2010/03/08

Brian Wilson Shortenin' Bread RESEARCH

From wikipedia:
Shortening bread is a fried batter bread, the ingredients of which include corn meal, flour, hot water, eggs, baking powder, milk and shortening.

Suite in 10 parts

Adapted/written by: Brian Wilson



youtube.com/watch?v=CCvOiwUMNW8&fmt=18

+ History of "Shortnin' Bread" - 4 versions
1) Andrews Sisters
2) The Viscounts (UK #16)
3) Paul Chaplain and his Emeralds (US Billboard #82 and Cashbox #55.)
4) The Fabulous Playboys instrumental
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQmSlxWcd-k&fmt=18

More Shortenin' riffs

+ Brian Wilson: In my Car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBpJjAppTP0&#t=2m18

+ The Beach Boys: In My Car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RraBzJ_XVFo&fmt=18&#t=0m33

Shortenin' Bread Riff IN NOTES

2010/03/07

DENNIS WILSON SOLO RECORDINGS

No one would have expected that the middle of the Wilson brothers would blossom like he did.
For the first few years, Dennis was seen as the Beach Boys pin up.
The epitome of Sixties West Coast cool.
The only surfer in the Beach Boys.
The good looking boy who sat behind his drums, smiling at the girls and getting them wild shaking his long blond hair.

Jul 24, 2007 peerke
http://therecordroom.informe.com/forum/dennis-wilson-solo-recordings-dt336.html

+ Moment in the Sun (about POB reissue)
http://www.ascap.com/playback/2009/spring/radar/Sun.aspx

2010/03/06

FORMER HEAVY BLINKERS FRONT-MAN EMERGES AS ANDREW WATT AND THE GLORY GLORY FOR NEW FULL-LENGTH

While Halifax's the Heavy Blinkers haven't given us much to work with recently, former co-front-man Andrew Watt is set to release his debut solo album on March 16.
Watt, who departed from the orchestral-pop band in 2008, now leads Andrew Watt and the Glory Glory, and has supposedly channelled the sound of Brian Wilson in what a press release calls “an orchestral pop gem,” titled First Day of Summer Life.

3/5/2010 By Carly Lewis
http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=115&csid2=844&fid1=44792

+ MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/andrewwattandthegloryglory
http://www.myspace.com/theheavyblinkers

+ Andrew Watt and the Glory Glory, First Day of Summer Life.
http://www.thestar.com/opinion/article/775833--ben-rayner-s-reasons-to-live

2010/03/05

BE MY BABY

One of the defining rock ‘n roll songs of the 1960s – a song notable for its role in advancing a new sound that changed pop music – is the Ronettes’ 1963 blockbuster, “Be My Baby.”
It was sung by three young girls from New York’s Spanish Harlem...

18 January 2010 Jack Doyle
http://www.pophistorydig.com/?p=5201

RETROFLECTIONS: AMERICAN BANDSTAND

From out of the blue today I was on the internet and this song came on…
We’re going We’re goin’ hoppin’, We’re goin’ hoppin’ today, Where things are poppin’ The philadelphia way, We’re gonna drop in , On all the music they play, On the bandstand –bandstand and it got me thinking…

Mar.04, 2010 Tyler Woods
http://tucsoncitizen.com/retroflections/2010/03/04/american-bandstand/

+ American Bandstand
http://www.pophistorydig.com/?tag=american-bandstand-mtv

2010/03/04

BROKEN BELLS - REVIEW

We check out the new album from Danger Mouse and The Shin's James Mercer.

Everybody's talking about Broken Bells, the high-profile musical collaboration between Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton, producer and co-founder of Gnarls Barkley, and James Mercer, lead singer and guitarist of The Shins. The indie scene has been buzzing about the duo's self-titled release for months. They've even been dubbed "the new Postal Service." Can Broken Bells live up to the hype?

2010-04-02
http://music.ign.com/articles/107/1073533p1.html

+ CD Roundup: Broken Bells and Frightened Rabbits

+ Album review: Broken Bells, 'Broken Bells'

+ Broken Bells - Broken Bells Review

TYGERS' FOLLOW-UP RECORD WAS 40 YEARS IN THE MAKING

The Tygers 1968Releasing a solid debut album is one of the tougher accomplishments in the music industry.
The only thing more difficult, it seems, is making a good sophomore disc.
The old saying in the recording industry holds that bands have "a lifetime to make the first record and six weeks to make the second."

The Tygers broke that mold ... and it only took 40 years.

