Over at Amazon.com, you can play samples of 2 songs by Boston ska group Big D and the Kids Table.  These songs will be on their side of a 7″ split with Brunt Of It as part of the upcoming Ska Is Dead 7″ series.  This series will be out on Asbestos Records this year.

To hear samples of the songs “Lash Out” and “Not Our Fault”, go HERE

One of the coolest places in all of Minneapolis is the dive bar/music venue known as the Triple Rock Social Club, so it was Courtney’s distinct pleasure to head down there for this week’s episode.  Michigan ska veterans Mustard Plug chat backstage at their 1,480th show and talk about the sexual healing powers of Fishbone, why Big D and The Kids Table are the “Beatles of ska,” and the benefits of being a weekend warrior band.  It appears that the secret to their staying power is to have an all-time designated driver and release music one song at a time.  To find out more about the Mustard Plug guide to touring, check out this week’s Flyover Ska Show!

This show is brought to you in part by MNSKA.com, Minnesota’s Ska Community and the Fancy Pants Gangsters podcast network.  Become a fan of the show on Facebook, follow Courtney on Twitter, or email him at FOSS@fancypantsgangsters.com.

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Coming this summer as a joint effort from Asbestos Records, Underground Communique Records, and the nice folks at Skaisdead.com will be an amazing little project that combines our obsession with dead genres and dead formats. Each series will be a set of 6 split 7”s from some of our favorite bands that **gasp** have the audacity to still play ska, and ska influenced punk rock in the year 2010. Available by subscription only, every other month you will receive two brand spanking new 7” records featuring both established, and up and coming acts including Reel Big Fish, Mustard Plug, Big D & the Kids Table, Bomb the Music Industry!, The Slackers, Sonic Boom Six, and more! So get out your dad’s old suit, and your mom’s old turntable and get stoked for the best 7” club of the year!

Please Note: this is a PRE-ORDER and your first installment will not ship out until late July/Early August.

You can PRE-ORDER the series HERE.

Boston ska-punk group Big D and the Kids Table played last Thursday at First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN.  MNSKA reporter Patrick Larson went and was able to capture this video of them playing their song “Steady Riot.”  Celtic punk band Flogging Molly also performed at this show.

You can check this video out on YouTube HERE.

After about a month of manly testosterone, it’s time for a little female perspective!  This week’s guest is none other than the prolific photographer of the American ska scene, Joelle Andres.  Listen in as Courtney and Joelle discuss the art of photography, how to show music appreciation in calendar form, and which adult-themed toys you shouldn’t bring to the Canadian border.

You can view all of Joelle’s lovely photos at http://joelleandres.com and check out The Ska Calendar at http://theskacalendar.com.

Intro track: “Check List” by Big D and the Kids Table
Outro track: “A Long Look At A Short Lived Dream” by High School Football Heroes

This show is brought to you in part by MNSKA.com, Minnesota’s Ska Community and the Fancy Pants Gangsters podcast network.  Become a fan of the show on Facebook, follow Courtney on Twitter, or email him at FOSS@fancypantsgangsters.com.

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It’s finally here!  The brand new album from Michigan ska-mashup genius Babylon Party Machine (aka Matt Wixson) TRICKS is available for FREE download over at Open Hand Records.  Some of the bands featured on this one are: The Toasters, Ludacris, Sonic Boom Six, Green Day, Big D, and that girl from Hannah Montana, among a few others.

Here’s the tracklist:

Babylon Party Machine – Tricks (2010)
1. 2-Tone Freak (The Toasters vs. Rick James)
2. Highrise Robbery (Pama International vs. Chumbawamba)
3. How Low Can You Dance (Hepcat vs. Ludacris)
4. Rider Boy (The Slackers vs. Rihanna)
5. Supaman That Grandma (The Ratazanas vs. Soulja Boy)
6. Shining Little Skallywag (Sonic Boom Six vs. Big D and the Kids Table)
7. The United States Green Party (Green Day vs. Miley Cyrus)

Matt Wixson  will be playing a bunch of shows in New Orleans, New England, and Michigan in the coming month (some featuring a full band), so make sure to get out to a show and give him all your money!

head on over to:
http://www.myspace.com/babylonpartymachine
or
http://www.myspace.com/mattwixson
for more info!

Michigan’s own Babylon Party Machine is set to release a brand new mashup EP entitled TRICKS on April 1st, 2010.  Here’s what founder/creator Matt Wixson had to say:

This ain’t no April Fools joke! This is “Tricks”! Seven fresh new mashups coming your way! Some of the artists you can expect to hear include Green Day, the Toasters, Big D and the Kids Table, the Slackers, Rihanna, Sonic Boom Six, Miley Cyrus, Hepcat, Chumbawamba, and more! You can get this release for free from Open Hand Records on April 1st. And if you haven’t downloaded the previous two mashup collections, head over to the Open Hand Records site and get yourself “Rididm & Flow” and “Mash Up Bashment” immediately!

You can check out one of the tracks from this EP over at Musical Occupation.

Another Big D and the Kids Table video?  Seems to be a lot being posted lately!  Anyway, this is last episode of their behind the scenes look at the making of their latest album Fluent In Stroll. In episode 9, the band finishes up the record, recording piano and organ parts and also records the last song: “Known To Be Blue.”  The Making Of Fluent In Stroll will be available on Big D’s upcoming DVD Built Up From Nothing.

Boston ska group Big D and the Kids Table took a chance by going in a new direction with their latest release Fluent In Stroll.  The general positive vibe of the record is evident in their latest music video “We Can Live Anywhere.”  The video also features the gorgeous gals from the band Tip The Van on backup vocals.  Enjoy!

This is the eighth of nine episodes of the making of the album Fluent In Stroll by Big D and the Kids Table.  Steve Fox The Beat Box lays down vocal percussion on ‘We Can Live Anywhere and Mash Up DJ, djBC lays down samples and scratches.  We will continue posting new episodes as they become available.