For lack of another common tag I had these stored for years under the Cool banner in my personal browser – so it’s high time to let you participate!!!

Movies

Brian’s Drive-In Theater
Prelinger Archives
Robby’s Super-8

Entertainment

Hulaboogie.co.uk
Bardot A Go Go
Meissoun – Raqs Sharqi – Bollywood Dance
Modern Drunkard Magazine

Fashion

Murray’s Pomade
Fez-O-Rama
Blackseapearl Handbags

Art, Design, Architecture

SuZanna Anna Gravel Art Mosaic Art
Tom’s World
m – m o d e r n
Hafenbasar! Hamburg
Googie Architecture
Los Angeles Conservancy Modern Committee
City In Space

Retro Themed

Beatsville Pad – Book
California Mod Scene
Dumb Angel Magazine
Retro Radar – Vintage Living at its Best!
fastfoodkids.de
Retrolounge
PCL LinkDump
ookworld – Observing Obscure Kulture
Billetproof Car Shows
Silver Line Boats
Pulp Fiction E-cards

From Otto von Stroheim’s Tikievents list:

Book event for ‘Pop Surf Culture: Music, Design, Film and Fashion from the Bohemian Surf Boom’ in Echo Park, L.A., Saturday, February 2st, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Stories book store.

Domenic Priore, Brian Chidester, and The Boardwalkers will appear at Stories books, cafe, goods (1716 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles – near the corner of Echo Park Boulevard) on Saturday, February 21st from 6 to 9 p.m. The event is to celebrate the release of the Chidester/Priore book ‘Pop Surf Culture: Music, Design, Film and Fashion from the Bohemian Surf Boom’ (Santa Monica Press). The book traces surfing and Hawaiian music’s potent combo during early 20th Century Waikiki, directly to its landing on California shores, and their development into a true bohemian subculture by the late 1950s/early 1960s. Focus on Tiki, Surf instrumentals, Surf movies, Surf duds in the pre-1970 environment of Southern California is also offset by a look into Waikiki’s Lounge scene of the ’60s, and later revivals of Surf music during the punk/alt rock days as it mixed with Burlesque, Tiki culture and other things you are most likely a part of. So come down and have a ball, its FREE with live Surf instrumental music by The Boardwalkers and pre-1970 surfing movies projected throughout Stories’ book store. Again, the address is 1716 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. Phone: (213) 413-3733.

Here’s more info on the book Surf Pop Culture by Domenic Priore and Brian Chidester.

This is another one. The modification of olf hi-fis to support modern media-components seems to become popular. And I understand it. They are too beautiful to throw away if you have the space and they sound incredible.

Mister Jalopy artwork on display in Los Angeles gallery Nov. 1 – 18, 2008 – Boing Boing

Now you can cover your boring Apple iPhones and Motorola Razr V3 cell-phones with wild low-brow Tiki art by MySpace friend Big Toe. If it wouldn’t have been for his bulletin this would ’ve completely passed me by.

Visit Big Toe at Ding Life and MySpace

This new travel radio looks like a slightly smaller tweed-covered version of an early sixties Fender Reverb unit. Spring reverbs like the Fender are very popular to achieve the wet, splashy surf sound. They are in fact the only way to create that sound, like on classics Pipeline by The Chantays or Baja by The Astronauts.

Nomad Traveler Speaker

found at BoingBoing Gadget

Find more info on spring reverb units here.

As a farewell to yet another summer I gathered 12 beautiful French videos on YouTube for my readers to enjoy!

Click here for Beach and Poolside Yeye

It’s an online gallery spanning all surfing eras and coasts. Here are three examples I haven’t seen before. It’s really interesting to browse the alphabetically listed pages. Most logos are pictures taken from laminates under the glass of actual used boards. Might be an idea for a wallpaper, don’t you think?

visit Stanley’s Surfboard Logo Library A to Z.

Virani from Paris has a nice Flickr photostream with pics form Berlin Wassermusik 08 here.

Check out this precious handbag:

Great selection of contemporary surf bands. And see the immaculate flyer.

Quote from website:

The festival was born in 2003 as the very first European event completely dedicated to surf music. With a load of great bands passed on our stage, we repeated it in 2004.

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The Complete Schedule

Main Stage Saturday
16.30 The Surfadelics
17:45 Jaguar & The Savanas
19:30 The Crashmen
21:00 The Charades
22:15 The Vibrants
23:30 Wadadli Riders & Daddy-O Grand

Main Stage Sunday
17:00 I Surfoniani
18:15 The Wavers
19:30 The Wet-Tones
21:00 The Sunny Boys
22:30 The Barbwires
23:30 The Bitch Boys

DJ Sets

Updates comin’ in the next days!

Side Stage Saturday
16:00 Favolosi Traslatori
Great garage/psychedelic show

Side Stage Sunday
18:00 I Rifflessi
The Italian face of 60s surf beat

20:30 Sexual Chocolate
Be ready for superb blues/rock

22:00 Gli Ambaciatori dell’Amore
Fantastic beat from the fabulous 60s

Sunday Morning from 12.00
Attention musicians: join us for the Surf Jam Session, get on stage and play!
All the instruments are already here, open mic, you are more than welcome.

website www.surferjoemusic.com