P.F. Sloan: Let’s Live for Today

Seafood fraud: why your Mediterranean swordfish might actually be shark

Keystone XL Pipeline Stays Blocked in U.S. Supreme Court Order

The Celestial Sounds of The Space Agency

David Stone Martin & Mary Lou Williams

Our World: Summer 1963 (1987)

The Tongan Castaways of Ata Island | Surviving with one of the six boys

Canada: DNA discovery lends weight to First Nations ancestral story

must we burn the single blade

California’s Indigenous History Is a Story of Genocide and Resistance

The Fender Jazzmaster

“Spooky Boy” – Mathieu Maréchal with Dusty Springfield. Vid by Thomas Lodin

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

7 Reasons Why Music Is Important To World Cultures  – MTT – Music Think Tank

Coral in the Sekisei lagoon in Okinawa has turned brown and is covered with algae, according to a government study

Source: Almost 75% of Japans biggest coral reef has died from bleaching, says report | World news | The Guardian

Earlier this year, message boards and forums lit up with rumors of Fender’s 2017 American Pro series guitars, especially the Jazzmaster and Jaguar models in the range. Appearing to be a more afford…

Source: Fender American Pro Jazzmaster & Jaguar: First Impressions and In-Depth Review | Mike & Mikes Guitar Bar

David Bowie’s last album was last year’s most popular vinyl in the UK

Source: The Quietus | News | UK Vinyl Sales At 25-Year High

An extract from Liberatum’s documentary In this Climate, in which a range of cultural and environmental figures respond to the threat of climate change

Source: David Attenborough on climate change: The world will be transformed – video | Environment | The Guardian

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Surf Guitars Oldschool Deck by Mr_Miff
Get a skateboard at zazzle

Carl Safina: The oil spill’s unseen culprits, victims | Video
Joni Sternbach
Historic oil spill fails to produce gains for U.S. environmentalists
RH-100/90 Pickups, Mosrite sound in a P-90 size pickup

Saturday, Aug 1
The Starting Gate,
5052 Katella Ave, Los Alamitos, CA, 562-598-8957

Bands:
The Ghastly Ones (Los Angeles, CA)
The Sand Devils (San Diego, CA)
Secret Samurai (San Diego, CA)
The Reventlos (Costa Mesa, CA)
The Verbtones (Portland, OR)
The Tomorrowmen (San Francisco, CA)
The Surge (Atlanta, GA)
The Detonators (Los Angeles, CA)

DJs:
Clint Beachwood & Tiki Tena

My Space

Pre-party in San Diego:
The Secret Samurai (San Diego)
The Tomorrowmen (San Francisco)
The Verbtones (Portland)
Friday, July 31st, 9 pm
Bar Pink,
3829 30th Street, San Diego

R.I.P. Bob Bogle

Rare Surf Mags

Stills Gallery – Narelle Autio

see Runnin’ Wild by Jay Smith (a good cover of the Ventures tune)

see Slaughter on Tenth Ave by Jay Smith