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100% Ska Podcast Episode 310 – Ska Trek vs Ska Wars

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always mostly 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! This week we’re bringing you a brand new single from the NYC Ska Orchestra with their massive 12″ single-worthy rendition of the original Star Trek theme with an interstellar upbeat sound, and of course closing out with Rico Rodriguez’s sun-drenched take on the Star Wars theme. In between, you’ll hear a review of the King Chango debut album finally getting its debut on vinyl after nearly 25 years, and new-ish music from Monkey, Napoleon Solo, and King Hammond, plus plenty more dancefloor stomping songs! Playlist: NYC Ska Orchestra – Ska TrekKing Chango – Don’t Drop Your PantsMark Foggo’s Skasters – Rats and MiceCapone and the Bullets – Das ModelSkatala – Dibuix d’una Nova EraDr Calypso – Keep on Walking’Napoleon Solo – Open Channel DSoweto – Last Duel in the OK CorralNew York Ska-Jazz Ensemble – My Blue SkaKing Hammond – The Beat is BlueMonkey Shop – Where to GoMonkey – Glass Bottom BoatGigantes Magneticos – Power of ChoiceMr. Review – Another TownThe Deltones – Running AroundThe Riffs – How We LaughedPotato 5 – Never Take the PlaceRico Rodriguez – Ska Wars Feature image lifted from the Ska Punk Daily Instagram account. The post 100% Ska Podcast Episode 310 – Ska Trek vs Ska Wars appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

May 4, 20201h 15m

100% Ska Episode 309 – Requiem for a Supernova

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always mostly 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! This week’s episode is the Requiem for a Supernova, as we fully accept the postponement of the Supernova International Ska Fest to 2021, and play music from the bands that were scheduled for 2020 and now appear to all be scheduled for 2021. This episode is also dedicated to Erick “Fingers” Morgan, who passed away yesterday. Erick was the keyboardist and one of the founding members of The Skunks, who were also scheduled to reunite to perform at Supernova. Full Setlist: Dendrites – Bottom FeederEastern Standard Time w/ Coolie Ranx – Mad DogThe Toasters – Pool SharkBim Skala Bim – I Took a FallThe Skapones – From Cradle to GraveHepcat – Same O’ Same O’ Skoidats – Skinhead HopSammy Kay and the East Los 3 – I Can ChangeRoger Rivas – Brown LineThe Planet Smashers – Pierce MeMustard Plug – Too StupidMephiskapheles – Center of the…The Pietasters – Perfect WorldJ Navarro and the Traitors – OppressorCatbite – Come on BabyScotch Bonnets – Hair DidStop the Presses – Dead Man’s PartySlackers w/ Doreen Schaffer – Our Day Will Come The post 100% Ska Episode 309 – Requiem for a Supernova appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Apr 18, 20201h 18m

100% Ska Podcast Ep. 308 – the First All-CD Episode

Well, quarantine madness along with a few Blue Hawaiian cocktails have set in, and its time for the very first all-CD episode of 100% Ska. You’re hearing nothing but sweet sweet ska compact discs here from the 1990s, and if I’ve done my research and homework correctly, none of this music has ever been released on vinyl! Sit back, and enjoy a very special episode of 100% Ska! I think we’ll be doing this again soon, as I’ve just scratched the surface of my ska CD collection.Playlist: Allstonians – Jr. G-ManSkunks – Glass PantsMobtown – Coming to Get YouMetro Stylee – Nude ReggaeSkavoovie and the Epitones – Sonic BoomThe Aquabats – TarantulaSMA – Leeches and LampreysThe Invaders – Try to SeeThe Tantra Monsters – 10 HoursThe Scofflaws – Ska-La-CarteThe Miggedys – Times Like TheseUnsteady – Bad AttitudeThe Radiation Kings – MurderInspecter 7 – Train SongThe Royalties – Shut DownSkatallica – Cold Winters DayTaxicab Samurais – Big KahunaRuder Than You – Skahall Connection If you want to learn how to make Blue Hawaiians the 100% Ska way, check out Cocktails with Ryan Midnight. The post 100% Ska Podcast Ep. 308 – the First All-CD Episode appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Apr 11, 20201h 12m

100% Ska Podcast Ep. 307 – Joker’s Republic Interview and a Ska-Punk Party

This week’s episode features an interview with Austen Gray, mastermind behind New Jersey’s ska-punk outfit, Joker’s Republic. We talk about the new album, Left Behind, their recent tour on the west coast, and of course the current Coronavirus outbreak.Check out the Joker’s Republic website, to keep up with the band! As always, we’ve got plenty of music for you, this time focused primarily on the ska-punk genre! This week’s playlist:The Pandemics – Killing TimeAgainst All Authority – Above the LawSkankin Pickle – Ice Cube Korea Wants a Word with YouVoodoo Glow Skulls – SymptomaticThe GLG Twenties – No Sympathy for TyrannyJoker’s Republic – Indecisively IndifferentThe Suicide Machines – SOSThe Pilfers – Show No FearHot Stove Jimmy – Down Sides AheadKemuri – Positive Mental AttitudeOperation Ivy – HobokenLess Than Jake – My Very Own FlagEdna’s Goldfish – Gone AwayThe Silencers – PolicemanMadness – Madness The post 100% Ska Podcast Ep. 307 – Joker’s Republic Interview and a Ska-Punk Party appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Mar 26, 20201h 4m

S1 Ep 306100% Ska Episode 306 – Unity and Love while Social Distancing

This week’s episode is the first recorded since the Coronavirus pandemic has really been hitting the United States. Plenty of shoutouts, new music to support, pleas to support your local scene, and even your favorite bars and bartenders. We will persevere, and I will see you on the dance floor before you know it! This week’s playlist:Alberto Tarin & Orchestra – Walking AroundThe Void Union – CentipedeMiddle Volga Social Club – Alexey RodinThe Adjusters – ElegyThe Allentons – DreamsBoomtown United – Love Like Fire Dance Hall Crashers – Skinhead BBQRancid – Crane FistThe Ska Blazers – GringoKing Django – Hey BartenderThe Shifters – She’s So FineThe Seattleites – Ska-la-ModeSave Ferris – New SoundRegatta 69 – Someone to Cling ToPressure Boys – Policeman in my Neighbor’s YardEl Bosso – Al CaponeBuck O Nine – Truth or DareNo Villains Left – Wait for Me The post 100% Ska Episode 306 – Unity and Love while Social Distancing appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Mar 21, 20201h 15m

