecter Live in London DVD released (in Sweden) |
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September
29: 2012 - Untouchables +8 at Whisky Au Go Go 8901 Sunset Hollywood
29: 2012 - Toasters Bejing!
29: 1997 - Ram Di Dance out on Grover Germany. USA license as MR126 will follow in 1998
28: 1990 - Michael Loprete on Vinnie Nobile: "Bim's trombonist is 'bad'" page E-9 of Richmond Times-Dispatch
27: 2012 - Toasters Jakarta!
27: 2010 - Heather's book published by McFarland; Charles Benoit loves it!
26: 1991 - Special Beat at Variety Arts Center Los Angeles CA $19, 8pm
26: 1970 - Roy Carr in NME: "Desmond Dekker is set to reveal his two sides on Double LP"
25: 2012 - Can't get used to losing you no matter what I try to do, R.I.P. Andy Williams, aged 84
24: 2005 - Skatalites live at Teatro Armenio Buenos Aires Argentina 15 tracks it's recorded IN ORBIT VOL.1 Japanese Import
24: 1998 - SLC Punk initial release date
24: 1996 - Skank Down Under New Zealand & Aussie Ska compilation Moon Records MR077
23: 2005 - Skatalites live at Teatro Armenio Buenos Aires Argentina 15 tracks it's recorded IN ORBIT VOL.1 Japanese Import
23: 1997 - Slackers Redlight
21: 2009 - R.I.P. Brian CE Oster, aged 30; exactly ten years since Pilfers' Chawalaleng out
21: 1978 - Do you remember? EWF's huge hit?
21: 1969 - Carribbean Music Festival Empire Pool, Wembley J. Nash/ D. Dekker/ J. Edwards/ Max Romeo/ J. Cliff/ D. Morgan +10
20: 2012 - Toasters Down Under! at Cambridge Hotel Newcastle
20: 1996 - Scooter Madness Chicago/ backed by a large tobacco company, Bryan Bedell organized this weekend city rally
19: 1997 - "Don't Let Inspecter 7's Looks Fool You" inna New Brunswick NJ paper
17: 2001 - Carlos Malcolm Ska Mania new $6 used bin LRE 16:42
16: 1997 - Island Records' 40th Anniversary Vol. 1 1959-64 out
15: 2012 - Beat Brigade + Bigger Thomas + Mephiskapheles Unplugged at Electric Avenue Characters NYC $10
15: 2012 - Ska Nation 5 Esplanade Hotel St. Kilda Victoria, Australia
15: 1996 - Toasters w/ Murphy's Law, Shyster & Rocket 88 at Barbarella in Orlando, FL
15: 1995 - stroboscopic sound? Ska in Hi-Fi (Scofflaws) finally out on MR052
15: 1990 - Bosstones w/ the Hellcats from Outer Space at The Rat, Boston
14: 1995 - Stubborn All-Stars' first live appearance
13: 1991 - Special Beat w/ Bigger Thomas at City Gardens Trenton NJ; see Roger's autograph for more
13: 1979 - Selecter finish their first tour as headliners at Electric Ballroom (London); soon their 1st single on Two Tone out
12: 1962 - "We choose to go to the Moon!"
10: 1987 - Trojans celebrate their debut longplayer Ala-Ska [GAZ LP 002] with a record release party at Gossips NW1
9: 2003 - Slackers' velvet-wallpaper-motif Close My Eyes released
9: 1995 - Specials' Singles Collection F2 21823 from Fantastic Records 15:36
9: 1993 - Ska Flames at Gaz's Rockin' Blues NW1
7: 2000 - find Best of 2Tone Japanese Toshiba CHR TT 5012 cheap used at LRE
7: 1995 - Philip K Burke illustrates Lint on pg 54 of Rolling Stone
7: 1989 - Vernon Reid? No Sports' King Ska out on Unicorn longplayer PHZA-49 today; Judge Dread endorses it
6: 2001 - Darker Than Blue: Soul From Jamdown 1973-1977
6: 1986 - free show at Clapham Common bandstand (London) w/ D. Dekker, Potato 5, Deltones, Nomad Pop, 2pm GMT
5: 2012 - R.I.P. Joe South, aged 72. see Byron Lee, Deal's Gone Bad cover
5: 1989 - Selecter Selected Selections (best of compact disc) released by Chryalis
3: 1982 - English Beat live at Steve Wozniak's US Festival, it's recorded (out on CD 9/18/12)
Sep 2012 - Mojo #226 features David Bowie/ Kinks/ English Beat/ + CD
Sep 1993 - Ken Wagner's BLUE RYDER #31 [Boss Tones cover] outta Olean, NY
Sep 1989 - Scott Jackson reviews the Coxone Dodd compilation Musical Fever (Trojan) in Option #28
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August
31: 2004 - Desorden Publico hits compilation The Ska Album on Megalith for USA
31: 1994 - Press release for the 40-date Skamageddon '94 tour = MU330 and Buck O' Nine
31: 1992 - At the urging of his parents Antonio established Top Notch Monogramming
31: 1989 - Trojans Live at Gaz's Rockin' Blues, NW1 its recorded
31: 1987 - Trojans Live at The Notting Hill Carnival, London its recorded
30: 2003 - Specials' Skinhead Girl from Fantastic Records 12:23pm
30: 1996 - Citrus Records? Ed Lowery (Magadog) is the cover story of Jam Weekly VOL 8 ISSUE 204, in Tampa FL
29: 2001 - Clash London Calling deluxe, Waves Music Marketplace 5pm
29: 1995 - "They're on 510" DHC Lockjaw out on Fontana MCA/ 510 today
28: 2012 - Quadrophenia out on Criterion Collection DVD
27: 1996 - King Chango debut out on David Byrne's Luaka Bop label/ Warner Bros
27: 1989 - Ska Explosion III: Judge Dread Loafers Hotknives Riffs AKO live at the King's Hall - in our little part of Kent
26: 1998 - Skank Licensed to Ska / Ska for Ska's Sake / 15 Commandments of Ska all reissued on Snapper Music CD in U.S.
