Riki Rocksteady & The Arraignments

The Allstonians and Riki Rocksteady Play Soccer Magazine Print Release Party

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The Drug Is Football is a magazine covering soccer in the US and New England in particular.

We provide an outlook on Soccer in the US and especially New England that we think is lacking, an opinionated and off the cuff commentary about the sport. We don’t care if you disagree with us because we aren’t trying to please everyone.

20130810 allstonians riki 2Don’t expect deep analysis on matches and tactics, that is not what we do there are plenty of others for that. Do expect opinion pieces on both on and off the field activities and the occasional news story and interview.

In a bold move, and in true subculture fashion, they’ll be releasing a print edition. You know, a zine! Kudos to the folks making this happen.

To celebrate their first issue, they’re holding a party at McGann’s. Entertainment for the evening will include Boston ska stalwarts, The Allstonians and Riki Rocksteady & The Arraignments.

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December Almost Killed Me

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It seems excessively late for a December 2012 recap from where we currently stand, forward facing the bitter cold of January’s last frame. In my defense, I went a bit overboard late last year, insisting on drinking and smoking through a cold that became a full-fledged plague by the last night of the Hometown Throw down. With a weekend of fun ska/punk shows coming up, it’s a good time to recap the madness.

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Home For The Skalidays at The Audio Jungle

It started innocently enough in the middle of the month. A Guy Named Guy was headlining the Audio Jungle with a toys for tots benefit. I took a long lunch that day and secured my tot toy at Newberry comics. Come 6 ‘o clock, toy and camera gear in hand, I was headed to Allston. This was a fantastic show. Mr. Furious started the night off, and impressed the hell out of me. I finally got to see Short Handed Goal, a ska punk band based out of RI. Nice guys and a solid set. Fort! The band was up next and always destroys a basement with their ever-evolving gypsy ska-punk-slouch madness. I can’t get enough of Fort!, it’s never the same show twice, and the energy they bring to the table as a collective is impressive. Connecticut’s Llama Tsunami continue to be my nutmeg state ska crush, powering through a strong set of original material sprinkled with energetic covers. I took a setlist, from a basement show, that’s how much I respect this band. A Guy Named Guy, fresh off the release of their Terminals split with Puerto Rico’s D-Cent Jerks, brought the night to a close. If you only know this band from the incredibly popular, and polished, youtube video for “Ska’s Not Dead,” a song they quite possibly retired that night, you have no idea how hard these guys will thrash through a set.

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October Ska Shows [And Other News]

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Originally posted at jacobwakeup.com

So I sort of blinked and noticed there’s a handful of great ska shows in Boston this month. And then I noticed they weren’t all listed anywhere. In the event that Bostonska.com doesn’t get around to posting them, I wanted to pull them all together. So, risking being the new guy who rolls into town and pretends he knows what’s up, I’ve got a very incomplete arbitrarily compiled list! Feel free to add more in the comments that I might have missed.

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