Thursday, March 9, 2023

Ska In My Pocket: How Starting a Ska Band Changed My Life - Part 11

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  Truth be told, I could write a whole book just about my experiences at City Gardens -- an iconic punk rock club located in Trenton, NJ -- ...
Thursday, March 2, 2023

Ska In My Pocket: How Starting a Ska Band Changed My Life - Part 10

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  1989 dawned with great promise.  All our initial hard work through playing shows and promoting ourselves during the last three months of 1...
Thursday, February 23, 2023

Ska In My Pocket: How Starting a Ska Band Changed My Life - Part 9

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The departure of Ken "Miggy" Gayle from the band in late 1988 coincided with the addition of Sean Moore on trumpet. Sean was a New...
Thursday, February 16, 2023

Ska In My Pocket: How Starting a Ska Band Changed My Life - Part 8

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After the high of the Court Tavern show, just a few days later we were off to play our first official show in New York City -- listed errone...
Thursday, February 9, 2023

Ska In My Pocket: How Starting a Ska Band Changed My Life - Part 7

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  The lead up to our first show at the Court Tavern in New Brunswick in late October of 1988 took a rather dramatic turn. We had only been t...
Thursday, February 2, 2023

Ska In My Pocket: How Starting a Ska Band Changed My Life - Part 6

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Word had gotten out quickly around New Brunswick after our show at Scott Hall at Rutgers University and within a few days we were offered a ...
Friday, January 27, 2023

Ska In My Pocket: How Starting a Ska Band Changed My Life - Part 5

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  In the span of just two weeks I had gone from meeting musicians in the living room of my small apartment to being in a six piece band.  We...