Archives for: 2006, week 40

Brian Wilson On Tour Jet

Brian Wilson Ca. '75

Private Press Records Get New Life

NEW YORK TIMES “Many of these records have been around for a while, at record fairs and so on,” said Byron Coley, a music writer who has been collecting private-press records since the early 80’s. “Lots of collectors initially bought the private-press r… more »

Beach Boys Song Featured In High Tech Hallmark Card

YORK DISPATCH "Mike Love of the Beach Boys recently appeared on 'Good Morning America,' gleefully toting a card that plays 'Kokomo.'" more »

Saturday Bootleg Surprise; Enjoy!

JEFITOBLOG 1, JEFITOBLOG 2, JEFITOBLOG 3, JEFITOBLOG 4, THE TRADER'S DEN, BOOTLEG COVER ART. more »

Interview With Ryuichi Sakamoto

THE AGE "He's perhaps most famous for his collaborative work - with musicians as diverse as Iggy Pop, Brian Wilson, Youssou N'Dour and David Byrne. Filmmakers such as Pedro Almodovar, Bernardo Bertolucci and Brian De Palma have called upon his talents a… more »

Brothers Together Again, Forever

I Wanna Listen To The Beach Boys

Lupe's "Food And Liquor" No Fiasco

VILLAGE VOICE INTERVIEW, PITCHFORK INTERVIEW more »

Color Pic Sleeve

Funky Japanese Tape

"Tears" B&W Pic Sleeve

Beach Boys T-Shirt Close-Up

Madlib: Divided Soul

EMUSIC Yes, we like music other than Brian Wilson/Beach Boys. more »

Joanna Newsom: Toronto Concert Review

CHROMEWAVES EYE WEEKLY has an interview with Joanna Newsom. BOSTONIST reviews her performance in, you guessed it, Boston. more »

Cheers!

Joanna Newsom: Tugging At The Heart's Strings

GLOBE AND MAIL "It bugs me to no end. I'm tired of feeling like I need to put extra energy into making statements outside of my songs. But it remains startling, deflating, and somewhat funny that people can ignore so much of what I've said and am sayin… more »

Joanna Newsom's "Ys" Is "Instant Classic"

HUNTER::GATHERING BLOG more »

Beach Boys Author Peter Ames Carlin Chimes In On Wilson, Jardine "Reunion"

THE ROCK RADIO "I mean I think Al... From what I understand, is in a certain interesting place now, because he is kind of the one guy who's able to talk to both sides now. Both Mike and Brian. And maybe he and Brian are closer now than they've been, but… more »

Monkees Profiled

POPMATTERS more »

Sonic Youth: Concert Review

YAHOO NEWS "[A] 95-minute set...saw the New York postpunk faves focused squarely on the present. The band played all but one of the dozen songs on its three-month-old album Rather Ripped (Geffen). And while those who only came to hear nuggets from Sonic… more »

"Surf's Up" = Song Of The Week

SAMURAI FROG BLOG more »

Burt Bacharach Continues To Dazzle At 78

HOUSTON CHORNICLE more »