repost: VAN DYKE PARKS TO DO RARE LIVE PERFORMANCE AT MISSISSIPPI STUDIOS

Repost from 2010, because it has some interesting quotes, and it might shed a light on why Van's participation on the upcoming 'SMiLE Sessions box' is low key / or maybe publicity is kept low key at his request?

QUOTE:
Also don't count on hearing any songs from "Smile."

"I spent a lifetime of condemnation in the shadow of its incompletion," Parks said.

He calls the finished album (BWPS 2004) "adequate" but bemoans the absence of artist Frank Holmes' original cover art (which inspired the songwriting process, Parks said).
Other than calling him in to finish a few lyrics, Parks said, Wilson's camp didn't consult him on any decisions regarding the finished "Smile."

January 30, 2010 Peter Ames Carlin
http://www.oregonlive.com/O/index.ssf/2010/01/van_dyke_parks_to_do_rare_live.html

+ MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/vandykeparks

MADNESS AND GENIUS ARE CLOSE RELATIONS IN THE CREATIVE ARTS

It's often said that there is a fine line between lunacy and brilliance, but mental illness can actually be an artist's inspiration.

May 31, 2010 David Porter
http://personalitymooddisorders.suite101.com/article.cfm/madness-and-genius-are-close-relations-in-the-creative-arts

R.I.P. SOLOMON BURKE, 1940-2010

'The King of Rock And Soul'
Solomon Burke was a minor star if measured solely by chart success, he had five top forty hits in the early 1960s for Atlantic and largely fell into obscurity thereafter, bouncing from label to label throughout the '70s, '80s and '90s.

He also had one of the stranger resumes among those inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was a preacher, an undertaker, a businessman and host of a gospel radio show on top of being the undisputed King of Rock and Soul for nearly five decades. He held the record for most rejections before induction, too.
-> 2010-10-11

+ American Soul Legend Solomon Burke Dies in the Netherlands at 70

BEACH BOYS MOVIE SHOOT IN TORONTO?

Dennis, David, Carl, Mike and Brian

Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the team behind the Toronto-shot movie version of Hairspray, have joined actor John Stamos in getting the ball rolling on an as yet-untitled project that will use the music of the Beach Boys.

The film isn’t expected to follow in the footsteps of biopics focusing on musicians, like Ray or Walk the Line, instead it will be more in the vein of the stage-musical-turned-movie Mamma Mia! which utilized the music of ABBA to tell a fictional story.

2010-10-07 examiner.com/movies-in-toronto/
beach-boys-movie-to-shoot-toronto

THE BEACH BOYS' AL JARDINE HOLDS A COMING-OUT PARTY FOR HIS NEW SOLO ALBUM 'A POSTCARD FROM CALIFORNIA' AT HENRY MILLER LIBRARY

Al Jardine of the Beach Boys will be doing something Friday night for the first time since moving to Big Sur more than 30 years ago.

He'll play his first concert with his own band in what is practically his own backyard, the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur.

2010-10-07 Al Jardine's new cd live party!

STILL BEAUTIFUL AND HARMONIOUS

[The Beach Boys w/ On the Hunt, The Blue Dogs @ Mount Pleasant Hospital. Sun., Oct. 10]

Charleston musician David Stewart developed a deep love for the Beach Boys in elementary school.

2010-10-05
Blue Dogs make the case for California pop legends the Beach Boys

+ The Blue Dogs Biography

'ADZ'MAY BE STEVENS BEST YET

Sufjan Stevens has a new cd!

Frenetic waves of cascading glitch electronics abruptly end as soon as they seem to start. Swirling psychedelic soundscapes envelope the listener with warmth and somewhere, just outside of the mix, one can hear the familiar comfort and vulnerability of every Sufjan Stevens’ song of the past decade.

