California to consider buying back private beachfront properties
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6 Echo Chambers That Shaped the Sound of Pop Music
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The History of Female Surfing: a Legacy of Hawaiian Medicine Women, Royalty, Goddesses and More
A Tale Of Two Ecosystems: On Bandcamp, Spotify And The Wide-Open Future
You Can Now Stay in a Floating Tiki House Off the Florida Keys
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This Man Has Spent Quarantine Making Ridiculously Meticulous Miniatures of L.A. Landmarks
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A Tale Of Two Ecosystems: On Bandcamp, Spotify And The Wide-Open Future
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Stan Ross Larry Levine Interview 1988
Meet the Melanasians: Black People with Naturally Blonde Hair
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Music Of The Magindanao In The Philippines
Duke’s Ulcers: How Surfing’s Most Popular Icon Dealt with White Supremacy
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Sir Lancelot – The Defenders of Stalingrad [Trinidad, Calypso] (1940s)
The Lesser-Known History of African-American Cowboys
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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
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