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BeachLife Festival announces a post-pandemic return to Redondo Beach in SeptemberApril 9, 2021 at 12:01 PM BeachLife Festival, which held its inaugural fest in 2019 only see its sophomore year canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Friday it will return to its beachside home in the South Bay Sept. 10-12.
“With cautious optimism, and eyes wide open, we have begun the massive process of rebuilding BeachLife,” said Allen Sanford, the festival’s managing partner, in a written statement. “Both because we are ready to get back to work, and because we feel strongly that live music and togetherness...Tags: Texas, California, Los Angeles, Sport, Chicago, Things To Do, Soccer, Brian Wilson, Willie Nelson, Music Festivals, Grateful Dead, South Bay, Bob Weir, Redondo Beach, Steve Miller, RÜFÜS DU SOL 22 people like this. Like How The Wrecking Crew Secretly Recorded Some of the Biggest Hits of the 1960s & 70sApril 7, 2021 at 1:33 PM The top flight crew of L.A. studio musicians known as The Wrecking Crew acquired their name, legend has it, because they “were wrecking the business for everyone else,” writes Janet Maslin at The New York Times, meaning older session players who couldn’t keep up. Drummers like Hal Blaine (“who justifiably calls himself ’10 of Your Favorite Drummers’ on his Web site”) and guitarists like Tommy Tedesco and Carol Kaye could play anything put in front of them perfectly, in one take, with th...Tags: Google, Music, College, Glen Campbell, Hawaii, New York Times, Brian Wilson, Monkees, Pasadena, Phoenix, Facebook Twitter, Blaine, Motown, Simon Garfunkel, Josh Jones, Leon Russell 147 people like this. Like St. Charles mansion where Brian Wilson recorded music sold to Pampered Chef CEO for $809KMarch 15, 2021 at 2:50 PM A five-bedroom mansion in St. Charles that Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson owned from 1997 until 2001 sold on Oct. 8, 2020, for $809,000.Tags: Brian Wilson, St Charles, Beach Boys co 28 people like this. Like The Magic of the Beach Boys’ Harmonies: Hear Isolated Vocals from “Sloop John B.,” “God Only Knows,” “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” & Other Pet Sounds ClassicsFebruary 8, 2021 at 12:29 PM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um3MhkU0u7k
Jesus, that ear. He should donate it to the Smithsonian.
—Bob Dylan on Brian Wilson
The Beach Boys tarnished their reputation when they reformed in later years and tried to “reclaim their wholesomeness,” Dan Caffrey writes at Consequence of Sound, “only to find that it had all but disappeared.” But in the days when they sounded like the most wholesome thing on earth, they also had the distinct advantage of sounding serio...Tags: Google, Music, College, Bob Dylan, Paul Mccartney, Brian Wilson, Smithsonian, Jesus, Brian, Bahamas, Wilson, The Beach Boys, Linda Ronstadt, Al Jardine, Mike, Facebook Twitter 54 people like this. Like The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson & Beatles Producer George Martin Break Down “God Only Knows,” the “Greatest Song Ever Written”February 3, 2021 at 10:00 AM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnVyCuc9_P8
As an Englishman of a certain age, George Martin could, realistically, choose only one means of conveyance in Los Angeles: a red Coupe de Ville convertible, and a genuine 1950s model at that. But whatever that era’s glories of automobile design, its music was still in the dark ages — at least according to the millions upon millions of Beatles fans around the world today. The pop-cultural revolution that band ignited in the early 1960s owes, by ...Tags: Google, Music, College, Beach Boys, Los Angeles, Paul Mccartney, Brian Wilson, Brian, Seoul, Wilson, Cadillac, Martin, Facebook Twitter, George Martin, Sgt Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club, Colin Marshall 56 people like this. Like What Is, What Could Be, and The Art of Yearning For What Never WasFebruary 1, 2021 at 11:09 PM Cincinnati, Ohio
Dear Marianne,
I enjoyed you letter dated October 17th, but I’m left again wondering how the hell did another whole month go by? You might not know this about me, but I’m the kind of guy who’s always looking for a silver lining. For instance, I had high hopes for my Stewartia, but when it died I told myself, “Well, now at least there’s room for a Disanthus.” Per usual, replacing an impossible plant with one that’s even worse. Blinders. I wear them as well as anybody. When the p...Tags: Gardening, Youtube, Martha Stewart, Brian Wilson, Jesus, Kmart, Van Gogh, Monet, Ray Davies, Midwest, Li, Michele, Dan Hinkley, John Fogerty, Stewartia, Mayberry 52 people like this. Like Pick Up Some ‘Good Vibrations’ From A Cover So Good It Made Brian Wilson SMiLEJanuary 27, 2021 at 4:58 AM Socially distant musicians put a new spin on a classic hit from the Beach Boys.Tags: News, Brian Wilson 33 people like this. Like Phil Spector: When a Musical Hero Is a Moral MonsterJanuary 18, 2021 at 11:28 PM If anyone ever wondered what it would have been like if Richard Wagner had perished in the age of web news and social media, we got an indication of that when Phil Spector died Sunday at the age of 81. Whether we were writing headlines or tweeting thoughts to friend circles, few of us proceeded […]Tags: News, Opinion, Brian Wilson, Crystals, Darlene Love, Phil Spector, Richard Wagner, Ronettes, Wrecking Crew 22 people like this. Like Underpaid for five years: Manukau Institute of Technology lecturer wins $80K-plus payoutJanuary 9, 2021 at 3:37 PM An ex-Manukau Institute of Technology lecturer has won a large payout from his former employer after years of underpayment and an unjustified dismissal.Brian Wilson started at the polytech as a casual employee in 2011, then between... [Author: [email protected]]Tags: Business, Brian Wilson, Manukau Institute of Technology 46 people like this. Like Festival Pass: Get ready for drive-in concerts with some very beachy vibesNovember 20, 2020 at 6:22 PM Festival Pass is a newsletter that lands in your inbox weekly. But during prime festival season you get bonus editions, too! Subscribe now.
