While everyone else chases 15 seconds of viral fame, these startups are going long. The payoff? Says one: 'People started to ...

Local dance bands, surf instrumental combos and rock ‘n’ roll bands had a chance for “battle of the bands” glory for a few ...

Director Akira Kurosawa broke all the rules—and budgets—of Japanese filmmaking with his 1954 classic. But the final product ...

With "Thunderball," the James Bond movie series suddenly finds the 1960s cultural and political landscape changing all around ...

Some of the biggest and best movies of all time take place against the backdrop of history. Here are 15 of the greatest, ...

Drugs have a lot to answer for in the musical realm, and in 1973 a speed session with Roger McGuinn resulted in one of the worst Brian Wilson tracks of all.

Newport Beach's Balboa Peninsula welcomes a new era of coastal hospitality NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Nov. 3, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Bay Shores Peninsula Hotel, operated by Pacifica Hotels, the ...

One of my least favorite things to write about is when a surf legend passes away; just makes me sad. It happens too often these days, and for the most part, I leave it to others to talk about. For ...

LS/FF has just dropped the line up for the 14th Annual London Surf / Film Festival x Finisterre hosted 6-8 November 2025 at the iconic Riverside Studios, and it’s an epic celebration of the very best ...

So what came between? The ’60s, of course. Within that decade there were quite a few truly formidable trendsetters. Some of them haven’t aged well, mostly because 60 or so years of advancing ...

Prepare to hang ten with terror as Plankenstein: A Killer Surf Movie crashes onto screens worldwide. This gnarly film marks the birth of a new horror sub-genre: the ...

Greek mythology holds that Calliope, the goddess of eloquence and epic poetry, is considered the chief of the Muses. She was the one to whom writers — such as me — would hopefully invoke for ...