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I am just interested in the demographics of Beach Boys nuts on this board. What country is everyone from (ie: where do you currently live?) and also where were you born? I would just like to see how many different nationalities of people there is who are Beach Boys nuts on this board. I would guess that MOST are from Western Europe and America but Im still interested to hear where everyones from

I live in Minneapolis, Minnesota (US), and was born in a small town (approx 2,000 people) in southern Minnesota.

I was born in Cleveland Ohio and moved to Naperville IL when I was 13. Except for a couple of months in Dallas TX I have lived here in various places ever since.

Jacksonville Florida.

South Florida

Hudson Valley, NY.

born morgantown, wva
grew up in ashland, ky

Terre Haute Indiana

I imagined you were European Punkinhead.

I live in Huntington Beach, Ca. and  I grew up in Phoenix, Az.   

really? huh...why's that? i'm just that awesome arnt i?  :-D

Born and still live in upstate NY.

you'll shoot your eye out! ......     :lol :lol

Dallas, Texas

born here and I'll die here. I'm almost positive of that.

How far is that from Arlen???!! King of the Hill is my favorite T.V. show, I'll tell you what!! They've played Wouldn't It Be Nice and Fun Fun Fun before.

Vannes, France (on the Atlantic Coast).

--> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vannes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vannes)

Haha, well...I actually live in Arlington, but I say 'Dallas' because that's about the only thing people recognize. We here in Arlington say that 'Arlen' or whatever is based on us (since there is no REAL Arlen). We even have an 'Arlen Hotel' or something like that in old downtown. We're pathetic.

Don't sat that!! Your town is the inspiration for the best show on TV!! :lol

from a small village called Marssum in the province of Friesland, in the north of The Netherlands (Western Europe)

Very Nice Steve!!! We're proud of that

Chelmsford, Essex, UK (that's about 30 miles to the north-east Central London) - a nice easy to trip to catch Brian's debut performance of "That Lucky Ol' Sun" in September ...

I grew up in Wr. Neudorf, Austria called "Heart of Europe"  :quote, but since 11 years I live in Baden, only 3 minutes away from the hospital where I was born.  :)
We are known that we have one of the biggest casinos in Europe, famous people like Beethoven or some emperors spent their holidays here.

Baden is only an hour away from the capital Vienna where Brian and Al are performing this summer at the opera.   :happydance

Dublin, Ireland

Born in Brooklyn
Grew up in Manhattan
Live now in The Bronx

Oh and lived a few times in Queens
only missed Staten Island.

tapioca city

That's two of us, at least.

I guess Im the only Australian here?

That makes two of us.

Apparently I am the only one from the only Beach Boy song to feature a city in the title:

SALT LAKE CITY!!!!!!!!

Myabe I am just the only one who will admit it?  (unless you're from Kokomo IN ;) :p

Surrey/Hampshire borders, southern England.

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I was born in Scranton, PA, U.S.A. (yes, the town currently busy being immortalized in the U.S. version of The Office on TV), and I currently live near Stroudsburg, PA (so close to the northeastern tip of Pennsylvania that I'm practically in New Jersey). I did live in New England (near Boston) for eight years ...

Scranton, the electric city!

That be the one!   :)

Houston, Texas.

My name is Rob. I am a "long tall Texan', but I don't have a big white horse. I was actually born in Los Angelos, CA. My dad was a surfer, but I was only 4 when we moved so instead of surfing I took up basketball, baseball, etc.

Actually, Arlington is where everything is! Six Flags, Hurricane Harbor, Rangers, soon the Cowboys, etc...

Birmingham, England

Heerlen, The Netherlands (which is not the same as "Holland" btw, that mistake is often made).

What??

Holland is just a part of the Netherlands - much like when someone says "England" but actually wants to refer to the United Kingdom!  :)

I have a cousin who lives right outside of Fort Worth, and my grandmother lives about halfway between Austin and San Antonio.

