Psychedelic clip from the beginning of The Monkees' movie HEAD.

Three harbour porpoises come by to check us out, while we are floating in the middle of Baynes Sound.

From the Monkees movie "Head"

About The Band: The group's name is derived from leftist politics; "Country Joe" was a popular name for Joseph Stalin in the 1940s, while "the fish" refers to Mao Tse Dung's statement that the true revolutionary must "swim among the people as a fish." The group began with the nucleus of "Country Joe" McDonald (lead vocals) and Barry "The Fish" Melton (lead guitar), recording and performing for the "Teach-In" protests against the Vietnam War in 1965. Co-founders McDonald and Melton added musicians as needed over the life of the band. By 1967, the group included Gary "Chicken" Hirsh (drums) (born in 1940, in Chicago, Illinois); David Cohen (keyboards) (born 8 April 1942, in Brooklyn, New York) and Bruce Barthol (bass) (born 11 November 1947 in Berkeley, California). The 1967 lineup lasted only two years, and by the 1969 music festival Woodstock, the lineup included Greg 'Duke' Dewey (drums), Mark Kapner (keyboards) and Doug Metzler (bass). The band came to perform an early example of psychedelic music. The LP "Electric Music for the Mind and Body" was very influential on early FM Radio in 1967. Long sets of psychedelic tunes like "Section 43", "Bass Strings", "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine", "Janis" (for and about Janis Joplin) and "Grace" (for singer Grace Slick) (all released on Vanguard Records) were often played back to back on KSAN and KMPX in San Francisco and progressive rock stations around the country. Their first album charted at #39 on September 23, 1967, their 2nd album at #67 on February 3, 1968, and their third at #23 on August 31, 1968. Country Joe and The Fish were regulars at Fillmore West and East and Chet Helms' Avalon Ballroom. They were billed with such groups as Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Led Zeppelin, and Iron Butterfly. They played at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 and at the Woodstock Festival in 1969. In 1971 the band appeared in a Western film starring Don Johnson as an outlaw gang called the Crackers. The film, entitled Zachariah, was written by the Firesign Theatre and was billed as "The First Electric Western". They also appeared in the George Lucas film More American Graffiti and in the 1971 Roger Corman film Gas-s-s-s. Electric Music For The Mind And Body, Country Joe and The Fish's debut album, was one of the first psychedelic albums to come out of San Francisco in 1967. Many timed their acid trips to peak during Country Joe and The Fish performances at The Avalon or The Fillmore, where they were frequent performers. Tracks from the LP, especially "Section 43", "Grace", and "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine" were played on progressive FM rock stations like KSAN and KMPX in San Francisco, often back-to-back. A famous version of the song "Love" was performed at the 1969 Woodstock Festival Lyrics: The white ducks fly on past the sun, Their wings flash silver at the moon. While waters rush down the mountain tongue My organs play a circus tune. I dance to the wonder of your feet And sing to the joy of your knees. The cold white dress on the mountain breast Paints the frozen trees. The maple plants patterns in the sky Its leaves to kiss the wind While scores of glittering bugs and flies Dance polkas on her limbs. I whistle symphonies of your face And laugh for your hair so fine. In startled greens of playground grass A child jumps rope to rhyme. Reeds and brass, the marching drums Make a joyous sound Trees bend low with nuts and plums Then fall to find the ground. I hunger for your porpoise mouth And stand erect for love. The sun burns up the winter sky And all the earth is love.

The white ducks fly on past the sun, Their wings flash silver at the moon. While waters rush down the mountain tongue My organs play a circus tune. I dance to the wonder of your feet And sing to the joy of your knees. The cold white dress on the mountain breast Paints the frozen trees. The maple plants patterns in the sky Its leaves to kiss the wind While scores of glittering bugs and flies Dance polkas on her limbs. I whistle symphonies of your face And laugh for your hair so fine. In startled greens of playground grass A child jumps rope to rhyme. Reeds and brass, the marching drums Make a joyous sound Trees bend low with nuts and plums Then fall to find the ground. I hunger for your porpoise mouth And stand erect for love. The sun burns up the winter sky And all the earth is love.

Live Brixton Academy, London, June 26, 1991

Great footage of dolphins in Lemon Bay, Englewood Florida.

Song: Porno for Pyros - Porpoise Head Album: Good God's Urge. Year: 1996 Fan Video.

