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Loonie

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Comment by Loonie
on The state of Australian ska and reggae

November 15th 2007 08:37
Forgot to tell everyone it's 20 years of the Porkers so look out for the boys coming to a venue near you:


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Comment by Loonie
on The state of Australian ska and reggae

November 15th 2007 08:33
Thanks Skahorn - I've checked out Foghorn Leghorn and they look good - unfortunately no tunes on their myspace, but hoping they come back to Brissie soon - I missed that gig at the Jube unfortunately - is there anything coming up that you know of in Brisbane?

Comment by Loonie
on The state of Australian ska and reggae

November 13th 2007 09:15
Here in Brisbane we do have genre specific radio shows on 4ZZZFM and Zed are renowned here in Brisbane for playing a variety of ska and reggae both Australian and International.

I find that now that I am a little older and "married with children" I often find that I don't move in the correct circles to hear about new bands/gigs so rely very heavily on ZZZ or the internet to hear about gigs eg. Special Beat (usually Ranking Roger and Neville Staple and various others not sure who this time) are returning to Australia next January according to Aussie Skins website - but sadly only gigs in Melbourne, Sydney and Freemantle.

No Brisbane (sob, sob).

For some reason Australians seem to have to know every single song by a band before they are prepared to go to a live gig. I say - live dangerously and get to as many gigs as you can. I personally am in a situation where it is not feasible financially or babysitter wise to go out as much as I would like, but surely there must be others?

I try to see as many local bands in Ipswich as I can manage - supporting your local music scene is a good way to start. If you get a crowd of people seeing live bands at your local pub then you can perhaps ask the management to book a ska band if they see that people are wanting to get out and about.

Just a suggestion.