The Uptones want to thank Joel Selvin for the mondo cover story he wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle’s Datebook this past Sunday. Plus thanks to Pat Johnson and Katy Raddatz for the marvelous pictures.
Here are some more photos from Katy’s photo session that didn’t make the paper.
SKANKIN’ FOOL UPDATE:
Believe it or not, they’ve gone and done it.
The Uptones have made a CD!
Skankin’ Foolz Unite isn’t in the stores yet.
But you can hear it at FunFunFun Recordings.
Click here for a free listen.
Visit FunFunFun Recordings’ website
and listen to Skankin’ Foolz Unite!
SKANKIN’ FOOL UPDATE:
I highly recommend a listen! [...]
Rickshaw Stop
155 Fell Street at Van Ness
San Francisco, California 94102
$10.00
18 and over show.
SF INDIE FEST PARTY w/
MALDROID
THE UPTONES
THE MAYFIRE
And Festival Previews
$3 Redhook Beers
10% off all Festival Passes
All proceeds benefit SF IndieFest (Feb 7-19)
www.sfindie.com
Bottom Of The Hill
Friday, January 11
The UPTONES
plus
The Forgotten
DekOiZ
The Marones
All Ages! $10.00
8:30 door, 9:30 show
Advance tickets available through Ticketweb
Jake did it again! He captured the vibe of the 1st Skanking Fool’s Dance Contest. He’s convinced the Fool to do this again. If you want to know when, sign-up for an email notice.
Andrei Klestoff is the first winner of the Uptones Skanking Contest. Andrei not only won $100.00. He wins the lifetime pass to compete in any Uptone’s Skanking Contest. Here’s Andre receiving the big check from muzic.com’s Reigning Looney at the Metro.
$100.00 prize for the best skanking. Be there!!!!
201 Broadway Ave, (at 2nd St.)
Oakland, CA
All Ages!! - $10.00
Legendary English Beat and UpTones return to Santa Cruz nightclub for mad skanking fracas.
UpTones bass player and founding member moves to dry land, invents Yacht Ska!
As our Ben, anchor of The UpTones sound, changes course, he has joined the iPhone crew, and moved his port of call South, leaving his boat behind. What a shame, he and I wrote a song about this boat, and now it’s up [...]
TIM CARTER ROCKS MIECES TO PIECES
The Uptones once received a package in the mail from a band called The Field Mice, who wanted to open for The Uptones. It contained a one dollar bill clearly marked with the word “bribe,” plus a homemade cassette demo tape. The hand-drawn cover showed their high school buckling and [...]
Skanking: Noun. A form of dancing practiced in the ska, reggae and punk music scenes. Derived from the verb to Skank.
Fool: Noun. One with a marked propensity or fondness for something.
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