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1  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Request for Michael Vosse Fusion Article on: August 26, 2022, 11:24:10 PM
Sure thing! Happy to share this with interested fans...and after reading this, consider how many failed efforts were made to dismiss both Michael Vosse and his article because it went against certain narratives...because Vosse speaks the truth.

Because a good number of people have already made up their minds what they want the album/project to be, like BWPS-sequence or Dominic Priore's sequence or whatever, and they don't want to acknowledge that it most likely would've been very different from their theories. Ultimately, it's all good either way how someone likes to listen to the music but I do feel like some fans (perhaps myself chief among them) like to color or disregard the primary sources that don't fit their narrative. But the past few years have shown us that this seems to be human nature on all subjects, so I've just learned to embrace it as part of the SMiLE mythos.

(Sorry for the pop-in but I saw my site getting some traffic from this URL and I wanted to know why. Genuinely hope y'all are well. Back to the fortress of solitude  Cool Guy )
2  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Welcome Back! on: January 15, 2022, 07:40:18 AM
Just chiming in to say, I think it's pretty lame that they spent 100+ posts patting themselves on the back for how "drama free" their community is when they only made it that way by chasing off anyone who did not fit their mold.

Guitarfool, nothing personal, has not always been the best mod. I'm sorry but I share that opinion. The Brian fandom sometimes blinded itself to the flaws of his solo career and it could hamper honest discussion of the newer music. This is a fair grievance, and it's good then that both forums exist so the different sub-communities can thrive without getting on each others nerves. Huzzah.

That being said, I don't recall Guitarfool ever publicly belittling a poster who is half his age until she left the forum because she knew she'd never be welcome. That was on Endless Harmony. As I recall, that particular poster did a lot in the early days of the forum to lay the foundation for interesting discussions so that the site would grow. But apparently that doesn't outweigh 1) daring to use the politics subforum they included and 2) saying "vinyls" instead of "vinyl records." As I recall, she tried to leave on somewhat good terms by saying something nice about everyone in a farewell post and these people, twice her age I remind you, took potshots on the same thread after she wasn't there to defend herself anymore. A different mod gaslit everyone by saying: "she has a history of causing problems," ignoring the fact the the first mod has publicly bullied her off and on ever since her very first post in a Beach Boys forum.

It all worked out better for everyone in the end, the youth propagated to the reddit(s) and discord(s) and BeachBoysToday forum. Meanwhile the clique who've been on the forums together for years and (for good or ill) have an established camaraderie with each other get to pretend they're the unambiguous good guys who never hurt anyone or made a questionable call with authority. Maybe it's petty to bring this up but y'know what? I exist, my experience was real and I took exception to being whitewashed out of history, so to speak. I mean, as long as they're apparently fine with bringing up old wounds, I say people in glass houses... yadda yadda

I'm glad SmileySmile is back for those who prefer it. I have no intention of sticking around and I think that's better for everyone, but I couldn't help check out the forums again when I heard this place went offline. I sincerely wish everyone well in these crazy covid times, and before you ban my new IP address, I'll show myself out.
3  Smiley Smile Stuff / General On Topic Discussions / Re: Looks like the PSF has been wiped from existence on: December 24, 2018, 11:03:03 AM
"Get a kick out of it"

That's a really lousy thing to do, laugh at and rub salt in the wound to people who've just lost their community. And on Christmas eve no less.

Stay classy, guy.
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