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

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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

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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 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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THE SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION.... 2000!

OOOOOOOOOOH YEAH! WE ARE BACK!!

SURFPHONY OF DERSTRUCTION 2000 NUMBER 1! Back again for what is probably the third time, haha, BUT NOW HERE TO STAY!! I am Derk Brigante and MAN am I more than ready to bring back to you SURF FROM AROUND THE EARTH! So, sit down, strap in and SHUUUUUT UP cause The Big Derboski is behind the wheel and we're going for a wild ride!

Surfphony of Derstruction 2000: Episode 1 by Derk Brigante on Mixcloud

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!

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SEE YOU ALL NEXT WEEK!! WOOOOOOOOOO!