Does Brian occationally still enjoy a spliff?

[pixletwin]

The Beatles

John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Ringo Starr

and for good measure... Pete Best and Stuart  Sutcliffe...


There doesn't seem to be any filter to me. 

[hypehat]

Nah, it got removed. It cracked me up, as I'm a juvenile bastard at heart 

[roll plymouth rock]

Apparently Brian is pretty into desserts these days...

[juggler]

Apparently Brian is pretty into desserts these days...

   When was he NOT into desserts?  Okay, there was probably a period when Landy stopped him from eating cake, cookies, ice cream, etc., but can't imagine he ever lost the sweet tooth.

As for recreational drugs... geez, let's hope not.  It'd be the last thing he needs to mix with his mental health issues and psychotropic medication.

[Amy B.]

There's a whole thread with that stuff. Can't find it right now, but it definitely should be updated

This is an edit. There are others like it but this one is mine- here it is :  http://smileysmile.net/board/index.php/topic,9198.0.html

Ah, I forgot about that thread! Very entertaining.

[stack-o-tracks]

A little misinformation going around this thread.... A spliff is actually a joint rolled with tobacco. 

In regards to that, I'd be down to smoke one with Brian. I doubt he smokes anymore but maybe we could vape sometime.

[SMiLE Brian]

I would smoke with Brian and go to a music studio to see if SMiLE Brian reemerges one last time.

[Jay]

I think I recall reading an article in maybe Rolling Stone a few years back where Brian drove with a journalist in Beverly Hills. In the piece, it wqas mentioned the two of them having Heinekens at dinner. I could be mixing up articles though.

I remember that too, and was going to post about it before I saw this. It was in Rolling Stone around the time of BWPS. I didn't know as much about Brian as I do now, but even then I remember thinking "Uh oh, that's probably not a good idea".

[Jonas]

a spliff? more like a spl

[Myk Luhv]

Would I be able to get backstage if I brought a cake to one of his shows with the obvious intention of giving it to Brian? I could write "This cake's for you BRIAN WILSON" and hold it up randomly during the show!

[SMiLE Brian]

Would I be able to get backstage if I brought a cake to one of his shows with the obvious intention of giving it to Brian? I could write "This cake's for you BRIAN WILSON" and hold it up randomly during the show!

I was thinking about doing the same with my Ronettes album on vinyl.

[ghost]

Would I be able to get backstage if I brought a cake to one of his shows with the obvious intention of giving it to Brian? I could write "This cake's for you BRIAN WILSON" and hold it up randomly during the show!

Oh look, one of my deranged fans has brought me a home-made birthday cake...

[Myk Luhv]

Would I be able to get backstage if I brought a cake to one of his shows with the obvious intention of giving it to Brian? I could write "This cake's for you BRIAN WILSON" and hold it up randomly during the show!

Oh look, one of my deranged fans has brought me a home-made birthday cake...

Cannabutter-infused, natch!

[Curtis Leon]

It's really none of our business, is it? I would hope not personally, but it's neither up to me, nor is it up to anyone in the world besides Brian himself, perhaps his wife and managers as well.

[Iron Horse-Apples]

It's really none of our business, is it? I would hope not personally, but it's neither up to me, nor is it up to anyone in the world besides Brian himself, perhaps his wife and managers as well.

Perhaps his wife and managers as well.......classic. I love the fact you added that an afterthought.

[The Heartical Don]

I think I recall reading an article in maybe Rolling Stone a few years back where Brian drove with a journalist in Beverly Hills. In the piece, it wqas mentioned the two of them having Heinekens at dinner. I could be mixing up articles though.

I remember that too, and was going to post about it before I saw this. It was in Rolling Stone around the time of BWPS. I didn't know as much about Brian as I do now, but even then I remember thinking "Uh oh, that's probably not a good idea".

