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(Due to several posts relating to events of the last few days, take 1 was sent to the sandbox! Can we keep the thread within the board rules please?)

I say again!!!

A light hearted follow-up to the '101 things you didn't know about the Beach Boys' thread from last year. Help bring the list home!

101 This years release Brian calling 'A Seniors Symphony to God'.
100 Brian wanted a musical journey from Plymouth Rock to Hawaii. Mike suggested Malibu to Redondo instead!
99   Paul McCartney ruined the true integrity of Vega-Tables recording by eating a apple!
98   Unknown version of Blue Hawaii found last week with Obamas birth certifcate!
 

Might as well restate mine:

97. Paul McCartney was actually a spook for Phil Spector and his mind gangsters. That's why he showed up at the recording sessions in the first place; he was getting paid to steal ideas for Spector!

96. But then rather than going back to Spector, he instead took what he learned and went back to Abbey Road studios to finish Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. In the middle of recording, however, Spector caught up with him and murdered him, setting the body up so that it looked like an accident!

And that's why Paul McCartney is really dead.

Don.....The 'dead' thing could be a problem man! ;)

"99   Paul McCartney ruined the true integrity of Vega-Tables recording by eating a apple!"

95. Actually the whole reason SMiLE was never released was because of the utter chaos that was caused when 99. occured and it was later found to be a Tomato! At the time of recording the phrase "Tomato, is it a fruit or is it a vegetable?" was hot on everyone's lips.

One for the mystery novel and British TV experts

94.  The Smile project started to really come undone when Mike Love confronted Van Der Valk over the fact that his lyrics were obtuse, overly poetic and too focused on the crime-solving techniques of the Amsterdam Police Force.

93. The day after Parks walks out, Dick Van Dyke uses the studio and for several weeks 'Chim Chim Cheree' is assumed to be part 2 of Surf's Up.

92. Smile never existed. The Beach Boys never existed. Brian Wilson never existed. This is all just a dream. Or nightmare. On July 12th, 2011 we'll all suddenly wake up and go back to listening to our Pat Boone albums.

But we will be strangely uneasy about something we can't quite recall.

91. When Brian started writing songs for SMiLE, he had a swimming pool installed in his living room so he could feel like he was at the beach. Unfortunately, when he put his piano in the water, it sank right to the bottom, so composing anything worthwhile was impossible.

90. When Brian was explaining the meeting of the song Bottoms Up to a visiting reporter, he spoke in words that, at the time, seemed like the ramblings of a man who had consumed too many religions (or drugs) at once; 'It's a song about the future, like 40 years from now. People will be able to talk to each other through computers. No matter where they are in the world. And people will discuss....they'll discuss, I don't know, The Beach Boys, or if LSD was good or bad for me, or whatever. And they won't get hung up on us, ya know? It will be amazing'.  Jewels Beagle, the aforementioned reporter, was shocked; 'Talk of super computers in homes? LSD use? Where does Brian's madness end?'

89. Irritated by his bandmates lack of support, Brian quickly assembled a 'replacement' group to dub leads and missing vocals onto the tracks in early 1967. Calling around his friends, acquaintances and Capitol records, The Maybe-ach Boys consisted of Brian, Danny Hutton, Ringo Starr, Governor Ronald Reagan, David Crosby, Bing Crosby, a down and out Bob Dylan and Phil Spector.

The initial session for Surf's Up quickly descended into a firefight between Spector, Crosby, Crosby and Reagan over who could take Mike's part. Crosby (B) being the eventual victor set into motion a chain of events including Reagans increasing hardline policy against student protest and youth revolt, Crosby (D) leaving the Byrds (some believe out of shame) and Spector dropping out of the singles business. Dylan also fled to Woodstock, disillusioned with the music industry in general. To add insult to injury, Bing's eventual vocal performance was so terrible Brian junked the album on the spot.

88. Mike Love has never eaten a single vegetable in his life. He considers it vulgar.

87. The handwritten note to Capitol was actually written by Englebert Humperdinck as a potential tracklisting for his proposed 1967 album, HUmP! Co-written with aspiring young L.A lyricist Dennis Hopper, the supposedly avant-garde work was ignored by labels and the music press for reasons Englebert never understood. Finally, Englebert gave up, informing Derek Taylor that he had 'scrapped' the album.

Little did he know that in order to keep communique's between the pair secret, Brian often assumed the name 'Englebert Humperdinck' when sending telegrams to Taylor. And thus began the biggest f*ck up in american popular music since The Beatles got off the plane.