100% Ska Episode 305 – Bowcat Interview & Prizefighters New Music

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always mostly 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! This week’s episode features an new interview with Bowcat, from Phoenix, discussing their current Kickstarter campaign and Supernova 2020, and brand new tunes from The Prizefighters being released as part of a benefit to raise money to fight ovarian cancer. [Powerpress] The links you need! Bowcat’s Kickstarter campaign for their 7″ EP (live through 3/21/20) The Prizefighters on Bandcamp (new single available 3/13) Full Playlist Prizefigters – CreditsMonkey – CaffeineThe Liptones – NattugglanMadness – Baggy TrousersStrange Fruit – The BombBowcat – Cruising SpeedThe Planet Smashers – Manta Ray DanceThe Skapones – From Cradle to GraveThe Pietasters – Five Days of the WeekThe Aggrolites – Camel RockJah on Slide – This is the Revolution SoundCaz and the Day Labrorers – You Know You’re WrongThe Robustos – Don’t Be DownTommy McCook – Always on Sunday The post 100% Ska Episode 305 – Bowcat Interview & Prizefighters New Music appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Mar 8, 20201h 5m

100% Ska Episode 304 – Hell of a Year and It’s Only March

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always mostly 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! Getting back to an attempted regularly scheduled recording session, and giving you a bunch of new releases and new-to-me tunes! Playlist: Isaac Green and the Skalars – Spoiled BratSkatala – El Pistolas de l’EscalaRed Soul Community – Don’t Let It DieNapoleon Solo – All I NeedMighty Mighty Bosstones – Closer to NowhereThe Busters – Summertime – SRTW3Derrick Morgan – In My Heart – SRTW4Laurel Aitken – Ska Locomotion – SRTW3The Mobsters – Steppin Out – SRTW4The New Riddim – Hell of a Year Dr Calypso – Anti-SkaMark Foggo’s Skasters – Do the MonkeyTwo Tone Club – Up in the Kids RoomAgnes Loti – C’est Toi Mon IdoleJeff Bowen – Suzie SkaThe Angels – Jamaica JoeThe Marketts – Come See Come SkaKing Zepha – Al Baba The post 100% Ska Episode 304 – Hell of a Year and It’s Only March appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Mar 3, 20201h 12m

100% Ska Podcast – Episode 303 – It’s Another All 7″ Show!

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always mostly 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! Tonight is another episode dedicated to the 7″ record! I’m lazy and didn’t check what I played on previous 7″ dedicated episodes, so maybe there’s repeats here but every cut is a killer. Enjoy!Tonight’s Playlist: Top Shotta Band – Share My Love The Meow Meows – I’m on FireLos Placebos – Rudeboy PosseThe Scofflaws – Spider on My BedLegal Gender – Overcast The Toasters – Talk in Cheap (Live)Blind Spot – MaudeThe Action League – Rudeboy’s LifeLos Vicios De Papa – Victima Mephiskapheles – Shame and ScandalAggressors BC – The HallwaysStaya Staya – 1986The Pietasters – Factory Concerto Skankin’ Pickle – I Missed the BusPunch the Clown – CIA ChickAgent 99 – Murder for RentJiker – Brawl at Da Hut The Papers – Who Put the Reggae on the Radio The post 100% Ska Podcast – Episode 303 – It’s Another All 7″ Show! appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Jan 30, 20201h 11m

100% Ska Podcast – Episode 302 – First Actual Ska Episode of 2020

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always mostly 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! Tonight is the first episode of season three to feature ska music, and we settle back into our old ways of sipping rum and getting that upbeat cranking!Tonight’s Playlist: The Busters – Mickey Mouse in MoscowThe Checkered Cabs – You Told Me That You Loved MeHeavy Manners – Blue BeatThe Selecter – Because the NightSoul Radics – The Worst ThingKing Zepha’s Northern Sound – Al BabaDavid Hillyard and the Rocksteady 7 – Someone Else’s Love SongMoon Invaders – Different Strokes for Different FolksThe Ska Flames – Hot SakeKing Hammond – Sweet Mortal SinErin Baldwell Collective – Please Please PleaseBoss Riot – I Can’t Forget About You BabyLaurel Aitken – Rude Boy DreamThe Dendrites – Booty Lu’s CanoeYellow Cap – Trick or TreatBandulus – Good LovinThe Boilers – Outta ControlThe Screw-Ups – Reach Out The post 100% Ska Podcast – Episode 302 – First Actual Ska Episode of 2020 appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Jan 16, 20201h 12m

100% Ska Podcast – Episode 301 – A Very Special Season Three Premiere

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always mostly 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! However! Tonight’s season three premiere of 100% Ska has been hijacked! Instead of the usual 100% ska you’ve come to know and love, tonight’s episode will feature all non-ska music, as DJ Ryan Midnight presents some of his favorite music from those “other” genres add to his collection throughout 2019.From Psychotic Pinapple to The Parasites, and Velocity Girl to The Tiki Men, plus a whole lotta 80s schlock, your opinion of your host may never be the same! The post 100% Ska Podcast – Episode 301 – A Very Special Season Three Premiere appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Jan 7, 20201h 12m

100% Ska Podcast – Episode 219 – Best of 2019 New to the Library

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always mostly 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! This week focuses on highlighting the best of 2019! However, this isn’t the best releases of 2019, but the best of the music I’ve bought of the year to showcase the “new to the library”. Expect deeper notes and dives into many of the songs! The playlist! Johnny Reggae Rub Foundation – This is SkaThe Selecter – The Selecter The Graduate – Elvis Should Play SkaThe Offs – Johnny Too BadSkunks (France) – SolenzaraThe Specials – Vote for MeThe Prizefighters – KashmirCatbite – Scratch Me UpThe Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Almost Anything GoesThe Terrorists – Riis ParkCairo – I Like BluebeatAlana Turner – Darling I Will StayThe Impalers – Return of JacksonDutch Ska Express – Ska FactorySuicide Machines – No FaceOcean 11 – Miss UnderstoodVictor Rice – Motion Study 1Skunks (US) – Greyhound The post 100% Ska Podcast – Episode 219 – Best of 2019 New to the Library appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Dec 24, 20191h 25m