Born in upstate NY, in an area often referred to as the "North Country" because its the farthest north and most isolated area of New York State. Born in a town called Ticonderoga, grew up in and around Port Henry, NY, now going to college in Plattsburgh, NY. The only real benefits of living where I am (not counting the natural elements like lakes and mountains, forests, etc.) are being close to Montreal and Burlington, VT (where the band Phish is from). But since I don't have a car I can't get to Burlington or Montreal, and that sucks. It also gets wayyyyyy too cold in the winter. Would love to get me some of that California Feelin'.

Exactly!

Oh, yeah. I already heard something like that but forgot it.

Well, color me stupid because I did not know that.

American but live in the Czech Republic.

Hi I was born June 1975 in Basildon, Essex, England. (just outside London for all you non-Brits) I now live in Northampton, England which around 70 miles north of London. Its a crap hole x

West Chester, PA. Currently go to school in Mansfield, PA (aka MIDDLE OF NOWHERE)

Born and raised in central New Jersey. Now I live in Jersey City, New Jersey. Have also lived near Philadelphia and in Portland, Maine.

Isn't that where the Margera's live AKA where Viva La Bam was filmed?  :o  If it is I feel bad for you and am jealous at the same time :lol


Pittsburgh, PA born and raised

Yes... sadly. One of my friend's cousins married him sadly. Fun stuff.

I've Lived in Southern Ontario, Canada my whole life. Sadly, the only person i've met who was more than just a casual BB fan was a guy who worked at a record shop downtown. We had a conversation about Pet Sounds and other 60's music. I wish i had hardcore BB fans to hangout with. Ha.

Born and raised in central Ohio, just graduated from Ohio State last month.

Go Bucks!

Me too!

Where around?

Born and raised in San Francisco, CA, then Monterey, CA for 10 years, back in SF (five miles south of SF actually).

live in WV (USA) accross the river from Ashland KY. (home of Steve M.)

Long story, but....Chicago

A small town in the south of the Netherlands, between the city of Eindhoven and the Belgian border.

Why'd you get rid of the story? I thought it was funny.

Nup, I'm way over here in Perth, Western Australia.

born: Sacto. CA live: BKN, NY

Born in Stockton On Tees when it was in County Durham, change bounadry to Cleveland.  Now live back in County Durham, one of the best counties in England.  Dave

I was born in Dallas, Texas and I've lived here my entire life.

Another Texan here - born, raised, and still live in San Antonio.  On October 24, 2004 some friends and I braved flooding downpours, highway traffic jams, and a muddier-than-hell field to see BWPS live at the Backyard in Austin.

...and the home of another musical genius, Paddy McAloon of Prefab Sprout (who considers Pet Sounds one of his all-time favorite albums).  I had the great privilege of seeing the Sprouts once in Manchester and twice in London back in 2000 - and of meeting Paddy.

How cool to meet you in Cyberspace.   :)
My younger brother's fiance is from San Antonio.  They met while attending the University of Texas. 

Greetings from the Land of Enchantment, Albuquerque, New Mexico area.

I love San Antonio, was there a couple of years ago, went to Schlittebahn's and Seaworld, sightseeing around the Alamo then the boatride around the riverwalk and lunch at the Hard Rock Cafe, nice town.

Uppsala, Sweden. (Our university was founded fifteen years before the Europeans discovered America :P)

Not any more you aren't.

From Brighton, UK. which is normally sunny, so BB's are a good fit  ::)

Sorry I shouldn't laugh but that is funny.

Sunny England!!

well.... theoretically speaking  :-D

Murcia, Spain . T´was 23 degrees and sunny today ;D

Born in "the rottenrow" Glasgow, Scotland, Dec '77.   That's Scotland. Part of the UK along with England.

Brought up in Cumbernauld where they made the movie Gregory's Girl. Have lived in Glasgow for past ten years. Officialy the most dismal town in Scotland.

See my profile pic if you want to know what Cumbernauld Town Centre (that's the shopping mall, stateside smiley smilers) looks like.

I spent a couple weeks in Glasgow and loved it. I'd offer to trade spots with you, but I love Minneapolis, too.

My orig post is a bit misleading. Cumbernauld was actually voted the most dismal town in Scotland. (see profile pic)

I LOVE GLASGOW!!!

I would recommend to anyone to visit. :beer

Well, you pretty much summed up my visit with that emoticon...

