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S O M E T H I N G F U N T O T H I N K A B O U T
LEWIS BALTZ
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"I was so astonished to receive an unsolicited package that was actually interesting I thought I would write, say thanks for giving me something fun to think about."
Lewis Baltz
Photographer
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S P E C T A C U L A R
I've got to tell you how much I dug the Dumb Angel Gazette #4 . . . a very cool experience. Chidester's writing was great, the layout spectacular . . . awesome vibe in that work. I bought two! One to keep pristine . . . one to batter.
Jon Stebbins
Author of Dennis Wilson: The Real Beach Boy
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A K E E P E R
MARSHALL CRENSHAW. Courtesy of marshallcrenshaw.com
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Dumb Angel #4 is really great . . . a keeper. The Beach Boys chronology is very interesting; I never knew that Al Jardine was a bass player, and a good one at that.
Marshall Crenshaw
Songwriter/Recording Artist
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E X T R E M E L Y G O O D L O O K I N G
TIM MORGON. Courtesy of timmorgon.com
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Saw Dumb Angel 4 in the Balboa Pharmacy. Extremely good looking magazine . . . keep up the good work.
Tim Morgon
Folk Singer
Played at the Prison of Socrates in Balboa
Starred in Dirty Feet, 1965
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S T U N N I N G
DEKE DICKERSON
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I just recently picked up the new issue of Dumb Angel Gazette, and I have to say—wow! Really nice work. It took you long enough, but boy is it good. The printing job is really good, too, and the full color pics are stunning. I can’t get over the Dave Myers photo with the "wave" guitar. I recently found out the story behind that guitar . . . it was made by a kid who worked for Mosrite in Bakersfield! He made two of them and a buddy of mine in Maryland just bought the other one. He said that Dave Myers still has the first one.
Deke Dickerson
Ecco-Fonic Records
Untamed Youth, the Go-Nuts,
the Ecco-Phonics, Dave & Deke Combo
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E N G R O S S I N G
JILL GIBSON with JAN BERRY, Fiji Alley Party, 1960. Image © Jill Gibson. All rights reserved.
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Mark Moore's article about Jan [in Dumb Angel No. 4] was so engrossing because I didn't know a lot of the details of his career, or some I forgot. But, also, reading it all together as a synopsis, Jan's career comes together in such an impressive way. Even though I didn't see all his recording activities, I was there enough to remember him as an intensely creative and proactive person, and Mark captured that with his article . . . Another thing reading Mark's article did is it made me see the difference between being inside a reality and then reading about that reality later. There's a lot you can't see or realize when you're inside a situation. You're just living it and not being impressed by it. But, when you get outside of it, sooner or later you gain a perspective on it and it appears differently.
Jill Gibson
Gibsonarts.com
Jan Berry's former girlfriend and songwriting partner
Brief member of the Mamas & Papas
Photographer, Monterey Pop Festival, 1967
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U T T E R L Y F A N T A S T I C
Dumb Angel is utterly fantastic. I have been showing it around to a lot of artists, and it is
widely admired. Though it remains an underground magazine, it has a unique production quality
rarely seen . . . it has an exotica edge and a tantalizing mix of area research and lifestyle
reportage. You should be proud of a publication that will set standards. You have created a bit
of history here.
Sean O’Hagan
Musician
The High Llamas
England
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T H E E X T R A M I L E
Thanx for the zine! You sure went the extra mile on this one. Whether our mail-order customers would remove their mohawk toupees long enough to buy this . . .
Jello Biafra
Musician / Freedom-of-Speech Activist
Alternative Tentacles Records
Dead Kennedys
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I N T E L L I G E N T P O N T I F I C A T I O N
I think DAG #4: All Summer Long is the greatest. As a matter of fact, it has a definite place among my most important "go to" items in my "immediate access" reading/reference material. And, of course, I dug the Spector article. Keep up the good work. You can definitely be proud of yourself for archiving, preserving, presenting, and intelligently pontificating on a very special and important part of our American culture. Thank you!