25: 1994 - Stephen Sherrill's Behind The 'Zines pg 73 Rolling Stone
24: 1998 - Spider Nick & Maddogs out with Voyage to The Palace of Kali
22: 2012 - ten years since Megalith Records founded in Norman, OK
22: 2004 - Ethiopians' Slave Call (Rohit 7716) cutouts x3 + 3 via Carousel Center Syracuse
22: 1995 - Rancid's outcome of the wolfs; but we get Dead Kennedys' In God We Trust Inc. from Lakeshore
22: 1995 - Less Than Jake's Pezcore on Dill Records
22: 1980 - Headline Oh Carolina b/w London City Strife 45 out
21: 1989 - Bim Skala Bim (w/ Roland Alphonso) Tuba City out on Skaloid vinyl and cassette
20: 1994 - Buck O' Nine Songs in the Key of Bree out on Immune
19: 2003 - DDekker double disc
18: 1998 - Toasters Live in London w/ Dr. Ring Ding (MR-143) at Borderline, Charing Cross Road recorded
17: 1998 - Toasters Live in London w/ Dr. Ring Ding (MR-143) at Borderline, Charing Cross Road recorded
17: 1998 - Mustard Plug: new Milestones location opens at 170 East Ave - venue lasts 8 more years
17: 1996 - Denton TX Grown-Ups last show ever
16: 2003 - Mass Hysteria, Miasmics, Amy Ryan at Harmony House / the release of HP8
16: 1998 - Laurel Aitken, NYSJE, Chris Murray, Strangeways, One Groovy Coconut Wetlands
13: 1988 - Untouchables & Avengers at Radio City, Anaheim CA
11: 2012 - Stanley Turpentine turns 58
10: 1999 - Ken Boothe A Man & his Hits (Studio One, 1970) reissued on CD by Heartbeat USA - complete with OG Star Trek font!
9: 2012 - Bosstones free Buffalo
9: 1971 - R.I.P. Leslie Kong, aged 38
8: 1995 - the iconic Mashin' Up The Nation 1&2 combined on one DVS Media CD
6: 1999 - Dance Like The Devil - our first ever PYE Northern Soul collection found in cutout bin Geneva NY
6: 1962 - Jamaican Independence Day; see Lord Creator's "Independent Jamaica"
5: 2002 - Trojan UK Hits box set from Manifest Discs, Charlotte NC but by June '03 give away to Drew Wayne
5: 2000 - Silence de la Rue: We Don't Skare from RAE (Eric sends his later) Eric Mearns
4: 2012 - Geno Washington on SMRSLT
4: 2012 - King Django and The Snails at the first Electric Avenue ska/reggae night at Characters NYC
4: 2009 - HP on http://duffguidetoska.blogspot.com
4: 2002 - lengthtoavoid turns 24; also Pietasters Club at Water St
1: 2009 - Vic Ruggiero's first solo show in Belfast, in support of The New Dark Ages
1: 2003 - MMB's Question The Answers for the second time in 3,223 days
Aug 1996 - Soundviews #42
Aug 1995 - SkaOi! #2
Aug 1993 - Skinhead Times #11 |
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July
30: 1989 - Bad Manners/ Laurel Aitken/ Donkey Show/ John Roy & Gangbusters/ at Iguanas, Tijuana Mexico $10
28: 2012 - Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra at The Garage, London. Only club show/ Tickets sell fast so grab yours now!