Wynonna Judd, Kix Brooks, Sara Evans, RaeLynn.
That sounds like a Stagecoach lineup, right? While I think I’ve seen those artists perform out in Indio over the years, they’re actually all cast members of “A Nashville Christmas Carol,” which premieres on the Hallmark Channel this weekend.
Here’s the thing — I LOVE Hallmark Christmas movies. I know they’re fo...Tags: Apple, Better Call Saul, Nbc, California, La, Los Angeles, Sport, Things To Do, Soccer, Gwen Stefani, Brian Wilson, Music Festivals, Coachella, Stagecoach, John Stamos, Disney California Adventure Park 60 people like this. Like The Beach Boys will headline afternoon concert at Drive-In OC in AnaheimNovember 18, 2020 at 1:00 PM City National Grove of Anaheim’s Drive-In OC socially distanced concert series announced that it will host an afternoon with The Beach Boys at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 13.
The show will feature a mix of Beach Boys’ hits like “Surfin’ USA,” “Surfer Girl,” “Fun, Fun, Fun” and “Good Vibrations,” as well as songs from vocalist and band co-founder Mike Love’s holiday album, “Reason For the Season.”
The band will also perform Love’s latest single, “This Too Shall Pass,” which was released earlier this y...Tags: Music, Beach Boys, Sport, Things To Do, Soccer, Gwen Stefani, Brian Wilson, John Stamos, Voice, Concerts, Al Jardine, Joseph, Anaheim, Mike Love, Bruce Johnston, Chris Sullivan 41 people like this. Like What Is, What Could Be, and The Art of Yearning For What Never WasNovember 16, 2020 at 11:06 PM Cincinnati, Ohio
Dear Marianne,
I enjoyed you letter dated October 17th, but I’m left again wondering how the hell did another whole month go by? You might not know this about me, but I’m the kind of guy who’s always looking for a silver lining. For instance, I had high hopes for my Stewartia, but when it died I told myself, “Well, now at least there’s room for a Disanthus.” Per usual, replacing an impossible plant with one that’s even worse. Blinders. I wear them as well as anybody. When the p...Tags: Gardening, Youtube, Martha Stewart, Brian Wilson, Jesus, Kmart, Van Gogh, Monet, Ray Davies, Midwest, Li, Michele, Dan Hinkley, John Fogerty, Stewartia, Mayberry 135 people like this. Like How the Beach Boys Created Their Pop Masterpieces: “Good Vibrations,” Pet Sounds, and MoreNovember 11, 2020 at 2:34 PM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPcPkc6KD7k
If you ever decide to listen through the Beach Boys’ entire studio discography, one album per week, it will take about six months. I know because I just finished doing it myself, beginning with their simple celebration/exploitation of early-60s youth beach-and-car culture Surfin’ Safari and ending, six months yet half a century later, with the lushly elegiac That’s Why God Made the Radio. Between those points, of course, came the songs everyone...Tags: Google, Facebook, Music, College, Beach Boys, America, History, Paul Mccartney, Brian Wilson, Seoul, Beatles, Wilson, Facebook Twitter, Carl, Mike Love, John Belushi 111 people like this. Like The Miraculous Love Kids: Street kids changing their lives with guitarsOctober 31, 2020 at 8:02 PM The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson is just one star who's recorded with a group of girls from Afghanistan.Tags: News, Brian Wilson 45 people like this. Like Fleeing smoke and flames, Orange County residents scramble to find safe landing spotsOctober 27, 2020 at 10:16 PM Eileen Gomez and her son were thrilled when they moved to a Yorba Linda community with beautifully manicured tree-lined streets, half-acre yards and friendly neighbors whose homes sit in a valley with large canyons on either side.
