EPISODE 36

IT'S ANOTHER FULL MOON AND IT'S ANOTHER EPISODE OF THE BEST SURF PODCAST AROUND, IT'S THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000 FOR THE 36TH TIME NOW CAN YOU DIG IT?! LOTS OF SURF FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ON THIS EPISODE! WE HAVE RUSSIA, SPAIN, CANADA, USA, JAPAN! YOU NAME IT WE GOT IT! BANDS LIKE KING BEEZ, THE PANTERAS, THE SILICON, AL CASEY, THE GNARLY ONES! YEH WE GOT EM TOO! I KNOW YOU LIKE EM SO JUST GET TUNED IN AND GET TO LISTENING!!

EPISODE 36 by Derk Brigante on Mixcloud

YOU CAN ALSO GET THE SURFPHONY ON ITUNES! IT'S JUST THAT SIMPLE... CLICK HERE!

The Crossfires - Fiberglass Jungle
Johnny & The Cyclones - Scrub Bucket
The Patents - Blue Surf
New Dimensions - Bongo Shutdown
The Teemates - Nightfall
The Panteras - Black Velvet
Mark Brodie & Beaver Patrol - Death at Mile Zero
The Gnarly Ones - Devil’s Wave
The Ready Men - Disintegration
The Teen Beats - Big Bad Boss Beat
King Beez - Space Invaders

The Tsunamibots - Short Circuit
The Silicon - Tiki Tohua (YO! I really dig this band and you will too. Check 'em out on Bandcamp)
The Surf Coasters - No Exit (17)
Kenny & The Nite Riders - Andromeda
The Astronauts - Devil Driver’s Theme
Al Casey - The Lonely Surfer
Kai Winding - Hearse Ride

EPISODE 32 - LET THE BLOOD RUN RED

PREVIOUSLY ON THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION… TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES HAVE TAKEN OVER THE AXIS OF TIME ONCE AGAIN AS DERK BRIGANTE TRIES TO KEEP THE BIG SURF UP AND RUNNING! ARE THESE PROBLEMS DUE TO FAULTY WIRING OR THE MACHINATIONS OF A BLACK TEE-CLAD RIVAL? OF COURSE IT’S THE LATTER! HOLLYWOOD IS NONE TOO HAPPY HAVING THE SURFPHONY UP AND RUNNING SO HE’S CRASHING THE PARTY AND CRUSHING THE COMPETITION! THERE IS ONLY ROOM FOR ONE NUMBER 1 AND THE BOSS BAD CAT IS LOOKING TO TAKE HIS PLACE AT THE TOP! WHAT’S IN STORE FOR THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION? HAS HOLLYWOOD SOULED OUT FOR THE LAST TIME? TUNE INTO EPISODE 32 TO FIND OUT… NOW!

EPISODE 32 - LET THE BLOOD RUN RED by Derk Brigante on Mixcloud

PLAYLIST
Langhorns - Pretty Please
The Avantis - Wax ‘em Down
Jerry Cole and His Spacemen - Night Rumble
The Dave Myers Effect - Silent Screamer
Fifty Foot Combo - The Great Caffeine Comedown
Legato Vipers - Chocolate Milk
The Gorillas - Gorilla Got Me
The Stingers - Mustang
Undead Drifters - 17th Ave Werewolf
Link Wray - The Wild One
The Fathoms - Fathomized
The Space Cossacks - Escape From Gulag 17
The Metalunas - Celluloid Planetoid
Urban Surf Kings - Rocket Ranch
Huevos Rancheros - Interstate Death Toll
The Bomboras - Mile Zero
The Fleshtones - Legend of a Wheelman
King Beez - The Journey

SFX CREDITS

Crowd booing loudly - http://www.freesfx.co.uk
Booing crowd - http://www.freesfx.co.uk
Mixed Angry Crowd, Yelling, Complaining - http://www.freesfx.co.uk
Mixed Angry Crowd Yelling, Complaining, Some Hitting - http://www.freesfx.co.uk
Sports arena crowd shout 'oh' - http://www.freesfx.co.uk
Crowd Approx 150 People Shout No Indoors - http://www.freesfx.co.uk
Soccer Crowd (150 People) Cheer Clap Whistle - http://www.freesfx.co.uk
Ears68 - Hot-Rod-V8-Car-Fesitval-Ambiance-EnginesTireSqueelCrowds-xDR022.wav
Unchaz's Audience Booing 2
Payattention's boooooooooo

EPISODE 29

EPISODE 29 IS COMING DOWN THROUGH THE PIPELINE IN AN OH-SO-STYLISH MANNER! ONLY THE BEST IN SURF FROM AROUND THE EARTH FOR YOU FINKS! I GOT EVERYTHING BACK ON TRACK, NO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, NO INTERRUPTIONS FROM “HOLLYWOOD”, JUST YOU AND ME, THE BIG DERBOSKI! THIS EPISODE IS ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC WOOOOOO WHETHER YA WANT SOME TRASHY SURF, SOME HEAVY METAL OR SOME SURF FROM… WELL FROM ALL OVER THE EARTH! WHETHER YA WANT KING BEEZ, LOS ATASCADOS, OR THE UNDEAD DRIFTERS, THE SURFPHONY HAS IT ALL FOR YA, PACKED IN REAL TIGHT ON EPISODE TWENTY NIIIIIIIIINE! 

