Mike at David Lynch's TM Summit Today

[The infamous Baldwin Organ]

Aweomse, they look great. Thanks so much for sharing.

[Shady]

Mike Signing Autographs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyYf9SHZiac

[Dove Nested Towers]

i wonder, though... has paul ever told the story?

yeah, i'm sure paul just gets giddy bragging about how he hung out with the mike love

well, despite what brian says about mike, i think he seems like a cool/fun/interesting person to hang out with for a while. i look past mike's surface egotism and just see a proud man - proud of his life, his friends and family. and besides, go ahead and tell me you wouldn't be telling that story about paul for the rest of your life if it happened to you!

The problem is he's unwittingly cheapening the Beach Boys own achievements, which stand on their
own merits roughly equally with the Beatles', by seeming to need to bask in McCartney's glory by
repeating the self-aggrandizing anecdote ad nauseum.

anyway, on the lighter side of things, i wonder if mike will tell david lynch to stop "friggin' with the formula" since he makes Smile seem as innocent and straight forward as the alphabet with creations like the mindfuck Rabbits. 

[sofonanm]

not really, since mike credits himself for much of it.

[mikeyj]

The problem is he's unwittingly cheapening the Beach Boys own achievements, which stand on their
own merits roughly equally with the Beatles', by seeming to need to bask in McCartney's glory by
repeating the self-aggrandizing anecdote ad nauseum.

Well said!! That's one thing that has always annoyed me about Mike. Instead of saying "yeah, Sunflower was a really great album" he just goes on about how he came up with the idea for mentioning the girls for Back In The USSR, how he wrote the line "I'm picking up good vibrations...", and how Kokomo was the bands best selling hit. It's just that he keeps repeating those facts ALL the time. I don't follow Paul all that closely (in terms of interviews that he does etc..) but I bet he (and countless other musicians) don't tell the same bloody stories in every interview!!

[MBE]

McCartney tells the same stories all the time he is worse then Love. If I have to hear how John piped in with COuldn't get much worse" for "Getting Better" one more time I swear I will switch to the Rutles for good.

[mikeyj]

McCartney tells the same stories all the time he is worse then Love. If I have to hear how John piped in with COuldn't get much worse" for "Getting Better" one more time I swear I will switch to the Rutles for good.

Well there you go. As I say I don't really follow his interviews even though I really like McCartney. Well it doesn't take away that I really hate when Mike talks about the same old things. In saying that at least he actually gives more than one word answers But I just wish Mike would talk more about his contribution to songs such as All I Wanna Do, She Knows Me Too Well etc.. because when he does he usually has something interesting to say and he is obviously more insightful than Brian. Maybe I am being a little unrealistic though, because most people wouldn't know what Mike was talking about if he mentioned writing some of those hidden gems... still, I can still dream can't I?

[c-man]

Fox News ran a story on the event last night, with some cool clips of Paul & his band doing "Drive My Car", Ringo & Paul singing "With A Little Help From My Friends", Sheryl Crow and others, and Mike up onstage singing with some other people whom I was too distracted to recognize because Mike was mis-identified as "Brian Wilson".  How ironic THAT was!!   

[sofonanm]

McCartney tells the same stories all the time he is worse then Love. If I have to hear how John piped in with COuldn't get much worse" for "Getting Better" one more time I swear I will switch to the Rutles for good.

Exactly, although I blame that on the interviewers asking the same questions over and over again. "What was it like writing with the John Lennon?" 

Fox News ran a story on the event last night, with some cool clips of Paul & his band doing "Drive My Car", Ringo & Paul singing "With A Little Help From My Friends", Sheryl Crow and others, and Mike up onstage singing with some other people whom I was too distracted to recognize because Mike was mis-identified as "Brian Wilson".  How ironic THAT was!!   

Ouch!

[Dove Nested Towers]

Fox News ran a story on the event last night, with some cool clips of Paul & his band doing "Drive My Car", Ringo & Paul singing "With A Little Help From My Friends", Sheryl Crow and others, and Mike up onstage singing with some other people whom I was too distracted to recognize because Mike was mis-identified as "Brian Wilson".  How ironic THAT was!!   

That is wild, wild stuff. Oh, the irony! As soon as I stop laughing it'll be time for me to meditate and
then we'll have world peace, m'kay?

[Sheriff John Stone]

McCartney tells the same stories all the time he is worse then Love. If I have to hear how John piped in with COuldn't get much worse" for "Getting Better" one more time I swear I will switch to the Rutles for good.

Well there you go. As I say I don't really follow his interviews even though I really like McCartney. Well it doesn't take away that I really hate when Mike talks about the same old things.