A Greater Porpoise

SOUTHEAST ALASKA DALL'S PORPOISE - DANCING IN WATER VIEWERS NOTE I Slowed down a few frames so you can see them better but I did not speed anything up! They really do swim that fast! Dall's Porpoise world's fastest porpoise 27-30 knots (31-34 miles) per hour - way faster than the boat! 7 feet long Conservation Dependent - Threatened Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cetacea Suborder: Odontoceti Family: Phocoenidae Genus: Phocoenoides Species: P. dalli Binomial name Phocoenoides dalli (True, 1885) Dall's Porpoise range Dall's Porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) is a species of porpoise that came to worldwide attention in the 1970s. It was disclosed for the first time to the public that salmon fishing trawls were killing thousands of Dall's Porpoise and other cetaceans each year by accidentally capturing them in their nets. The Dall's Porpoise is the only member of the Phocoenoides genus. It was named after American naturalist W.H. Dall. The unique body shape of the Dall's Porpoise makes it easily distinguishable from other cetacean species. The animal has a very thick body and a small head. The colouration is rather like that of an Orca— the main body of the porpoise is very dark grey to black with very demarcated white patches on the flank that begin some way behind the flippers, which are small and close to the head. The dorsal fin is set just back from the middle of the back and sits up erect. The upper part of the dorsal fin has a white to light grey "frosting". The fluke has a similar frosting. The adult fluke curves back towards the body of the animal, which is another distinguishing feature. It is larger than other porpoises, growing up to 230 cm in length and weighing between 130 and 200 kg. Dall's Porpoises live for up to 15 years. Population and distribution Two consistent and well-defined colour morphs— the dalli-type morph and the truei-type morph have been identified. The dalli-type is more widespread, ranging across the north Pacific Ocean from southern California to southern Japan (including the Sea of Japan in the south up to the Bering Sea in the north). The truei type is more restricted, occupying a smaller area of the northwest Pacific north and east of Japan. The species differs from other porpoises in that it prefers deep water and the open ocean. It may come closer to land. If it does, it typically stays close to deep-water canyons. The population is believed to be common in most of its range and although no precise estimates exist (surveying is hampered by the porpoises' propensity for approaching boats), the global population numbers in at least the hundreds of thousands. (See also 'conservation' below). The greatest concentration is perhaps in the Sea of Okhotsk. Behavior Dall's Porpoises are hugely active creatures. They will often zigzag around at great speed on or just below the surface of the water creating a spray called a "rooster tail". They may appear and disappear quite suddenly. The fastest of all small cetaceans, Dall's Porpoises can swim at up to 55 km/h, almost as fast as the Orca. The porpoises will approach boats and will bow- and stern-ride, but may lose interest, unless the boat is traveling quickly. Dall's Porpoises appear in small groups (about 2-- 10 in number). The groups appear not to be tight knit and may aggregate together at good feeding grounds. On very rare occasions a thousand or more individual may be seen at the same time. They feed on a variety of fish and cephalopods. Shoals of fish such as herring, anchovies and mackerel are common meals. [edit] Hybrids Baird et al (1998) determined through DNA sequencing that a fetus found in British Columbia was an intergeneric hybrid of a Dall's Porpoise and a Harbour Porpoise. This hybrid may not be rare— it may describe the origins of some atypically coloured individuals that otherwise appear to be Dall's Porpoises spotted off the coast of Vancouver Island. [edit] Conservation Many Dall's Porpoises are killed each year as bycatch in fishing nets. A serious cause of concern is the hunting of Dall's Porpoises by harpoon by Japanese hunters. The number of porpoise killed each year rose dramatically following the moratoria on hunting larger cetaceans introduced in the mid-1980s. 1988 saw the greatest number, 40,000, killed. A quota of 18,000 individuals per year is now in operation. However, concern remains that this is sufficient to deplete populations in the western Pacific.

Original Short With The Brian Jonestown Massacre's "Sailor" From Bravery, Repetition And Noise, The Monkees' "Porpoise Song" From The 1968 Film "Head". This Also Includes Film Clips From Head With Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Davy Jones And Jack Nicholson. There Are Photos By Minor White And Margaret Bourke-White, As Well. Concept By Xavier Reivax

'Porpoise Song Montage' Stunt Bellydancer Marina's Retro-Dance Fusion (underwater bellydance) contribution for TRIBALTOPIA RockNBellydance for Breast Cancer 2007. Special thanks to Lola Dutronic for their magnificent rendition of the Monkees' 'The Porpoise Song' written by Carol King.

Orcas Hunting Porpoises

from the 1968 film 'head' (02)

YTV's started running Mew Mew Power Monday-Friday so here's today's show; Episode 19 "A Girl With A Porpoise" - The girls head for the beach but it turns out that despite having been genetically fused with a finless porpoise Bridget can't swim.

I am one of the few who seem to always have a cosmic porpoise visit when on the Puget Sound...the first 30 seconds or so is edited video of the best shot after that it's a whole new day of multiple shots AND you can hear them as they surface...COOOL stuff! Enjoy!

