What a great early picture for the collection! 

As I spend New Years Eve alone, I listen to Artie Shaw New Years Eve 1938...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYDFogmwOzI

Happy New Year! Can't wait for all the new Beach Boys-related things happening in 2015!

Great article! Sad too...

My thoughts exactly.

Love the pictures! 

http://igotaround.com/remembering-mike-meros.html

please play video tribute to my dear friend -

Great tribute! My friends Mike & Elaine are in that video, too.

Why why WHY, every time I try to log in, do I repeatedly get a notification that "You can't retrieve your password, but you can set a new one by following a link sent to you by email"? Afte this happens several times and it finally works and is not trying to reset my password, it says I'm out of logout attempts and need to try logging in later! WHAT THE HECK. It's been this way for years, literally, and it makes me vomit in terror.

Word.

So sad indeed. I didn't realize how bad things were for Phil. I haven't much followed his recent conviction. A friend of mine told me that the charges were dropped. Not sure if that's true or not. Hopefully Phil won't take the same path our beloved Dennis took.

My vote goes to Shannon. I still have the 45.

Merry Christmas! Listening to 'Santa's Beard' right now...

RIP. I love Are You Being Served. So many people from that show are gone now. I think of the original cast only Nicholas Smith is still with us today.

Hi Coda! I was lucky enough to catch the 2012 Tour as well. Great times indeed! Brian is my favorite too, and my favorite BBs song is either Cabinessence or I Just Wasn't Made For These Times. Cheers!

RIP Joe Cocker. My earliest memory of Joe Cocker dates back to my childhood. I must've been about 10 years old (early 80s). There was something on television about Woodstock and I saw this wild man with large sideburns wearing a tie-dye shirt basically screaming into the microphone. I remember thinking 'wow, I like this crazy guy!' Then when I was 13 I bought the Mad Dogs And Englishmen album at a used record store in Woonsocket RI with my paper route money.

Happy Christmas! 2015 should be a great year for Beach Boys fans!

Cheers!

I relate more to the 65-72 period of the Beach Boys. So for me, no I do not think the early material is better than Smile (1966 is my favorite period of BB music). However I love the early material too. The early material is my second-favorite era of the Beach Boys, and I suppose the Brian-Is-Back 70s is my third favorite.

This is definitely on my want list!

Brian was so "on" this night. This rules so much. Just sayin'.

http://youtu.be/gsmyJuprHfg

Go Brian! Loved watching that one.

I never knew the song existed until 12 years ago when I bought a CD called "Endless Bummer: The Very Worst Of The Beach Boys" at a used record store in Worcester Massachusetts. I have to admit that I like the song, even though it's 'rap' (not a genre I'm into). It's quirky and funny. Not something I include on my mixes, but I'll put it on for a chuckle once in a while.

Turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, mashed veggies, pie and some sort of ale.

Happy Birthday Carl! I'm so glad I got to see you before you left us. Miss you everyday! RIP

Fantastic! Thanks for the info!

I've always thought that 'Look!' sounded like Christmas music.

This is great news! I'm looking forward to buying a copy!

The ending part of Cabinessence (well the whole song really, but the ending part especially). This one gets me all the time. It's so magical!