According to my sources over at Spinner.com,  legendary ska, punk, funk, metal, hip-hop band Fishbone has a documentary coming out entitled Everyday Sunshine.  The documentary will be narrated by Morpheus himself, Laurence Fishburne, and will feature many celebrity interviews with Chuck D, George Clinton, Tim Robbins, Gwen Stefani, Ice-T, Flea and many other famous fans of the storied band.  Everyday Sunshine will most likely debut at the SXSW festival in Austin, TX in March, then have a wider release later this year.  You will also get to see some footage from some vintage Fishbone shows from the mid-to-late 80′s submitted by fans.

Fishbone will be playing in Minneapolis on Thursday, March 4th at The Cabooze with The English Beat as part of the Spring Skaward Tour.

This video was taken by resident MNSka videographer Patrick Larson at the recent Reel Big Fish/English Beat show at the Minnesota Zoo.  Patrick took as much video as he could until the security guard told him to stop, but he was able to shoot the English Beat playing the song “Best Friend.”

This year mark’s the band’s 30th anniversary.

MNSka.com is proud to present the LAST QUESTION in our trivia contest to help promote the upcoming Reel Big Fish/English Beat concert TOMORROW Tuesday, August 11th at the Minnesota Zoo Ampitheater.  If you are the first to correctly answer today’s question, you will win Monkeys For Nothing And The Chimps For Free, the latest full-length album by Reel Big Fish courtesy of Rock Ridge Music.

Question 6: What Reel Big Fish album was released WITHOUT the band’s permission? (Exact album title)

To win, you must post your answer on the MNSKA FORUM.  GOOD LUCK!

UPDATE – We have a winner!  Thanks to all who entered the contest over the past 2 weeks.  Hope to see you all at the show TOMORROW!

MNSka.com is proud to continue our trivia contest to help promote the upcoming Reel Big Fish/English Beat concert on Tuesday, August 11th at the Minnesota Zoo Ampitheater.  If you are the first to correctly answer today’s question, you will win Fame, Fortune and Fornication, the latest all-covers album by Reel Big Fish courtesy of Rock Ridge Music.

Question 5: What member of Reel Big Fish was “fired” from the band for hitting a security guard at a show?

To win, you must post your answer on the MNSKA FORUM.  GOOD LUCK!

UPDATE: We have a winner!  Stay tuned to the site for the FINAL question in our RBF Trivia contest!

MNSka.com is proud to continue our Reel Big Fish/English Beat Trivia Contest, where you can have a chance to win tickets to the upcoming Reel Big Fish/English Beat concert on Tuesday, August 11th at the Minnesota Zoo Ampitheater!

Question 3: Reel Big Fish made a cameo in the 1998 film “BASEketball,” which featured their famous cover of Aha’s “Take On Me.”  What Reel Big Fish original song was also featured?

In order to win a pair of tickets to the show, you must go to the MNSKA FORUM and post your answer in the contest thread.  GOOD LUCK!

MNSka.com is proud to continue our Reel Big Fish/English Beat Trivia Contest, where you can have a chance to win tickets to the upcoming Reel Big Fish/English Beat concert on Tuesday, August 11th at the Minnesota Zoo Ampitheater!

Question 2: The English Beat splintered into diffferent bands, one of them being General Public, who covered the song “I’ll Take You There.”  This cover was used by President Clinton’s primary election campaign.  Why were General Public not allowed to play at any of President Clinton’s inaugural balls according to Dave Wakeling?

In order to win a pair of tickets to the show, you must go to the MNSKA FORUM and post your answer in the contest thread.  GOOD LUCK!

UPDATE – We have a winner!  Keep checking out the site for your next chance to win!

We at MNSka.com are having our very first contest!  Reel Big Fish and The English Beat are currently on tour together and will be playing at the MN Zoo Ampitheater on Tuesday, August 11th.  In honor of such a spectacular show, we are hosting a Reel Big Fish/The English Beat Trivia Contest!

There will be 6 different questions posted on the site where if you are the first to answer correctly, you win one of our 6 prizes, including pairs of tickets to the show, the new RBF DVD, and RBF CDs!  To answer the questions, you must register as a member of the MNSka FORUM and post your answer in the contest thread.

The first prize up for grabs is A PAIR OF TICKETS to the August 11th RBF/English Beat show!  You can find the first question after the jump.

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I’m very excited for Spring for many reasons: the weather gets warmer (eventually), the sun comes out, for many of you the school semester is almost over…but most importantly Spring is BOOMING with ska shows!

It’s time to forget the cold and unforgiving winter, put it behind you, and get your butt out to some of these ska shows!  Some highlights include 2 Tone Runts CD Release at The Red Sea, The English Beat w/ Umbrella Bed at the Cabooze, and Mike Park (of Asian Man Records) at The Triple Rock…plus much more to come!

Big thanks to Tom from MNSka for keeping our SHOWS page up to date!  Keep ‘em coming!

You can check out a list of all the April 2009 MNSka shows after the jump.

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2009 marks somewhat of a British invasion of the East Coast as 2nd Wave British ska acts The English Beat and Bad Manners have announced their tour dates.  Unfortunately, there are no midwest dates on the tour.  Boston ska band Big D and the Kids Table will be joining the bands on some there February tour dates.

Check out the tour poster after the jump.

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