28: 1995 - "Play one from the archives!" Miggedys are a no-show Java Cows Canadaigua / Grounds Keeper Willy videotaped
28: 1985 - Rhyth-O-Matics at El Rio in SF CA
27: 2012 - Games of the XXX Olympiad begin with a nod to Millie Small & The Specials
27: 2002 - Bim at Oswego Harborfest
27: 1980 - English Beat records 15 tracks Westdeutscher Rundfunk Studio B, (Rockpalast)
25: 1946 - DJ 2Tone Ted Morris born on this day
25: 2004 - Ska Throwdown JumpUp's 10th Anniversary Sunday at Bottom Lounge by DJ Chuck Wren
24: 2004 - Ska Throwdown JumpUp's 10th Anniversary Saturday at Bottom Lounge by DJ Chuck Wren
23: 2004 - Ska Throwdown JumpUp's 10th Anniversary Friday at Bottom Lounge by DJ Chuck Wren
23: 1980 - English Beat on Rockpalast (German TV) it's recorded 16 tracks for your listening pleasure
21: 1989 - Bad Manners, Bim Skala Bim, Laurel Aitken, City Gardens Trenton NJ $5
18: 2012 - English Beat w/ Bigger Thomas at Sellersville Theater 24 W Temple Av Sellersville, PA $33, 8pm
17: 2012 - New Jimmy Cliff record out today, produced by Lint w/ Egyptienne Condensed Bold & Busorama by J BONNER
17: 2005 - R.I.P. El Cubano, Mr. Laurel Aitken, Godfather of Ska, High Priest of Reggae
16: 2012 - R.I.P. Jon Lord, aged 71; play the TSPO track from Y2K for more
16: 1995 - Miggedys, Skavoovie & Epitones, SHJ at the rebranded "Water Street Music Hall" + carnival posters of it
15: 2012 - Bim Skala Bim announce annual NE tour dates
15: 2008 - Reel Big Fish w/ English Beat/ Supervillans at HOB Cleveland OH
14: 1989 - Toasters & Panic (nka Bigger Thomas), City Gardens Trenton NJ $5
11: 2012 - Bosstones for $400 on Jeopardy #6418
11: 2006 - Ay Caramba! by Ska Cubano out today (on Cumbancha Records in USA)
11: 2006 - Light in the Attic Records presents Jamaica to Toronto 1967-74
10: 2012 - 2000 Tons of TNT Reggae Mysteria
10: 2012 - thirteenth annual Victoria Skafest runs four days
8: 1995 - Potsdamer Skafest (Berlin) openair: Pioneers, Arthur Kay & Originals (it's recorded STEPCD-088), Intensified +
7: 1995 - Potsdamer Skafest (Berlin) openair: Specials, Bim Skala Bim +
7: 1995 - SUMMERTIME? Busters, Live at Jazz Fest in Montreux Switzerland (it's recorded WESERLABEL 2490-2)
5: 1980 - R. Farnum turns 3, Look-In has Specials w/ Pam Dawber (Mork & Mindy fame)
3: 2012 - Full moon 2:52 PM EST / R.I.P. Sheriff of Mayberry
July 2012 - Some Ska Band's first tshirts made
July 2011 - Uncut #171 cover is the Small Faces & Steve Marriott
July 2004 - JazzTimes Christopher Porter
July 1996 - Spin Magazine embarasses itself with "Rudeboy Awakening" their history of ska; Grant Thayer complains publicly
July 1994 - 737 issue #3 out
July 1989 - Summer of Ska in Zoot #12 |
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June
29: 2012 - Fishbone at Nietzsche's, Allen Street Buffalo
29: 2002 - Blackouts, General Rudie, Amy Ryan Club at Water Street / Pool party?
28: 2012 - Toasters live 6/28/02 at CBGB Bowery Collection arrives in my mailbox!?
28: 1980 - Chords' No One is Listening Anymore aka LIVE AT THE RAINBOW recorded [L.P. in 1986]
27: 2003 - acquire The Jam Sound Affects remaster LRE 20:55
26: 1991 - Up yours! In a contract dated today, No Doubt licenses Moon Records to use their song
25: 2012 - Beats deluxe
24: 1992 - No Doubt 1st record release party at Whisky a Go-Go (Up Yours it's recorded)
23: 2012 - buncha ska bands in Buffalo NY
23: 1989 - UTs w/ Limbomaniacs and Psychefunkapus at the Fillmore; poster by Arlene Owseichik
22: 2008 - hpska.com selects pressuredrop playlist #111
22-23: 2012 - King Hammond & Rosslau Germany Ska Fest 2012
22-24: 1990 - London Int'l Ska Fest IV at Shoreditch Town Hall
22: 1948 - first ever ship of Jamaican immigrants to the UK
21: 2003 - Trojan Mod Reggae box, Bop Shop Records 16:13
21: 1980 - the pressure of being someone special: J. Dammers plays piano on this week's Melody Maker
19: 1999 - get Untouchables' Wild Child hip-o reissue disc from HOGs
19: 2012 - Toots' Unplugged on Strawberry Hill Live Acoustic CD out today
18: 2012 - so many records, so few JOYCE BOND ones
18: 1990 - Skankin' 'Round The World International Ska Compilation Volume #4 + orange press release
17: 2012 - Summer of Ska Tour begins at Sound Academy in Toronto
16: 1986 - Unicorn Records begins!