I know what you mean. I'm starting to think "God Only Knows" is sub-titled "Paul McCartney's Favorite Song". And, don't forget, there's a lot of love in Pet Sounds.

[MBE]

McCartney tells the same stories all the time he is worse then Love. If I have to hear how John piped in with COuldn't get much worse" for "Getting Better" one more time I swear I will switch to the Rutles for good.

Well there you go. As I say I don't really follow his interviews even though I really like McCartney. Well it doesn't take away that I really hate when Mike talks about the same old things. In saying that at least he actually gives more than one word answers But I just wish Mike would talk more about his contribution to songs such as All I Wanna Do, She Knows Me Too Well etc.. because when he does he usually has something interesting to say and he is obviously more insightful than Brian. Maybe I am being a little unrealistic though, because most people wouldn't know what Mike was talking about if he mentioned writing some of those hidden gems... still, I can still dream can't I?

All he needs is an interviewer attuned enough to his music to ask him such questions. I tried to get an interview but didn't succeed. David Beard did some good ones in the late 90's for ESQ.

[RickD]

Pssh, Mike Love has never not looked great...

photos please!

a turban would be a good place to start ...   

[Thunderfingers75]

Howard Stern talked yesterday on his show about speaking for a while with Mike at the event. He said that Mike was a stand up guy and that the two had a nice conversation. Howard said that Mike told him thanks for being vocal about TM, that it showed the world that "it wasnt just for pussies".

[sofonanm]

Howard Stern talked yesterday on his show about speaking for a while with Mike at the event. He said that Mike was a stand up guy and that the two had a nice conversation. Howard said that Mike told him thanks for being vocal about TM, that it showed the world that "it wasnt just for pussies".

Haha, that's awesome. 

Personally I think TM is a bit of a scam. Mahesh made it big by pushing the same spirituality found on every street corner in India. "Transcendental meditation" is a marketing name for a very basic and otherwise well-known mantric-based meditation technique. It's not unique to TM or Mahesh. Having to pay to learn it is absurd - I have a manual with over 100 meditation techniques and I bought it for $20. I could make $250,000 if I re-named them with cosmic titles and sold each one to gullible Westerners with a host of "scientists" and "celebrities" backing me with the health benefits. Not to mention what I could earn selling the techniques over and over again at prices of $2500+ each...





 

[Alex]

What is the big deal about having a meditation summit?! And why do people need to pay thousands of dollars to basically learn how to sit and relax while chanting random mantras? To me TM seems like nothing but a farce, a scheme that the Maharishi used to make merdaloads of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. And the Lovester and Lynch ate it right up!  

[sofonanm]

What is the big deal about having a meditation summit?! And why do people need to pay thousands of dollars to basically learn how to sit and relax while chanting random mantras? To me TM seems like nothing but a farce, a scheme that the Maharishi used to make merdaloads of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. And the Lovester and Lynch ate it right up!  

I think the idea itself is great - meditation is a beautiful thing that could really benefit a lot of people, and celebrating it through such things is good. It's Good Vibrations, Alex. 

I don't know about Mike Love but David Lynch is an interesting mind. Seen his films? I find it hard to believe that for 32+ years he's been doing TM only (as in, no drugs...). And yet, in many ways, it seems perfectly obvious. His films are like shining light on the unconscious part of the mind - which is something you encounter in meditation. Not to mention that one tends to have more lucid dreams while meditating regularly. Lynch's work often seems like an exploration of the spiritual condition of being 'asleep' while in waking consciousness. Lost in the web of the mind's own spinning. Also a look into the absurdity and sometimes horror of this human condition - being trapped in this body, in this world, in these circumstances - a perspective from a distance, a sort of positive depersonalization that develops through meditation.

Anyway, I really like David, and I find the fact that he (says he) hasn't used any drugs except pot a few times to be quite inspirational. A lot of people push the idea that unless you're an avid user of psychedelics you can't open a whole area of creative thought in the mind, and clearly Lynch is an exception to that 'rule'.

[Pretty Funky]

... and Mike up onstage singing with some other people whom I was too distracted to recognize because Mike was mis-identified as "Brian Wilson".  How ironic THAT was!!   

One story I read re the concert referred to Mike as 'ex Beach Boy'. Oh dear!

[Awesoman]

What is the big deal about having a meditation summit?! And why do people need to pay thousands of dollars to basically learn how to sit and relax while chanting random mantras? To me TM seems like nothing but a farce, a scheme that the Maharishi used to make merdaloads of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. And the Lovester and Lynch ate it right up!  

I think the idea itself is great - meditation is a beautiful thing that could really benefit a lot of people, and celebrating it through such things is good. It's Good Vibrations, Alex. 

