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🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- In 1997, Sony produced a one-of-a-kind gold PlayStation 1 to commemorate the milestone of manufacturing ten million consoles. This exclusive unit was never sold to the public but created as an internal celebration piece for the company. It came presented in a navy velvet display box, complete with a commemorative plaque dated November 30, 1997. The console symbolizes the height of PlayStation’s success in the late 1990s and remains one of the rarest and most valuable pieces of gaming history today. "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- THE DOOMSDAY DJ: TUNES FOR THE POST APOCALYPSE On this day in 1986, the Huey Lewis and the News single “Hip to be Square” debuted on the UK Singles Chart at #76 (November 22) Huey explained that "Hip to Be Square" was about the "phenomenon where people from the '60s started to drop back in, cut their hair, work out, that kind of crap, but they kept their bohemian tastes. ... bourgeois bohemians." On the charts, the single from the “Gore!” LP went to #3 in the US, #9 in New Zealand, #12 in Finland, #14 in Canada, #17 in Australia, #28 in the Netherlands, #29 in Ireland, #32 in Spain, and #41 in the UK. Fun fact: the song actually features San Francisco 49ers players Joe Montana, Ronnie Lott, Dwight Clark, and Riki Ellison singing backup vocals. #hueylewis, #hiptobesquare, #80smusic, #80srock, #hueylewisandthenews, #joemontana, #fore, #thisdayinrock, #rockhistory, #rockmusic, #dailyrockhistory, #thisdayinmusic, #onthisday "Pure signal,no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- THE DOOMSDAY DJ: TUNES FOR THE POST APOCALYPSE “Baggy Trousers”: This week in 1980, the Madness LP “Absolutely” debuted on the US Billboard 200 Albums Chart at #170 (November 22) The album is named after one of the regular exclamations of the band's then tour manager and sound man Tony Duffield. “Absolutely” spawned some of the band's most recognizable songs, most notably "Baggy Trousers", which peaked at #3 in the UK and spent more than four months in the singles chart. It was also popular in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, France, Sweden, and the Netherlands, but charted at only #146 in the US. In a 2020 interview with GQ magazine Lee “Kix” Thompson said it was his favourite Madness album. The front cover sees the band standing in front of Chalk Farm tube station in Camden. #madness, #Absolutely, #baggytrousers, #rudeboys, #ska, #2tone, #suggs, #80smusic, #dailyrockhistory, #thisdayinmusic, #onthisday "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- 1938 - Mercedes-Benz 170 V Roadster. The 1938 Mercedes-Benz 170 V Roadster was a rare and desirable two-seater sports car built on a 170 V chassis. It was produced from 1936 to 1938 and featured a folding windshield, side curtains, and a hidden "rumble seat" in the back. Powered by a 1.7-liter, 38 hp inline-four engine, it was a notable pre-war model for Mercedes-Benz. "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- Basil Rathbone, director Rowland V. Lee, Bela Lugosi, and Boris Karloff were captured celebrating Karloff’s birthday on the set of Son of Frankenstein, creating a truly iconic moment in classic horror history. Surrounded by colleagues who helped shape Universal’s legendary monster era, the gathering reflected the camaraderie behind one of cinema’s most memorable productions. "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- 158 Years Ago This December The Largest Mass Hanging Execution in US History Occurred At The Hand of The Evil President Abraham Lincoln The execution was signed off by President Abraham Lincoln the day after Christmas At 10:00 am on December 26th 1862, 38 innocent Natives of the Dakota Sioux prisoners were led to a large hanging scaffold specially constructed for their execution. One Dakota sentenced to hang was given a reprieve at the last minute. An estimated 4,000 spectators crammed the streets of Mankato Minnesota and surrounding land to witness this horrific event that was glorified by the US Government. The native people were allowed reservations which was their own sovereign lands and nation; the United States has made agreements through treaty agreements that allowed the native people to utilize the land as their own. After months of making these treaty agreements, the USA allowed hunters onto tribal lands where they were met with armed natives. They were either removed from tribal lands or killed by the natives for trespassing and this is the reason Lincoln hung 38 Dakota, to set an example for