By Rev Jules on 4/27/2007Steve Reich's complex, percussive music is the latest recommendation for the surf mobile.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 4/26/2007"Chairman Of The Board" is a compilation of rare surf soundtracks all but lost to the genre that created it. Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 4/26/2007This mellow, laid back surf flick has one of the most interesting soundtracks to feature in a film of this genre in quite a whileRead More » |
By Rev Jules on 4/23/2007The open road westwards is presently being brightened by the presence of UK band The Feeling and their radio friendly pop.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 4/19/2007According to the May 2007 edition of Surfing Magazine, Texas band The Sword are the new hip Heavy Metal kids on the block.
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By Rev Jules on 4/16/2007Ciitzen Cope, a Brooklyn songwriter, has been championed by Bono, Eddie Vedder and Kelly Slater but his rise to public notice was first prompted by surf filmmakers using his music in their movies. Last winter he played the North Shore and now he looks set for Stateside success as the latest of a new school of surf music artists.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 4/16/2007Timmy Curren is currently ranked No. 6 in the world ASP ratings and is considered to be an aerials master but, like Jack and Donny before him, he is looking ahead to a career in music.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 4/16/2007Ripcurl have launched in association with i-Tunes a new radiostyle podcast service via their website Ripcurl.com.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 4/14/2007Yet another advert for a surf wear company,
in this case Volcom Stone, disguised as a Beavis and Butthead style
cartoon parody of life on the North Shore of O'ahu, featuring Bruce Irons,
Dean Morrison, Ozzie Wright, Shawn Barron, Gavin Beschen, Kaiborg,
Johnny Stone and Caveman. Funny or not ? Comments are welcome.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 4/14/2007This is a clip from when Kelly Slater had only won the world championship 5 times and was in a band with fellow surfers Rob Machado and Peter King. Personally, I think they should stick to riding Pipe but you may think differently.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 4/13/2007Sometimes it seems that surfers only listen to Jack Johnson and Bob Marley but here are seven tracks that are good for the soul and not a didgeridoo within earshot...well almost none.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 4/12/2007New sounds with an ecological bent from Aussie surf pop artist Xavier RuddRead More » |
By Rev Jules on 4/11/2007Nothing illustrates the link between music and surfing better than this video for Donavon Frankenreiter's song 'Free' wherein the bould Donavon does both.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 4/11/2007Surfing magazine was wisecracking recently that regardless of Ben Stiller's recent entry into contemporary surf music as a video director he won't be calling Tamayo Perry off a Second Reef Pipe bomb any time soon. Whatever, here is his video for Jack Johnson's song 'Taylor' and very funny it is too.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 4/11/2007Take one river, one surfer and one stick of dynamite and you've got a viral advert for Quiksilver. Its a neat clip but Quiksilver are hardly an underground counter culture company at this stage; nice CGI work though.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 4/11/2007The greatest superhero that Marvel every came up comes to the big screen. Sorry, just love this clip.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 4/11/2007I think I am addicted to YouTube at the moment, anyway this is a trailer for a new animated movie called 'Surfs Up' that slyly parodies the documentary 'Riding Giants', Kelly Slater is one of the voice over artists included and Red Hot Chilli Peppers appear on the soundtrack.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 4/10/2007A visit to the recently opened Quiksilver Outlet Store in Kildare, a shot of Kelly Slater and Eddie Vedder surfing Oahu together and news of a aggressive feral shortboarder in the Kerry lineup over the Easter weekend point to new tensions in the Irish surfing community.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 4/6/2007Does exactly what it says on the tin! Complete with some wowzie wow wow surf guitar.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 4/5/2007Listening to your favourite tunes whils't out surfing is now a possibility thanks to some new surfer friendly devices.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 4/5/2007This is the trailer for a sick new Bodyboard flick due out later this year, I don't know I just thought I'd stick it up because I like the backing track and it's a laugh.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 4/5/2007Not a lot of people know this but Neosupervital's sister actually is a surfer girl, anyway here is the video, courtesy of YouTube, of the finest pop song released by an Irish act since God only knows when...Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 4/4/2007The Reverend returns from Southern Spain after a sublime surfari there and a renewed appreciation for Van Morrison.Read More » |
By Rev Jules on 3/22/2007A new column in which Reverend Jules explores music, surfing and their interrelationship with each other, in addition to suggesting some sick tunes for your iPod and telling the odd tale of life on the road as an Irish soul surfer.Read More » |