WHEN in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary….
Boomer Surfin’: Pipeline
byVanderleunonMarch 9, 2021
“Surfs Up! Fender Deluxe 8, Em11 tuning. (high to low) G E D B A F# D B I came up with this tuning specifically to play this song. It’s not one of the standard tunings.” — (12) Doug Beaumier
Then there’s the classic:
What a shame It is to see That new Americans Shall never be Free as We.
If you can find it, the version done by Mermen is superb.
Boat GuyMarch 10, 2021, 6:53 AM
As to the quote, I beg to differ. They will be free-er than we were or we will all be dead. Looking back I realize how little actual liberty we had; the elites were in power even in my childhood and had been for a half-century by then.
For Pipeline, love ’em all. Still like the version the Ventures did in the 80’s with Peter Frampton sitting in.
VanderleunMarch 10, 2021, 7:28 AM
Not a quote. I made it up as I was slapping together this blogmontage. And freedom, as we know, is relative.
I haven’t clicked the videos yet, but I will. There’s a great video of the Chantays doing Pipeline live on The Lawrence Welk Show. They really look like a nice bunch a’ kids.
JWM
stephen_barronMarch 10, 2021, 8:08 AM
Photo of flaming guy at Teahupo’o (a freakishly crazy wave in Tahiti, similar in many ways to Pipeline) is Jamie O’Brien (J.O.B.) He lives two houses away from the actual Pipeline in Hawaii, and posts videos twice a week to his YouTube channel. Recently he and a couple friends tackled huge waves on an inflatable raft.
azlibertarianMarch 10, 2021, 8:18 AM
@Boat Guy
“…Looking back I realize how little actual liberty we had….”
I travel for a living (airline pilot) and I once had a very interesting conversation with guy on Palau (which is kind of a honeymoon/vacation destination for the Japanese). We had rented a car to go to the northern tip of the island, and came upon their seat of government…which is about a 1/3 size replica of our Capital (funded by the Chinese, as it turns out….the Palauans know how to play one power against the other). Anyway, this guy was a landscaper at their Capital, and he had lived for a while in Hawaii as well as with a sister in Virginia. He said that he chose to return to Palau. He pointed out that Americans think that they’re free, but that they’re not free at all. If an American wants to do pretty much anything….make an improvement to his house, go fishing, sell his wares, whatever….that he had to get permission from somebody somewhere in order to do that. In Palau, he could just build onto his house as he wished, fish when, and for what he wanted, sell things to his fellow Palauans (or the tourists) at whatever the market will bear. Most of us have known relatively little liberty….we’ve always been pretty constrained here. But your point that it is getting worse is well made.
ghostsniperMarch 10, 2021, 12:58 PM
The only way defensive people can make a claim about the freedom in the US is to compare to something drastically different, like 20th century communism for example. azlibertarian is exactly right.
Today I received my “lifetime” concealed carry permit in the mail after waiting for it since Oct when I applied for a renewal. The old one was for 5 years and expired on my birthday 3 months ago. Strangely enough, I received my drivers license in 8 days. An almost 5 month wait for a renewal to an existing carry license, I’ll remind you, that is an illegal requirement by way of the now mostly ignored constitution. Yes, small c.
That carry license cost me $65 plus another $40 to the sheriff plus another $25 to a facility that took my fingerprints. Nevermind my fingerprints have been recorded no less than 20 times during my adulthood by various gov’t factions. So $130 for ransom of my mostly fictitious c right.
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That guy on the slide steel was barely able to do anything with that instrument. More than half what you heard was not done by him, it was the background song playing. And the little bit he did do was pathetic. Needs a lot more practice.
If you want to see something done right, with talent, skill and dedication, look here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKUvezhAbtI
What a shame indeed. Native Americans are the purest of humans to ever walk this land. Thank You!
HedgeMarch 11, 2021, 6:26 AM
Hahahaha you are sitting there bashing a guy for playing a steel guitar a little wonky and yet you allow yourself to be controlled by the “man” over your personal protection. You obsess over it to this point and yet all you can do is throw money at the “man” and shit at some guy living his life. Why don’t you go F yourself. Lifetime concealed carry PERMIT… What a fag. I bet you kissed their asses while you handed that money over too hoping they would let you have your permit.
ghostsniperMarch 11, 2021, 6:28 AM
Right. Then those evil, racist european white facists came over and gave em horses and guns so they could slaughter each other in greater quantities than ever before.
ghostsniperMarch 11, 2021, 11:25 AM
hedge sed: “…playing a steel guitar a little wonky…”
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I see I’m not the only one that noticed.
