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The unit of survival is organism plus environment. We are learning by bitter experience that the organism which destroys its environment destroys itself.
– Gregory Bateson

Links for 12/26/10

Bird Count on The Gulfcoast

Bastards, Slacktone, and Lucky Cheats at Aces and Ales

Forbidden Island Tiki-Lypso NYE Party

One million gallon sewage spill at Trestles

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Surfguitar 101 Convention 2010

I only heard good things about this years Surfguitar 101 convention out in California.

Here is the Surfguitar 101 YouTube playlist of the event.

This time german band The Space Rangers made an appearance there as a stop on their California tour. The band hails from Ulm and on guitar is Muck who played rhythm guitar on one tour with my old band The Looney Tunes. On that tour I borrowed him my Musima Eterna DeLuxe as he only owned a Steinberger headless and a jazz-box. It’s great to see him finally sporting a Jaguar. I knew the Surf-bug bit him when he started doubling my lead on Miserlou during one of our shows, and checking out the playlist from the convention I reckon his new band plays old showstoppers from the Looney Tunes setlist The Swingin’ Creeper (as it is tradtionally called in Germany, elsewhere known as Nightstick*, A Go-Go Dancer**, Kickstand*** by The Ventures) and Stampede. Talk about keeping the torch on fire.

* UK, ** US, *** Japan

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Links for 8/4/10

Gulf Coast Surfers Are Suffering, Too — And Health Risks Are Unclear

Surfingmuseum Membership

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Mondo Hollywood

This is a “Mondo”-style movie, today this genre would be called “docutainment”. The subject is life in Hollywood during the second half of the 60s. With this southern California theme we get lots of surf-music along with some surfing and skating. I find the whole thing quite entertaining, and think it projects a vision of a town in transformation, when some people had other plans than becoming a movie-star or starlet.

If I’m remembering correctly the guitars are played by Davie Allan.

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Mariepalooza

Fundraiser for Marie – victim of a car accident, bar manager of Don The Beachcomber in Sunset Beach, California.

Surf and Exotica bands live:

    The Board Walkers
    Outerwave
    The Eliminators
    Slacktone
    Exotiki
    The Smokin Menehunes
    Glasgow Tiki Shakers
    Tikiyaki Orchestra

more info at Surfguitar 101

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