100% Ska Podcast – Ep 218 – Not Quite a Winter Wonderland

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always mostly 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! This week’s episode attempted to do a simulcast on Zuckerberg’s book-of-faces emporium, but sadly didn’t get very far! However, we do have brand spankin’ new music from Stop the Presses, The Abruptors, and Thirsty Guys! Full setlist: The Orobians – Who Can It Be NowDance Hall Crashers – Dance Hall CrashersGo Jimmy Go – Ease UpThe Toasters – Life In a BubbleEl Bosso & Die Ping Pongs – Mieser WichtStop the Presses – Stop the PressesCrazy Baldhead – Too Much TechnologyShot Black and White – Day In / Day OutRanking Roger – Muscle SkaThe Abruptors – With My LuckBad Manners – Got No BrainsThe Berbiseyans – ComradeThe Hoovers – I Got You BabeThirsty Guys – Bad ChemistryLess Than Jake – Rock n’ Roll PizzariaLockstep – The City is BurningVoodoo Glow Skulls – Land of Misfit ToysRoger Rivas and the Brothers of Reggae – Winter Wonderland The post 100% Ska Podcast – Ep 218 – Not Quite a Winter Wonderland appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Dec 13, 20191h 6m

100% Ska Podcast – Ep 217 – New Sounds that Sound Old

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always mostly 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! This week’s episode is the return of 100% Ska after another unintended hiatus, with music from recent releases that try to capture that authentic, old school ska and rocksteady sound! Highlighted is brand new music from the likes of The Seattle-ites with “The Thing”, Symarip “Skinting”, and Two Tone Club’s “Epitaphe”. The post 100% Ska Podcast – Ep 217 – New Sounds that Sound Old appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Dec 3, 20191h 10m

100% Ska Podcats – Ep 216 – 1st Preview of Supernova 2020 Ska Festival

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always mostly 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! This week’s episode features music from several bands already committed to the Supernova 2020 International Ska Festival, and few “fantasy festival” picks of bands that I’d love to see perform. We also feature music from the new Stop the Presses LP release, the 45 single from Matamoska!, and a rarity for you Less Than Jake fans! Lastly, the show also includes the digital track from The Tellways, “Bow to Your Sensei”. The post 100% Ska Podcats – Ep 216 – 1st Preview of Supernova 2020 Ska Festival appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Sep 7, 20191h 9m

100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 215 – Catbite (Philly Ska) Interview

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always mostly 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! This week episode includes an interview with Catbite, Philly’s new ska sensation, recorded at Braustomp 3! And of course we have a song from them, off of their new LP from Bad Time Records. We discuss the origin of the band, the making of their new LP, and of course that splashy eye-catching logo! The show also includes the new digital single from Sgt Scag, “Cultination”! For more info on Catbite check out https://catbite.bandcamp.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/catbiteband/ The post 100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 215 – Catbite (Philly Ska) Interview appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Aug 9, 20191h 7m

100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 214 – Barbicide Interview and Braustomp Preview

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always mostly 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! This week episode features an interview with new NYC-based band Barbicide, featuring Brendog and Mikal (founders and formerly of Mephiskapheles) recorded outside Characters! And of course we have a song from them, too. The show also features music from bands playing at this week’s Braustomp in DC, and a little trivia game via The Toasters! For more info on Barbicide check out: https://www.facebook.com/barbicideband/ or https://www.barbicideband.com/ This week’s playlist: The Classy Wrecks – One Drop BluesThe Prizefighters – You’ll Never KnowEastern Standard Time – Tenor MadnessScotch Bonnets – Hair DidThe Pietasters – Perfect WorldThe Toasters – East Side BeatSecond Step – OpportunityUrban Blight – Go Bouncin’The Boilers – Outta ControlNorth East Ska Jazz Orchestra w/ Fred ReiterThe Robustos – No Strangers HereDetroit Riddim Crew – Castle RiddimThe Erin Bardwell Collective – This is My TimeBarbicide – Unlove You The post 100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 214 – Barbicide Interview and Braustomp Preview appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Aug 2, 20191h 16m

100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 213 – Pandemics Viral Interview with Chris Malone

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always mostly 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! This week episode welcomes back Chris Malone of The Pandemics on the eve of their Midwest tour (dates below) talking all things tour, new upcoming music, and Lonely Atom Records. The show also features music from Mephiskapheles, Tim Armstrong, The Void Union, and of course, The Pandemics! This week’s playlist Scofflaws – Nude Beach (Version)Mephiskapheles – Satan on the BeachLeo and the Lineup – Memories of SummerBig Ska Band w/ Lester Sterling – Jamaica FarewellThe Pressure – Kingston ReviewTim Armstrong – Take This CityThe Bruce Lee Band – Occupy The LoveNot Bob Marley – No RespectThe Fad – DubfectaThe Fundamentals – Cool Down (and Let It All Out)Pilfers – Easy ManThe Void Union – Rock the FunctionSir J and the Kinkylab Allstars – Groove BrosThe Pandemics – Change Your Mind Pandemics Going Viral Summer Tour 2019 Dates(Last updated 7/16/19) The post 100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 213 – Pandemics Viral Interview with Chris Malone appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Jul 18, 20191h 7m

