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The unit of survival is organism plus environment. We are learning by bitter experience that the organism which destroys its environment destroys itself.
– Gregory Bateson

Links for 8/23/15

Plastic Microbeads: They’re Bad (and Gross). But Together We Can Stop Them

There might be fracking wastewater on your organic fruits and veggies

July 2015 was very likely Earth’s hottest month on record

Yvonne Craig – a career in pictures

The Grog Log: Completed

Catalina Island: 1965

posted by: Berlin Surfguitar
post categories: Asides
post tags: tags: 1960s, california, climate change, cocktails, food, ocean, pollution

Links for 8/15/15

Species Are on the Move and Northward Bound—Then What?

Dewey Weber auf Vimeo

Bali’s First Surfers

Dick Dale, 78, Currently Tours Despite Having Rectal Cancer, Renal Failure, Diabetes, and Massive Vertebrae Damage

posted by: Berlin Surfguitar
post categories: Asides
post tags: tags: 1930s, 1960s, asia, Dick Dale, indonesia, longboard, surf music, surfing, wildlife

Links for 8/13/15

François de Roubaix : Rêverie

Pinup pioneers: the first underwater photoshoot – in pictures

NSA conducted commercial espionage against Japanese government and businesses

Surf’s up in North Korea as tourism expedition put its toe in the water

posted by: Berlin Surfguitar
post categories: Asides
post tags: tags: 1960s, asia, japan, korea, photos, soundtrack, surfing

Links for 8/10/15

Nat Young, teenaged Animal auf Vimeo

Royal Daiquiri

Coastal Capers: 1925

At 78 and with myriad health issues, surf-rock legend Dick Dale plays through the pain

Hai und Mensch – wer gefährdet wen?

A Compendium of Vintage Postcards from the Great American Road Trip

posted by: Berlin Surfguitar
post categories: Asides
post tags: tags: 1920s, 1960s, Dick Dale, surf music, surfing, wildlife

Links for 8/9/15

Venice West Cafe: A Lost Beat Landmark that Helped Shape Modern-Day Venice

The Kingsley Collection

Who Owns the Air?

Nestlé wants to take even more water from drought-stricken California.

Type Confusion & Color Aggression: Victor Moscoso 3-5-15 Cooper Union auf Vimeo

Video: Offshore 1965 Hoshi Reef

Jay Adams, 1961-2014 on Vimeo

posted by: Berlin Surfguitar
post categories: Asides
post tags: tags: 1950s, 1960s, beatnik, california, graphic design, san francisco, skating, surfing

The Thrill is Gone Documentary about Will Viharo

I just watched this. It’s really interesting. Trust me.

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posted by: Berlin Surfguitar
external link: link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YntDjPFj6aE
post categories: Moving Pictures, Online Sources
post tags: tags: 1950s, 1960s, cocktails, hollywood, mid century, movie, tiki

Links for 8/2/15

South Swell, South Korea

Bill Cleary vs The Orange County Mafia

Opening to John Severson’s Angry Sea (1963) auf Vimeo

Climate Time Machine

2015 Global Wave Conference

20 Vintage Photos That Show a Different Side of Pakistani Life from Between the 1950s and 1970s

posted by: Berlin Surfguitar
post categories: Asides
post tags: tags: 1960s, asia, climate change, mid century, ocean, surfing

Links for 7/30/15

Degung Sundanese Music of West Java

Classic Eames design meets Northwest Coast Art

Vacation Bodysurfers

Lucky Cat Sat 18th July 2015 – Hong Kong in the 60s

Der Maharadscha von Magador, 1949

Jim Freeman, scenes from The Glass Wall on Vimeo

posted by: Berlin Surfguitar
post categories: Asides
post tags: tags: 1940s, 1960s, design, exotica, hong kong, indonesia, style, surfing

Links for 7/26/15

The History of Blackball at Wedge | Swell Lines

The Beatles in their Former Life as Wandering Japanese Musicians

Victoria Vergara // Australia on Vimeo

Los Angeles and Las Vegas, 1961

posted by: Berlin Surfguitar
post categories: Asides
post tags: tags: 1960s, asia, australia, california, japan, surfing

Links for 7/25/15

Global warming, not humans, killed the woolly mammoth

Shell gets permits for limited oil drilling in Arctic waters

Ace Records

Malibu U episode #7 (28 minutes) on Vimeo

WindanSea Surf Club 1967 on Vimeo

posted by: Berlin Surfguitar
post categories: Asides
post tags: tags: 1960s, california, climate change, drilling, longboard, oil, surfing, wildlife
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