others who killed trespassers on their lands. When we were younger in grade school we were taught lies about the US Government and bigger lies about their leaders like President Lincoln and we’re taught Lincoln was the greatest president who ever lived. Truth is, the government wrote their own narrative that they taught to the children and it was nothing but lies that continue to be taught in schools today. "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- THE DOOMSDAY DJ: TUNES FOR THE POST APOCALYPSE Chris Rea "The Road To Hell (Part I)" Stood still on a highway I saw a woman By the side of the road With a face that I knew like my own Reflected in my window Well she walked up to my quarterlight And she bent down real slow A fearful pressure paralysed me in my shadow She said 'son what are you doing here My fear for you has turned me in my grave' I said 'mama I come to the valley of the rich Myself to sell' She said 'son this is the road to hell' On your journey cross the wilderness From the desert to the well You have strayed upon the motorway to hell "The Road To Hell (Part II)" Well I'm standing by the river But the water doesn't flow It boils with every poison you can think of And I'm underneath the streetlight But the light of joy I know Scared beyond belief way down in the shadows And the perverted fear of violence Chokes the smile on every face And common sense is ringing out the bell This ain't no technological breakdown Oh no, this is the road to hell And all the roads jam up with credit And there's nothing you can do It's all just bits of paper flying away from you Oh look out world, take a good look What comes down here You must learn this lesson fast and learn it well This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway Oh no, this is the road Said this is the road This is the road to hell "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- THE DOOMSDAY DJ: TUNES FOR THE POST APOCALYPSE Get Back The Beatles ‧ 1970 Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner But he knew it couldn't last Jojo left his home in Tucson, Arizona For some California grass Get back, get back Get back to where you once belonged Get back, get back Get back to where you once belonged Get back Jojo Go home Get back, get back Back to where you once belonged Get back, get back Back to where you once belonged, yeah Oh, get back, Jo Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman But she was another man All the girls around her say she's got it coming But she gets it while she can Oh, get back, get back Get back to where you once belonged Get back, get back Get back to where you once belonged Get back Loretta, woo, woo Go home Oh, get back, yeah, get back Get back to where you once belonged Yeah, get back, get back Get back to where you once belonged Ooh Ooh, ooh Get back, Loretta Your mummy's waitin' for you Wearin' her high-heel shoes And a low-neck sweater Get back home, Loretta Get back, get back Get back to where you once belonged Oh, get back, get back Get back, oh yeah "Pure signal,no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- THE DOOMSDAY DJ: TUNES FOR THE POST APOCALYPSE Canned Heat perform this classic: On this day in 1968, Canned Heat released the single “Going Up The Country” (November 22) Canned Heat, who were early blues enthusiasts, based "Going Up the Country" on "Bull Doze Blues", recorded in 1928 by Texas bluesman Henry Thomas. They adapted the original Thomas song and turned it into a "rural hippie anthem", becoming one of the band's biggest hits and best-known songs. The song came to virtually represent Woodstock, with the group performing "Going Up the Country" at the Woodstock music festival in August 1969, and the song being used in the Woodstock film and appearing on the original soundtrack album. #cannedheat, #goingupthecountry, #60smusic, #alanwilson, #60srock, #rockmusic, #thisdayinrock, #rockhistory, #dailyrockhistory, #thisdayinmusic, #onthisday "Pure signal,no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- The Little House Cafe in Alameda, California made it look like a giant Wicked Witch of the West got crushed under their tiny restaurant. "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- In the mid-19th century, death was messy, fast, and hard to contain. Bodies buried in wooden coffins often decayed within days, collapsing the ground above them and spreading disease. In an era haunted by cholera and fear of premature burial, one man tried to solve the unthinkable problem — by engineering a coffin instead of carving one. His name was Almond Dunbar Fisk, and what he created became known as