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« Reply #400 on: October 25, 2014, 07:20:01 AM »

Here are a few recent news articles from various local and regional news outlets with interviews and info on some upcoming shows, and some previous ones as well, for those who may not have seen them:


50 years of 'Fun, Fun, Fun': The Beach Boys come to Napa
October 22, 2014 1:58 pm
The Beach Boys at the Uptown
The Beach Boys
Uptown Theatre Napa
For ages 10 and over; under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. 
Friday, Jan. 23, 8 p.m.
Tickets: $70, $85, $105
Info, 707-259-0123, ext. 6
The Beach Boys, troubadours of the endless California summer, come to Napa to perform at the Uptown Theatre on Jan. 23.
Since they formed in 1961 in Hawthorne, the rock band, then consisting of brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, and their cousin Mike Love and friend Al Jardine, the group epitomized the California sound and lifestyle, the music, surfing, cars and young love with hit after hit, including “Surfin’ Safari,” “Good Vibrations,” “Surfin’ USA,” “Surfer Girl,” “I Get Around,” “Fun, Fun, Fun (Till Her Daddy Takes the T-Bird Away)” and “California Girls.”
Brian Wilson went onto a solo career, Dennis Wilson drowned and Carl Wilson died of lung cancer, but Mike Love, who produced the “Endless Summer” album in 1974, now leads the group, and with Bruce Johnston, Jeff Foskett, Randell Kirsch, Tim Bonhomme, John Cowsill and Scott Totten continues to tour and perform an average of 150 shows a year.
Al Jardine and Brian Wilson will not be part of this show, which is not part of the 50th anniversary tour, which briefly united the surviving members of the group.
Tickets for the show are $70, $85 and $105 for age 10 and over; those under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. A VIP ticket option includes a reserved seat, access to “Club Kokomo” preshow meet and greet with Beach Boys, a Q-and-A with private sound-check following the meet and greet, a personal photograph with the Beach Boys and an autographed laminate that includes a USB with two albums’ worth of Beach Boys music.
Tickets are on sale to the general public now and can be purchased at UptownTheatreNapa.com, through Ticketmaster or in person at the theater box office open Monday through Saturday, at 1350 Third St., Napa. For more info call 707-259-0123, ext. 6.





