EPISODE 26

DERK'S NOTE: OOPS! LOOK LIKE I FORGOT TO POST THIS ON THE APPROPRIATE DAY... NONETHELESS, I WAS ON TIME WITH THIS EPISODE! I UPLOADED IT TO MIXCLOUD AND I UPLOADED IT TO ITUNES SO MAYBE YOU SHOULD GET ON THOSE INSTEAD OF THIS LIL OL' BLOG!

LOOKS TO ME LIKE THAT ROCK IN THE SKY WE CALL THE MOON IS LOOKIN’ AWFULLY FULL! GOOD THING BECAUSE I GOT A WOO DEFICIENCY AND THERE’S ONLY ONE CURE… THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000 WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! NOTHING BETTER THAN THE BIG SURF TO GET RID OF THOSE WINTER BLUES! GUESS WHAT? THE BIG DERBOSKI DOES NOT LIKE SNOW! I DIG THE BEACHES, THE SUN, AND ALL THE PEACHES THAT COME WITH IT! IT’S TOO COLD TO EVEN WEAR MY LEATHER AND THAT STINKS! GOOD THING I HAVE THE SURFPHONY HERE TO KEEP ME WARM AND THINKIN’ OF A REAL WILD AND WET SUMMER TO COME WOOOOOOOOOO!

HEAVY STUFF COMIN’ UP ON EPISODE 26! DERK BRIGANTE IS BACK, NOT QUITE LIVE BUT STILL ALIVE… OR IS HE?! DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNN TIME FOR THE SURFPHONY TO TAKE OVER YER EARS FOR AN HOUR!

EPISODE 26 by Derk Brigante on Mixcloud

TIME FOR A PLAYLIST! 

The Astronauts - Baja

The Fathoms - Cahoon Hollow Hideaway

Fifty Foot Combo - Movin’

The Vydels - Unknown

The New Dimensions - Failsafe

Temptations - Blue Surf

Sir Frog and The Toads - Mustang!

The Ric-A-Shays - Groovy

Les Jaguars -  Guitar Esquire

The Apemen - Crash

The Surf Coasters - BIG THUNDER

Link Wray - Wild Side of the City Lights

Huevos Rancheros - Please Pass The Ketchup

Los Straitjackets - Espionage

Danny Twang - The Great Antonio

Luau or Die - Launch Code

Owen Bradley Quintet  - Big Guitar

Eddie Angel - Topless Beach

Billy et ses Copains - Minuit et Demi

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!!!

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!

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!

March 29th - ALOHA FROM THE FAR EAST

WOOOOOOOOOOO! Another theme show placed under the BIG BELT BUCKLE of The Surfphony of Derstruction! This week, we hit the pacific ocean hangin' ten and saw what we could get up to in the Far East! It was a bit of a loose theme and I allowed some breathing room to hit up the casbah as well as stop in at the ol' watering hole down in the amazon jungles! Jungle Exotica was the album of choice for this show, having spun many of the tracks from this fantastic compilation. Dig the playlist below...

ARTIST	SONG TITLE
fifty foot combo	ali baba
urban surf kings	satellites over praha
the surfdusters	russian dressing
space cossacks	tsunami tsurprise
the ventures	paint it black
the nirvana sitar & string group	the letter
ganiman & his orientals	come with me to the casbah
aqua velvets	casbah club
les jaguars	souvenirs hawaiens
southern culture on the skids	sheik walk
phonocomb	sparkling agenda
urban surf kings	hrundi goes west
the peeple	HI YO CAMEL
the tiki tones	island uprising
takeshi terauchi	usukudara

Here's The Ventures' rendition of The Rolling Stones' Paint it Black with a little bit of sitar

Click here for a direct link to the video if the embedded version isn't working.

The Peeples' HI YOOOOOOOO CAMEL! By far the song of the night!


Need to get the latest episode? DIG IT, get it right HERE along with the past few episodes, such as SOCAN-CAN-CAN (March 22nd) and CALL OF THE WEST (March 15th)!

March 22nd - SOCAN-CAN-CAN

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! WOOOOOoooo! WOOOOOOOOOO-HAT A SHOW!! BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG DRIFT!! THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION had to take a 180 when I found out that it would be SOCAN tracking period!! So I says to Mable, I says, "AW TA HELL with Aloha From The Far East for this week! Let's make some Canucks a coupla bucks!" and so I played an entire show of (hopefully) SOCAN-registered artists! DIG THAT MAPLE SYRUP!

ARTIST	SONG TITLE
les jaguars	guitare jet
tijuana bibles	catfight
mark brodie & beaver patrol	banzai rider
huevos rancheros	whiteout in wyoming
von drats	so long stinktown
the metalunas	venus-a-go-go
the ramblin' ambassadors	hawgtied
urban surf kings	phantom riders of the backlot
the sin-tones	it could be… a breaker full of DEATH
the reverb syndicate	shake don't stir
the surfdusters	radar hill
vegas beach	hip deep
vampire beach babes	tomb mau mau
les jaguars	shake
the blue demons	empire santo

One of my favorite Toronto Surf bands, The Blue Demons, with their track EMPIRE SANTO:

AHAHAHAHAHA CAMEL CLUUUUUUUUUUUTCH!! WOOOOOOOO!!

NEXT UP!! A rare and tasty track by Quebec's own Les Jaguars from back in the 60's during the first wave of Surf!


There's also a Myspace page for the band, check it out!

Here's a blog exclusive track, a real rare one out of Quebec as well, Les Megatones with Wheels!


LAST BUT NOT LEAST, The Tijuana Bibles' Custom Made Man! The video quality isn't the best but the sound is pretty good!


You gotta download the latest episode, March 22nd, and you gotta do it right now!!
Click Here to get yer download on!!

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OKAY!! Next week, I'll try my damnedest to say... HELLOOOOOOOOO FROM THE FAR EAST!! STAY TUNED IN TO CJAM 99.1 FM EVERY TUESDAY AT 7PM!!

HERE'S A TREAT THAT YOU WILL NOT HEAR ON THE SHOW!! (too offensive for CJAM airwaves, HAHA!)

MArch 1st

Hello there finks! This week's Surfphony of Derstruction fell again on the first of the month! KOOL! Just the same ol' surfin' time we had this week with a few special songs courtesy of the Cruis'n' USA soundtrack. Originally released in 1994, Cruis'n' USA was all about racing through different U.S. locales with some really sweet music! A couple of Surf tracks, some bluegrass boogie and even a wacky techno track makes Cruis'n' USA one of my favorite game soundtracks. I've posted a couple of videos of the soundtrack below. DIG IT

artist	song
cruis'n' USA	deadwood ride
the modelos	curse of the cowboy
kai winding	hero
the goldtones	STRIKE!
mr gasser and the weirdos	T.J.T.
the blacksheep	Baa Baa
the who	barbara ann
shadowy men on a shadowy planet	13
the surfdusters	el dementia
kenny and the fiends	moon shot
atomic 7	the man with the golden card
lightning rods	rat rod boogie
the volcanos	mount erebus
takeshi terauchi	living doll
les jaguars	course au bonheur
cruis'n' USA	Surfari Monster

Deadwood Ride, the first track played on this episode of the BIG SURF:


Surfari Monster, which closed out the show:


Tune in to The Surfphony of Derstruction next week to hear some more Cruis'n' USA tracks and some more sweet SUUUUUUUURF