Sorry, not sorry, but we here at MM!PP! stan 3rd wave ska for life. Once a ska kid always a ska kid.
In this week’s brand new full-length show Mike and Julia bring the history of ska to an end with a mix all about the 3rd wave. What better way to round off this ska trilogy than to have a special guest!
Taylor Morden, director of Pick it Up! Ska in the 90s, joins MM!PP! to discuss his film, ska, and more ska.
As an active musician and super fan of the scene Taylor created a film that discusses the history, fans and rapid rise of Ska in the 90s.
from skamovie.com:
Pick It Up! is an independent documentary film about the rise in popularity of ska music in the 1990s often referred to as the third wave of ska. The film showcases the underground / DIY nature of the scene all over the world and how the push into the spotlight in the mid-to-late '90s changed everything. The film was made by ska fans, for ska fans.
The film features exclusive interviews with members of:
The Aquabats • Big D and the Kids Table • Bim Skala Bim • Blink-182 • Bomb the Music Industry! • Buck-O-Nine • Catch 22 • Cherry Poppin’ Daddies • Dance Hall Crashers • Desorden Publico • Fishbone • Five Iron Frenzy • Goldfinger • The Goodwin Club • Hepcat • The Hippos • The Impossibles • Inspector • The Interrupters • Jump With Joey • Kemuri • King Apparatus • La Resistencia • Less Than Jake • Let’s Go Bowling • The Mad Caddies • Maldita Vecindad • Mephiskapheles • The Mighty Mighty Bosstones • MU330 • Mustard Plug • My Superhero • New York Ska-Jazz Ensemble • No Doubt • The Nuckle Brothers • the O.C. Supertones • Oingo Boingo • The Pietasters • Pilfers • The Porkers • Reel Big Fish • Rx Bandits • Save Ferris • The Selecter • Skankin’ Pickle • The Skatalites • The Slackers • Smashmouth • The Specials • Spring Heeled Jack • Starpool • Streetlight Manifesto • Sublime • Suburban Legends • The Suicide Machines • The Toasters • Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra • Voodoo Glow Skulls • and a bunch of other super rad ska related people!
You can watch Pick It Up! Ska in the 90s on Amazon Prime and Vimeo on Demand.
Be sure to check out Taylor’s other projects:
The Last Blockbuster Trailer: A feature length documentary film about the rise and fall of Blockbuster video.
Project 88: An 88 scene fan remake of Back to the Future 2. From the website - “With so many creative people stuck at home, we wanted to give people a creative outlet. Something that anyone could do. We had people from around the world recreate scenes from Back to the Future 2 using only what they had access to during the quarantine. The results are a marvel of creativity. The best part however, is hearing from the people who worked on the project, how much fun they had and how it brought some joy in a dark time.
-Taylor”