Women in Ska & Opinions on Throwing Muses

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4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk with author Heather Augustyn about her book "Rude Girls: Women in Two Tone Ska and One Step Beyond." The hosts also review the new album by Throwing Muses.

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Featured Songs:

The Bodysnatchers, "Ruder Than You," Ruder Than You (Single), 2 Tone, 1980

The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967

Throwing Muses, "Summer of Love," Moonlight Concessions, Fire, 2025

Throwing Muses, "South Coast," Moonlight Concessions, Fire, 2025

Throwing Muses, "Theremini," Moonlight Concessions, Fire, 2025

Throwing Muses, "Sally's Beauty," Moonlight Concessions, Fire, 2025

Rhoda with the Special A.K.A., "The Boiler," The Boiler (Single), 2 Tone, 1981

The Selecter, "On My Radio," On My Radio (Single), 2 Tone, 1979

The Bodysnatchers, "Easy Life," Easy Life (Single), 2 Tone, 1980

The Fun Boy Three with Bananarama, "It Ain't What You Do It's the Way That You Do It," Fun Boy Three, Chrysalis, 1982

The Fun Boy Three, "Our Lips Are Sealed," Waiting, Chrysalis, 1983

The Deltones, "Oddball Boy," Nana Choc Choc In Paris, Unicorn, 1989

The Lemons, "English Summer," English Summer (Single), Race, 1981

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, "I Won't Back Down," Full Moon Fever, MCA, 1989

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0:00.0	Hey there, if you're listening to this and you support us on Patreon, you can hear it via the Patreon page and free.
0:08.2	Hello, Chicago!
0:34.8	Hello! You're listening to sound opinions, and this week we chat with the reggae scholar Heather Augustine about the underappreciated women of ska.
0:38.9	I'm Jim D. Reganus.
0:40.5	And I'm Greg Cott.
0:41.5	But first, let's review the new album from Throwing Muses.
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1:05.1	Because yikes, lighting your sank ain't up.
1:13.6	Really, truly ain't a walk of shame. But the Summer of Love.
1:18.6	That's a little bit from the 11th Throwing Muses album, Moonlight Concessions.
1:25.6	That's a song called Summer of Love, or a little bit of it.
1:29.3	Throwing Muses, they've been around since the early 80s, Newport, Rhode Island. Yep.
1:33.6	Toured and recorded extensively into the 90s, and they had several reunions since then. They're in the
1:41.0	middle of that right now. The core member of the band, the one continuing member is Kristen Hirsch.
1:47.5	The drummer, too, David Narzizo has been there from the beginning as well.
1:51.6	The one wildcar has been Tanya Donnelly.
1:54.5	Tanya and Kristen Hirsch were step sisters,isters and formed the band.
2:01.4	Two great songwriters who really complimented each other.
2:04.7	Kristen sort of delivered the really tough, dark, lyrically intense songs,
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