EPISODE 29 by Derk Brigante on Mixcloud

Gotta give some credit to the sound effects I used! 

News intro by Maximilien  http://soundbible.com/2041-News-Intro.html

NOW HERE'S THE PLAYLIST!

The Trashwomen - Aphrodesia

The Undead Drifters - Coffin Surfer

The Tiki Tones - Swingin’ Creepers

The Avantis - Gypsy Surfer

The Bomboras - Land of The One Percenters

teen rockers - Road Block

Anthrax - Pipeline

King Beez - Raw Hide

The Boardwalkers - The Angry Breed

Agent Orange - Misirlou

Tijuana Bibles - Ringy Lucha

Los Atascados - De Tanto Amor…

Pistolrays - Moon Riot

Langhorns - Langhorn

Los Coronas - Go Kato Go

The Sidemen - Astoria

Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra - Tabasco

Tommy Garrett - My Little Grass Shack

Takeshi Terauchi - The Harry Lime Theme

ALRIGHT TIME TO CUT THE CAPS 'cause I got some talking to do about the Great Lakes Surf Battle and I'm sure it's a pain in the butt to read more than a few sentences in uppercase! Comin' up on the first weekend of June, the 10th annual Great Lakes Surf Battle is coming ashore in Toronto once again!

June 5th and 6th at the Cadillac Lounge down in Parkdale and June 7 at the The Casbah in Hamilton! CLICK HERE TO RSVP FOR TORONTO ... AND CLICK HERE TO RSVP FOR HAMILTON! Click both if yer so inclined! 

It's gonna be one helluva battle, lemme tell ya. We got a few re-uniting bands, King Beez and The Robots comin' together once again. The Reverb Syndicate and The Men In Grey Suits along with The Huaraches from up north heading downtown to take on local favorites, Luau or Die, The Blue Demons, and The Gnarly Ones! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO It's gonna be one helluva show for the 10th iteration of the Great Lakes Surf Battle! YA BETTER THERE! 

EPISODE 28

EVEN WHEN THE BIG DERBOSKI HITS A LIL "TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES", THE SHOW MUST GO ON! IT'S BEEN 28 EPISODES ALREADY, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT YOU CAN SLOW THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000 DOWN ... BUT YOU CAN NEVER STOP IT! HOLLYWOOD DB TRIED, THINKING HE COULD CANCEL THE BIG SURF, BUT I HAVE OTHER PLANS... AND THAT'S KEEPING THIS BIG BAD SHOW UP AND RUNNIN'! BIG SHOUT OUT TO BIG DAVE FOR DOIN A LIL DAMAGE CONTROL AND HOLDIN DOWN THE FORT WHILE I GOT MYSELF SITUATED IN THE AXIS OF TIME!

ALRIGHT SO YOU WANNA KNOW ABOUT THE MUSIC DO YA? GOT SOME TWANGY SURF AND SOME NEW REVERB SYNDICATE! YOU GOTTA HEAR THE SURF IN STORE ON THE SURFPHONY!

EPISODE 28 by Derk Brigante on Mixcloud

YOU NEED THE PLAYLIST... YOU GOT THE PLAYLIST! WOO!
Johnny Thunders - Pipeline
Pow Wows - The Horse Thief
The Squires - The Sultan
The Ventures - Walk Don’t Run
Link Wray - Run Chicken Run
The Bell Peppers - Bell Pepper Hop
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Bennet Cerf
The Volcanos - Maverick
Slacktone - Chaos
The Blind Cats - Crab Attack
The Reverb Syndicate - Better Dancing Through Technology
The Wipeouters - Wedgie Wipeout
The Incredible Mr. Smith - Heroes
Takeshi Terauchi - Hold Me
Huevos Rancheros - Reptile
King Beez - Spicoli’s Theme
Kai Winding - Soul Surfin'

ALSO SOME BIG NEWS... MARK THIS DOWN ON YER CALENDAR... THE 10th ANNUAL GREAT LAKES SURF BATTLE!!

LOOK AT ALL THESE BANDS! LUAU OR DIE! THE ROBOTS! KING BEEZ! THE REVERB SYNDICATE! ALL SORTS OF GREAT BANDS PLAYING THE WEEKEND OF JUNE 5, 6, AND 7! MAKE SURE YER THERE!!!

I WANNA GIVE A LIL SHOUT OUT TO ONE OF THE BANDS, THAT IS THE BLIND CATS! THEY REACHED OUT TO ME AND SENT ME SOME GREAT TUNES... WE HEARD THEIR SURF TRACK, CRAB ATTACK, AND DAMN IT WAS TASTY! JUST SO YER IN THE KNOW, THE BLIND CATS HAVE THEIR ALBUM RELEASE PARTY FOR "TAKE MY BLOOD" ON FRIDAY, APRIL 17TH AT BOVINE SEX CLUB! RSVP ON THE GOOD OL FACEBOOK PAGE!

