Skateboarding’s ascent to the Summer Olympic Games in 2020 may have finally established it as a legitimate sport, but it’s had a plentiful share of trials of tribulations.

Source: From illegal to Olympic sport: Skateboarding in Vancouver through the ages – British Columbia – CBC News

Sounds Of The Unexpected by Various Artists (Fun Time) on Ace Records

Source: Various Artists (Fun Time) – Sounds Of The Unexpected – Ace Records

Monika Pon-Su-San passed away on the 14th June from natural causes in Johannesburg. She was 86. In 1952 she met the Russian artist, Vladimir Tretchikoff, while she was working at her …

Source: Tretchikoff’s “Chinese Lady” Monika Pon-Su-San has passed – The South African Art Times

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Source: Immerse yourself in the very strange world of wonderfully weird (and rare) records | Dangerous Minds

What its like to be a marine conservationist – The i newspaper online iNews

Update on the Sacred Headwaters Project so Far in 2017 | Pachamama Alliance

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

Surfboards. Aloha. Rock n Roll

Source: Pacific Longboarder News / Reviews / Events

Scientist on honeymoon in Thailand stumbles on ‘horrific-looking’ creature that is the first one known to swim

Source: Giant swimming, venomous centipede discovered by accident in world-first | Environment | The Guardian

Your daily guide to all things hip, retro and vintage

Source: Now available: Star Trek Original Series Bluetooth Communicator at Firebox

If tests of the 100m-long barrier that collects rubbish on the sea’s surface are successful, it could be deployed at a larger scale in the ‘great Pacific garbage patch’

Source: Dutch prototype clean-up boom brings Pacific plastics solution a step closer | Environment | The Guardian

Thirty-eight seasons in Indo with the surfer, skipper, and explorer

Source: Interview: Jim Banks | The Surfers Journal

Divesting from fossil fuels required breaking a family tradition.

Source: My Oily Heirloom

Edward Curtis’ epic portraits of North American indians are a joy. And so too are his pictures of North America’s indigenous peoples dressed in ceremonial masks.

Source: Fantastic Photographs Of North American Indians In Ceremonial Masks (1905-1915) – Flashbak

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Source: Freakout | Trabants

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Our weekly look at a favorite new typeface. Share yours with us on Twitter and Instagram @AIGAdesign with #TypeTuesday. Name: Phoreus Cherokee Designer: Mark Jamra Foundry: Type Culture Release Date: 2014; version 2.0 in October 2015 Back story: In the summer of 2011, two representatives from

Source: A Typeface Designed to Revive the Endangered Cherokee LanguageEye on Design | Eye on Design

May 17th Redwood Bar & Grill downtown Los Angeles 13 Stars on Guitars!

Source: 13 Guitar Rumble – 10th Annual Link Wray Tribute | Facebook

Nastolan Rautalankafestarit 1.6.-28.6.

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Instro Summit returns to Chapel Hill, NC 4/29 – 5/1

Original Shadows Bassist Dies

A Benefit for Victor Vector of Man or Astroman?
at Suzy’s Bar and Grill