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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