DINOSAUR COMICS

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March 20th, 2008
http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=1187

The Beach Boys - This whole world live 1988

1988

1970 Written by: Brian Wilson



youtube.com/watch?v=M85Fm21b5iY&fmt=18

Beach Boys - Roller skating child live 1978

1978

1977 Written by: Brian Wilson



youtube.com/watch?v=j1EPXBQV3yM&fmt=18

REMEMBERING SONGWRITING LEGEND ELLIE GREENWICH

Ask anybody to name a great songwriter from the 60s, and they will namecheck the lyrics of Lennon, the melodies of McCartney, or the studio mastery of Spector.
Few will plump for Ellie Greenwich, the blonde-haired, bright-eyed New Yorker who co-wrote some of the decade's most extraordinary songs – Be My Baby and Da Doo Ron Ron for the Ronettes, Leader of the Pack for the Shangri-Las, I Can Hear Music for the Beach Boys, and River Deep, Mountain High for Ike and Tina Turner.
Having passed away yesterday, at the age of 68, Greenwich's legacy is a catalogue of classic songs – and a contribution to pop that we should commemorate.

Jude Rogers, Thursday 27 August 2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/aug/27/ellie-greenwich

+ http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-ellie-greenwich27-2009aug27,0,5623596.story

+ update 2009-09
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/08/thoughts-on-ellie-greenwich.html

Let's Trash the Beach!

2009?
keepcaliforniabeautiful.org




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

+ http://keepcaliforniabeautiful.org/aboutus.html

AL JARDINE TALKS ABOUT LIFE INSIDE THE BEACH BOYS IN REVEALING INTERVIEW

Interviews with members of the Beach Boys over the years, like a lot of celebrity interviews, are notable for sticking to the company line.

But in the August issue of Record Collector, which still can be found on newsstands in the U.S. if you hurry, Al Jardine talks openly and honestly about the group in an interview with Ken Sharp.

2009 aug 25, Steve Marinucci
http://www.examiner.com/x-19248-Vintage-Rock-n-Roll-Examiner~y2009m8d25-Al-Jardine-talks-about-life-inside-the-Beach-Boys-in-revealing-interview

CAROL KAYE ON BASS, BRIAN AND THE BEACH BOYS

Also Phil Spector, Sonny Bono, Barbra Streisandand the life of a session player

Among bass players, her name is legend. Carol Kaye has had a long and storied career as a bass player with some very famous people.

2000??? Carol Kaye
http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/carolkay.htm

GUY TALK: CUTTING BOARD #10

Steve: Don’t know if our readers are aware of this, but Phil is one of the great music geeks of our time. He worked in the music industry, he’s got a gazillion recordings

2009 jul 21 Phil Fountain and Steve Brewer
http://anewscafe.com/2009/07/22/cutting-board-10/

+ Inspirations of Modern Music
http://anewscafe.com/2008/11/09/inspirations-of-modern-music/

BATTLE OF THE BANDS: BEATLES ON TOP

Ask people of various ages about their favourite music and what do you get? Perhaps more common ground between the generations than you'd expect.

QUOTE 1:
Top 20 acts in the poll:
1. Beatles
2. Eagles
3. Johnny Cash
4. Michael Jackson
5. Elvis Presley
6. Rolling Stones
7. Aretha Franklin
8. Frank Sinatra
9. Carrie Underwood
10. Garth Brooks
11. Jimi Hendrix
12. Bruce Springsteen
13. Mariah Carey
14. Bob Dylan
15. Jefferson Airplane
16. Nirvana
17. Madonna
18. Coldplay
19. Kanye West
20. Grateful Dead

QUOTE 2 (pewresearch.org):

That said, one of the most compelling findings in the survey is the extent to which the Millennial Generation (ages 16 to 29) embraces the music of the '60s -- including the work of groups that stopped performing long before anyone in that generation was born.

Aug 12, 2009
http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hRB17F0WO9zFs1ElPDYjHde32D3g

+ http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1309/gentler-generation-gap-music-tastes?src=prc-latest&proj=peoplepress

Rescue Cat - £10 bag

2009?
Original




youtube.com/watch?v=Eyo-nF5MzKA&fmt=18

+ www.myspace.com/rescuecatmusic

The Beach Boys-Sail on Sailor- Live in Boston '96

1996

1971-1973 Written by: Brian Wilson, Van Dyke Parks, Jack Rieley, Ray Kennedy, Tandyn Almer.
youtube.com/watch?v=dZIqi9UnQH0

+ Mark Ronson ft. Sean Lennon - Sail on Sailor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tpVz0pI4hQ&fmt=18

Beach Boys working in the studio1980

Goin' On / Goin' To The Beach




http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=e_3ZlgzFqz8&fmt=18

+ update 2009-09 Goin To The Beach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC6DfsQo1RE&fmt=18

SUMMER SONG FAVORITES: 'I GET AROUND'

As All Things Considered has been talking to artists about their favorite songs of summer, a lot of listeners have written in with their own memories.

August 18, 2009
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111997251

+ http://www.acousticmusic.com/fame/p05295.htm

Q&A WITH BRIAN WILSON

BRIAN WILSON
Los Angeles, California 1988

Sleigh bells in the summer. Darkness in the sun.

These dichotomies have been at the heart of Brian Wilson’s music since the start of the sixties when he, his brothers, a cousin and a neighbor started a band that would become an American institution: the Beach Boys.

By Paul Zollo on July 17th, 2009
http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/07/the-paul-zollo-blog-qa-with-brian-wilson/

JOHNSTON STILL ENJOYS BEACH BOYS’ ‘ENDLESS SUMMER’

Quote:

Surprisingly, however, Johnston says, “I blame myself for bringing Brian into a downfall in the studio.”