BTW hedge, my protection is my business and I deal with it however I want.
Yeah, “throwin’ money at the man keeps him at bay. You do it too.
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Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
Duty, Beauty, Liberty, Country, Honor, Family, Faith — Plus a few simple easy to follow rules for guys
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
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If you can find it, the version done by Mermen is superb.
As to the quote, I beg to differ. They will be free-er than we were or we will all be dead. Looking back I realize how little actual liberty we had; the elites were in power even in my childhood and had been for a half-century by then.
For Pipeline, love ’em all. Still like the version the Ventures did in the 80’s with Peter Frampton sitting in.
Not a quote. I made it up as I was slapping together this blogmontage. And freedom, as we know, is relative.
I haven’t clicked the videos yet, but I will. There’s a great video of the Chantays doing Pipeline live on The Lawrence Welk Show. They really look like a nice bunch a’ kids.
JWM
Photo of flaming guy at Teahupo’o (a freakishly crazy wave in Tahiti, similar in many ways to Pipeline) is Jamie O’Brien (J.O.B.) He lives two houses away from the actual Pipeline in Hawaii, and posts videos twice a week to his YouTube channel. Recently he and a couple friends tackled huge waves on an inflatable raft.
@Boat Guy
“…Looking back I realize how little actual liberty we had….”
I travel for a living (airline pilot) and I once had a very interesting conversation with guy on Palau (which is kind of a honeymoon/vacation destination for the Japanese). We had rented a car to go to the northern tip of the island, and came upon their seat of government…which is about a 1/3 size replica of our Capital (funded by the Chinese, as it turns out….the Palauans know how to play one power against the other). Anyway, this guy was a landscaper at their Capital, and he had lived for a while in Hawaii as well as with a sister in Virginia. He said that he chose to return to Palau. He pointed out that Americans think that they’re free, but that they’re not free at all. If an American wants to do pretty much anything….make an improvement to his house, go fishing, sell his wares, whatever….that he had to get permission from somebody somewhere in order to do that. In Palau, he could just build onto his house as he wished, fish when, and for what he wanted, sell things to his fellow Palauans (or the tourists) at whatever the market will bear. Most of us have known relatively little liberty….we’ve always been pretty constrained here. But your point that it is getting worse is well made.
The only way defensive people can make a claim about the freedom in the US is to compare to something drastically different, like 20th century communism for example. azlibertarian is exactly right.
Today I received my “lifetime” concealed carry permit in the mail after waiting for it since Oct when I applied for a renewal. The old one was for 5 years and expired on my birthday 3 months ago. Strangely enough, I received my drivers license in 8 days. An almost 5 month wait for a renewal to an existing carry license, I’ll remind you, that is an illegal requirement by way of the now mostly ignored constitution. Yes, small c.
That carry license cost me $65 plus another $40 to the sheriff plus another $25 to a facility that took my fingerprints. Nevermind my fingerprints have been recorded no less than 20 times during my adulthood by various gov’t factions. So $130 for ransom of my mostly fictitious c right.
========
That guy on the slide steel was barely able to do anything with that instrument. More than half what you heard was not done by him, it was the background song playing. And the little bit he did do was pathetic. Needs a lot more practice.
If you want to see something done right, with talent, skill and dedication, look here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKUvezhAbtI
What a shame indeed. Native Americans are the purest of humans to ever walk this land. Thank You!
Hahahaha you are sitting there bashing a guy for playing a steel guitar a little wonky and yet you allow yourself to be controlled by the “man” over your personal protection. You obsess over it to this point and yet all you can do is throw money at the “man” and shit at some guy living his life. Why don’t you go F yourself. Lifetime concealed carry PERMIT… What a fag. I bet you kissed their asses while you handed that money over too hoping they would let you have your permit.Right. Then those evil, racist european white facists came over and gave em horses and guns so they could slaughter each other in greater quantities than ever before.
hedge sed: “…playing a steel guitar a little wonky…”
=========
I see I’m not the only one that noticed.
BTW hedge, my protection is my business and I deal with it however I want.
Yeah, “throwin’ money at the man keeps him at bay. You do it too.