THE BEACH BOYS BRING SHOW TO THE AQUARIUS

Mike Love interview (for concert promotion)

QUOTE:

Q.: Speaking of the Beatles, the movie Across the Universe weaves a story around Beatles music, and “Mama Mia!” is all Abba music. What about a musical with Beach Boys music?

M.L.: Actually we’re working on a movie that would be done to Beach Boys music— a big Hollywood movie. That will be interesting. It should come to pass in the next year or two.

April 27, 2010
more... laughlinentertainer.com

Over the Waves -- George Lewis 1962

The Beach Boys did also a recording of this tune, here are some other versions

1962 Over The Waves (aka Sobre Las Olas)
Waltz, with a fast variation in 4/4!

1883 Written by the Mexican composer Juventino Rosas (1868–1894).


Over The Waves

> "Sobre las olas" de Juventino Rosas (by Cuarteto Latinoamericano) 2001

> The Beach Boys - Carnival (Over The Waves) 1970

+ wiki Sobre_las_Olas

HEY, WHAT'S THAT SOUND: GLOCKENSPIEL

Infotainment

Favoured by indie musicians and avant-garde auteurs, the glock is outgrowing its associations with primary school music rooms. Just don't call it a xylophone ...

26 April 2010 David McNamee
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/apr/26/glockenspiel

Steve Reich - 'Drumming' mvt. III

2008 (written 1971)

Ryan Nestor - Glockenspiel
Charlie Olvera - Glockenspiel
Jon DeShetler - Glockenspiel
Stacy Kennedy - Piccolo

youtube.com/watch?v=6fm3DdSejYE&fmt=18

+ wiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drumming_(Reich)

God only knows Pae White

A bicyclist attempts to hear the Beach Boys classic on two glockenspiel for one of Pae White's installations at Munster Skulptur Projekt 2007



youtube.com/watch?v=dWU4NrztHBw&fmt=18

(In German, a carillon is also called a Glockenspiel)

BOB SHALLIT: ROCK FANS INVITED TO RECORDING STUDIO 'FANTASY CAMPS'

Maybe a collaboration with Brian Wilson

QUOTE:

Only one fantasy camp is currently confirmed: a yet-to-be announced August date with Starship's Thomas, who is recording a 16-track album with "cover" songs by artists ranging from the Beatles to the contemporary Snow Patrol.

A July camp is tentatively scheduled with ex-Monkee Dolenz, who is recording a Carole King tribute that will include guest artists Brian Wilson and Emily Osment

Apr. 27, 2010 Bob Shallit
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/04/27/2707796/bob-shallit-rock-fans-invited.html

+ Gigatone Entertainment
http://www.gigatone.com/

+ Gigatone Entertainment: Songwriter and Performer Talent Search
http://www.sonicbids.com/Opportunity/OpportunityView.aspx?opportunity_id=17407

BRIAN PLAYING ARIZONA SHOW MAY 29

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(From BW.COM Administrator:)

Hello everyone: Brian will be playing a special show at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona on May 29.

More information:
Box office: 480.850.7734

Online:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/Brian-Wilson-tickets/artist/736468

If you're anywhere near Arizona, check it out! Also, updates coming soon on the new album, etc.!

April 22, 2010
http://www.brianwilson.com/cgi-bin/community/viewmessage.cgi?r=1271943909244410372

THIS AIN'T NO DISCO

CD: The Disco Box

QUOTE:
Actually, the liner notes are the most interesting thing about The Disco Box. Producer Brian Chin's essay on the great technicians of the era explains who actually came up with which sounds: drummer Alan Schwartzberg's distinctive open hi-hat technique, bassist Henry Davis's octave leaps, producer Tom Moulton's obsessive mix-tweaking and cranked-up treble.
And for 14 pages the best club DJs of the disco era are quoted in turn about their favorite records and crowds.
("I can honestly say that I was the first person to play Donna Summer's 'MacArthur Park,'" says Kevin Burke, a regular DJ on Fire Island, "because I was playing in the afternoon. People were screaming, howling. Within three minutes of that record starting, there was a line six to eight people deep all trying to find out what it was.")

‎Apr 22, 2010‎ Douglas Wolk
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/this-aint-no-disco/Content?oid=898685

GEEKING OUT WITH THE APPLES IN STEREO’S ROBERT SCHNEIDER

(cd: The Apples In Stereo - Travellers in Space and Time)

QUOTE:

Wired.com: That’s OK, we also got hazed for snubbing big shots like The Beach Boys. Is Pet Sounds the greatest concept album ever made?

