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Do you carry the CDs for sale in your store? And, I agree, it is nice to hear surf music whenever you walk into a store.
-ferenc

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you go mom, er uh girl, uh you know what I mean.
spread the word( or lack there of) to the masses, even if its a little bit at a time.

Jeff(bigtikidude)

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ferenc, i opened the shop today with 'year of the rooster' , just for you

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There is little association with surf music & surfing here in Surf City. During the surf contests its heavy metal had banging stuff. Go in any surf shop here & it's grunge garage punk BS playing. When they inducted big wave surfing legend Greg Knoll into the surf hall of fame here I have no ideal what they were playing. It want surf that was for sure.

The last time I remember surf music being played in a surf shop here was about 15 years ago some place had the Sandals Endless Summer CD playing & I bought it.

mom:

...do you ever play the first sg 101 comp?

-dp

answer to dp........yes
answer to findicator1....yes

having a live surf band(s) at this surf contest would be cool BUT it is being held on national seashore property and the park service does not allow anything other than the contest to happen at the beach. the sponsers are not allowed to put their banners up at the beach, so right now they are tied all over the railings on our deck. the eastern surfing association who is hosting the event isn't even allowed to sell their t shirts at the beach so we've got someone on our grounds selling the shirts. and, the SOBE bus is here to give away free product and they aren't even allowed to park their bus in the parking lot at the beach because it is one big advertisement. the SOBE bus is now parked on our yard next to our shop.

i would love to get some kind of event together here on the outer banks but there are so many restrictions and then there is also the weather factor. usually this is a beautiful place to be but we are also a hurricane magnet and the thought of planning a big event and having it ruined by the weather makes planning tough. (for example, the beach boys played here during the 100 years of flight anniversary a few years ago up in nags head/kitty hawk on an outdoor stage and it was 35* out with howling winds. the drummer was wearing a big puffy jacket to stay warm. i have no idea how the guitar player could even move his fingers!!)

sorry for wandering off topic a bit

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i know the turtle pond you 'violated'. the sign comes and goes and people still stop to feed them.

the punk band that played for the contest is some of my sons 15 year old friends. i have taught them a few surf instrumentals which they have punkified, but at least they are playing them because they think they are cool.

if you're ever here and want to drop off a cd it will be played in the shop, not tossed in the trash.

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I'd almost forgotten about this thread, but now that it's "back at the top", I thought I'd add:

Rodd, the Lava Rat bassist, works in a small restaurant/microbrewery in the Sunset district in SF, and while serving food and drinks, he often serves up the music for the house. Recently, he's been putting lots of surf music in the mix, and getting RAVE reviews for it. He says in particular that Pollo Del Mar, Daikaiju, and the "Charlie Does Surf" compilations have all gotten high marks. I will also add on a side note that he has yet to play the 'Rats (damn traitor).

But it's promising to hear that people who don't necessarily have anything to do with "surf culture" or even "beach culture" are into what they hear.

~B~

Yeah... I really think that part of it is that Rodd says he'd get distracted, because he thinks so much about what the bass is doing on that CD.

As for our new disc... we hope to start recording in probably January. With Taylor getting married next weekend, practices are a teeny bit sporadic these days.

~B~

I've always believed that surf music has suffered because of underexposure, not music quality. My friends are always surprised what I listen to because I guess I really try not to have the media tell me what to like. I think this same problem is faced, although not as bad, by jazz musicians and classical music (at least here in the midwest). People seem to feel empowered to be part of a group and tend to ignore something that they can't relate with to other people.

If somehow most people could be exposed to it, I'm very sure it would become popular. Every Straitjackets show I come to (deck out in my mask) people look at me like I'm some sort of weirdo. After the show they think the whole night was great and then I have to tell them I'm not with the band, but only a fan.

I think there's something in the surf genre for probably over half the country. I always thought it was a mix of rock, punk, country, and even a little classical. I think the Baronics were a band that exclusively did the latter, and I think Hungarian Rapsody was done a few times. I always wonder what the 1812 overture would sound like played at double time with a lot of reverb and stacatto done to it. I mean, isn't there similar sonic qualities to the surf guitar and the harpsicord?