The Exotic Element in Popular Mid-Century Music
Here’s the script to my lecture (pdf), but I spoke freely for the better part and ignored what I had written. The music in brackets is what I didn’t play in execution.
Larry Bertleman Movie
Darlene Love into Rock’n’Roll Hall of Hame
Harvey Thomas Guitar on Ebay
Intervista a Dick Dale ( The King of Surf Music )
This Dog Surfs Better Than Most People Do. For Reals
Der Spiegel 18/1965 – Heftiger als Hula-Hoop
Paleo-Future Blog – Will Humanity Annihilate Itself? (1939)
Framus älteres Bauj. Thinline in Baden-Württemberg
Dead whale and thousands of dead fish found near Venice shipping canal
If you occasionally come by this blog you might have recogned my passion for mid-century asian pop-records. They had their unique qualities. When they covered western hit records the asian touch was most obvious. For my listening pleasure I prefer originals and instrumentals, but anyway.
Here we go!
The Wrecking Crew | Movie | Trailer
Skate and Annoy » Archive » Joe Farrell: Skate Board Park
Bay City Rollers Skateboard
Bop Girl (Goes Calypso) Movie Trailer
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.
Vintage Transistor Radio Collection