Friday, January 20, 2023

Ska In My Pocket: How Starting a Ska Band Changed My Life - Part 4

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  Though the band that would ultimately become Bigger Thomas had started to quickly come together at the end of July 1988 in my apartment on...
Friday, January 13, 2023

Ska In My Pocket: How Starting a Ska Band Changed My Life - Part 3

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After our first meet and greet rehearsal with trumpeter Kevin Shields, I received another call about the ad I had plastered all over New Bru...
Friday, January 6, 2023

Ska In My Pocket: How Starting a Ska Band Changed My Life - Part 2

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  I love band origin stories. In fact I love them so much that my book Ska Boom: An American Ska & Reggae Oral History is all about the ...
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Sunday, January 1, 2023

Ska In My Pocket: How Starting a Ska Band Changed My Life - Part 1

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Happy New Year! 2023 marks the 35th anniversary of the founding of Bigger Thomas -- the very first ska band from New Jersey.  I intent...
Thursday, December 24, 2020

Ska Boom: An American Ska & Reggae Podcast

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Greetings! I hope you are all well. Though I don't post here often -- writing my forthcoming book "Ska Boom: An American Ska ...
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Thursday, January 23, 2020

New Heavensbee Album "We Mean Business" Released

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After nearly 2 years of writing and recording, I'm excited to finally share a pre-order link for the new  Heavensbee  album "We...
Sunday, October 13, 2019

Ranking Roger Is Your Selecter -- The Music That Made Him The Cool Entertainer!

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I've just finished reading Ranking Roger's incredibly entertaining memoir " I Just Can't Stop It: My Life In The Beat ...
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