100% Ska Podcast – Episode 212 – Skanking in the Upside Down

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always mostly 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! This week features new music from The Operators, review of the new compilation The Shape of Ska-Punk to Come and a rare track from The Skunks! This week’s playlist The Skunks – It’s Goin’ Down The Operators – Ain’t It Obvious Elevators – No More Stress Strange Fruit – Crazy World Pietasters – Rachel Freecoasters – I Don’t Even Know Scotch Bonnets – Another Saturday Night Madness – It Must Be Love Monty Neysmith meets The Bishops – Skankin’ the Night Away Matamoska – Roca Sucia Voodoo Glow Skulls – My Soul is Sick Thumper – The Same Thing Rancid and the Stubborn All-Stars – I Wanna Riot The Girls Next Door featuring Sam Bailey – Too Late Soul Radics – No Fool Ska Flames – Ray Hyman Red Soul Community – Muerte en La Alhambra The Upstarters – Stranger Things Theme (Reggae Dub) The post 100% Ska Podcast – Episode 212 – Skanking in the Upside Down appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Jul 10, 20191h 10m

100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 211 – Summer of Ska 2019 is Here

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always mostly 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! It’s been a spell but we’re back! This week features new music from Stop the Presses and Catbite, and plenty of new-to-the-show bands! This week’s playlist: Stop the Presses – Wasted Youth Catbite – Scratch Me Up Hot Stove Jimmy – Sweetheart The Exceptions – Flowering Scrunch The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Don’t Know How to Party The Specials – Bonediggin’ Dutch Ska Express – Riot in the Streets The Checkered Cabs – Something About the Weekend 65 Mines Street – Summers End The SkaNads – Rude Boy’s on the Rise Dakka Skanks – Skinhead Boy The Frightnrs – Never Answer The Usuals – Three a.m. Doreen Shaffer and the Steadytones – Smile Lauren Aitken y Los Skarlatines – Perfidia Boss Riot – Broken The Offs – Johnny Too Bad Rathskeller – East Wake The post 100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 211 – Summer of Ska 2019 is Here appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Jul 3, 20191h 18m

100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 210 – The Mayor De Blasio Loves Ska Celebration Episode

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! Earlier this week, during an “get to know your candidate” interview, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio affirmed his love for ska (along with reggae and punk, including The Clash). As a celebration of this momentous declaration, I thought I would play all NYC-based ska bands (and a few regional bands that made their name in the city) in this episode, to get Mayor de Blasio updated on a bunch of current local bands and bands he may have missed! This week’s playlist The Toasters – New York Fever NY Citizens – Shut Up and Listen Mephiskapheles – Mephiskapheles Urban Blight – U Must B The Scofflaws – Rudy’s Back The Pandemics – Killing Time High School Football Heroes – Beat of a Rhythmless Drum Agent 99 – Murder for Rent Murphys Law – Ska Song Bigger Thomas – Chaos New York Ska Jazz Ensamble – Arachnid Beat Brigade – Armageddon Beat King Django – New York Neighbors Roland Alphonso w/ The Terrorists – Tear Up The Slackers – Runaway The Far East – Can We Make It Up The Stubborn All-Stars – Saturday Night Brooklyn Attractors – Distraction Cover image courtesy and copyright www.readjunk.com The post 100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 210 – The Mayor De Blasio Loves Ska Celebration Episode appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

May 23, 20191h 11m

100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 209 – I Wanna Be Your

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! …well, okay, this week is red wine. Tracklist Bim Skala Bim – In Our Midst Eastern Standard Time – Left for Dead New York Ska Jazz Ensamble – My Blue Ska The Dendrites – Oh Yeah? (Oh Yea!) Top Shotta Band – No Regrets The Senior Allstars – Deacon Gigantes Magneticos – Well Well Well Cairo – Movie Stars The Liptones – Med Dej The Scotch Bonnets – I Wanna Be Your Boy The Pressure – Kingston Review Potato 5 – Reburial The Slackers – I Wanna Be Your Girl Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra – Ska Me Crazy The Toasters – Little Hidden Secret Mephiskapheles – Friends Like You The Pilfers – Generation Fink’s Constant – Ska Ska Ska More info at https://www.djryanmidnight.com The post 100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 209 – I Wanna Be Your appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

May 17, 20191h 12m

100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 208 – Return of the Ugly

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% Vinyl and always fueled by Jamaican rum! After almost two months 100% Ska returns to the “airwaves” for your listening pleasure. This episode features a slew of tunes never heard before on the show along with three, yes three, album reviews – The Specials “Encore”, the Max’s SKAnsas City compilation and Joker’s Republic “Falling Behind”. Get ready to move your feet! This week’s tracklist: Bad Manners – Return of the Ugly The Beat w/ Ranking Roger – Public Confidential Rhoda Dakar / The Bodysnatchers – The Loser The Selecter – Pass the Power The Specials – Blam Blam Fever Colin Giles Meets Victor Rice – Lady The Revivers – Reggae Fever Alana Turner – Darling I Will Follow The Soulsteppers – Victory Dance Ocean 11 – Miss Understanding The Impalers – Return of Jackson The Aggrolites – Eye of Obarbas Cryin’ Out Loud – Pounding Heart The Offs – Easier Said Than Done The Steadys – All You Can Stand Mustard Plug – Dysfunktional The Suicide Machines – Hey Joker’s Republic – Migraine The post 100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 208 – Return of the Ugly appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

May 2, 20191h 17m

100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 207 – 2-Tone 40th Anniversary Celebration

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% Vinyl and always fueled by Jamaican rum! This week we celebrate the 40th anniversary release of The Special AKA “Gangsters”, and with it the 2-Tone label, along with the 2-Clone and 2-Influenced bands of the era! We’ve got some great, rarely heard tracks mixed in here, hope you enjoy! This week’s tracklist: The Offenders – 2Tone TimeThe Special AKA – GangstersMadness – The Prince The Selecter – Too Much PressureThe English Beat – Can’t Get Used to Losing YouLaurel Aitken & The UnitoneThe Riffs – DarlingBad Manners – Just a FeelingThe Bodysnatchers – Let’s Do RocksteadySkunks – C’est Eski C’est EskaVodska – ThereseHeavy Manners – Flaming FirstThe Boxboys – American MasqueradeGraduate – Elvis Should Play SkaHeadline – CarolinaThe Rude Boys – Blue Beat BabyCairo – I Like BluebeatThe Selecter – The Selecter The post 100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 207 – 2-Tone 40th Anniversary Celebration appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Mar 8, 20191h 18m