the Fisk Coffin. Unlike traditional coffins, it was shaped to the body, made entirely of cast iron, with a wide glass viewing window and an airtight seal. Once closed, the interior environment slowed decomposition dramatically, trapping gases and keeping insects, air, and moisture out. In effect, it turned the human body into a sealed specimen — suspended between life and earth. The design quickly became popular among wealthy Americans, politicians, and military officers whose bodies needed to be transported long distances before burial. Even President Zachary Taylor and Dolley Madison were laid to rest inside Fisk coffins. The strange beauty of the coffin lay in its cold precision: metal screws tightened the lid, rubber gaskets locked the seal, and the glass plate preserved the face for public view. It was part memorial, part scientific experiment, and part quiet obsession with outrunning decay. That obsession is why it appears in Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein — a fitting symbol for an age caught between reverence and resurrection. The coffin wasn’t just a container, it was a 19th-century attempt to control time, chemistry, and mortality itself. Today, only a few remain. Some are displayed in museums; others sit forgotten beneath old cemeteries, still sealed, still silent — holding forms that may be better preserved than we expect. Photo: This casket was found at the mouth of the Chagres River by John F. Thomas and Fred Berest in June 1954. The photos shown are taken at the Gorgas Hospital Board of Health Laboratory. "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- THE DOOMSDAY DJ: TUNES FOR THE POST APOCALYPSE This week in 1982, the Supertramp single “It’s Raining Again” debuted on the Australian charts at #42 (November 22) Songwriter Roger Hodgson recalled: “I wrote ‘It’s Raining Again’ on a day when I was feeling sad because I’d lost a friend. I was in England looking outside the window and it was pouring rain and literally, the song came to me. I started playing these chords on this pump organ and I just started singing "It’s Raining Again." Hodgson rated it as one of the top 10 songs he ever wrote. It’s debut position of #31 was the second highest debut on that chart for all of 1982 (exceeded only by "Ebony and Ivory" at #29 on 10 April 1982), but it only went on to peak at #11, making it one of the few songs to enter the chart inside the Top 40 but not reach the Top 10. The song from the LP “Famous Last Words…” fared better elsewhere around the world however, going all the way to #1 in France, #2 in Switzerland, #4 in Canada, #6 in the Netherlands, Norway, and South Africa, #7 in Austria, #11 in Australia, #16 in Ireland, #19 in New Zealand, and #26 in the UK. #SUPERTRAMP, #itsrainingagain, #rickdavies, #RogerHodgson, #famouslastwords, #80smusic, #dailyrockhistory, #thisdayinmusic, #onthisday "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- Vancouver House by @big_builds turns one of the most difficult sites in the city into a bold architectural statement. Built beside the Granville Bridge, the tower grows from a narrow triangular base and gently opens as it rises, creating its signature twisting form. A smart, sculptural response to tight space, strict rules, and an iconic city skyline. Photographer: @laurianghinitoiu [IG] #archidesiign #architecture #futuristic #design #landmark #photography #vancouver #canada "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- Ohaguro (black teeth) Ohaguro was a sign of social status in Japan from the 10th to the late 19th century because it signified maturity, wealth, and beauty, and required a consistent commitment to maintain. Over time, it spread to other classes, including samurai and geisha, and was believed to provide dental health benefits and ward off evil spirits, reinforcing its association with civilization and refinement. Pitch-black teeth were considered beautiful and refined, especially because they created a striking contrast with the white makeup worn on the face, a popular aesthetic at the time. The black dye for ohaguro was made primarily from iron filings dissolved in vinegar to create a solution called kanemizu. This dark brown mixture was then combined with tannin from vegetables or tea (like the galls of the Chinese sumac plant) which turned it a permanent, water-insoluble black, similar to iron gall ink. The resulting black liquid was either drunk or applied to the teeth. The practice was a ritualistic mark of maturity. It was first performed during puberty, signifying a girl's transition to womanhood and a woman's entry into marriage and her new social