86. Brian Wilson wrote SMiLE with the help of the Honky Tonk Man.

85. Carl Wilson actually DID finish Smile in 1972, with a little help from Dennis and Al. The tapes are rumored to be in an undisclosed location in Colorado.

84. Jules Siegel recorded plenty of the musings and events of the SMiLE! period, but obviously space and legal constraints lead to some being omitted from the seminal 'Goodbye Surfing, Hello God!' article. These include,

• Van Dyke Parks challenging the author to a duel after Siegel unwittingly insulted "that moronic kid in that Grace Kelly movie". The result is not documented, although it is mentioned earlier in the article that Van Dyke walked with a limp
• Frank Sinatra wandering into the Barnyard session, and adding animal noises. He is the chicken.
• Brian's scared and confused recollections of 45 minute car ride with Al Jardine, claiming the diminutive guitarist was espousing the virtues of something called TM. Brian eventually had to jump out of the car, James Bond style, in order to escape
• Brian running a session with Carol Kaye, Hal Blaine, Ray Pohlman and Tommy Tedesco casually working on something the Beach Boy called "666 (The Number Of The Beast)". The ear-spltting song ran for 24 takes until Brian decided "we should cut it at Gold Star, it could use the echo".

Iron Maiden stole that one.

(http://www.cmdistro.com/images/xlarge/18034.jpg)

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 ;D

Of course it is. Are The Simpsons still on TV? :)

83.  At the end of this month, Capitol are going to release a special limited edition double A-side of Vega-Tables/Wonderful on the Sony Elcaset format.  The package will contain this CD-sized piece of paper.

(http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg188/bcbsessions/Smile001.jpg)

Maybe not, but those old episodes are a constant comfort in hard times  :)

Agreed! There were a few seasons in the 90's where that show was on a roll, some of the best comedy writing ever on TV.

That is fantastic, btw  :lol

82  'Over and over the crow cries uncover the cornfield' top secret code for 'GO' in orders betwwen white house and navy seals.
81  Frank Holmes updated artwork now has Will's and Kate as SMiLE shop keepers.
80  Play Mrs O'Learys Cow backwards and it sounds like...........eh.....Mrs O'Learys Cow!
79  Van Dyke Parks almost ready to answer "What do the lyrics mean?' question from Mike.
78  Warren Buffett says 'screw gold, I want a original SMiLE cover!'

77. The new release of Smile will be sponsored by Wall-Mart. As much, the Smile Shop on the cover will be replaced with a happy, smiling Wall-Mart franchise.

76. It's also sponsored by Coca-Cola, and they've determined that, since Vegetables "doesn't present good synergy with the Coca-Cola brand", it will have to be taken out completely. They apologize.

75) In 1991, tentative plans were made by George Lucas and Stephen Spielberg to make a movie entitled "Indiana Jones And The Search For The Lost SMiLE Tapes". The movie would have seen the intrepid hero fight off nazis and Mike Love's lawyers in a race to find the missing tapes hidden in ancient catacombe underneath the Capitol tower.
The movie fell through because of Dr Landy's insistence that he replace Harrison Ford in the title role, and because Brian wanted the soundtrack mixed in mono.

74) On April 29th 2011, shocking news emerged that Osama Bin Laden was going the blow up the SMiLE tapes by sending suicide bicycle riders into Mark linnets studio. Apparently, tapes had been discovered which, when heard would usher in a new era of peace and harmony throughout the world. The twisted terrorist could not let this happen.
However, Andrew G Doe and Fishmonk decided to put aside their differences and flew immidiately to Pakistan. 3 days later Bin Laden was dead.

73) Worried about the mind gangsters trying to steal his ideas, Brian spent a year between May 66 and May 67 recording a series of smokescreen tracks to draw attention away from his real project, a hastily assembled lo-fi album recorded in his swimming pool.

72) In 1971, Elton John flew to LA to hang out with the cream of the music business. At a party at Danny Huttons house, Brian foolishly challenged Elton to a "lets see who can play piano the best whilst wearing silly glasses" competion. Unfortunatley Brian bet the entire Beach Boys master tape library, and then lost the contest.
Elton John's real name is not Reg Dwight, but actually Paul Bramsen
(see http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php?topic=10132.0 (http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php?topic=10132.0) )

71. Inspired by Brian's talk of humour during the period, Mike took it upon himself to launch a stand-up career to hone his act. His only show, at an ambitiously booked Hollywood Bowl, sold four tickets. Sadly, the rest of the group had left something in the oven.

