Paper Sea Quarterly
Tuesday 05/06 1
An era can be considered over when its basic illusions have been exhausted
"Just surf it like a normal board. Don't think about the design." So said the designer of the Camel Toe, Cory Russell, before I took his new creation for a ride. And if 'ignoring the design' sounds simple in theory it's a hell of a lot harder when you lay your eyes on the critter.
Google Earth for the old bastards.
Rarely is an album title as fitting as Andrew Kidman's 2001 record, The Spaces In Between. Melancholy is the default setting for the surfer/musician/filmmaker and in his first solo album he began putting his ponderous thoughts to music.
It's a style that Kidman retained during the formation of The Brown Birds From Windy Hill and has continued into their current iteration, The Windy Hills.