Schneider: I would say the finished version of Smile, not Pet Sounds, would take first place if I was allowed to revise the list. That’s based on the godlike beauty of the interwoven musical parts, which is unlike anything else in pop music, and far beyond Pet Sounds from a conceptual standpoint.

April 20, 2010 Scott Thill
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2010/04/qa-robert-schneider/3/

+ Robert Schneider and Brian Wilson
http://opticalatlas.com/2008/11/robert-schneider-and-brian-wilson/

SETH SWIRSKY’S WATERCOLOR DAY IS A PICTURE OF POP DELIGHTS

cd: Seth Swirsky - Watercolor Day

LOS ANGELES - (Business Wire) Seth Swirsky just wants to make the world whistle and hum.
And that’s just what he does on Watercolor Day, the new album from the hit songwriter and co-leader of the acclaimed, The Red Button as he presents a new song cycle that conjures images of sweet summer days.

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 Chrissy Sutphin
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/seth-swirskyrsquos-watercolor-day-is-a-picture-of-pop-delights,1260353.shtml

COACHELLA 2010: GRIZZLY BEAR IS FOR LOVERS

Festival: Coachella 2010 / Grizzly Bear
A few minutes before Grizzly Bear played its Mojave tent set, a young couple passed the wait by eagerly proving their affection for each other by the tent entrance.

April 16, 2010 August Brown
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/04/coachella-2010-grizzly-bear-is-for-lovers.html

+ Coachella 2010: Grizzly Bear Review and Photos

http://beatcrave.com/2010-04-18/coachella-2010-grizzly-bear-review-and-photos/

MANAGING THEIR FAME

CD: MGMT - Congratulations

MGMT have narrowly avoided falling victim to the hedonistic rock'n'roll lifestyle.

IT WAS not supposed to come to this. Midway through 2008, Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser had an alarming realisation.
As the Brooklyn-based electro-pop duo known as MGMT, their lives had become exactly the kind of circus their debut single Time to Pretend had derided.

April 16, 2010 theage.com.au
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/managing-their-fame-20100415-sgxw.html

+ Surprise success MGMT surprise again on new album
http://www.metronews.ca/vancouver/entertainment/article/502726--surprise-success-mgmt-surprise-again-on-new-album

+ Official website (& listen for free)
http://www.whoismgmt.com/us/home?utm_medium=columbia-email&utm_source=mgmt&utm_campaign=columbia-email%7Cmgmt%7C20100322

+ Coachella 2010: MGMT and Muse, from one extreme to another

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/04/coachella-2010-mgmt-and-muse-from-one-extreme-to-another.html

Ravi Shankar feat Philip Glass - Meeting Along The Edge

1990
Written by Ravi Shankar, Philip Glass




youtube.com/watch?v=lGHtW2d6Vw8&fmt=18

+ On the Edge - homage to Ravi Shankar & Philip Glass 2008
By the Sabina Rakcheyeva Trio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JFyTCq7pz4&fmt=18

Department of Eagles - Sailing by Night

2009 live

2003 Written by Daniel Rossen



youtube.com/watch?v=x7OMkmJQ9nE&fmt=18

+ Department of Eagles - Sailing By Night (Studio Version) 2003
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw0se3U3BqU&fmt=18

DEPARTMENT OF EAGLES ARCHIVE 2003-2006

cd: Department Of Eagles - Archive 2003-2006


Daniel Rossen and Fred Nicholaus were roommates at NYU when they began composing songs using samplers and goofy effects under the name Whitey On The Moon UK, borrowing their neighbor Chris Taylor’s microphone, who would later join Daniel to form Grizzly Bear.
Daniel and Fred created bedroom beats with funny lyrics as WotM, but later changed their name to Department of Eagles to avoid clashing with the similarly named San Fransisco band.

April 12th, 2010 Adam Kearney
http://www.deathandtaxesmagazine.com/?p=10679

Army (Ben Folds) on Acappella U HD - University of Rochester Midnight Ramblers

2008 a capella cover

1999 Ben Folds



youtube.com/watch?v=ZBR5rFh9gBs&fmt=18

IF THERE'S ONE THING BEN FOLDS' CAREER PATH HASN'T BEEN, IT'S PREDICTABLE

Concert and upcoming new cd: Ben Folds - Picture Window

Weather permitting, singer-songwriter-pianist Ben Folds can't wait to return to Cleveland.
Sure, he has a show booked for Thursday at the House of Blues, but his anticipation is based more on a hobby.

April 12, 2010 John Benson
http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2010/04/12/life/nh2307219.txt

Stephen Fairweather's 'Love You - Stack-O-Tracks'

Online: Stephen Fairweather's 'Love You - Stack-O-Tracks'

As far as we knew, the 'BBB Love You' event (Dec 10th, 2005 @ Lutterworth) was the first time this album could be heard in its entirety in one live performance.