15: 1995 - Montreal Hour photoshop cover
13: 2008 - Pauline Black Prime Cuts 1/ Perfect Thyroid/ Notables/ King Apparatus' Marbles from FYE cutout room
12: 1989 - Potato 5 and Toasters both tape live albums at Town & Country II for Unicorn LPs
12: 1988 - Ska Party w/ Dekker, Aitken, Trojans, Floyd Lloyd, Forest Hillbillies, Deltones, Maroon Town at Brixton Academy 6£
9: 2012 - The Untouchables, Undercover S.K.A. at Red Devil Lounge 1695 Polk St. San Francisco CA 9pm 21+ $20
9: 2012 - Pauline Black on my [National Public] Radio
8: 2012 - Skannibal Party #10 out today on Mad Butcher Records
8: 1988 - Skankin' 'Round The World International Ska Compilation on LP & cassette
7: 2012 - discover firsthand Hoi Polloi was mentioned in the LISF 2012 event programme!
7: 1998 - Madstock IV, Finsbury Park
6: 1989 - Deltones Make Me Smile 12" and Just Kidding Watch the Fires out
5: 1997 - Mephiskapheles live in Rochester / the release of HP4
4: 2012 - Madness play The Diamond Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace, London
4: 2004 - Mass Hysteria's Of Mistress and Men in Boston Globe by James Reed
4: 1993 - Cool McCool? Mark Tinson records Porkers' tracks at the Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle (later used on GRUNT!)
4: 1988 - Operation Ivy live at Gilman Street it's recorded on a 7"
3: 2005 - Porkers + Unpaid Debt at the Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle NSW
3: 1995 - SKAPARTY 2 featuring the BoilUp, Offbeats, Screaming Orgasms at Antipodes Bar in Wellington NZ (it's recorded)
2: 2001 - Bloo, Angelo Moore, Mephiskapheles, Toasters, Bosstones at Bowery Ballroom NYC
June 1995 - Miggedys on BackFlash v2 #6
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May
30: 1991 - Rhyth-O-Matics at the 16th Note in SF, CA
30: 1986 - Max Arranby sez Toasters, Beat Brigade +3 more at Danceteria; DJs Gene Merideth and Jeff Baker spin inbetween
28: 2012 - Prince Buster turns 74, and a readmag playlist
28: 1989 - the final Operation Ivy show is also the first Green Day show /at 924 Gilman St
24: 2001 - MMB free LaFayette Square Buffalo NY
23: 1979 - first half of Specials' BBC Sessions recorded
22: 1986 - Moon Records' Annual Slugathon, $5 at the Cat Club NYC (Thursday)
21: 1980 - Lip Up Fatty b/w Night Bus To Dalston out on Magnet 45
18: 2012 - Lee Scratch Perry at the Town Ballroom in Buffalo NY
18: 1997 - Bim's Universal disc reviewed in Boston Herald (Sunday)
17: 1980 - J. Dammers Record Mirror
16: 1996 - MMB, Amazing Royal Crowns +1 at The Strand in Providence RI $13
15: 2012 - Steakouts perform Lilac Festival 4pm
14: 1998 - R.I.P. Francis Albert Sinatra, aged 82
14: 1994 - Skatalites w/ Hepcat +DJ Doug Wendt at Slims in SF, CA
12: 2012 - Version City presents Stubborn Recs 20th Anniv Party Skinnerbox, HCS, Rocker T +5 more Knitting Factory NYC
12: 1990 - Toasters record "T-Time" at Z Studio, Brooklyn NY
10: 2012 - Sooner or later
10: 1980 - Getting beaten up is part of growing up: The Piranhas release their debut LP today
9: 2006 - Aggrolites make their major-er label thundercat debut on Hellcat/ Epitaph/ Sony; 19 tracks patented dirty reggae
8: 1981 - The Beat release their second, Wha'ppen? on Go Feet /Arista (working title was Dance Yourself Stupid)
7: 2012 - Dualers release their Prince Buster Shakedown disc on Phoenix City/Cherry Red Records
6: 1981 - Pigbag's debut 45 out: Papa's Got a Brand New Pigbag
5: 2012 - full moon 11:34pm EST
5: 2007 - 25 Years of Ska with the Toasters! also Briggs, Steadfast United +4 more Knitting Factory NYC
