🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- Forn de Pa, artisan bakery store front facade, Carrer de Girona next to Girona Metro station, Barcelona, Spain Barcelona. Forn Sarret 1898. Modernismo. Artículo Nouveau. "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- 1979 Mercedes-Benz Sea Ranger Concept. by Colani. "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 1977, the Eric Clapton single “Lay Down Sally” debuted on the UK Singles Chart at #50 (December 18) The song from his fifth full-length studio album “Slowhand” is in the style of one of his favorite songwriters, the Oklahoma musician J.J. Cale. The B-side of the single was actually Clapton's cover of Cale's song "Cocaine." Clapton also attributed other members of his band – co-songwriter George Terry, Carl Radle, Jamie Oldaker and others – as influencing the song, saying “"It's as close as I can get, being English, but the band being a Tulsa band, they play like that naturally.” Marcy Levy, one of Clapton's backup singers was also a co-songwriter, and sang on the track with Yvonne Elliman (of “If I Can’t Have You” fame). Levy toured with Bob Seger before joining Clapton's band in 1973, and in 1988, using the name Marcella Detroit, Levy joined former Bananarama singer Siobhan Fahey to form Shakespears Sister; whose song "Stay" was #1 in the UK for eight weeks in 1992. Marcy Levy told Q magazine how this song came about: “We were in the studio one day and he [Clapton] said, 'I want to write this song called 'Lay Down Sally.'' So I went into the corner and came up with the melody. At first it had more of a Little Feat groove. But we worked at it all day and eventually Eric hit on the rhythm and I played keyboards, and we recorded the track. Then Eric said, 'Can you write some lyrics at home tonight?' So I did, and we recorded the vocals the next day." The single went to #2 in Hungary, #3 in the US and Canada, #5 in Japan, #8 in Sweden, #12 in France, #38 in Italy, and #39 in the UK. #ericclapton, #LayDownSally, #slowhand, #70smusic, #70srock, #rockhistory, #thisdayinrock, #dailyrockhistory, #thisdayinmusic, #onthisday "Pure signal,no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- 🥋 Masutatsu Oyama: The Man Who Refused “Soft” Karate Masutatsu Oyama didn’t just practice karate — he challenged it. Born Choi Yeong-eui in 1923, Oyama believed karate was drifting toward form, safety, and comfort. His answer? Return it to truth. Truth meant pain. Truth meant pressure. Truth meant breaking limits — or being broken by them. He trained alone in the mountains, fighting exhaustion, fear, and himself. Not to look strong — but to remove weakness. When he came down, he wasn’t interested in trophies or rules. He wanted proof. That proof became legend. Oyama fought bulls — not as a stunt, but as a statement: “If karate cannot face raw force, it is incomplete.” Critics called it madness. Followers called it conviction. Either way, the world paid attention. In 1964, he founded Kyokushin Karate — full-contact, no excuses. No light taps. No pretending. Kyokushin demanded spirit, conditioning, and humility under pressure. Many joined. Many quit. Only a few stayed. Oyama didn’t teach people to win fights. He taught them to survive discomfort, to bow before discipline, and to accept that karate is not meant to be gentle — it is meant to be controlled. Some say Oyama made karate too violent. Others say he saved it from becoming empty. But one thing is undeniable: Modern karate debates exist because Masutatsu Oyama dared to ask an uncomfortable question — Does your karate still work when it hurts? "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️