Beach Boys to perform two North Jersey shows
October 22, 2014    Last updated: Wednesday, October 22, 2014, 1:21 AM By BRIAN ABERBACK SPECIAL TO THE RECORD |  The Record
MUSIC
Beach Boys frontman Mike Love, second from right, says the band's staying power comes from its harmonies and the love in the music.
WHO: The Beach Boys.
WHAT: Pop and rock.
IN TOWN: 8 p.m. Tuesday, Bergen Performing Arts Center, 30 N. Van Brunt St., Englewood; 201-227-1030 or bergenpac.org. $49, $79, $119.
ALSO PERFORMING: 8 p.m. Thursday, Mayo Performing Arts Center, 100 South St., Morristown; 973-539-8008 or mayoarts.org. $59 to $99.
MORE INFO: thebeachboys.com.
The Beach Boys have been sending out good vibrations to multiple generations of fans the world over for more than 50 years, a fact not lost upon singer Mike Love. "To still be going and have the songs resonate five decades later is pretty miraculous in a way," Love said ahead of the band's upcoming shows in Englewood and Morristown.
"It's quite a blessing to all of us who started the band," Love said. He was a founding member, along with his cousins, Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson, and school friend Al Jardine.
Love said there is a common denominator to the staying power of the iconic band's endless hit parade, from surf pop-rock classics like "Surfin' USA," "Fun, Fun, Fun" and "Help Me Rhonda" to ballads such as "God Only Knows" and "Warmth of the Sun," to name a very small sampling.
"The real magic comes from the harmonies and the love that resonates in the notes," Love said by phone from his California home. "That's what brought us together in the first place."
Those sublime harmonies define the Beach Boys, who have sold more than 100 million albums worldwide and are one of the most influential pop and rock bands to ever take the stage.
The Beach Boys' current tour was preceded by a bittersweet personnel change for Love. His son, guitarist Christian Love, left the band after an eight-year stint to pursue a solo career.
"I do miss having him on tour," the elder Love said. "He has an amazing voice."
Christian Love's spot has been filled by Grammy Award-winning singer-guitarist Jeffrey Foskett, who performed with the Beach Boys periodically from 1981 to 1991. Foskett also appears on the band's most recent studio album, "That's Why God Made the Radio" (2012).
In addition to permanent members Love, Foskett and singer-keyboardist Bruce Johnston, the Beach Boys' touring lineup includes bassist Randell Kirsch, keyboardist Tim Bonhomme, drummer John Cowsill and guitarist Scott Totten. Though not on the road, Brian Wilson, Jardine and guitarist David Marks remain members of the Beach Boys. Dennis Wilson drowned in 1983 and Carl Wilson died of cancer in 1998.
The seeds of the Beach Boys were planted in 1958 when then-16-year-old Brian Wilson taught his brothers to sing harmonies to songs by popular vocal groups like the Four Freshmen. Love would sing with his cousins at family gatherings.
The Beach Boys formed in 1961. The title track to the band's 1962 debut album, "Surfin' Safari," reached No. 14 on the singles charts. The hits celebrating Southern California's surfing and car culture came in waves, including the No. 1 singles "I Get Around" and "Good Vibrations."
In 1966 the band expanded its sound and lyrical themes on famed album "Pet Sounds," which includes "Good Vibrations," "Wouldn't It Be Nice," "God Only Knows" and "Sloop John B." "Pet Sounds," which incorporated symphonic arrangements, jazz and sound effects into the Beach Boys' fundamental sound, is regarded as one of the most influential albums in pop and rock history. It was ranked second on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the Top 500 Albums of All Time, behind only the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
The Beach Boys were more moderately successful in the '70s and '80s. Brian Wilson's mental illness reduced his involvement with the band, which also suffered from infighting, lawsuits and for a time, competing tours. They returned to the top of the charts in 1988 with "Kokomo," which was featured in the Tom Cruise film "Cocktail." All the surviving members reunited briefly for a 50th anniversary tour in 2012.
In February, Love released the new single, "Pisces Brothers," about his longtime friend, the late Beatle George Harrison, and their shared devotion to transcendental meditation. "It's a special, sentimental, emotional song," Love said. "Pisces Brothers" is part of the Beach Boys' current setlist.
Over the course of their career, the Beach Boys have received countless awards and honors, and played to hundreds of millions of people. On one day alone — July 4, 1985 — they performed in front of nearly 2 million fans at shows in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
Love said the Beach Boys' concerts in the nation's capital are some of his favorite memories. The band had performed at the National Mall on Independence Day in the early 1980s, but in 1983 then-U.S. Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt banned rock concerts at the site. When it came to the Beach Boys, however, Watt's decision was overruled from above. "Nancy Reagan said, 'Ronnie and I have always been fans,' " Love said. "After that the White House called pretty quickly and asked us to come back."





The Beach Boys bringing 'Good Vibrations' to Luhrs Center Oct. 25
Performance on Oct. 25 is part of Shippensburg University homecoming festivities
Staff report
Posted:   10/21/2014 06:33:26 PM EDT
SHIPPENSBURG >> They started out as five guys from California singing about riding waves, and now more than 50 years later the Beach Boys have ridden a wave of success into American music history.
The Beach Boys will return to H. Ric Luhrs Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25. Tickets cost between $45 and $70. If you want to go, be sure to get tickets as soon as possible; The Beach Boys previously performed at the Luhrs Center to sold-out crowds on Feb. 29, 2008 and Oct. 13, 2011.
Original member, Mike Love, and Bruce Johnston, a member since 1965, are keeping The Beach Boys history alive with the help of five additions. Together, they and Jeffrey Foskett, Randell Kirsch, Tim Bonhomme, John Cowsill and Scott Totten take fans back to yesteryear and the hits that played through it.
It has been more than 50 years since lead singer Mike Love wrote the band's first hit, "Surfin'" in 1961. Dozens of chart-topping hits followed and became eternal anthems of American youth: "Surfin' USA," "Surfer Girl," "Fun, Fun, Fun," "I Get Around," "California Girls," "Help Me Rhonda," "Barbara Ann," "Good Vibrations," "Wouldn't It Be Nice," "Rock and Roll Music" and "Kokomo."
The Beach Boys have sold 100 million records around the world, and have more than 33 RIAA Platinum and Gold awards. Members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the band received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammy's in 2001.

