This post is a hybrid inspired by a) Alex Wade's Surf Nation b) Key Note Speakers and c) a thread on the Cluas discussion boards about what are the first five songs in order that play on your i-Pod when you set it on shuffle. Since all I have is a i-Pod Shuffle and since I only really listen to it post surf on a deserted surf break somewhere remote, I thought I would give it a shot.

First it was Clare, now Donegal has gotten in on the act to produce a surf and music festival along the lines of the well established Ripcurl Boardmasters in Newquay, Usually, the surf is flat at these things, which leaves the music to do all the heavy lifting.

Neo/Retro-Prog rockers MGMT are presently dialed into the Sound Waves i-Pod Shuffle

Critics of the Crazee Jay-Z @ Glastonbury got served what they deserved on the night , here's what the crowd heard, word. Yeah boyiiee!

Don't live near the ocean, don't like the water, don't want to exercise, surgically conjoined with your Playstation/PC/WII, still wanna be a surfer, no worries mate, you can be one on Second Life!

Irish balladeer Colm Lynch caught the ear of Sound Waves recently when we were lying in bed watching Channel 6 after a heavy night out with the crew. He looks like Wolverine from the X-Men movies and the voice owes a tad to Glen Hansard but he is a fine guitar player and that counts for something round here.

Sound Waves is finding that it is impossible to enjoy listening to their i-pod shuffle anywhere other than a deserted beach in the West of Ireland

Filmed in High Definition Widescreen Format for optimum image quality and with exclusive angles from helicopter, jetski and board cameras, the production values of ROAM are way higher than your average BB flick. Nice!

A former professional skateboarder, Matt Costa signed to Jack Johnson's label Brushfire Records and is now being touted as one to listen to by American Surf Magazines. Sound Waves has no personal opinion, we just want to keep you in the loop.

Dennis Wilson was the only member of the Beach Boys who could surf, and 'Pacific Ocean Blue' is his masterpiece

Sound Waves was not in favour of Lisbon, and didn't get the joke about RTE sending Dustin to Eurovision either but we are glad in retrospect that they did because the 2by4 turkey might just have opened our eyes to the danger of the attempted sellout of our Constitution by the Say Yes to Lisbon lobby.

Sound Waves reconsiders Mickey Smith's pioneering bodyboard flick, "ABC: A Blank Canvas".

The Sunday Tribune published a very interesting article about a boom in beach front holiday homes that estate agents in the West of Ireland claim is being driven by well heeled surfers. Sound Waves comments...

We all know, if we are in gainful employment, of at least one middle management type (aka David Brent) who hangs in their office a motivational poster of a sunset or mountain top with the words, 'vision', 'confidence' or 'success' printed underneath. Last week though, I got an email from some surfers I know Down Under featuring some, ahem, alternative motivational posters.

Acclaimed by both Surfing Magazine and Surfer Magazine as the definitive movie on Irish surfing, 'Sea Fever' hits all the right notes...

Rolling Stone reports that Motley Crue have drawn on their bestseller 'The Dirt' for inspiration for their first studio album in eleven years.

Sigur Ros are the latest band to feature on an undaground bodyboard flick, this time it is the Waldron Brothers film 'Insert Name Here'. Below is the theatrical trailer featuring sick Oz airman action and the Sigur. Sick!

MTV's new comedy show Fur TV is the latest must see for Sound Waves.

Burma is underwater, Iraq is in flames, Tibet is under iron rule, China is suffering from a massive earthquake but what did the young people of Ireland take to the streets of Dublin to protest about recently? The illegal status of spliff.

The Frames got their name from the fact that Oscar Winner Glen Hansard was a dab hand at fixing bicycles and his home was, as a result, littered with old bicycle frames. Which leads us neatly into...

Sound Waves was too busy to catch the legend that is 'Dewey Cox' on its initial release but thanks to DVD we spent the night trying to breathe we were laughing so much.

Sound Waves is back after a long sojourn, here are 6 classic albums beloved of Sound Waves from the period 1985 - 1987 that may, or may not, be usual suspects for other listeners.

The screechy one has caused consternation in Chinese officialdom in advance of the Olympics after chanting 'Tibet, Tibet' during a concert in Shanghai.

What a difference a war makes. In 1997, Hollywood was pumping out one 'hoo haa' militaristic army movie after another and looking back it is interesting to see what was included...

Little Steve Van Zandt once got some of his buddies such as Lou Reed and Bono to pledge that they ain't gonna play Sun City. In the aftermath of Steven Spielberg's withdrawal from the Beijing Olympics, is it time to encourage Ireland's athletes to do the same to the Bird's Nest Stadium?