EPISODE 38

NEW YEAR NEW SURFPHONY NEW MOON! WAIT SCRATCH THAT NO IT'S A FUUUUULL MOON! AWOOOOOOOO! THE TIDE IS HIGH AND THE WAVES ARE CHOPPY SO WE GOTTA SETTLE 'EM DOWN WITH SOME SURF TUNES! I'M OUT HERE WITH EVERYTHING YA NEED TO KEEP COOL! I GOT DICK DALE, HUEVO RANCHEROS, LOS OXIDADOS, THE HOLLYWOOD TORNADOES! I HAVE SO MUCH THAT I THINK YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT! PROVE ME WRONG

EPISODE 38 by Derk Brigante on Mixcloud

PLAYLIST

The Centuries - Jack 23
Dick Dale & The Del-tones - Surf Beat
The Jesters - Drag Bike Boogie
The Hollywood Tornadoes - Lightnin’
The Torquays - Busting Point
The Young Ones - Sour Grapes
Los Oxidados - Death Man (good to go!)
The Impact V - Riptide
The Mullet Monster Mafia - Surf No Limits
Hillbilly Soul Surfers - Renegade
Takeshi Terauchi & The Blue Jeans - Surf Board Walk
Huevos Rancheros - Dead by Sundown
Street Cleaners - Garbage City
Link Wray - Viva Zapata
The Ramblin’ Ambassadors - Back Seat Action
Pygmies - Don’t Monkey with Tarzan
The Weasletones - Ashes to Ashes

EPISODE 23

OHHHHH BABY THE BIG DERBOSKI IS BACK FROM A LIL R&R AND IS RARIN' TO GO ON THE BIG SURF! COUNT VON DERKULA TOOK OVER HOSTING DUTIES FOR OCTOBER AND PROVIDED ANOTHER KILLER INSTALLMENT OF THE THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION BOOOOOOO THOUSAND! IT WAS TO DIE FOR HA HA HA! ENOUGH JOKIN' AROUND CAUSE IT IS TIME FOR THE NEXT EPISODE OF THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000! I GOT THE TOONS THAT WILL MAKE YA SWOON! ALL SORTS OF SURF FROM AROUND THE EARTH WITH A BIT OF A FOCUS ON THE TORONTO SURF SCENE! MUSIC FROM TORONTO SURF VETERANS LUAU OR DIE, SURF ROOKIES OF THE YEAR THE GNARLY ONES AND THE OUTSIDERS COMING OUTTA GUELPH, SOME LEGATO VIPERS TOO! DIG IT

OH AND IF YOU WANT THE BIG SURF ON ITUNES WELL YA GOT IT ...

RIGHT HERE

SUBSCRIBE TO THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000 ON ITUNES AND YER GONNA GET IT EVERY MONTH... EVERY FULL MOON! 100 PERCENT GUARANTEE BABY!

EPISODE 23 by Derk Brigante on Mixcloud

• Luau or Die - Sleeper Spy Gone Awry
• The Reverb Syndicate - I am The New Number Two
• Slacktone - Hit Man
• Atomic 7 - The Wreck of The Dick Family Wiener Boat
• Fathoms - The Hearse
• The Gnarly Ones - Night Rider
• The Raybeats - Searching
• Dick Dale & The Del-Tones - Shake ‘n’ Stomp
• The Original Surfaris - Surfari
• Nevegans - Russian Roulette
• The Sentinals - Big Surf
• Los Straitjackets - Kapt’n Krunch
• Long Boards - I’m Branded
• Legato Vipers - Spy Vs. Spy
• Huevos Rancheros - Super Creep
• The Ramblin’ Ambassadors - The Savage
• Fifty Foot Combo - Cooper

EPISODE 19

WHAT'S GOOD FINKS? WAIT DON'T ANSWER THAT ... LEMME TELL YA WHAT'S GOOD... IT'S THE SUMMER... IT'S JULY... IT'S A FULL MOON... AND THE TIDE IS HIGH! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I suppose ya know what that all means too... IT MEANS WE GOT ANOTHER EPISODE OF THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000 ON OUR HANDS!!! DANG!!!

EPISODE 19 by Derk Brigante on Mixcloud

THAT'S REAL KOOL! DID YA EXPECT ANYTHING ELSE? IF YA DID WELL... YA GOT ANOTHER THING COMIN' BABY WOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I GOT THE BEST IN SURF FROM AROUND THE EARTH AND YOU KNOW ... YOU KNOW THAT IT IS ALL INSTRUMENTAL! NO BEACH BOYS DIG??

