Awful news. From Brian’s Facebook:

I’m so heartbroken that my dear friend Jeff Foskett has passed. Jeff was always there for me when we toured and we couldn’t have done it without him. Jeff was one of the most talented guys I ever knew. He was a great musical leader and guitarist and he could sing like an angel. I first met Jeff in 1976 when he knocked on my door in Bel Air and I invited him in, and we were friends ever since. I don’t know what else to say. Love and Mercy to Jeff’s family and friends, we will remember him forever.

Heh. It’s only a matter of time before someone turns “At My Most Beautiful” and “Pancreas” into full-fledged Pet Sounds and SMiLe outtakes.

Fucking vile, on multiple levels. Shouldn’t have even been posted here in the first place.

7:50-9:58 p.m. PDT, 07/05/2022

•Kokomo
•There’s No Other (Like My Baby)
•Wendy
•You Still Believe in Me [Royal Philharmonic version]
•In My Room
•It’s OK
•Catch a Wave
•Givin’ You Up [Carl solo]
•Goin’ On
•Fun, Fun, Fun
•Runaway [Del Shannon cover; live in Chicago, 1965]
•That’s Why God Made the Radio
•God Only Knows
•Marcella
•Summer in Paradise
•Do It Again
•The Warmth of the Sun [Willie Nelson/“Stars and Stripes” version]
•Hawaii
•Don’t Worry, Baby
•Sail Plane Song
•Barbara Ann [album version]
•Pipeline [Bruce solo]
•409
•Heroes and Villains
•Kokomo [again]
•When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)
•Honkin’ Down the Highway
•Soul Searchin’ [“Made in California” version]
•I Get Around
•Surfin’ Safari [Ariola version]
•The Ballad of Ole’ Betsy
•Help Me, Rhonda [single version]
•Oh Darlin’
•I Can Hear Music
•Lay Down Burden [Brian solo]
•Shut Down
•She Knows Me Too Well
•Fall Breaks and Back to Winter (W. Woodpecker Symphony)
•Wild Honey [live in Boston, 1967]
•Darlin’
•The Girls on the Beach
•And Your Dream Comes True
•Catch a Wave
•California Dreamin’
•God Only Knows [again]
•You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone
•The Little Girl I Once Knew

8:44-10:00 a.m. PDT, 07/03/2022

•All Summer Long
•The Surfer Moon
•Don’t Worry, Baby
•Make It Big
•Let Him Run Wild
•Do It Again/Workshop [introduced by Justyn Wilson]
•Back Home
•Little Deuce Coupe
•Girl Don’t Tell Me
•God Only Knows
•Do You Wanna Dance?
•Keepin’ the Summer Alive [live at Knebworth, 1980]
•Heroes and Villains
•Surfer Girl
•Never Learn Not to Love
•When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)
•Crescent Moon [Mike solo]
•I Get Around
•Student Demonstration Time
•California Dreamin’
•That’s Why God Made the Radio [“live”]
•Goin’ South
•Good Vibrations
•Please Let Me Wonder
•Shut Down
•California Saga [live; Brian Wilson & Al Jardine]
•Good Timin’

I’m not digging the stereo mix of “Good Vibrations.”

“I love the colorful clothes she wear.” What happened to the “s?”

It’s a little weird there’s nothing from That’s Why God Made the Radio on the expanded Sounds of Summer.

That was godawful.

Here’s two hours from tonight. They played “409” twice, about a half-hour apart.

July 1, 2021, 7:05-9:05 pm PDT:

1. Fun, Fun, Fun [single version]
2. Boogie Woodie
3. Heroes and Villains [single version]
4. Dance, Dance, Dance
5. Little Honda [Sacramento live rehearsal, 1964]
6. Susie Cincinnati [“15 Big Ones” version]
7. Sloop John B
8. Surf’s Up [“Surf’s Up” version]
9. Catch a Wave
10. Today (Beckley-Lamm-Wilson)
11. Sail On, Sailor
12. 409
13. Honkin’ Down the Highway
14. Wouldn’t It Be Nice [live, Washington. D.C., 1981]
15. Be True to Your School [single version]
16. Good Timin’
17. California Girls
18. Cotton Fields [single version]
19. Don’t Fight the Sea (Al Jardine featuring Brian, Mike and Bruce)
20. I Get Around
21. You Still Believe in Me
22. Finders Keepers
23. 409 [yes, again]
24. Falls Breaks and Back to Winter
25. Surfin’
26. Barbara Ann [single version]
27. Help Me, Rhonda [live, Washington, D.C., 1981]
28. Let Us Put Our Hearts Together
29. Shut Down
30. Wendy
31. Talk to Me
32. All Summer Long
33. He’s a Bum (Dennis Wilson)
34. God Only Knows
35. You’re Welcome
36. The Ballad of Ole’ Betsy
37. Good Vibrations [live, Honolulu, 1967]
38. Do It Again/Workshop
39. Drive-In
40. Kokomo
41. Let Him Run Wild
42. Don’t Worry, Baby
43. Passing By
44. Surfin’ Safari
45. Goin’ On
46. Surfer Girl
47. Winds of Change

