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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I’ve seen this quote several times this week and I am really feeling it: “Not a single person who has disrespected me has the life I admire.”

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

47 years ago Pauline Black of The Selecter, Suggs of Madness and Neville Staple of The Specials pose behind the tour bus at the first date of the 2 Tone Tour in Brighton, UK, October 1979. 📸 Chalkie Davies #punkrock #ska #skalegends #skamusic #theselecter #thespecials #madness #skahistory

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Record release show for the JAB 7” vinyl is set! October 24th at Black Water Bar in Portland!

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Gotta say, as someone who can be cynical about a lot of recent ska music, The Family Business LTD record rips. I haven’t heard a band that sounds so pleasantly “2-Tone” inspired in ages.

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Still a Jamaican

YouTube video by THE FAMILY BUSINESS LTD - Topic

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I got a haircut today and I am as handsome as ever.

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Revealing the cover for the forthcoming Eric Blowtorch “Simmerdown Showcase” album featuring Mr. Blowtorch alongside the legends Big Youth and Dennis Bovell.

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I thought the ska show was this weekend, but it was last weekend and I missed it. Overworked.

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Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Very grateful for the very kind words regarding the Dork series and Nerd Inferno. Thanks, Mike.

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The punk rock records are on their way to Simmerdown Manor!

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’m going to be spinning “Fire and Water,” the double album banger from Western Standard Time - out now on Simmerdown Productions!

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My bartender looks like Marcia from The Skints and I am about to die.

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Got $50 for checking in with my surgeons on my clinical trial knee implant. I’m a hundredaire!

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The kids on Reddit are doing the meme to me and I find it hilarious.

Peasant with a bundle os sticks says, “We should improve society somewhat.”
The smarmy dickhead who is probably polluting the drinking water, as he is climbing out of the water well replies, “Yet you participate in society. Curious! I am very intelligent.”

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Tim McDermott @thebombshelter.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Happy 68th birthday to Buster Bloodvessel! From the Bad Manners' repertoire, here's "Can Can" by Jacques Offenbach. #1001CoverSongs Song # 653: m.youtube.com/watch?v=sirH...

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Bad Manners - Can-Can (TOTP)

YouTube video by Liam Ska

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I couldn’t make it to the ska show because I was busy supporting public education, fine & performing arts, high school sports, and students who love video production. Maybe next time.

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Preorder link goes up tomorrow morning! I am so proud of this release and this band! JAB from Portland, Oregon! Produced with the help of Jerry A. of Poison Idea!

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I finished day #1 of my work week. Accomplished a lot. Three more days before a 12-hour doubleheader football night. I’m broken.

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I’ve got a very busy week of work ahead of me and I’m already tired.

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Not perfect in this version, but I sure did love playing this Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers tune with my old band, The Sentiments. I’m still mad we never recorded it in the studio. Be like Dolly and be kind to others. ❤️

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The Sentiments - "Islands In The Stream"

YouTube video by Matthew Griffin

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House of Reggae @houseofreggae.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Remembering legendary producer Bunny 'Striker' Lee who was born on this day in 1941. Striker produced multiple hits for the very best singers like Pat Kelly, John Holt, Delroy Wilson, Cornell Campbell and the great Slim Smith.. youtu.be/7iT2DxNGa1A?... #reggae #reggaesky #vinyl #music #musicsky

7" of Slim Smith - Everybody Needs Love on Unity label. Released in 1968. Produced by Bunny Lee.

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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Jerry Dammers' original sketches and designs for 2 Tone Records, currently on show at The Music is Black: A British Story exhibition at the V&A East in London

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Desmond Dekkard Cain @mlehoux.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Here's what came our way this week for new #Ska music. New albums from Rat Grenade, Rock Shed Rangers, and The Gosh Darnits. Plus singles from @theboydetective.bsky.social, The Kittyhawks, Esteban Flores, THE FAMILY BUSINESS LTD, and more! www.reddit.com/r/Ska/s/E3g2...

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From the Ska community on Reddit: New Music: Aug 15 - 21

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I went to the punk rock show long enough to see JAB. A too-short 10 minute set. Then went to my neighborhood pub and listened to a woman caterwaul for 30 minutes before a generic rock band did generic rock band stuff. And so I went to drink outside.

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Fishbone @fishboneband.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The @whitehouse-47.bsky.social think they know how to troll… you don’t know shit.

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I played drums on these banger dirty reggae tunes. And they really, really bounce. Give me $3.00, please.

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The PAQ Project, by The PAQ Project

2 track album

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

My houseless friend Brian just told everyone, “I’d rather have no friends than have friends who talk shit about me.” Respect, Brian.

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

So kind to my band when we opened for him years back.

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I remember Rocker T telling me (jokingly), “Sativa is for amateurs.”

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Everyone’s a critic, as they say, but this is the appropriate response to the “bad mood” folks.

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It’s the 3rd anniversary of a violent assault that came perilously close to ending my life. I’ve learned a lot about myself over the last few years. Most of all, I’ve learned about resilience and sticking to your values. The asshole who assaulted me will be in prison until 12/7/27. Fuck you, Joe.

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The asshole who almost murdered me is marking the second of three birthdays he will “celebrate” while in prison. Fuck you, Joe.

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Music coming soon from JAB, Eric Blowtorch, Big Youth, Dennis Bovell, Poison Idea, and Western Standard Time. Ha!

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Trojan Records @trojanrecords.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Happy Jamaican Independence Day! 🇯🇲 Today marks the anniversary of Jamaica becoming an independent nation in 1962, bringing more than three centuries of British colonial rule to an end. Listen to our Jamaican Independence Day playlist here Trojan.lnk.to/JAINDFA

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Got some stuff figured out today. First and foremost, the new JAB (PDX punk) vinyl/digital album will be up for presale on September 4th. Sonic blasts of righteous punk rock fury!

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Eldritch Comics @asliceofcomics.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I still say that it would be cool if @dc.com would greenlight a new Uncle Sam & The Freedom Fighters comic thats just the team traveling from state to state beating the sh*t out of Nazis, Klansmen, Fascists, & White Supremacist Scumbags every issue! Now that would be a satisfying read! Just sayin.

Uncle Sam punching a Nazi as the Freedom Fighters look on from above.

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Happy birthday to Bucket from The Toasters! This man has had my back through thick and thin.

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I should rewatch as well. I loved it and looked forward to it after the book.

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

A friend and bandmate just survived a slashing attack by a man armed with a machete! If anyone has followed my tale of nearly being murdered by a man in almost similar fashion nearly three years ago, you may understand why my PTSD is acting up.

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I watched “Disclosure Day” and thought it was great. Great pacing and I thought, as someone who works in broadcast media, the “t.v. show” and “video uplink” scenes were well done and mostly technically accurate. 8.5/10

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Desmond Dekkard Cain @mlehoux.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Here's what we caught this week for new #Ska releases. Feels light, so I'm probably missing more than usual (LMK!). New music from: Buena Suerte, Beat The Smart Kids, Los Calzones, G-MEN, UNFUNFAIR, Dope Times, and more! www.reddit.com/r/Ska/s/7ld6...

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From the Ska community on Reddit: New Music: July 18 - 24

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Simmerdown Productions, BlueSka Elder @simmerdownprod.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It’s lightning, not lightening, if we’re talking about weather phenomena. FFS.

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