4: 2007 - Thommo Skalapeño & Seth Voorhees Slackers/ +4 California Brew Haus, its recorded
4: 2006 - Energy has been officially removed from the Lookout! catalog due to unpaid royalties
4: 1999 - Skanatra releases its self-titled full CD
4: 1997 - Magadog +3 Penny Arcade Rochester $7
3: 2012 - the Ska Olympics?! London International Ska Festival TwentyTwelve begins [only £122 + a £3 booking fee]
3: 2012 - R.I.P. Lloyd Brevett O.M., aged 80. Play any Skatalites or MR104CD for details
3: 1992 - London Int'l Ska Festival has Bad Manners, Trojans, Apollo 7, The Skanksters (featuring a young Erin Bardwell) £8
2: 1997 - Bim Skala Bim in The Times Leader (Wilkes-Barre PA) by Rich Drees
2: 1992 - London Int'l Ska Festival has Selecter, Rico, Laurel Aitken, Intensified at the Robey £8
2: 1979 - fateful Special A.K.A. gig at London's Hope & Anchor; Madness' Chas & Lee happen to be in the crowd
1: 1997 - Bill Graham presents Bosstones Pietasters Swingin Utters at the Fillmore SF
1: 1992 - London Int'l Ska Festival has Special Beat, 100 Men, Club, BMJ at the Robey £8
May 2012 - Madness Speak Ska in Record Collector #401
May 2000 - Bosstones' Dicky cover of CMJ New Music #81
May 1996 - Everybody must get Record Collector #201 |
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April
29: 2008 - Coolie Ranx in Grand Theft Auto IV, out today on PS3 and XBOX360; He voices Little Jacob, a Jamaican arms dealer
29: 2002 - Fishbone, Rochester NY $10 Monday night; we're busy gettin' our first Trojan Boxset (at Bop Shop) instead
29: 1991 - Soul Steppin' presents The Skeletones +1 at Bear's Lair Pub, UC Berkeley 9pm
28: 2012 - The Other Side Cafe (Boston MA) shuts its doors
28: 2012 - Viva Ska Vegas!
28: 2012 - Squeeze w/ English Beat Roseland
28: 2001 - Bosstones SUNY Geneseo Kuhl Gym; announce 3 consecutive nights at Milestones first week of June
27: 2011 - Everyday Sunshine screens at Geo Eastman House 360/365 Film Fest in Rochester, Q&A w/ directors afterward
27: 2004 - Ska Is Dead Tour, Steel MH 1509 Scottsville Road (+ we bring along Pat Steakout)
27: 2000 - Doc Awk offers to photoshop out the chain in Spider Nick Martielli's return to WSMH 35mm pics
27: 1998 - Ska Against Racism Tour w/Kemuri, Mustard Plug (deliver HP5 to Chris Demakes LTJ)
26: 1997 - Let's Go Bowling at Bluebird Theater (Denver), it's recorded by Tom Matott for Freeway Lanes, live AMR-024
26: 1996 - Allstonians return to Ritskeller taco bar; .JPEG by the Doc
26: 1989 - Mr. Review Walkin' Down Brentford Road on Unicorn longplayer today
23: 1995 - R.I.P. Cleanhead Gimura (TSPO frontman, brain cancer). Tribute here
23: 1983 - English Beat returns to American Bandstand just 10 days after they were in Rochester!
23: 1982 - N.Y.C. premiere of the Joe Massot-directed Dance Craze
22: 2012 - King Hammond's 50th birthday party at Buffalo Bar Islington, UK w/ Too Many Crooks, SkanX, Swagga +
22: 2003 - R.I.P. Nina Simone, aged 70
21: 2012 - Record Store Day Five
21: 2002 - JM Seidewand at 25
21: 1990 - Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra releases 1st single for Epic/Sony Japan, the superb "Monster Rock"
21: 1988 - Radio Daze (Operation Ivy) recorded live at KSPC FM, Claremont CA
19: 1980 - What we've got here is...failure to communicate Strother Martin hosts SNL #103 w/ musical guest The Specials
18: 2012 - R.I.P. Dick Clark shoeshine, aged 82
18: 2003 - Toasters Rochester (Easter weekend) by Fritz
18: 1988 - Toasters record "Thrill Me Up" in Brooklyn for their forthcoming (Skaloid Records) L.P.
18: 1986 - Bowie & Aitken meet Sade in fifties London!