role. The creation of the dye from iron filings, vinegar, and other ingredients was a significant undertaking, and the practice was associated with the aristocracy and samurai, who could afford the time and resources to maintain it. For married women, ohaguro symbolized marital fidelity. For samurai, it was a sign of self-discipline and intimidation on the battlefield. The dye was also seen as a protective sealant against tooth decay, and its regular application was linked to the preservation of health and teeth into old age. This was a sign of being civilized and more advanced than animals. While the practice spread to other classes, its origin among the elite gave it an air of exclusivity and prestige. The tannins and iron filings used in the dye, such as in the Japanese concoction kanemizu, created a protective layer that inhibited tooth decay. It was also believed to strengthen the gums. Unlike some other teeth-staining practices, ohaguro was not harmful to the teeth themselves and did not attack them. European visitors often misinterpreted the black teeth as a sign of poor dental hygiene, but this was incorrect. Ohaguro fell out of favor due to Japan's modernization during the Meiji period and the introduction of Western beauty standards, which favored white teeth. As Japan opened to the West, the practice was viewed as outdated and was eventually banned by the government, leading to its disappearance by the early 20th century. "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- THE DOOMSDAY DJ: TUNES FOR THE POST APOCALYPSE “Urgent”: On this day in 1981, the Foreigner LP “4” was at #1 again on the US Billboard 200 Albums Chart (November 21) They eventually decided to call it “4”, because it was their fourth album, and also because there were now only four members of the band, after the departures of Ian McDonald and Al Greenwood. The classic album was in the #1 position on the Billboard album chart for a total of 10 non-consecutive weeks, eventually selling over six million copies in the US alone. The success of the album was propelled by songs that became some of foreigner’s most loved, like “Juke Box Hero”, “Waiting for a Girl Like You”, and of course, “Urgent”. It became a hit record around the world, peaking at #2 in Canada, #3 in Australia, #4 in Germany, #5 in the UK, #6 in France, and #12 in the Netherlands. #foreigner, #foreigner4, #urgent, #lougramm, #jukeboxhero, #rockmusic, #waitingforagirllikeyou, #80smusic, #80srock, #classicalbum, #classicrock, #rockhistory, #mickjones, #thisdayinrock, #dailyrockhistory, #thisdayinmusic, #onthisday "Pure signal,no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- TUNES FOR THE POST APOCALYPSE On this day in 1981, the Men At Work single “Down Under” debuted on the Australian Charts at #35 (November 23) “Down Under” was massive all around the world for the Aussie band… The song from the “Business as Usual” LP (which was #1 on the US Billboard 200 Album Chart) went on to spend 4 weeks in the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, and was the #4 song in the US for the year 1983. It eventually sold over two million copies in the US alone. “Down Under” was also #1 in Australia, the UK, New Zealand, Canada, Switzerland, Poland and Ireland. It also went Top 10 in Germany, South Africa, Norway, Finland, Belgium, Sweden and the Netherlands. The song written by Men at Work's co-founders, Colin Hay and Ron Strykert has gone down in Australian rock history as a classic, and is really one of the unofficial Aussie anthems. The Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) ranked “Down Under” #4 on their list of the Best Australian Songs from 1926 to 2001, as decided by a hundred-strong industry panel. It was added to the National Film and Sound Archive's Sounds of Australia registry in 2007. The holders of the copyright to a 1932 Australian children’s song successfully sued Hay and Strykert, claiming that they misappropriated the flute riff. Several appeals by EMI and Men at Work were unsuccessful. The Men at Work member that played the flute riff Greg Ham said he was deeply affected by the judgment and felt it tarnished his reputation, saying: "I'm terribly disappointed that that's the way I'm going to be remembered—for copying something." #menatwork, #downunder, #colinhay, #australianmusic, #australianrock, #aussierock, #ozrock, #dailyrockhistory, #thisdayinmusic, #onthisday, #gregham, #businessasusual, #80smusic, #80srock "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- Enjoying Brazil (even at 77 years old) Photos: @didierkelly "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️