Ugh.  What an atrocious pile of merda:  "Hey boys and girls, hear what I say, don't lose your cool, 'cause there's a better way."  Tripe.

You look like my cousin, James.  He's a cool guy too - built like a brick shithouse.

WIRWFC = 0.8%

Well if Rolling Stone said so...

That M.I.U. was not a double-album makes me believe in a higher power.

It depends on the environment for me, but lately I've become a big finger-snapper, much to the annoyance of my wife (and myself in fact).

As inspired by Jeff Mason:

...when trying to make a convert to Brian Wilson's music, are you going to just play someone the hits from 1963 or 1964?  Or are you going to offer up Pet Sounds and Smile?  Or in my case, will you make a comp of 1967-73 music to REALLY wow them?  I won't limit myself or my attempts to make new fans by only doing the hit records.

What's your tracklisting for making novitiates?

Here's my most recent, 1965-1969:

Kiss Me Baby
She Knows Me Too Well
In The Back Of My Mind
The Girl From New York City
Girl Don't Tell Me
Let Him Run Wild
That's Not Me
Don't Talk
Here Today
I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
Good Vibrations
Vegetables (GVBS)
Do You Like Worms? (GVBS)
Surf's Up (Demo)
Heroes & Villains (Alternate from Smiley twofer)
Little Pad
Wind Chimes (Smiley Smile)
Wonderful (Smiley Smile)
Country Air
Darlin' (Knebworth)
Let The Wind Blow (In Concert)
Wake The World
Be Here In The Morning
Busy Doin' Nothin'
Time To Get Alone (Hawthorne)
Cabinessence
Our Prayer
Break Away (Single)

"California girls" and "Let Him Run Wild" were very innovative in their time.  Except for that, everything seems to be a step backwards.  The Today album was a step up from all summer long.  They started singing more emotional songs.  The harmonies and arrangements also became more elaborate.  I think that Today is the real precursor to pet sounds, not Summer Days and Summer Nights.

...but only if you privilege continuums.  'Summer Days...' is a rockin' and gorgeous sounding album.  'Today!' may seem to indicate a "building" towards something more aesthetically challenging, but isn't such thinking the result of historical interpretation?  I love the fact that BW was a mixed bag of goodies - he was all over the place artistically.  

Ask Ian about 'Party!' which follows both...

EDIT:  Ian, you clearly have ESP.

If this is authentic...interesting fodder for conversation/argument.

If there was room in mine I'd gladly install one. I was thinking of putting a small stereo in there since spending ten minutes pooping in almost silence is pure boredom.

Sounds like you need more fibre in your diet.  I'm usually done in under three minutes. 

Fibre = Time = Money.

i like wistle in, but everyone always says it's from heroes and villains. to me, it's totally the hawaiin chant from do you like worms

I can hear it, I can hear it...

Diggin' Carl's bobble-toque in that video.  Very hep.

I really, really enjoyed Chara's ass-kicking of Vinnie (despite what Cherry had to say).  You guys are scary good, even without Hasek.

Absolutely - you guys have done a good deed.  The breadth and depth of my BBs appreciation has grown.  I won't forget this.

I care, Mitchell, I care.

Flames lead 2-1.  I hate Selanne...whiny little bitch.

Nothing - absolutely nothing - beats a good dump.  You are crazy.

I think the instrumental track for "Wonderful" is so unbelievably sad sounding.  I was listening to it in the car the other day, stopped at a traffic light, and watching the pedestrian people go about their mundane little journeys (much as I was) was just so sad...and at the same time so comforting, so lovely.

This is the enigma of Smiley for me:  so fodaed up, so beautiful.

Jason - beautiful review.  Friends is top-notch quality and chockful of goodness.  You nailed this sucker shut.

total loser here.  Totally drunk too.  This is what happens to good people when they collide with liquor.  I was ssucking back some wolf blas cabaernet on the balcony  llistenin got "In Conceert"  f*** if I wasn't gorrvin' to that sh*t.  LOUD.  I could edit this but I won't ,..  Ultimately, they'd love it.

Oof.

total loser here.  Totally drunk too.  This is what happens to good people when they collide with liquor.  I was ssucking back some wolf blas cabaernet on the balcony  llistenin got "In Conceert"  f*** if I wasn't gorrvin' to that sh*t.  LOUD.  I could edit this but I won't ,..  Ultimately, they'd love it.

That's a very warm, genuine picture.  Thanks for sharing.

Mostly merda.  2.

Mostly merda.  2.
This is very nearly an album's worth of 'Sumahama'.  I would sooner staple my nut-sack to the wall than listen to this album in its entirety.

Go Al.

That's a great interview - very articulate and sincere.  Thanks.

It's a real shame his endeavour got the legal flack it did - he might have gone on to reveal the band's true artistic legacy under the tarnish that Mike keeps producing.

Ditto.