REPRESS: THE TOASTERS “NEW YORK FEVER” LP (JUMP084LP) back on random color vinyl THE TOASTERS “NEW YORK FEVER” is finally back on vinyl! Reissue of 1992 third wave Moon Ska Records classic on random color vinyl, housed in a double sided full color poster sleeve with rare photos. Songwriter and lead singer Rob Hingley perfected a smooth, American-inflected vocal style across these eleven tunes, creating a blueprint for the top-ranking outfit’s authentic-yet-unique revival sound. And while New York Fever is founded on the best of the Jamaican and U.K. ska scenes, it also burns with the special flame of the hyperactive New York City outpost of ska’s international cosmos. The band’s playing is stunning on this third long-player, with brilliant bursts of horns punctuating an airtight rhythm section – every track provides the speedy rush that modern ska fans craze. Listening to NY FEVER again brought back memories of how great the US ska scene was before it was taken ove
Timmy Interviewed by Rolling Stone (Kinda)
So how was your 2020? It s the main question that was the feature of a series of interviews that RollingStone.com conducted. One in particular was with my favorite icon, Weird Al Yankovic! The interview was done at the end of November, and the more I read it, the more I learned about the
Weird One . It was very insightful, was comforting to see how he was handling the dumpster fire of 2020. My wife suggested that since I was inspired by it, that by simply answering the same questions, I might help inspire someone else. If nothing else, turn them onto a new band to rock out too (much like Al did for me with the band
21 crap jokes about rock music to replace the crap jokes in your Christmas cracker
Bored of the same laboured snow and penguin puns in your Christmas crackers? Here are 21 (somehow worse) gags about rock music and seasonal cheer. Joke Writer: Mike Rampton
Considering how much of Christmas involves a) A chunky dude in big boots with a huge beard, b) candles, and c) general excess, it’s strange that it isn’t seen as more metal. Bringing a tree into your house is pagan as
fuck.
One festive tradition that is really close to being metal – in that it involves a bit of casual pyro – is the Christmas cracker. It just needs the pyro upping a bit (Christmas exploders would be a lot better), the crowns replaced with something a bit more badass and the jokes worked on. Christmas cracker jokes being shit is, of course, important: they can’t be
what do you make of officials being confronted in public, margaret? here s the truth of the matter is that it so rarely happens to them, yes it s getting in their comfort zone, but alarm bells should be going off to them that this has risen to a level where this has hit sort of a third rail in american culture. people are you know, this is the kind of thing you see when really important social shifts are happening. right, if roe v. wade were up and being decided, you would have this kind of outpour you would have more. but reel big this is these people are representing their views and these views are important and they re widespread, and we have seen a cultural shift on these issues in the last two decades. i mean this is not, this was not happening during the clarence thomas hearings. me too is real, this is new front for it, and it s uncomfortable for them. what do you they expect