Ska NewsNews on Ska continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.'Time for new hands to lift the burdens,' Mandela says at concert- June 27, 2008 Friday's charity fundraiser marks Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday. Greeted by a massive uproar of applause, Nelson Mandela took the stage in London's Hyde Park Friday evening to speak to the tens of thousands of ...http://www.topix.net/music/ska/2008/06/time-for-new-hands-to-lift-the-burdens-mandela-says... Girl Scouts host 'Let's Go Bowling'- June 27, 2008 Local Girl Scouts members and girls who are interested in joining the organization have a chance to get together for a few rounds of nine-pin at Hutch Bowl from 2 to 4 p.m. this Saturday, June 28.http://www.topix.net/music/ska/2008/06/girl-scouts-host-lets-go-bowling?fromrss=1 Less Than Jake forging ahead on their own label- June 25, 2008 If survival and wisdom do go hand in hand, Less Than Jake saxophonist Pete 'JR' Wasilewski is readily facing the prospect that he and his bandmates are on their way to becoming, well, classics.http://www.topix.net/music/ska/2008/06/less-than-jake-forging-ahead-on-their-own-label?fro... The Decades - 1980s- June 24, 2008 Peristroika and Glasnost; AIDS, Chernobyl, CD's, Pac-Man and Frogger. Breakdancing, perms and mullets, Duran Duran and Glam Metal...ah the glorious Eighties! Click for 1980s video Click for 1980s picture ...http://www.topix.net/music/ska/2008/06/the-decades-1980s?fromrss=1 Hodding's Life Aquatic- June 22, 2008 Finn, Hodding's sister, writes that Hodding Carter , that's Finn's brother, will be interviewed on NPR this morning and it will air at 6:51 and again at 8:51 and, if we're lucky, again at 10:51 US EST .http://www.topix.net/music/ska/2008/06/hoddings-life-aquatic?fromrss=1 Ska band Call for Fire readies for multi-state tour- June 20, 2008 Skapunk band Call for Fire, which has opened for ska legends The Toasters and has been described as 'East Coast politi-punk with horns,' opens for ska-core band Voodoo Glow Skulls Saturday at the Beta Bar.http://www.topix.net/music/ska/2008/06/ska-band-call-for-fire-readies-for-multi-state-tour... The Sweet ... - Gwen Stefani A...- June 18, 2008 Before she discovered she could write songs, Gwen Stefani was looking forward to a life of marriage, children, and white picket fences.http://www.topix.net/music/ska/2008/06/the-sweet-gwen-stefani-a?fromrss=1 |