Pop Surf Culture

About the Author

Brian Chidester is an art historian, author, documentarian, and journalist. Exhibitions he has curated include: One Day You'll See: A History of Afrofuturism and Charles A.A. Dellschau and the Mythology of Flight. He is a contributor of articles and reviews for The American Prospect, The Atlantic, L.A. Weekly, Paste, and The Village Voice, and is the author of Pop Surf Culture: Music, Design, Film, and Fashion from the Bohemian Surf Era (Santa Monica Press). Chidester has also been a writer/researcher/producer of documentaries for the BBC, PBS, and Showtime, and is the director of the feature-length film As the Wind: The Enchanted Life of Eden Ahbez. He lives in New York City. Domenic Priore is a writer and producer specializing in pop culture, sociology and music. He is the author of Riot on Sunset Strip: Rock 'n' Roll's Last Stand in Hollywood, Pacific Ocean Park: The Rise and Fall of Los Angeles' Space Age Nautical Pleasure Pier (with Christopher Merritt), Shag: The Collected Works, Beatsville (with Martin Macintosh), and Smile: The Story of Brian Wilson's Lost Masterpiece. Domenic wrote the liner notes, sourced photographs and helped sequence the music for The Beach Boys: Smile Sessions box set (Capitol Records), which won the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Historical Album. He also did the booklet for The Decline of Western Civilization Collection four-DVD box set and was the primary writer of the AMC documentaries Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years 1955-1970 (narrated by Ringo Starr) and Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s (narrated by David Bowie). His bylines have appeared in Billboard, Sports Illustrated, Surfer and The Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame Induction Dinner program. He lives in Los Angeles.