Auf Vimeo gibt es einen rough cut von Freddie “Rudexodus” Notes “Stepping away from Babylon” zu sehen. Unbedingt sehenswert!

3 rooms of the finest rare underground 60s sound for the true music lovers
Live: Maxine Brown + The Pepper Pots

The Venue, 229 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5PN

Over the tea Mark says he has no time for mods (‘just a load of wimps’), Teds, rockabillies or Asians. Why Asians? ‘I don’t like Pakis and I don’t know any skinheads who do. Pakis just don’t mix. You’ll see one of them,’ he points to the Peter Tosh poster, ‘with a white man. Never see a Paki with one. Paki-bashing is all part of the cult anyway.’

Ian Walker about the brutal absurdity of the 1980s Skinhead cult. Worth reading (not that you will like what you read, though).

‘The birds of the reds are worst,’ says Rita Hope.

Great documentary about Saxon Studio Sound and the legendary Sir Coxsone.

This film is a ruff cut history lesson with a difference, it is by no means the bible of the UK sound system, It doesn’t cover every facet of the sound system UK history, nor does it follow a timeline or chronology. What Two Big Sound does do, is uncover subjects rarely heard about in Black UK music history.

Featuring Smiley Culture (1, 2), Chris Peckings, Daddy Colonel, and many more.

John Eden hat eine Sammlung von Reggae Tunes zusammengestellt, die inhaltlich zu den sommerlichen Riots in England passen. Mit einem (relativ) neuen Tune von King Hammond ist neben Roots und Autotune Dancehall auch eine richtige Skinhead Reggae Perle dabei.
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Saxon Sound’s official homepage offers the story of one of England’s most famous sounds (presumably the most famous) and truly fascinating pictures.

History is made at night has written a fascinating series of stories about the summer riots of 1981 in the UK. The posts feature political and cultural aspects and Reggae is featured, too. One post covers the infamous Southall riots around a concert by The 4-Skins, The Last Resort and The Business. Definetly worth the read, as are all of the blog’s posts. Copyright of the picture of the running Skinhead on the right hand side belongs to David Hoffman, seemingly a dedicated chronicler of riots.

Chris Hawkins starts your day with a mix of the best new music, forgotten classics and session tracks from the BBC archive seven days a week.

Diese Woche ist -sicherlich im Zusammenhang mit dem anstehenden London International Ska Festival- Ska Woche in Chris Hawkins zweistündiger Show auf BBC 6. Dave Barker, Owen Gray und Lynval Golding haben bislang schon zu Interviews im Studio vorbeigeschaut. Mal schauen, wies weitergeht. Ska wird zwar kaum gespielt, trotzdem ist die Musik mit Buzzcocks, Arctic Monkeys, Small Faces, Morrissey und ähnlichem im Vergleich zu deutschem Radio zum Niederknien schön.