HERE'S WHAT I GOT FOR YA!
The Volcanos - Eruption
The El Caminos - Shock Wave ‘95
Dick Dale - Night Rider
Los Straitjackets - Kawanga!
The Halibuts - Chumming
The Mel-Tones - Kung Fu Saturdays
The Surfdusters - Riptide
Mark Malibu & The Wasagas - Wasaga Run
Mickey Aversa - Blast Off
The Kickstands - Hill Climb   
The Centurions - Bullwinkle Pt. II
The Brigantines - Brigantine Barrel
Mr. Gasser & The Weirdos - Midnight Run
Jon & The Night Riders - Bombay Beach
St. John & Cardinals - Rampage
The Dead Beat - Stomp Siren
King Beez - Suburban Surfers

WHOA THAT'S A HELLUVA LOT OF MUSIC! YER DAMN STRAIGHT IT IS! THE BIG DERBOSKI HAS DECIDED TO GET A LITTLE MORE REGULATED AND STUFF... SO INSTEAD OF EPISODES THAT MIGHT BE 30 MINUTES LONG THEN ANOTHER THAT'S LIKE AN HOUR AND 20 MINUTES LONG... I'm just gonna stick to 60 minutes! YEH THAT'S A GOOD LENGTH FOR A PODCAST LIKE MINE! REMINDS ME OF THE TIMES WHEN I USED TO BE ON CJAM 99.1 FM! plus I can now add another nickname to my list, that is THE 60 MINUTE MANIAC WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

I ALSO HAVE SOME BIG.... BIG NEWS!!! THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000 IS NOW ON ITUNES WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! YA NEED TO GET THE SURFPHONY ON ITUNES YA DIG? YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE TO IT AND GET IT STRAIGHT TO YER COMPUTER EVERY FULL MOON! THAT IS TOO SWEEEEEEET!
 

CLICK RIGHT HERE TO GET TO THE ITUNES PAGE OK

I'm still hard at work getting all the episodes uploaded to iTunes so it's gonna be a lil while before you start getting the latest episodes! BUT I'M WORKING HARD ON IT BECAUSE THAT'S I DO WOOOOOOOOOOO! 

KEEP TUNED IN FINKS FOR THE NEXT SURFPHONY EPISODE ON AUGUST 10th! LOTS MORE SURF COMIN YER WAY!!!

SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000 EPISODE 8: FAT STAX OF WAX

EEEEYYYYYOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! IT'S ANOTHER FULL MOON, THE TIDE IS HIGH ONCE AGAIN AND THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION IS BACK!! WE JUST KEEP ON SPINNIN' EACH MONTH, EVERY FULL MOOOOOOOOOON AWOOOOOOOOOOOO!

SPEAKING OF SPINNIN', I got something REAL SPECIAL FOR YA FINKS!!! FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER ON THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000, I ACTUALLY LET OTHER HODADS ONTO THE SHOW!!!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! HAHAHAHA seriously though, my buddies, Matt Groopie of King Beez and Alex Pulec of The Nursery, and I got together to SPIN HELLA SURF VINYL FOR YA! NOT ONLY THAT but this is a SURFPHONY SUPER SPECIAL! 1 HOUR 2 MINUTES LONG! DANG!

Surfphony of Derstruction 2000: Episode 8 - FAT STAX OF WAX by Derk Brigante on Mixcloud

Surfphony of Derstruction 2000: Episode 6 - The World Warrior

YO

The Big Surf is back again for June's full moon A SUPER MOON! WOOOOOOO! Consider this the first Surfphony of Derstruction for the summer! OH YEAH! Perfect beach music, YA DIG? So get to downloading the latest episode and then get yerself to a beach and fly a board!!!

The Great Lakes Surf Battle has come and gone and WHATTA SHOW!!! WOW! Luau or Die and The Robots came out the winners of this year's battle! WOOOO CONGRATS TO YA! Honorable mention to The Reverb Syndicate and their new song that they debuted on Saturday Night's Main Event of the Surf Battle, COMMODORE 64! TOOOO SWEEEEET!

