Mike calls Brian's wife "his Yoko Ono"

[Dancing Bear]

I'm always wary of a BBs reunion....I don't really wanna see a "Brian in the back corner" situation

Who knows? David Leaf could write another book denouncing how Brian is being trotted out like a circus bear by his own family. David could be cool again. 

[Alex]

I'm always wary of a BBs reunion....I don't really wanna see a "Brian in the back corner" situation

Who knows? David Leaf could write another book denouncing how Brian is being trotted out like a circus bear by his own family. David could be cool again. 

I still haven't read the David Leaf book....and I really want to despite what a good number of people on this board think of him.

[MBE]

There are many good interviews in the Leaf book but it's the context that turns me off. Most of the more damning quotes are given by anonymous sources. One of the funniest things in there is him decrying Brian going back on tour in 1976 as everyone knows Brian hates it!  The guy couldn't wait to be in Brian's tour docs.. Sheesh.

[Alex]

There are many good interviews in the Leaf book but it's the context that turns me off. Most of the more damning quotes are given by anonymous sources. One of the funniest things in there is him decrying Brian going back on tour in 1976 as everyone knows Brian hates it!  The guy couldn't wait to be in Brian's tour docs.. Sheesh.

I'll make my judgments about Leaf once I read the book, if I can ever get my hands on it. Domenic Priore seems to be another much-disliked author on this board, but I do like his 2005 SMiLE book, I just have to take a step back and separate the truth from the opinions and speculation (but honestly, how can you be a BB fan, especially a fan of SMiLE, and not be constantly speculating?). Maybe someone who is better at looking at the SMiLE era with an objective point of view, and not through the lens of intense fandom should write the next SMiLE book. But criticisms of Priore aside, Look Listen Vibrate Smile is another book I really want to get!

[Dancing Bear]

Ascrodin, don't worry. I'm sure you'll love Leaf's book. 

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

By Melanie Vanderveer
Every year, there is a Beach Boys song on a motion picture soundtrack. There have been about 40 of those. "####tail" and "Happy Feet" are two of them.

Now who edited that? 

I was wondering about that.

[Chris Brown]

Alex, I highly recommend getting your hands on "Look, Listen, Vibrate, Smile!" as soon as you possibly can.  Even though there are some suspect conclusions by Priore, the press clippings and interviews alone are invaluable. 

[Sheriff John Stone]

Despite David Leaf's "perspective", I still think his book is essential reading. And, while I don't entirely agree with his "perspective", it has some merit.

[MBE]

I like some of Domenic's writing because when he isn't knocking Mike he has some interesting things to say. He did a very good piece on Dennis in the Denny Remembered book. His first 3 DAG books (he didn't do some of the pictorially beautiful but somewhat lesser 4th) including Look Listen all have some good info. He does a really cool look at the outside Brian productions in the first. A nice article about the Friends era is in the third. The Look Listen is a much better book, which is why I guess I am so let down by his Smile one. He did make some good points about how low the Beach Boys had sunk during the Kokomo era. I mean watch the 25th special and it was a low point. One thing though is that info has come out redeeming the other Beach Boys in many ways and his new work should have considered that.
Again the Leaf book has some good info but go into it knowing that many of his theories about how little the others did is now demonstrably wrong. One look at Andrew's site shows that the Beach Boys were always a collective. Leaf is both good and bad about Brian. He grasps his talent fully (at least through 66), but like Domenic makes him into a martyr. Brian did some really dumb things and hurtful things as did the others. Marilyn even has a few pot shots taken at her. Do decide for youself about the book of course, but I just was giving my viewpoint after recently reading through it again.