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Title: Mike Love article for Smithsonian magazine
Post by: Emdeeh on January 03, 2018, 05:37:01 PM
Mike Love has an article in this month's Smithsonian magazine, which focuses on the year 1968. Mike's article, as you might expect, is about TM and his visit to Rishikesh:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/beatles-ashram-sought-enlightenment-180967494/

THE ASHRAM WHERE THE BEATLES SOUGHT ENLIGHTENMENT
Beach Boys singer Mike Love recalls what it was like to be at the Indian locale, which remains a destination for fans of music and meditation


Title: Re: Mike Love article for Smithsonian magazine
Post by: ♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇 on January 03, 2018, 05:41:53 PM
Thanks for posting this...can't believe it's been 50 years


Title: Re: Mike Love article for Smithsonian magazine
Post by: tpesky on January 04, 2018, 07:24:38 PM
I knew he couldn't leave the Back in the USSR story out, but nice article otherwise.


Title: Re: Mike Love article for Smithsonian magazine
Post by: HeyJude on January 05, 2018, 09:22:11 AM
It's going to take like another 10 or 15 years, but when Mark Lewisohn finally reaches this point in his definitive Beatles biography, it'll be interesting to finally get a clear picture of the Beatles' presence there and why and how they left.