This month's episode of The Surfphony of Derstruction is all about The Earth! We're gonna surf the seven seas in search of music from across the planet! Dig on some tunes from JAPAN, SPAIN, THE UNITED KINGDOM and all sorts of exotic locales WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Surfphony of Derstruction 2000: Episode 6 - The World Warrior by Derk Brigante on Mixcloud

HERE'S A PLAYLIST YA BUM

King Beez - Shark Fin Soup - Canada
Fez Perez - Gamma Wray - Melbourne, Australia
The Bambi Molesters - Wanganui - Croatia
Longboards - Del Mar - Spain
Wadadli Riders - Kawaramachi - Surf Music Kings of The Caribbean
Yuzo Kayama - Three Blue Stars - Japan
The Tornados - Stingray - UK
Takeshi Terauchi - On The Beach - Japan
Dick Dale - MAG WHEELS - USA
Surfin' Lungs - Flashpoint - UK
Los Straitjackets - Calhoun Surf - USA
Rattlesnakes - Caravella - USSR
Fifty Foot Combo - Firing Squad - Belgium

The featured song of this episode is the King Beez and their new release Shark Fin Soup!

I'M DONE TALKIN' SEE YA

SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000 EPISODE 2... THOUSAND!

WHAT'S HAPPENING???

WOOO I will tell you what is happening! It is the return of The Surfphony of Derstruction 2000! I'm here again to bring you EPISODE TWO.... THOUSAND!!! It's been a busy month here in Hell City but that doesn't mean you're gonna lose out on some Surf from around the Earth! Every full moon, when the tide is high, the BIG SURF will be here to help you hang ten!

Surfphony of Derstruction 2000 - Episode 2 by Derk Brigante on Mixcloud

DIG IT here's a playlist for your perusal!

Set 1 - Dirty Copz

Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Good Cop Bad Cop
Davie Allan & The Arrows - Rumble
Huevos Rancheros - Smartbomb
The Ramblin' Ambassadors - Speed Wobble

Set 2 - STOMP!

Les Jaguars - Guitare Jet
The Baymen - Day Break
Avengers VI - Avengers Stomp
Los Straitjackets - Galaxy Drive

Set 3 - Miser-WOOOOO!
Dick Dale - Misirlou Twist
The Jades - Surfin' Crow
Southern Culture on The Skids - Meximelt
Bobby Fuller 4 - Misirlou

So, if you didn't catch my previous preview post about Dick Dale's Misirlou, then I highly suggest checking it out. What are ya waitin' for, ya chump?! I want ya to listen to the podcast so rather than dump all the neat facts about Misirlou here, why don't you download the episode and let the Doctor of Surf teach ya a little something!

I mentioned that I had consulted a fantastic book about the history of Surf music by Kent Crowley, Surf Beat: Rock'n'Roll's Forgotten Revolution, for some info about Dick Dale. If you wanna check that book out for yerself, hit up the Amazon link right over here. It's only fifteen bucks Canadian so that's not bad at all! I highly recommend this book. Obvious revelation, I know, but if you're at all interested in the Surf music scene and Wikipedia isn't doing it for ya, then GET THIS BOOK. It's hella in-depth and there's so much good information about all sorts of Surf bands, eras, styles, and what-have-you. The author, Kent Crowley, grew up in the scene, he was there man, and he definitely knows his stuff. It's really interesting to read about the evolution of Surf, from Dick Dale's audial simulation of surfin' to The Beach Boys and their vocal harmony stuff. It's cool, man, real KOOL.

If ya want a little sample, then check out this neat interview with Kent Crowley by the folks over at Book Club Live. Crowley talks a bit about how the technology came about, what Surf music meant, and a few neat anecdotes like how he was taught guitar by Norman Sanders of The Tornadoes.

Now, I'm always one to play Canadian Surf on the Surfphony. Ya gotta show some love for the Canucks and there is some great music coming out of The Great White North when it comes to Surf. From all over the nation, we have The Ramblin' Ambassadors, who released their latest album, Ramble On, in March 2012. You can check out the Bandcamp page and purchase the album there. We also have The High Tides and Luau or Die! rockin' the Toronto scene something fierce!

There's one classic Surf band outta Quebec that I really dig and that is Les Jaguars. They were out in the scene from around '62 to '64 doing some Shadows-style Surf. I played the track, Guitare Jet, on Episode 2 and if you wanna catch it on Youtube and send it to all yer friends then here ya go!



OH BY THE WAY, I'm making a special guest appearance "LIVE VIA SATELLITE" on REVOLUTION ROCK with my good friend Dave Konstantino, of The Hypnotics. If yer in the Windsor-Detroit area, you can catch Revolution SURF by tuning your radio to CJAM 99.1 FM at 10:30 EST! BIG DAVE is gonna play some Surf as well as I am gonna drop a few nuggets on ya! If you aren't in the Windsor-Detroit area, you can tune in online at www.CJAM.ca. CJAM is kind enough to offer downloads to every show so I will make sure to provide a link to Revolution Surf afterwards.