100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 206 – Under the Covers with Ska

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% Vinyl and always fueled by Jamaican rum! This week’s episode is all about the art of the cover song! The ska genre has been known for their fair share of covers, and the episode brings you some of the classics, as well as some newer and rare cover versions you may not have heard! This week’s tracklist: The Untouchables – (I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone The Terrorists – Justice Mento Buru – Rudy, Un Mensaje Para Vos David Hillyard & the Rocksteady 7 – I Can’t See Clearly Now Hepcat – Caravan The Delegators – Nowhere to Run The Pietasters – Same Old Song The Georgetown Orbits – Domino The Toasters – Gimme Some Lovin’ Leo and The Lineup – Wooly Bully Mealticket – Picture This The Usuals – Surrender The Crombies – English Civil War Reel Big Fish – Take On Me Less Than Jake – Hungry LIke The Wolf Voodoo Glow Skulls – Here Comes The Sun Skankin’ Pickle – Turning Japanese Ruder Than You – Paranoid The post 100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 206 – Under the Covers with Ska appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Feb 26, 20191h 4m

100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 205 – Prizefighters Interview (Aaron Porter)

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! This week, in addition to great ska music, I speak with Aaron Porter, lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for The Prizefighters from Minnesota. We talk about their new album, Firewalk, the magic behind getting that Prizefighters sound, their collaboration with Charley “Organaire” Cameron, and more! This week’s tracklist: Bim Skala Bim – Blue (Are You Disoriented) Baba Brooks – Teenage Ska Kentrick Patrick – Beyond Roland Alphonso – James Bond Symarip – Skin Flint The Prizefighters – Stop Them Open Season – Rocksteady Fever St Petersburg Ska-Jazz Review – Doop The Scofflaws – Rudy’s Back Soul Radics – Walk Your Own Line Hepcat – Police Woman Slackers – I Still Love You The Frightnrs – Gonna Make Time The Usuals – It’s Alright Skunks – Sorry https://theprizefighters.bandzoogle.com/https://www.facebook.com/theprizefighters/ The post 100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 205 – Prizefighters Interview (Aaron Porter) appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Feb 16, 20191h 19m

100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 204 – I Think I Know Ska-Punk

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! This week episode celebrates the sounds of ska-punk and other misfits of the genre (mostly from the 80s and 90s), along with a quick “proto” throwback to some of the earliest bands blending ska/reggae and punk in the UK. This week’s tracklist: Operation Ivy – Sound System The Slits – Typical Girls Ruts DC – Different View Stiff Little Fingers – Roots, Radicals, Rockers and Reggae The Clash – Pressure Drop Against All Authority – We Won’t Submit Jiker – Brawl at Da Hut Voodoo Glow Skulls – Land of Misfits Toys Less Than Jake – Teenager in Love The Rabies – Natural Disaster Taxicab Samurais – Decepticon Kemuri – Ato-Ichinen Potshot – Nobody Saves The Bruce Lee Band – Superman MU330 – Ireland The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – HowWhyWuz HowWhyYam Thumper – Burn, Baby, Burn Mustard Plug – Beer (Song) Aquabats – Playdough Joker’s Republic – Wolves The post 100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 204 – I Think I Know Ska-Punk appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Feb 6, 20191h 7m

100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 203 – Congestion Can’t Hold Me Back

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! Sure, this week I maybe congested and a bit out of it, but that’s not going to hold me back from taking this subway to Skaville! This week’s tracklist: Madness – One Step Beyond (Spanish) The Insteps – The Heat Two Tone Club – Talk About Love Skaos – Invisible 7 The Scofflaws – Aliskaba (Live) Bad Manners – Got No Brains The Hoovers – World Gone Mad The Donkey Show – Bali Island The Selecter – Cool Blue Lady Laurel Aitken – Je T’Aimerai Toujours Leo and the Lineup – Hit the Streets Monkey Shop – Weird Company The Talks – Modern Sub-Urban Lfe Mephiskapheles – Doomsday NY Citizens – Boxer Shorts Let’s Go Bowling – Hare Tonic The Pietasters – Freak Show The Captivators – Midnite Train to Skatown The post 100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 203 – Congestion Can’t Hold Me Back appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Jan 30, 20191h 7m

100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 202 – The Freecoasters Interview

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! The week’s episode features an interview with The Freecoasters talking about their upcoming sophomore album and the Florida ska scene, along with the debut of a new feature on show highlighting a digital / CD only release. This week’s tracklist: The Bishops – Black & Tan Soul Brothers – Freedom Sounds Upsetters – Return of Django The Kingstonians – Love is the Greatest Science Don Drummond – Cuban Blockade Clancy Eccles – Fire Corner Bongo Man & the Skatalites – Marcus Garvey The Freecoasters – I Don’t Even Know Caz and the Day Laborers – I Give Up The Prizefighters – Hypocrite The Upsessions – Cool Time Ska Sammy Kay and the East Los 3 – Bye Bye The Pressure – Horror Show The Snails – Fallin’ Too Fast Aggressors – Hallways The Twilights – Dancing Mood For more info on this week’s featured acts: https://www.thefreecoasters.com/ https://the-twilights.com/ The post 100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 202 – The Freecoasters Interview appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Jan 16, 20191h 12m

100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 201 – Season 2 Premiere Episode

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! It’s the season two premiere of 100% Ska! New intro, new upcoming interviews, same ol’ songs! Stay rude and reckless as we come into 2019, and keep your dancing shows laced tight! This week’s tracklist: The Mighty Johnny Reggae Rub Foundation – This is Ska The Terrorists – Love is Better Now Bongo Man and the Skatalites – Marcus Garvey Roland Alphonso and the Alley Cats – Jerk Pork The Clarendonians – Rudie Bam Bam David Hillyard and the Rocksteady 7 w/ Sean Wheeler – The Giver Mr T-Bone and the Young Lions – My Cruel World Goodbye Arthur Kay’s Originals – In Your Own Backyard The Fundamentals – La Frita The Mudsharks – This is Why Bowcat – Cruising Speed The Busters – Let’s Talk About 2 Tone Lizard Kings feat. Alex Desert – Dogs Heavy Manners – Blue Beat (Live) JQ and the Revue – Shake and Move The Crombies – Rough and Tough The Royalties – Avoid the Crime The Impalers – The Impaler The post 100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 201 – Season 2 Premiere Episode appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Jan 7, 20191h 9m

