SKApril!

The Rebel Black Dot Songs of the Day
The Pietasters, "Maggie Mae" from Oolooloo (T.L.A.M.)

Skammentary: Ska's not just for kids.

"There's a place where we all go
To have a few when we feel low,
Drink ourselves into a state,
Drown our sorrow and fuel our hate.
A barmaid beauty in a tight black dress
Pours our beer and cleans our mess,
Answers to the name of Maggie Mae.
When we see her, what do we say?

"Maggie Mae, bring us another beer,
We need another beer
To take away our troubles here…"

Dienstag, 7 April
The Aquabats!, "Ska Robot Army!" from The Return of The Aquabats! (Captain Thumbs Up!)

Skammentary: The Aquabats! are still a going concern, but are now more of a neo-New Wave band than a third-wave ska band. Still, at their live shows they still play some of the old songs, & their music still has the same silliness, even its musical character has changed. "Ska Robot Army!" is old-school The Aquabats!, straight out of the SoCal ska scene, & lampooning the same.

"Rude boys! Rude girls! Skinheads!
Chewbacca! Chewbacca! Lake Titicaca!
Chewbacca's on a scooter, man, holy crap!

"They're coming to take over,
To terrorize the Earth!
Skanking in their best suits,
Beware of the ska robot army!"

Project OSPREY
The last word on Project OSPREY 'til the fall (unless rending of clothes & gnashing of teeth is prompted by multiple departures for the N.B.A. by insufficiently loyal valiant Wolverines): I don't give a tinker's damn for U.Conn., but hooray for A.B.C., Anybody But Calipari!