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1960s Surfboard Shaper Documentary Trailer

Berlin_Surfguitar — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:28:48 +0000

BoardRoom_trailer from FiveSix Productions on Vimeo.

Christmas Tracks for Sale!

Berlin_Surfguitar — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:13:00 +0000

Three old christmas favorites by yours truly available at the Exotic Store.

King Kong

Berlin_Surfguitar — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:58:13 +0000

Some of my drawings are for sale at Artflakes.

“King Kong” Grafik/Illustration als Poster und Kunstdruck von kustom-kards bestellen. – ARTFLAKES.COM

King Kong

Berlin_Surfguitar — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:58:13 +0000

Some of my drawings are for sale at Artflakes.

“King Kong” Grafik/Illustration als Poster und Kunstdruck von kustom-kards bestellen. – ARTFLAKES.COM

from Domenic Priore …this Saturday night, and then some…

Berlin_Surfguitar — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:28:55 +0000

First up: The Beach Boys “Smile” album and box set will be released by Capitol Records on Tuesday, November 1st…(yours truly wrote the liner notes)… that morning, be sure to tune in to the CBS Early Show for a segment about the album that’ll feature some incredible and never-before-seen performance, studio and conceptual footage of Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys during the time “Smile” was recorded in 1966.

Now….

Join me Saturday, October 22nd for a night of LIVE, swirling-organ-sound ’60s garage punk fuzz, dynamite gal lead singers and some badass cats with The Love Me Nots, The Wooly Bandits, Magic Christian (featuring Cyril Jordan of The Flamin’ Groovies) + Mod Dylan. I’ll be spinnin’ sounds right out of the “Riot on Sunset Strip” book, including some of thee most hardcore Soul and R&B from pre-1969 Los Angeles, heavy dollops of Psych, ’60s Garage, Soundtracks, Folk-Rock and some burnin’ ’50s stuff to boot… all locally-derived record-makers! Dancing ’til 3. The Bullet at El Cid Restaurant (the historic El Cid Flamenco Theater in Silver Lake), 4212 W. Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90029 (323) 668-0318 $12, 21 and up.

NOTE: For those who’ll be in Hollywood, Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Echo Park or Downtown earlier, stop by The Echo (1822 W. Sunset) between 5 p.m. and 9, Magic Christian and another combo they’re touring with will be playing, and I’m DJing that event, too, for longer; I’ll be playing all instrumental Easy Listening versions of Go Go ’60s hits, for you earlybird-drinking Loungeheads.

PLUS Friday, October 21st, The Nashville Ramblers are on the West Coast this weekend as well, and will be playing a big set in San Diego on Friday, October 21st at The Til’ Two Club… then on Saturday night the 22nd… same night as The Bullet, take your pick… The Nashville Ramblers will be opening for The Muffs at The Crave Lounge in Ventura. a WILD WEEKEND indeed!

Dig the YouTube: http://youtu.be/cyNg867AGng

from Domenic Priore …this Saturday night, and then some…

Berlin_Surfguitar — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:28:55 +0000

Now….

Dig the YouTube: http://youtu.be/cyNg867AGng

New Single! Yaqui Joe

Berlin_Surfguitar — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:20:11 +0000

This melodramatic piece came together with Stratocaster/echo sound and strings and all kinds of theatrical stuff. Buy right here in my online store!

New Single! The Enchanted Sea

Berlin_Surfguitar — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:56:41 +0000

My mysterious sounding, reverb guitar version of the Exotica instrumental hit, originally recorded by The Islanders in 1958.

The Enchanted Sea at my webstore
The Enchanted Sea at iTunes
The Enchanted Sea at Amazon
The Enchanted Sea at CD Baby

New Single Magic Fly in iTunes Store

Berlin_Surfguitar — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:02:12 +0000

I solved a little problem with the check-out process in the store section. I stumbled about that randomly on MySpace – I would really appreciate any bug reports concerning this site. Thanks for your patience!

link to Magic Fly iTunes web-page (it opens in your browser)

link to my download store

and Amazon

BP is Beyond Petroleum is Synthia is The Blue Plague?

Berlin_Surfguitar — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:20:00 +0000

Recently I found this interesting video playlist about the Blue Plague. Apparently the Blue Plague is a new desease currently exclusive to the US gulf coast.

A short list of what I understood of it, but english is not my first language so please give me a break if I got something wrong!

BP used a new form of artificially created bacteria, pumping it into the well as an aid for drilling under the Deep Water Horizon platform in the Gulf of Mexico
this bacteria has a completely new, previously unknown set of genes and has been patented by a company associated with BP
it has two markers: one means completely artificial, the second means complete resistance towards anti-biotics
scientists in the lab called it Synthia
it eats the crude-oil and by doing so is doing valuable work with the oil in the well for BP, putting out more precious products
the process got out of hand, creating uncontrollable gasses and pressure
after the accident happened the oil and bacteria spilled in thousands and thousands of tons into the Gulf of Mexico
the administration handed the control of events over to BP and got in a supporting roll, since only BP had a chance of knowing how to handle it all
Synthia eats body cells, too, and breeds on its own
it was important for the people to not get too close to the oil
it was important for BP to not tell the public about the bacteria
people living in the area got sick anyway
a company associated with BP developed a vaccine that is not yet available to the general public

So this is what I made of these videos, and if this is true, even if only in parts, we are looking at immense trouble. I always wondered why I never heard about surfers from the Gulf complaining of the loss of their sea, but writing this right now it dawns on me that most of them are probably in some way or other depending on the oil industry. However, the stuff is not going to stay in their waters, it starts travelling with the currents around the world.

World Vision Portal

update:

another page about The Blue Plague