Here he is at age 10 on NBC’s Philco Television Playhouse. This teleplay was written by Bea Arthur’s ex-husband, and co-starred future Broadway legend Elaine Stritch: https://youtu.be/2uSd4PjbcVE

And here he is at 13 on CBS’ General Electric Theater. I wonder what ever happened to that host: https://youtu.be/SYsr20yVx9E

Is there any realistic scenario in which Mike’s license to use the Beach Boys name can be rescinded? What would that look like? Is it feasible?

I swear I remember reading somewhere that Steve had used the n-word in that fight.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2590376947889316

A version with the original track listing was accidentally released in Germany: https://www.discogs.com/The-Beach-Boys-Holland/release/4346885

The "Feel Flow" set and "On Tour: 1969" are now on Spotify...




it's what I would say if they were on Spotify. 

https://youtu.be/mDEtCeeSp2k

Tonight on his SiriusXM show, John Fugelsang played the first minute or so of “Here She Comes” coming back from a commercial break. He didn’t say anything about the song, though. I’d never heard that song out in the wild before.

I'd always pegged STP as the beginning of the never ending onslaught of post-grunge (Bush, Live, Creed, Nickelback, Staind, Seether, etc.), but after hearing both this cover and an acoustic version of Plush a while back, I'm thinking maybe it's time to reevaluate their back catalog. They actually sound pretty fuckin' awesome when they turn off the distortion.

https://youtu.be/aXDRlOZ8EQY

That's now my favorite Beach Boys cover. I wish STP would have recorded a full unplugged style album.

Same. Scott had a gorgeous, and honestly underrated, voice, and it really shone in acoustic songs.

From the upcoming 25th anniversary edition Purple box set: https://youtu.be/0lKLMacU5OM

Nobody can even being to say whether anything involved in this amounts to dementia. We don't have enough details, and even if we did, we're not doctors who could say what criteria would need to be met to use that term.

But I do think "mental issues causing Brian to say things he doesn't mean", while certainly open to interpretation, is something that, the way I read his statement, seems to potentially be beyond essentially the "mental pain" equivalent of yelling at people because of physical pain. Meaning, I read his statement as meaning he's saying things beyond his control and understanding, rather than being fed up with mental (or physical) pain and just lashing out.

But I think it's a good idea not to get bogged down at this time with using the specific term like "dementia." It potentially incorrectly characterizes what's going on, and also can lead to sort of the opposite effect where someone (potentially rightly) may point out that that term is incorrect, but then some take that to mean there is nothing serious going on. There may be (well, there *is* I think by Brian's own indication) something serious mentally going on, and it's important to keep the characterization of that as being as serious as it needs to be by *not* trying to ascribe one specific term/condition to it.

You’re right. I apologize for jumping to conclusions. Please know it was out of love and concern, and not anything sordid.

This is a terrible thought, and I hate myself for even entertaining the idea, but it almost sounds like the onset of dementia. I hope I’m completely wrong; it’s just that some of the symptoms described sound familiar to those of us who’ve had to say a long goodbye to a loved one.

I'll admit that I had that thought too. "Saying things I don't mean." But we shouldn't speculate. I'm glad Brian is doing what he needs to do to take care of himself, and I hope he recovers soon.

Agreed. Health first!

This is a terrible thought, and I hate myself for even entertaining the idea, but it almost sounds like the onset of dementia. I hope I’m completely wrong; it’s just that the symptoms described sound familiar to those of us who’ve had to say a long goodbye to a loved one.

And we can hear Carl sing on "Hung Up and Overdue" from TP & the Heartbreakers' "She's the One" soundtrack, one of my favorite Tom Petty songs.

The comment section on youtube mentioned that George Harrison and Ringo Starr also played on "Hung up and overdue". There's definitely a guitar part that sounds like Harrison. But is it true?

Ringo plays drums on that song, but I don’t recall George being on it. The slide guitar was by Mike Campbell who can do an amazing imitation of George’s slide guitar sound.

Alright, thanks for the confirmation of Ringo's appearance.

Oddly enough, both George and Ringo appear in the “I Won’t Back Down” music video, even though Ringo doesn’t actually play on the track.

This is why it took the Cubs another 29 years to finally win the World Series.

I like how Apple Music thinks Beach Boy Mike Love and reggae Mike Love are the same person.