March 3, 2010 Drew Olson
http://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/thetygers.html?viewall=1

2010/03/03

Dennis & Brian Wilson - Oh Lord

1981

Organ, vocal & composition: Brian Wilson
Dennis on piano?





http://spotify-on-tumblr.tumblr.com/post/422705753/dennis-brian-wilson-oh-lord-from-the-cocaine

TWO-LANE BLACKTOP ZOOMS INTO SPIRIT SQUARE

It was supposed to be the next Easy Rider, and Esquire declared it “the movie of the year” before it had even been released. Instead, 1971’s Two-Lane Blacktop divided critics and was skipped by audiences, resulting in a hasty retreat from the moviegoing consciousness.
Today, it’s regarded as a minor classic by many and a cult flick by all, and now local audiences have the opportunity to lap up what’s long been regarded as one of the quintessential American road movies.

March 2nd, 2010 Matt Brunson
http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/theclog/2010/03/02/two-lane-blacktop-zooms-into-spirit-square-on-saturday/

+ Two-Lane Blacktop Film Review (in Dutch) + Trailer!
http://www.cultfilmsenkutfilms.com/quickies/two_lane_blacktop.html

2010/02/26

THE KINKS – THE VILLAGE GREEN PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Paul Williams, after leaving Crawdaddy!, the magazine he started in early 1966, wrote this review for Rolling Stone, June 14, 1969…

February 26, 2010 Paul Williams (republished)
http://beatpatrol.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/the-kinks-the-village-green-preservation-society-1968/

DENNIS WILSON – THE REAL BEACH BOY: EXCESS ON THE BEACH

DENNIS WILSON – THE REAL BEACH BOY: Friday 26th February, BBC4, 9pm

The cover of their 1963, best-selling album Surfer Girl says it all.

February 26, 2010 by George Nott
http://channelhopping.onthebox.com/2010/02/26/dennis-wilson-the-real-beach-boy-excess-on-the-beach/

+ Review of Denny BBC doc.
http://pub21.bravenet.com/forum/static/show.php?usernum=1801480168&frmid=60&msgid=953303&cmd=show

+ listen after broadcast (UK only?)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/tv/bbc_four

2010/02/24

BRIAN WILSON 2009 NUREMBURG CONCERT ON DUTCH RADIO 26 FEB (part 2)

Legendarisch Live, each fridaynight 23.00 - 0.00 CET, on Radio 2!
(you can also listen live on NL Radio)


http://legendarischlive.kro.nl/

BBC4 TO AIR BEACH BOYS NIGHT / LIME MOVES INTO DOCS WITH BEACH BOY CO-PRO FILM

Repost with update!

Hollyoaks producer Lime Pictures is venturing into arts programming with a BBC4 profile of Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson.
Dennis Wilson - the Real Beach Boy will be part of the channel’s Legends series and will uncover the early life of Wilson, the only actual surfer in the California band. DJ Mark Radcliffe narrates the film, which features new interviews with Wilson’s brother and bandmate Brian, sons and friends.

Matt O’Casey, who made BBC doc Blondie - One Way or Another, will produce and direct, and his indie Dusty Slider will co-produce the 60-minute doc. Executive producers are Tony Wood for Lime and Paul Bullock for the BBC.

2009 june 11http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/commissioning/lime-moves-into-docs-with-beach-boy-co-pro-film/5002359.article
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update (from dutchbeachboys.blogspot.com)
New Dennis Wilson documentary !!
A new 60 minute documentary film on the life of Dennis Wilson has been created for the BBC4 Legends series.
The film titled Dennis Wilson – The Real Beach Boy will premiere in the UK on Friday, February 26th at 9 p.m..The documentary features previously unseen footage and rare archival materials.
New interview segments with David Marks, Al Jardine, Blondie Chaplin, Michael Wilson, Carl B. Wilson, Gregg Jakobson, Ed Roach, John Hanlon, Jeffrey Foskett, Tom Murphy, Ron Swallow, Jo Ann Marks, Taylor Hawkins, Mike Kowalski, Jon Stebbins and others give the film a fresh perspective on Dennis’ life and legacy.