The Beach Boys have a ton of experience performing live shows -- they actually hold the title for putting on the most concerts out of any other major rock band in history. The band have five decades of touring under their collective belt.
The Beach Boys performance will be part of Shippensburg University's homecoming celebrations. To go along with the show, Luhrs Center will have an exhibit of vintage beach-themed toys and related items, in the Orrstown Bank lobby on the second floor of the building. Bob Smith, associate dean of students at Shippensburg University, will display more than 500 items from his collection of vintage sand pails, sand sifters, beach shovels, vintage swim suits, tin toy boats, photographs and postcards.
The same exhibit has been enjoyed at historical museums in Ocean City, New Jersey and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
The exhibit will be on display 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 24 and 25, as well as during The Beach Boys concert. There is no admission to view the exhibit.
Don't forget to get your tickets for the concert ahead of time. Call the Luhrs Center box office at 477-7469 or go to www.luhrscenter.com.




Mike Love’s inner peace
Beth Roessner, The Desert Sun 4:12 p.m. PDT October 1,
Meditation is Mike Love’s drug of choice.
The Beach Boys co-founder was introduced to the practice of transcendental meditation back in 1967. He’s been a devotee ever since, meditating twice daily.
“With TM, it’s kind of like a secret weapon for me,” said the 73-year-old singer, who wrote the lyrics to songs like “Fun, Fun, Fun” and “California Girls.” “When you practice TM, you find a level of thought that transcends and goes to the source of thought.”
Transcendental meditation is a relaxation technique involving cleansing breaths in which the body reaches a deep level of rest — deeper than the deepest levels of sleep, according to Love. Through the practice, Love says he’s able to maintain high energy levels clarity in his thoughts.
He also credits TM for the longevity of his music career — more than 50 years and counting. On Friday, Love and the latest Beach Boys lineup featuring long-time member Bruce Johnston will perform at The Show Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in Rancho Mirage. (Beach Boys co-founders Brian Wilson and Al Jardine are not a part of the current tour.)
Love became a student of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in the late-1960s. He accompanied The Beatles to visit him in India, which is where Love formed a bond with guitarist George Harrison. After Harrison died in 2001, Love wrote the song “Pisces Brothers” as a tribute.
“He was a very spiritual guy and loved meditation,” Love said. “It’s sentimental in a mystical kind of way.”
What originally attracted Love to TM was a promise made by Maharishi.
“If enough people were to learn to meditate it would be an entirely different world, meaning world peace, prosperity and health,” he said. “That appealed to my altruistic nature.”
Love also benefited from the practice creatively. With his consciousness able to expand, he was able to explore his thoughts and find inspiration for songs.
And unlike many habits of the era, it was a technique that didn’t require outside chemicals.
“You feel better naturally,” Love said. “Not needing a drink of alcohol or smoking pot, or any kinds of pills. With these things, there always seems to be a side effect.”
While many rock stars of the time indulged in “non-prescribed recreationals,” Love abstained. Drug use within the Beach Boys, he said, created a kind of schism on a philosophical and lifestyle level.
But meditation was and still is his outlet.
“You can restore your batteries by transcending, and taking in deep breaths,” Love said. “Maharishi used to call it drawing the arrow back.”
If you go
What: The Beach Boys in concert featuring founding member Mike Love
When: 9 p.m. Friday,
Where: Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa, 32-250 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage
Tickets: $45-$75
Information: www.hotwatercasino.com or 888-999-1995
What is transcendental meditation?
Founded by the late Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, TM is designed to help a person reach quieter levels of thought without concentration or control of the mind.
It is practiced for 20 minutes, twice daily, and is said to help reduce anxiety, improve memory and normalize blood pressure.
Over six million people worldwide have learned the practice.
To learn more, visit www.tm.org.



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« Reply #401 on: October 25, 2014, 10:12:34 AM »

Saw this on facebook:


Beach Boys: ‘End Doesn’t Seem To Be Anywhere In Sight,’ Mike Love Says


The Beach Boys were a defining band of the 1960s, with their innovative sound inspiring a generation of musicians, and founding member Mike Love said the band is still going strong now five decades later.

The founding member of the group, who is still actively touring under its latest lineup, recently said that he sees the Beach Boys continuing to tour into the foreseeable future.

“It has been a pretty amazing career so far, and the end doesn’t seem to be anywhere in sight,” Love said.

The Beach Boys have been one of the busiest acts in music, playing an average of 150 concerts a year. The group is now made up of founding member Love and a rotation of longtime collaborators — currently Bruce Johnston, Jeffrey Foskett, Randell Kirsch, Tim Bonhomme, John Cowsill, and Scott Totten.