Not many of those posters were regulars in 2007.

Cluj-Napoca, Romania's second most populated city.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  We're pretty far from the Pacific...but we have Lake Michigan...but you can't really surf on it!  ;D

Good ol' Indianapolis, Indiana for me!

Currently Sydney Australia originally from New Zealand :)

Eugene, Oregon, baby!

born in Houston Texas live in Alvin Texas

Born in DC, lived in Virginia most of my life and living in Connecticut for two years.

The professor is originally from New Jersey. after that New York City and Columbia University. As is clear from my many posts, I live in Los Angeles and I try to visit as many Beach Boys spots that I can, including that Pizza Show I visited in Hawthorne. For reasons that are obvious only to the readers here, I drive through the South Bay and visit Redondo about once a week, just to sit and watch the waves while listening to our Beach Boys

That sounds nice, Professor!
I've never even been to sunny California.
I've gotta get there soon.

Columbia University?  And you write like that?  Did you graduate?

Ouch.

I am going to write you a fan letter, Mikie.

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From southern Indiana, a few miles from the Ohio River. Since then have lived in northern Dutchess County, NY; Louisville, Kentucky; Lexington, Kentucky; Louisville again for a time; then in the Montery, California area for five years in the '90s (though I never crossed paths with Al - I only drove through Big Sur once, late one evening) and since then, the Maryland suburbs of DC.

I regret that in my haste (and while involved in some family matters, as I noted in some previous posts) I "dictated" a message to my phone and then failed to proofread it; I have since modified the text. Please pardon my error. My zeal for our fellowship exceeded my time and attention in composition. I'm sure Mikie was just being funny, and he was right to chide me, affectionately I assume, for my errors. (I have not mastered that microphone function),

However, of course the correct question is not "did you graduate" but "were you graduated?" And, for those curious, I was, along with Obama himself, on May 15, 1983.

Happy New Year to all. Let's hope for some good BB news ASAP.

The Professor

Gravesend, Kent in England (UK)

Yes your memory serves you well :)   Born in Fremantle Western Australia (best city in Aus IMO) and still live here, though I lived far north west aus in a mining town called Karratha for 7 years and Melbourne for 3.

Uk

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'these vagabond shoes', or NYC.

i have seen lots of places, and one of them was chinatown. then finland- iceland-gb-france-bulgaria....the list goes on and on.....

I am from Coventry, United Kingdom, a city with a long and rich history but unfortunately it is now an utter sh*t-hole. Famous Coventrians include Frank Whittle who invented the jet engine and the Cat Bin Lady.

Originally posted this some five years ago, but just to underscore why I found JR's comment that I'd be cheering on Mike & Bruce in SeaWorld so hugely amusing (but what else would you expect from a graduate of the Fallon School of Charm & Deportment ?)...

I live in southern England, in the Surrey/Hampshire border country, where men are men and sheep are nervous.

I am from Sweden. Who would have thought.

The Wilsons and Love have Swedish ancestry (mentioned by Mike in his infamous Grammy Awards speech) and their Swedish ancestors came from a soldier thorpe about an hour away from where I live. Been in that area many, many times and I watched Mike and Bruce play there in 2010.

Soldier Adolf Fredrik Carlsson Ståhl (Ståhl = Swedish word for steel, a typical name for a soldier) and his wife Christina Lovisa Adolfsdotter gave birth to Charles Sthole in Kansas and he married a Swedish girl, Maria Sofia Pettersson from Illinois, and their daughter Edith married Buddy Wilson, Murry Wilson's father.

(http://hd.se/familj/slaktforskning/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/beach-boys-johan-alfred-gron.jpg)
Johan Alfred Grön (Grön = Swedish word for green), brother of Adolf Fredrik Carlsson Ståhl. Bears a straight resemblance to Brian Wilson (poster's opinion). Picture from around 1870-1880 (poster's guesstimation).

Murry Wilson is the father of Brian, Dennis and Carl.

Looks like he has perfect hair too!
Those Wilson's had/have the best hair.