2010-10-04 ADZ review
Official site

Listen:
> Sufjan Stevens - I Want To Be Well
> Sufjan Stevens - Futile Devices

SONIC CIRCUITS INTERVIEW: FENNESZ ON SURFING, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE ELEMENTS

Last night’s Sonic Circuits show at the Strathmore Mansion was a treat—and not just because the dark, wooden walls of the arts center’s music room complemented the string-based openers

2010-09-22
washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2010/09/22/sonic-circuits-interview-fennesz-on-surfing-technology-the-elements/

CHARLES LLOYD ’S NEW QUARTET RELEASES NEW ALBUM (MIRROR) , PLAYS LOBERO THEATRE

This album contains a cover of 'Caroline, No'

Often cited as America’s greatest indigenous art form, jazz wriggles away from any univocal definition, resisting the confines of a single track like water flowing on broken ground.

September 22, 2010 Charles Donelan independent.com/news/2010/sep/22/charles-lloyds-new-quartet-releases-new-album-play/

And two old collaborations with the Beach Boys (circa 1972?):

> "TM in the AM and the PM" "The Beach Boys"

> Charles Lloyd TM

IT'S NR 1 ON AMAZON.COM

Amazon link

MORE REVIEWS OF BWRG (2010-08-19&20)

2010-08-20 from onpointradio.org
> Brian Wilson on Gershwin’s Music (listen to this show)

2010-08-20 from ology.com
Album Review: 'Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin' (By BRETT WARNER)

2010-08-19 from boomrethink.typepad.com
Brian Wilson Hangs Ten with Gershwin

MORE REVIEWS OF BWRG (2010-08-18)

2010-08-18 from dailycal.org
Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin.(By Jill Cowan)

2010-08-18 from broadwayworld.com
SOUND OFF: Brian Wilson Talks Gershwin, GLEE, Good Vibrations & More!

2010-08-18 from popmatters.com
Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin (By Crispin Kott)

MORE REVIEWS

A list of the latest. You'll have to check it out for new additions!


2010-08-17 from kearth101.radio.com
> Brian Wilson Visits The Morning Show!

2010-08-17 from peteramescarlin.com
Brian Wilson Reimagines Brian Wilson: America's native tormented musical genius keeps it as real as possible

2010-08-17 from capitalnewyork.com
Music for salad courses: 'Brian Wilson Reimagines George Gershwin' reviewed

2010-08-17 from ontheredcarpet.com
Brian Wilson releases Gershwin album with Beach Boys sound (with video!)

2010-08-17 from expressnightout.com
Pet Standards: Brian Wilson, 'Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin'

2010-08-17 from philly.com
These new musica albums are, well, different

2010-08-16 from music.msn.com
Wilson and Gershwin: Top American Pop Masters Meet (with video: track by track comments by Brian)

2010-08-16 from spinner.com
Brian Wilson Resurrects Gershwin, Addresses Beach Boys Reunion Talk

2010-08-16 from spinner.com
Brian Wilson Says Reimagining Classic and New Gershwin Tunes Is Proudest Moment

2010-08-16 from spinner.com
> Full CD Listening Party

2010-08-16 from baltimoresun.com

New Brian Wilson album puts a Beach Boys stamp on music of George Gershwin

2010-08-16 from soundspike.com

Album: Brian Wilson, "Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin" (Disney Pearl Series)

2010-08-16 from latimes.com
Brian Wilson waxes rhapsodic on Gershwin

2010-08-15 from nypost.com
Surfin’ Gershwin

2010-08-15 from bostonherald.com

Reimagine: Wouldn’t it be nice to hear Brian Wilson sing George Gershwin?

2010-08-15 from pressherald.com

Brian Wilson's good vibrations

2010-08-15 from hitfix.com

Review: Two American classics meet on 'Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin'

2010-08-15 from nytimes.com

Fun, Fun, Fun With Porgy, Bess and George

2010-08-14 from slantmagazine.com

Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin (by Joseph Jon Lanthier)

2010-08-13 from theglobeandmail.com

Please report for duty, Brian Wilson

2010-08-13 from webcastr.com (short promo video)

> Brian Wilson on Reimagining Gershwin

also:

2010-08-11 from dailynews.com

Brian Wilson 'Sunset Blvd' guitar by Lauren Evans

& article Strip's storied history is noted

FORMER BEACH BOY SENDS ‘POSTCARD FROM CALIFORNIA'

One of my favorite Northern California drives is the journey through the giant redwoods on Highway 12 from Santa Rosa to Bodega Bay.