100% Ska Podcast – Episode 132 – End of 2018 Episode

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! The last episode of 2018! This episode looks back on some of the newest ska releases to vinyl in 2018, along with some of my favorite newest additions to the collection from this year. Looking forward to “season 2” in 2019! This week’s tracklist: Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Green Bay, Wisconsin The Toasters – Ska Jerk Los Placebos – Skapolice Two Tone Club – I’m Not Safe With Your Love Mento Buru – Rudy, Un Mensaje Para Vos The Pietasters – Perfect World The Shifters – It’s Been Too Long Chainska Brassika – Don’t You Try The Aquabats – Cat wth 2 Heads The Fuss – Riot Hepcat – Miss Congeniality Akrylykz – Spyderman The Boxboys – American Masquerade Westbound Train – Come and Get It Ocean 11 – Ancient Chinese Ska The Freecoasters – Mystery Legal Gender – Overcast Roger Rivas and the Brothers of Reggae – Winter Wonderland The post 100% Ska Podcast – Episode 132 – End of 2018 Episode appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Dec 28, 20181h 17m

100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 131 – Drunken Style is His Martial Art

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! Counting down to Christmas, hold the eggnog, give me the rum staight, and let’s do the Manta Ray Dance with Santa on the beach! This week’s tracklist: Rancid with Stubborn All Stars – I Wanna Riot The Slackers – Two Face Boomtown United – Work It Out The Deltones – Show Off The Talks – All in a Day Mephiskapheles – Satan on the Beach Mustard Plug – Suburban Homesick Blues Desorden Publico – Ska Mundo Ska Tim Armstrong (backed by The Aggrolites) – Oh No The Planet Smashers – Manta Ray Dance Let’s Go Bowling – Cumbia Del Sol The Pietasters – Drunken Master The Berbiseyans – Djinns Arthur Kay and The Originals – No One But You Soul Radics – Stay Moon Invaders – Different Strokes for Different Folks Unsteady – Charade Top Shotta Band – Dub of My Heart The post 100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 131 – Drunken Style is His Martial Art appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Dec 20, 20181h 12m

100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 130 – 12/11/18

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! The post 100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 130 – 12/11/18 appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Dec 12, 20181h 1m

100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 129 – Interview w/ Nicolas Jack Davies (dir. Rudeboy)

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always 100% vinyl, and always working on bringing you a great interview! This week our interview is with Nicolas Jack Davies, the director of the new documentary, Rudeboy: The Story of Trojan Records. Nicolas discusses working with Trojan Records, meeting the artists, and the challenges of creating a documentary with minimal archive footage. This week’s tracklist: Desorden Publico – Los Zombis Estan de Moda Monkey Shop – Tomorrow We May Know Matamoska – Doom Boogie Napoleon Solo – Nobody Told Me Heavy Manners – Get Me Outta Debt Dave and Ansel Collins – Double Barrel Dandy Livingston – Rudy a Message to You Desmond Dekker & The Aces – 007 (Shanty Town) Alton Ellis & The Flames – Cry Tough Blue Beat Makers – You’ve Been So Nice Westbound Train – Check Your Time Monty Neysmith and The Bishops – Jump Mobtown – Comin’ to Get ‘Cha Kingston Rudieska – East & West The post 100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 129 – Interview w/ Nicolas Jack Davies (dir. Rudeboy) appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Nov 20, 20181h 8m

100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 128 – Nobody’s Hashtag at All

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! After an unintended hiatus, 100% Ska returns to its reguarly weekly-ish schedule! This week’s tracklist: The Fuss – Riot The Toasters – East Side Beat (Live) The Akrylykz – Spyerderman Dr. Ring Ding – Piping Hot T-Killas – Sitting in the Rain The Go-Go Rays – Conspiracy Anything Goes – Love Song #325 The Executives – Stop the Insanity The NC Thirteens – All You Say The Dendrites – Fresh Prescription Brixton Sounds – Instituto Karla Rocksteady Sporting Club – Sheepish Sheep The Meow Meows – Banknote The Selecter – Frontline Madness – Night Boat to Cairo The Porkes – Make Hey! The Pietasters – Moving On Up Eastern Standard Time – Tick Tock The post 100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 128 – Nobody’s Hashtag at All appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Nov 9, 20181h 9m

100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 127 – Comes Love Nothing Can Be Done

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! This week’s tracklist: Staya Staya – 1986 David Hillyard and the Rocksteady 7 – I Can See Clearly Now The Senior Allstars – Red Leaf Rotterdam Ska-Jazz Foundation – Sunwalk Sir J and the Kinkylab Allstars – The Lost Rhytm Anton Ellis and the Flames – Rock Steady The Overtakers – The Big Takeover The Jamaicans – Ba Ba Boom The Claredonians – Lonely Heartaches The Void Union – Long for Lester Top Shotta Band ft. Screechy Dan – Top Shotta Mento The Snails – Liberty Street Lights The Frightnrs – What Have I Done The Shifters – She’s So Fine The New York Ska Jazz Ensemble – Comes Love Mr. T-Bone and the Young Lions – Pressure The Pressure – Everytime You Go Roger Rivas – Autumn Breeze The post 100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 127 – Comes Love Nothing Can Be Done appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Sep 1, 20181h 13m

100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 126 – Interview with The Fuss (Wash. DC)

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! This week’s episode features an in-depth interview with Washington DC’s The Fuss, talking about their new album, a bit of DC ska history, and the monthly ska night, Bluebeat DC. Also featured is the track, Riot, off their full length debut album, Ourselves. As always, the episode is chock full of great selected tunes this time from The Deltones, The Boxboys, Mephiskapheles, Two Tone Club and more! For more on The Fuss, visit them at: http://thefussdc.com/ https://www.facebook.com/thefussdc/ https://twitter.com/thefussdc https://www.instagram.com/thefussdc/ The post 100% Ska Podcast – Ep. 126 – Interview with The Fuss (Wash. DC) appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Aug 22, 20181h 9m

