Recent Posts Tagged With slackers

• JJ’s Still Got It

  Posted on Friday December 4th, 2009 at 10:44 pm in podcasts, slackers, ska online, gabe pressure, musical occupaton

  So here’s my obligatory, “sorry-I-haven’t-posted-in-a-while” post that are so popular with the kids these days. The truth is, I’m not all that sorry.  I’m still doing the Ska’s The Limit radio show, and I...

• ReggaeTV knows their Ska

  Posted on Thursday October 8th, 2009 at 03:02 pm in slackers, steel pulse, vic ruggiero, chris murray, roger steffens, tippa irie, lee perry, ras michael, ska video, ska links, owen grey, reggaetv

  I just discovered ReggaeTV. Is it a video podcast?  An online TV show?  A collection of Reggae and Ska interviews?  I don’t know exactly, but it’s something like that.  In addition to interviews with such Reggae headliners, Owen Grey,...

• Mr. T-Bone To See America, again!

  Posted on Monday September 7th, 2009 at 01:13 pm in news, slackers, jump up, mr. t-bone, special potato

  That’s right-  Everyone’s favorite Italian Ska Boss, Mr. T-Bone, is planning not one, but two more tours in the US.  Here’s the details that were passed along to me… Mr. T-Bone will appear with Brooklyn’s The Forthrigh...

• Pick It Up Zine features Yours Truly

  Posted on Friday September 19th, 2008 at 03:07 pm in slackers, self medication, ska online, pick it up, madie ruthless

  Madie Ruthless isn’t just the coolest lo-fi acoustic ska act to come along since the one, Chris Murray, but she’s also the person responsible for New Orleans’ Pick It Up Skazine.  I nearly forgot that she reprinted my review of the...

• The Slackers Recorded Live in Ithaca, NY

  Posted on Saturday May 3rd, 2008 at 02:13 pm in slackers, bootleg, ska online, live set

  Here’s another great recording from Tom, who did the fabulous Funk’n Waffles Slackers set, this time from Ithaca NY. Here’s Tom on making ska bootlegs: Funny that there are a lot of people recording all kinds of live music these day...

• Get Comfortably Numb with The New Slackers Record

  Posted on Thursday April 10th, 2008 at 09:28 pm in psychedelic, album review, slackers, self medication, fun boy three, vic ruggiero, dave hillyard, agent jay, far east sound, glen pine, tropicallia

  The Slackers Self Medication 2008 Indication Records Self Medication isn’t just the title of the Slackers upcoming release, it’s a suggestion.  Sample a heavy dose of your favorite remedy, and let your headphones do the rest.  The Slack...

• Dave Hillyard Hits Jackpot

  Posted on Wednesday April 2nd, 2008 at 05:06 pm in reggae, album review, slackers, dave hillyard, trojan records, bunny lee, glen adams, jackpot records, jumpup records, lloyd charmers

  The concept of the newest release from The Slackers sax man, Dave Hillyard is nothing short of genius.  We’ve heard his talent for composition, not only with The Slacker but also on The Rocksteady 7’s first two records.  Anyone who̵...

• Slackers Interview on GrundFunk.net

  Posted on Monday March 31st, 2008 at 03:53 pm in specials, slackers, podcast spotlight, vic ruggiero, dave hillyard

  No, no.  Not another Slackers interview from Ska Blah Blah, but this two part show is so great that I have to direct your attention to it.  Don’t let the non-English website and show introduction fool you, the interview is conducted in Englis...

• Take it or Leave it - Top 5’s of 2007

  Posted on Tuesday January 1st, 2008 at 08:00 pm in ska, beastie boys, slackers, pietasters, manu chao, ozomatli, tim armstrong, eternals, bedouin soundclash, aggrolites, antibalas, skatalites

  In case you haven’t noticed, we are now living in a New Year. It’s a time to reflect on the year before, a time to ask, “what were the best Ska and Reggae albums of the past 12 months?” More importantly, it’s a time wh...

• Ska News To Me

  Posted on Thursday December 13th, 2007 at 05:18 pm in obits, slackers, skatalites, ska online, vic ruggiero, victor rice, chris murray, dave hillyard

  Here’s a quick rundown of a very busy week in the world of Ska: After months without any new Slackers bootlegs, a new set hit the internet hit the internet like a cannonball.  Recorded in Syracuse, NY on 11.15.07, the set has been dubbed Funk ...

• Ska Online: Free Slackers Concert

  Posted on Saturday November 24th, 2007 at 01:56 pm in slackers, ska online

  FabChannel.com is yet another streaming video site to come along and take advantage of the broadband boom. However, you won’t find user-uploaded content or the latest music video. What you will find is free concerts- complete, clean-sounding...

• Cut the Chit Chat - 06 - Even Newer Ska

  Posted on Monday November 12th, 2007 at 10:54 pm in podcasts, slackers, bedouin soundclash, deal's gone bad, ticklah

  Way back before Episode 01 of Cut the Chit Chat I had scoured the internet trying to find the newest bands and the newest tracks. But I always felt the episode still wasn’t reflective of the unique time/space location that is late 2007. Luc...

• Cut the Chit Chat - 05 -Ska Demos

  Posted on Monday October 22nd, 2007 at 09:57 pm in podcasts, slackers, tim armstrong, hepcat, vic ruggiero

  This Episode of Cut the Chit Chat isn’t the pretteiest or the most accessible; I’ve made- but it’s one that I’ve been dying to make for a long time. The reason being that I’m an amateur tape trader, and I get very few...

• Slackers New Record: Boss Indeed

  Posted on Wednesday September 26th, 2007 at 06:25 pm in album review, slackers, vic ruggiero

  I just listened to the new official-bootleg-mixtape-thingy, The Boss Harmony Sessions by The Slackers, and thought I’d share a few thoughts on it. First off, I immediately noticed the distinct production style the group pioneered in their last ...

• Cut the Chit Chat - 01 - New Ska

  Posted on Thursday August 9th, 2007 at 09:21 pm in podcasts, slackers

  My next series of interviews is still a ways off, so I thought I’d try to keep everyone interested by running an all-music series. Look forward to episodes featuring Skinhead Reggae, Dub Revivalism, and more. In this episode, I play some of ...