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Clint Beachwood from KCR radio in San Diego is now creating podcasts! The first three episodes are available here courtesy of Rickshaw Records. Check them out!

Join Lady Reverb as she spins music from the bands who will be performing at the 3rd Annual SurfGuitar101.com Surf Music Convention on August 7th, 2010 in Los Alamitos, CA. Also featured are new music from The Bambi Molesters, The Reigning Monarchs, and The Wagon Train.

Head on over to our podcast page to download it now, or look for it in iTunes shortly. Enjoy!

A big thank you to Lady Reverb & Danny Snyder for producing this episode!

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Whorehay has graciously turned over the microphone at the Radio Free Bakersfield podcast to Jeff "BigTikiDude" Hanson and head Insect Surfer Dave Arnson to create a show hyping the SurfGuitar101.com 2010 convention! Click here to download the show, which features songs by bands appearing at the convention and surrounding dates. The list of bands includes The Space Rangers, The Surfside IV, The Wadadli Riders, The Space Cossacks, The Atomic Mosquitos, Frankie & The Pool Boys, The International Men of Mystery, The Insect Surfers, The Eliminators and The Secret Samurai. All of that, plus the scoop on the convention and related events, witty banter, and "your mother" jokes! Check it out!

In June, The Seattle Times featured an article about The Ventures receiving recognition from the Emperor of Japan. What shocked me was this: one source estimated that there are more than 600 Ventures tribute bands in Japan. Astounding...

Below is a snippet from the original article.

"Sound of the Surf" is the first feature documentary that tells the true story of Surf Music. With author and musician John Blair, Director Thomas Duncan spent over three years researching and filming. The film explores the early 60s when venues like the Rendezvous Ballroom, Harmony Park Ballroom, Revelaire Club, and Retail Clerk's Hall dominated the Southern California music scene. But it didn't stop there. Blair went beyond the rumored demise of Surf in the late 70s when his band Jon and the Nightriders re-ignited the Surf Music phenomenon in the middle of the Los Angeles punk rock scene.
 
Surf Music is still very much alive and well today. The musical form has spread across the globe, represented by thousands of bands from nearly every country. "Sound of The Surf" includes live performances by the bands who best show the diversity and innovation that Surf Music continues to develop. The film includes appearances by The Eliminators, Surfaris, Slacktone, The Madeira, Surf Coasters, Meshugga Beach Party, The Bitch Boys, The Barbwires, Laika and the Cosmonauts, Wadadli Riders, Los Straightjackets, and more.

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To help prepare for the weekend's onslaught of surf fueled mayhem, we're happy to announce this year's SurfGuitar101 Convention San Diego Pre-party!  The show will be held at The Soda Bar in the North Park area of San Diego. This year is really special as we're lucky to have one of the greatest instro surf bands of all time, The Space Cossacks!! If that weren't enough, also on the bill is the surf super group, Frankie & The Poolboys consisting of Ferenc Dobronyi from Pollo Del Mar, Danny Snyder from The TomorrowMen/Meshugga Beach Party, Karen Dobronyi from Meshugga Beach Party, Naotaka Seki from The Surf Coasters, and Tony Bald from The TomorrowMen. Rounding out the lineup will be San Diego's, The Secret Samurai who will start things off at 10pm. This show should get you more than adequate reverb poisoning. We hope to see as many sg101ers as possible to help kick off the weekend!  Check out the forum thread on this show for updates and for show reports. Check out the Facebook Event Page for the show as well!

That's right, the 3rd SurfGuitar101.com Convention is upon us next month! Here is a link to the original story. Things are happening fast and changing, so as always, follow this forum thread for the latest news. In addition we are excited to announce we are raffling off a G&L guitar thanks to forum member ColtsSurf! Please visit our forum threads to sign up for the member jams at the convention and the following Sunday at Don The Beachcomber.

This forum thread summarizes all the other shows before and after the convention on Saturday.

We hope to have a great turnout of fans, bands, vendors on Saturday, August 7th!

Wow, so many great videos are coming out on YouTube after SurferJoe 2010 ended in Livorno, Italy a short time ago. I created a 7 song playlist of videos uploaded by our esteemed members Unsteady Freddie and keelson of the great band from Denmark: El Ray. Dig it!

Pipeline Instrumental Review #83 is out now! This UK published magazine is dedicated to Rock Instrumental information, news and reviews. In-depth articles and discographies and we review performances, CDs, DVDs and books in our quarterly issues. Head on over to www.pipelinemag.co.uk for ordering information.

In this issue:

• Johnny & The Hurricanes - 21 pages of interviews + discography
• Ventures On Tour In Japan/The Nutrocker Puzzle
• Your letters + 22 pages of cd/dvd/book & download reviews

Enjoy these 6 videos courtesy of remora1: Slacktone performs at Tiki Caliente II  2010!