🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- The Daily Stoic. Read aloud daily for you. 06 December 2025. 926,643 blocks in the blockchain. $89,416 market price of bitcoin in USD. 1,119 value of 1 USD measured in satoshis. Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

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🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- Rocca Calascio Italy. A mountain fortress in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region. With an altitude of 1460 m above sea level, it is the highest fortress in the Apennines. Construction began in the 10th century as a single watchtower. In the 13th century, a fortified courtyard with four cylindrical towers was built. The fortress served exclusively for military purposes. In 1461, the fortress was damaged by a strong earthquake, after which it was never rebuilt. "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 1976, the 10cc single “The Things We Do For Love” was released (December 3) The single was the band’s first release after the departure of co-founders and creative songwriting team Godley and Creme. In a Songfacts interview with 10cc bass player Graham Gouldman, he talked about writing this song with the band’s guitarist Eric Stewart: “When we started writing that, we had some of the music and he wanted to write a song about suicide," Gouldman said. “I told him that was not a good idea and fortunately he agreed. He came up with the title 'The Things We Do For Love,' which is very up and a great title really. What are the things we do for love? What do you do? What should we do for love?" The lyric was based on Stewart's real-life experience. "I remember walking through the rain and the snow when I lived in Manchester and we didn't have a telephone," he said in a BBC Radio Wales interview. #I had to go and find a phone box to ring the girl who was about to become my wife. The phones were down, and it was snowing, and these, these vivid pictures are there. If you put them in a song, a lot of people identify with a similar situation." It turned out lots of people did, as the song became a hit around the world, going all the way to to #1 in Canada, #2 in Ireland, #5 in the US and Australia, #6 in the UK, and #13 in the Netherlands. This is the only 10cc song released in both the UK and the USA to chart higher in the US than the UK. The track was later included on 10cc’s 1977 album “Deceptive Bends”. #thethingswedoforlove, #10cc, #grahamgouldman, #ericstewart, #70smusic, #dailyrockhistory, #thisdayinmusic, #onthisday, #deceptivebends "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 1970, the Deep Purple single “Black Night” debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at #90 (December 5) It didn’t progress too far in the US, peaking at #66, but elsewhere in the world it was the band’s breakthrough single, reaching #2 in the UK, where it remains Deep Purple's highest charting single. The song also topped the charts in Switzerland and Belgium, and peaked at #2 in Germany, #4 in Ireland and Austria, #6 in South Africa, #8 in the Netherlands, and #14 in Australia. Bass player Roger Glover revealed in a 1988 interview with Metal Hammer: “I love the way that song was born. It happened one night in the studio after we finished ‘Deep Purple In Rock’ and the management were screaming for a single, because there wasn't an obvious single on the album. So we thought that we'd humor them, because we never thought of ourselves as a singles band. We spent a whole afternoon trying to get a riff and nothing happened. Round 7:30 we decided to go down to the pub and stayed there until closing time and came back to the studio completely drunk wherupon Ritchie (Blackmore) picked up the guitar and started playing what was to become 'Black Night' and we said 'yeah, that sounds great let's do that.'" Keyboard player Jon Lord added “Black Night was nicked from the bass line in Ricky Nelson's Summertime". It’s certainly one off the most recognizable riffs in rock, and the cause of much air-drumming straight after the riff! #deeppurple, #blacknight, #jonlord, #ianpaice, #iangillan, #rogerglover, #ritchieblackmore, #70smusic, #70srock, #dailyrockhistory, #classicrock, #deeppurpleinrock, #thisdayinrock, #rockhistory, #rockmusic "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 1966, Buffalo Springfield recorded the single "For What It's Worth” (December 5) It was also added to the March 1967 second pressing of their first album, “Buffalo Springfield”. The title was added after the song was written, and it’s one of those songs where the title doesn’t appear anywhere in the lyrics. Stephen Stills said in an interview that the name of the song came about when he presented it to the record company executive Ahmet Ertegun (who signed Buffalo Springfield to the Atlantic Records-owned ATCO label). Stills said "I have this song here, for what it's worth, if you want it." Although "For What It's Worth" is often considered an anti-war song, Stills was actually inspired to write the song because of the Sunset Strip curfew riots in Los Angeles, a series of early counterculture-era clashes that took place between police and young people on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, California, beginning in mid-1966, the same year Buffalo Springfield had become the house band at the Whisky a Go Go on the Strip. In the book Neil Young: Long May You Run: The Illustrated History, Stills elaborates: “I had had something kicking around in my head. I wanted to write something about the kids that were on the line over in Southeast Asia that didn't have anything to do with the device of this mission, which was unraveling before our eyes. Then we came down to Sunset from my place on Topanga with a guy - I can't remember his name - and there's a funeral for a bar, one of the favorite spots for high school and UCLA kids to go and dance and listen to music. [Officials] decided to call out the official riot police because there's three thousand kids sort of standing out in the street; there's no looting, there's no nothing. It's everybody having a hang to close this bar. A whole company of black and white LAPD in full Macedonian battle array in shields and