(tip: Honkin' Down The Highway)

Stephen Fairweather
http://www.beachboysbritain.org.uk/loveyou.html

+ The Beach Boys Top 25 Best Most-Overlooked Singles
http://talkaboutpoppopmusic.blogspot.com/2009/10/beach-boys-top-20-most-overlooked.html

WELL-READHEAD: I'VE GOT WORMS

There's nothing wrong with the Beach Boys per se.

The album Pet Sounds routinely shows up on best-of-all-time lists.
But I'm feeling a bit less fondly towards them after recently having the chorus of Help Me Rhonda stuck in my head on a loop.
It reappeared several days in a row.

Fri Apr 9, 2010 Leigh Sales
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/09/2868049.htm?site=thedrum

+ Why do songs get stuck in my head?
http://health.howstuffworks.com/songs-stuck-in-head.htm

QUARRINGTON TRIBUTE INVOLVES MANY

QUOTE:

A Renaissance man in the most hands-on sense, Quarrington was an accomplished non-fiction writer and novelist, musician, screenwriter and educator.
He's best known for his novel Whale Music which is loosely based on the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson.
Whale Music won the 1989 Governor General's Award and became a film by the same name in 1994.

April 8, 2010 ERROL NAZARETH
http://www.lfpress.com/entertainment/music/2010/04/08/13521051.html

+ About the book 'Whale Music'
http://www.beachboys.com/booksIV.html

Super Furry Animals- The Placid Casual

1997





youtube.com/watch?v=I5HO8GfD0QY&fmt=18

+ Super Furry Animals - Citizens Band RARE HIDDEN SONG! 1999
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQjr5u8aivE&fmt=18

SUPER FURRY ANIMALS INTERVIEW

“I think all the Beach Boys had pretty good beards for a while,” muses Gruff Rhys, gently stroking his chin, “Dennis had a fantastic beard…and Mike Love had a beard for the duration of the Beach Boys career, I believe.
In fact, when Mike started losing his hair, the beard appeared in relation to the hair loss.
It was a strange kind of correlation.”

April 09, 2010 Ric Rawlins
http://www.artrocker.com/node/629

10 REASONS WHY THE BEACH BOYS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT BAND IN HISTORY

In the world of pop music, a lot of great personalities cast a long shadow.
Most of the durable bands and artists from the past 50 years, if we still remember them today, have left some kind of legacy.

April 6th, 2010 Josh Hoisington
http://www.soundsgoodink.com/featured/10-reasons-why-the-beach-boys-are-the-most-important-band-in-history

AT 60, BOBBY MCFERRIN FINDS HIS MUSIC JUST FLOWS EFFORTLESSLY

The music on vocalist Bobby McFerrin's new CD, "VOCAbuLarieS," is dream-world stuff. It floats and spins, a choir of voices as a chiffon sound tapestry, blowing about, shimmering and shimmying — delicate and complex, beating like a heart, or glowing like a jellyfish in the dark.

04/03/2010 Richard Scheinin
http://www.mercurynews.com/music/ci_14795556?nclick_check=1

+ listen to samples of this cd (& more streaming 'radio')
http://bobbymcferrin.com/radio.php

+ Surprise!
http://www.bobbymcferrin.com/dwbh_loader.html

+ Bobby McFerrin a vocal master
http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view/20100322bobby_mcferrin_a_vocal_master/srvc=home&position=also

IN FULL MIKE LOVE INTERVIEW

QUOTE:

Performing so many gigs indicates a real passion for performing?
Mike Love: This year we will probably do 150 to 160 shows. After Ireland we’re going to Finland and Denmark and then Sweden and then down to the Canary Islands and the Spanish Coast and back to Sweden and who knows from there.
What we like to do every night is prove we can recreate those songs like they’re meant to be sung, like the recordings.
We have an excellent musical director and lead guitarist to make sure every part is what it should be and we have got nothing but compliments recently on how fantastic the show sounds and [people saying] that the group has never sounded better.
To see how people respond so beautifully to your efforts and to see that reaction from all ages is really, really fantastic.
Obviously we get to travel to some pretty cool places and see the world and obviously we make a living doing it and those are two good things, but the special part of it is recreating those songs and doing the absolute best job that we can and seeing the audience join in and have a great time with us.

2 April 2010 Edwin McGreal
http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9400:in-full-mike-love-interview&catid=52:going-out&Itemid=146

+ The Maharishi Makes the Scene (January 25, 1968)
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2010/04/the_maharishi_m.php

+ How The Beatles' meditation technique could cure depression
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/how-the-beatles-meditation-technique-could-cure-depression-1938712.html