17: 1996 - Chuck Jumpup mass email "Rare Odds & Ends List" to Skagroup listserv
17: 1995 - "Don't kick the girl in the front row" – a DM bootprint on RB Farnum's forehead /Bosstones Harro East Theatre 7pm
17: 1993 - Toasters en vivo Caracas Venezuela, it's recorded
16: 1999 - only ska ever at Token Joe's
15: 2012 - Bop Shop's grand reopening in a better neighborhood
15: 2004 - R.I.P. Phyllis Dillon, aged 59. "The Queen of Rocksteady" joined Duke Reid Studio in 1965
14: 2002 - No Doubt's Rocksteady tour stops at Barton Hall, Ithaca
12: 1986 - Ramones live UR's Alexander Palestra, Saturday 8pm
11: 1989 - Deltones record Owen Gray's "Running Around" at Studio 227 Finsbury Park for use on B-side of Unicorn PHZ-41
11: 1980 - Bad Manners' debut longplayer Ska N'B out today
10: 2012 - Doomsday! The Ultimate Mephiskapheles Unplugged Tribute at the Underground Lounge NYC, 7-9 PM
9: 1998 - H&R presents Slackers/ Rocksteady Commissary 3rd Rail Cortland, NY 16+, 9pm (Lucy Cummins buys our issue #5)
8: 1995 - Bim Skala Bim, Arsenals, Skaface at El Mocambo, Toronto ON
7: 1988 - Blue Chateau record their sinister dark-dealing "Steps In The Alley" at Delta Studios, Wilster/ Hamburg
7: 1980 - 2Tone Ska in TIME®, Toots & the Maytals' Chatty Chatty out on Island 45
6: 2012 - full moon
6: 1987 - The Key's Golden Age out on Unicorn
5: 2012 - Jim Marshall has died, all amps to 10 – A moment of Loudness for the Father of LOUD
5: 1985 - Strange Tenants at Pharoah's Nightclub in Adelaide, it's recorded
4: 2010 - Specials reunion featured in NYT
4: 2001 - R.I.P. Ed Big Daddy Roth. Juxtapoz has a ratfink cover for its April 2012 issue
3: 2004 - D. Trump hosts SNL #561 w/ musical guests Toots & the Maytals/ Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Bootsy, The Roots
1: 2004 - see Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad + Mountain Mojo Authority at Star Bar 123 Liberty Pole Way
1: 1991 - 2 Tone Easter Special: Buster's Bad Manners, Pauline's Selecter & Int'l Beat at the Ritzy, Nottingham (bank holiday)
Apr 1999 - Doll, a Japanese punk rock mag's cover story 'Ska Core Ska Punk Explosion'
Apr 1999 - Scootering #158 features Ronan O'Donnell & Gangsters, who just released A New Beginning on Beatville (D.C.)
Apr 1989 - Scootering #42 features Part 3 of Ska Story
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March
31: 2012 - Rude Cat Festival in Salt, Spain: Mr. Review, Bad Manners, Dr. Ring Ding, Toasters, Mr Freak Ska. 20/25 Euro box
30: 2012 - This is a great blog!
29: 2003 - Ska Summit descends on a Las Vegas skatepark
29: 1982 - English Beat's third and final Peel Session for BBC
26: 2003 - Davids Hillyard and Hahn w/ Rocksteady Seven at Monty's Krown
26: 1990 - This Gun For Hire bonus track (East Side Beat) recorded live at the Cat Club, NYC
25: 1999 - Bim Skala Bim w/ John Ferry here; obtain Pilfers Oswego interview tape [10/10/98] for use in HP006
25: 1998 - HP5 completed!
24: 2004 - interview GW Pine in Buffalo NY, deliver HP8 to DS Hillyard
24: 1981 - Selecter w/ Au Pairs Hammersmith Palais
23: 1996 - Toasters/ Too Hectic Davis Gym, Alfred University
23: 1988 - Bad Manners record (Henry Mancini's) Baby Elephant Walk for use on a Unicorn compilation
23: 1967 - Prince Buster and Davy Jones together on the same small stage
22: 2011 - Aggrolites' Rugged Road out on CD
22: 2009 - The Sunday Times magazine (London Times) has Gavin Watson pics 6 pages on skinheads. His book is reissued
21: 2012 - Steakouts Water Street Music Hall
21: 2012 - Reggae in the UK on npr.org
20: 2012 - Lee Perry is 76
17: 2012 - PHZA-47 updated!