That's enough Surf for now! I'll catch ya on the flipside come next full moon!

MISIR-WOOOO!

HEY YO FINKS!

I'm working on the next episode of The Surfphony of Derstruction 2000 at the moment and I figured I would drop by the blog and say YO! Give ya a little conversation and give ya a little action, ya dig!

I'm gonna give you a sneak preview of what's coming up for the next episode of DA BIG SURF! Howzabout a little bit of THE KING OF SURF GUITAR, DICK DALE!

(The awkward looking fella playing the bass kinda looks like me when I'm wearing my old specs.)

April 19th - FINAL EPISODE!!

Well finks, it's always a shame to say goodbye but everything comes to an end(?) eventually! This is the final episode of The Surfphony of Derstruction on CJAM 99.1 FM and it is sad to see it go. BUT, like how the tide always comes back in, so will the BIG SURF one day!!

For the final show, I played a couple of old favorites and some of the usual SURF!!

ARTIST	SONG TITLE
untamed youth	pabst blue ribbon
shadowy men on a shadowy planet	good cop bad cop
the lively ones	livin'
Siboney	the king pins
kenny & the fiends	moon shot
dick dale & his del-tones	peter gunn
the blue demons	the sweeper
the sadies	the times change
al casey	the hearse
the lively ones	surf beat
the centurions	commanche
tijuana bibles	vendetta
the metalunas	blast off!
davie allen & the arrows	outer surf
the crusaders	one eyed bikini monster
jack nitzsche	the last race
les jaguars	course au bonheur
untamed youth	the hearse

Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet's Good Cop Bad Cop



Al Casey's The Hearse (currently one of my TOP songs!)


... And, finally, from the Death Proof Soundtrack, Jack Nitzsche's The Last Race


Click Here to download the latest episode, April 19th!

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So long from Derk Brigante and The Surfphony of Derstruction!

April 5th - THE BEST OF THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION

ya know, I gotta start this post off with a little somethin'...

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! WOOOOOOOOOOO! WHAT A FUNKIN' AWESOME SHOW!! Dave Konstantino of Revolution Rock and Chris Crossroads of Deliverance dropped by to hang ten with the 60-Minute Maniac, THE BIG DERBOSKI, Derk Brigante, to celebrate! WHAT FOR? There's a reason I call myself the best there was, the best there is, and the best there ever will be, because I AM. 2011 CJAM'S VOLUNTEER OF THE DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG YEAR! WOOOOOOOOO! So, I figured, as my first episode as CHAMPION, I would play my favorite tracks from the shows gone by, as well as a couple chosen out by BIG DAVE

ARTIST	SONG TITLE
the surfaris	bombora
takeshi terauchi	journey to the stars
the sadies	the hi-jinx
the ramonetures	she's the one
the blue demons	moondawg
the revelairs	cruel sea
the surfdusters	riptide
the rhythm surfers	502 (like getting piched on a 502)
shadowy men on a shadowy planet	misogomy and the object
the gruesomes	whirlpool
urban surf kings	phantom riders of the backlot
shadowy men on a shadowy planet	popcorn
lost patrol	commanche
the nobles	earthquake
dick dale	the victor
mr gasser and the weirdos	BIG BAD SURFINK!!

This show was fun as hell to do! It was a good time having Dave and Chris in but I kept getting distracted, hahaha! So, a lot of tracks were picked at the very last second but that doesn't matter because it all sounded OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH SO GOOD!!

I finally found a decent version of Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet's Popcorn and I was very excited to play it for all the great listeners tuned in!


Here's the number that we started the show off with: The Original Surfaris with BOMBORA


Speaking of BOMBOOOOOOORAS, time to bombard you with hella links!

Thanks to Dave Konstantino for swinging by tonight. Check out Revolution Rock every Tuesday 10:30 AM - 12:PM and the accompanying blog!

Also, thanks to Chris Crossroads as well for dropping on the BIG SURF. Check out his show, Deliverance, every Wednesday 1-2:30 PM.

Also shout out to Vern Smith of Jazz Hacienda, every Saturday 6-8 PM, (dig the show here) who just recently took over for The Topic Is Jazz with Todd Fraba, every Tuesday at 6PM, right before The Surfphony of Derstruction!

