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THE
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NEWS
June 2008
- Repeat appearances at Strawberry Moon Fayre
Festival (Nr Leek) and
Kippertronix Fest (Wales) in June 28 & July 25
- Band playing at the Love Music Hate Racism
rally in Trafalgar Square
in London,
June 21
- Headline slot at the Sounds on the Down alternative
green festival (Nottingham) –
cool day out all the sound equipment was powered by renewable energy,
which translated in to the organizers taking it in turns to peddle like
mad on a bicycle connected to a dynamo to supplement the solar panels
used to charge the batteries. Cool!
- New video to Living Life released on YouTube
October 2007
- Some great festival gigs over the summer,
notably Kippertronix - an big up to SLAF for putting us on. Bass player
Mark injured leg rolling down a hill chasing football. Luckily managed
to catch in on video, check it out on the myspace site. Pissed it with
rain for most of time
- Annual outing to Wilkes Head summer all-dayer
also top gig despite torrential rain (more so than Stawberry Moon Fayre
earlier in season if at all imaginable)
- Capacity up for it crowd at Kellys in
leamington, cheers Mary (Positive Junk Promotions)
- New Album BA DA BOOM, due to be launched 13
October at the Glebe in Stoke, with Smoke Like a Fish making special
guest appearance, should be good. Currently in discussion for European
distro
- Andy on coronet (small trumpet thingy) out of
action for most of summer due to dislocated shoulder & operation,
though he did play in Bournemouth with
arm at strange angle and a bucket full of pain killers. Rejoined stage
in Leamington
- Steve involved in attempted car-jacking in Brazil, but managed to escape would be
captours, Nick went camping in Norfolk,
returning home suitably unsullied (unlike his camper van - had to spend
band funds on spare parts to get home
- Bulgarian Compilation SKATEL v2 of European Ska
bands on Ruddybeat Records apparently now available (though they never
sent us our copies, so its up to you if you want send money there)
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February 2007
- SKALINSKIS to play live session on BBC Radio
Stoke's Subculture Show Thurs 1st March
- Following success of last years pre-fest gig,
Smoke Like A Fish have invited SKALINSKIS to appear at main festival
- Mighty River and Miss Vladivostok tracks to
appear on pan-European SKA compilation produced by Ruddybeat records in Bulgaria
- Following guest appearences during a couple of
gigs late last year Andy, one of the infamous Sid brothers, is set to
join band on trumpet after he has become a Peoples Hero of the
Revolution in Cuba (dont ask)
- Studio time booked for mid feb to record some
new tracks for LP release
November 2006
- New gig dates added for
december
- Next local appearences at The
full Moon, Newcastle
(November), Reagans in Hanley and The Glebe in stoke (December)
- SKALINSKIS will be supporting The
Aggrolites (USA) at the Glebe Sunday 10 December
- Two full FREE videos to download now available
on www.youtube.com (enter skalinskis into the search box)
- King Tut Strut, live studio version
- Live track recorded at the Wilkes Head earlier
this summer
- More radio air play on BBC Stoke
Underground show
- Chris Sax Skalinski has taken
over the skalinskis myspace pages, so expect some changes soon (after
he's found the passwords he's already lost!!!)
- Link to myspace pages from this
site has been fixed (originally caused by inept fingers - they only know
how to play Am!!!)
- SKALINSKIS currently in
discussions with a secret agent re a possible tour in and around St
Petersberg in Russia
- Former SKALINSKI booking agent,
promoter, kung fu pimp daddy and all round tall person Chris Guest
recently voted Man of the Moment, 15:47 pm, 6 Oct 2006. Well done Chris,
we love you, we dedicate all our songs to you, even the ones we dont
play any more
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September 2006
Alors mes amis, apres les
grands vacations....
- New gig dates added for Novemeber
& december
- Myspace link added to the
"buy the records" & "visit the links" sections
- (sorry, havent had time to update
the downloads yet, maybe this month...)
- Next Gig is The Cavern Club, Liverpool, Sept 26 SKA night with 4 other bands
- Next local appearence will be at
The Full Moon in November
- Cheers to Smoke Like A Fish for
putting us on in Newtown,
great night
- Also cheers to Malcom at Wilkes
Head, top night with "up for it" crowd. See gig photo's in
"live gig shots" in "view the pictures"
section.
- New secret biographies pages of
each band member added, but see if YOU can find the links
- Apologies to anyone who turned up
at the Trentham festival, but we were knocked off the bill by snivelling
lilly-livered lardons who dont seem to be able to organize a p*ss up in
a rugby club (or something)
- Recoding time booked in studio
for October, new material being worked on
- Steve has been to Switzerland
and put on a clean G-string (on his guitar), while Mark has hoovered his
living room, Nick has cleaned his camper van, Chris has got a new day
job and Sid has had some more beer. Thats about it for August/September
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June 2006
- Mp3 Downloads of new recordings
added to myspace (link on "buy the records" inside main site)
- Free download section added to
this site
- Gig list updated with upcomming
dates
- Skalinskis 1st track (Mighty River, new version) on Bomb Ibiza
subsidized compilation CD "The Best of the Manchester Ska Bar"
(see inside for details)
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Older News
- Contrary to popular belief, THE
SKALINSKIS have not split up but are very much alive and kicking.
Following the self-imposed departure of our previous trumpet player we
have been playing a number of low-key gigs while two new members get up
to speed.
- New brass section consists of Sid
(trombone) & Chris (Saxophone)
- We have already been in the
studio and recorded some new material as well as re-working some older
stuff. New album due later in 2006.
- Mp3 downloads to be added to this
site in coming weeks/months
- Chris Guest no longer booking
gigs for band, please see bookings page for new contact details
- Gig list updated.
- Finally: The Skalinskis album Kissing the Monkey is
still available to buy click here for details
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