He suggested that Wilson move to a studio with eight-track recording, like what he had worked with at Columbia, instead of sticking with the four-track recording — three useable tracks and one for mixing — he had used to craft The Beach Boys’ biggest hits.

The move, however, ran counter to Wilson’s most productive and creative work habits.

“Brian had to make instant decisions and mix as he recorded because he didn’t have a lot of tracks,” Johnston says about four-track recording. “You get into multi-tracking, and you can put off mixing decisions, for a guy like Brian, or you don’t make your tracks as big, so you miss that leakage of the drum track going into the string track. … He’s the kind of guy who would have it totally together in the studio, he’d have it nailed, and then we’d do our singing.”

Johnston believes Wilson would have eventually followed the technology where it led, but he regrets pushing him into it.


ANDREW S. HUGHES, August 13. 2009
http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20090813/Ent/908139939/1043/Ent

+ http://www.thesmileshop.net/index.php/Anatomy_of_a_recording_session:_Cutting_Wouldn.

+ http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1701111

THE TOP 5 LES PAUL SONGS YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO (AND WATCH) RIGHT NOW

Sites and sounds you don't want to miss from a career filled with memorable highlights

Les Paul was not only a music icon, but without him music recording as we know it today, would not exist.
If you are a musician or work in the industry, not a day goes by that you aren’t touched by something Paul influenced.

Katy Hatley, 08/14/2009
http://www.collegenews.com/index.php?/ear_candy/5_favories_from_guitar_hero_les_paul_986838383/

+ update 2009-08
http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php?PHPSESSID=0b3db25eb386fb326da0d3b6046a0441&topic=7680.0

Brothers Johnson - Strawberry Letter 23

1977 cover

1972 Written by: Juggy Otis


youtube.com/watch?v=Bsr8I_FDBAg&fmt=18

+ Juggie Otis original
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEJTk9meLEQ&fmt=18

Time To Get Alone - The Beach Boys

1967
Written by: Brian Wilson

(alt mix, published 1998/99 on Hawthorne, CA cd)

youtube.com/watch?v=o2jWSoOAjB8&fmt=18

+ Redwood version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7dEfHPTXaA&fmt=18

Ronettes Be my Baby Shingdig 1965

1965 live

1963 Written by: Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich


youtube.com/watch?v=oyGO5NRhzvk&fmt=18

THE INTERNET IS THE BEACH BOYS IN 1963

Quote:

No one would have guessed in 1963 that the Beach Boys would be the single biggest influence on indie rock in 2009.

Amanda Marcotte - August 12, 2009
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/08/12/the_internet_is_the_beach_boys_in_1963/

Marcella

2009 (newcastle/gateshead july 09? must be the 12th)

1972 Written by: Brian Wilson, Jack Rieley


youtube.com/watch?v=wcrOt2xtOtw&fmt=18

Audacity Audio Editing & God Only Knows -- 4 parts

(uploaded february 2008)



1/4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGh34Aks9Go&fmt=18

2/4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdBjkhZM99Q&fmt=18

3/4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQRvdShJ6hw&fmt=18

4/4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWrHOmp_Qbw&fmt=18

AL JARDINE AND HIS ENDLESS SUMMER BAND

B.B. KING’S, New York City

Longtime Beach Boys fans were thrilled to hear that Al Jardine was finally bringing his band to a major venue in New York City.
We in the Northeast have, thankfully, had many opportunities in recent years to see Brian Wilson in concert – and of course, the touring Beach Boys with Mike Love and Bruce Johnston have been ubiquitous

July 20, 2009 Dennis Kelley
http://www.aljardine.com/articles.html

+ http://www.bbstomp.co.uk/aljardine.htm (July 31, 2007)

WOODSTOCK BY NUMBERS

MERRIMAC — This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, and while some locals were fortunate enough to have seen the revolutionary rock festival, it would have sounded a lot different were it not for Merrimac's Bill Hanley.

[quote:]

400,000 - Estimated number of people who attended Woodstock festival. Only 60,000 were expected to attend.

315,000 - Feet of film shot for Woodstock film (120 hours).

7,500 - Paid (in dollars) for The Grateful Dead to perform.

6,000 - Number of patients treated during festival.

2,366 - Population of Bethel in August, 1969. Bethel is the town where the concert was performed.

1,300 - Pounds of canned food, sandwiches and fruit flown in by emergency helicopters.

450 - Cows unfenced for three days by campers.

51 - Number of caldrons of rice-carrot-raisin combo made at Hog Farm Free Kitchen by 3 a.m. Sunday, August 17.

50 - Number of additional doctors flown in from New York City on Aug. 16

31 - Number of acts that performed on main stage.

15 - Average miles walked by festival-goers after leaving their cars due to extreme traffic conditions.

10 - Number of shots fired in air by farmer fed up with noise.

3 - Number of deaths. (Heroin overdose, ruptured appendix and being run over by a tractor).

2009 aug 11 Liz King

http://www.newburyportnews.com/punews/local_story_222224900.html

MANSBRIDGE ONE ON ONE WITH BRIAN WILSON

2006 Peter Mansbridge interview video
http://www.dd-rd.ca/site/_media/files/CBC_ca%20-%20Mansbridge%20One%20on%20One.htm
choose the Brian Wilson-link on the bottom right (some of our favourite interviews)

or go directly to
http://www.cbc.ca/toronto/medialauncher/mediawindow_mansbridge.html?mediatype=QuickTimeCheckedOut&filelocation=/clips/Toronto/mov/brian-wilson-041008.mov&title=Peter%20Mansbridge%20interviews%20Brian%20Wilson
(in my case only QuickTime did work)

Dance Dance Dance - The Fendertones

2009

1965 Written by: Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson



youtube.com/watch?v=I3vs06IhjIo&fmt=18