Dig the pictures from the Jammy Awards on CJAM's Flickr account here!



And last but certainly not least, some links For The Surfphony of Derstruction!

Download the latest episode here

Check out and like the official Facebook page here!

SEE YOU ALL NEXT WEEK!! WOOOOOOOOOO!

Surfphony of Derstruction January 4th

HEY FINKS! This episode marks the first Surfphony of Derstruction of 2011! KOOL!! We had a bit of a mini-theme this week. I played a couple of tracks with bad-ass (by my standards, haha) vocals. I threw in the Neil Young song as a special treat for listeners catching the last bit of the show.

artist	song
huevos rancheros	drive thru at molly's reach
the ramblin ambassadors	frank slide song
the blue demons	penetration
takeshi terauchi	black carnation
the varitones	repeteo
the reverb syndicate	escape from the village
the sentinals	the pipe
the deadlies	B6 Shuffle
dick dale	grudge run
wanda jackson	fujiyama mama
hold up	the outlaws
fifty foot combo	4 devil - 1 hell
tabarnacos surfers	ace of spades
neil young and the shocking pinks	mystery train

Wanda Jackson's Fujiayama Mama

Next week will be the same ol' thing! A POWER HOUR of SURF!!!

Click Here for the latest episode and older podcasts, DIG

December 14th

HEY FINKS! Just a regular ol' episode of The Surfphony of Derstruction! The Deadlies were kind enough to send us their album Meet The Deadlies which I debuted on this episode! The Deadlies are a couple of kool kats who know their way around a surf tune!

artist	song
urban surf kings	wigwam
the pagents	enchanted surf
the astronauts	surf's you right
the heyburners	bird walk
dick dale and bo troy and his hot-rods	slippery shillelagh
tabarnacos surfers	shot in the dark
the deadlies	mojave dry run
the deadlies	another nashville rash
huevos rancheros	gump worsley's lament
shadowy men on a shadowy planet	harlem by the sea
kenny & the sultans	with vigor
the nodeans	beach girl
the journeymen	surfer's rule
the bambi molestors	panic party
fifty foot combo	the legend of hanau eepe
the twin tones	buena suerte forastero

Here's a link to The Deadlies' myspace page.

Thanks again go out to The Deadlies for sending CJAM some SURF!

Click here for the latest episode and earlier podcasts!

Surfphony of Derstruction November 16th

Latest show, latest post baby!

Just a regular ol' surf show this week! A DAMN GOOD ONE at that!

I played a lot of obscure tracks from some surf comps. Comps such as Sleazy Surf! Vols. 1 & 2 and couple of tracks from Surfer's Mood.

We heard Dick Dale's Surf Beat

There's a neat little comment on the page of this video. Check it out for some serious nostalgia trippin'!

artist	song
shadowy men on a shadowy planet	honey, you're wasting ammo
the rattlesnakes	caravella
huevos rancheros	whiteout in wyoming
fifty foot combo	dimitrius
the reveltones	black lightning
the astronauts	surf's you right
the bedwells	karate again
bob vaught & the renegades	church key twist
rich clayton & the rumbles	flip side
the von drats	malaguena
dick dale and his del-tones	surf beat
urban surf kings	almeria
the el caminos	sumo wrestler
kenny & The Sultans	With Vigor
the fractals	quarter pounder

Tune in next week as we look at Eddie & The Showmen's Squad Car!

Too cool of a video to pass up! check out how the siren sound is made!

click here for the latest show and past podcasts!

Surfphony of Derstruction October 12th

Hello there!

What was once The Symphony of Derstruction is now The SURFphony of Derstruction. I am doing a new program focusing on Surf music on Tuesdays at 7 PM.

click here to see the program page and podcast list

This week (Oct 12) we had the usual surfin' time with a special look at the famous surf tune, Misirlou. I discussed the origins of Misirlou, how it came to prominence in Surf music and the song's cult status along with covers and reinterpretations of Misirlou.

Dick Dale's Misirlou:

Takeshi Terauchi (The Surfphony's favorite international surf guitarist) and his interpretation of Misirlou:

Also heard on the Surfphony this week were Canadian surf ensembles The Reverb Syndicate and Luau or Die!

Check out The Reverb Syndicate's website and myspace

Check out Luau or Die's myspace and facebook page

If you're in the London area, you can see Luau or Die play with Rockabilly-Swing band The Hi-Tones at the London Music Club on November 23rd! Dig it!

Next week there will be lots of Surf! I will also start posting playlists next week.