Same here. I seem to recall various brief snippets that mention him merrily opening a can of beer and stating: 'just the one', and I am inclined to believe this. I don't really believe the folk psychology wisdom that a former addict can never touch one drop again. If the basic reasons for abuse have been removed/overcome and maybe grieved about in proper fashion, and if that person has found new happiness in life (e.g. kids to care about), then there is no reason that he/she should go AWOL on drink again after a few sips.
Folk psychology often is total garbage.

[Jay]

With Melinda and the kids around today, I doubt that Brian would go off the rails full tilt boogie like he did in the 1970's. But according to Brian himself, he did drink to excess. Especially around 1981-ish. But perhaps that might have been because Carl was gone.

[The Heartical Don]

With Melinda and the kids around today, I doubt that Brian would go off the rails full tilt boogie like he did in the 1970's. But according to Brian himself, he did drink to excess. Especially around 1981-ish. But perhaps that might have been because Carl was gone.

Carl gone in 1981? Where to?

Anyway, Bri indeed seems to have imbibed enormous quantities of booze way back when. Ames Carlin somewhere writes about: 'rivers of alcohol', and in his purported autobiography, Brian talks about having drunk one cocktail after another in Australia (the infamous Sydney shows IIRC - Carl was audibly drunk also, as boots prove). Wouldn't be the only occasion where strong drink is used to ease the pain when other substances don't work that efficacious any more. Rickie Lee Jones admitted as much in a recent MOJO interview, she became an alcoholic when her heroin period was over.

[drbeachboy]

Carl left to tour his solo album that year.

[The Heartical Don]

Carl left to tour his solo album that year.

Ah, thanks. Much appreciated.

[Rocker]

With Melinda and the kids around today, I doubt that Brian would go off the rails full tilt boogie like he did in the 1970's.

You mean like when Marilyn and the kids were around ? But I agree. I don't think Brian would get drunk or stoned or whatever today. If he did, his wife and doctors would react very quickly

[The Heartical Don]

With Melinda and the kids around today, I doubt that Brian would go off the rails full tilt boogie like he did in the 1970's.

You mean like when Marilyn and the kids were around ? But I agree. I don't think Brian would get drunk or stoned or whatever today. If he did, his wife and doctors would react very quickly

  sharp reply, that. And you're right: he's been clean now for so long that he's learned to enjoy everyday life more, IMHO. And others are taking care of things that he doesn't like to handle. I bet that when he's not working, he really likes to act the couch potato and watch some TV, with a steak, or a pizza, or a large bowl of ice cream.

[Andrew G. Doe]

I don't really believe the folk psychology wisdom that a former addict can never touch one drop again. If the basic reasons for abuse have been removed/overcome and maybe grieved about in proper fashion, and if that person has found new happiness in life (e.g. kids to care about), then there is no reason that he/she should go AWOL on drink again after a few sips.
Folk psychology often is total garbage.

Not in my case. I know that if I have one, I'll have another, and another... because I like the taste and the effect it has on me and because that's what happens when I like something - I want more. I have an addictive personality. And if I do that, I'd give myself maybe six months.

[ghost]

I don't really believe the folk psychology wisdom that a former addict can never touch one drop again. If the basic reasons for abuse have been removed/overcome and maybe grieved about in proper fashion, and if that person has found new happiness in life (e.g. kids to care about), then there is no reason that he/she should go AWOL on drink again after a few sips.
Folk psychology often is total garbage.

Not in my case. I know that if I have one, I'll have another, and another... because I like the taste and the effect it has on me and because that's what happens when I like something - I want more. I have an addictive personality. And if I do that, I'd give myself maybe six months.

High time you switched to a monthly mushroom trip, friend. Like Brian recommends in Do You Like Worms? Which means, do you enjoy seeing worms while mushroom picking? Worms are the guardians of the mushrooms like the nagas guarded the Prajnaparamitas. It would be incorrect of me to say that this wasn't not a sole in the sun.

[Smilin Ed H]

The only 'sole is the one your head's up.