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Rocksteady Primer From Brian Keyo
You think you know Rocksteady… You’ve been listening to it for years, you can navigate the subtle differences between the various JA styles and you fancy yourself somewhat of an expert on the matter. I...
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Critical Look At JA Album Art
I really like this social examination of Jamaican Album art, from a design point-of-view from Smashing Magazine. Blogger, Dan Mayer, takes an in-depth look at the early chapters of JA albums from Ska...
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Ska: An Oral History
Hey, gang! For my first contribution to Ska Blah Blah, I thought I’d take the lazy way out and re-post something I wrote on Goodreads over the summer. I hope you like it. Ska: An Oral History by...
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The Slackers: A Documentary
The Slackers: A Documentary is a documentary about The Slackers, directed by Ben Levin. Now that we’re all on the same page, on with the review… The documentary starts with some concert footage of...
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Red Stripe: Ska In Advertising
Comercial radio won’t touch Ska with a ten-foot pole, but commercial commercials have no problem exploiting this infectious beat: Bookmark It
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Shatner: Ska In Advertising
The Scofflaws tune that once celebrated the man is now being used to advertise Trek itself. IFC knows the secret to selling anything is to use the Ska. Bookmark It
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Razika: Ska In Advertising
If I was the maker of fine sugar, I wouldn’t sell it in a milk carton. But I would use the sweet Ska sounds of Norway’s Razika to sell the stuff. Luckily, the makers of St. Louis Sucre got it...
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Ska In Advertising: Chromebook Goes Ska
I thought my brain was playing tricks on me when this ad popped up on my TV this morning. Traddy Ska on a major network, what’s going on? I’m having trouble placing the song… Skatalites or Baba Brooks,...
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Ska in Advertising: Starbucks Goes Skanky Panky
One of my favorite examples of Hip-Hop Ska is Kid Koala’s Skanky Panky was featured in last year’s Starbucks campaign. Starbucks doesn’t play around when it comes to marketing, so I imagine there’s a...
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Ska In Advertising: Fit your Bit to Ska!
This ad was a bit of an obsession of mine for a few weeks, earlier this summer. What sounds like a long-lost cut from the Treasure Isle vaults sent me on a wild goose chase for its origins. Running...
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Ska in Advertising: Google App
Everybody knows that the most get-on-your-feet-reggae-anthem ever is, hands down, The Return of Django by The Upsetters. Fitting then, that Django be appropriated for Google’s new Breakfast-themed ad....
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Ska in Advertising: Ska Explosion!
Here’s a twist on the usual Ska in Advertising. Instead of using ska to sell some non-ska-related goods or services, this entry is actually shilling Ska itself! Rhino Records released this 3 cd...
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