Love said the group has been successful because it’s sticking to its origins as a pioneer of surf rock.

“I’ve always thought of The Beach Boys as a sonic oasis,” Love said. “Our music is unique in both the subject matter and the arrangement of instrumentation, which makes for a really neat package. Our mission now is to re-create our live songs so they sound as close to the record as we possibly can. We just loved doing the music, the harmonies and singing together as kids and were just fortunate enough to have had the career that we ended up with.”

Even Love, the longest-serving member, said he is impressed with how the Beach Boys have managed to stay relevant — and popular.

“To still be going and have the songs resonate five decades later is pretty miraculous in a way,” Love said

Mike Love said he sees the power and universal appeal of the Beach Boys through the non-stop touring. At a recent show, he said he witnessed a 90-year-old fan dancing with a 9-year-old, a site he described as “amazing.”




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« Reply #402 on: October 25, 2014, 11:35:10 AM »

Wondering why the writer of that "Inquisitr" article saw the need to use the phrase "founding member" three times in the first five sentences of his piece. Overkill, just a bit?  Grin
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« Reply #403 on: October 25, 2014, 11:35:54 AM »

Insecurity. Wink
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« Reply #404 on: October 25, 2014, 12:30:11 PM »

Wow, nice of him to keep attacking the Wilsons for using “non-prescribed recreationals" in 2014. I'm sure his Pisces Brother would've really loved that. It's just a puff piece but he's gotta drag that out again to help pimp his ridiculously expensive Maharishi hobby... whew. And he accuses Al of being bitter and holding grudges? Yeesh, let it go and meditate on forgiveness and compassion, Michael Edward!

I think the funniest is the "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" profile mention of drug use. Literally the first thing out of his mouth with a sh*t-eating grin, apropos of nothing... straight out of nowhere, but the main thing on his mind. Other than cutlery. Class act.

FANTASY MIKE LOVE: "It's great to be performing in Long Branch, one of my favorite areas of New Jersey and I know the state really well because I really get around, as the song I wrote the hook for and won the legal case to have the credit amended says. By the way, some of The Beach Boys did drugs and alcohol but I didn't after a certain point. Surf's up!"
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« Reply #405 on: October 25, 2014, 12:35:41 PM »

Wow, nice of him to keep attacking the Wilsons for using “non-prescribed recreationals" in 2014. I'm sure his Pisces Brother would've really loved that. It's just a puff piece but he's gotta drag that out again to help pimp his ridiculously expensive Maharishi hobby... whew. And he accuses Al of being bitter and holding grudges? Yeesh, let it go and meditate on forgiveness and compassion, Michael Edward!

I think the funniest is the "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" profile mention of drug use. Literally the first thing out of his mouth with a sh*t-eating grin, apropos of nothing... straight out of nowhere, but the main thing on his mind. Class act.

Hater.  Some people will just never understand Mike's obligation to spread positivity.
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« Reply #406 on: October 25, 2014, 12:40:59 PM »

I witnessed a 32 year old dancing with a 58 year old and it was amazing.
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« Reply #407 on: October 25, 2014, 12:43:20 PM »

 LOL now that's positive.
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« Reply #408 on: October 25, 2014, 12:44:56 PM »

Unleash the love! What I can't wait for are the interviews reacting to Love and Mercy and that book project. Hopefully the Stamos film will provide positivity and balance and he'll threaten his own memoir, which would be blissful, incredible entertainment. Just imagine the chapter titles!
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« Reply #409 on: October 25, 2014, 12:49:41 PM »

The bio will be called "I wrote the hits and the Wilsons did drugs" Wink
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« Reply #410 on: October 25, 2014, 12:56:33 PM »

When Brian was fishing Mike Love came up with the hook.
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« Reply #411 on: October 25, 2014, 12:59:49 PM »

He is a fascinating and deeply weird man. Somebody please get him a book deal! With audiobook reading preferably.
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« Reply #412 on: October 25, 2014, 08:50:16 PM »

Saw Mike and Bruce tonight they were fantastic as usual, was surprised to see that they are now using Dennis pre recorded vocals as tribute on Do You Wanna Dance, and I have to say it sounded really weird and out of place different from the Carl video on God, which btw malfunctioned tonight forcing Bruce to sing what was a really weak vocal on the song.
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« Reply #413 on: October 25, 2014, 10:34:16 PM »

Saw Mike and Bruce tonight they were fantastic as usual, was surprised to see that they are now using Dennis pre recorded vocals as tribute on Do You Wanna Dance, and I have to say it sounded really weird and out of place different from the Carl video on God, which btw malfunctioned tonight forcing Bruce to sing what was a really weak vocal on the song.

