Sound Waves is, to say the least, a little slow on the uptake of this wonderful songwriter. Anyway, here he is on TOTP performing' Trouble' solo and acoustic, no miming for this dude. Peace y'all.

The Rolling Stones keep on rolling...in cash.

Its been a slow week but here are some clips that have been bounced around or discussed by the guys in my surf crew, they are dumb and they are based around Star Wars, not much to do with surfing or music, or much else. This whole surfing culture thing is a lot more complicated than it looks you know

If you think that My Bloody Valentine is the height of obsessive rock perfectionism in Irish music then think again as Sound Waves dials you in to the strange but true story of the musically gifted but doomed Galway band Tu Meni Notes

This guy was my choice for musician of the year on the Cluas poll a couple of years ago before he was nominated for a Mercury. Now, he is a big name and this is the video for his song 'Lady of The Sea', about a sunken ship.

She plays Dublin in the Tripod on 30th August, don't miss here. This is the video for her song 'Fidelity'

Will Ferrell is Sound Waves' favourite comedian but it appears he is also something of a muso so here, courtesy of YouTube, is a selection of his best musical moments.

He is from San Diego, he surfs, here is the video for his song 'Wordplay'.

Guinness have long been associated with surfing, in fact they even produced a small number of bespoke surfboards in the 1980s which are now collectors items, and of course as Aidan rightly pointed out, Christy Moore name checked one of their adverts in his song, "Delirium Tremens". Sound Waves looks at the best of them, 'Horses' by Jonathan Glazer.

Stuck in Dublin for the weekend, landlocked in Cavan, still want to go surfing? No worries, just try Urban surfing, the surfing you can do without leaving your flat. This video has all the angles on the latest craze in board riding.

Its the silly season and so we focus on the W's conversion to two wheels.

I don't know why people keep saying that RTE isn't good at comedy, Charity You're A Star 2007 is gold standard laughs and rugby hero Shane Byrne is in full touch down mode.

Billabong Jocks are God's way of telling you that you have too much money and not enough sense.

Surfing is commonly portrayed as a selfish pursuit but a new generation of Irish surfers is giving something back to those who need it most.

Paris Hilton hasn't exactly got the hang of this surfing lark. I understand she sings a bit too.

Kelly Slater just got stuffed by Taj Burrows in Jeffrey's Bay. According to his autobiography, "Pipe Dreams" he hates country music almost as much as he hates losing so he won't like this either. It's Junior Brown & The Beach Boys duetting together.

Yep, you could surf there if the cops would allow it, maybe thats why The Boss took up the ax and not the stick.

HBO's foul mouthed but warm hearted new series about a family of surfers in California takes as its central theme the struggle for the soul of surfing in an era of increasing commercialism that has commodified the sport beyond recognition. Sound Waves has the heads up on a show produced by the people who created 'Deadwood' and inspired 'Point Break'

Ash, Guillemots & Funeral for a Friend are some of the acts headlining the Unleashed music festival that is part of the 2007 Rip Curl Boardmasters @ Newquay from 6th - 12th August.

The marketeer's 2007 love of the surfing image has jumped the shark with this limited edition, eh, Clio.

The Undertones and Gerry Fish headline an essential date in the party loving surfer's calendar.

Irish synth rockers HyBrasil are whats on in the Reverend's camper van right now

The Irish Surf Documentary, frequently featuring new underground Irish music acts, did not exist until 2007. Sound Waves gives a brief overview on a new genre in Irish film.

Billed as Ireland's first Surf & Music festival, Cois Fharragie launched @ The Village last night and Sound Waves was there to report back.

The BBC's highlights from Glastonbury 2007 revealed the King of punk being challenged at stage diving by a certain plump young lady in a spray on blue dress.