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Carol, aka Mom_Surfing, has a limited number of SG101 t-shirts available for purchase. For all the information, please see the forum thread. Thanks Carol!

Great White Caps are embarking on a national tour and making a documentary visiting some historic places in the birth of surf rock!  We have started a Kickstarter campaign to help us along the way.  If this is something you, or someone you know may want to help us with please check out our project.  We also made a video starring the one and only Big Shrimp, check it out!

This week is Crazy Aces record release week! We're celebrating and promoting the release of "Greatest Hits Volume 2" with some live shows, TV appearances, radio interviews and best of all, The record release party here in Nashviile, TN.

You can join us live via web steam  on tuesday night, the 18th,  at the Billy Block Show at about 8-8:30p.m.CST. Log in here for the fun.

Early riser? You can also join us Tuesday morning at WZTV-FOX17 morning show to start your day with some surf music and interviews.

On Friday, 9/21 It's the Crazy Aces Record Release Party. Douglas Corner Cafe with 6:00 p.m. doors, FREE show. Come help us celebrate in style with a live performance of tunes from the record, giveaways from D'Addario/Planets waves and more. 

On Saturday 9/22 we'll be live on Radio Free Nashvile WRFN 107.1 FM,  2-3:00P.M. CST on the Cat Beast Party Show! Join us with hostess Angie Doran for interviews, spins off the new CD plus other spins from Crazy Aces influences.

If you can't join the fun then check out the record, Crazy Aces Greatest Hits Volume 2, available at CDBaby, iTunes, Amazon and local Nashville record stores, soon to be available at Hi-Voltage Records in Tacoma, WA.

You can also preview the music.

Pick up a copy soon and let us know what you think by leaving a review or send us an email at crazyaces@comcast.net

We're proud of this record and hope you enjoy!

The Cocktail Preacher's perform the Centurion's classic Bullwinkle Part 2 at WAIF Surf Night at Mahogany's Bar on May 28, 2011. Video courtesy of MrTikiTim.

Double Naught Spy Car is releasing a new CD, "Western Violence," on October 16.  Our CD release party is at Villains Tavern in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon October 13, with special guest Ben Vaughn. You can check it out on our CD Baby page. It's our first CD in several years, with our usual mashup of surf noir spaghetti middle eastern Bollywood funk prog rock twang guitar.  Check it out, and let us know what you think!

Below is our press release/bio if you're not familiar with the band.  Hope you dig the music!

Red Bank, NJ Surf-Pop group The Brigantines have just released their new video for 'Ray-Bans'. Filmed in Asbury Park, NJ, the song and video tell a tragic story about losing your favourite sunglasses in a wave. 

The Brigantines new album, Vacation! is available now. 

VIDEO: http://youtu.be/o5kKSAbfoC4

BAND LINK: http://www.thebrigantines.com

BUY ALBUM LINK: http://thebrigantines.bandcamp.com

Los Calamares have a new promotional video which shows the band's intensity on stage, and that their taste in shirts has not improved any.

Check it out at www.los-calamares.com and follow the video link, or www.facebook.com/loscalamaresband where you can like, share, or even share and share alike...

Carlos Calamares

The BBs had a hit with Kokomo in 1988 and they represented the USA when foreign troops (America, France, Russia, Great Britain) left the city of Berlin after the reunification of our country.

The band toured regularly our country, but this time it was different.

In Berlin there were nearly 10.000 people, in Stuttgart 8.000 and in Moenchengladbach (open air, at 6 o ´clock it strarted raining) 6.000

What was suprising to me was the articles afterwards, which were written by someone who knows the history of the BBs.

The hassle of Brian and Mike about Smile, the never ending "No. 1 Surfing group in the country" image, the "better" productions like "Some Music To Your Day" from the early 70s, lots of old stuff but none hits like Our Cra Club (flipside of fun, fun,fun however) and so on and so forth.

The death of Dennis (drowning accident-not mentioniong his drinking and drug abuse) and of Carl (lung cancer after smoking too much in his life) were mentioned.

I remember concerts when Feel Flows, The Trader had been highlights sung by Carl,

Cool Cool Water and other  sophisticated songs were done without Brian, even the disco version of "Here Comes the Night" was done perfectly live.

The concerts with 50 songs had all what you needed, so an encore wasn´ t necessary.

Brian seemed to be nailed to his chair at the piano - how long will he live??

Until he dies (from his song "Until I Die"!).

Once someone in the audience in New York asked "Where is Brian"?

Mike answered: "Brian is in the songs!" How true this is.

Party talk some 10 years ago: "The best concert I ever saw was that of the Beach Boys!" I asked "when was that?"

Answer "In Essen in  1966!!

I hope a fine dvd will be released later this year to witness the best of 50 years!

Ruediger

Check out an article by Jim Fusilli in the Wall Street Journal regarding the Italian Surf Academy. My brother sent it to me.

Lee Kix

"Keep to the Rhythm and You'll Keep to Life"

The new Amsterdam based surf sensation "Bevel Emboss" releases its first album "Celluloid"containing 15 tracks. The album is an ode to pure guitar music. Bevel Emboss has mixed the traditional western sound with Turkish, Arabic, Spanish and South American beat and sound expressions.

More at http://www.bevelemboss.com