The Plot Against American Democracy That Isn’t Taught In Schools

Killer Dana

Silicon Valley: designing for invisibility

The Unfettered Selfishness of Digital Nomads

What harmful microbes are lurking in the world’s 7 billion tonnes of plastic waste?

Global Tipping Points

Here’s a trailer for the upcoming documentary Dana Brown made about his father Bruce:

Interview with Dana Brown

Cory Doctorow “The Oligarchy’s Operating System”

Johnny Bartlett on the History of Wig Torture

“I work in the environmental movement. I don’t care if you recycle.”

Electro Motor Cycle Regent No.1

This map shows the most commonly spoken languages in every US state, excluding English and Spanish.

The Secret History of the Endless Summer, the Most Influential Surf Movie Ever

The Micro-Frets Saga

How the Beat Generation Became “Beatniks”

Why are we still pretending ‘trickle-down’ economics work?

Cowboy Throat Singing

Could you be eating a credit card a week?

BTW, You’re Eating And Breathing In Plastic Too

The Literal Translation of Country Names

Bruce Brown Surf Movie Maker On TV 1965

Smarter people listen to instrumental music: study

Instagram Ruined Travel. A New Generation Of Influencers Is Trying To Fix It.

Where did the Dravidians originate from?

10,000 year old stones found under Lake Michigan. They are arranged in a circle and one even has a mastodon on it.</a

‘If there’s an ocean, maybe there’s surf’: Bruce Brown on making The Endless Summer

Ensuring Climate Data Remains Public

Lance, Miki and Bruce Brown’s brilliant voice-over – the set-up of The Endless Summer

Declaración sobre la Visita a EE. UU., por el Profesor Philip Alston, Relator Especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre la pobreza extrema y los derechos humanos*

Why Glitter Must Be Banned | Alternet

Cheapest electricity on the planet is Mexican solar power at 1.77¢/kWh – record 1¢/kWh coming in 2019, sooner | Electrek

Remembering The Endless Summer

‘The Big Fix’ and Big Oil

• Bodysurfer (tags: bruce-brown bodysurfing 1960s photography)
• BUSTIN’ SURFBOARDS LP Dewey Weber SIGNED (tags: surf-music 1960s 1980s guitar instrumentals compilation vinyl LP)
• One Man’s Challenge – Beach Boys Video (tags: beach-boys california music club early 1960s)

My Surfing Videos Playlist at YouTube.

Update:
I got it today, but could only read bits here and there so far.
My favorite quote currently is Johnny Bartlett saying:
“See, a lot of surf bands (in recent years) got it so wrong. It’s not just the guitar you use, or the sound you get, or the clothes you wear… it’s the whole package.”

I encourage anyone with an interest in Surf to buy it asap. It’s just epic.

Pop Surf Culture: Music, Design, Film, and Fashion from the Bohemian Surf Boom: Brian Chidester, Domenic Priore
This is going to be a must have book – just trust me. If you’ve read previous publications by the authors (like the latest Dumb Angel Magazine for example), you know they get deep into their subjects and have great sense for entertaining writing. They take you right there, with coolest people – connecting all the dots of southern california youth culture of the sixties.

link to Pop Surf Culture on Amazon for your pre-order. I am Amazon affiliated, which just means by using this link for a purchase you get a great book and support this blog at the same, for the same money. Why give it all to Amazon ;–?