Interesting! Was it a live Dennis vocal, or the studio track? It's also interesting that these are both songs that Bruce sang on in recent years. DYWD since the 90s, GOK since 99 (they didn't do it in 1998).

Bruce usually gets one or two showcase leads these days. Disney Girls, Wendy, Please Let Me Wonder, Summer Means Fun.
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Interesting! Was it a live Dennis vocal, or the studio track? It's also interesting that these are both songs that Bruce sang on in recent years. DYWF since the 90s, GOK since 99 (they didn't do it in 1998).

Bruce usually gets one or two showcase leads these days. Disney Girls, Wendy, Please Let Me Wonder, Summer Means Fun.

I don`t think even Dennis could have got away with singing that in concert!

We know what was on your mind though at least...  Wink
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« Reply #415 on: October 26, 2014, 01:26:25 AM »


Interesting! Was it a live Dennis vocal, or the studio track? It's also interesting that these are both songs that Bruce sang on in recent years. DYWF since the 90s, GOK since 99 (they didn't do it in 1998).

Bruce usually gets one or two showcase leads these days. Disney Girls, Wendy, Please Let Me Wonder, Summer Means Fun.

I don`t think even Dennis could have got away with singing that in concert!

We know what was on your mind though at least...  Wink

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« Reply #416 on: October 26, 2014, 06:49:06 AM »


Interesting! Was it a live Dennis vocal, or the studio track? It's also interesting that these are both songs that Bruce sang on in recent years. DYWF since the 90s, GOK since 99 (they didn't do it in 1998).

Bruce usually gets one or two showcase leads these days. Disney Girls, Wendy, Please Let Me Wonder, Summer Means Fun.

I don`t think even Dennis could have got away with singing that in concert!

We know what was on your mind though at least...  Wink

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It was the Dennis studio track
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« Reply #417 on: October 26, 2014, 07:56:07 AM »

Wow, nice of him to keep attacking the Wilsons for using “non-prescribed recreationals" in 2014. I'm sure his Pisces Brother would've really loved that. It's just a puff piece but he's gotta drag that out again to help pimp his ridiculously expensive Maharishi hobby... whew. And he accuses Al of being bitter and holding grudges? Yeesh, let it go and meditate on forgiveness and compassion, Michael Edward!

I think the funniest is the "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" profile mention of drug use. Literally the first thing out of his mouth with a sh*t-eating grin, apropos of nothing... straight out of nowhere, but the main thing on his mind. Other than cutlery. Class act.

FANTASY MIKE LOVE: "It's great to be performing in Long Branch, one of my favorite areas of New Jersey and I know the state really well because I really get around, as the song I wrote the hook for and won the legal case to have the credit amended says. By the way, some of The Beach Boys did drugs and alcohol but I didn't after a certain point. Surf's up!"
TM is going mainstream, now, even, and especially in the medical setting. It is being used successfully in school systems, to have kids de-stress and have alternative responses to violent behavior.  It is also being used in drug treatment programs to calm the patient, alongside acupuncture, and other alternative and other successful methods, to reduce blood pressure and reduce violent reacting on impulse which often results in jail time.  His financial support is helping, directly or indirectly in reducing violent behavior. Of course if it is taught it American schools, it must be taught in a religious-neutral context. 

Looking at a twenty year old interview in a 2014 context is absurd, in my opinion. Are we always judged by what we did as teens? Do people change?  Do they rehab themselves? People have a better understanding of addiction and drug use because of the emerging areas of neuroscience, brain scans that identify drug damaged regions, as a broken leg is,  and I would bet that Mike stays up on that.  Had this door been open to the Wilsons, and everyone else for that matter, there might not be catastrophic events such as the Landy era.  He looked good at the time.  Today, not so much.
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« Reply #418 on: October 26, 2014, 08:26:02 AM »

TM is scam, its basic hindu meditation teachings sold to westerners for thousands of dollars. If the TM people and Mike Love were really into helping people, they would not charge huge amounts of money per session.


Its only a step above the scam of scams, scientology.