70  Blueboarders dismiss idea of SMiLE existing prior to 2003 and that "The Beach Boys' were involved, as a conspiracy theory.
69  Use of 'Brian Wilson drives...Van Dyke Parks' joke now restricted to Beach Boys aficionados. After box-set release, we will be the life of the party!
68  Al Jardine to be given false SMiLE abum to 'listen, but do not discuss' prior to official launch, just in case!

67. Free firehats with every purchase of the Smile boxset.

66. Brian and Michael Vosse took a secret trip to Motown as the Beach Boys were rehearsing for the U of Michigan concerts where Good Vibrations was to be premiered live. While at Motown, they asked James Jamerson to record bass tracks for a section of Heroes and Villains which Brian thought lacked "groove". Jamerson recorded one track of his bass onto pre-existing tracks, was paid 400 dollars out of Brian's pocket, and Brian and Vosse left with the master tape. The Jamerson bass track was never heard again, as insiders speculate Brian accidentally taped over it when he heard Gold Star's janitor Brother Julius whistling a Gershwin tune and demanded he record it immediately.

Insiders will also point out that the Heroes session where "Hitsville!" is yelled over the talkback may be a thinly-veiled reference to the lost Motown session.

65  Free extinguisher for every box-set retailer.
64  Capitol take birthday requests.
63  Release date delayed due album cover misprint. 'Do You Have Worms?' slipped pass proof reader.

62. The 'Vosse Posse' used to hang around on street corners, doing speed and beating up old ladies until Brian Wilson took them under his wing.
61. In the state of Vermont, 'Brian drives, Van Dyke Parks' jokes are punishable by having VDP come around your house and make jokes about you. VDP makes two or three trips a year for the duty.
60. Not many people knew Brian was also obsessed with firearms during the period, culminating in a tragic episode whilst trying to film the GV promo in which Brian and Mike decided to emulate William Tell with Brian's new crossbow. Sadly, the aim was off, and Mike has had to wear a surgical bald wig to cover up his exposed brain.

59: Just before writing 'Surf's Up', upon walking towards the sandboxed piano, Brian asks Van Dyke, "Should we take our shoes off before stepping in?" Van Dyke, oddly sensing this won't be the last time he'll say these words, replies "Keep yer shoes on"

58.  The performance and release of Brian Wilson Presents Smile in 2004 and the release of The Smile Sessions in 2011 are part of a secret agreement Brian made with his wife and managers to revisit Smile every 7 years.  In 2018 Brian will unveil an a capella version of Smile performed by all the surviving actors who have played James Bond (not the first crossover between Bond and Smile, Bob Holness played the saxophone on I'm In Great Shape in 1966).

57. Brian actually finished Smile...until Phil Spector's mind gangsters stole the final master tape of the album and Brainwashed Brian and everybody else in the project into saying it wasn't finished.

58a. In another interesting SMiLE/007 cross-over, it turns out that a hungover Sean Connery played 4th kazoo on a H&V session, after he woke up in Western Studio A after a particularly debauched night on the town.

56. Phil Spector didn't finance Seconds to spook Brian. He actually financed The Singing Nun, starring Debbie Reynolds, and was apparently 'mad as hell' when Brian reportedly blew off going to see it in order to play 'Be My Baby' several hundred times and smoke a joint in the pool.

55) The original title of SMiLE was not Dumb Angel, but actually Shut Down Vol. 3

54  Going by Peter Reums post under the 'Date of Smile....' thread there will be 101 or more Genuine things we didn't know once it is released!

53. The idiosyncratic spelling of SMiLE is, as is well known, the product of Capitol's art department rather than Brian. What isn't so well known is the fact that the artist who designed the typeface actually spells the word 'smile' in that fashion, and no-one has bothered to tell him he is in error.

52. In Loren Daro's eyes, Brian's first LSD trip resulted in him locking himself in a room and 'tripping', then bursting out with the phrase 'that's enough of that!' Although the basics are true, instead of journeying through the centre of his mind Brian actually read James Joyce's 'Ulysses' from cover to cover, then returned to the party and spoke in a thick Irish accent for the rest of the evening.

51) The disagreement between Van Dyke Parks and Mike Love over lyrics is well documented, and Mike is often painted as the villain of the piece. New evidence  that Mike has been unfairly treated has emerged though in the form of some long lost lyric sheets. It now appears that Van Dyke took an instant dislike to Mike, and put these feelings down on paper.