“It is so peaceful, especially coming here from Los Angeles and all its congestion,” Gomez said.
That sense of rural tranquility changed dramatically Monday when strong Santa Ana winds from the east whipped up a firestorm that charred nearby canyons and ridges and whic...Tags: Los Angeles, Sport, Soccer, Santiago, Fires, Brian Wilson, Local News, Orange County, Duke, San Antonio, Vespa, Nelson, Matthew, Wilson, Gomez, Linda 139 people like this. Like The Beach Boys' Mike Love talks Brian Wilson, COVID-19 shutdown, Phoenix drive-in concertOctober 24, 2020 at 9:18 PM Mike Love reflects on life in the Beach Boys, his relationship with cousin Brian Wilson, drive-in concerts and a new song inspired by COVID-19.
[Author: Arizona Republic]Tags: Religion, Brian Wilson, Phoenix, Arizona Republic, Mike Love, Beach Boys Mike Love 32 people like this. Like The Beach Boys' Mike Love talks about Brian Wilson, COVID-19 and drive-in concertsOctober 20, 2020 at 12:25 PM This weekend Mike Love and Jhn Stamos will hit three outdoor venues: Ventura, California, on Friday; San Diego on Saturday; and Phoenix on Sunday.
[Author: USA TODAY]Tags: Usa, Religion, Brian Wilson, San Diego, Usa Today, Phoenix, Mike Love, Ventura California, Beach Boys Mike Love, Jhn Stamos 124 people like this. Like The Beach Boys' Mike Love talks about Brian Wilson, COVID-19 and Phoenix drive-in concertOctober 20, 2020 at 10:00 AM Mike Love talks of how he has kept his version of the Beach Boys on the road, his relationship with his cousin, Brian Wilson and drive-in concerts.
[Author: Arizona Republic]Tags: Religion, Brian Wilson, Phoenix, Arizona Republic, Beach Boys Mike Love 25 people like this. Like Brian Wilson, Al Jardine speak out against the Beach Boys playing Donald Trump fundraiserOctober 19, 2020 at 9:52 AM Brian Wilson and Al Jardine were upset to learn Mike Love's version of the Beach Boys played a Donald Trump event. The group is in Phoenix on Oct. 25.
[Author: Arizona Republic]Tags: News, Brian Wilson, Donald Trump, Phoenix, Al Jardine, Arizona Republic, Mike Love, Brian Wilson Al Jardine 68 people like this. Like Brian Wilson Wants ‘Absolutely Nothing To Do’ With Trump’s Beach Boys StuntOctober 18, 2020 at 11:53 PM Beach Boys co-founder Al Jardine also distanced himself from a Trump fundraiser using the rock band's name.Tags: News, Brian Wilson, Trump, Al Jardine, Trump 's Beach Boys Stunt 35 people like this. Like Brian Wilson, Al Jardine speak out against the Beach Boys playing Donald Trump fundraiserOctober 18, 2020 at 9:05 PM Brian Wilson and Al Jardine were upset to learn Mike Love's version of the Beach Boys played a Donald Trump event. The group is in Phoenix on Oct. 25.