A Greater Porpoise

Colorful art and the song from the 60's

This baby harbour porpoise was found stranded on a beach near Victoria, British Columbia. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans brought her to the Vancouver Aquarium's Marine Mammal Rescue Centre (MMRC), where she was immediately placed under 24 hour care. Originally injured and starved, the baby - named Daisy - couldn't swim on her own and needed someone to hold her up. A creative volunteer made a special sling for her to rest in. Although her chances of survival were first expected to be less than 10%, Daisy has beaten the odds and is on the road to recovery. As of October 2, 2008, Daisy is still gaining weight and is swimming without her sling for most of the day. She's even starting to dive and play with toys.

Flipper by the boat

Season 2 - Episode 6, Show #42 Sam loses her powers after coming into contact with black Peruvian Roses, so Darrin goes in search of the cure only to get himself into trouble PM otbelite1 to request episodes that are not on youtube, I'll get to all requests ASAP. I can also try and find guest appearances from the characters of this show on other shows not posted. (e.g. Dick York in Twilight Zone, Elizabeth Montgomery in Untouchables, or Dick Sargeant in Taxi)

Bridget has a weird experience underwater while Tarb and Sardon plan their attack

Season 2 - Episode 6, Show #42 Sam loses her powers after coming into contact with black Peruvian Roses, so Darrin goes in search of the cure only to get himself into trouble PM otbelite1 to request episodes that are not on youtube, I'll get to all requests ASAP. I can also try and find guest appearances from the characters of this show on other shows not posted. (e.g. Dick York in Twilight Zone, Elizabeth Montgomery in Untouchables, or Dick Sargeant in Taxi)

By Kristen Walsh The Patriot Ledger It's not often you see a State Police cruiser escorting an ambulance to bring someone home. For Sandy, a year-old harbor porpoise, it was first-class all the way as she was released in the waters off Gloucester on Wednesday night. Sandy was rescued March 5 by the Cape Cod Stranding Network on a beach in Barnstable. She was taken to a New England Aquarium facility off the Duxbury coast, and for the past four months she was given around-the-clock care by the aquarium's team of veterinarians, biologists and volunteers. Undernourished, ridden with parasites and with a touch of pneumonia, the porpoise was watched by team members at her indoor holding pool 24 hours a day until she began eating on her own. After Sandy gained nearly 20 pounds and was cleared medically, the aquarium staff set the plans in motion toward her release. As members of the rehab team began giving her live fish, she became increasingly active. "She started to swim faster around the pool in the last week, so we thought that was a sign she was ready to be back in the ocean," said Sheila Sinclaire, a biologist who began working with Sandy in March. Sandy's caretakers wanted to make sure release day was as stress-free as possible. Only vital people were allowed near the porpoise, and noise was kept to a minimum. After being lifted from her pool into a rubber-lined container, she was loaded into an animal ambulance and escorted by a state police trooper from Duxbury to the Harbor Express boat terminal in Quincy. Water Transportation Alternatives Inc., a company that operates commuter boats between Boston and Quincy, donated the use of Voyager III to bring Sandy back to sea. Dr. Charles Innis, a veterinarian at the New England Aquarium, said Sandy handled the trip well, despite being unhappy to be out of the water. "I think it shows how strong she was, that she was up and about and alert, wanting to get out of the crate the whole time," Innis said. While traveling on Wednesday, Sandy's heart and respiratory rates were monitored, and her temperature was kept constant with the use of cold water and ice. The waters on the South Shore are too warm for a harbor porpoise, so the rescue team traveled toward Jeffrey's Ledge off Gloucester, where they hoped Sandy's instincts would take her farther north to Maine or Canadian waters, and to other porpoises. Near Jeffrey's Ledge, a special slide was lowered off the side of the boat and slicked down with water before Sandy gently slid off into the waves. A dive team stood by in case she needed help orienting herself, but she quickly swam away on her own. "It's bittersweet -- you care for her and make sure she's healthy. It was time for her to go, but it was also sad to see her go," Sinclaire said. The aquarium will still be able to keep track of Sandy. Halfway through the boat ride, an electronic tracking device was attached to the porpoise's dorsal fin. In addition to tracking how deep into the water Sandy can dive and how long she can stay under water, the device tells staff at the aquarium where she is. Just two hours after Sandy's release, the first data came back from the tag, letting aquarium staff know that she was off the coast of Rockport, Maine, heading north just as they'd hoped. "The goal is always to bring them back up to proper health so they can be released as soon as possible," said Belinda Rubinstein, a member of the aquarium's research department who helped with Sandy's release. "It's a happy day," she said.

porpoise jumping, music: the celibacy club _ wankerday