AND OF COURSE, IF YA WANNA GET THE SURFPHONY RIGHT TO YA EACH AND EVERY FULL MOON...

SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES YA FINK!

EPISODE 27 - SOULED OUT... AGAIN!

BACK IN BLACK BABY IT’S ME IT’S ME IT’S THE BIG DB. NOT QUITE LIVE BUT STILL ALIVE FROM HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA BRINGING YOU THE BIG BAD SURF ONCE AGAIN … IT’S HOLLYWOOD DB! BETTER GET A GRIP CAUSE WHEN I COME AROUND THINGS TEND TO GET REAL GREASY! WHAT AM I DOIN’ BACK? JUST THE SAME OLD… MAKING DAMN SURE THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION IS SOULED OUT! IT’S STANDING ROOM ONLY SO SQUEEZE IN AND READY YERSELF FOR THE BADDEST OF THE BAD IN SLEAZZZY SURF BABY!

SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION SOULED OUT... AGAIN! by Derk Brigante on Mixcloud

YEAH YEAH I GOT THE PLAYLIST HERE HOLD YER HORSES!!!

Al Casey - Laughin’
The Raybeats - Jelly Bread
Pistolrays - Rollin’ Dice
Jerry Cole and His Spacemen - Night Rumble
Larry Wilcox and his Orchestra - The Nitty Gritty
Frank Zappa - Cruncher
The Embers - Peter Gunn Cha Cha
The Marketts - The Bat Dance
The Mylestones - The Joker
Link Protrudi & The Jaymen - Jaywalk
Ramblin’ Ambassadors - Meat Sweats
The Dave Myers Effect - Checkered Flag
The Blockbusters - Gorilla Walk
King Beez - Spicoli’s Theme
Huevos Rancheros - Mind Surfer
The Apemen - Crunch

DO YERSELF A FAVOR AND SUBSCRIBE TO THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000 ON ITUNES! SAVES YOU AND I A LOTTA TIME!

CLICK HERE YA FINK!

EPISODE 25

THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000 IS BACK AT IT FOR THE TWENTY FIFTH TIME ON THE FULL MOON! THAT'S RIGHT 25 EPISODES HAVE COME AND GONE AND THE SURFPHONY IS STILL JUST AS STRONG! Since this is the 25th episode AND the 2nd year anniversary of the Big Surf, I decided to do something a little different than the usual! SO ENJOY THIS "SHOOT" INTERVIEW WITH DEREK BIONDI! TAKE A LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000 AND GET EDUCATED!

EPISODE 25 by Derk Brigante on Mixcloud

DON'T FORGET THE PLAYLIST!

The Blue Demons - Nice Tits
The Nobles – Hiawartha
The Baymen - Daybreak
The Surfdusters - El Dementia
King Beez – Hellride
Al Casey - The Hearse
The Gnarly Ones - Night Rider
Cruisin’ USA - Surfari Monster
The Chantays - Move It
Aqua Velvets - Day In The Life of a Private Eye
The Deadly Ones - Raunchy
The Heyburners - Speedway
The Ventures - Music to Watch Girls By
The Scouts - Mr Custer Stomp
Riot - Narita

AND DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE SURFPHONY ON ITUNES!

CLICK THE PIC YA FINK!

THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION BOOOOOOOOOOOOO THOUSAND 2K14!

GOOD EVENING! THE BIG COUNT VON D IS BACK, DRAC!

Count Von Derkula, #1 Vampire and host of the greatest nightmare mash around, The Surfphony of Derstruction BOOOOOOO-THOUSAND, has returned and of course, I have invited quite the motley crew of monsters, ghouls, and all sorts of things that go bump in the night! Will you be joining us for tonight's festivities? Not like you have a choice, you're coming to the party ... dead or alive! Ah ah ah!

Surfphony of Derstruction BOOOOOOO THOUSAND! by Derk Brigante on Mixcloud

Here's the list of spooky tunes to stroll through the graveyard by!

George Barnes - Spooky
The Sadies - The Pyramid
The Brigantines - Ned’s Web
The Invaders - Shock Treatment
Dean Hightower - Purple Monster
The Fiends - Theme From The Addams Family
Pat and The Wildcats - The Giggler
The Deadly Ones - Raunchy
Bob and Jerry - Ghost Satellite
The Holidays - Dark Valley
Baron Daemon and The Vampires - Ghost Guitars
The Moontrekkers - Night of The Vampires
The Avantis - Phantom Surfer
The Ghastly Ones - Spooky (Diablo’s Theme)
The Surf Coasters - West Ghost
King Beez - Skeleton Dance
The Ramrods - Stalker
Les Monstres - Le Theme du Cimetiere

Igor assisted me in picking the music for the party and I must say that he did a great job! I told him to get me the scariest in instrumental music for tonight. I had a hunch that he would have a few tricks up his sleeve and indeed he did! My favorite track of the night was Baron Daemon's Ghost Guitars!

