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Dave Wakeling

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    Just How Many Times Did Ska Legends the English Beat Say 'Fellator' In One Song?

    By the late 1980s ska was tired and in need of a heart and lung transplant. Orange County would, in fact, become home to the biggest and most influential of so-called third wave of ska revivals (there was also one in New York) because it had two things vital to the development of any such trend: inv ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 1, 2011

    The English Beat

    House of Blues

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2011

    Dave Wakeling From the English Beat: 'Charity Reminds You That What You Do Has Another Use Besides Paying the Bills'

    ​​Sometimes a party is the best remedy for a negative situation. And when you're throwing a party, you have to have music. The people behind the Love Hope Music Strength Foundation know this, which is why The English Beat (fronted by former Orange County resident Dave Wakeling) are playing Satur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2010

    Free Ticket Tuesdays: The English Beat and Tiger Army

    ​Lilledeshan Bose​Why yes, Virginia, it is a Tuesday. And we're giving away tickets to the English Beat's show at the House of Blues on Friday and Tiger Army at the Grove of Anaheim on Saturday.Why? Because Dave Wakeling (pictured, left) is still at it, and because Tiger Army is perfor ... More >>

  • Music

    April 15, 2010

    Dave Wakeling Hasn't Missed a Beat

    The man in the 'Mirror In the Bathroom' still marches to his own . . . rhythm

  • Calendar

    October 29, 2009

    The English Beat

    The Coach House

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    OC Turns Brit as 'BritWeek' Begins

    Is Tony Blair a Freemason? The video above seems to think so. Oddly, some evidence behind the claim is provided by Martin Short, although it is unclear if he was doing so as himself, Jiminy Glick, Ed Grimley, Katharine Hepburn or Jackie Rogers Jr. What is as clear as London fog is the freewheelin ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 4, 2008

    The English Beat at The Coach House

    Is Tony Blair a Freemason? The video above seems to think so. Oddly, some evidence behind the claim is provided by Martin Short, although it is unclear if he was doing so as himself, Jiminy Glick, Ed Grimley, Katharine Hepburn or Jackie Rogers Jr. What is as clear as London fog is the freewheelin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2008

    Last Night: English Beat, RX Bandits at The Grove

    In the decades since the sounds of ska infiltrated Orange County, the local music scene has definitely gone through some changes. Live music junkies have been left to fend for themselves in a sea of emo, screamo, hardcore and other intricately titled audible slop. But last night at The Grove in An ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 20, 2008

    Beat Skank

    The English Beat

  • Music

    April 12, 2007

    From Tears to Smiles

    How the English Beat goes on

  • Music

    March 30, 2006

    The Plague of Ska

    The English Beat have another go at America

  • Columns

    May 22, 2003

    Serious Stuff

    Whitey and War

  • Columns

    April 3, 2003

    Make Love, Not War

    I confess . . .

  • Food

    August 9, 2001
  • Music

    May 31, 2001

    Uncork the Dorks!

    Buddy insults just about everybody!

  • Music

    April 26, 2001

    Albino Brown

    Social commentator, Radio Host/Producer (SP Radio One, The Ska Parade), Filmmaker, Breakdancer, Street Poet, Music Historian

  • Unknown

    February 22, 2001

    Cashed Out

    Social commentator, Radio Host/Producer (SP Radio One, The Ska Parade), Filmmaker, Breakdancer, Street Poet, Music Historian

  • Features

    February 1, 2001

    A Guide to our Advertisers

    Social commentator, Radio Host/Producer (SP Radio One, The Ska Parade), Filmmaker, Breakdancer, Street Poet, Music Historian

  • Features

    November 2, 2000

    31 Scariest People in OC

    Social commentator, Radio Host/Producer (SP Radio One, The Ska Parade), Filmmaker, Breakdancer, Street Poet, Music Historian

  • Food

    June 29, 2000

    A guide to our Advertisers

    Social commentator, Radio Host/Producer (SP Radio One, The Ska Parade), Filmmaker, Breakdancer, Street Poet, Music Historian

  • Features

    September 2, 1999

    Back to Cool

    Our firstand probably last, but certainly incompletecollege club guide

  • Music

    November 19, 1998

    A Selected OC Rock History Time Line

    Our firstand probably last, but certainly incompletecollege club guide

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