17: 1998 - Bosstones/ Pietasters' Wake Up Call Tour '98 Croatian Cultural Center, Vancouver BC
17: 1980 - Selecter, Holly & the Italians, Bodysnatchers at Hammersmith Palais
16: 1990 - L. Aitken & Derrick Morgan at Hackney Empire, London in support of their then-new Two Knights Unicorn 2XLP
15: 1980 - ain't it Dandy? get ready for The Bodysnatchers' debut single of TT9
14: 1997 - Jamaican Music employee discount 4:08pm
14: 1932 - George Eastman suicide, aged 77
13: 2003 - SAAB sticker? soon-to-be impresario Steven Ransel sees Slackers at Milestones
13: 1998 - R.I.P. Alex Dread; see Backy Skank's 2003 "The Smart Alec" / Skaville UK's "Dreader Than Dread" for greater detail
12: 2007 - Amy Winehouse Dave Letterman
12: 2003 - Toasters/ Skanktronic/ Hot Property at Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland
11: 2001 - Rochester Democrat & Chronicle announcement: Bosstones at SUNY Geneseo Kuhl Gym 4/28
7: 2001 - Al Barr is fairly outspoken
6: 2012 - NEW! Story Of Blue Beat 1961 Best In Ska (2CD) on Sunrise Records UK
5: 2012 - Caroloregians' Fat Is Back new album available via Do The Dog Music
3: 2012 - Saturday morning cartoons when Aquabats invade! 11am EST
3: 1989 - Ian Gandalf Profumo SCANDAL now a major motion picture with ska soundtrack compiled by GAZ
2: 1997 - Professionals, Sinker +1 at Penny Arcade, 5pm $5
1: 2012 - PHZA-14 added to the crate
1: 1996 - "This town has some of the best mohawks" MMB/ Bouncing Souls/ H2O/ Marc Fleming, Water Street 7pm
March 2012 - Record Collector #399 Bob Solly's feature on Georgie Fame, The Flamingo Club and the birth of Mod
March 1998 - Niklas presents One Step Beyond #4 (skazine Lund Sweden)
March 1980 - Beat Instrumental #160 Blondie cover, interview + a Ska Special 4 pages w/photos |
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February
28: 2012 - the FB3 on SMRSLT
28: 1993 - WBER benefit nite in the tradition of English ska greatness... Bad Manners w/ Scofflaws HBB, 18+
27: 1997 - take the Greyhound: King Chango haunts Ithaca NY
27: 1993 - Skalapalooza! [Skatalites - Toasters - Bad Manners - RTY - Scofflaws - Skunks] @ Studio 54 (nka Ritz) NYC, 16+ 8pm
26: 1992 - BossTones' more noise... tour concludes in Buffalo NY
25: 1994 - NYC mainstays Urban Blight come to the old old Milestones for last time
24: 2006 - Slackers, Flashlight Brown, Operatives, Mechatama $10-12 Club Infinity Williamsville, doors 7pm
24: 2006 - Pietasters Rochester Insider by Kimberly Greene (of 2/27 show)
23: 1984 - Times Union section C tells all about "The House That Armand Built"
22: 2006 - #538159 from Armand's
22: 2000 - miss Primus' Antipop tour stop at Harro East Ballroom. Interview on WBER FM though
21: 2012 - Toasters, Fever, Mrs. Skannotto, Nyxon at Dubland Underground $10-14, 8pm!
21: 1997 - New issue of Ska-tastrophe arrives!
21: 1991 - Busters All-Stars live at Gaz's
18: 2000 - Pressure Cooker Empire Brewing
18: 1989 - Toasters, Donkey Show (Unicorn E.P. out week before), Citizen X at Country Club Reseda; a weekend in L.A. 8pm
16: 1989 - Potato 5 live at Gaz's
15: 2012 - Hey UTs: reunion show!
15: 1990 - Ska Boom live at Gaz's
12: 1998 - Scofflaws, Pilfers touch the Third Rail in Cortland, NY w/photos by Mearns
12: 1998 - Pietasters, Spring Heeled Jack, 5head at WSMH Rochester
12: 1997 - STL SKA: Isaac Green & Skalars haunt Ithaca
12: 1997 - Dan Bindert's On the Town (Professionals feature) in City weekly
11: 2005 - Doc Awk recalls WRUR radio
11: 2000 - Allstonians Empire Brewing
11: 1995 - Miggedys, Nerve Circus, Ansley Court at HBB
10: 2012 - Hooray it's Doug Schrank Day
10: 1999 - Skavoovie & the Epitones, Fenster 8pm at Little Brother's, Columbus OH $5-7
10: 1990 - Generations of Ska! [Skatalites - Donkey Show - LGB - Liquidators] @ San Diego State University. All ages $16.50
9: 1997 - Professionals, Snaggletooth, Mr. Fickle, Refuse & Resist + Danny Down in ARA Benefit at Tea House Artgallery
8: 2012 - VooDoo Glowskulls, Steakouts + more at Mohawk Place, Buffalo NY
8: 2000 - Mojo Records just mailed (Pilfers) Agua to all the modern rock/ alt radio stations in the USA
8: 1998 - Let's Go Bowling w/ Blue Collars at Roadkill Heaven Tulsa OK $8 7pm all ages
8: 1988 - Toots & The Maytals w/ Toasters City Gardens, Trenton, NJ
7: 2003 - English Beat live at the Royal Albert Hall it's recorded (20 song DVD of this is released 8/2005)
7: 1981 - Saturday Night Live #115 Jimmy Cliff performs
6: 1999 - find review of HP#5 in Skatastrophe #8 at Penn State Skafest III, State College PA
5: 1993 - Chris & King Apparatus come to old old Milestones
4: 2012 - PHZA-19 added to the crate!
