Nikka Costa – Get Off My Sunshine
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Nikka Costa/frank sinatra’s god daughter,and that’s a fact…this chick kick’s the living daylight’s out of this song.
Posted: June 24, 2008 in australiaTags: america, CALIFORNIA, frank sinatra, joss stone, music, music video, music videos, nikka costa, random, song, songs
NICKKA COSTA.get’s down….
Posted: June 24, 2008 in 1, amazon, australia, blog, general, god, Good Stuff, google, msn, politics, songwriting, steve lukather, story, story's, superman, surf, surfboard, surfing, the world, toto, wavesTags: america, CALIFORNIA, frank sinatra, music, music video, music videos, random, wordpress
Nikka Costa – Like A Feather
Paul Rodgers/ex bad company, receives proclamation…from united states congress.
Posted: June 19, 2008 in australiaTags: aids, america, australia, awards, bad company, congress, foreigner, kid's rock free, latest news, legends, mandela, music, music education program, nelson mandela, NEWS, random, rock and roll, united states, us congress, usa
Monday, June 16, 2008
UNITED STATES CONGRESS PRESENTS PAUL RODGERS WITH A PROCLAMATION, FOR HIS WORK WITH “KIDS ROCK FREE” MUSIC EDUCATION PROGRAM IN CALIFORNIA
Singer/songwriter Paul Rodgers who blasted onto the music scene with the hit “All Right Now” celebrates his 40th year as a recording artist. Rodgers was recently recognized by US Congress for his musical achievements and his philanthropist work with The Fender Center’s “Kids Rock Free” Music Education Program in California. Through his efforts, Rodgers has helped raise over $200,000 for the program. The Proclamation was given by member of Congress Ken Calvet and presented to Rodgers, only the 8th person to receive such an honor, by Fender Center board member Jeff Bennett, Saturday, June 14th before a sold-out benefit concert in Corona to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the center. “Music is the great connector,” said Rodgers. “It connects us to our emotions and to each other. Thanks to the U.S. Congress for recognizing the value of music.”
Currently, Rodgers is in the UK with Queen readying to perform at the celebration of Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday at London’s Hyde Park on June 27. Rodgers first met Mandela, performing at a South African 46664 concert in 2005 and is proud to continue to support the man and his organization, raising awareness about the impact of AIDS and promotes HIV prevention. “When you consider all of the indignities and injustices that have challenged Nelson Mandela, it’s a miracle and a real testament to his fortitude and courage that he can still shine the light of peace. It’s typical of the man’s humility that on his birthday he should make this huge effort on behalf of other people. This will be one of the highlights of my life.”
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BROTHER WAYNE…
Posted: June 17, 2008 in australiaTags: america, australia, australian, blog, bondi, bra boys, bronte, brothers, CALIFORNIA, clovelly, family, maroubra, music, my brother, new york, NEWS, random, randwick, stuff, surf, surf culture, surf photography, surfboard, surfer, surfing, sydney, the eastern suburbs, the world, wordpress
click this image to enlarge it…then again to get real close.
THIS IS MY BROTHER…wayne the wave.I love this photo of wayne,he has alway’s had an affinity with the south american vibe,he love’s their music,love’s their food,oh yeah and love’s the girl’s there too.
wayne has a beautiful daughter named rachel and she is an amazing person to whom he love’s dearly,she has a heart of gold and that is being conservative when I say that about her…our father,dave would have been so proud of her and how rachel has turned out to be,and our Mum doesn’t love her enough,they get on fantastic…
anyway back to my bro,I love you buddy,happy 53rd birthday mate,and may you have many more and as they say “life wasn’t meant to be easy” and in saying that,shit we could do with a bit of luck to go our way couldn’t we…we have our health though and that is good enough for me,well winning lotto wouldn’t be too bad though I suppose,If I won a couple of million,don’t worry because I would definitely buy you a beer…
…HAVE A GREAT DAY BRO…your brother baz.
…you wouldn’t be dead for quids…
Posted: June 16, 2008 in 1, amazon, america, australia, baby, baby, blog, comics, fitness, general, Good Stuff, health, imagination, msn, music, politics, songwriting, steely dan, steve lukather, story's, surf, surfboard, surfing, the world, toto, wavesTags: all, america, australia, australian, CALIFORNIA, general, health, life, maroubra, NEWS, politics, random, story
Life is fantastic;to put it simply”you wouldn’t be dead for quids“.the word quid was a slang word for a british/aussie pound note.the brilliance of that expression has lived with me from when my POP/grandfather used to say to my father when they were enjoying life,Dave,you know what,you wouldn’t be bloody dead for quids son would yah???
And my father would say back to him,christ dad, I wish I had a QUID for everytime you said that one, geeze…this image is of my father…you are truly missed…
…Tony Hussein Hinde…requested images of “honky”
Posted: June 12, 2008 in 1, amazon, america, australia, blog, general, god, google, health, jesus, msn, NEWS, steely dan, story's, the world, wavesTags: america, australia, europe, honky, maldives, music, NEWS, pasta point, random, surf, surfer, surfing, the maldives
that’s honky in the middle,myself on your left and john carpenter on your right,his brother graham carpenter was one of honky’s best mates.we were at the bar having a couple of cold one’s.This image of tony was taken in the late 80’s,as you can see, where not happy enough,the waves that day were unbelievable…
this image is the surf at pasta point on that day…what do you reckon,not bad is it.
