The Surfaris - Wipeout Tim's tip for the day: Buy land and property in the North. Just tried to go snowboarding, the weather being so warm, for so long up here in North-Central Canada has turned everything into slush. Climate change is a bitch!
Summer, The Surfaris, Wipe Out, and other delights.

We won't front, when we first saw "Dum Dum Girls" paired with "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" we feared the worst. "There Is a Light" is at least one b3sci'ers fav Smiths song so the bar is a little on the high side. Dum Dum Girls smash it though. From the moment we hit play, and the those big Surfaris-esque guitar tones came in we were hooked. Catch the wave below. Dum Dum Girls - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (Smiths Cover) [...]

This started out as a post about a couple new surf inspired songs. I was going to write about the new Bombon tape and Surf City's upcoming album, but for some reason my mind wondered and this turned into something else. By no means a definitive list of surfing songs. One or two have a tenuous claim to be called surfing songs, but in my stream of conscious they all shoot the curl. The song Vic by Animals that Swim is about going to see Vic Chestnut , getting drunk and yelling out Surfin' USA [...]
Filed under: News , R.I.P. Surf-rock drummer turned publisher Richard Delvy -- who played in one of the genre's first bands, the Bel-Airs -- has died. According to the Hollywood Reporter , Delvy, 67, passed away Saturday, Feb. 6, at a California hospital after a prolonged sickness. Delvy first got his start as a drummer and producer but his business acumen was equally impressive during his music career. Originally from Bridgeport, Conn., he moved to California at 20 years old and began playing with the Bel-Airs. That group [...]
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To get in that "holiday spirit", our selection of tracks for this week's episode are all about Christmas. The majority of these are a bit older but there is a new track that Banjo or Freakout recently finished that we added in the mix. So, head over to Indie-Verse at 1 pm CST (or just listen all day) and check us out. Merry Christmas! 1) Run DMC - Christmas in Hollis 2) The Kinks - Father Chistmas 3) The Surfaris - Surfer's Christmas [...]

Not much more to say about Christmas, except that it is getting close. Santa, pictured above, is apparently a lightweight - three drinks and he's out. Drink up, everyone! How about some more holiday tunes? MP3: "We Three Kings" by Reverend Horton Heat MP3: "A Surfer's Christmas List" by the Surfaris MP3: "I Want A Monkey For Christmas" by the Barbary Coasters MP3: "Jingle [...]

Yesterday the Rockerfeller Christmas tree was lit up, last weekend people flocked to malls trying to grab up gifts for their beloved, and we are firmly entrenched in yet another holiday season. At this point I'm sure you're being inundated with holiday music whether in the car or in the mall or wherever, but I am here to tell you that not all of it is the unbearable garbage they shill on most of those stations, some of it is truly enjoyable and will only make this season better for you! Remember good music soothes even the most savage of [...]

Thomas Pynchon's new novel, Inherent Vice , is a brilliantly lighthearted mastery of detective noir. Set in Los Angeles in the 1970's, it's a time capsule decorated with remarkable detail by the period's fascination with drugs, a crumbling counterculture, and its popular music. The novel's protagonist—private eye extraordinaire Larry 'Doc' Sportello—is, cinematically speaking, a pairing of Humphrey Bogart's Sam Spade and Jack Nicholson's Jake Gittes with Jeff Bridges' The Dude : Sportello is street saavy, but he doesn't do much investigating without first lighting up a joint. [...]

Known as the band that created the surf anthem "Wipe Out", The Surfaris formed in Glendora, California in 1962. The band was originally made up of Jim Fuller (lead guitar), Bob Berryhill (rhytmn guitar), Pat Connolly (bass), and Ron Wilson on drums. After one of their first recording sessions (one that produced "Wipe Out" the song "Surfer Joe"), Jim Pash was added to their ranks as a saxophone player. Ken Forsai would also play bass for the group, as would Jack Oldham from 1966-1967. The Surfaris wrote "Wipe Out" in 1963, their biggest and well known song [...]

Week 2 of our summer vacation...and relaxation is the order of the day....every day! We all have our own ways of relaxing and our own interpretation of just what relaxation is. I guess I'm one of those people who can't turn off completely. Never have been been able to just lie on a beach or around the pool and do absolutely nothing. Even if it's just reading a book, I have to be doing something. As a family we all have a tremendous love of reading and books so you [...]
Apologies for not posting this sooner. My two-year-old daughter went into daycare two weeks ago and apparently the first lesson they teach the youngins is how to turn into a human petri dish. Ye gods. From Sunday evening through Friday morning I had trouble forming coherent sentences. Damn punk kids, stay outta my immune system! Anyway, in Part 1 I discussed the origins of Bo Diddley, placing him on the sanctified church > R&B > rock 'n' roll continuum. For Part 2, I want to focus on his influence, but in [...]

One Crazy Summer is another film that was very popular in my household, as was the other Savage Steve Holland / John Cusack movie, Better Off Dead . Any time that movie was on HBO or Cinemax, we were watching it. It's a wacky, off-beat 80s comedy starring Cusack as Hoops McCann, a wannabe basketball star who really can't play basketball. He decides to channel his frustrations from lack of basketball talent into illustrating the perfect love story. To help Hoops get some perspective, his good friend, George, takes Hoops [...]