Double-Crown-Records
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1226
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Posted on Sep 25 2015 11:49 PM
Does anyone know what happened to the surfrockmusic.com website - they wrote lots of great reviews, but it looks like the account for the website is suspended. I was just about to send some promos to them, but only want to if the site is still active. Would be a shame if it has gone away permanently.
— Sean
Double Crown Records
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Mandy
Joined: Jul 26, 2007
Posts: 33
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Posted on Sep 26 2015 01:55 AM
I hope not, it's such a good site. We just sent them stuff last week. I emailed Duke from the site, but haven't heard back yet.
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Squid
Joined: Aug 22, 2010
Posts: 1019
Portland, Oregon with Insanitizers
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Posted on Sep 26 2015 06:44 PM
Duke passed away suddenly about three months ago.
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Mandy
Joined: Jul 26, 2007
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Posted on Sep 26 2015 09:06 PM
That's terrible news! Thanks for letting us know Squid.
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IvanP
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 10331
southern Michigan
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Posted on Sep 26 2015 10:24 PM
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Double-Crown-Records
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
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Posted on Sep 27 2015 12:12 PM
That's terrible! Such a big supporter of the scene and ran a great site, with some of the most in-depth, enthusiastic reviews around. He'll be missed!
— Sean
Double Crown Records
www.doublecrownrecords.com
Surf CD's / Vinyl / Fanzines / DVD's
Frankie & The Pool Boys - Endless Drummer LP / CD
Aloha Screwdriver - Lunar Wobble CD
Continental Magazine - Issue #39 With Compilation CD
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tahitijack
Joined: Nov 03, 2006
Posts: 693
San Clemente, CA
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Posted on Sep 27 2015 12:13 PM
I tried to find it a couple of weeks ago as well...gone.
This happened to another forum, Birds And Moons dot com, a couple of years ago. BAM was somewhat dedicated to Paul Reed Smith guitars and gear, like the Fender Discussion Page. Folks on other forums like The Gear Page talked about it returning....it never made it back.
Brian can probably provide a better insight on these things.
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Emilien03
Joined: Jul 16, 2008
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Coyoacán, Distrito Federal
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Posted on Sep 28 2015 11:16 PM
bad news 
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Sep 29 2015 10:46 AM
tahitijack wrote:
Brian can probably provide a better insight on these things.
I'm not sure I follow...?
Sorry to hear about this. What was the source of this info Squid?
I'm sorry we didn't get to know Duke and the other reviewers on that site. As far as I know they never joined up here. I only traded a few emails with Duke and it was over a technical matter.
My condolences.
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tahitijack
Joined: Nov 03, 2006
Posts: 693
San Clemente, CA
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Posted on Sep 29 2015 11:52 AM
Brian,
What I was trying to say was that there is a lot of things that members do not understand about running an internet forum. You have more knowledge than the rest of us on what it takes to keep a forum like this up and running day after day. So, I was suggesting that you would offer an educated guess as to why surfrockmusic may have slipped under a wave. For me its always a sad day when a music forum closes.
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Squid
Joined: Aug 22, 2010
Posts: 1019
Portland, Oregon with Insanitizers
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Posted on Sep 29 2015 01:10 PM
Duke operated SurfRockMusic.com and supervised its contents. It seems that Duke was SurfRockMusic.com . That website resembled a magazine.
I saw Duke as a role model for motivating positive views. I regularly think about and appreciate the values of his approach about life in general, not just about music.
Duke and his work are not forgotten.
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ElMonstroPorFavor
Joined: Sep 01, 2006
Posts: 2754
New Orleans, LA
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Posted on Sep 29 2015 01:38 PM
Oh man, thanks for letting us know, Squid. Really good site
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Sep 29 2015 03:58 PM
Again, if you don't mind, how did you hear about his death Squid?
As to why the site went down, I have no idea but I can offer a guess which is probably correct: once he passed away he stopped paying for hosting, thus his web host closed the site. Eventually the domain name will expire and someone else will be able to purchase it.
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TuneFan
Joined: Jul 21, 2009
Posts: 212
U.S. East Coast
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Posted on Sep 29 2015 08:35 PM
There is what is called The Internet Archive.
This is a snapshot of the website at March 20, 2015
https://web.archive.org/web/20150320112324/http://www.surfrockmusic.com/
So perhaps his work will in some sense live on.
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midwestsurfguy
Joined: Mar 19, 2006
Posts: 983
Oxford, Ohio
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Posted on Sep 30 2015 06:42 AM
Last time I was there, there was a note that he had passed away saying something about not having anyone to take it over. I assume that they never found anyone that was willing to take it over. I would bet it stayed up until the ISP pulled the plug because they were not being paid. I think it underscores that anyone that runs an important online service should always have a backup person that knows whats going on with the underpinnings of the system, hardware...
What a bummer!
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
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Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Sep 30 2015 08:07 AM
Thanks Guy.
At work we use the term "bus factor". So a "bus factor of 1" means that if 1 guy gets hit by a bus the project is doomed.
SG101 has a bus factor of 1 also.
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ElMonstroPorFavor
Joined: Sep 01, 2006
Posts: 2754
New Orleans, LA
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Posted on Sep 30 2015 10:15 AM
TuneFan wrote:
There is what is called The Internet Archive.
This is a snapshot of the website at March 20, 2015
https://web.archive.org/web/20150320112324/http://www.surfrockmusic.com/
So perhaps his work will in some sense live on.
From the next snapshot on the wayback machine
To Our Dear Friends, Associates and Beloved Music Fans,
On Sunday night our fearless leader, Duke, passed. At this time we don't know what will become of Surf Rock Music. We're hoping, perhaps, to keep it running, but don't know if we can. To everyone we've worked with, thank you for your never-ending support and caring - you are all amazing. To all who have visited Duke's brainchild, thank you more than we can express. He not only loved music, he loved all of you, as well.
As a final thought, Duke passed as he lived - the way he wanted. He fell asleep, looked around and spotted Gene Krupa and Albert King and thought, "Hey, I think I'll stay." And so he did. At this very moment we can imagine him hitting the ride right beside Gene and trading fours with Albert.
Rock on, Duke. We already miss you.
Please click here to get to Surf Rock Music's front page.
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SilverFlash
Joined: Jul 14, 2015
Posts: 478
Near Atlanta, GA
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Posted on Sep 30 2015 11:06 AM
Brian wrote
SG101 has a bus factor of 1 also.
Yikes!!! Something you don't really think about, but unsettling when you do.
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raito
Joined: Oct 16, 2008
Posts: 553
Madison, WI
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Posted on Sep 30 2015 01:20 PM
Brian wrote:
Eventually the domain name will expire and someone else will be able to purchase it.
Don't you mean that the microsecond the domain expires, someone will squat on it?
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
Posts: 19354
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Mar 02 2016 06:28 PM
Someone reminded me that we were still linking to surfrockmusic.com in our list of logos at the bottom of the page. I sadly removed the link and logo.
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