Lyrics such as "Rock rock roll, Plymouth rock comb-over", "I hate him most of all, Mike Love is a vegatable" and "Waving from the ocean liner, the bearded, balding idiot behind us" made Mike seeth with anger, though it was during the Cabinessence session when Mike was faced witht the lyric "Over and over the crow cries uncover Mike's bald spot that things really boiled over.

Put in the position of defending his lyrics, Van headbutted Mike, who collapsed on the floor in tears. He then forced Mike to perform degrading sex acts on himself, which the rest of the Beach Boys seemed party to. In fact at one point Carl asks that Mike be given a dildo. This shocking moment was captured on tape.

No wonder Mike hated SMiLE. He is still in therapy.


ape

50 - During a recording session that may or may not have occurred in May of 66 or 67, a fly lands on the East or West wall of one of four studios and picks up on some off the wall dialogue between Chuck and Brian...

"Chuck, do you think we could bring some pigs in here?"
"Excuse me? I thought we went over this when you wanted to bring in a horse"
"No I'm serious, I want to record this thing... it's called the Swinette"
"The Swinette?"
"Yeah the Swinette, but I wanna use piano wire."
"Is this for Barnyard?"
"Yeah. Dig this... bring 4 or 5 pigs in here and tie piano wire to their tails... dress the guys up like farmers... you know... and have 'em pick the wires with their teeth"

49)
November 28 1966 1:41am.

Brian is at the Gold Star Studios when several nondescript Men in Black enter the studio and dismiss the remaining session musicians. They ask Brian about a series of fires in the vicinity. After several hours of questioning, they leave abruptly.

Scared, Brian’s first reaction was to halt production of the elements suite; believing it was the music that was responsible. It seems however in reality that experimental use of psychedelic drugs coupled with headaches he had been having in recent weeks had given him the ability to spontaneously set fires by merely thinking about “fire”.

Brian remained under constant surveillance after this point. Much to the concern of family members, Brian began to believe that his house was bugged, and that he was being watched by unseen forces. He was. Several weeks later, when the government felt that Brian was a potential flight risk, he was removed from his home, ushered into a waiting van and taken to a secure area near Groom Lake, Nevada.

Brian was replaced with a body double that same evening.  While having an uncanny resemblance to Brian and was an accomplished musician, the man had absolutely no musical writing talent whatsoever. This dovetailed nicely with the story that Brian had had a nervous breakdown, and basically stayed in bed for the next decade while the government culled existing material hitherto unknown to the band or public – so the general perception was that Brian was still contributing, albeit in a diminished capacity. The double could come out and perform when absolutely necessary.

During the late 60’s and early 70’s, the government experimented on Brian to see if they could harness this “firestarter” power for military applications. An expert in the field of Telekinesis and Paranormal powers was called in to apply his rather unconventional and demented methods. For a while it seemed that Dr. Landy could get Brian to harness “the elements” on command, however his overuse of psychotropic drugs to amplify the effect took their toll on Brian’s abilities. The following years were spent erasing Brian’s knowledge of these events, as the body double had now become a liability and threat to the project. Brian had to be put back into the public and the double removed to maintain plausible deniability.

In the late 1970's the author Steven King was made aware of much of what happened to Brian from a variety of inside sources, and later wrote a book based loosely on the story.

A+, sir  ;D

48) The Surf's Up session that went 'very very badly' according to Oppenheim's notes? All went well until take 4, whereupon Al Jardine and Bruce Johnston got into a violent dispute over the intellect of Glen Campbell. Al asserted that Glen was so dumb, 'he wouldn't know his own song if you played it back to him'. Bruce, being a good buddy of Campbell, defended his friend in the face of the Jardine. As the argument escalated, Al floated a wager of $1,000,000 dollars to his side of the fight, but the argument quickly descended into fisticuffs and Brian cancelled the session.


On a unrelated note, Al Jardine's 'Postcard From California' album was released in 2010, with guests such as Glen Campbell on the title track. Bruce Johnston has sadly filed for bankruptcy.

47   Detecting Brian is not looking forward to his Gershwin Tour, his management have decided to change the band line-up and set list without telling
       him. Sure will be great to see the look on his face as some familiar voices from his past start the show with 'Our Prayer'.

