SKA Cruisers - Vol. 4: SKA Huffy

SKA Huffy! Now what is that? It takes quite a while to find out in this post but if you are patient and interested enough to read to the end, you'll find out what this post has to do with SKA & Bikes. It's a well researched article about american low quality bikes from the third quarter of the last century, and later on about end of century high quality SKA in the US. To cut to the chase: Read! The original article or did you think I'm copying other peoples work:
http://urbanadventureleague.blogspot.de/2011/11/other-peoples-bikes-part-3-ska-huffy.html

© by Urban Adventure League

SKA Euphoria - Beer in Bicycle Heaven

SKA Euphoria - Beer in Bicycle Heaven: This pale ale from SKA Brewing Company has been tested by Bicycle Heaven and has qualified for being "Beer of the Week" 12/05/2012.

"Nice hoppy flavor but not overpowering. This is a great seasonal beer that is very easy to drink and enjoy in the cold weather. This Beer gets a (A-) rating." (Rating by Chris @ Bicycle Heaven)

Ska Bike Videos - Pt. 3: Johnny & The Raindrops

Straight from Nottingham: Johnny & The Raindrops singing "Live Is Better on a Bicycle". How much is this true! A simple Ska jewel to sing along with in the early morning, having a breakfast with ham & eggs or whistling while - yeah guess what! - while commuting on your bike in sunshine or rain, weather doesn't matter. This song makes the sun shine even in a scandinavian winter. Thumbs up.

SKA, Beer & Bicycles

Combining three different obsessions to a piece of clothing isn't that hard. Just take a look at this nice jersey from The SKA Brewing Company. The name says it all: SKA Brewing Bike Jersey. Three words of truth on a red hot and checkered jersey. Makes me want to skank on my bike.

Btw, found it here. The typical 3rd Wave Ska design was created by Bobby Dean, a graphic designer from Phoenix, AZ.

Batman knows better

Batman's ultimate authority is so overwhelming that no one would have a doubt about his word of truth. A friend of mine gave me the empty template pic of that old Batman comic and I played around a bit abusing Batman's persuasive power. Unfortunately there's nothing you couldn't add to the speech bubble, the words could even be turned around! Aware of that fatal flaw I've let my senses pan my mind and that was what - how surprisingly - came to me first: SKA BIKE

If you like them, use them.

Western Standard Time - A Big Band Tribute to the Skatalites

"West Coast All-Star Ska Big Band paying tribute to early 1960's Jamaican Ska originators, The Skatalites. Pooling from the best-of-the-best Ska musicians from the last 20 years, Western Standard Time is a groundbreaking project commemorating 50 years of musical heritage. With the shear size of the group, the power and harmonic depth will be revolutionary but at the same time the music and feel will be grounded in its original roots."

Not sure why I missed this in the past few months and I'm also surprised about the few clicks, WST are recieving for their videos. May the CD sales be more successfull. I wish they'd come to Germany one day but Big Bands rarely go on tour so I'm enjoying the videos instead. China Clipper is my favourite, which is indeed a brilliant interpretation with refined arragement, inspired performance, outstanding trumpet and saxophone solo, and a riddim you can't avoid to let it catch you. The crowd at the show is witness, their dancing is testimony and their enthusiasm evidence for the liveliness of SKA.

Coconut Rock

Wasting My Time On You - feat. Gina Saputo

China Clipper Live (official video)

Punk Bike Video - Brat Farrar - It's On Me

Great punk song in Wipers style by Brat Farrar from Melbourne, featuring apes, bikes and crashes. No blood though. The ape masks are so cool and some say one of them looks like Tom Waits.

Brat Farrar - It's On Me