Archives for: 2006, week 35
By DJ M on September 1st, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
CITIZEN'S VOICE “We love what we do. It’s still fun. It’s still fresh. We change the song order every night. I still have my young spirit,” said Bruce Johnston.
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By DJ M on August 31st, 2006
In Electronic Music
PITCHFORK "Perhaps more than any other label, Perlon is responsible for the current shape of minimal house and techno. Since the label's inception in 1997, with two records from Markus Nikolai and Dimbiman, respectively, Perlon has explored every nook a…
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By DJ M on August 31st, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
THE ROCK RADIO "Well, people have said the same thing about Pet Sounds, that I didn't like Pet Sounds. That's a bunch of crap, because I went with Brian to play Pet Sounds for the A&R guy at Capitol Records. We played it for him, I named the album (…
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By DJ M on August 31st, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE "During a recent Capitol Records event that celebrated double-platinum sales for our 'Sounds of Summer' compilation, Brian must have asked me a dozen times if we're going to get back together," Mike Love says. "I'm very open to doing…
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By DJ M on August 30th, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
CITIZENS' VOICE Jim Della Croce has been the publicist for The Beach Boys for the last six years. He owns a public relations firm called The Press Office.
The Beach Boys are touring 150 days this year and are “through the roof” with concert sales, sa…
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By DJ M on August 30th, 2006
In Miscellaneous Music
Southern California natives The Tyde have released one of the best albums of the summer of '06. Swathed in sunshine, cool waves and warm sand, The Tyde's third album, Three's Co., is filled with wonderful sunshine pop tunes, "Do It Again Again" and "Too…
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By DJ M on August 30th, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
THE ONION's A.V. CLUB: It's been 40 years since Pet Sounds was released, and we're still discussing it. At the time, did you know that you were creating a masterpiece?
Brian Wilson: I knew when we were recording it. I knew it was going to be a milesto…
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By DJ M on August 29th, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
BULLZ EYE
CLICKY CLICKY
CULTURE BULLY
KING BLIND
MUSIC OMH
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By DJ M on August 29th, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
RGJ BLOG "Al who?, you say? Al Jardine. He was a founding member of the Beach Boys, but hasn't been with the band for some time, and he's since been banned from using any form of the Beach Boys name in his concerts of Beach Boys music. But in this rathe…
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By DJ M on August 29th, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
INTUITIVE MUSIC has an excellent post, with embedded video, on the Beach Boys' use of a Theremin:
"It has been often said that the Beach Boys where responsible for introducing the famous Theremin (father of all the modern synthesizers) to the big audi…
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By DJ M on August 29th, 2006
In Miscellaneous Music
THE SPACELAB "Drag City has announced the details behind the upcoming Joanna Newsom release, titled Ys (pronounced ‘eees’). At just 5 songs, it will be a short release, but quality has been stressed by the announcement. Quality over quantity, perhaps? T…
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By DJ M on August 29th, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
YAHOO UK NEWS "Mick Jagger has been using an auto-cue during the band's "Bigger Bang" world tour, it has been claimed. The device, which reminds The Rolling Stones frontman of the lyrics to the rock legend's songs, even informs him which city he's in.…
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By DJ M on August 28th, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
THE EGOIST
ARTICLE DASHBOARD
HUFFINGTON POST
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By DJ M on August 28th, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
LA TIMES "The most scintillating new element of Capitol Records' 40th anniversary reissue of the Beach Boys' watershed "Pet Sounds" album is on the DVD part of a deluxe CD-DVD package. [The DVD includes] an excerpt from "Rhythm of Life," a previously u…
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By DJ M on August 28th, 2006
In Miscellaneous Music
ALL MUSIC "Widely acclaimed today as the first ever openly (and genuinely) gay rock star, an iconic status which only seems to harden as time passes, Jobriath can also be described among the saddest casualties in modern musical history."
JOBRIATH
WIKI…
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By DJ M on August 28th, 2006
In Electronic Music
VILLAGE VOICE "To more than a few of us internet rap dorks, Lupe Fiasco is exactly what the world needs. I don't even think there's anything horribly wrong with commercial rap these days, and I'm still ridiculously amped to see what this guy can do. He'…
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By DJ M on August 28th, 2006
In Brian Wilson/B. Boys
MONSTERS & CRITICS "1999 - Joe Thomas, co-producer of Brian Wilson`s 1998 album 'Imagination,' countersues Melinda Wilson, the musician`s wife and conservator. The suit claims that Melinda Wilson 'schemed against and... manipulated both Brian and Jo…
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