Awkwardly, I forgot to post my own bit of the whereabouts info. I have tons of distant relatives living at various places of Russia & not so many - cousins & cousinettes (aka close relatives). My favorite site is not where I'm from, it's a boring townlet - (The) White Mountain(s) is (not sure about the translation). Though I never been there, only saw it on Google Maps, kind of.

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l live in Ballarat, VIC in Aussie land.... not far from Melbourne

And attending school in New York now.

Just thought I'd put in some family history. Family originally from Cambodia, both my parents grew up during the Khmer Rouge and immigrated to the United States in the early 1980s. I don't know anything about my father but my mother and her family settled in Connecticut. She graduated from high school and attended college. Both my parents have been living in the US for about over ten years when they met and she moved to Washington DC with him when they married. The rest of my family from my mother's side are all over mainly the east coast, mostly in Connecticut.

Here you go, Zach!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rq_s_q0u2DA

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You're not the only one.



Born in Subiaco, WA. I think it's in Fremantle, which is right next to Perth. When I was a few months old, I moved to Melbourne with my family (My dad actually came from Melbourne, my mum is from Tokyo). I've lived in Melbourne my whole life since then.

Upstate New York-Champlain Valley/Adirondack Mountains...      I live in a small sort-of "redneck" town that just happens to be centrally located to a lot of nicer, more "happening" (and more expensive!) places. Lake George, Saratoga Springs, Albany, Plattsburgh, Lake Placid/Saranac Lake, (all in NY) Burlington VT, and Montreal are all within a 2 hour drive.

I'm Melbourne as well.
Rick, remember me. I was waiting with you at the back of the State Theatre after the MSO tour. I left, you got the pics. I went back the following night and had success, hence my profile pic

G'day Moz!

great to see your still in the land of BB's and BW, I definitely remember.......... funny thing that night, the irony of it all...
the photo's I got that night never turned out  :'(

Glad you got yours though! worth the wait eh?......  Mike was so patient while the stupid freakin digital camera didn't work when we needed it to...

Bruce was a bit strange to say the least..... ill keep an eye out for your posts mate...

Rick Bartlett

Started out on the East Coast in the little town of Clifton, New Jersey and ended up here in Eugene, Oregon.

I understand there are at least two other Oregonians on here who post regularly.  Where you at, guys?

They're in Oregon.

Are you sure?

New York City.

This British ex-pat lives in the Netherlands.

^EX-PAT^??
Myself? Danish all the way, from Copenhagen, currently living in Good (C)old Blighty (Sussex).

Yes, expat (OK, no hyphen).

I spent my earliest years in Findon, Sussex (in a haunted house!) and have spent many holidays there since. A lovely part of the world...   

No, I didn't know the word ...
So, that makes me an expat, too!

From the suburbs of Montreal, the loneliest place to be a BB fan.
Thank God for the Internet.

Baltimore, Maryland

Was stationed there while in the Army at Ft. Holabird. Always liked that city.

Maybe 3/6 New Jersey, 2/6 Massachusetts, 1/6 other places.
edited to not end up with 6/5ths!

You're originally from over two different states?  Are you 60 ft tall? 

Raised in Northwest Arkansas, now in New Orleans, Louisiana.  I've lived in Illinois, Missouri, and Nebraska as an adult.

I interpret it as where did you grow up, rather than where you were born. My daughter, for example, was born in Arizona but spent a total of 4 months there, so I don't think she'd say she's "from" Arizona.

But, I was born in NJ.

Gotcha.  Just funnin' with you.

Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Home to the only breeding spot of Albatross in the world! Plus NZ's last remaining castle, grew up 5kms from it :D

Lived my whole life in New Orleans, save for 2 1/2 years in Chapel Hill NC in the early 80s, and 2 years wandering from place to place thanks to that stupid hurricane we had ten years or so ago.

I take it from your username you are a Pelicans fan then? Shame about Davis being out for the rest of the season

It's best that Davis takes time to heal - the Pelicans aren't going anywhere playoff wise anyway.
Having the hardest time warming up to the name 'Pelicans' for the basketball team , as for many years that was the name of our Southern Association professional baseball team.
Now 'Jazz' - that was a name I could warm up to. Went to their games back in the 70s, cheering on the exploits of Pistol Pete. Still bummed that Utah - UTAH- calls itself the Jazz now.
Not much to cheer about, sports wise. Now music wise, that's another story altogether. The next 1 1/2 months will be positively music heaven!

