It's November 11th, one of the most important days of the year in my hometown Cologne: the start of the Carneval season. My daughters are in Kindergarten dressed up as fairies. The notorious "Kölsch" (the dialect spoken by Cologne natives) music will be heard...
Since the return of the London International Ska Festival has been announced by Sean Flowerdew the excitement cannot be bigger. More than 2800 fans on Facebook and 300 applications from bands convey a clear message. Anyone who has been into Ska for more than just...
Did I promise to tell how Mark Brennan from Link Records found out about The Braces in 1988? Then I better deliver. At the end of this text you will know even more. You will have learned the 7 steps that were necessary to get...
“What’s up with the band?” At times (in the late 1980s) I got wary of the same old question when meeting people around my hometown Krefeld. On the tram, at the chips shop or “At The Watch”, the hangout for the local subcultures and bottle...
What happened in the last weeks after the end of the Alpha Boys? Just to give you a quick update: More changes are there to report. I had to move my office, too. Not to another town, and not even to another part of...
The “30th Anniversary Tour“ by The Specials has been going on for quite a while now. “But what about my own 30-year-jubilee with Ska?”...
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After publishing the blog entry on the song "Perfect" I visited an online forum called songwriterforums.com and posted the lyrics to "Perfect" there. First of all I was interested to hear praise on the lyrics. Secondly I planned to create awareness for joescholes.com. At the...
My Love Is Real by Joachim Uerschels I admit he's a better poet than I am His words are floating through the sky and His rhymes elaborate, his rhythms tight Designed to make you sigh He's nominated for the Booker Prize By the same people who often write My poetic licence should...
Back In The Clubs by Joachim Uerschels verse 1 20 backup dancers, catwalk to midfield Wireless in-ear systems part of every deal Golden backstage passes for the 100 media partners On the guestlist everyday, some things that we don't miss, hooray 'Cause we are chorus Back in the clubs x 4 verse 2 When you're...