Two Things At Once

The Marshalls are two of my favorite surfers to watch these days. Maybe its their love of the eighties or their affinty for graffiti, but I like the fact that they do their own thing rather than worrying about what people will think. Or it could be they just kill it every time I see a clip of them at Malibu. Either way, they do their own thing, don't really worry about being a surfer/hipster and do some crazy things with longboards.

The following clips are great surfing-wise, but I must warn you, you could do permanent damage to your ears by listening the Sublime-inspired frat band or the Puddle of Mudd wannabes in the each clip. If the Marshalls had selected the music for these they would have chosen New Order, the Stone Roses or something rad like that. I suggest muting the volume on youtube and putting on Career Suicide or Annihilation Time.

Sit Back and Relax

A bunch of recent releases have popped up that are worth talking about in the coming weeks. The above in the actual cover for tile's seven inch on Limited Appeal Records. It was originally released in a "rejected press" format with just the record, but the pressing was done officially now as well. These are/were limited to 100 while the rejected press was around 96 I think. Heavy, loud, noisey and so good. They have a one-sided LP on the way with an etching done by McStyles aka Eric DeJesus on the other side. I cannot wait to hear it.

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Here Where Nothing Grows

This is about as close to a surf picture as I've got for the past week or so. The thing I hate about winter is the window for swell is so tiny before the winds just blow everything out. Yesterday was pretty warm, sunny and...completely flat. I haven't been in the water for almost a week and missed two opportunities after assuming nothing would be going on. Note to self: When the wind is cranking to almost 30 mph, there may still be a chance to paddle out!

Here is the welcome mat, minus the "E" in Strathmere:

Lost out on a Carpenter Ant test press on eBay yesterday too!

Phantom Limbs

Snowblind

These shots were taken by Captain Klunk a few years ago mid-winter. Hopefully, we'll get a little more snow this year than the few minutes of flurries we had yesterday.

Doom Patrol

Old flyer advertising Dead Guy playing in the LV. It's a shame Doc Hopper got top billing.

Where Cold Winds Blow

We headed out with Maeve and my niece and nephew for first night in Ocean City. The wind was blowing at least 25 mph and it was unbelievably cold, but it was New Years so we had to do something.




The approach to Ocean City High School. The golden dome gives it a real Notre Dame feel.


The kids chowing down. There were at least three restaurants set up with a buffet just outside the cafeteria. Very fun. Maeve is still working on how to smile without looking like her entire face is cramping up.


Amy and Maeve making the walk up to the rides. At this point we were walking with the wind.


The Ferris Wheel at Wonderland. Although it looks awesome, they were not running it, which was probably a good idea. I cannot imagine what it would be like to be on top of that thing with the wind cranking like it was.


The view atop of Wonderland. If you factor out how warmly everyone is dressed, you would think it was the middle of summer. Where did all these people come from??


Amy and her niece, Meghan, getting ready to ride the train.


Sound advice:


The Smiths at the civic center. Moonbounces, slides, music and hotdogs with sauerkraut.


The cousins in the moonbounce. There was a wizard on the outside that Maeve thought was Santa Claus.

Roman crushing a soft pretzel.


The next day we hit the beach for about fifteen minutes before the extreme cold sent us running for the car. The view from the boardwalk:





All in all, a great start to 2009!