The Toasters Skaboom
As The Morning Call's assistant features editor responsible for entertainment, she spends a lot of time surveying the music landscape and sizing up the Valley's festivals and club scene. She's no expert, but enjoys it all — especially artists who resonated in her younger years, such as Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young, Tracy Chapman, Santana and Joni Mitchell.
Her music was influenced by her mom, who hasn't turned the radio off since Arlene came home from the hospital. She's a top-40 kinda girl with a special place in her heart for hip-hop, R&B, rancheros and musical soundtracks. Favorites include the Bee Gees, Jill Scott, Neil Diamond, Q-Tip, Juan Gabriel, T.I., Britney Spears and all of "Les Miserables." She is used to people making fun of her taste.
caught the rock bug young. The TMC Harrisburg Correspondent bought his first record, U2's "Under a Blood Red Sky," at age 13 and hasn't looked back. Besides listening to artists ranging from The Ramones to Dean Martin, Micek also writes about music, his work appearing in publications including The Big Takeover, Pop Culture Press and Playlist magazine. He is also a former contributor to PopMatters.com. And when he's not writing about music, Micek is playing it. From 2002-07, he fronted Milkshake Jones, a power-pop act that released two critically acclaimed (if woefully overlooked) records on The Paisley Pop Label of Portland, Ore. These days he handles bass guitar duties for Fink's Constant, a ska and reggae band that gigs regularly around central Pennsylvania.
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The Toasters, from New York City, is arguably the longest-running ska band in the United States, having started in 1981, and its 1987 album "Skaboom! |
New York City band The Toasters is arguably the longest-running ska band in the United States. It started in 1981, and its 1987 album "Skaboom!
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