SMiLE Sessions box set!

[ghost]

Since I first heard the sessions and some fan mixes that G. Larson graciously sent the pieces have been in my mind.

Greg Larson was a good man.  A friend of his is a friend of mine.  That guy really epitomized "sharing".

Oh, I meant Gary Larson.



Just kidding Mikie

[buddhahat]

OK, enough! You guys have a nice day.  If I'm not careful, people will accuse me of trolling.

Like Ghost.

Well I was going to point out the irony of the fact you spend the most time out of anyone here moaning about trolls, yet are the most consistently offensive, but your posts speak for themselves.

[Mikie]

Thanks for your input, Buddharat.  It was very productive.  Now carry on with your obsessive-compulsive SMiLE chat.

[rab2591]

And we must listen to Mikie, because he was alive when SMiLE went down. This means his credibility is WAY up there.

Give it a rest. I'm sick of coming on this thread reading your posts that bash people who talk about the music.

So what if Shady likes talking about SMiLE? What the f*** does it matter? What the f*** does it matter that we obsessively talk about this album? In case you haven't noticed, this is a board for people who like to talk about SMiLE and the roads that led to and from it.

It's not supposed to be a board where you feed your ego by bashing others because some people here like to talk about the music/release/whatever. And yeah, I think most of us here would rather read Tobelman's interesting take on SMiLE than read your monotonous sarcastic childish bitching that adds nothing but angst to this board.

You may have been around when SMiLE was concieved, but obviously in this case, age hasn't brought much wisdom.

*waits for some bullshit attack on my liking of SMiLE, the nature of my posts, or some other ribbing that will feed Mikie's ego*

[Jason]

Take it to PMs. All of you. Now.

[Custom Machine]

In November, 1973, I attended a Beach Boys concert in Sacramento, CA. After the concert, we walked around the back of the building to watch the band members get into their limos and maybe get an autograph. One of them was Al. Standing next to me, I recognized the owner of a record store that sold used and collectible records a couple of blocks over. He held up a Smiley Smile album and asked Al to sign it. Al stood up and looked over the top of the limo, took the album and looked at it for a long time. He told the guy that he'd never heard the album before! What?? The store owner told Al that he had another copy and Al's limo followed the record store owner down to his shop, where he opened it (at around 11 o'clock at night) to get another Smiley Smile album for him.

Al was serious! I kid you not. He said he'd never heard the entire Smiley Smile album since its release six years before.

The record store was The Record Exchange; I owned it, along with Tom Darling (later of the Twinkeyz).  The incident in question took place back stage (someone from KZAP, Dennis Newhall, maybe, had slapped backstage passes on us) . I had brought along Smiley Smile and Carl and The Passions to be signed (just in case).  When I handed SS to Al to be autographed, he looked at it and said, wow, "I don't have this one." The strangest part of the whole thing was Mike contemplating the palm of his hand the whole time.  There was an after concert 'party' at the C Street Saloon; hardly anyone showed up. I was able to sit at the table where Dennis, Blondie and Ricky were.  

Steve, thanks for clarifying the Al said he didn't have a copy of the Smiley Smile album, rather than saying that he'd never heard it.  Did he actually go to the trouble of obtaining a copy from you that night?

[Andrew G. Doe]

How 'bout that - an outbreak of bitch-slapping and I had no part of it. Must be slipping... 

[Mikie]

How 'bout that - an outbreak of bitch-slapping and I had no part of it. Must be slipping... 

You are slipping. Where ya been?

[ghost]

Bill Tobelman slipped Andrew something in his drink. He's been missing in action wandering around England wearing a bathrobe until now.

[Andrew G. Doe]

How 'bout that - an outbreak of bitch-slapping and I had no part of it. Must be slipping... 

You are slipping. Where ya been?

Getting my game face on for the weekend.

[buddhahat]

Thanks for your input, Buddharat.  It was very productive.  Now carry on with your obsessive-compulsive SMiLE chat.

Thank god morons like you only exist on message boards.

[monicker]

Does anyone know what would possess someone to want to be a moderator of this or any message board?

[Mike's Beard]

A deep rooted love of the Beach Boys combined with sadomasochist tendencies.

[Jason]

A deep rooted love of the Beach Boys combined with sadomasochist tendencies.

And it's fun to smack people with the banhammer.

[ghost]

Does anyone know what would possess someone to want to be a moderator of this or any message board?

hey, there's at least one cool mod here
[billy c... he of many name changes]

[Andrew G. Doe]

Does anyone know what would possess someone to want to be a moderator of this or any message board?

Nothing at all - Chuckie pointed and said "you're it".

[Mikie]

Hey Manual, mind if I retali............uh, respond to Buddahrat's parting shot after you told everybody to "go to Pm's"?

[Dunderhead]

I don't understand this recent spat, what exactly are you guys pissed off for?

[Mikie]

I don't understand this recent spat, what exactly are you guys pissed off for?

Buddahrat and rab2591 hurt my feelings, Fishmonk.  I can't take it. They knocked me on my ass with their verbal abuse and I'm devastated!

[Andrew G. Doe]

I don't understand this recent spat, what exactly are you guys pissed off for?

Just keeping their hand in until the box is released and full-scale carnage erupts.

[Jason]

Thanks for your input, Buddharat.  It was very productive.  Now carry on with your obsessive-compulsive SMiLE chat.

Thank god morons like you only exist on message boards.

Take. It. To. PMs.

[SBonilla]

  
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Steve, thanks for clarifying the Al said he didn't have a copy of the Smiley Smile album, rather than saying that he'd never heard it.  Did he actually go to the trouble of obtaining a copy from you that night?


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 I *may* have given him a copy. I can't say that I remember doing it, though. Some things have stuck with me, some have not. Maybe Mikie's memory is sharper than mine on that one.

[Jason]

Does anyone know what would possess someone to want to be a moderator of this or any message board?

Nothing at all - Chuckie pointed and said "you're it".

Not on my part, he didn't.

Seriously - being a moderator here isn't exactly like pulling teeth. The board usually runs itself. Granted, I get more down and dirty in the discussions than other mods, which is something some folks here have trouble with, but c'est la vie. Can't please everyone. By and large the people here are decent. If you want an example of a forum that would not be fun to manage, look at The 910 or even Stormfront.

[Mikie]

I'm not sure my memory is any sharper than yours, Steve.  I didn't even remember that your store was on 9th Street instead of 10th!

But I distinctly remember Al looking over the top of the limo conversing about Smiley Smile and I either watched or heard later that you gave him a copy of the album.

[Andrew G. Doe]

I'm not sure my memory is any sharper than yours, Steve.  I didn't even remember that your store was on 9th Street instead of 10th!

But I distinctly remember Al looking over the top of the limo conversing about Smiley Smile and I either watched or heard later that you gave him a copy of the album.

Al looked over the top of a limo ?

Low rider, right ?