100% Ska Podcast – Episode 125 – Can’t Force You to Enjoy This Music

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! This week’s tracklist: Spring Heeled Jack – Pay Some Dues Symarip – Must Catch a Train The Specials – Its Up to You The Selecter – Pass the Power Brixton Sounds – Instituto Karla Hepcat – No Worries Rocksteady Sporting Club – Sheepish Sheep The Pietasters – Under My Thumb The Slackers – Runaway The Aquabats – Playdough Let’s Go Bowling – Esta Noche The Meow Meows – Young Blood Mustard Plug – Box Boomshot! – Cower and Bend The Suspects – The Dance Beat Brigade – Try and Try Again Vic Ruggiero – Jump Johnny too Bad and the Strike Outs – St. Paul St We can’t force you to enjoy this music Take it or leave it we’ll carry on regardless The post 100% Ska Podcast – Episode 125 – Can’t Force You to Enjoy This Music appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Aug 10, 20181h 8m

100% Ska Podcast – Episode 124 – Take This City by Storm

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! This week’s tracklist: The Freecoasters – I Can Sleep When I’m Dead The Toasters – Underground Town The Shifters – She’s So Fine King Django – Trying to be Something Boomtown United – Work It Out Slow Gherkin – Salsa III Mephiskapheles – Friends Like These Voodoo Glow Skulls – Left for Dead The Planet Smashers – My Love (Vampire) Stubborn All-Stars – Wash Away Evil Ska Flames – Ska Fever New York Ska-Jazz Ensamble – You Are So Fine Mento Buru – Sabor a Mi The Bruce Lee Band – Occupy the Love State of Emergency – Police Chase Tim Armstrong – Take This City The Braces – In Ska Mood Roger Rivas and the Brothers of Reggae – Rocksteady for Two The post 100% Ska Podcast – Episode 124 – Take This City by Storm appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Aug 1, 20181h 6m

100% Ska Podcast – Episode 123 – Trojan Records 50th Birthday Tribute

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! This week’s special episode is dedicated to Trojan Records, who celebrates their 50th Birthday July 26th 2018. As such, the show will be filled with nothing but songs released on Trojan Record Tracklist: Don Drummond – Man in the Street Dave and Ansel Collins – Double Barrel The Maytals – Pressure Drop Baba Brooks – Watermelon Man The Ethiopians – The Whip The Uppsetter – Return of Django Desmond Dekker and the Aces – 007 (Shanty Town) Dandy – Rudy a Message to You Anton Ellis and the Flames – Dance Crasher The Pioneers – Long Shot Kick the Bucket Jimmy Cliff – Miss Jamaica Stranger Cole – Rough and Tough Soul Sisters – Wreck a Buddy The Skatalites – Confucius Lord Tanamo – I’m in the Mood for Love The Astronauts – Syncopate The Slickers – Johnny Too Bad The Zodiacs – Renegade Derrick and Patsy – Housewive’s Choice Phillis Dillon – Perfidia Laurel Aitken – Hey Bartender The post 100% Ska Podcast – Episode 123 – Trojan Records 50th Birthday Tribute appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Jul 25, 20181h 5m

100% Ska Podcast – Episode 122 – Get Up to Down Beat Stomp

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! This week’s tracklist: The Untouchables – Free Yourself Fishbone – Skankin to the Beat Beat Brigade – Try and Try Again The Preschoolers – Angela The Skints – Rise Up Bad Manners – Memory Train Eastern Standard Time – Segment Leo and the Lineup – Memories of Summer Red Soul Community – Anymore The Georgetown Orbits – My Baby’s Okay Boomshot! – You’ve Never Known The Deltones – Stay Where You Are The Boilers – Ice in Her Eyes Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra – Down Beat Stomp 65 Mines Street – Nite Shot II Void Union – Higher Guns The Talks – Life in Colour The post 100% Ska Podcast – Episode 122 – Get Up to Down Beat Stomp appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Jul 5, 20181h 5m

100% Ska Podcast – Episode 121 – Baby, Dance Wid Me

Your weekly dose of a ska DJ trying to emulate your favorite old college radio show. Always 100% ska, always 100% vinyl, and always getting buzzed on Jamaican rum while recording! This week’s playlist The Aggressors – Plight of the Immigrant Skankin Pickle – David Duke is Running for President Less Than Jake – Son of Dick JC Superska – Hepstepper The Aquabats – Super Rad Taxicab Samurais – Preppy Girl Slow Gherkin – Covert Advertising The Instigators – Matty’s Song Unsteady – Rockstar Hepcat – Dance Wid’ Me The Prizefighters – The Accolade The Berbiseyans – Madinina Two Tone Club – One in a Million Strange Fruit – In The Mood for Lovin’ The Riffs – Monday Morning The Loafers – The Undertaker The Busters – Space Patrol Orion Top Shotta Band – Shephard Style (Version II) The post 100% Ska Podcast – Episode 121 – Baby, Dance Wid Me appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Jun 29, 20181h 5m

100% Ska Podcast – Episode 120 – Interview with Mush1

This week features an extended interview with Mush1 (aka Jeremy Mushlin), NYC-based trumpet player of Top Shotta Band and Hungry March Band, formerly of The Slackers. This week’s playlist: Tim Armstrong – Hold On Los Placebos – Skapolice The Toasters – The Beat NST and the Soul Sauce – Song for Rico The Fuss – We’re Going Out Hungry March Band – Mali Mali The Slackers – Tin Tin Deo Boss Riot – Hearts and Hands Arthur Kay – Ska-Wars Jackie Mittoo – The Avenger The post 100% Ska Podcast – Episode 120 – Interview with Mush1 appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Jun 20, 20181h 22m

