Archives for: 2006, week 21
By DJ M on May 27th, 2006
In Miscellaneous Music
Japanese metal band BORIS has released one of 2006's best albums, PINK, released by the SOUTHERN LORD label. Check a feature on Boris, and label mates Sunn0))), in the NY TIMES MAGAZINE.
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By DJ M on May 26th, 2006
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GUARDIAN UK "White Bread, Black Beer - [Green] Gartside's fabulous new album, released under the Scritti Politti name that brought him fame more than 20 years ago, and his first release in seven years - is radiant with love and gratitude. The pioneer of…
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By DJ M on May 26th, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
ASBURY PARK PRESS "It's a shame," Mike Love said. "Brian has . . . problems. He's been controlled his whole life. His father controlled him and then Dr. (Eugene) Landy controlled him. And now the people surrounding him are controlling his life. I would…
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By DJ M on May 25th, 2006
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MONDO DADDYKIN
PSYCHEDELIC CINNAMON
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By DJ M on May 25th, 2006
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CJR "For those who don’t have forty hours a week to devote to panning for gold in the vast muddy river of new releases, there’s Pitchfork (www.pitchforkmedia.com), the eleven-year-old Web magazine that does the sifting for you. The main thing that disti…
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By DJ M on May 25th, 2006
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BILLBOARD "The reunited 1910 FRUITGUM COMPANY has re-recorded five of its late 1960s hits along with as many new original songs. Led by original members Floyd Marcus (drums/vocals) and Frank Jeckell (guitar/vocals), the bubblegum pop group tracked 'That…
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By DJ M on May 25th, 2006
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EXQUISITELY BORED IN NACOGDOCHES
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By DJ M on May 25th, 2006
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MIKE KELLEY
“Painting with Hawaiian Mask, Ballerina, and De Stijl Painting”, 1976
Mixed media on paper, 24 x 24 inches
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By DJ M on May 25th, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
UPDATE! New link: ROCK REPORT
BEACH BOYS BRITAIN Founding Beach Boy Al Jardine says that he'll team up with the group's co-founder Brian Wilson for various live dates and maybe even some recording this year. Jardine told LAUNCH that he'll be on hand…
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By DJ M on May 25th, 2006
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CHARLESTON "Like any relationship, there's going to be issues and problems," said Mike Love "Meditating every day has helped me to be more adaptable. It's helped me to recover from stress, and to not respond in kind, even if somebody did something negat…
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By DJ M on May 24th, 2006
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DAILY NEWS & ANALYSIS INDIA In Smith Center, Kansas “the India-born founder of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) movement, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, purchased land to build what his foundation is calling the World Capital of Peace, where the group’s m…
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By DJ M on May 24th, 2006
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The OF MIRROR EYE BLOG has posted some MP3s from this excellent, and highly recommended, disc.
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By DJ M on May 24th, 2006
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It's listed on AMAZON. Also, see our PREVIOUS POST.
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By DJ M on May 23rd, 2006
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FORBES: What was your big break?
AL JARDINE: Going to school with Brian Wilson was my biggest break. We reconnected in junior college and renewed our friendship. Now there's a reason to go to college, for the people you meet.
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By DJ M on May 23rd, 2006
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE "The Beach Boys’ '’Til I Die' finds Brian Wilson getting his head above the murk of his years-long depression to compose this devastatingly sad, gorgeous song in which he envisions himself as a 'cork on the ocean,' 'a rock in a landslide…
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By DJ M on May 22nd, 2006
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Expected Release Date: June 27, 2006
SHOP EMI
CAPITOL RECORDS
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By DJ M on May 22nd, 2006
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NATIONAL REVIEW As I recall, the Godfather of the Conservatives, Ronnie Reagan, chose a Secretary of the Interior, JAMES G. WATT, who wouldn't allow the Beach Boys to play in Washington D.C. on July 4. Hooray for hypocrisy!
Watt said that rock music…
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By DJ M on May 22nd, 2006
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NONLINEARGIRL BLOG "On a recent 'night out' I heard PETER AMES CARLIN read from his new biography of Brian Wilson. The reading made me realize that there are some hard-core Beach Boys fans out there and that they take the band's music really seriously.…
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By DJ M on May 22nd, 2006
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RONMUSIC BLOG “Fellow Beach Boys fans, take note: there's an interesting digression at one point when [Daniel] Johnston's mother compares her son's psyche and career with Brian Wilson's (though you kind of want to take her aside and say, ‘Uh, Mrs. Johns…
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By DJ M on May 22nd, 2006
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KAKAMAK BLOG Just a fairly funny, one line description of the Beach Boys.
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By DJ M on May 22nd, 2006
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It's been very slow lately regarding new things related to Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys. Brian has been keeping a very low profile since he was sued by his cousin. Mike Love's version of the Beach Boys is still doing its neverending tour of minor ma…
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By DJ M on May 21st, 2006
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GRAPHIK DESIGNS SPARKS PAGES “Ron Mael & Russell Mael were teenagers during Los Angeles' musical golden period, where bands like the Doors, Love, the Standells and the Leaves played at the Whisky-a-Go-Go on Sunset Strip and Brian Wilson & the Be…
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By DJ M on May 21st, 2006
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YAHOO NEWS "On Saturday, May 20, [Sparks] returned to their hometown of Los Angeles to perform their just-released rock opera, Hello Young Lovers, as a special one-night-only stage production that was--rather appropriately--self-hyped as 'the show of th…
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By DJ M on May 21st, 2006
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THE BOX TOPS "'We were just kids in a band who sounded like whatever group were we trying to sound like: the Rascals, Beach Boys, Beatles … Two of us were still in high school,' Gary Talley said. 'We never had any creative control. Really, the only thin…
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By DJ M on May 21st, 2006
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PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE "'It just seemed really natural,' says Adam Marsland, of the '90s indie-pop band Cockeyed Ghost. 'Darian Sahanaja, a friend of mine who also plays with Brian, once noted that even though he and I have similar formative musical to…
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