The documentary is produced by Lime Pictures of Liverpool in association with Dusty Slider films and BBC Wales. Matt O’Casey is credited as director and co-producer, executive producers are Tony Wood and Paul Bullock, Jon Stebbins is the film’s U.S. producer, and Howie Edelson is program consultant. The documentary is narrated by noted British DJ Mark Radcliffe who is also a drummer and a longtime fan of Dennis Wilson.
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UPDATE 2
BBC Four to air Beach Boys night

BBC Four is to devote a night’s programming to the Beach Boys later this month. Friday February 26 will see the channel air
a documentary on the life of Dennis Wilson, entitled Legends: Dennis Wilson, followed by
Pet Sounds: Brian Wilson Live In London, a concert film in which the former Beach Boy plays the band’s classic 1966 Pet Sounds album from start to finish.
The night finishes with Imagine – Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson’s Smile, in which Alan Yentob examines the band’s legendary lost album, Smile.
+ http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1040101&c=1

THE VINYL ALBUM IS GETTING ITS GROOVE BACK

QUOTE:
According to Nielsen SoundScan, 2009 was the biggest year for vinyl album sales since they started keeping records in 1991.

Here are the vinyl albums and artists that topped their charts last year:

1. "Abbey Road," The Beatles
2. "Thriller," Michael Jackson
3. "Merriweather Post Pavilion," Animal Collective
4. "Wilco," Wilco
5. "Fleet Foxes," Fleet Foxes
6. "Backspacer," Pearl Jam
7. "Veckatimest," Grizzly Bear
8. "Appetite for Destruction," Guns N' Roses
9. "Big Whiskey & the GrooGrux King," Dave Matthews Band
10. "In Rainbows," Radiohead


Feb. 23, 2010 Glenn Gamboa
http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/music/articles/2010/02/23/20100223vinyl-spoon.html

2010/02/23

BeBoNe - 10 acapella PLAYLIST


Just testing a YouTube playlist! Click below for external playback.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C200709CB545CB5E

Magic (Ben Folds song)
Selfless, Cold and Composed (Ben Folds song)
The Singers Unlimited - Killing Me Softly With His Song
Where or when - Dion and the Belmonts
Belmonts - That's My Desire
Gypsy women - The Persuasions
Common Threads - Bobby McFerrin
The Beach Boys - The Lord's Prayer
Michelle - the Singers Unlimited
Ward Swingle, The Swingle Singers (Bach)

Hear The Ruby Suns' 'Fight Softly' cd


http://www.clashmusic.com/feature/hear-the-ruby-suns-fight-softly

+ news
http://news.google.nl/news?hl=nl&gbv=2&q=%22Ruby%20Suns%22&ndsp=20&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=in

+ Ruby Suns successfully switch gears on Softly
http://www.dailycardinal.com/arts/ruby-suns-successfully-switch-gears-on-em-softly-em-1.1216573

+ The Ruby Suns - Fight Softly
http://drownedinsound.com/releases/15174/reviews/4139298

+ another one
http://thequietus.com/articles/03839-the-ruby-suns-fight-softly-album-review

> listen clashmusic.com/feature/
hear-the-ruby-suns-fight-softly

2010/02/22

NEIL YOUNG HONOURED FOR HEART (AND ART) OF GOLD

Eclectic rocker Neil Young, who has made no secret of his disdain for the Grammys, finally won a coveted trophy Sunday for the first time in a career spanning almost 50 years.



ALAN PARSONS CONTINUES THE ART & SCIENCE OF SOUND RECORDING SERIES

Newly-Released Sections Continue to Explore the Vital Topics in Sound Recording

Santa Cruz, CA (PRWEB) February 22, 2010 -- Alan Parsons’ Art and Science of Sound Recording, the acclaimed instructional series covering all aspects of sound recording, has released a series of new sections, available for streaming and digital download at http://www.artandscienceofsound.com/

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/02/prweb3631684.htm

2010/02/20

Sambassadeur - Between the lines

2010

original



youtube.com/watch?v=KE4SlTYjIkg&fmt=18

SAMBASSADEUR – EUROPEAN

While on a drive in my hometown recently, I discovered that something truly remarkable had happened to the radio. Well, oldies radio.
My trusted provider of decades-old Brill Building pop and doo-wop one-hit wonders had decided that oldies music had simply become, too old.
Worse yet, the torch had been passed on to radio real-estate extraordinaire Pink Floyd, who seemed content to gloat, “The time is gone / The song is over.” Oh, how right they were!

February 19, 2010 David Roy
http://www.adequacy.net/2010/02/sambassadeur-european/

2010/02/19

Piano Stairs - The Fun Theory

2009-09-22






youtube.com/watch?v=2lXh2n0aPyw&fmt=18

+ http://www.thefuntheory.com/
This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better.

BRIAN WILSON 2009 NUREMBURG CONCERT ON DUTCH RADIO 19 FEB (part 1)

Legendarisch Live, each fridaynight 23.00 - 0.00 CET, on Radio 2!
(you can also listen live on NL Radio)


http://legendarischlive.kro.nl/