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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.

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

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

Wrecking Crew Screenings January 2011

Berlin_Surfguitar — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:24:00 +0000

Happy New Year.

Short note to let you know where you might catch a screening of The Wrecking Crew in January. Thanks for the support.

Wednesday, January 12th, I will be in Norfolk Virginia
SCHOOL OF MUSIC FOR ARMY, NAVY and MARINE CORPS
Norfolk, VA
Info/Directions on the Wrecking Crew Facebook page

Sunday, January 16th,
NAMM SHOW @ Anaheim convention center
Hot Zone: Rm 204C 10:00am
Must be a member of NAMM
Door Prizes include products from Ovation, Zildjian, Modern Drummer and “Sticks ‘n’ Skins”.

Saturday, January 22 7:00pm
Digital Media Factory
2809 Mission Street, Santa Cruz, CA
Q&A with Director Denny Tedesco
Followed by a Mixer, Music, Cash Bar

We?ve also just added a feature on the website for visitors to post comments or messages. I would love to hear your thoughts.

Hope to see you at one of the screenings,

Denny

Blue Surf-Ari

Berlin_Surfguitar — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 23:18:00 +0000

The complete Blue Surf-Ari at Dangerous Minds. You owe it to yourself to watch it, trust me.

Winter A-Go-Go

Berlin_Surfguitar — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 22:39:40 +0000

Winter A-Go-Go

Links for 12/22/10

Berlin_Surfguitar — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 21:15:00 +0000

Virtual Tiki Party

Santa Goes Hawaiian

The Trashmen storm the UK charts

Väter des Wellenreitens in Cinemas!

Berlin_Surfguitar — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 20:06:50 +0000

Great great great!!! How long has it been since I last said “a movie I am definitely going to see!”?
Here’s my previous post posted after I saw the trailer.

quote:
Endlich ist es soweit:

Väter des Wellenreitens geht auf Tour und zwar vom 02. bis zum 16.Dezember!

Die Premiere mit Regisseur und Protagonisten findet am 02.12. im Hamburger Zeise Kino statt.

Wer sich das entgehen lässt ist kein Surfer….

Hamburg – 02.12. // 22.30 Uhr – Zeise Kino
Hannover – 03.12. // 22.30 Uhr – Apollo Kino
Westerland – 04.12. // t.b.a. – Kinowelt
Kiel – 05.12. // 17.45 Uhr – Traumkino
Essen – 06.12. // 21.45 Uhr – Galerie Cinema
Berlin – 07.12. // 20.00 Uhr – Babylon
Düsseldorf – 08.12. // 21.30 Uhr – Atelier Kino
Münster – 10.12. // 22.30 Uhr – Cineplex
München – 11.12. // 22.30 Uhr – Rio Filmpalast
Köln – 13.12. // 21.00 Uhr – Filmpalette
Wien – 14.12. // 17.00 Uhr – Topkino
Innsbruck – t.b.a. – t.b.a.
Zürich – t.b.a. – t.b.a.

Weitere Infos unter www.surf-film.de

Plastic Pollution in Our Oceans

Berlin_Surfguitar — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:21:17 +0000

The good people at TED dedicated a whole website to the plastic pollution problem. Here’s a video I just watched there featuring the Malloy brothers reporting from their extensive visits to countless beaches and surf breaks all around the world.

Ultra Scary Halloween Videos!

Berlin_Surfguitar — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:17:53 +0000

Are you ready?

Really?

Rreally??

OK… so… here it is!!! Mmmmhhoooohahahahaaaaa!