Built in 1883 by the eccentric Boston millionaire Franklin W. Smith as his winter home, Villa Zorayda was inspired by the 12th-century Moorish Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain. (Wikipedia)Circa 1904. “Zorayda Club, King Street, St. Augustine, Florida.” 8×10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.
Source: Villa Zorayda: 1904 | Shorpy | #1 Old Photos
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Tribes people from around the world are shown BBC news footage of Morris dancing.
Source: BBC Two – Tribes, Predators & Me, Web exclusive: Tribes react to Morris dancing
Source: Trash Isles: Could the Great Pacific Garbage Patch become an official nation? — Quartz
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Source: Pacific Longboarder News / Reviews / Events
A longtime South Bay resident barrels through the wave of early-‘60s surf bands and clubs that once gave our Beach Cities a summer soundtrack.
Source: The South Bay Bands that Created the 60’s Surf Music Sound – Southbay Magazine
Source: Glossing Over a Genocide | East Bay Express
Source: Have Your Sei
According to University of Texas at Austin professor Raj Patel, an expert in ecology and food systems, our demand for meat is driving the sixth mass extinction. Patel is one of many leading academics who contemplate declaring a new age on Earth, called the Anthropocene, since “the fossils of soon-to-be extinct animals will form a line in the rocks of the future.”
Source: How Factory Farming Is Driving the Sixth Mass Extinction (Video) | Alternet
Source: Cutting Room: The Caretaker of Intangible Ingredients | The Surfers Journal
Source: Top 4 Easy Ways For Your Band To Go Green – MTT – Music Think Tank
It happened – an old dj fav of mine in a skate video.
Source: Maker Update #46: Make an Rapa Nui 3D printed bobblehead / Boing Boing
Source: Have You Heard of The Great Forgetting? It Happened 10,000 Years Ago & Completely Affects Your Life
With her buttoned-up style, work with the UN, and name like a plucky character in a certain English wizard series, Delia Derbyshire may not seem a likely pioneer of experimental electronic music.
Source: Two Documentaries Introduce Delia Derbyshire, the Pioneer in Electronic Music | Open Culture
Source: Tidal Power – A Growing, Significant Source Of Renewable Energy | Seeking Alpha
Source: California Locales Sue Fossil Fuel Companies for Rising Seas – Scientific American
Health Canada has advised the band council of Potlotek First Nation in Cape Breton to issue a water advisory after recent water tests showed high levels of iron and manganese. Meanwhile, the band is trying to get its new water treatment facility up and running.
Source: Potlotek First Nation advised its water unfit for drinking or washing – Nova Scotia – CBC News
Source: Strikers, Scabs, and Sugar Mongers
For centuries, journalists, academics, and even politicians have been obsessed with the idea of the untouched tribe.
Source: The Dangerous Myth of Utopian Societies
The Jersey Shore resort town of Asbury Park circa 1900, channeled through vintage high-resolution glass negatives and set to music, produced by the illustrious Ken B. Click Play, then the “Full Screen” icon for the full effect.
Source: Vintage Video: Asbury Park | Shorpy | #1 Old Photos
Source: Why We Must Stop the Flow of Tar Sands Oil | NRDC
Rapa Nui have written a new chapter in their history based upon their cultural values of guardianship, responsibility and accountability for the natural environment
Source: The Rapa Nui have shown us that conservation can protect …
Source: Plastic fibres found in tap water around the world, study reveals | Environment | The Guardian
Diogenes’ Lantern, near the Brockton Arcade, also boasted imported teas, Italian soft drinks and folk singers
Source: Back in the Day: Riverside joined the Beat generation with 1950s coffeehouse – Press Enterprise
Hear the sublime isolated vocals for the Beach Boys Wouldnt it Be Nice / Boing Boing
Vergesst Tutus und Operetten – Longboard Dancer tanzen fahrend. Und die kleinste Bühne der Welt tragen sie immer mit sich: ihr Board.
Source: Tanz das Brett! | Arte Tracks
Robert Drasnin Voodoo III LP, CD, Digital officially released Towards the end of Robert Drasnin‘s life – he set out to work on the third, and final, volume of Voodoo which he left unfinishe…
Source: Robert Drasnin Voodoo III LP, CD, Digital Officially Released! –
Own a decommissioned lighthouse with bids starting at $10K / Boing Boing
Court orders venture capital billionaire to restore access to public beach / Boing Boing
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A “raft” of plastic debris spanning more than 965,000 square miles is floating in the South Pacific.
Source: A mission to the Pacific plastic patch – BBC News
Source: Is Surfing More Sport or Religion? – The Atlantic
The Archivist: The Spot | The Surfers Journal
In another one of our occasional posts on crazy continental architecture here we look at a groovy German coastguard station on the island Rugen in northern Germany. It may look like it’s in the middle of a field but don’t let these photos deceive you – it’s not, it’s by the sea, where it should [&hellip
Source: Space Age German Lifeguard Station – Voices of East Anglia
There are numerous ruins of Tiahuanaco origin which were later occupied by the Incas. These are sacred places for the peoples of the Andes.
Source: The Precursors of the Inca – Top Documentary Films
It started back in the 1950s. Bill Haley and Elvis burst onto the scene. Rock ‘n’ roll was born. The guitar took center stage, and it never left.
Source: The Story of the Guitar: The Complete Three-Part Documentary | Open Culture
Last month, we highlighted for you The Strange Case of the Cosmic Rays, a largely-forgotten 1957 educational science film. The production is notable partly because it was shot by Frank Capra, the influential director who had won not one, not two, but three Oscars for best director.
Source: Frank Capra’s Science Film The Unchained Goddess Warns of Climate Change in 1958 | Open Culture
Santa Monica Pier is LA County’s most polluted beach – Curbed LA
Hawaii is considering creating a universal basic income
Catch of the Week: Surf Shacks – A surfer can never leave the sea behind!
Source: The three-minute story of 800,000 years of climate change with a sting in the tail
Brian Wilson talks to 6 Musict about playing Pet Sounds in its entirety for the last time
Source: BBC Radio 6 Music
India’s Biggest Skateboard Park In This Village Is Challenging The Caste System And Other Odds