I may be a bit biased though, seeing as Baron Daemon is quite a good friend of the Counts! Nonetheless, the party music was something to die for! There are plenty of terrifying tunes to get you scared stiff! Sit down, turn off the lights, and tune into the Surfphony of Derstruction BOOOOOO THOUSAND!

Oh, I forgot! If you wish to keep the Surfphony of Derstruction B000 with you forever, you can download the latest episodes on iTunes! Count Von Derkula will never die and now that The Big Dead Surf is on iTunes, it won't die either!

Click here for the Surfphony of Derstruction B000 on iTunes!

SHOW LISTING FOR OCTOBER!

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS FINKS... ACTUALLY YES I DO, I KNOW WHAT IT IS! SURF AND LOTS OF IT! FOR SOME ODD REASON THERE'S HELLA SURF SHOWS COMIN' UP IN OCTOBER! MUST BE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE FULL MOON ... I WANNA GET YA UP TO SPEED AND TO THESE DANG CONCERTS BECAUSE IF THE TORONTO SURF SCENE IS AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH TIDE! EACH AND EVERY BAND HITTIN' THE WAVES NOWADAYS IS TOO SWEEEEEEEEEEET! WHETHER IT'S THE KING BEEZ, LUAU OR DIE, THE BLUE DEMONS, ROCKET XL5, THE GNARLY ONES, MARK MALIBU AND THE WASAGAS, YOU NAME IT MAN! ALL THESE BANDS ARE JUST ON ANOTHER LEVEL! GETCHASELF TO AT LEAST ONE OF THESE SHOWS!

THE KING BEEZ ARE DOIN' THE FAREWELL TOUR, STOPPING IN TORONTO ON SEPTEMBER 26 AT CHERRY COLA'S FOR THEIR FINAL PERFORMANCE IN THE BIG CITY! KING BEEZ KICK ALL SORTS OF ASS WITH THEIR WILD METAL SURF! WANNA SEE SOME WICKED RIFFS AND BLAZING FAST SOLOS! KING BEEZ GOT 'EM!

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click the pic to RSVP on the Facebook Event page

THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND, THE GREAT LAKES SURF BATTLE HAVE CONJURED UP THE ULTIMATE BATTLE OF THE SURF BANDS, FALL BRAWL ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3!

click the pic to RSVP!

THE GREAT LAKES SURF BATTLE BACK IN JUNE JUST WASN'T ENOUGH TO SATISFY THE BANDS! THE CHAMPIONS OF JUNE'S EVENT ARE FACING OFF IN THE RING ONCE AGAIN! PARKDALE HAS NEVER BEEN THE SAME SINCE AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE EL MOCAMBO TO FEAR THE REVERB! THE BLUE DEMONS, ROCKET XL5, LUAU OR DIE, THE CLIFF DIVERS, AND MARK MALIBU AND THE WASAGAS! IT WILL BE A BATTLE TO BE REMEMBERED!!

I ALSO WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE REPLICONS! THEY'RE PLAYIN' WITH THE MISFITS ON OCTOBER 4TH AT ROCKPILE WEST! I KNOW THEY'RE NOT SURF BUT SOME OF THE MEMBERS ARE FROM ROCKET XL5 AND THAT'S ENOUGH FOR ME TO GIVE 'EM A SHOUT OUT! DIG ON SOME RUFF AN' TUMBLE DOOM PUNK!

C'mon, click the pic and get to the show!

LUAU OR DIE ARE KEEPING THEMSELVES AWFULLY BUSY AFTER THE BATTLE! HOPEFULLY THEY WON'T BE TOO BRUISED UP TO HANDLE THEIR NEXT CHALLENGE... THE TORONTO ZOMBIE WALK ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 25!!

Don't you get it yet, fink! Click the pic to RSVP!

NO WAY! YEH WAY!!! LUAU OR DIE WILL BE PLAYING IN NATHAN PHILLIPS SQUARE 2 PM TO ALL THE UNDEAD HODADS SHUFFLIN' AROUND LOOKIN' FOR SOMETHING TO EAT! FANCY YER BRAIN? AIN'T MUCH LEFT OF IT ANYWAYS SO YA MIGHT AS WELL COME TO THE ZOMBIE WALK AND DIG IN! WOOOOOOOO

AFTER THE ZOMBIE WALK, LUAU OR DIE ARE GONNA MOSEY ON OVER TO THE HORSESHOE TAVERN ON OCTOBER 28TH FOR ONE HELLUVA SHOW!

