DCSka.com’s Holiday Gift Guide
To start you off in the holiday season ska-style, we recommend checking out all five volumes of the Strange Manor Christmas Albums.
Here are our top recommendations for gifts for your fellow rude boys and rude gals. For a heavy-hitting gift, there’s the Ska CD of the Month Club and Ska Wax of the Month Club from Jump Up Records. The CD club offers 14 CDs and the wax club offers 12 LPs for the year. Check out the order page for more details.
Our personal favorite gift is the King Tubby Dub Box Set featuring 14 killer dubs on vinyl. This 7″ set includes rare version sides and early tracks from King Tubby’s first four albums. Listen to samples and buy a set here.
For the record enthusiast, we recommend a sweet Soul Jazz record bag. This bag holds up to seventy-five 7″ records. Even for the non-record collector, it makes for a cool lunch bag. Check it out at Ernie B’s here.
There’s also a Kickstarter campaign called the 3rd Wave Ska Preservation Society Vinyl Reissue Project, where they are reissuing ska albums from the 90s on vinyl. Pledges range from $1-$1000 and with the different levels buyers get various items. Just $20 gets you a copy of Oolooloo by the Pietasters, Pilfers’ self-titled, an Edna’s Goldfish album, or a Suburban Legends’ album. Complete details can be found here.
If you have a crafty friend, who also likes scooters, they might like some scooter-print fabric. It’s available on Amazon.com here. No, I wasn’t talking about me.
Gelaskins offers custom or pre-designed skins for laptops and a variety of mobile devices. Order a custom one or pick this Baltimore-themed one here.
The 9:30 Club also offers gift cards in amounts from $25-$100. These gift cards are good at the box office, bars, and kitchen. You can purchase them here.
Another good gift is a pair of headphones or earbuds. Check out CNET’s guide on their top picks for your audiophile here.
And lastly, because we’re a bit nerdy, we highly recommend the easy-to-build Theremin kit! This mini-Theremin is great for musicians and non-musicians alike. It’s available for purchase at the Maker Shed.
