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S E P T E M B E R 9 , 2 0 0 5
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BRIAN CHIDESTER outside the Soap Plant in Los Angeles.
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There will be a Dumb Angel No. 4 event at the Soap Plant / La
Luz de Jesus Gallery
on Hollywood Blvd., Friday, September 9 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Featuring the Boardwalkers playing live Surf instrumental music (the group boasts lead
guitarist Dan Valenti, formerly with the Unclaimed). Also, Shag, John Van Hamersveld and
Chris Green will be the featured artists (all three contributed artwork to the newest Dumb Angel volume), while Brian Chidester and
Domenic Priore will sign copies of Dumb Angel No. 4: All Summer Long. Rare '50s and '60s surf films will also be played at the
event.
NICK WALUSKO (of Brian Wilson's band, left), ELLIOT KENDALL (center), and DOMENIC PRIORE at the Dumb Angel event at the Soap Plant, September 9.
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The BOARDWALKERS jam at the Soap Plant.
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The art of JOHN VAN HAMERSVELD, on display at the Soap Plant.
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CHRIS GREEN with his art on display at the Soap Plant. Chris designed the cover for DUMB ANGEL NO. 4.
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S E P T E M B E R 1 5 , 2 0 0 5
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The Make-Out Room, September 15 Stage and screen featuring a still from the DOMENIC PRIORE-produced, BRIAN CHIDESTER-directed EDEN AHBEZ / "Nature Boy" segment of The Secret Map of Hollywood a documentary film that aired on the BBC in March 2005.
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Dumb Angel event at the Make-Out Room in San Francisco: Tiki Art Two Exotica Extravaganza with Ape, Kitten on the Keys, the Lollies, hula dancing by the Wigglin' Wahinis, live tiki carving by Crazy Al, artists from the Tiki Art Two show with limited edition Tiki art for sale, author Domenic Priore signing Smile:
The Story of Brian Wilsons Lost Masterpiece and screening a rare 62 tiki film. Plus Brian Chidester's San Francisco premeire of Dumb Angel #4: All Summer Long $10 7:30 p.m.
F I L M B L O C K :
- One Man's Challenge performances by Glendora band the Raindrops (w/ Tiki
on stage) and Hawthorne band the Beach Boys (performing a pre-Capitol "Surfin'
Safari" w/ same Tiki), 1962
- The Chantays performing "Pipeline" on The Lawrence Welk Show, 1963
- Tiki Apartment Buildings (1986) travelouge filmed by Domenic Priore
- The Secret Map of Hollywood - Brian Chidester / Domenic Priore BBC
collaboration about songwriter/beat poet Eden Ahbez, and the story of Nat Cole's "Nature Boy"
- Waikiki Beachboys trailer for the forthcoming Brian Chidester film about Hawaii's modern surf and music pioneers
- First Known Surfing Footage (1906) -- film by Robert K. Bonine for Thomas
Edison Productions shot at Queen's Surf, Waikiki
- King of the Stomp (1963) Dick Dale & his Del-Tones performing "Miserlou"
live at Harmony Park Ballroom on March 22, 1963 in a promotional film shot by Watson-De Atley Productions under the supervison of Fred Rice for Capitol
Records. (Rice was later involved with Mike Dormer's Shrimpenstein! for KHJ-Channel 9, with a 45 release on Capitol)
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S E P T E M B E R 7 , 2 0 0 5
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The Sponto Gallery in Venice
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Wednesday, September 7, 2005 8:00 p.m.
Sponto Gallery, 7 Dudley Ave, Venice, CA
Dumb Angel No. 4 event, featuring screenings of:
- The first-ever filmed surfing footage, from 1906 in Waikiki
cinematographer, Robert K. Bonine, produced by Thomas Edison.
- Screen debut of Brian Chidester's trailer for the forthcoming documentary Waikiki Beachboys.
- U.S. debut of the Domenic Priore-produced / Brian Chidester-directed
segment on "Nature Boy" Eden Ahbez, from the BBC documentary The Secret
Map of Hollywood.
- 1962's short film One Man's Challenge, featuring the first known
footage of the Beach Boys performing "Surfin' Safari."
- Beautiful Dreamer: The Story of Brian Wilson & Smile, by
filmmaker David Leaf.
Co-editors Brian Chidester and Domenic Priore will be on hand signing
copies of Dumb Angel No. 4: All Summer Long, as well as Domenic's new
Sanctuary book, Smile: The Story of Brian Wilson's Lost Masterpiece.
Chidester and Priore will be narrating the proceedings and playing some
rare Hawaiian music by the original Waikiki Beachboys.
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Tiki Night at Taix French Restaurant, with King Kukulele.
Friday, September 30, 2005, 10:00 p.m.
1911 W Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
(213) 484-1265
Brian Chidester and Domenic Priore, the editors of Dumb Angel #4: All Summer Long, will be on hand signing copies of this new issue, and will also show an hour-long block of short films and archival footage clips. Heres the line-up:
- "The Sea & Jungle Shop" (1986) directed by Domenic Priore
- "The Eden Ahbez/'Nature Boy' segment from The Secret Map of Hollywood" (BBC, 2005) directed by Brian Chidester
- "The First Known Surfing Footage" (Waikiki Beach, 1906) filmed by Robert K. Bonine/produced by Thomas Edison
- "Waikiki Beachboys" short film (2005) directed by Brian Chidester
- The Challengers perform "Foot Tapper" plus Jan & Dean, Jill Gibson and Shelly
Fabares interview from Dr. Pepper Celebrity Party, 1963
- "King of the Stomp," Dick Dale & his Del-Tones Live at the Harmony Park Ballroom, 1963 (complete, featuring "Miserlou," "Teen Beat," "All Night Long" and "Greenback Dollar")
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