ska shows: the place for people with no rhythm September 23, 2006
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yep! we went to a ska show! and it was fantastic. everyone danced or bobbed their head, but brianne and i were right in the middle of the crazies dancing. the band was a 10 piece ska band called Bombskare. they were really fun! most of the time i couldn’t understand what they were saying or anything, but it was still fun. good tunes. they did some weird stuff too, like covers and sang the inspector gadget song. haha. it was awesome.
it was SO HOT in the room though. i guess it was a club, and had a bar and stuff. the dance floor was a decent size for the crowd we had, and dance we did.
well, if you can call it dancing. mostly people just jump and skip around and look like they are doing the hokey pokey really fast. well that’s what i do. and lots of others around me. but hey, no rhythm, no worries. everyone was just having a good time.
also, before the band started there was a pretty terrible DJ doing his thing. he had some reggae going which was cool, and then randomly he played some oldies, and then hip hop….. it was weird. and he played a lot of slow songs that you can’t ska-dance to. ska dancing is fast. you just can’t do it slow. i tried.
anyways, there were only like 10 people “dancing” when the DJ was on, and there was a guy with the same shoes as ME! so i ran over to him and put my foot next to his. he looked at me quizzically, and i pointed to our shoes, and he got all excited and gave me a high five. haha. good times.
another highlight of the dancing was right at the end of the band’s set, a group of 3 people started a train thingy, and i joined it and brianne went behind me, and she said more people joined in after her. awesome. we danced around the whole floor. it was way cool.
i also kept going out of the room because i was sweating so much, and during one of these intervals a girl came up to me and just started talking! she said her feet hurt a lot, and then showed me her shoes which were REALLY high. maybe 4 inches. crazy. and then she said “you’re one of the nicest people i’ve met all night!” and then bought me a drink. haha. oh scotland.
anyway, i hope to go to more shows like this one. it was one of the best i’ve ever been to. yay!
Kate–love your blogging…I’m jealous–enjoy all the traveling and fun exploring before the real world comes calling!!! All good here in Tracy–still good weather and the football team (soph’s) have been rockin’–we travel to Modesto on Friday 9/29. Good luck with the continued job hunt. Oh yeah–never heard of ska music/dancing…what does ska stand for? Have fun and stay safe. Love Jamie
Glad you enjoyed us! Where did you see us?
And ska comes from Jamaica, but has gone through several ‘waves’ since its origins in the 1960s/70s. We’re giving it a 21st Century Scottish kick up the arse, basically!