Does Brian admit to his drug addiction's?

[Wilsonista]

And I expect the same respect when  I say that you, Mr. Eder, and many others on this board have been overly harsh in your collective asessment of Melinda Wilson and others in BW's inner circle.  And I'm sorry you found David Leaf to be an ass in your personal dealings with him. My own encounter with him was the exact opposite of yours, but then again, I didn't imply to him that his views were in any way misguided either.  If I was giving a young college student an interview for a project ( giving up MY OWN TIME) and the kid says to me  (essentially ) "I'm going to  prove you wrong in my thesis", I'm not likely to feel warm and fuzzy toward the kid myself. 

I (and this is a MAJOR sticking point with me) hate being told "walk a mile in Mike Love's shoes" or anyone else in the BB clan by those who refuse to do the same for Melinda Wilson and David Leaf.  We're not supposed to think  Mike and Murry are the ogres anymore but dammit,  when someone tries and defends Melinda, they sure as hell catch hell don't they? She doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt that we are now supposed to give the 1st Family right?

All I'm asking is fairness for all. Be fair to Melinda and I'll gladly lay off Mike.

[Wilsonista]

I just re-read  my post several hours after the fact. Or at least tried to. I couldn't finsih it, I got sick to my stomach.

I exhibited behavior  that I don't like in others.  It was ugly, confrontational, brutal and unfair. I'm not proud of how I conducted myself at all and Mike, I do owe you a major apology.  People can  and should disagree without being disagreeable and I am ashamed that I blatantly crossed that line.  I thought about delteing my last post but decided not to do because it would have been an act of cowardice on my part.  Deleting it would have meant not facing the consequences of my actions. The last thing I need is to "get away with murder".

I don't wish anyone here on the board or any of the BB, their family, and friends any ill will. And that is the truth.  I hope, Mike, you and others can forgive me for my rash and harsh behavior.

Rob McCabe

[MBE]

RobMac No hard feelings at all.  That you took the time to reconsider what you said is something I really do think is great and I thank you for it. I am always happy to hear any point of view and I do respect how all the people here feel about these issues and I am pleased to see that the same respect is returned.

I want you to know that I truly hope the best for Brian and hope he has happiness in his personal life. I really don't know who any of these people really are as family members or friends, but can only form an opinion based on what I have experienced or what others tell me. Just to clarify what happened with Mr. Leaf I called to ask for an interview which he declined. I actually was praising his work quite a bit, but I suppose that I wanted to do a group oriented project didn't sit well with him. I was certainly hurt at the time as I was a kid then, but I am glad it happened now because I feel it made me ready for any obstacle that came into my path. I also think it gave me a much stronger resolve to follow my instincts and stick to them.  Frankly I was reluctant to talk about what happened on here for years, but I felt that I neeeded to clarify some of my posts and not be afraid to stand by my views.

I look forward to any and all constructive debates as I do learn a little about myself and the subjects that interest me each time.

[XY]

the heroine was mentioned in the Larry King interview "I took heroine...can you believe that?".

My memory was good, but not perfect. I just found out that there's a Larry King transcript on BW.com:

http://www.brianwilson.com/media/words/larry_king.html


B. WILSON: To the Landy (ph) program? I was referred to him by my wife in 1975, December the 20th of 1975.

KING: You remember the date?

B. WILSON: Yeah. He said I'm going to put you on a program to try to get you back into mental shape so you're not going to go looking for heroin and drugs like that. And I had bought some heroin and my wife found the heroin. Can you believe that?

[MBE]

Him remembering that is interesting. I wonder if it can be verified? If it is true perhaps he remembers because how close it was to Christmas?

[Wilsonista]

I looked in Badman... nothing there.  AGD has the date being in October.  Badman also has the fist 15 Big Ones session at the end of January 1976. I'm no expert on how long it takes for treatment to start taking effect, does it seem more reasonable to others if AGD's account is more accurate?  Or maybe October was Marilyn's first meeting with Landy and the December date is when Brian finally got to meet him...

[donutbandit]

What about the 1978 concerts in Australia? My memory is foggy, but wasn't Carl castigated for either buying Brian heroin, or delivering it to him, or both? Carl had a pretty big problem around that time as well, from what I've read and heard. There was also the "drunken" Carl performance about that time.

Carl and Brian both looked pretty bad around 1978. I was so happy to see that Carl in 1979 had trimmed down and looked re-energized. But then, enter the gory Queen Mary concert either that year, or in 1980, where Brian sat behind his piano looking like a beached whale, chain smoking, and and belching out lyrics in a hoarse grunt. I had been bragging to an acquaintance about the Boys, and told him to watch that performance before making judgment. Wow, did I have to eat some crow, along with a side helping of humble pie.