Best Of Checkered Past: The Ska'd Cast 2023 - Part 2

The Two Tone-ament continues with the second half of Part 1! In this episode the CP/SC crew eliminate another 8 songs from the bracket in an effort to crown the greatest Two Tone Single of all time! First they do more BookTalk before delving into the match-ups all while discussing whether or not the winning song need to be Ska at all! Tune in on all March long to see the tournament continue!

Hosts: Celine, Rob and Joey
Engineer: Joey
Editor: Cutman
Skassociate Producer: Chris Reeves of Ska Punk International

Bracket: www.challonge.com/madnessmarch2024
NEW MERCH: www.checkeredpast.ca/merch
Patreon: www.patreon.com/checkeredpast

Madness March is BACK and this time CP/SC is going to determine the greatest Two Tone Records single of all time! In Round 1 Part 1, Robby Radiation, Celynval Golding and Joey Dammers pit the first 16 singles in head to head battle to lead into Round 2. They also ask the immortal question... does it have to be Ska to win?

Tune in all March long to see how the tournament progresses! The bracket is at www.challonge.com/madnessmarch2024

Hosts: Celine, Rob and Joey
Engineer: Joey
Editor: Cutman
Skassociate Producer: Chris Reeves of Ska Punk International

NEW MERCH: www.checkeredpast.ca/merch

Patreon: www.patreon.com/checkeredpast

Why DON'T you play some Ska? Checkered Past presents their third ska primer, this time heading across the pond to explore Ska in the UK from 1998 to 2020. Rob and Engineer Joey chat a bit about movies and AI before delving into the UK's storied history with Ska after Two Tone from the street level Ska Punk of Citizen Fish and Capdown to the dub/reggae /hip hop vibes of King Prawn to the cheeky ladiness of [spunge] and all the bands they influenced along the way.

Check out the Canadian Ska and Patchanka episodes for more Playlist-style Primers!

Hosts: Rob and Joey
Engineer: Joey
Editor: Joey
Skassociate Producer: Chris Reeves of Ska Punk International
Special Thanks: Common Sense Kid for vetting the playlist

Patreon: www.patreon.com/checkeredpast

NEW MERCH: www.checkeredpast.ca/merch

Melodica Gang rise up! Checkered Past's favorite guest, Common Sense Kid is back and this time he isn't on a bracket! So in order to celebrate this momentous occasion he sets his sights on one of the most influential Ska Punk bands of the UK, Capdown! There is lots of talk about beans, CSK's performance on the 2023 Best Ofs, and where he's at in his music journey. Then, the foursome dig in on the brief career of Capdown from their humble beginnings to their indie ska-punk hits to their final, more polished era. It's a big juicy, craig-y episode!

Hosts: Celine, Rob and Joey
Engineer: Joey
Editor: Arianne
Skassociate Producer: Chris Reeves of Ska Punk International

The Two Tone-ament bracket is open for predictions at
www.challonge.com/madnessmarch2024

NEW Yum Yum More Ska merch available at www.checkeredpast.ca/merch

www.patreon.com/checkeredpast

It's that time of year again... Madness March! Every year Checkered Past runs a bracket of 32 songs eliminating each until a winner is crowned. The pre-show is all about the side projects, solo projects and other hustles associated with the subject of the bracket. What is the theme for 2024? You will have to listen to this episode to find out!

Hosts: Celine, Rob and Joey
Engineer: Joey
Editor: Joey
Skassociate Producer: Chris Reeves of Ska Punk International

NEW Yum Yum More Ska merch: www.checkeredpast.ca/merch
Patreon: www.patreon.com/checkeredpast
Bracket: www.challonge.com/madnessmarch2024

It's the debut of a new Checkered Past spinoff podcast, PowerPod! Rob of the CP/SC crew welcomes Edmonton musician and singer-songwriter, Maz as his co-host to begin a multi-part history of an infamous musical genre: Power Metal! In the first episode, they go through the history of hard rock and heavy metal and how it eventually shaped into what we now know as Power Metal by the end of the 80s. Keep It True!

Make sure to check out Celine and Maz's new band Femmes Voyous

Hosts: Rob and Maz
Engineer: Celine
Editor: Cutman

Theme song written by Martin Davies

Spotify Playlist: 

Website: www.checkeredpast.ca

Patreon: www.patreon.com/checkeredpast

Don't worry about that metalhead in the parking lot, Checkered Past is talking about the legendary Chicago Ska Punk band Slapstick! But rather than just talk about the band themselves, Rob and Joey go through the infamous Slapstick Family Tree and discuss the many offshoots, derived bands and side projects that all splintered off. It's a fascinating slice of Chicago punk history!

Hosts: Rob and Joey
Engineer: Joey
Editor: Joey
Skassociate Producer: Chris Reeves of Ska Punk International

Website: www.checkeredpast.ca

Patreon: www.patreon.com/checkeredpast

Remember as a child when certain TV shows would come on and you'd hear some upbeats and it wasn't until you were an adult that you realized that it was Ska? Checkered Past Remembers! Rob and Engineer Joey play a series of television clips in which Ska was mentioned, played or dunked on as a joke... mostly the latter! It's a discussion on Ska's place on popular culture as well as the moments when the reference was in jest, in love or even mean-spirited. It's basically a Checkered Past Clip Show!

Hosts: Rob and Joey
Engineer: Joey
Editor: Joey
Skassociate Producer: Chris Reeves of Ska Punk International

Website: www.checkeredpast.ca

Patreon: www.patreon.com/checkeredpast

It's that time of year again! Rob, Celine and Engineer Joey countdown the best episodes of 2023 as voted by the listeners! In the second installment they go through episodes 5 through 1 all while playing clips, reminiscing of the past year and giving the listeners a peak behind the curtain on how the podcast comes together. 

Hosts: Celine, Rob and Joey
Engineer: Joey
Editor: Rob
Skassoicate Producer: Chris Reeves of Ska Punk International

Website: www.checkeredpast.ca

Patreon: www.patreon.com/checkeredpast

It's that time of year again! Rob, Celine and Engineer Joey countdown the best episodes of 2023 as voted by the listeners! In the first installment they go through episodes 10 through 6 all while playing clips, reminiscing of the past year and giving the listeners a peak behind the curtain on how the podcast comes together. Tune in next week for episodes 5 through 1!

Hosts: Celine, Rob and Joey
Engineer: Joey
Editor: Rob
Skassoicate Producer: Chris Reeves of Ska Punk International

Website: www.checkeredpast.ca

Patreon: www.patreon.com/checkeredpast