       

46. 1966 was not the first time Capitol printed up Smile sleeves for a release that never materialized.  Due to a huge admin error, Capitol printed up a kajillion sleeves for Smile in December 1956, jumping the gun by a good 10 years.  When they called Brian to inquire about delivery of the album master, the confused 14-year-old hung up on them.  Due to large number printed, the 1956 version of the sleeve is worth less than 0.01¢.  I've got about half a million of them in my garage.

(http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg188/bcbsessions/Smile1957-300.jpg)

Love this

45  Arnold Scharzenegger has yet another child out of wedlock. Her name is Melissa and is a intern at EMI helping Alan and Mark.

44) In the year 2467 (January), Capitol announces that SMiLE will finally be completed, when the running order and missing arrangements are extracted from Brian's cryogenically frozen head. The vocals have been finished by the virtual Beach Boys, computer programs which sound exactly like the long dead performers.

The album is yet again scuppered though by the virtual Mike Love refusing to sing some of the lyrics, causing the virtual Brian to go into core meltdown, and the virtual Dennis to fall asleep in his virtual trailer (again!)

In 2511, Capital releases "The SMiLE Sessions" in three versions: a two-CD set, an iTunes LP digital album and a limited-edition boxed set containing four CDs, two vinyl LPs, two vinyl singles and a 60-page hardbound book written by Beach Boys historian Dominic Priore's cryogenically frozen head.

43) September 18, 2512 In the news: Capitol/Apple/BMI/IBM/Verizon/Exxon/Microsoft, LLC. lose a multi-trillion dollar class action lawsuit for their release of the famous Beach Boys lost Album dubbed: The SMiLE Sessions. by the Virtual Beach Boys.

A lawyer representing the plaintiffs stated that small conglomerate CABIVEM knew "[that] by circumventing the state approved method of introducing music through the injection of musical nanites to the bloodstream was a PR and marketing blunder as well as corporate suicide."

"Besides, they left the fan base completely flummoxed. Just what in the hell is a CD or an LP? We have a full time staff of paralegals still trying to figure out what an iTune is." Continuing "This sort of blatant disregard of the law and contempt of the fans is just beyond the pale."

In other news: Head of marketing for CABIVEM is found dead of self inflicted virtual gunshot wounds in his state sponsored apartment. He was reportedly despondent over allegations that CABIVEM had used the last tree on the planet to produce over a million hardbound 60-page books for the recent SMiLE Sessions debacle. He had become the target of rage by environmentalists around the world. According to his wife "I don't think it was the tree so much as the typo - Brian Willson. He couldn't get them reprinted!"

More at 11.

I think you meant in 2580.

Heh.

You bring up an interesting point though - you think they'll use the catalog #?
It's not like it's been used!

That would definitely add an air of "completeness" to the whole thing. Or should I say closure?

Mike Love was recently asked about possible surprises on the SMiLE box, to which he replied he was "keeping it under his hat". This turned out to be more than true, when a stack of dusty multitrack tapes toppled out from beneath his trusty baseball cap.

Mark Linnett and Alan Boyd have been ruthless in tracking down missing tapes. Here are some of the more surprising places SMiLE tape shave been discovered

- Under Paul McCartneys bed

- Rob Roy's grave

- The Fuhrerbunker

- Yoko Ono's pubic hair

- William Shatner's ego

- Tescos in Croydon

It has also been reported that in 1974, Brian tried to eat the SMiLE tapes. In an ironic twist, the tape containig the vocal sessions for Look became lodged in his throat, causing his voice to change dramatically.
An operation to remove the tape was successful, which is good news for the boxset, and also for Brian, who can now sing like it was '67. Inspired, he has started recording a new album tentatively titled SMiLE Vol II.

No numbers?

P.S. I hate you.

I'll never listen to Roll Plymouth Rock without thinking "Rock rock roll, Plymouth rock comb-over" again.

37. Listening to too much Smile can effect your numeracy.

41. And your short term memory.

41. It can also effect your short term memory.

38. The master smells like cheese and garlic

I could have modified it and added the number, but then that would have invalidated later posts, and I'm really against that ethically.

Isn't PS I hate You a Beatles track?

Sorry I've spoilt Worms for you.

