Hey do you remember ska? I do! It was SO GOOD. My parents were all like ‘don’t listen to that razzamatazz!’ and I was like ‘but mom there are HORNS in there!’ and she’s like ‘well, can’t argue with a good horn section…’ and then this gave her the opportunity to make me listen to Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass and then I saw the album cover and my eyes were all like ‘boinnnnng!’
I started listening to ska because Melissa Napoleon (happy Bastille Day btw) had a patch on her Jansport that covered up the Jansport that said ‘SKA’ on it! At first I thought it meant SKATE or POLSKA but nope! So I went to the Princeton Record Exchange and bought three albums! Skankin’ Pickle – The Green Album! Fugazi – Repeater +3 Songs! Gorilla Biscuits – Start Today! Two of them changed my life! One of them did not!
Either way, we can all laugh about it now! (Literary Ska-Band Names: David Foster Skalas, The National Books Critic’s Circle Skaward, One Hundred Years of Ska-litude)
Except for SOMEONE WE KNOW. Yes, Pitchfork Media, the Internet equivalent to that one friend who is kind of a douche but sometimes suggests decent stuff except when they went on that art-noise kick (ew!) had a layout change a few months ago. In this giant html htmlgiant-like facelift, they did a little bit of housekeeping, including eliminating the 9.5 review they gave of Save Ferris’ debut album ‘It Means Everything’. A 9.5! Wha! You remember those guys! They were famous for being mis-identified as No Doubt when you downloaded their feel-good cover of ‘Come On Eileen’ off of Napster! They had a song called ‘Spam’ that was about ‘Spam’ the meat not ‘Spam’ the email! 9.5!
Seriously…the review exists (it was one of the super short ones way back when) and is absolutely nowhere to be found on the Interwebs; a link from Wikipedia is dead. We at Le Giant are no stranger to unpublishing and the risks of publication online, but this is a conspiracy like that conspiracy movie! If you can find this review it needs to be saved 4ever! SAVE SAVE FERRIS
Tags: pitchfork, save ferris, ska
I am a Ska Punk Reggae allstar mutha. Pass that joint and crank the hi-fi. Me and Jimmy Cliff are gonna fall back to the place and talk about Lenny Bruce
I am a Ska Punk Reggae allstar mutha. Pass that joint and crank the hi-fi. Me and Jimmy Cliff are gonna fall back to the place and talk about Lenny Bruce
I can’t decide whether “Pitchfork Media, the Internet equivalent to that one friend who is kind of a douche but sometimes suggests decent stuff except when they went on that art-noise kick” or “Literary Ska-Band Names: David Foster Skalas, The National Books Critic’s Circle Skaward, One Hundred Years of Ska-litude” is the best thing I’ve ever read in my life, but I’m pretty sure one of them is.
I can’t decide whether “Pitchfork Media, the Internet equivalent to that one friend who is kind of a douche but sometimes suggests decent stuff except when they went on that art-noise kick” or “Literary Ska-Band Names: David Foster Skalas, The National Books Critic’s Circle Skaward, One Hundred Years of Ska-litude” is the best thing I’ve ever read in my life, but I’m pretty sure one of them is.
If one of those included something about a moocow, you would be correct
If one of those included something about a moocow, you would be correct
Battleska Galactiska … yeah it wasn’t literary but I needed an excuse to let it rip.
JRR Tolkien’s The Skabitt
Battleska Galactiska … yeah it wasn’t literary but I needed an excuse to let it rip.
JRR Tolkien’s The Skabitt
Battleska Galactiska That’s kinda literary
Battleska Galactiska That’s kinda literary
I still keep trying to get together an Genesis ska tribute band called Skabacab, but no one has answered my call. Sigh.
I still keep trying to get together an Genesis ska tribute band called Skabacab, but no one has answered my call. Sigh.
Ha!
Ha!
Diggin’ the Ska. Laurel Aitken: Skinhead Moonstomp. Perfect. Bad Manners are the Shit. Skatalites, The Beat….
And I like art-noise stuff too, for the record.
(pun intended)
Diggin’ the Ska. Laurel Aitken: Skinhead Moonstomp. Perfect. Bad Manners are the Shit. Skatalites, The Beat….
And I like art-noise stuff too, for the record.
(pun intended)
fugazi is legit. i used to listen to skakin pickle. found gorilla biscuits to be unlistenable. pitchfork sucks.
fugazi is legit. i used to listen to skakin pickle. found gorilla biscuits to be unlistenable. pitchfork sucks.
So, is my entire life in the Nineties going to come back? I’m thinking yes. First black metal, now ska? Will the kids suddenly remember drum’n’bass and raving? wait, don’t answer that.
So, is my entire life in the Nineties going to come back? I’m thinking yes. First black metal, now ska? Will the kids suddenly remember drum’n’bass and raving? wait, don’t answer that.
Ah bless ’em, they were right to delete the review though. Save Ferris were truly shit. I wish we could go back in time and delete them….
Ah bless ’em, they were right to delete the review though. Save Ferris were truly shit. I wish we could go back in time and delete them….
um. fugazi isn’t ska.
um. fugazi isn’t ska.
I returned the Skankin Pickle album to get another Fugazi album a week later. I miss the days of a good ol’ record exchange.
I returned the Skankin Pickle album to get another Fugazi album a week later. I miss the days of a good ol’ record exchange.
More! More!
Combination Pizzska Hut and Taco Bell
It’s not Drum ‘N’ Bass but they’re blasting Robin S – Show Me Love in the clubs these days.
More! More!
Combination Pizzska Hut and Taco Bell
It’s not Drum ‘N’ Bass but they’re blasting Robin S – Show Me Love in the clubs these days.
Didn’t mean to make it seem like they were, although I can see that’s unclear on re-reading. Although Guy Picciotto does wail away poorly on some wind instruments on Red Medicine.
kisses
Didn’t mean to make it seem like they were, although I can see that’s unclear on re-reading. Although Guy Picciotto does wail away poorly on some wind instruments on Red Medicine.
kisses
A million times yes. That’s Ska-ll.
A million times yes. That’s Ska-ll.
The Fugazi album changed your life, right?
But yeah, there’s not really ska. Good though. Ian Mackye (sp?) went on a motivational speaking tour and he came to my college in something like 2003. That was a big day for me. I was really happy about that.
The Fugazi album changed your life, right?
But yeah, there’s not really ska. Good though. Ian Mackye (sp?) went on a motivational speaking tour and he came to my college in something like 2003. That was a big day for me. I was really happy about that.
Oh totally. Repeater was the beginning of the end. I’ve seen them nine times; there wasn’t much to do in summers in NJ but go see Fugazi three times in three different cities. And yes, Skankin’ Pickle is the only ska band in that list.
Oh totally. Repeater was the beginning of the end. I’ve seen them nine times; there wasn’t much to do in summers in NJ but go see Fugazi three times in three different cities. And yes, Skankin’ Pickle is the only ska band in that list.
C’est Super!! POLSKA LOL…good guess, i’m ukrainian so its close enough…
C’est Super!! POLSKA LOL…good guess, i’m ukrainian so its close enough…