helmets and all that, and they're lined up across the street, and I just went 'Whoa! Why are they doing this?' There was no reason for it. I went back to Topanga, and that other song turned into 'For What It's Worth,' and it took as long to write as it took me to settle on the changes and write the lyrics down. It all came as a piece, and it took about fifteen minutes." The song has become a staple of period piece films about 1960s America, such as “Forrest Gump”, and is often used in reference to the 1960s counterculture movement and protests. An all-star version of "For What It's Worth", with Tom Petty and others, was played at Buffalo Springfield's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. It went to #5 in Canada, #7 in the US and #19 in New Zealand. In 2004 Rolling Stone magazine ranked the song at #63 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. #buffalospringfield, #forwhatitsworth, #stephenstills, #neilyound, #richiefuray, #deweymartin, #60smusic, #60srock, #protestsong, #counterculture, #rockhistory, #thisdayinrock, #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 On this day in 1977, the David Bowie single “Heroes” debuted on the Australian charts at #73 (December 5) One of his most powerful works, the song builds and builds, with the pulsating synth drone and screaming guitar feed background to Bowie’s emotional, impassioned vocals sweeping the listener to the end in a sonic tsunami. Inspired by the sight of Bowie's producer-engineer Tony Visconti embracing his lover by the Berlin Wall, the song tells the story of two lovers, one from East and one from West Berlin. Following his death in January 2016, the German government thanked Bowie for "helping to bring down the Wall", adding "you are now among Heroes". The song peaked at #5 in Australia, #8 in Ireland, #9 in the Netherlands, #17 in Belgium, #19 in Germany, #24 in the UK, and #34 in New Zealand. Shortly after Bowie's death, the song charted in numerous countries around the world and was also streamed on Spotify more than any other Bowie song. In the UK, it reached a new peak of #12. In 2021, Rolling Stone rated "'Heroes'" #23 in its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Outside his tours, "'Heroes'" was performed at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992 by Bowie, his former guitarist Mick Ronson and the surviving members of Queen: Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon. #heroes, #davidbowie, #wecanbeheroes, #tonyvisconti, #brianeno, #robertfripp, #70smusic, #theberlinwall, #70srock, #classicrock, #dailyrockhistory, #onthisday, #thisdayinmusic, #thisdayinrock, #rockmusic "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- Melk, located along the beautiful Danube River in Austria, is world-famous for its stunning Melk Abbey, a magnificent Baroque Benedictine monastery. This majestic structure dominates the skyline of the town and has been a symbol of both spiritual and cultural significance for centuries. Founded in the 11th century, Melk Abbey has undergone various transformations, with its current Baroque appearance dating back to the 18th century, when it was rebuilt by architect Jakob Prandtauer. The abbey is renowned for its grand architectural details, including frescoes, an ornate library housing medieval manuscripts, and the golden-hued church, considered one of the finest examples of Baroque design in Europe. Melk Abbey is not only a religious center but also a hub for education and cultural preservation, having served as a school for many centuries. Its beautiful gardens and terraces offer breathtaking views of the Danube and the surrounding Wachau Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage site.  by @smalltownsglor "Pure signal, no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️

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🌊 SURF 'N TURF 🏝️ -THE BORACAY ISLAND LIFE- THE DOOMSDAY DJ: TUNES FOR THE POST APOCALYPSE RIP Steve Cropper- “It’s one thing to contribute in a meaningful way to a “sound" or a musical movement that already exists but quite another thing entirely to be part of creating a sound or a “movement”. Steve Cropper helped create the movement we all know as Soul Music. So many amazing musicians have made their mark and taken their place in music history by contributing their own unique styles to the genres of their choosing, but very few can claim to have invented or helped invent a genre- in Steve’s case “the Memphis sound”. The Memphis sound, which was created by Steve, Booker T. Jones, Al Jackson Jr., and Donald “Duck” Dunn (among others) was an integral part of the bigger movement at that time which came to be known as Soul Music which changed the lives of millions of hungry music lovers- myself included. Having grown up on Soul Music, I was affected deeply by this amazing music that was coming out of Memphis, Muscle Shoals, and Detroit (among other places) and, long before I ever picked up a guitar, the sounds and cool licks that Steve was playing on so many of these wonderful recordings became part of my musical vocabulary- part of my DNA. He, like so many who paved the way early on, was really young when he found himself emblazoned into this new world that had no rules and no precedents. They were making it up as they went along, and creating magic that would change the world and render itself as timeless. The guitar “hooks” he played were perfect, and tunes that he co-wrote are some of the best in the American songbook. When being interviewed, Steve always downplayed his prowess on guitar but I think we can all agree that what he offered the world of music went far beyond technical ability and is much more rare than that of countless guitarists that he claimed to be less accomplished than. I had the pleasure of being around Steve several times and always found him to be a kind soul that considered himself lucky to have been in the right place at the right time. But he was the right guy! If you haven’t seen it, do yourself a favor and check out the documentary STAX: Soulsville USA. It offers a lot of insight into the history of this music that some of us deemed as magic.”- WH "Pure signal,no noise" Credits Goes to the respective Author ✍️/ Photographer📸 🐇 🕳️