New Michael Peterson t shirt we just been making in the garage for the ‘mp stoke pack’.
it was a
s t o k e
April262012
April252012
Stanley Jordan….mindblowing.
How is the bass player!!!!!!
April242012
Ride A White Horse by Bob Evans.
This is a must see surf film for anyone interested in 1960’s surfing culture.
The soundtrack is a worldclass jazz score by Sven Libaek http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sven_Libaek
Bob Evans made over a dozen feature length surfing films before he died in the mid 1970’s. NONE of them are available in the digital world, aside from Ride A White Horse. More on Bob Evans here http://www.switch-foot.com/photographer/bob-evans
click through for more on this film.
April232012
If you happen to read one of the modern corporately sponsored surfing magazines you might be led to believe that the twin fin surfboard was invented by Mark Richards…or even Terry Fitzgerald. This would be like saying that Jimi Hendrix invented the electric guitar. False. Jimi Hendrix developed a style of electric guitar playing, much like Mark Richards developed a style of surfing based on the twin fin, utterly unique and influential. The FACT that Mark Richard’s twin fins were heavily influenced by the master craft of shaper/designer Geoff McCoy is largely missing from people’s reality.
So, did Geoff McCoy invent the twin fin? Absolutely not and I am sure he wouldn’t claim such a thing. IN fact you can read on his website for yourself what he says about the origin. http://www.mccoynugget.com/twin_fin_surfboards.htm
The purpose of this post is to offer some reality into the modern interpretations of historical fact…the surfing industry tries to put names to things so they can market it and sell more product. But, if you click through and take 5 minutes, the history of the Twin fin surfboards goes back to Blake, probably further.
April222012
Eric Mongrain.
seriously, this is intensely good.
12PM
Thomas Leeb
another incredible guitarist with percussive persuasion.
April182012
Clark Terry.
This is happening RIGHT NOW.
share the love,
LEGEND
8AM
nothing to say…..a friend found this image in a jam room at a high school when he was teaching there.
April172012
Bit of fun had with an old photo i took at Noosa.
go here http://www.switch-foot.com/photographer/a-crockett and click on the last image, down the bottom, to see the full sequence.
11AM
Carlton ‘Carly’ Barrett…….half of one of the most formidable drum and bass connections of the modern era….YES< the WAILERS>
of Bob Marley and the Wailers…
The Barrett Brothers were just incredible.
‘Carly’ was murdered (april 17th 1987) when he was 37 years old….
This video is a track he wrote titled ‘War’.
enjoy
April52012
Kurt Cobain died this day in 1994….April 5th.
I remember the day well…
April42012
Martin Luther King was murdered this day April 4th 1968
He was 39 years young.
April32012
Sarah Vaughan died this day, April 3 in 1990.
She was 66 years old.
April12012
Marvin Gaye (Marvin Pentz Gay Jnr) died April 1st back in 1984.
He was 44.
He was close to the late and great Tammi Terrell who collapsed on stage while they were performing together and later died….Gaye never really recovered from that experience and he died TRAGICALLY a day before his 45th birthday when his father shot him during a family argument between his parents. Gaye was living with his parents at the time, after withdrawing from society.
This track is from 1970 and is just as powerful today, if not more powerful.
Rest In Peace Marvin Gaye…
March312012
I love this video….
With only 500 views, makes me like it even more.
The final scene MP gets a really nice tube.
Nice music too………..nice music for today, rainy and looking back.
