Ska! Ska! Ska! playlist by The Skamonics
Ska! Ska! Ska! playlist by The Skamonics.
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pix from the Last Days of Decadence gig
We had a lot of fun.
We think the audience did too.
Gearing up for Saturday's gig
It’s at the Last Days of Decadence in Shoreditch on Saturday (Feb 27).
(I’m not sure I’ve had my first day of decadence yet, so this seems a bit unfair to me).
We are expecting to play for an hour from about 11pm (though no guarantees as timings often change when we get there).
There will probably be two new tunes in our set.
After a run of gigs things have gone a bit quiet so this may the last chance to see us for some weeks.
Gearing up for Saturday’s gig
It’s at the Last Days of Decadence in Shoreditch on Saturday (Feb 27).
(I’m not sure I’ve had my first day of decadence yet, so this seems a bit unfair to me).
We are expecting to play for an hour from about 11pm (though no guarantees as timings often change when we get there).
There will probably be two new tunes in our set.
After a run of gigs things have gone a bit quiet so this may the last chance to see us for some weeks.
Farewell Leo
Leo was the founder of the Skamonics. He brought us together in 2004, wrote the first arrangements, got us the gigs, organised the rehearsals and did all the things that band leaders do. And of course he played the keyboards too.
He then took a sabbatical to go to India, and we decided to go on without him sharing the leaders’ tasks out among the willing volunteers in the band.
While there he scored further musical triumphs by reaching the finals of the South Indian version of Pop Idol. You can read about that here.
On his return he trained as a journalist and rejoined the band. (You can read him on the ten best kitchen scales here – though inexpicably he fails to give the bebop scale as his top choice)
But the problem with being a journalist is that you never know when you will be working, and Leo has reluctantly come to the conclusion that he can no longer maintain his commitment to the Skamonics.
Our next gig on Feb 27 will therefore be the last where Leo will be playing keyboards for us.
So come along and give him a good send-off.
Without Leo, there would never have been a band.
Doh! It's not that Tom Baker
We were silly enough to believe this.
But it’s not the Dr Who Tom Baker, but the DJ of the same name.
That leaves the question of whether we should play our new ska’ed up version of the Dr Who theme at the Last Days of Decadence gig on Feb 27.
Tom Baker was still the best Dr Who though.
Doh! It’s not that Tom Baker
We were silly enough to believe this.
But it’s not the Dr Who Tom Baker, but the DJ of the same name.
That leaves the question of whether we should play our new ska’ed up version of the Dr Who theme at the Last Days of Decadence gig on Feb 27.
Tom Baker was still the best Dr Who though.
Who's the best Doctor Who?
Obviously it’s Tom Baker as he’s the only one who is appearing with us at our next gig.
This is February 27th at The Last Days of Decadence, 145 Shoreditch High Street, London E1 6JE.
I wonder if we could ska up the Doctor Who theme.
Who’s the best Doctor Who?
Obviously it’s Tom Baker as he’s the only one who is appearing with us at our next gig.
This is February 27th at The Last Days of Decadence, 145 Shoreditch High Street, London E1 6JE.
I wonder if we could ska up the Doctor Who theme.
Pix from the Gypsy Hotel
Thanks to Annie for taking these pictures on Saturday.
If you click on an image it will get a bit bigger.
And one mystery image is enormous.
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