Songs from the Back of the Station Wagon #1

John Blair is starting a weekly podcast.

Bad News” is all about old records from the 50s and 60s that relate in some way to the general category of surf music or just cool teenagers rocking out with guitars and saxophones. You’re going to hear many non-comped records along the way, too.

Legendary engineer Al Schmitt, recording among other things Surfin’ with the Astronauts passed away on April 26th 2021.

Hawaiian shirts are returning – but ‘people want to think twice’, says expert

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Online Communities

The Real Buddy Holly Story (1987)

Let’s talk about ethics and music promotion – MTT – Music Think Tank

Hemp is the New Oak: America’s First Hemp “Wood” Factory is Being Built

The History of Guitar

Funding Sound Of The Surf

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.

The Not-So-Chill History of Hawai‘i’s Breeziest Shirt

A Walk Along The Gaudy, Bawdy Pike

Neil Young (middle) with his band the Squires and the Pontiac hearse he bought to tour. He named it Mortimer Hearseburg. (1964)

Artist Ed Ruscha’s Photos Showcased in New Getty Online Exhibit

Rare footage of Victoria’s first surfers in 1920 – “Surfing Hawaiian Redwood Boards at Lorne”

Where The Action Is 1965 – Pilot Episode

Supremes, 4 Seasons, Jan & Dean, Chad & Jeremy, Raiders

A dombra performance by a 23-year-old Kazakh musician in Lake Köbeituz, a salt lake in Kazakhstan that turns pink every several years.

How to Survive Encounters with Dangerous Animals

What Does Sunset Blvd. Sound Like?

The Sound Of Taiwan’s Tribesmen

1963, Pearl Turton at Palmy from the “Surf and Underwater Girls Series” newsreels

Satan’s Pilgrims: Three Decades of Sinister Surf – Split Tooth Media

Smart explanation on Race distribution

‘New climate denialism’ is stopping Canada from approaching crisis with WWII-level effort: Seth Klein

Tiny Atlantic island takes giant leap towards protecting world’s oceans

Surf’s Up! Behind the Scenes of an Exhibition at SFO Museum

“All Quiet on the Surfie-Rocker Front” – cinema newsreel from 1963

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Nature Boy – Don Reed & Orchestra

Abba’s Dancing Queen played on a fairground organ

Future Tents: 1959

Water Lightning: The Mysterious Polynesian Navigation Method Known as ‘Te Lapa’ – ‘The Flashing’ – The Daily Grail

Geeking out on the Astronauts!

The Doors Light My Fire at ‘Malibu U’ 1967

From Our Nånas For Our Nenis | EP. 1| Finding Our Why

1900 – Biarritz Tourisme à la plage (Remastered 4K 60 fps)

2020 Virtual Lecture Series
Thursday September 24th at 6:30pm
with Domenic Priore