Friday, September 3, 2010

Trunkin' It AND Heavy Rotation Part Deux


September is starting to shape up nicely. Unfortunately, when the last swell came through, I had pinched a nerve in my back, effectively keeping me out of the water for a bit. I cleared myself for a surf on this past Monday and headed up to the unnamed beach break for an end of the day sesh with new-ish surf potna Tony P. It's been hotter than hayl all this week and I brought my 3/2 but also threw my trunks and jacket in the car as well. Glad I did it too because that's all that was needed. The water was warm and while the waves were smallish, I had fun and stayed out until the sun was down and crappy near-sightedness/poor night vision made identifying incoming waves an issue.


Sidenote - I don't know what it is but folks on this coast are kind of short on etiquette. I noted some definite beginners in the line-up and perhaps they don't know better but there was also an ok female out there who was a drop-in artist extraordinaire. She pulled that shit on me a couple of times and I felt like I should say something but let it drift. In any case, yeah, I try to be cognizant and refrain from snaking but in general, it's kind of a jungle out there even when it's not all that crowded.


Trunked it again at Jenness yesterday with Tony P. It looked great from the parking lot and then once we were actually in the water, waves that looked lovely would roll right under you and close out close to shore OR break outside and then reform. I don't know. I still had fun and made one legit drop at the beginning of the sesh. Paddled into a right, popped up and the wave almost got away but I jumped to the front of the board to weight it, slid into the trough, shuffled back, popped a hard bottom turn and somehow stayed on my feet. It wasn't pretty but I didn't eat it.


Now then, the following album was actually released in 2004 but probably didn't pop up on too many radars and still remains somewhat unknown. Hell, I just discovered it in the last year. The band is Reigning Sound, the album is Too Much Guitar, the title of the album is apropos. My wife hates this album. I play the hell out of it. Ironically, she would probably like the first two albums by Reigning Sound; Break Up, Break Down and Time Bomb High School as they're somewhat mellower affairs with a heavier country tinge. Too Much Guitar, however, is a different animal that harkens back to frontman Greg Cartwright's former bands, The Oblivians and The Compulsive Gamblers as it stabs the pedal firmly to the floor with opening cut, "We Repel Each Other" and barely slows down long enough for a breather. In short, if the term, "balls out rave-up" is in the dictionary, you'll find this record's sleeve staring out at you. 60's garage punk, Memphis soul, a little country...it's all on here and it kills. I'm sorry I missed them when they played TT's in June. Peep the video in the above post to pick up what I'm puttin' down.

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