Steve Pezman’s thoughts about Surf Music at Surfer’s Journal.
I know what he is saying. But I also think it’s too black and white. There’s richer Surf Music and even some bonafide Surf/Jazz hybrids.
No, You’re Not Tripping On Peyote, Plastic Made From Cactus Exists
Neil Fujita: The Man Behind the Look and Feel of Jazz
The Locations of Jim Rockford’s House Trailer & Office on the Rockford Files TV Show
and The Beach Boys debut album shot at Paradise Cover
Lib Tech Surfboards: Eco-friendly and Never Trendy
Interactive Sea Level Rise Map
Australia – Surf And Underwater Girls 1963
Watch rare footage of Louis Armstrong play an open-air concert in pre-independence Ghana
Deus 9ft and Single presented by Swell
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The wicker men: ‘People are fed up with plastic and industrial products’
How’s this for fusion? Here we have The Sachal Studios Orchestra, based in Lahore, Pakistan, playing an innovative cover of “Take Five,” the jazz standard written by Paul Desmond and originally performed by The Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1959.
David Bald Eagle, who died July 22 at 97, was known for an eclectic mix of passions, especially his work in motion pictures. But he also left a legacy of activism for the Native American community, including his service as the first chief of the United Indigenous Nations of the Americas.
Biodiversity across much of Earth has recently dropped below safe levels. Here are some of the species we’ve lost just this century.
Source: Animals That Went Extinct In The 21st Century [Infographic]
Insect populations are declining dramatically in many parts of the world, recent studies show. Researchers say various factors, from monoculture farming to habitat loss, are to blame for the plight of insects, which are essential to agriculture and ecosystems.
I wasn’t expecting much from jazz bagpipe, but this is great.
Source: Jazz bagpiper Rufus Harley on “I’ve Got a Secret” (1996)
The Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational competition got underway at 8am (local time) today in monstrous waves at world-famous…
Source: Gladiators, Monster Waves | Quiksilver
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