N.L. Belardes guest calls Indie LA Radio 103.1 to ask Mento Buru about SKA-kersfield - By N.L. Belardes
I’m listening to the morning show on Indie 103.1. Dicky Barrett just talked SKAtravaganza. He laughed, “Ska people and ska bands will bastardize the word any chance they get.” I could hear Matt Munoz from Mento Buru, Wally from Modtown, and David from After Hours all giggling in the background during the morning news.
During the interview, show host Dicky from the Mighty Mighty Bosstones talked a bit about Latin Ska bands. He said they were big in South America and then the jokes floated around that just maybe there is a huge statue down there of Dicky in a handshake pose…
Of course you had to expect Matt to be introduced as the guy not just from Mento Buru but from SKA-kersfield. “You guys come to LA to get relief from the bustling metropolis of Bakersfield?” Laughs all around. “Of course what you’re here for,” Dicky said, “is because ska returns to the historic El Rey Theatre.” He read the highlights and even said to Lord Tanamo of the SKAtellites, “My name’s Dicky. I’m one of the guys who ruined ska.”
Mento Buru’s song “Double Jeopardy" got airplay and Dicky in his slapstick radio promo said, “there’s no one better than Mento Buru.” The real kudos came from the reps from other bands who loved the song just as I did with its big phat lyrics, “…searching for the things that aren’t easy to find…time we all have don’t stand in our way.”
Matt complimented one of the ska-boys in the studio as a “Very hot sax.” Of course Matt accused Dicky of a brain with too much ska… since Dicky wasn’t really sure who he was talking to at times.
Matt soon talked about the Aquabats:
“…even though the guy from Blink 182 was in the Aquabats,” Matt commented to something Dicky said about ska-folk. Matt’s fast with the comments. “We played one of their first shows as they were debuting their outfits. Testing their scuba gear.”
Dicky did say that the Bakersfield contingent and others were a “People that have a passion for pioneers.” Mento Buru, Modtown and After Hours haven’t played with each other since early 1990s, that’s why it’s a SKA class reunion. “I’m not going. Those people are from Bakersfield…” joked Dicky
And then I called in. They put me on hold and I didn’t expect to get through…
“Oh crap, they just put me through,” I thought. Dicky said, “Who’s this?”
“This is Nick from Bakersfield,” I said.
“I don’t know where that is.”
“I mean Ska-kersfield.”
“Oh I know where that is,” Dicky and everyone laughed.
I think I scared Matt by calling in, but he said, “Hey Nick!”
“I just want to know if Matt’s going to wear his big socks and do the four trademark SKA dances I recently saw on the streets of Bakersfield,” I said referring to the night Cesareo danced…
I then told them jokingly, “I’m a blogger and ready to hit send and just typed in about twenty misquotes… Matt will fill you in on who I am,” I said too nervous to stay on the phone…
“Well thanks for confusing me!” Dicky laughed. Ah well, I wasn’t expecting to be on the big LA radio…
"It was really nice having those guys in here... I just enjoyed having them. I like that they are passionate still about ska music. I make fun of everyone. Actually it was my life, my art, my passion..."
Haha… too much ska-talk for Dicky of the Bosstones can send him into a ska-mendous mind overload… and me… it was a fun moment… the show is still on—go have a listen…
During the interview, show host Dicky from the Mighty Mighty Bosstones talked a bit about Latin Ska bands. He said they were big in South America and then the jokes floated around that just maybe there is a huge statue down there of Dicky in a handshake pose…
Of course you had to expect Matt to be introduced as the guy not just from Mento Buru but from SKA-kersfield. “You guys come to LA to get relief from the bustling metropolis of Bakersfield?” Laughs all around. “Of course what you’re here for,” Dicky said, “is because ska returns to the historic El Rey Theatre.” He read the highlights and even said to Lord Tanamo of the SKAtellites, “My name’s Dicky. I’m one of the guys who ruined ska.”
Mento Buru’s song “Double Jeopardy" got airplay and Dicky in his slapstick radio promo said, “there’s no one better than Mento Buru.” The real kudos came from the reps from other bands who loved the song just as I did with its big phat lyrics, “…searching for the things that aren’t easy to find…time we all have don’t stand in our way.”
Matt complimented one of the ska-boys in the studio as a “Very hot sax.” Of course Matt accused Dicky of a brain with too much ska… since Dicky wasn’t really sure who he was talking to at times.
Matt soon talked about the Aquabats:
“…even though the guy from Blink 182 was in the Aquabats,” Matt commented to something Dicky said about ska-folk. Matt’s fast with the comments. “We played one of their first shows as they were debuting their outfits. Testing their scuba gear.”
Dicky did say that the Bakersfield contingent and others were a “People that have a passion for pioneers.” Mento Buru, Modtown and After Hours haven’t played with each other since early 1990s, that’s why it’s a SKA class reunion. “I’m not going. Those people are from Bakersfield…” joked Dicky
And then I called in. They put me on hold and I didn’t expect to get through…
“Oh crap, they just put me through,” I thought. Dicky said, “Who’s this?”
“This is Nick from Bakersfield,” I said.
“I don’t know where that is.”
“I mean Ska-kersfield.”
“Oh I know where that is,” Dicky and everyone laughed.
I think I scared Matt by calling in, but he said, “Hey Nick!”
“I just want to know if Matt’s going to wear his big socks and do the four trademark SKA dances I recently saw on the streets of Bakersfield,” I said referring to the night Cesareo danced…
I then told them jokingly, “I’m a blogger and ready to hit send and just typed in about twenty misquotes… Matt will fill you in on who I am,” I said too nervous to stay on the phone…
“Well thanks for confusing me!” Dicky laughed. Ah well, I wasn’t expecting to be on the big LA radio…
"It was really nice having those guys in here... I just enjoyed having them. I like that they are passionate still about ska music. I make fun of everyone. Actually it was my life, my art, my passion..."
Haha… too much ska-talk for Dicky of the Bosstones can send him into a ska-mendous mind overload… and me… it was a fun moment… the show is still on—go have a listen…
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