[Author: Arizona Republic]Tags: Religion, Brian Wilson, Donald Trump, Phoenix, Al Jardine, Arizona Republic, Mike Love, Brian Wilson Al Jardine 73 people like this. Like Brian Wilson Disavows Trump’s Beach Boys Benefit in California (EXCLUSIVE)October 18, 2020 at 5:18 PM It will be fun, fun, fun under the California sun for many well-heeled attendees at today’s Donald Trump fundraiser in Newport Beach — but not for Beach Boys Brian Wilson and Al Jardine, who are chagrined that the touring version of the group currently headed up by Mike Love will be headlining the campaign benefit. […]Tags: News, California, Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Donald Trump, Al Jardine, Mike Love, Newport Beach, Disavows Trump 's Beach Boys Benefit 4 people like this. Like The Quarantine Stream: ‘Echo in the Canyon’ Details the Creative Explosion of Folk Rock in the 1960sOctober 13, 2020 at 10:00 AM (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)
The Movie: Echo in the Canyon
Where You Can Stream It: Netflix
The Pitch: The Byrds, The Beach Boys, The Mamas & The Papas, Buffalo Springfield, and several other bands who are associated with the “California Sound” of folk rock all lived within a few miles of each other in the 1960s, and The Wallflowers front man Jakob Dylan (Bob Dylan’s ...Tags: Hollywood, Movies, Documentary, California, Beck, Los Angeles, Features, Brian Wilson, Quentin Tarantino, Ringo Starr, Dylan, Jakob Dylan, Wallflowers, Canyon, Laurel Canyon, Featured Stories Sidebar 148 people like this. Like For $30, you can spend a night in ‘The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ estateSeptember 13, 2020 at 9:05 PM Llike many of the Kings’ secondary scorers, Tyler Toffoli had consistency issues last season when he scored 24 goals and doled out 23 assists (47 points) in 82 games. Toffoli had 17 of his goals over the first three months of the season but had just seven more over the final three-plus months. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
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If the lyric “West Philadelphia, born and raised” takes you back to the ’90s, wait until you roll up to Will Smith’s “Fresh Prince of Bel-...Tags: Business, News, Housing, Sport, Soccer, Brian Wilson, Airbnb, Will Smith, Smith, Tyler Toffoli, West Philadelphia, Los Angeles County, Devo, Joel Fields, Toffoli, Paul Sancya 107 people like this. Like Studio City home of ‘The Americans’ writer/executive producer Joel Fields for sale, rentAugust 26, 2020 at 7:12 PM The home’s exterior arcade. (Courtesy of The Agency)
The living room. (Courtesy of The Agency)
Sound The gallery will resume in seconds Arched doorway frames the dining room. (Courtesy of The Agency)
The family room. (Courtesy of The Agency)
The staircase. (Courtesy of The Agency)
The master bedroom. (Courtesy of The Agency)
A poolside view of the main house and guest quarters. (Courtesy of The Agency)
The guesthouse kitchen. (Courtesy of The Agency)
Writer/execu...Tags: Business, Housing, Sport, Soccer, Records, Brian Wilson, Mediterranean, Isles, Devo, Joel Fields, Studio City, Calabasas, Ventura Boulevard, Coto de Caza, Lori Loughlin, Gerald Casale 121 people like this. Like Encino home once tied to Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson sells for $3.5 millionAugust 24, 2020 at 1:36 PM The kitchen is finished in Ann Sach’s tile and Carrara marble counters. (Photo by Sergii Dolgyi Studio)
A view of the remodeled kitchen. (Photo by Sergii Dolgyi Studio)
Sound The gallery will resume in seconds An aerial view of the Encino tennis court estate once tied to Brian Wilson. (Photo by Sergii Dolgyi Studio)
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A six-bedroom Spanish-style estate in Encino with former ties to Beach Boys’ co-founder Brain Wilson has sold for $3.535 ...Tags: Business, California, Housing, Beach Boys, Sport, Soccer, Brian Wilson, Dennis, Wilson, Al Jardine, Carl, Devo, Hawthorne, Mike Love, Beach Boys co, Calabasas 61 people like this. Like Epic Records Promotes Brian Wilson to CFOJune 25, 2020 at 12:41 PM Epic Records has promoted Brian Wilson to chief financial officer and senior vice president, the company announced today. Reporting to chairwoman and CEO Sylvia Rhone, Wilson’s new role includes oversight of all finances for the label and release planning. In addition, he’ll continue to spearhead budgeting for the roster, which includes Camila Cabello, DJ Khaled, […]Tags: News, Brian Wilson, Epic Records, Sylvia Rhone Wilson 38 people like this. Like Beach Boys Legend Brian Wilson Shares Stirring New Take On ‘Love And Mercy’June 5, 2020 at 4:16 AM The pop music mastermind also performed a solo version of "God Only Knows" on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert."Tags: News, Brian Wilson 19 people like this. Like Watch Brian Wilson Perform “Love And Mercy” On ColbertJune 4, 2020 at 11:33 PM Stephen Colbert, like the rest of the late-night talk show hosts, has been getting musicians to perform from home during the pandemic. On Thursday night's episode of The Late Show, he had Brian Wilson on to perform "Love And Mercy" on his piano. "Hi this is Brian Wilson, everyone," Wilson introduced himself. "I just want … More »Tags: Video, Music, Stephen Colbert, Brian Wilson, Colbert, Jim James, Wilson 108 people like this. Like Rising Star Ashe Curates a Livestream Salute to ‘Pet Sounds’ with Finneas, Ryan Tedder, Bishop Briggs and MoreMay 13, 2020 at 11:01 AM The moral of the story, such as it is, is that it’s never too early in a burgeoning career to go ahead and salute your heroes. Ashe certainly thinks so, at least. The L.A.-based singer/songwriter’s song “Moral of the Story” continues to crest a year after its release, and before she’s even released her first […]Tags: News, Brian Wilson, ASHE, The Beach Boys, Ryan Tedder, Bishop Briggs, Finneas, Maggie Baird, Finneas Ryan Tedder Bishop Briggs 8 people like this. Like |