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!

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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 21

HEY YO SUMMER IS COMING TO A CLOSE AND THAT MEANS THE SURFIN WEATHER IS OUT! NOT LIKE THE WEATHER HAS BEEN GOOD ENOUGH FOR SURFIN', AT LEAST WHERE THE BIG DERBOSKI IS... BUT HEY EVEN THOUGH IT'S GETTING CHILLY OUT, DERK BRIGANTE KNOWS HOW TO KEEP YA WARM WITH ALL THAT GREAT SURF MUSIC THAT HE HAS! PLAY THE EPISODE!

ANOTHER HIGH TIDE, ANOTHER FULL MOON, ANOTHER GREAT EPISODE OF THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000! WHEN I SAY THAT, IT SOUNDS LIKE I'M GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS, HUH?! NO DICE! THE BIG DERBOSKI NEVER PHONES IT IN HAHA!! YA KNOW WHAT THOUGH, I HAVE NOT HAD MUCH A CHANCE TO TAKE A BREAK EVER SINCE LANDING IN THE AXIS OF TIME! I HAVE BEEN DOIN A LIL BIT OF DECORATING, A LIL BIT OF CLEANIN' UP, LOTSA CHILLIN' TOO AND OF COURSE BRINGIN' THE SURFPHONY TO YA EACH AND EVERY MONTH WHEN THE MOON GETS REAL FULL! I'M FEELIN A LIL BIT TIRED THOUGH AND I COULD USE A SIESTA... GIMME A BREAK OF THAT KIT-KAT BAR CAUSE NEXT MONTH IS OCTOBER AND I'M GONNA TAKE IT EASY... BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE SURFPHONY IS GONNA STOP NO I HAVEN'T MISSED A MONTH YET AND I DON'T PLAN TO... CAUSE I ALWAYS GOT A PLAN, MAN AND IF YER UP-TO-DATE ON YER HOLIDAYS, YA KNOW THAT HALLOWEEN IS NEXT MONTH WOOOOOOOOOO AND WITH HALLOWEEN COMES A CERTAIN PALE-FACED FINK FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE!

OH YA KNOW THAT NUMBER 1 DEAD MAN, COUNT VON DERKULA IS BRINGIN' THE SCARES AND GETTING ALL THE STARES FROM THE GHOULS NEXT MONTH! COUNT VON D WOULDN'T BE CAUGHT DEAD WITHOUT THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION.... BOOOOOOOOO-THOUSAND *THUNDERCLAP* THE HOST WITH A GHOST WILL BE SEEING YOU NEXT FULL MOON ON OCTOBER 8TH! YOU BETTER B POSITIVE CAUSE THAT'S HIS FAVORITE BLOOD TYPE HAHAHA! these puns kill me har har! IF YA WANNA GET A TASTE FOR THE MACABRE THEN DIG ON LAST YEAR'S MONSTER BASH WITH THE BIG COUNT HERE!

Surfphony of Derstruction B000 by Derk Brigante on Mixcloud

RSVP FOR THE BIG PARTY OCTOBER 8TH!

OH MAN I FORGOT ABOUT THE PLAYLIST FOR THIS EPISODE! DANG! HERE YA GO!

The Deadly Ones - Surfin’ Dock Side
The Vikings - Nicotine
The Lushes - Drunken Guitar
The Revels - Six Pak
The Champs - Tequila Twist
Les Clover Boys - Borracho!
Cruis’n’ USA - Deadwood Ride
Los Straitjackets - Lonely Apache
Takeshi Terauchi - Apache
The Sadies - The Continental
The Blue Demons - Well Hung
The Dead Beat - Tube Tied
Long Boards - Del Mar
Link Wray - The Joker
Atomic 7 - Meet Me Tonight In The Shadow of Love
The Sidemen - Night Boat
The Ramrods - Night Ride
The Kan Dells - Cloudburst
ZZ Top - Heaven, Hell or Houston

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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!!!

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 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 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

Eight Annual Great Lakes Surf Battle!

WOOOOO WHAT GOES ON HERE?!

I'll tell you what goes on! The eighth annual Great Lakes Surf Battle, right HERE in Toronto, Ontario! The Great Lakes Surf Battle was made to bring together some of Toronto's, and Canada's, finest surf bands under one roof and blow said roof off. The Great Lakes Surf Battle is like the playoffs of Canadian Surf music... NO, the WRESTLEMANIA of Surf music in Toronto. Local bands like The Blue Demons, Luau or Die, The King Beez, and even charlie browns from outta town, such as The Reverb Syndicate, The Robots, The Dead Beat, and Los Oxidados (all the way from Mexico City!) come to The Great Lakes Surf Battle to strut their stuff.

Here's the poster and the line-up for The Great Lakes Surf Battle and MAN what a line up!

You better RSVP for the event on Facebook here!

I recently sat down at The Cadillac Lounge, the home of Eight Annual Great Lakes Surf Battle, with The Blue Demon and Dano Villano of The Howling Bullets, the founders of The Great Lakes Surf Battle and got to talkin' about Surf Battles of yore, neat anecdotes, and what's going on this year!