"Probably the least believable claim of TMers is that they can fly—well, not really fly, more like hop. TM loudly promoted levitation in its early days.* Television news programs featured clips of TMers  hopping around in the lotus position, claiming to be hovering. Apparently, this claim was too easily disproved and now TMers do not claim to be able to fly or hover, but say they believe that they can advance so that some day in the future they will be able to truly levitate and gain other super powers (sidhis) as have many holy ones before them."
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« Reply #419 on: October 26, 2014, 09:08:43 AM »

Well, at least David Lynch can give an interview, plug TM, and not attack his family doing it. He even trots out the same antidrug stuff but it's a lot less harsh and personal... Maybe he's more serene due to all that coffee and chainsmoking.

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« Reply #420 on: October 26, 2014, 09:24:20 AM »

TM is scam, its basic hindu meditation teachings sold to westerners for thousands of dollars. If the TM people and Mike Love were really into helping people, they would not charge huge amounts of money per session.

Its only a step above the scam of scams, scientology.

"Probably the least believable claim of TMers is that they can fly—well, not really fly, more like hop. TM loudly promoted levitation in its early days.* Television news programs featured clips of TMers  hopping around in the lotus position, claiming to be hovering. Apparently, this claim was too easily disproved and now TMers do not claim to be able to fly or hover, but say they believe that they can advance so that some day in the future they will be able to truly levitate and gain other super powers (sidhis) as have many holy ones before them."
 http://skepdic.com/tm.html
It is interesting.  Some other universities, such as Stamford would argue against that.  I won't comment on the Free Exercise of Religion, guaranteed in the States.  Separating a "brand" from centuries-old techniques from the East is the overriding issue.  

Having spent several decades, teaching in an often violent city school system with metal detectors at the door demonstrates a need to find way and means to teach students to calm themselves, look inward ( regardless of their individual family practiced beliefs) and behave in a non-violent manner.  Having been assaulted in my own classroom, more than once, having taken away a firearm from a ten year old supports that need for some solutions.  And FYI, most school violence goes unreported, because the schools don't want the bad publicity.  And they get away with it. There is a big rug under which much is swept, especially violence.

Teachers act in a capacity of nurse, cop, and social worker.  They need a neutral means of de-stressing, because they aren't getting it at home.  And if any kind of meditation can give results that make teaching and learning safer, teachers are for it.

Mike has supported City Year.  I have had direct experience with them going back 20 years.  They do good work, are able to communicate with very poor children, in housing projects where I have taught 12 years of my career, often develop commitment to go back into teaching or working with youth who are being raised by grandparents.  

Anyone who doesn't believe it, go be a substitute teacher in an urban school system. See if you can control a classroom of 15 year olds from violent backgrounds.  Let alone teach anything. Uneducated kids often end up on drugs and in jail.  I'm sick of paying that bill.  52% to be probably conservative.

We often see violent kids because that is all they know and think that that is the only way they've learned to deal with conflict.  If meditation is taught in a "non religious" or "branded" text, and under scrutiny because public schools cannot espouse one religion or belief system over another.  

Doctors have marveled that people who meditate can lower their blood pressure very quickly. We can learn from that. Mike's open support and promotion of City Year while on tour with photo ops and tix for participants, sort of makes it relevant in this thread.  The term "pimps" is probably extreme.  The term "promotion" might work better.   Wink
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« Reply #421 on: October 26, 2014, 09:50:18 AM »

Saw Mike and Bruce tonight they were fantastic as usual, was surprised to see that they are now using Dennis pre recorded vocals as tribute on Do You Wanna Dance, and I have to say it sounded really weird and out of place different from the Carl video on God, which btw malfunctioned tonight forcing Bruce to sing what was a really weak vocal on the song.

Let the conspiracy theories begin  Tongue
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« Reply #422 on: October 26, 2014, 09:51:12 AM »

Let the conspiracy theories begin  Tongue

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« Reply #423 on: October 27, 2014, 12:46:46 PM »

TM is scam, its basic hindu meditation teachings sold to westerners for thousands of dollars. If the TM people and Mike Love were really into helping people, they would not charge huge amounts of money per session.

Your source for Mike personally charging "huge amounts of money", please ? Because that's precisely what you've posted, no getting around it.
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« Reply #424 on: October 27, 2014, 12:53:16 PM »

Well he is a part of an organization that charges 2500 dollars for basic stress relief concepts. Plus gives out the same mantras to thousands of people. TM is a cult that nearly derailed the BBs in the 1970s, funny how "crazy" BW doesnt follow it.
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