August 10, 2010 Bruce Fessier
mydesert.com

BRIAN WILSON REACHES BACK FOR 'GERSHWIN' PROJECT

In 2004, Brian Wilson scored a critical and commercial victory by releasing a completed version of "Smile," the legendary "Pet Sounds" follow-up he'd originally begun work on in 1966.
Six years later, the Beach Boys mastermind is reaching even further back in time for his latest project, "Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin," due Aug. 17 from Walt Disney Records.

augustus 06, 2010 Mikael Wood
article from billboard.com

+ livestream.com: Interview

+ nyconversation.com: of-talent-lost-and-found

+ nodepression.com: Review: Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin

+ blog.napster.com: Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin Coming Next Tuesday, Aug. 17

HIS PET SOUND

Beach Boy Brian Wilson takes on his musical hero, George Gershwin.

Aug 1, 2010 Aaron Gell

nymag.com/arts/popmusic/features/67401

+ This past week I had the honor of introducing Brian Wilson at the Los Angeles album-listening party...

+ Beach Boy plays George Gershwin

+ spin.com/reviews/
brian-wilson-brian-wilson-reimagines-gershwin-walt-disney

+ poisonivyjones.blogspot.com/2010/08/
brian-wilson-celebrates-gershwin.html

ENDLESS SUMMER: MIKE LOVE ON WHY BEACH BOYS MUSIC HAS OUTLASTED SO MANY OTHERS

QUOTE:
Besides the Everly Brothers and Little Richard, the group Love and the others respected most was The Temptations.

“They were unbelievably great. Ball of Confusion, Papa Was a Rolling Stone, Cloud Nine. The Temptations, in my opinion, were on a par with The Beatles and the Beach Boys. They just didn’t get the print we did.”

Jul. 30, 2010 Ted Shaw
nationalpost.com/arts/
Endless+summer+Mike+Love+Beach+Boys+music+outlasted+many+others/3343157/story.html


+ thestamfordtimes.com:
After all these years, Beach Boys still sending out good vibrations

+ theday.com:
Mike Love reflects on life as a Beach Boy

+ telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com:
Founding member of Beach Boys Mike Love hopes to collaborate again with cousin Brian Wilson

Caro Emerald - That Man (Official Video)

Funny clip, retro & hip

2010 Written by Degiorgio, Schreurs?





That Man

FIRST LISTEN: 'BRIAN WILSON REIMAGINES GERSHWIN'

At a listening session Wednesday night in West Hollywood, an audience of about 100 invited guests, including record company executives, journalists and others, got a listen to the result, “Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin,” the album scheduled for release Aug. 17.

July 29, 2010 Randy Lewis
latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/07/brian-wilson-gershwin-reimagines.html

+ blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/2010/07/29/s-wonderful-brian-wilson-tackles-gershwins-catalog

+ 20th Century Boys: Brian Wilson and George Gershwin (by Peter Ames Carlin)

+ It certainly sounds intriguing: Brian Wilson

AL JARDINE'S ENDLESS SUMMER IS UNDERWAY WITH TODAY'S ONLINE RELEASE OF 'A POSTCARD FROM CALIFORNIA'

Jardine recently discussed how water, the environment, ecology, and a primary concern for nature are still predominant themes in his material...

2010-06-30
top40-charts.com/news/Pop-Rock/
Al-Jardines-Endless-Summer-Is-Underway-With-Todays-Online-Release-Of-a-Postcard-From-California/57412.html

+ review andrewhickey.info/2010/07/03/
al-jardine-a-postcard-from-california/

+ review endlesssummerquarterly.blogspot.com/2010/07/
al-jardine-postcard-from-california.html

+ Neil Young Sings a Beach Boys Song on New Al Jardine Album