FREE SHOW?! LIVE SURF MUSIC?! AT 8:30 PM?! HOW CAN YOU WRONG WITH THAT HUH?! YOU BETTER MAKE IT OUT TO THIS SHOW! IT'S HELLA IMPORTANT! THIS A MAKE-OR-BREAK MOMENT FOR LUAU OR DIE! IF THEY CAN PULL A BIG CROWD IN FOR THIS SHOW IT WILL PROVE THEIR METTLE AS ONE OF TORONTO'S BEST BANDS AROUND! SO GET YER BUTT TO THIS SHOW FINKS, HOW MANY TIMES CAN I TELL YOU TO COME TO THIS SHOW!

RSVP RIGHT HERE AND GET HERE OK

DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE GNARLY ONES! LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GONNA BE REAL BUSY IN LATE OCTOBER 'CAUSE THEY'RE PLAYIN' A COUPLA SHOWS ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24TH AND SUNDAY OCTOBER 26TH!

FRIDAY NIGHT THE GNARLY ONES WILL BE AT THE HIDEOUT ON QUEEN NEAR DENISON! THEY ARE OPENING FOR A PRIMITIVE EVOLUTION AND I HEAR THAT IT'S GONNA BE A DAY OF THE DEAD THEMED SHOW! TOO COOL!

NOW IF YA RECALL BACK IN JANUARY THEY PLAYED THEIR DEBUT SHOW AT THE MAGPIE TAVERN IN THE MIDDLE OF A FREAKIN' SNOWSTORM! I WAS THERE AND THE PLACE WAS JAM-PACKED WITH PEOPLE, ALL DANCIN' AND GETTING SWEATY! NOW EVERY TIME I SEE THE GNARLY ONES, I SEE THE SAME KINDA CROWD! IT'S AWESOME! THE GNARLY ONES ARE RETURNING TO THE MAGPIE TAVERN ON OCTOBER 26 FOR TWiMFeST!

Do I have to spell it out for you? CLICK THE PIC!

MAN OH MAN HOW CAN YOU GO WRONG WITH ALL THIS SURF? TRICK QUESTION! YA CAN'T! IT'S GONNA BE ONE HELLUVA MONTH WITH ALL THIS MUSIC TO SQUEEZE INTO 31 DAYS! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT BUT I CAN SURE AS HECK DIG IT! WOOOOOOOOOO

I BETTER SEE YA OUT AT THESE SHOWS YA FINKS! THE BIG DERBOSKI AIN'T HARD TO SPOT SO SAY HELLO OR JUST STAND IN THE CORNER AND BE SHY I DON'T CARE!

EPISODE 20

WOOOOOOOOO THE BIG 2-0 WHOA! ONE AFTER THE OTHER, FULL MOON AFTER FULL MOON THE BIG DERBOSKI'S GOT THE SURF AND IF YA GOT THE EARS... GET TO LISTENING!

EPISODE 20 by Derk Brigante on Mixcloud

NOTHING SPECIAL FOR THIS EPISODE YA KNOW HOW IT IS... BUT HEY THE SURF IS TOO SWEET AND THAT'S ALL YA NEED ON THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000! YA KNOW THAT DERK BRIGANTE KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO SURF! THE MAESTRO OF THE INSTRO BABY THAT'S ME THAT'S ME THAT'S THE BIG D.B. WOOOOOOOOOOOO! PLAYLIST TIME

The Space Cossacks - Red Sunrise
The Bambi Molesters - The Wedge
The Reverb Syndicate - Lunar Attack!
Daikaiju - Shooting The Wormhole
The Emperors - The Breeze and I
Robin and The Three Hoods - The Marauder
King Beez - Surf Rider
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Peas Porridge Rock
The Nobles - Body Surf
The Ramblin’ Ambassadors - Super Lungbucket
Satan’s Pilgrims - Ichabob Crane
Arvee Allens - Fast Freight
Billy Boyd - Oop Shank
Les Jaguars - SHAKE
Huevos Rancheros - Rockin’ in the Henhouse
Insect Surfers - Volcano Juice
The Blue Demons - Dick
Takeshi Terauchi - Surfin’ U.S.A.
Mr. Gasser and The Weirdos - Surfink Blues

WOOOOOO-WEEEEE THAT'S A LOT ... A LOT OF SURF TUNES! YEP I'M TRYING TO GET BACK INTO THE 60 MINUTE SWING. THAT MEANS MORE SURF FOR YOU ... and work for me HAHAHA! NOT THAT I DON'T MIND THAT!

SPEAKING OF WORK... I'VE BEEN DOING LOTS OF WORK ON MY PINBALL BLOG, BRIGHT LIGHTS BUMPER CITY, AND YOU SHOULD DEF CHECK IT OUT WHETHER YOU DIG PINBALL OR NOT!

NOW TIME FOR SOME SHAMELESS PLUGS

LIKE THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000 ON FACEBOOK IF YER INTO THAT

SOUNDCLOUD IS WHERE YA CAN CATCH THE LATEST IN REAL TIME STREAMING

MIXCLOUD IS WHERE YA CAN FIND ALLLL THE EPISODES AND EVEN A FEW EXCLUSIVES LIKE LOST AT SEA OR THE GREAT LAKES SURF BATTLE SET!

