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      Come
      and
      celebrate
     
     
      with
      Alexander
      Keith's.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Monday,
     
     
      March
      19
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Tuesday,
     
     
      March
      20.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Back
      Alley
      Discs:
      Greg
      Paynter
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Wednesday,
      Brennan’s:
      Even
      Stone
     
    
   
   
    
     
      March
      21
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Thursday,
     
     
      March
      22
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Myron’s:
      Poppa
      Shine
     
     
      Olde
      Dublin
      Pub:
      1749
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Friday,
     
     
      March
      23
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Arts
      Guild:
      Imrov
      comedy
      with
      4Play.
     
     
      Baba’s
      Lounge:
      The
      Dogs
     
    

    
     
      Brennan’s:
      Groove
      Gurus
     
    

    
     
      Olde
      Dublin
      Pub:
      1749
     
    

    
     
      Panther
      Lounge:
      The
      Rude
      Mechanicals
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Saturday,
     
     
      March
      24
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Baba’s
      Lounge:
      Eyes
      for
      Telescopes
     
     
      Brennan’s:
      Screech
     
     
      Myron’s:
      GWN
     
    

    
     
      Olde
      Dublin
      Pub:
      1749
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
     
        
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
         
     
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Is
      it
      Already
      Time
      to
      Hang
      up
      our
      Suits?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Jared
      Leon
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ska
      is
      dead,
      again.
      We
     
     
      should
      have
      seen
      the
      signs
      from
      the
     
     
      start,
      ska
      was
      destined
      to
      go
      back
      to
     
     
      the
      shadowy
      corner
      of
      obscurity
      it
     
     
      came
      from.
      This,
      of
      course,
      is
      not
     
     
      the
      first
      time
      this
      has
      happened.
     
     
      What
      we
      just
      experienced
      was
      the
     
     
      third
      wave
      of
      ska.
     
    

    
     
      Ska
      was
      born
      in
      Jamaica
      in
     
     
      the
      60’s,
      a
      music
      of
      celebration.
     
     
      Music
      that
      was
      meant
      for
      dance.
     
     
      The
      originals
      were
      bands
      like
      The
     
     
      Wailers,
      when
      Peter
      Tosh
      was
      still
     
     
      with
      them,
      the
      Skatelites,
      Prince
     
     
      Buster
      and
      Desmond
      Dekker.
      This,
     
     
      to
      many,
      was
      the
      high
      point
      of
      ska,
     
     
      when
      it
      was
      still
      simple.
      It
      was
      just
     
     
      enough
      to
      make
      you
      want
      to
      get
      up
     
     
      and
      skank.
      There
      were
      no
      rules
      as
     
     
      to
      how
      many
      horns
      a
      group
      needed,
     
     
      or
      how
      well
      the
      musicians
      played,
     
     
      so
      long
      as
      the
      beat
      was
      steady.
     
    

    
     
      The
      second
      coming,
      known
     
     
      as
      Two-Tone
      ska,
      came
      with
      the
     
     
      original
      punk
      explosion
      and
      as
      a
     
     
      result
      picked
      up
      its
      first
      punk
      influ-
     
     
      ences.
      The
      two
      musical
      genres
     
     
      went
      hand-in-hand,
      for
      example
     
     
      ska-legends
      The
      Specials
      got
      their
     
     
      start
      opening
      for
      The
      Clash
      on
      an
     
     
      early
      tour.
      Along
      with
      The
      Specials
     
     
      the
      Two-Tone
      generation
      saw
      the
     
     
      likes
      of
      The
      Selector,
      Bad
      Manners
     
     
      and
      The
      English
      Beat.
     
    

    
     
      This
      brings
      us
      to
      the
      most
     
     
      recent
      ska
      uprising,
      known
      today
      as
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      Third-Wave.
      The
      name
      alone
      is
      an
     
     
      example
      of
      the
      lack
      of
      originality
     
    
   
   
    
     
      displayed
      in
      this
      Third
      Wave
      of
     
     
      ska.
      Although
      some
      great
      bands
     
     
      have
      come
      out
      of
      this
      desperate
     
     
      time,
      such
      as
      The
      Slackers
      and
     
     
      Hepcat,
      so
      has
      a
      lot
      of
      crap:
      bands
     
     
      like
      Mustard
      Plug
      and
      Reel
      Big
     
     
      Fish,
      the
      thought
      of
      which
      make
     
     
      me
      cringe.
      It
      was
      during
      this
      period
     
     
      that
      the
      punk
      influence
      became
      too
     
     
      great,
      resulting
      in,
      for
      the
      most
     
     
      part,
      bad
      music.
     
    

    
     
      These
      horrible
      “ska-punk”
     
     
      bands
      make
      me
      sort
      of
      glad
      to
      see
     
     
      the
      end
      of
      this
      horrible
      nightmare.
     
     
      Ah,
      but
      we
      were
      too
      young
      and
     
     
      naive
      to
      see
      just
      how
      bad
      it
      was.
     
    

    
     
      What
      does
      this
      lull
      in
      the
     
     
      ska
      scene
      mean,
      for
      us
      Rudeboys
     
     
      and
      girls?
     
    

    
     
      Well
      it
      means
      that
      the
      good
     
     
      ska,
      the
      old
      ska
      will
      be
      less
      readily
     
     
      available.
      It
      will
      take
      more
      search-
     
     
      ing
      to
      find
      those
      early
      Specials
      sin-
     
     
      gles
      or
      that
      rare
      Desmond
      Dekker
     
     
      45.
      It
      means
      the
      creation
      of
      many
     
     
      New-Wave
      and
      Mod
      rock
      bands,
     
     
      which
      seems
      to
      be
      the
      flavor
      of
      the
     
     
      month.
      It
      means
      next
      time
      you
     
     
      wear
      a
      suit
      to
      a
      party
      people
      will
     
     
      think
      you
      just
      came
      from
      a
      funeral.
     
     
      It
      means
      the
      only
      music
      resembling
     
     
      ska
      you
      can
      expect
      to
      hear
      on
      the
     
     
      radio
      for
      a
      while
      will
      be
      on
      an
      ad
     
     
      for
      Jamaica.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Those
      who
      like
      it,
     
     
      Tiicen
      lee
      (Ole
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Cas
     
    
   
   
    
     
      pre
      INDIA
      PALE
      ™
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Specials
      on
      their
      sinking
      ship.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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