Checkered Past: The Ska'd Cast

Feb 04 2025 189 ep. 78 mins 37
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Checkered Past is the #1 Edmonton-based Ska History podcast. Every two (tone) weeks siblings Celine and Rob dig in on a different ska band covering their history, impact and catalogue. Expect a lot of jokes, culture discussions and of course, ska-based puns. Great for new, lapsed and casual listeners of the genre as well as fellow Skaficianados!

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Madness March 2025 Pre-Show

Feb 04 2025 60 mins  
IT HAS RETURNED and this time Checkered Past is going WAY BACK to do a very Old School bracket! In the pre-show for the upcoming bracket, Rob, Celine and Joey start with a little poo talk before diving into all the songs that didn't make the cut. What is the tournament this time? Did Rob cut the wrong songs? Will the listener be enraged? Vote your predictions here: https://challon

TromBonus - 71 - Psychobilly Primer

Jan 28 2025 58 mins  
CPSC finishes its three part January Primer Series with a shallow dive on the fastest genre with an upright bass: Psychobilly! Celine, Rob and Joey run through its history from its first wave in the wake of punk in the UK, to its proliferation in continental Europe in the 80s and 90s to its explosion in North America in the early 00s. Hosts: Rob, Celine and Joey Engineer: Joey Edi

TromBonus - 70 - Folk Punk Primer

Jan 21 2025 56 mins  
CPSC continues its three part January Primer Series with a shallow dive on the angriest unplugged music of all: Folk Punk! Rob and Joey run through its history from its history with protest music, to its brief foray in the 77 punk scene to its explosion in the 00's! Hosts: Rob and Joey Engineer: Joey Editor: Joey Theme Song: Keelan Skassociate Producer: Chris Reeves of Ska Punk In

TromBonus - 69 - Swing Revival Primer

Jan 14 2025 55 mins  
Nice! We are kicking off our three part January Primer Series with a shallow dive on Ska's 90's sibling, Swing Revival! Rob, Celine and Joey run through its history from the classics that inspired the genre, to its flash in the pan success on pop radio all the way to the club filling Electro Swing of the modern era. Hosts: Celine, Rob and Joey Engineer: Joey Editor: Joey Theme Son

Best Of Checkered Past: The Ska'd Cast 2024 - Part 2

Jan 07 2025 77 mins  
The year is over and that means it's time to countdown the listener voted best episodes of CP/SC for 2024! In the second part Rob, Celine and Joey run through numbers 5 through 1 while sharing thoughts and behind the scenes stories on each entrant. Make sure you listen to Part 1 first to hear episodes 10 through 6! Hosts: Celine, Rob and Joey Engineer: Joey Editor: Cutman Skassoci

Best Of Checkered Past: The Ska'd Cast 2024 - Part 1

Dec 31 2024 67 mins  
The year is over and that means it's time to countdown the listener voted best episodes of CP/SC for 2024! In the first part Rob, Celine and Joey run through numbers 10 through 6 while sharing thoughts and behind the scenes stories on each entrant. Tune in next week for numbers 5 through 1! Hosts: Celine, Rob and Joey Engineer: Joey Editor: Cutman Skassociate Producer: Chris Reeve

TromBonus - 68 - Skaliday Skanktacular 2024

Dec 24 2024 14 mins  
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE SKABADOOK! In this year's Skaliday episode, the Skabadook finds himself in the woods trying to get one up on JigSka... only he gets more than he bargains for! There's past foes! Movie parodies! Songs? Oh yeah... it's a musical! Spend the holidays with Checkered Past and some scripted insanity as they fully ruin your childhood! Chris Reeves is The Skabadook En

66. The Aquabats - Part 1 (w/ The Ska Mailman)

Dec 17 2024 99 mins  
Call the troops cause here's a scoop for you! Checkered Past welcomes back Adam the Ska Mailman to dig in on the costumed superheroes of The Aquabats! First, Adam chats with Rob, Celine and Joey about his new project Lab Brats, his epic TikToks and even... potatoes! Then, the crew digs in on The Aquabats from their satirical early days to their blockbuster successes (with a very fa

TromBonus - 67 - Pezz

Dec 10 2024 67 mins  
Time once again to pop sugar tabs from disembodied heads! Checkered Past digs in on the maybe Ska, maybe not Ska debut album of CanCon band Pezz (different Pezz hardcore punk fans!). Rob and Engineer Joey dig in on the bands one and only record, Watoosh! blind listening from front to back. Then, Rob pulls the rug out and reveals who the band would become and listens to their far mo

Label She's The Bomb - 1 - Community Records (w/ Stuck Lucky)

Dec 03 2024 96 mins  
By popular demand CPSC is moving up a fan favorite segment to a full length episode in a new series: Label She's The Bomb! For the first iteration Checkered Past welcomes Tennessee Ska-Punkers Stuck Lucky to talk about Community Records! Will and Jonsy start by discussing their Checkered Past, the origin of the band and swap stories from the Dark Ages. Then with the Checkered Past