AAAAAAAND OF COURSE THE SURFPHONY IS NOW ITUNES WOOOOOOOOOOO!

SUMMER'S ALMOST OVER BUT THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000 IS FOREVER!!!

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!!!

THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000... A TALE OF TWO DERKS!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO IT IS ABOUT DAMN TIME! THE BIG DERBOSKI IS FINALLY BACK ON THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000! NOT QUITE LIVE BUT STILL ALIVE! How I'm still alive is a friggin' miracle... I've survived possession, Judgement Day, the Nuclear Apocalypse, and even a skunky beer from SATAN! I guess you can now chalk up getting lost in time and space to the list of things that have failed to kill me GEEZE LOUISE will it stop?! Probably not, I'm a BAAAAD CAT, always gettin' myself into trouble and these past few months have been pretty much the norm.

I'm back around again to bring Surf from around the Earth in a manner that only The Big Derboski knows! No sleazy, greezy, cheezy Surf from "Hollywood", no need to get digital with a glorified nintendo NO we're just here to bring you the best in FAST... LOUD... AND LOOOOOOOOOOOOSE SURF! WE'RE GOING ANY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE BABY... SCRATCH THAT WE'RE GOIN' ANY WHICH WAY WE CAN WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

NOW you might be askin' yerself "why is Derk referring to himself as 'we?' Does he mean the royal 'we'?" NO YA FINK QUITE OVERTHINKIN' IT! When I mean "we", I mean ME and ... THE BIG D.B!

HOLY MOLEY TWO DERKS?! YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE WHEN YER HAVING FUN YA FINKS! WHAT BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE BEING ALIVE AND IN ONE PIECE THAN GETTING TOGETHER WITH THE BEST OF THE BEST IN SURF PODCASTS, DERK BRIGANTE?! he's pretty cool ya dig?

THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000... A TALE OF TWO DERKS! by Derk Brigante on Mixcloud

I'LL BET YA DOLLARS TO DONUTS THAT YER WONDERIN' WHAT THE HECK IS GOIN' ON! SO GO GET ME SOME DONUTS! I would make it real clear for ya and give ya a real academic explanation but that's not my style! Derk does a damn good job of it in the episode though so take a listen and find out why there's two of us here! All I will say is, there's not one, there's not two, but there are so many more of YOU WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! TIME FOR A PLAYLIST

The Del-Vetts - Ram Charger
The Trashmen - Tube City
The Statesmen - Sandstorm
The Good Guys - Collision Course
Les Schtroumpfs - Kamarade
The Fabulous Playboys - Shortnin’ Bread
Link Wray - Hang On
Huevos Rancheros - Go West Young Bee!
The Pyramids - Pyramid Stomp
Dave Myers and The Surftones - Surf Breaker
King Beez - Showdown
The Blue Demons - Pussy Whipped
The Nobles - Surf Beat
The Frogmen - Beware Below
The Reverb Syndicate - Worse Things Happen at Sea

SOLID MUSIC! WOULD IT BE ANY OTHER WAY? I DON'T THINK SO! The Big Derboski is mean, lean, and pretty clean and so I don't know anything about filler! I bring you finks the absolute best in Surf music! From the west coast of California to the Great Lakes of Toronto, Ontario, with a few stops in between, I bring the SURF! HOLD ON I'M NOT DONE YET, As the Reverb Syndicate say, worse things happen at sea, especially when yer hangin' ten! I'm not content to just sit here on this island and claim I play "surf from around the Earth". I surf the seven seas to bring the music from all over the world! BUT I wanna go local... Back to Toronto for a moment and talk about some of the bands that I dig there. The NINTH ANNUAL GREAT LAKES SURF BATTLE IS COMING UP AND IT'S SHAPING UP TO BE AN ALL OUT WAR! TWO NIGHTS, TWO STAGES, TOO MUCH SURF WOOOOOOOOOOOO!

OH WHO'S THE FELLOW "DJ DERK"? I BELIEVE THAT IS ME! shame I couldn't get my last name on there but when you go by several monikers like The Big Derboski does, yer bound to cause a bit of personality crisis WOOOOOOO NONETHELESS I will be there FRIDAY NIGHT playing some serious Surf tunes for all of you Toronto finks!

Here's where I have a BIG conflict of interest! Normally I like to place bets on who I think is gonna win the battle but it's gonna be a REAAAAAAAL tough choice! FRIDAY NIGHT IS ALRIGHT FOR FIGHTING! I got two bands in the battle that I'm rooting for, that being The Gnarly Ones and the King Beez. OOOOOOOH MAAAAAN!

I went to see The Gnarly Ones back in January at Magpie Tavern and they packed that lil bar to the gills. All the finks there just tore the floorboards up! Lotsa fast and loud surf with some real BAAAAD SAX!! I just caught The Gnarly Ones again at The Cloak and Dagger a week or two ago and they may as well get into the demolition biz because they tore the roof off the place! The Big Derboski don't get scared very easily but I'm afraid of what The Gnarly Ones are gonna do to the Cadillac Lounge...