36 The world will not end Saturday as scheduled. God said she wants to hear SMiLE first, during taping of her last show.

35. Brian Wilson, upon hearing the news of mankinds imminent demise on May 21, 2011, promptly posted the mastertapes of SMiLE to Hell, so those lucky enough to have lived a sinful life can have some small comfort.
He also got another tapebox, labelled it 'SMILE MASTER 02/01/67', inserted the Sweet Insanity mastertape, and sent it to Heaven to teach the evangelicals that gloating is never an attractive quality  ;D

34 Further more, we now have a link to the non event that was the world ending last weekend and the dropping of
     temperture in Hell. It seems SMiLE-ologists had misinterprited Brian. It was thought he meant the
     world would end before SMiLE was released when in fact he said Hell would freeze over!

33. In May 1967 Brian set about writing more songs for SMiLE, 3 of the 11 new songs included "I'll Bet He's Nice", "Let Us Go On This Way" and "Solar System", distraught upon hearing the Minimoog had yet to be invented Brian had a meltdown and shelved the whole project.

When the boxset is released..

32  ...there will be negative comments.

31  ...many will say 'well SMiLE would have been better understood in 1967'.

30  ...some will argue the track list is wrong.

29  ...posters on this site won't give a damn about numbers 30, 31 or 32!

28) We are all part of a Matrix style computer simulation, entitled 'What would the world be like if SMiLE had never been released in 1967'

27] Brian wasn't crazy when he thought the Fire tapes were starting fires in the area near the studio, when the tracks are mixed in the correct way on the box set, it's going to mark the begging of the end of the world, the planet is going to become engulfed in flames, and as a result, nobody will make it to the end of the SMiLE set, thus realizing that..

26] The SMiLE album we know was a fake, Brian kept this hoax going all this time, even releasing a re-recording of the fake album in 2004, the 2 L.Ps in the deluxe edition are going to contain the real SMiLE album.. for the reason mentioned in number 27, nobody will get to hear it.

25 Over and over,The crow cries uncover the cornfield. (Mike...still)

24) It has been said Brian invented digital recording 25 years before the time during the SMiLE sessions. Other things include....

• The Pet Shop Boys (originally as a avantgarde side project for Al & Carl)
• Grunge
• the original script for 'Total Recall'
• The basslines for every single Human League hit

23) After freaking out about the 'Fire' music starting fires in LA, Brian at first abandons the idea of a suite about the Elements but then comes up with an alternative plan.

As Capitol expects Elements themed music as part of SMiLE, Brian decides to cover Tom Lehrer's 'Elements' song -after all who's not to know it was about chemistry rather than earth, fire, air and water.

This is Lehrer's version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYW50F42ss8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYW50F42ss8)

In an apparently conciliatory gesture after his criticism about the project Brian asks Mike Love to do the lead vocal. The track is recorded but the session does not go well as Mike struggles with the tempo of the song. The tape is then wiped (although an acetate still exists in Brian's tape library) and is completely forgotten about. It is rumoured that Brian is often heard listening to a 'weird' version of this song in his music room whilst occasionally erupting into gulfs of hysterical laughter.

Sometime in the 1970's, Brian asks Mike to sing  'The Battle Hymn of the Republic'......Revenge is a dish best served cold they say.

22 Amazon announces SS's sales pitch and makes reference of 'spend your grocery money this Labor Day weekend'. Price $300. Why does this sound
     familiar? ???

21.) It can make people REAL argumentative....  ::)

21 When Capitol say 'this year' they really mean 'this year'! (for those who don't understand :p)

It has been revealed that Al Jardine has been posting on the Hoffman board under the pseudanym "Leila" (he's a big Clapton fan apparently)

The listening party was real, and Al, being the one who first leaked news of the set, wanted to be the one to spill the beans on the content.

The two friends are real as well, "B" is of course our favourite, shorts sporting Johnny Come Lately Bruce Johnson, and S is, well..........................

STAMOS!!!!!

19)

In an odd twist of fate the January 1967 version of Heroes & Villians has become twinned over the space/time continuum  with a long forgotten 2011 thread from the Smiley Smile Message Board. If the '101 things you didn't know about SMiLE' thread is completed, it will enable Brian to complete Heroes & Villians back in Jan 67, leading to the completion of Smile,

The Smiley Smile board will immediately cease to exist, as the Smiley Smile album never existed. As the  '101 things you never knew about SMiLE' thread also ceases to exist it means Brian cannot complete H&V.

The Smiley Smile board pops back into existence, unfortunately AGD returns with it.

Actually sounds like an episode of 'Life On Mars'. DCI Gene Hunt probably listened to that version on a 8 track in the Ford Cortina!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars_(UK_TV_series)

Anyway....
18) Any message board thread related to SMiLE automatically has a life span of 37 years.