MISSED OUT ON THE INTERVIEW?? BUMMER! maybe I will post it later ;)

This Great Lakes Surf Battle is shapin' up to be a real WILD WEEKEND so keep tuned to The Surfphony of Derstruction 2000 to bring you the news on the biggest event for Surf music in Toronto! WOOOOOO!

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!

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!!

Also, come swing by the Facebook page and become a fan of The Surfphony of Derstruction!!

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!)

REVOLUTION DERK FEBRUARY 1ST

WHOA WHOA WHOOAAAA! REVOLUTION... DERK!!! WOOOOO! I did a short-notice fill in for Dave Konstantino's Revolution Rock this fine Tuesday morning at 10:30 AM. Revolution Rock is all about garage, punk, rock 'n' roll, and sometimes surf! So, I tried to stay true to the roots of Revolution Rock but I put my own spin on the definition of "punk rock". OH YEAH B-] I had a real kool time! It was fun to listen to all these sweet songs REAL LOOOOUD!!

artist	song
dave & The Customs	ali baba
boomtown rats	wind chill factor (minus zero)
the blue demons	squad car
The Dictators	SLOW DEATH
the pogues	boys from the county hell
shadowy men on a shadowy planet	good cop bad cop
the fleshtones	this house is empty
the robots	ride the surf
the eradicators	love or money
b-52's	LAVA
devo	social fools
the treblemakers	exploding bikers from hochelaga
jeddah	eleanor rigby
the deadlies	pier pressure
the demics	400 blows
the clash	charlie don't surf
takeshi terauchi	riders in the sky
fifty foot combo	italian fuzz
the diodes	tired of waking up tired
kenny & the sultans	with vigor
new york dolls	personality crisis
ian dury & the blockheads	SWEET GENE VINCENT
fingerprintz	nervz
boomtown rats	nothing happened today

Here's a BUNCH of tracks from REVOLUTION DERK!

Boomtown Rats' "Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero)" ICE COLD!


The Dictators' "Slow Death"


The Diodes' "Tired of Waking up Tired" OL' SKOOL!


New York Dolls' "Personality Crisis"


Ian Dury & The Blockheads with the song "Sweet Gene Vincent" FEATURING MICK JONES OF THE CLASH!!


craaaaaazy videos!

Dig it, here's a link to Revolution Rock's CJAM page. The podcasts are still down but hopefully they magically reappear real soon.

Here's another link to Revolution Rock's blog if you didn't catch it the first few times.

Stay tuned for details on REVOLUTION SURF!! I will be co-hosting with Dave later in February an episode dedicated to surf!! KOOL!

November 23rd

LET IT BE KNOWN. THAT THIS WAS A GOOD SHOW! I enjoyed it and I hope that you all did too. We took a look at Eddie & The Showmen's rendition of Squad Car. Originally recorded by The Bel-Airs, Eddie Bertrand of The Bel-Airs formed Eddie & The Showmen, a more Dick Dale-esque, guitar oriented surf band. The Showmen's cover of Squad Car is the preferred basis for many modern surf bands that have recorded the song.

Here's the original Bel-Airs recording:

Eddie & The Showmen doin' Squad Car:

artist	song
the ebb tides	big noise from waimea
eddie & the showmen	squad car
the bel-airs	squirt
luau or die!	mojave chaser
the reverb syndicate	on to checkpoint bravo
huevos rancheros	cindy with an S
shadowy men on a shadowy planet	average weekend '78
the blue demons	squad car
ramblin' ambassadors	lungbucket
the fractals	mothra
the moons	gammera
the motivations	motivate
takeshi terauchi	squad car
duane eddy	waterskiing
the webs	lost (cricket in my ear)
the invaders	davey jones rocker

Here's a rare treat of some Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet! Here's the classic rock/heavy metal flavoured Having an Average Weekend '78. Tasty!

Tune in next week for MIDNIGHT IN SALERNO! The FIRST-EVER theme show on The Surfphony of Derstruction! Wanna know what's in store?

DIG IT!!

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Surfphony of Derstruction November 9th

HEY MY BAD! for not posting for so long, I keep forgetting to save the playlist for the past few shows and I am too embarrassed to make public my mistake! From here out, I'm going to make sure to post more playlists YEAAAAAAAAAH

For this week's show, we checked out the song APACHE originally by the Shadows in the early '60s. dig it:

we heard Los Straitjacket's Apache inspired Lonely Apache. Here is a live version of the song:

this week's special song was Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet's Aunt's Invasion. Just a sweet tune, that's why I picked it!

new plays

artist	song
st. john & the cardinals	RAMPAGE
space cossacks	the defector
shadowy men on a shadowy planet	aunt's invasion
reverb syndicate	sputnik-a-go-go
takeshi terauchi	living doll
the moptops	moptop
the motions	big chief
the hot rodders	the creamer
atomic 7	theme from atomic 7
the blue demons	apache
the shadows	apache
the ventures	apache
fatboy slim	apache
los straitjackets	lonely apache

This coming week will kick some ass! LET IT BE KNOWN

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