THE PASSING OF TONY HUSSEIN HINDE…a true surfing legend
Posted: June 10, 2008 in 1, amazon, america, australia, blog, comics, fitness, general, god, Good Stuff, google, health, imagination, jesus, msn, music, NEWS, politics, story, story's, surf, surfboard, surfing, the world, wavesTags: america, australia, blog, blogs, dolphins, fish, general, health, latest news, NEWS, now, ocean, random, sport, surf, surfer, surfers, surfing, waves, whales, world
Back in the early 70’s Tony or “HONKY” as he is known to all his close friends from MAROUBRA and around the world was sailing with his best friend MARK(scano) SCANLON,both jumped on a sailing boat in GALLE,(pronounced “gaul”),colombo and were to sail to SOUTH AFRICA, but 2 days out of colombo they ran aground on a reef in the maldives in the middle of the night.
With nothing to do but wait until the morning or first light they were awakened by a group of MALDIVIAN local natives on outriggers or (donis)as they are called in the maldives, that were actually bodysurfing the waves on the surrounding reef near their boat and were rescued and taken onto land.
Honky who was so amazed by this place, surrounded by insane rideable reef breaks, decided to stay on and surf the local reefs.In this time Honky met up with this elderly local and his family,and in turn,spent the next 12 years or so with them,the elderly maldivian became like his second father.
From there he made his mark as a true surfing legend by opening up the first Island based surfcamp that was later on to be called ATOLL ADVENTURES…he in turn named all the most famous surfbreaks in his area.examples are:pasta point…sultan’s…honky’s…chickens…cola’s.jailhouse rights just to name a few…Pasta Point his private lefthander on the Island that he ran is such a fun wave,I remember the first time I ever surfed the place,feeling really keen to get out there as soon as I got off the boat,he pretty much begged me to sit around with him for a while,just to get the feel of the place, which I did,for he showed me everything from what rocks on the reef were the best one’s to stand on, to jump into the incoming set’s that were about to hit you bigtime,to the way the wave would double up on the inside part of Pasta Point,the way that when the tide changed, the rip that ran around the reef would differ in an heartbeat from pulling you backwards to taking you out in a matter of seconds,he had that place so wired it was greatknowledge to have.
myself,being a man who has plenty of respect for my elders,I took it all onboard with gratitude and from then on into my stay I was in control,well as best as HUEY would let me be that is,ha ha ha…because HUEY(the wave god) is a tough man to deal with from time to time,that’s for sure…
I remember one particular surf Honky and I had,it was at sultan’s,a beautiful righthander which is across the large channel from his Island.As if he was predicting the future,Honky said to me,we will go and surf sultans today from 12.00pm (when mostly everyone is on land or in there boats having a break,lunch,etc).he said Dicko, you will not believe what is going to happen at sultans today.,He had a huge cheeky smile on his face.So 12.00pm hits and we are over there and into it when pretty much like clock work the wind that was blowing just stopped completely,the waves were about 4 to 6 feet and absolutely perfect, barrelling and spitting.It was incredible,with just a few of us out their.So I take off on this wave half way out,my first wave and as I turn off the bottom to set my self up for the inside section,I just stood straight up in amazement,for looking down the line on this wave you could see on the face of the wave the reflection of the reef,fish,rocks, starfish, etc,mirrored on to the wall of the wave,it freaked me out,and I lost my equilibrium.It was just so strange and new to me.
Tony,who was watching me,cracked up,pissing himself laughing at me as I got sucked up and over the falls.We both paddled back out the back together and he explained to me to focus on the nose of my board and then you should be ok,so,next wave I did as he said,from then on for the next hour or so until the sun changed position we were getting Barrelled off our brains in a kaleidescope of colours spinning around our heads,I will never forget that surf,we were hooting and hollowing…2 big kids in a candy store,insane…
To go further into HONKY’S journey is in itself a book of hundred’s of pages as HONKY has lived a blessed life, in that he has lived his ULTIMATE DREAM ,and let’s face it,in this day and age,it’s pretty bloody hard to do that,as there alway’s seems to be something to mess your grand plan up. So peace to you my friend and what a pleasure it was to know you and spend great times with you in the maldives,so long buddy from your old mate,Dicko…
…Tony Hussein Hinde’s Seat of Eternity…
Posted: June 5, 2008 in 1, amazon, america, australia, blog, fitness, general, god, Good Stuff, google, health, imagination, jesus, msn, music, NEWS, politics, story, story's, superman, surf, surfboard, surfing, the world, wavesTags: america, australia, beauty, blog, blogs, CALIFORNIA, dolphins, fish, general, health, latest news, NEWS, ocean, random, sport, surf, surfer, surfers, surfing, waves, whales, world
The Director will alway’s be here at PASTA POINT…
…TAKE IT AWAY “HONKY”…
this is a quote from the song,
Home At last,
from the album AJA,
from the band “STEELY DAN”
well the danger on the rock’s is surely passed
still I remain tied to the mast
could it be, that I have found my home at last
home at last
Donald Fagen/Walter Becker.