NEW WAVE PSYCHO BEACH PARTY

June 7, 2007, by Linda Stasi, New York Post

” …When it looks like they’ve all given up, into their lives comes John who tells them that yes, indeed, the end is near. Well, howdy doo!

John – reminiscent of Jeff Bridge’s character in the magical 1984 flick, “Star Man” – is innocent and possibly from another world. He brings into the Yost world the profound, the mysterious, the miraculous and, oh yes, possibly the end of the world.

As profane as “Deadwood” and as profound as “The Sopranos,” the series strikes every right chord – or at least it does with me.

Strangely enough, in college I was a (bad) surfer-wannabe whose boyfriend was a great surfer and whose best friend was a champion surfer turned junky, whose father happened to own the seedy motel on the beach.

On the upside, while our pal was in jail, I got to drive his vintage Porche, which just happens to be the very same one that a girl filmmaker drives in the show.

Hey, maybe it’s not such a strange show after all.”