TranSKAontinental
Had a great time last night seeing my brother rock the keyboards at the debut show of the Second Hand Ska Kings. Loved it! Great energy. Old school dance ska. A blistering cover of Jimmy Cliff‘s ‘You Can Get It If You Really Want’ they did rip. The bands secret lies in the power of their dueling trombones. I skanked hard. The odd thing of it is, here we are in the bar, drinking Red Stripes, skankin’ and, listening to jamaican ska music but outside…it’s negative 30 fucking degrees out. My skankin’ hat had furry earflaps for christsakes. Something very wrong about that scenario. Or maybe it’s so wrong that it doubles back upon itself to become perfectly right. Like a skateboard trick that looks like it will end in peril and injury but ends up jaw-drop-perfect.

Before I forget, these childhood pictures of rock stars are amusing. Love the one of Ozzy with the little hat. Also the one of Billie Joe from Green Day is adorable. If my memory serves me right, I don’t recall Billie Joe looking any older than that photo the first time he toured Green Day through Minnesota.

On a slightly different note, is anyone else watching this great PBS series on the history of aviation called Chasing The Sun? The latest episode, ‘Into the Jet Age’, was the best yet. Sweet footage from the golden age of aviation. A tight 1960’s government film entitled ‘The Sonic Boom and You”. Airline Stewardesses in hot pants. Howard Hughes. The battle for speed and luxury. Too good. I think someone needs to release a kitsch CD of all the old 60’s and 70’s airline advertisement songs. I’ve found two that are very good (song one | song two).

Also, before there was the airline Ted their was Sam. Airline baggage labels from all over the world. Pan Am brochures.