100% Ska Podcast – Episode 119 – Going Back to Jamaica

Your weekly dose of 100% ska played on 100% vinyl, as we attempt to emulate your favorite old college radio show, and as always fueled by Jamaican rum. Hear classic tunes, favorites, and songs that may become favorites! This week we return for Jamaica for an all 60s ska episode! Remember your roots and dance on! The post 100% Ska Podcast – Episode 119 – Going Back to Jamaica appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Jun 7, 20181h 12m

100% Ska Podcast – Episode 118

Your weekly dose of 100% ska played on 100% vinyl, as we attempt to emulate your favorite old college radio show, and as always fueled by Jamaican rum. Hear classic tunes, favorites, and songs that may become favorites! This week’s playlist: King Django – Avenue A The Shifters – Dance with You The Forthrights – Nocturne The Pressure – Devotion Moon Invaders – Why? Mr. T-Bone – President of the Republic of Bananas Rocksteady Sporting Club – Hypnotist Company The Snails – Fallin’ Too Fast The Slackers – Sarah The Equators – Baby Come Back Gigantes Magneticos – Troublemaker The Fundamentals – Worst in Me Soul Radics – No Fool Skaos – Invisible 7 Les Miserables – Phoenix City Rhyth-o-Matics – Skatalation The Pilfers – Yakuza SeeSpot – Orient Express The post 100% Ska Podcast – Episode 118 appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Jun 1, 20181h 10m

100% Ska Podcast – Episode 117 – Supernova Ska Festival Show

Tonight’s episode is dedicated to Supernova Ska Festival 2018, featuring music from and inspired by performing bands and events and the Memorial Weekend event in Virginia! This week’s playlist: The Stubborn All-Stars – Saturday Night The Pietasters – Freakshow Hub City Stompers – Chatterbox Spring Heeled Jack – Electric MU330 – Around You The Bodysnatchers – Easy Life (Live) The Scotch Bonnets – Go, Adrian! The Steady 45s – Long Time Coming Dr Ring Ding – All the Way to the Moon The Specials – Bonediggin’ The Crombies – It’s Not You Hepcat – Black Sky The Toasters – Pool Shark (Live) Eastern Standard Time – Don’t Go Sammy Kay and the East Los 3 – Highs and Lows The Selecter – Missing Words (Live) The Pietasters – Factory Concerto The post 100% Ska Podcast – Episode 117 – Supernova Ska Festival Show appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

May 24, 20181h 9m

100% Ska Podcast – Episode 116 – Fury of the Aquabats Review

This week includes a review of The Aquabats “Fury of the Aquabats” 20th-ish Anniversary 2-LP release. This week’s playlist: Madness – Grey Day Slackers – Peculiar The Bullets – Crystal Necklace Caz and the Day Laborers – You Know You’re Wrong The Dendrites – Fresh Prescription The Aquabats – Cat with 2 Heads! Skankin’ Pickle – Turning Japanese Jiker – Brawl at da Hut 1592 – This Season’s Ours The Mighty Mighty Bosstones – Do Something Crazy Buck O Nine – Round Kid Monkey – The Epic High School Football Heroes – Beat of a Rhythmless Drum The Specials – Concrete Jungle The Crombies – Monster Ska State of Emergency – Violence Bad Manners – Tonight is Your Night The Aquabats – Fight Song! The post 100% Ska Podcast – Episode 116 – Fury of the Aquabats Review appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

May 16, 20181h 14m

100% Ska Podcast – Episode 115

Your weekly podcast emulating your favorite old college radio ska show, where hosts drink on the air and play great music! This week’s playlist: The Abruptors – Some Day The Meow Meows – Tits and Hatred Eastern Standard Time – Bemsha Swing Let’s Go Bowling – Esta Noche Potato 5 – Dial M for Murder Less Than Jake – Hungry Like the Wolf Punch the Clown – CIA Chick Smitty – Up in Smoke Fishbone – Party at Ground Zero Rancid – Crane Fist The Rude Boys – Ska Fever (Part 2) The Dropsteppers – Darker Side of Grey Chainska Brassika – Don’t You Try The Scofflaws – Going Back to Kingston (Live) Bigger Thomas – Holiday in Manhattan Inspecter 7 – Asbury Park The Impalers – Riptide The post 100% Ska Podcast – Episode 115 appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

May 9, 20181h 9m

100% Ska Podcast – Episode 114 – Pandemics Interview

This weeks episode features an interview with The Pandemics of Long Island, NY. This week’s playlist: Spring Heeled Jack – Pay Some Dues Legal Gender – Overcast The Slackers – I Still Love You Two Tone Club – Turn Off The Television The Talks – Friday Night The Akrylykz – Smart Boy The Selecter – Bombscare The Untouchables – Free Yourself The Offenders – Screwed Up The Pandemics – Killing Time Voodoo Glow Skulls – Dirty Rats Mustard Plug – Mendoza Less Than Jake – Freeze Frame Arthur Kay’s Originals – Limehouse Lady Maroon Town – Goodbye to the Empire The Far East – Youthman (Version) The post 100% Ska Podcast – Episode 114 – Pandemics Interview appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

May 2, 20181h 10m

100% Ska Podcast – Episode 113 – All 7″ Episode

Playlist: King Django and the Stubborn All-Stars – Open Season Part 1 The Bodysnatchers – Ruder Than You Charley Organaire & Whitney and the Prizefighters – Elusive Baby Monty Neysmith & The Bishops – Skin Flint Inspecter 7 – See Ya Soul Radics – Day Ruler Smooth Beans – Turn the Coin The Insteps – The Heat Toasters – House of Soul Beat Brigade – Try and Try Again Scofflaws – Spider on My Bed Slackers – Spin I’m In Buford O’Sullivan – Army of Rats Eastern Standard Time – Miles & Miles Crazy Baldhead – Just a Man Pietasters – I’ve Been Hurt Solomon Jabby – Tone Wheel Express The post 100% Ska Podcast – Episode 113 – All 7″ Episode appeared first on DJ Ryan Midnight - NYC Ska DJ and Podcast Host.

Apr 25, 20181h 13m

100% Ska Podcast – Episode 112

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Apr 18, 20181h 5m