Gaston Georis of The Sandals Passed Away

Guitarist of The Sandals, the band that composed and recorded most of the music for The Endless Summer (Bruce Brown), Gaston Georis passed away on February 17 in Carmel, California.

Links for 2/20/21

Honolulu 1954


 

A Tale Of Two Ecosystems: On Bandcamp, Spotify And The Wide-Open Future


 

Surf Film Filmography


 

While Hollywood Had the Sunset Strip, East L.A. Had the ‘Latin Strip’


 

Stan Ross Larry Levine Interview 1988


 

Meet the Melanasians: Black People with Naturally Blonde Hair


 

Was Music City L.A.’s Greatest Record Store?


 

Music Of The Magindanao In The Philippines


 

GM and Ford Knew, Too: Reporting Reveals Auto Giants Recognized Looming Climate Crisis in 1960s—and Helped Bury Reality


 

Red Rover: 1957


 

Duke’s Ulcers: How Surfing’s Most Popular Icon Dealt with White Supremacy

The Byron Bay Surf Festival

Hitting the streets of Byron Feb 14-16. It’s a great weekend of surfing, music, art, culture and a long list of special guests. Teaser from sponsor World Surfaris

Links for 9/22/19

America’s Great Climate Exodus is Starting in the Florida Keys


 

How the Surfers of Ireland’s Favourite Surf Town Are Championing Sustainability


 

This is what climate change looks like in Australia – in pictures


 

Charleston musicians are challenging Spotify’s business model at rallies across the country


 

Ten Unsung Italian Library Music Composers


 

How the Women of Standing Rock Are Building Sovereign Economies


 

Polynesian seafarers ‘discovered’ America long before Europeans, says DNA study


 

The Koch brothers tried to build a plutocracy in the name of freedom


 

Kustomrama


 

Ocean Film Festival


 

João Gilberto, a pioneer of bossa nova, has died at 88