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN IS THE KINGS OF METAL... SURF! THAT IS THE KING BEEZ! I've caught 'em a few times when they stop into Toronto and though they're a coupla BEEZ, they ALWAYS BRING THEIR A GAME!! Last Sunday after I had won a pinball Tournament...
*pinball tourney pic*
I dropped into Clinton's Tavern to catch the King Beez and it was one helluva show! The King Beez put everything they had into their show and put on one of THE BEST SHOWS I HAVE SEEN IN A DAAAAAAAAMN LOOOOOOOOOOOONG TIME! Matt Groopie shreds with the best of 'em and with the way he was playing, I'm surprised his kustom guitar didn't set on fire what with the speed he was shredding at! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YOU SHOULD KNOW MATT GROOPIE YA FINKS he was on the Surfphony of Derstruction once with my buddy Alex Pulec of The Nursey and The Big Derboski too! We had a helluva time playing surf shellac DIG?

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

BUT YEH I'M IN A REAL TOUGH SPOT FOR THIS YEAR'S GREAT LAKES SURF BATTLE... IS IT GONNA BE THE GNARLY ONES OR WILL THE KING BEEZ BECOME THE KING OF KINGS?! I DON'T KNOW!!! LET'S FIND OUT AT THE GREAT LAKES SURF BATTLE, COMING UP JUNE 6TH and 7TH WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000... AFTER DERK

UH OH!!! IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD, BABY!

DAG YO! The Big Derboski is out here wilin' in the nuclear apocalypse! How did I get down here? Well, it's a long story and I feel like regalin' this old tale so grab a seat, fink, cause it's time for a tall tale, ya dig?

OK so back in October during Count Von Derkula's nightmare mash on the Surfphony of Derstruction B000, I crashed the party to have a good time with all the ghouls 'n' ghosts. Never one to turn down a brew, I accepted a drink from Mr. Mephistopheles, SATAN HIMSELF. My judgment was a bit clouded from the bloody marys that Count Von Derkula was servin' up OK? So I downed the drink and, lemme tell you, I had one helluva hangover. Not only that but SATAN cursed the drink in order to open the gates of hell on Earth, using me as the vessel. This was documented on Episode 11 of the Surfphony of Derstruction but a little exorcising took care of that problem. That though was only one small part of the big picture though... The damage was already done even though I gave the ghouls a good ol' heave-ho and the dawn of the earth's destruction came to bear. I was not quite live but still alive on Episode 12 of the Big Surf to give you a low down on what was going down! All hell broke loose in Hell City and, as a professional, the Big Derboski sought to bring Surf to you finks despite the apocalypse... and here we are now!

Surfphony of Derstruction 2000 AD by Derk Brigante on Mixcloud

The Big Derboski is back in the new year, THE YEAR 20XX to bring you more Surf from around the Earth, although the Earth is not what it once was... Oh no, it's now the NUCLEAR APOCALYPSE OH MAN!

Despite the nuclear winter that much of the world has been thrown into, I'm doin OK... good enough to bring you more surf on this full moon WOOOO!!!

SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000 - EPISODE 12

THERE'S A FULL MOON OUT IN THE SKY TONIGHT WOOOOO!! YES THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION IS HERE! THE TIDE IS HIGH AND THE BIG DERBOSKI HAS COME ASHORE! one problem though... IT'S THE END OF THE WOOOOOOOOOOOOORLD!!!

DAAAAAAANG! NOT QUITE LIVE BUT STILL ALIVE, I'M BRINGING THE LAST EPISODE OF THE MONTH AND MAYBE... FOREVER?? JUDGMENT DAY IS NIGH but that doesn't mean the Surfphony is gonna stop coming to ya every single full moon!

Surfphony of Derstruction 2000 EP12: THE END by Derk Brigante on Mixcloud

PLAYLIST OK

The Astronauts - Firewater
The Nobles - Hiawartha
The Surfaris - Storm Surf
Long Boards - Tour De France
The Swanks - Ghost Train
Emanons - Stomper
The Pyramids - Contact (ya know, i'm not really sure if this is right...)
The Bel-Airs - Three Blind Mice Make it to Santa's Village
Eddie & The Showmen - Far Away Places
The Ventures - Diamondhead
Takeshi Terauchi - Guitar in Tears
New Dimensions - Phantom Skiier
Nation Rockin' Shadows - Anesthesia

ONE HELLUVA PLAYLIST FOR THE END OF THE WORLD if i do say so myself... ALRIGHT I FEEL LIKE.. talkin' about The Ventures' Diamond Head!


woooo I gotta say, Diamond Head has to be one of my favorite surf songs. If you were to ask me "DERK what is YOUR quintessential surf song?!" I would say Diamond Head. I'm not too keen on my music terminology but the riff is too wild and has a really chilly vibe what with all the REVERB WOOOOOOO!

Where does the name Diamond Head come from? It is the name of a volcano on the Hawaiian island of O'ahu! The name was given to the mighty volcano by 19th British Sailors who thought the calcite crystals were diamonds.

