Pop Surf Culture
Music, Design, Film, and Fashion from the Bohemian Surf Boom
Will be published approx. on 1. January 2009
Book
Hardback
271 pages
978-1-59580-035-0 (ISBN)
Description
An insightful chronicle tracing the roots of the surf boom and its connection to the Beat Generation and 1960s pop culture. Featuring examinations of original beachcomber personalities like the Waikiki Beachboys to the rise of Venice Beach as a creative centre for music, art, and film, this text illustrates why surf culture is a vital art movement of the 20th century. Key figures, both obscure and popular, as well as the full spectrum of the pop culture world, are discussed, from beach' movies to the Trashwomen and the Beach Boys.'
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Language
English
Place of publication
Santa Monica
United States
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
450 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 287 mm
Width: 226 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
1330 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59580-035-0 (9781595800350)
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Brian Chidester is a staff editor for Yahoo.com and the co-editor of Dumb Angel #4: All Summer Long. He has been a segment producer for documentaries by the BBC, PBS, Showtime, and the Carl Wilson Foundation.
Domenic Priore is the author of Riot on Sunset Strip: Rock 'n' Roll's Last Stand in Hollywood, Beatsville (with Martin McIntosh), and Smile: The Story of Brian Wilson's Lost Masterpiece. He has written documentaries for Paramount Pictures Inc. and American Movie Classics (AMC).
Kathy Zuckerman is the real life inspiration for the fictional character of Franzie ?Gidget" Lawrence from the 1957 novel, Gidget, written by her father Frederick Kohner. She was named No. 7 in Surfer Magazine's 25 Most Influential People in Surfing. She lives in Pacific Palisades, California.
Billy Al Bengston is an American artist and sculptor who lives and works in Venice, California. His work is found in many public and private collections, including the Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), LACMA, MOCA (Los Angeles), MOMA (New York), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York), The Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), and the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York). Less famously, he is/was the original ?Moondoggie."
Domenic Priore is the author of Riot on Sunset Strip: Rock 'n' Roll's Last Stand in Hollywood, Beatsville (with Martin McIntosh), and Smile: The Story of Brian Wilson's Lost Masterpiece. He has written documentaries for Paramount Pictures Inc. and American Movie Classics (AMC).
Kathy Zuckerman is the real life inspiration for the fictional character of Franzie ?Gidget" Lawrence from the 1957 novel, Gidget, written by her father Frederick Kohner. She was named No. 7 in Surfer Magazine's 25 Most Influential People in Surfing. She lives in Pacific Palisades, California.
Billy Al Bengston is an American artist and sculptor who lives and works in Venice, California. His work is found in many public and private collections, including the Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), LACMA, MOCA (Los Angeles), MOMA (New York), Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York), The Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), and the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York). Less famously, he is/was the original ?Moondoggie."