Iconic Rock Guitarist, Jeff Beck, Has Died on Boingboing

Drummer Sandy Nelson, legend of Instrumental Rock, passed.

Terauchi Takeshi passed away on June 18th. He was 82 years old. He was in hospital in Yokohama City recovering from pneumonia.

Link to his Wikipedia page.

Tom Conlon (has the backing tracks for sale, too!)

The Ventures: Stars on Guitars
feature documentary film world premiere!
Featuring Don Wilson, Billy Bob Thornton, Jimmy Page, Josie Cotton and many, many more.

Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival
Feb 12 – 6:15 pm / 1 hr 29 min TRT

Regal Cinemas / L.A. Live
1000 West Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90015
Tickets $17.00 Service Charge $2.67
Tickets available at: hollywoodreelindependentfilmfestival.com

It has been announced that The Ventures: Stars on Guitars has won Documentary Film at HRIFF.

Why the raids on Australian media present a clear threat to democracy

Concert and paddle-out for Dick Dale – surf rocker remembered at Orange County

Cyclone! Gallic Guitars A-Go-Go 1962-66

Their Islands Are Being Eroded. So Are Their Human Rights, They Say

Indigenous Australians File Landmark Human Rights Claim With UN Over Government’s Inaction on Climate Crisis

Remains of L.A.

Climate crisis: flooding threat ‘may force UK towns to be abandoned’

The European Union: More Than Ever, Indispensable

Climate change is the deadliest legacy we will leave the young | John Lanchester

Climate Denial: A Measured Response

Surf Rock alla Turca

calstreets

White Settlers Buried the Truth About the Midwest’s Mysterious Mound Cities

scott foss, mellows ditch, hawaii @ ozzieausband

New waves: make a break for the ‘crown jewel’ of India’s surf scene in Tamil Nadu

The million-dollar mouse: navy heads to remote Antarctic islands to hunt out pest

25 years ago, a mutant American crayfish turned to asexual reproduction, and all of Europe’s lakes are filling up with its clones

Plastics Sicken Coral Reefs

Houses that can float, to survive climate flooding

Skateboarding’s ascent to the Summer Olympic Games in 2020 may have finally established it as a legitimate sport, but it’s had a plentiful share of trials of tribulations.

Source: From illegal to Olympic sport: Skateboarding in Vancouver through the ages – British Columbia – CBC News

Sounds Of The Unexpected by Various Artists (Fun Time) on Ace Records

Source: Various Artists (Fun Time) – Sounds Of The Unexpected – Ace Records

Monika Pon-Su-San passed away on the 14th June from natural causes in Johannesburg. She was 86. In 1952 she met the Russian artist, Vladimir Tretchikoff, while she was working at her …

Source: Tretchikoff’s “Chinese Lady” Monika Pon-Su-San has passed – The South African Art Times

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Source: Immerse yourself in the very strange world of wonderfully weird (and rare) records | Dangerous Minds

What its like to be a marine conservationist – The i newspaper online iNews

Update on the Sacred Headwaters Project so Far in 2017 | Pachamama Alliance

American Whoa: The American Pro Jazzmaster’s Peculiar Pickups | Mike & Mikes Guitar Bar

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American jazz guitarists,” Ray admits of only one rival—Parisian gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt, whom Emmett worships, obviously patterns himself after, and can’t stand to see in person without fainting dead away.

Source: Django Reinhardt Demonstrates His Guitar Genius in Rare Footage From the 1930s, 40s & 50s | Open Culture

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High-Selectivity Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 to Ethanol using a Copper Nanoparticle/N-Doped Graphene Electrode – Song – 2016 – ChemistrySelect – Wiley Online Library