The seductive ladies of The Seadogs remind us that all might not be as it seems in their unreleased single “I Wanna Meet a Mermaid/Lured to the Depths.” (Click the pic to play the song.)
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Medusirena Marina performing her bed-of-nails and fire-eating act last week at Hukilau 2009, to the throbbing jungle drums and wailing guitars of Los Straightjackets. Your Correspondent can be clearly seen as the white blob in a hat on the other side of the pool at the 3:20 point.
German metal pirates take over schooner, abduct female passenger, proclaim their prize to be Das Partei Boot. Yo ho!
Artwork by Mary Ann DiNella gives the Luna Mermaid Mini acoustic guitar a personality that appeals to young guitar players. The acoustic guitar’s petite size makes it ideal for learning and comfortable to play for small players and children. The Luna Aurora Mermaid Mini Acoustic guitar features moon phase guitar neck fret markings. The crescent moon at the sound hole and fret markers add more Luna magic to this guitar.
Land and Sea.
Marina and The Tikiyaki Orchestra.
Shot at the Sheraton Yankee Clipper Wreck Bar in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Reminiscent of the underwater performances that took place at the Yankee Clipper in the 1950’s and early 60’s, it is a Marina’s nod to classic Ft. Lauderdale attractions during the golden age of tourism.
NSL reader ferenc writes:
Hi David,
I really like your Never Sea Land blog, and the Mermaid pictures.
A few years ago I did an ablum cover shoot with a beautiful red headed mermaid.
Use them if you like. [More pics here.]The model’s name is Monica the Tiki Goddess.
The band is Pollo Del Mar http://www.pollodelmar.com
Thanks for your great blog,ferenc
We’re always happy to promote mermaids and contemporary surf bands. Pollo Del Mar actively perform in the SF Bay Area (see site for dates); unfortunately their next gig conflicts with the Los Straightjackets concert in S.C. that we already have tix for. Next time!
You can buy PdM’s The Golden State (which features Ferenc on guitar/bari guitar) at CD BABY, of course!
A remix.
Pirate-core band RUSTMONSTER has released their second album, The Flight of the Filthy Vicar, to the great delight of fans of their first offering, the brilliant concept-album Last Voyage of the Black Betty. The jazz-funk/beat poetry jam “The Young Sea Officer’s Sheet Anchor” from the earlier release is one of my very favorites of the genre.
What would Caribbean pirates sing if they were alive today? The Flight of the Filthy Vicar is the definitive example of classic pirate music dragged, kicking and screaming, into the modern age. From the tribal beating-to-death of garbage cans and other invented percussion instruments to funky rhythm guitar and accordion solos, if you are a pirate fan, you will not be disappointed.
Click on the image and turn up your speakers to enjoy their rendering of “Bully in the Alley” from the new album, then swagger (or stagger) over to CD BABY to buy the whole bloody thing.
Here There and Everywhere by The Alan Copeland Conspiracy
Another Diva bites the dust, Xmas day 2008.
Billy May’s space-age cha cha, in a mermaid dress.
Les Baxter’s exotica release Jewels of the Sea, featuring Diane Webber (star of Mermaids of Tiburon) on the cover. What doesn’t it have!
Awesome album cover from The Surfers. Buy your copy here. I was turned on to this album by the special Xmas edition of the most excellent Quiet Villiage Podcast. Is that ama supposed to be completely under water?
The water nymph Rusalka has fallen in love with a mortal prince. To be part of his world, she sacrifices her immortality and her voice.
Dvořák’s dreamy and romantic music, which includes the stunning “Song to the Moon,” brings to aching life this adult fairy tale inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s Little Mermaid.
Jan. 31, Feb. 5, 11, 17, 20 and 23, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 14 at 4:30 p.m. and Feb. 8 at 2 p.m (all in 2009) at the Canadian Opera Company, Toronto.
http://www.coc.ca/performances/rusalka.html
More about the piece here.
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