1: 2012 - R.I.P. Don Cornelius, aged 75
1: 2005 - find review of HP#8 in Record Collector #306 at Lakeshore Record Exchange, 8:20pm
1: 2001 - Pilfers, Motives at Milestones
Feb 1998 - Alternative Press #115 Dicky Barrett
Feb 1994 - Alternative Press #67 United States of SKA-merica (all about Skavoovee tour) by Jo Ann Greene
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January 2012
31: 2012 - R.I.P. Winston Sparks, aka King Stitt, aged 72
30: 2012 - TROJANUARY? Laurence Cane-Honeysett & Spectrum reissue of Club Reggae (TROJAN UK, 1971)
30: 1980 - Specials live at the Paradise in Boston, it's recorded. Some say the Rainbow in Denver instead
29: 2008 - aka Twitch auto accident I-490 eastbound
28: 2012 - Buddhahood's 4th annual January Thaw concert at Water St
28: 2006 - Toasters w/ Go Jimmy Go (Fernando Pacheco & Shon Gregory) Knight Club, Alfred University
27: 1997 - Bosstones, Shods, Pietasters at 7 Willow St. in Port Chester, NY
27: 1986 - Rhyth-O-Matics & Freaky Executives (Jay Lane on drums) at the I-Beam in SF, CA
25: 2012 - The magic of turning 40 = (MMB drummer) Joe "The Kid" Sirois
25: 2001 - Wakeling's Ithaca Beat Odyssey
25: 1980 - The Specials jetset to their first-ever U.S.A. date, at Hurrah, 36 W. 62nd Street, NYC
25: 1956 - Andy Cox (English Beat, FYC guitarist) born in Birmingham, UK
23: 2000 - Attack of the Planet Smashers (1997) from Borders Henrietta
23: 1995 - Bosstones prove it on the inside cover of CMJ #411
22: 1980 - (Dinsdag) it's Madness at Ancienne Belgique Rue Des Pierres Bruxelles 8:30pm
21: 1980 - Specials + Rico live, Paradiso Amsterdam, it's recorded
20: 2012 - Did someone say R.I.P. Winston Riley, aged 65
19: 2012 - Why wait? Eastman Kodak Co. goes chapter eleven
18: 2002 - HP fanmail by yvonne!
17: 1998 - Trojans record 'Snakecharmer'
16: 1982 - Jeannine Jones, age 9, has Bad Manners on the cover of Look-In
16: 1980 - Specials live at Markthalle, Hamburg it's recorded (German Import CD)
15: 1999 - Pietasters "party like it's 1999" Water St. Rochester NY. See here
14: 1984 - R.I.P. Ray Kroc, aged 81
14: 1965 - Georgie Fame's version of 'Yeh Yeh' released
12: 2004 - installment of WRUR FM Ska & Roots Emporium begins with Aquabats' Ska Boss
12: 1980 - (Zaterdag) Specials Ancienne Belgique Rue Des Pierres Bruxelles 8:30pm
10: 1991 - flyer by Dicky stuck to mailboxes, poles, buses, trashcans in Newbury Kenmore Harvard Square w/ Elmer's glue
9: 2001 - Apple itunes begins
8: 1981 - Lorraine TOTP
6: 2012 - Duff Steve sez New York Times uses hoi polloi in a sentence!
6: 1991 - Ska Fest '91 = 100 Men(UK) /Allsorts (Oz) /Liquidators (USA) Palomino Club N. Hollywood CA
3: 2004 - Young, Gifted & Black: story of Trojan Records in paperback from Barnes & Noble
3: 1991 - Mephiskapheles live debut is Hugo's on Long Island NY, Vic Rice plays bass
2: 2004 - Auld Lang Syne found on a Party Party Soundtrack (1982 Karussel Germany) cutout, FYE Eastview
2: 1998 - The Baghdaddies record 'Major Malfunction' for Gaz's Rockin' Records
2: 1965 - Don Drummond kills girlfriend (rumba dancer Marguerita), taken into custody
1: 1998 - Pilfers' self-titled CD out. Supposedly 20,000 copies sold primarily thru their website and live shows
January 2000 - The Porkers on Do The Dog #16
January 2000 - DC Vertigo comics presents Deadenders
January 1998 - Folk Roots #175 features Gaz Mayall
January 1995 - Seven-Thirty-Seven #4 out
January 1991 - The Noise #102 Bosstones on cover
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