Equal Opportunity Vibe
Vintage Calypso is alive and well...in Berlin, where LORD MOUSE AND THE KALYPSO KATZ are packing 'em in…
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NASA’s Chandra Sees Eclipsing Planet in X-rays for First Time
For the first time since exoplanets, or planets around stars other than the sun, were discovered almost 20…
Synesius of Cyrene to Hypatia
What little we know about HYPATIA, of ancient Alexandria we know from the letters of her devoted student,…
My Summer Romance: Laughter, Tears & Tenderness
MY SUMMER ROMANCE: LAUGHTER, TEARS & TENDERNESS in three stories and a poem about summer loves. Music by…
Mels: The True Story Of The World’s Most Famous Drive-In (Part 1)
Marking the 40th anniversary of the release of George Lucas's classic coming of age film, AMERICAN GRAFFITI, Deep…
American Graffiti @ 40: ‘…a final farewell to childhood dreams before reality steps in’
Saluting AMERICAN GRAFFITI on its 40th anniversary, we offer a view from the younger generation in the form…
Where the Gremmies and the Ho-Dads Never Go
WHERE THE GREMMIES AND THE HO-DADS NEVER GO: Riding a wave of surf music obscurities by THE PHAROS,…
‘Dad, I Think We Got One’ : Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart Craft A Seasonal Classic
EDDIE COCHRAN's manager and co-writer JERRY CAPEHART remembers the day he and Eddie, in search of a hit,…
When Jack London Rekindled Surfing in Hawaii
JACK LONDON REKINDLES SURFING IN HAWAII: A brief history of surfing in Hawaii from Captain Cook to Duke…
A Royal Sport
In 1907 JACK LONDON sailed to Hawaii in his ketch The Snark. His enthusiastic report on surfing, 'A…