I don't know about Mike Love but David Lynch is an interesting mind. Seen his films? I find it hard to believe that for 32+ years he's been doing TM only (as in, no drugs...). And yet, in many ways, it seems perfectly obvious. His films are like shining light on the unconscious part of the mind - which is something you encounter in meditation. Not to mention that one tends to have more lucid dreams while meditating regularly. Lynch's work often seems like an exploration of the spiritual condition of being 'asleep' while in waking consciousness. Lost in the web of the mind's own spinning. Also a look into the absurdity and sometimes horror of this human condition - being trapped in this body, in this world, in these circumstances - a perspective from a distance, a sort of positive depersonalization that develops through meditation.

Anyway, I really like David, and I find the fact that he (says he) hasn't used any drugs except pot a few times to be quite inspirational. A lot of people push the idea that unless you're an avid user of psychedelics you can't open a whole area of creative thought in the mind, and clearly Lynch is an exception to that 'rule'.

I see nothing wrong with meditating or promoting meditation, but a benefit concert for the practice just seems a bit much.  Dare I say even a little ridiculous??  It would seem our entertainers are running out of decent "causes" to get so wrapped up about. 

[sofonanm]

What is the big deal about having a meditation summit?! And why do people need to pay thousands of dollars to basically learn how to sit and relax while chanting random mantras? To me TM seems like nothing but a farce, a scheme that the Maharishi used to make merdaloads of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. And the Lovester and Lynch ate it right up!  

I think the idea itself is great - meditation is a beautiful thing that could really benefit a lot of people, and celebrating it through such things is good. It's Good Vibrations, Alex. 

I don't know about Mike Love but David Lynch is an interesting mind. Seen his films? I find it hard to believe that for 32+ years he's been doing TM only (as in, no drugs...). And yet, in many ways, it seems perfectly obvious. His films are like shining light on the unconscious part of the mind - which is something you encounter in meditation. Not to mention that one tends to have more lucid dreams while meditating regularly. Lynch's work often seems like an exploration of the spiritual condition of being 'asleep' while in waking consciousness. Lost in the web of the mind's own spinning. Also a look into the absurdity and sometimes horror of this human condition - being trapped in this body, in this world, in these circumstances - a perspective from a distance, a sort of positive depersonalization that develops through meditation.

Anyway, I really like David, and I find the fact that he (says he) hasn't used any drugs except pot a few times to be quite inspirational. A lot of people push the idea that unless you're an avid user of psychedelics you can't open a whole area of creative thought in the mind, and clearly Lynch is an exception to that 'rule'.

I see nothing wrong with meditating or promoting meditation, but a benefit concert for the practice just seems a bit much.  Dare I say even a little ridiculous??  It would seem our entertainers are running out of decent "causes" to get so wrapped up about. 

It's a very decent cause. It's only ridiculous in a world like ours.

[Awesoman]

It's a very decent cause. It's only ridiculous in a world like ours.

Finding cures to such diseases as cancer and AIDS; that's a decent cause.  Ending poverty and combating terrorism; these are also decent causes.  Sitting down and meditating in your living room...not so much.  And we don't need a benefit concert for that.  But I'll agree to disagree with you.

[Jonathan Blum]

Finding cures to such diseases as cancer and AIDS; that's a decent cause.  Ending poverty and combating terrorism; these are also decent causes.  Sitting down and meditating in your living room...not so much. 

To be fair, the more time potential terrorists spend meditating, the less likely they are to be blowing things up.  :-)

Cheers,
Jon Blum

[the captain]

... a benefit concert for the practice just seems a bit much.  Dare I say even a little ridiculous??  It would seem our entertainers are running out of decent "causes" to get so wrapped up about. 

I don't see how it's any different than the concerts religious groups have put on for, well, pretty much as long as we've had recorded history. People ask for money for what they do or believe in.

[sofonanm]

It's a very decent cause. It's only ridiculous in a world like ours.

Finding cures to such diseases as cancer and AIDS; that's a decent cause.  Ending poverty and combating terrorism; these are also decent causes.  Sitting down and meditating in your living room...not so much.  And we don't need a benefit concert for that.  But I'll agree to disagree with you.

I don't think you know the importance of the inner world. How do you make a unified earth? Fulfilling the needs of the inner-world so that external happenings can be dealt with more fairly and with more insight.

[c-man]

Finding cures to such diseases as cancer and AIDS; that's a decent cause.  Ending poverty and combating terrorism; these are also decent causes.  Sitting down and meditating in your living room...not so much. 

To be fair, the more time potential terrorists spend meditating, the less likely they are to be blowing things up.  :-)

Cheers,
Jon Blum

Not to mention the hoped-for outcome that a million "at risk" youths will turn from a potential destiny of drugs & gang violence to something much more benign.