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Sidetracked

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Sidetracked is a blog about music and surfing, though occasionally other stuff -- say, nude sun bathers or mustaches -- come in to play as well.

• Added on: Sep 16th, 2008
• Country: United States
• Language: English

• Author: Pat Pemberton
• Listed in: Music Surfing
• Tags: music surfing bands Surf songs beatles

Recent Posts

• Surfing noir feeds the brain with Stoke

  Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 09:00 in books, writing, surfing, author, Surf, novelist, surfer, big lebowski, dude, thomas pynchon, surf stuff, don winslow

  I was just about to give up finding a book at the library — in fact, I had made it all the way to authors beginning with “W” — when I saw a book titled “Dawn Patrol.” Being a surfer, this, of course, intrigued me. ...

• The Rock Generation Is Old

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 11:20 in metal, music, movie, rolling stones, lips, anvil, san luis obispo, jethro tull, ian anderson, altamont, roger mcguinn, byrds

  So if there was any need to prove that the Rock Generation is getting old, this is it: While at the Ian Anderson concert Saturday night, I saw a lady in the crowd knitting a sweater. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with knitting sweaters. ...

• Dana Brown Surf Flick Precedes Huge Waves Here

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 11:32 in movies, surf stuff

  If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ll notice that I haven’t been posting much this week. That’s because I’ve been on vacation and spending much time surfing. But I wanted to remind everyone that tonight is the ...

• Costumes from Halloweens past

  Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 10:00 in yankees, halloween, robert deniro, reggie jackson, angel heart, cape fear, max cady, the world according to pat, costumnes

  I was never much for buying Halloween costumes, though for some reason I loved the smell of those cheap plastic costumes that came in a box. (In fact, I get a little nostalgic when I smell that wonderful aroma today — sort of like when I smell ...

• An actual (basically) pre-surf log

  Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 09:52 in surfing, Surf, conversation, Waves, surfer, actual, pismo beach, morro bay, surfline, surf stuff

  7:45 — Check Surfline for Morro Bay beach cam 7:50 — Check Surfline for Pismo beach cam 8:00 — Eat toast with peanut butter, check e-mail 8:15: Call Surf Buddy: Me: Are you ready for the Stoke? SB: Oh yeah — I’ve been w...

• Mark Twain and Jack London got The Stoke

  Posted on Tuesday October 27th, 2009 at 09:00 in hawaii, surfing, Surf, mark twain, jack london, surfer, james cook, surf stuff, surf writing

  While there are a fair number of surf books out there, many of them just aren’t that good. (”The Search For Captain Zero” is hands-down my favorite.) Still, I like to read stuff about surfing for the historical significance. Any book th...

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