Dan Kessel
Producer
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T O T A L G O L D !
Total gold! An Outré beachside must-have. Much more than a mere magazine, this thick journal is an absolute bible to the world of surf/trash culture.
Martin McIntosh
Outré Gallery & Publishing
Australia
August 26, 2005
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E X C E L L E N T W O R K
"Aloha from Kona, where I went for a quick quality vacation with my son, before I have to depart on Monday into deepest Bavaria for work.
Just wanted to congratulate you on your excellent work with the magazine, my roommate Daniel has one. There is a German proverb that goes
along the lines of ‘What takes its time will finally come out great,’ and this is very true for your baby, a fine piece it is. I love the layout and all
the images!"
Sven Kirsten
Author of The Book of Tiki
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JAN & ARNIE
JAN BERRY (right) and ARNIE GINSBURG in 1958, when their self-penned R&B garage classic, "Jennie Lee," was in the national Top 10. © Joe Lubin. All rights reserved.
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C O M P R E H E N S I V E
"My compliments to Mark Moore on his Jan & Dean article in this issue. It is comprehensive and the best thing I have read on these guys for a long time . . . Dom's Steve Douglas interview is nice as well."
Peter Reum
Beach Boys Historian
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T H E U L T I M A T E T I M E C A P S U L E
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DONNA LOREN
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"I was born and raised in Inglewood the same time the Surfaris and Jan & Dean rode the wild surf . . . so for me the Beach Boys
and surf music was the local music that, unless you were from the hood, it was our beach and our wave. Your current issue of
Dumb Angel has left the magazine idea behind and transformed itself into some kinda beautiful book that nails the sights and
sounds and smells of SoCal when it was all about Fun, Fun, Fun and not yet about Guns, Guns, Guns. This is the ultimate time
capsule for those outside our orbit to experience the 'when,' 'what,' 'why,' and 'how' of Where the Action Was . . . surf's up!"
Morley Bartnoff
Dramarama and Cosmo Topper
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A F A S C I N A T I N G P R O C E S S
"Read Dumb Angel while on the beach in Martha’s Vinyard . . . perfect summer magazine with loads of stuff to dig into. My buddy visited and read it and it turns out he's related to the guy who provided the Tiki article . . . it's a fascinating process."
Mitch Myers
Author
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E X T E N S I V E L Y R E S E A R C H E D
"I wanted to acknowledge the receipt of Dumb Angel No. 4: All Summer Long, which is just excellent. This is quite an annual, and this particular copy is extensively researched. Mike and I are very impressed by it."
Nick & Mike Campbell
Historians in Film Restoration
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V E R Y I N T E R E S T I N G
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ROBBIN THOMPSON (center) with GRAHAM NASH (left) and STEPHEN STILLS, of CSN
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Got the magazine. Very interesting at first glance. I grew up a surfer
you know and went to all the surf flicks at the high school auditoriums
and stuff. Actually have met Greg Noll as well as some other greats
because of "Murf the Surf" [Jack Murphy] who eventually became famous for a bigtime
jewel heist. He stole the Star of India sapphire from the [American Museum of Natural History in New York]. Now a minister in Florida. Gotta read the stuff now.
Robbin Thompson
Solo Artist
Robbin Thompson Band
Steel Mill with Bruce Springsteen
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G O R G E O U S A R T D E S I G N
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Scene from Los Angeles, 1958.
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"Dumb Angel arrived a few days ago, and amidst a busy week Kimberly and
I took some time to peruse it a few nights ago . . . you made our jaws drop
just browsing through the subject matter and the absolutely gorgeous
art design. It’s not a magazine . . . more like a book to
treasure over and over again. I can't wait to sink my teeth into the
articles, especially the one about Brian Wilson and marimba music . . . I’ve
become quite enamored with Martin Denny and Arthur Lyman in the past
few years, and I’ve actually fancied doing an album featuring
exotica-type arrangements at some point, so just the thought of this
article really gets me going!"
Tony Paglia
The Orchid Pool
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"This is the reason I moved to Los Angeles."
