Archive | August, 2008

Bonzer5.com

by on 31. Aug, 2008 in art, promo, surf

New site in the works.

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Wake up America..Dennis Kucinich..Democratic Convention 8.26.08

by on 27. Aug, 2008 in politics

Did you hear this..? no, I didn’t either..had to search it out. as stated before.. on a level playing field.. my choice for President. Mr. Kucinich. [UPDATE] (from Jacob) First off, RIGHT ON Dennis. Secondly… John Kerry’s speech needs to be highlighted as well. It was without a doubt the best speech of Wednesday night, [...]

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Outside Lands, San Francisco

by on 27. Aug, 2008 in music

Last weekend saw Golden Gate Park transform into another one of those 3-day music mecca happenings. Outside Lands was comparable to Coachella… if a bit colder, less sunny, and attended by a generally tame (re: older) populace. All things considered, for a first time event it went off very well I thought. They made good [...]

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American wins 2008 World Air Guitar Championship

by on 26. Aug, 2008 in music

USA, USA, USA If you’ve never seen Air Guitar Nation, I highly recommend it. It’s hard to believe that it’s real, but these guys are serious. (via boingboing)

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Perfect Conditions for Phelps, Perfectly Bad for Bolt

by on 18. Aug, 2008 in sports

It is time for an Olympic update. 8 gold medals… Phelps himself admitted that everything had to fall perfectly in place to achieve this unimaginable feat. Everything, excluding his goggle problem in the 200 butterfly, did fall perfectly in place. Winning the 100 fly by 0.01 and great last relay legs by teammate Lezak in [...]

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Andrew J. Bacevich on Bill Moyers

by on 16. Aug, 2008 in books, politics, war

From Openleft, video via Talking Points Memo: Last night saw one of the most amazing programs in the history of Bill Moyers Journal. Really, one of most amazing programs Moyers has done, period, in all his years on television. His guest for the hour was Andrew J. Bacevich, a West Point graduate, retired colonel with [...]

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Crimson Lives!

by on 15. Aug, 2008 in music

This is a great clip, one of several tour diary videos coming from Robert Fripp’s record label DGM Live. They’re documenting the current resurrection of King Crimson. The band opened with a few shows in Nashville, Chicago, and Philadelphia earlier this month, and last night they began what will be a four night stand at [...]

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Solar Panels, not War

by on 15. Aug, 2008 in environment, technology, war, world

U.S. and Poland set missile deal WASHINGTON: The United States and Poland reached a long-stalled deal on Thursday to place an American missile defense base on Polish territory, in the strongest reaction so far to Russia’s military operation in Georgia. Wouldn’t it be sweet if instead of wasting a shit load of money and setting [...]

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Derek Hynd..Finless at J. Bay

by on 14. Aug, 2008 in general

Lots of attention to the roots of surfing..all to the good. Here’s an extra-ordinary surfer..having fun..going finless. My bet is within 2 years the hot-curl will be the current thing. After that..God only knows!

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Isaac Hayes..”Soulsville”..

by on 10. Aug, 2008 in general

R.I.P Issac Hayes.. apart from anything else.. and there is a lot of that..this one really touched me.

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