Wow you got to see Maravich?!! That's awesome! What do you think about the Curry-Pistol Pete comparisons? Was Pete a wizard??

cool.

Hey thanks :P ever been to New Zealand?

Suddenly I'm interested in this thread. The Pistol! An absolute magician. People talk about him and Curry because of the shooting range, but his flair was a precursor to Rubio's. Such a monumental figure in basketball history. He's one of the many guys who seems somehow not to have realized his potential, but that's actually more the rule than the exception. He was so, so good. The highlight reels show it all. A genius. Granted, I'm a sucker for guys who see the court on another level--Pistol, Magic, Bird, McKey, Kukoc, Bodiroga, Nash, Odom, Rubio--guys who aren't necessarily the best players, but who see the court in that way. But yeah: Pistol. Fantastic.

My dad was lucky to see him in his Jazz prime lighting up the Cavs at the old Richfield Coliseum.

Good to meet another NBA fan! Unfortunately my adopted 76ers have been suffering since the Bynum fiasco but I'm all in on the Process although there are many questions... Glad you added Odom, I enjoy the same type of play. I truly believe Lamar had a Magic Johnson style skillset

I think Lamar Odom is one of the 10 most gifted players of the past 20 years. Obviously there were issues along the way, but he was absolutely a genius. Brilliant basketball mind, and fun for anyone who knows basketball to watch.

Philly ... yikes. On a positive note, the assets are building. Dario Saric is a STUD, and actually has the kind of sense we're talking about. He's really good. Noel, obviously, is good. Okafor has his skills. Ish Smith is almost a cartoonish legend, albeit for providing a bare minimum of NBA ability at that spot. But most importantly, Brett Brown is a great coach. That they're even remotely close to competitive is a testament to him and his staff these past few years. They need to use their assets to balance out the roster talent this offseason, and they'll be back in it. And frankly, it doesn't take more than a player or two in this league. (As a Minnesotan enjoying the fruits of KAT and Wiggins, I can say that.)

The wolves are so much better without Kevin Love, it's more a team on offense and defense now.

If Joel Embiid is actually healthy (so many contrasting reports) this offseason then I think Okafor is gone. I personally want us to draft Ingram over Simmons even with Saric coming over. Saric feels like a sixth man type, sorta cross between Ginobli and how Mirotic was im his first season (fingers crossed). I love to watch the Wolves, Towns is an absolute stud, what do you think will happen with Dieng?

No. I wish!

Extremely thrilled to have some NBA chat, but will move this to an NBA thread. (I think we have one...) Un momento.

Totally not a professional sports watcher, but I strangely have frequent "brush with fame" experiences with basketball players - once at an event for Bill Bradley (for whom I interned and worked side-by-side with Carl Lewis' little brother every day), I parked Wilt Chamberlin's sports car - a Lamborghini or something, I was 17, no idea - he had some sort of custom seat thing that was really low. I had to pull it waaay up then kind of perch to see out the windshield. I was so scared I would crash. Then I briefly babysat Bill Walton's kids. Then I sat next to Robert Parish in the theater -  he was the biggest seeming person I've ever seen. Then I was on a plane when my daughter was about three going to see my mom in Arizona; my daughter was restless and started roaming the aisles. When she roamed into first class, I went up to get her. She was standing there yammering at Steve Nash.

Yes, I was able to see Pete Maravich throughout his career with the Jazz. He was absolutely incredible. The best individual performance I ever saw was on February 25, 1977, when the Pistol did a basketball clinic against the Knicks, scoring 68 points ( and back then the NBA didn't have the 3 point shot). You can see this game on YouTube. He was a troubled soul, but fortunately found peace in the last few years of his life and was an incredible human being, gone way too soon.

Oh, BTW, since grade school I've wanted to visit New Zealand. Looks like such a neat place!

You should come down ASAP! You won't regret a visit!