Diamond Head is also the name of a sweet HEAVY METAL band!


The Ventures got wicked big in Japan back in the early 1960's. They even inspired the teenagers of Japan to form their own surf bands. The Surf genre went by another name, that being Eleki Boom. Two of Japan's biggest Eleki Boom artists were Yuzo Kayama and Takeshi Terauchi. I brought some Yuzo Kayama trax to the Big Surf last month and you should def take a listen. I played some Takeshi on this show but ya know what, I play Takeshi Terauchi a lot haha... He has to be one of my favorite surf guitarists. He plays a real fast style ala Dick Dale and makes hella use of his whammy bar but also plays real clean riffs like the Ventures. SO HOW ABOUT THIS HOW ABOUT Yuzo Kayama... AND Takeshi Terauchi!! NO WAY



UH YEAH WAY!!! If ya feel like reading a bit more about the Eleki Boom era, dig this article on The Video Beat!

HEY YO I gotta tell you about a show coming up in the Toronto area ya dig?  The King Beez are hosting a tribute show to LOU REED! Lotsa bands and musicians are getting together to pay tribute to the man on SATURDAY DECEMBER 21ST THAT'S NICE!

Make yer way over to The Sister at 1554 Queen St West if yer feelin' like it... and you should feel like it, ya bum! it's gonna be a real show show, DIG?


 I'm hoping that someone plays this real kool lou reed track haha

AND AS ALWAYS you can find ALL of the Surfphony episodes of old uploaded on Mixcloud for REAL-TIME STREAMING WHOOOOOOA

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SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000 EPISODE 11

WOOOOOOOOO WHAT BE KOOL, FINKS, IT'S THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000 COMING AROUND FOR ANOTHER FULL MOON!! Autumn is in full swing and the Big Derboski is just chillin' and reminiscing about the summer... AND ABOUT SURF TOO because my summer definitely consisted of the Big Surf. That don't mean we have to stop though, hell no, The Surfphony is just gonna keep on going, playing for ya that surf from around the earth to keep ya dreaming about those summer days!

LAST MONTH WAS OCTOBER in case you have been living under a rock. October means it is Halloween! and Halloween means the Surfphony goes BEYOND THE GRAVE! Count Von Derkula took over for me on The Big Surf for the Month of October and brought a little bit of Halloween Havoc! You still got time to check it out and, YA KNOW WHAT, The Surfphony of Derstruction BOO-THOUSAND is always in season whenever yer looking for some spooky surf! Don't be afraid! You can always find B000 right here on mixcloud!

Surfphony of Derstruction B000 by Derk Brigante on Mixcloud

ALRIGHT, speakin' of Count Von Derkula and his nightmare mash, he extended an invite to me and I could not pass it up. The Count would drop dead if I ditched his little to-do! Well, I did drop by and, let me tell you, that was one helluva party. Count said it would be life-changing but I thought he was exaggerating... Well, he did run with Nostradamus for a little while and has a habit of making some pretty accurate assumptions...

Some weird things have been going on since the party... I thought it was just a nasty hangover at first. Maybe I will book an appointment with my voodoo doctor and have him check it out. He has a PHD in the freaky-deaky.

Surfphony of Derstruction 2000: Episode 11 by Derk Brigante on Mixcloud

SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION B000... BACK FROM THE DEAD

GOOD EVENING!

October is here and that means Halloween is coming back to haunt us again! In the spirit of the haunting holiday, Derk Brigante has given me the keys to the Surfphony of Derstruction 2000 and asked that I do what he does each month... bring to you a top-notch episode of the Big Surf on the full moon! Look up and listen up! I see a full moon in the sky and I hear the wolfman howling like there's no tomorrow! I think that means it's time to rise from the grave...

THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION BOO-THOUSAND IS ALIVE ONCE AGAIN! OH HA HA HA HA!!!

Surfphony of Derstruction B000 by Derk Brigante on Mixcloud

It is so good to be back! Spending all this time in my coffin has made me a little stiff! Ah ah ah! Of course, nothing will stop me from throwing a big ol' monster mash. It's my favorite time of the year and I invite you to join me on the Surfphony of Derstruction BOO-THOUSAND. It doesn't matter if you are dead or alive, all manners of monsters are welcome to join!

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 5: GREAT LAKES SURF BATTLE

WHAAAAAAAAAT'S THE HAPS, FINKS?!

Let me tell you what's happening! it's THE GREAT LAKES SURF BAAAAAAAATTLE!!! May 31st, June 1st and June 2nd, that's NEXT WEEKEND The Great Lakes Surf Battle will commence and it's gonna be an all out SURF WAR!!! WOOOOOOO! And to get you fired up for this great series of events, The Surfphony of Derstruction brings you a mix of this years contenders as well as a few past entries! HERE YA GO FINKS DIG IN!

Surfphony of Derstruction 2000: Episode 5 - GREAT LAKES SURF BATTLE by Derk Brigante on Mixcloud