Category: Brian Wilson/B. Boys
By DJ M on June 18th, 2011
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MONTREAL GAZETTE "There's a built-in awkwardness to a group of people, mostly way past their 50s, singing anthems of youthful innocence and fun, led in song by the haunted genius who wrote them, but now seems neither in that world nor in this one. It's…
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By DJ M on June 17th, 2011
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BELFAST TELEGRAPH Brian Wilson says that, "My favourite music is George Gershwin, doo-wop songs and Phil Spector's recordings. I don't listen to modern music. It's a bunch of c***. Don't say 'c***'. You should write that I said, 'Baloney... new music…
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By DJ M on June 17th, 2011
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THE COAST "I'd never really considered Brian Wilson's genius until, ironically enough, I attended a launch in New York for a book of essays called Kill Your Idols, where music writers wanked on and on, ripping classic rock albums to shreds. I figured if…
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By DJ M on June 17th, 2011
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EXAMINER.COM "Brian Wilson was honored on Thursday night receiving the inaugural Now Magazine Lifetime Achievement Award at NXNE 2011. The inaugural award for the event it was part of the evening festivities that gave everyone a chance to honor a legend…
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By DJ M on June 17th, 2011
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL 1 "'I was very proud to be able to work with Gershwin,' Brian Wilson says toward the end of a telephone call from Los Angeles."
THE GLOBE AND MAIL 2 "What would make a musician think he could match – indeed, complete – the genius…
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By DJ M on June 16th, 2011
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THE RECORD - "Review: Brian Wilson still a musical genius after all these yearS"BIRMINGHAM MAIL - "Brian Wilson's Beach Boy rhapsody"MONTREAL MIRRIR - "Troubled pop visionary Brian Wilson speaks—a bit—about his Gershwin album"
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By DJ M on June 16th, 2011
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SPINNER "Brian Wilson will walk away from next week's NXNE festival in Toronto with a Lifetime Achievement award. The master musician and Beach Boys founder is an obvious choice for the prize and has the distinction of being the first person honoured wi…
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By DJ M on June 15th, 2011
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SOME INFORMATIONAL LINKS
ANDREW G. DOE (scroll down)
BEACH BOYS GUIDE 1
BEACH BOYS GUIDE 2
BEACH BOYS GUIDE 3
BEACH BOYS GUIDE 4
SMILEY SMILE DOT NET MESSAGE BOARD
8/25/67 SET LIST
8/26/67 SET LIST
AQUARIUM DRUNKARD
HEAVY SUGAR RADIO
SPANK 147…
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By DJ M on June 15th, 2011
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FIRE AKA MRS. O'LEARY'S COW
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By DJ M on June 15th, 2011
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TBN NEWS WATCH A sample of Mike's "humorous" on-satge banter: Mike says to John Stamos: “John, I ask you now, do I make fun of your mullet on Full House?”
Here's another "choice" nugget of wisdom from Mike: “This is wonderful. Now we’d like to ta…
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By DJ M on June 15th, 2011
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METRO NEWS "Having a conversation with [Brian Wilson], like I attempted to do a few weeks ago, is the exact opposite of what it’s like to listen to his songs. His music is always thickly layered with complex harmonies and instrumentation — the more you…
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By DJ M on June 13th, 2011
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NEWSTIMES 1
NEWSTIMES 2 "From practically the first notes to fill the air, the audience at the Ridgefield Playhouse Wednesday night was rockin'. And I mean rockin'. Brian Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys, skilled songwriter and innovative mu…
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By DJ M on June 13th, 2011
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EXAMINER.COM "Brian Wilson played the Highline Ballroom last night as part of its sister club's month-long Blue Note Jazz Festival, and though the two-set show featured his entire current Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin album of Gershwin standards, it…
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By DJ M on June 13th, 2011
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GUITAR.COM has a 1982 interview with Carl Wilson.
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By DJ M on June 13th, 2011
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According to a post by Beach Boys scholar Andrew G. Doe on the SMILEY SMILE DOT NET MESSAGE BOARD "OK, the Mojo 45 - 'Cabin Essence' is as per 20/20 but in mono (mix ? fold-down ? no idea)... and 'Wonderful' is as per the 1993 box. Except. The first s…
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