Backstage Pass (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Wetdog Enterprise Reversal Release 21st July Review by Matt Killeen I had high hopes for this. A white label CD with 21 tracks on it has connotations of the Ramones or Napalm Death about it. I'm not too disappointed. It's...
LP Cover Lover (Free subscription) | 07/06/2008
“Double Barrel” Dave and Ansell Collins Big Tree Records. A Trojan Record Production. Written and produced by Winton Riley. (1971) One of the earliest recordings to feature renowned drummer Sly Dunbar, who was reportedly 14 when the song was recorded. The single reached #1 on the UK singles chart for two [...]
Jazz@Rochester (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
Day 8 at the Rochester International Jazz Festival was mostly a free floating experience. Ken and I met up and got a sandwich to eat from Java's, which gave us a respite from street meat for a day (although I...
FreakyTrigger (Free subscription) | 06/11/2008
The edition of Top of the Pops on the 8th November 1979 featured The Specials (A Message To You, Rudy), Madness (One Step Beyond), and The Selecter (On My Radio). UK pop buyers officially loved the “2 Tone” label. The distinctive checkered-strip logo was an instantly recognisable label of your pop allegiance — a [...]
RosieBell (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
"Phill Jupitus celebrates the phenomenon that was 2-Tone music. Thirty years ago bands such as the Specials, the Beat, Madness and the Selecter created a new sound born from a blend of punk, reggae and ska." Hear it while you can. I missed the 2 Tone bands the first time round and I’m really sorry that I did after listening to that inspiring programme last Saturday morning about the interplay of the...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 02/14/2008
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Smile Train is proud to announce the creation of the Asia-American BPO Industry Fund
The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 11/30/2007
in post Trackback | 2 Tone and Ska’s Second Wave from Crackers United .
pogo a go-go (Free subscription) | 11/29/2007
Dearest Friends, this week Contrast Podcast asked us all to stop by and have a martini or twelve. It promised to be a cool, hip time, set to an excellent soundtrack including Tom Waits, Pink Martini, and Babyshambles. However, sometime during the course of the day someone came along and shut down the bar; the post has disappeared... I'm not sure who or what is to blame. Perhaps the nefarious S.L.I.M.E....
Retro To Go (Free subscription) | 11/11/2007
Following on from the Sex Pistols coasters we featured a while back, here's something similar from a slightly different era - Two Tone label coasters. A set of four coasters, printed 'using the latest sublimation techniques' and each featuring an...
gmtPlus9 (-15) (Free subscription) | 10/03/2007
The Selecter... Three Minute Hero - From Dance Craze , 1980 (Flash Video, 02:54).
Dave's Lounge (Free subscription) | 08/29/2007
Download audio file (DavesLounge-20070829.mp3) So the first song from this week’s show inspired me to go back into the vault and find some other tunes that had a bit of a groove to them. You've heard them all before, but I thought they all sounded good together. Hopefully, they'll help you enjoy these last few weeks [...]
The Cranky Professor (Free subscription) | 07/31/2007
Gosh I hate Microsoft Word. Why do all the endnote/footnote references sometimes change to Roman numerals? Have you EVER in you whole life seen Roman numerals used for that in a book? What would note xxxiv look like in print'...
Gus Van Horn (Free subscription) | 07/22/2007
Inspired by some recent comments (and needing something to listen to last night while I tried to figure out an annoying computer problem anyway), I found some examples of music I like on the web and have decided to include a few in a post. Most of this music is ska , a form that originated in Jamaica during the late fifties/early sixties and pre-dates reggae, its more famous offshoot. Although ska...
