Skammentary: Losing Streak (1996) is in, but Hello Rockview (1998) is out. This is by far the most project-oriented SKAugust has ever been; when SKAugust was founded in 2017, there was a vague acknowledgement that it had been twenty years since the Summer of Ska, but there was nothing systematic in how the music was chosen. Marking twenty-five-year milestones (1997-2022, 1998-2023, 1999-2024, 2000-2025) was really just an aesthetic flourish; I'm very much enjoying this SKAugust, but it is astonishing how much of the music that is most emotionally important to me was released in the years 1997 & 1998.
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