With everything to do and little time to do it in, Rob has managed to fit another serial into the Surf Report’s posting paradigm. Surf Movie Sunday is a limited serial that introduces and reviews a different surf movie with each post. Thirty Thousand: A … Continue reading Surf Movie Sunday: Thirty Thousand
A while back, Rob was bitten; not by a radioactive spider but by an idea to post a weekly article about a few songs that he really likes. There are so many possibilities that the series could go on forever, and so Saturday Jams was … Continue reading Saturday Jams: The Late-late edition
So what’s in a band’s name? When you hear “Bambi Molesters”, does it put you off your groove just a little?
About a month and a half ago, Rob was bitten; not by a radioactive spider but by an idea to post a weekly article about a few songs that he really likes. There are so many possibilities that the series could go on forever, and … Continue reading Saturday Jams: Lovin’ that way-back machine!
I was on Hulu earlier this week and discovered a category of surf movies; I nearly had an aneurysm. I decided that now was a great time to start a limited run serial on surf movies, and now I present to you Surf Movie Sunday, … Continue reading Surf Movie Sunday: The Endless Summer
I’m just going to have some fun with hip hop this morning. I can’t write knowledgeably about the genre, so instead here are a few of my favorite new school hip hop videos from my childhood. Remember when MTV had real mass appeal? Fact: The … Continue reading Saturday Jams: Why So Serious?
Yep, so a few weeks into this weekly feature I’ve come up with no idea, no unifying concept for the post. I could blame the fact that I haven’t been running so much lately due to the excessive amounts of holidays and celebrations and hoopla … Continue reading Saturday Jams: Drawing a Blank
So! Just two days ago I’m willing to bet that most of us got together with friends and relatives, drank generous amounts of beer, ate prodigious amounts of charred animal flesh and mayonnaise-bathed boiled potatoes, and enjoyed a fantastic light show when the sun went … Continue reading Saturday Jams: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
For this month’s Surf Artist Highlight we want to introduce you to a surf band that does it in all caps, selling itself with the enthusiasm of Japanese monster-movie hype and an image that would probably not fit in at the local tiki bar: Daikaiju … Continue reading Surf Artist Highlight: DAIKAIJU!
This week, we’re looking at recycled music: song covers. Most – if not all – bands do this at one time or another; they cover songs, essentially re-making them. And the longer we’ve gone without a new iteration of the song, the better – at … Continue reading Saturday Jams: how to re-make it in the biz
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